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Mt!Jnitoring
WEWN:
By John D. Stephens
The newest and biggest shortwave broadcaster on the block
is WEWN , the Catholic radio service of the Eternal Word
Network. Original plans called for a station near Rome , Italy,
but here it is, almost a year old , just outside Birmingham,
Alabama. Sporting the latest in high-tech equipment, this
station is somehow not what one wou ld expect to emerge from
the vision of a cloistered Franciscan nun!
12
By Dixie Daniels
"Nothing ever happens" in those sleepy little towns outside a metropolis like Kansas City, right?
There 's really no point in even programming their frequencies into the scanner ... That's what Dixie
Danie ls thought, too, but a year of monitoring has taught her that the action isn't always where you
think it is. If you have any doubts about it, read this article!
Oceans of Fun;
HF Maritime Monitoring
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By Raymond B. Troth
Tugs , towboats , ocean liners, boats servicing oil rigs, tankers,
Coast Guard cutters ... there is a world of commerce, recreation
and regulatory agencies conducting daily business on the maritime
bands. Some of these communications are in the shortwave spectrum, which puts them within the grasp of monitors far inland. Here
are some hints on getting started in this enjoyable hobby.
COVER:
Looming above the Fargo, North Dakota, plains is what is likely the tallest man-made structure
in the western hemisphere- the KTHI TV tower. See page 6 for more pictures of KTHI by Dr.
Adrian Peterson.
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By Jack Sullivan
So metimes even a seasoned scanner buff can be surprised by
an unusual find at a hamfest. The "Top Secret" box of crysta ls
Jack discovered may have unearthed some real treasures-only
monitoring wi ll tell!
... .'
This month, you can get a leg up on scanning the Canad ian Mounties
in "The Scanning Report ," or you can tune in to the Secret Service and the
many other agencies und er the umbrell a of the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury
("Federal File").
If that's not your listening pleasure, try an entirely different cup of tea
in WLIR in Spring Valley, New York--"a ll-Jewish, all the time!" This et hnic
radio statio n is reclaiming WLIR's dilapidated studios and making the
community sit up and take notice . Karl Zuk reports on WL IR in "Ame rica n
Bandscan. "
Has you r dream scan ner not been invented yet? Take a look at "Scanner Equ ipment" befo re you come to that conclusion; your dream machine
might just turn out to be the Yupiteru 7100 , described in a guest review by
jCom founder Peter Jennings.
DEPARTMENTS
Letters
Communications
Shortwave Broadcasting
Utility World
The Scanning Report
The Beginner's Corner
Federal File
Plane Talk
Below 500 kHz
American Bandscan
Sate II ite TV
On the Ham Bands
Outer Limits
Digital Digest
QSL Corner
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6
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36
40
42
44
46
48
50
52
54
56
58
Shortwave Guide
Propagation Charts
What's New
Scanner Equipment
Magne Tests
Computers & Radio
Demaw's Workbench
Experimenter's Workshop
Antenna Topics
Ask Bob
Club Circuit
Special Events Calendar
Stock Exchange
Closing Comments
DX Radio Tests
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STAFF
Owners
Bob and Judy Grove
Publisher
Bob Grove, WA4PYQ
Editor
Rachel Baughn
Editorial Assistant
Beverly Berrong
Subscri ption Services
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Advertis ing
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Dealerships
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Frequency Manager Gayle Van Horn
Frequency Monitors B.W. Battin
David Datko
Prog ram Manager Jim Frimmel
Beginner's Corner T.J. Arey. WB2GHA
Plane Talk Jean Baker. KIN9DD
Computers and Radio John Catalano
Below 500 kHz Kevin Carey, WB2QMY
Experimenter's Wkshp Bill Cheek
De Maw's Workbench Doug De Maw, W1 FB
Federal File Steve Douglass
Digital Digest Bob Evans
Ham DX Tips Rob Gerardi, N9LAG
SW Broadcasting Glenn Hauser
High Seas James R. Hay
Scanning Report Bob Kay
On the Ham Bands Ike Kerschner , N31K
Propagation Jacques d'Avignon
Magne Tests Lawrence Magne
Communications Larry Miller
What's New? Larry Miller
Satellite TV Ken Reitz, KC4GQA
Antenna Topics W. Clem Small, KR6A
SW Broadcast Logs Gayle Van Horn
QSL Corner Gayle Van Horn
Utility World Larry Van Horn. N5FP
Outer Limits George Zeller
American Bandscan Karl Zuk
LETTERS
A Moving
Experience
As Bob Grove notes
in his Closing Comments, we have been in
our new quarters since
August 23rd, and we are
just about settled in! It is such a delight to have
the Brasstown staff all in one spacious, welllit building built to accommodate our differing
needs.
We hope to have a video-tape of our old
quarters and our new home available for viewing in the lobby at the Monitoring Times
Convention in Atlanta. We hope you can join
us there. Although convention registration has
been raised to help us meet our expenses, last
year's attendees agreed it was worth much
more!
Port Authority
Speeds Up Trunking
Alan Reiss of New York City phoned with
some more recent information regarding the
New York Port Authority to add to the expansive profile in September's feature section.
Although the frequencies were correct for the
World Trade Center, Alan says usage is as
follows:
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October 1993
LETTERS
In August, a reader mused about the technology used by the United Kingdom to detect the use
of unlicensed TV and radio sets. One response
was from Derick Ovenall of Wilmington, Delaware, who provided this fascinating history:
"In the 1930s and even later, many radio
listeners in the U.K. were still using simple two
tube radios comprising a regenerative leaky grid
detector followed by a single audio output stage.
An incorrectly operated regenerative set could
easily be picked up and !racked down, but regenerative sets correctly adjusted did not radiate, and
I know of no way they could have been picked up
by a Post Office Detector Van.
"The regenerative sets were gradually replaced by superheterodynereceivers in which the
incoming signal was converted to a fixed intermediate frequency (usually 455 kHz) by a local
oscillator operating at the swn of the IF and the
frequency of the station desired. Most of these
sets did not use an RF stage to isolate the frequency converter from the antenna, and when in
use they would radiate weakly at the local oscillator frequency.
"It seems quite possible that the detector vans
used sensitive receivers tuned to the local oscillator frequencies corresponding to the frequencies
of local radio stations which were relatively few
in nwnber. Whenever the locations and times in
which a detector van would be operating were
published in the local newspapers, the numberof
new licenses taken out would greatly increase!
"During World War II, fears that local oscillator radiation from receivers on board ships
would be used by the enemy to pinpoint location
of convoys, led to the development by the E.H.
Scott company of a series of very careful shielded
receivers which achieved extremely low levels of
local oscillator radiation. An excellent account of
this is given in an article by John T. Meredith,
in the Old Timer's Bulletin, vol. 33 no. 4, published by the Antique Wireless Association (Box
MONITORING TIMES
CB Skip
When you make that once-in-a-lifetime catch,
you never forget it. John Ward ofTampa, Florida,
recalls listening to his CB in 1973 and hearing
a motorist calling REACT (Radio Emergency
Associated Citizens Teams) to report an accident
on the freeway near the airport.
"A ttactor !railer had overturned onto several
cars and there were multiple injuries. At the time
of the call, I was less than two miles from the
scene, already on the same freeway. Because I
carried a complete trawna kit in my car, I accelerated to about 80 mph and started working my
way through traffic. I knew I'd be on the scene
five to 10 minutes before other help arrived.
"Then I heard the REACT monitor call back
to the mobile and ask him to repeat the accident
location. The fellow in the car replied that it was
on the SAN DIEGO freeway, near the airport!
"Although I had received skip before, the
signals were usually weak and noisy and from
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to thecosl of 100 kW of peak hour electricity ... " the city of Belgrade, but somehow, its "rruth"
Everyone pays, TV or not.
is being heard without a satellite.
The new revenue will reportedly help lo
Everyone remembers the tempest that was
launched when someone discovered that 800 finance a new Serbian satellite TV program
MHz cellular car phones could be monitored "linking up the Serbian nation and ...
on a scanner. The resulting brouhaha swept disseminate[ing] the truth about it."
the national media for over a year and probably, in the end, accounted for the record Yugoslavian Semi-Pirate
number of scanners that were sold last year.
A station of youthful broadcasters, operating
Now comes a series of ads from Motorola
that Lout the firm's cordless phones. The ads on a 15-day permit that was issued in back in
are tilled, "You don't let strangers read your 1989, are presenting theirown view of the events
mail. Why Jet them hear your calls?" and in Yugoslavia. With satire, creativity and
humor, station B-92 (the emergency call num- Pirate Ship to be
feature golfer Lee Trevino.
Says the ad, "All it takes for a stranger to bers of the Belgrade police), is helping expose "Blown Away"
eavesdrop on your cordless call is another official "nonsense" and mobilize opposition lo
cordless phone. Or a police scanner. Or even the madness.
The infamousM/V Sarah, former home of
In one of their symbolic "happenings," B-92
a simple baby monitor." With Secure Clear
Radio NewYork International, has been purtechnology, the ad promises, " all an eaves- staged an "All the President's Babies" event to
chased by MGM Pictures lo be used in the
dropper hears is a srream of garbled distortion." protest laxes on infant clothing and supplies
upcoming film Blown Away, starring Jeff
No word on the price of these phones.
being raised to 44 percent. They gathered 300
Bridges.Sarah is presently sitting in the Boston
infants in front of the President's office and
Harbor, being outfitted with an upper deck
"gave" them to him, since the parents could no
Serbs Pay Up for Satellite TV
facade. We surmise she is about to meet her
longer afford to keep the children. When all the
demise.
As if things weren't bad enough in the parents withdrew, 300 infan rs of course began to
The tower and antennas have been resformer Yugoslavia, Serbs have found that cry. The taxes went down.
cued by former owner Alan Weiner, to be
B-92 rebroadcasts BBC news twice a day as
they must now pay for the right to watch
mounted on the M!V Fury, which sets sail in
television. As of the first of this month, a well as their own independent news reporting mid-October to the island of Nevis in the
license fee for television will be added to and western rock music. It has little funding and Caribbean. Hopes are that by winter the M!V
Serbian electric bills. The fee is "equivalent its low-power FM transmission barely covers Fury will be the first legal off-shore broadcaster - although Radio Brod may have
stolen that title (seep. 54)
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Officials at the fashionable Beverly Hills
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was not amused or impressed.
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Shortly after work began at the transmitter
site, some local residcnL5 sued EWTN , saying
they resented WEWN 's use of an 80 year old
logging road (which provides the only means of
accessing the site at the top of the mountain), the
clearing of the peak, and bringing in Alabama
Power Company (also named in the lawsuit) to
install a substation and run power lines to the
station across land served by another, smaller
power company - Coosa Valley Power. In
conjunction with these grievances, some complaints were also entered citing decreased
property values and destruction of the environment.
Although local residents had chosen to be
served by Coosa Valley Power, WEWN is a
large enough customer that it could make its own
choice.
Time Flies
Work on the transmitter site, however, continued at a feverish pace. " I never saw time fly
by fast," said Station Manager Frank Phillips,
a former broadcast engineer for the Christian
Science Monitor's WSHB in Cypress Creek,
South Carolina. "Amidst work on all the other
projects, our transmitter arrived here in the mud
on September 14, 1992, before the transmitter
building was even complete. Herc we were with
a startup date of less than four months, and we
still had to complete the building, install four
transmitters, and do our testing - all before
December 28th."
With a couple of experienced engineers hired
from the Voice of America' s Phillippines relay
station, as well as consulting engineers from
Continental Electronics (the manufacturer of
WEWN's transmitters), thcfirst transmitter was
readied for testing in what Mr. Phillips calls
record time.
Tests of the first transmillcr began in September of 1992, with a loop tape consisting of
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hen I first took my brand-new ARIOOOoutofthe box last May, I had no idea
how soon I would fill up 1000 channels. With
two states and multiple jurisdictions in our
Kansas City metro area, and my fingers becoming button -numb (ever programmed an
AR-1000?) I soon felt the temptation to skip over
some of the sleepier little towns and 'burbs in
the tiny print in Police Call. After all, nothing
ever happens in towns with names like "Prairie
Village,""Liberty ,"and "Bonner Springs, "right?
Wrong, scanner friends! After a few months
of happy and productive scanning, I have to warn
you not to overlook the suburbs, "quiet" neighborhoods, and sleepy, one-horse towns in your
own outlying areas. Even if it means adding
another scanner to get those extra channels, or
trading up. If you do, you 're likely to miss plenty
while you're tuned to Metro City's Main Dispatch, waiting for the latest drive-by shooting,
carjacking, or free-for-all dovmtown!
Take Kansas City. Please. Sure, we have an
inner city with a crime problem to match
anyone's. (Well, okay, maybe not LA, but it's
enough.) A couple of summers ago, not one, but
Harry Baughn
October 1993
MONITORING TIMES
PR0-2006
Typically, the writers of"Mama's Family," the
Carol Burnett sitcom, named their Bubbaville
suburb, "Raytown." Raytown gets no respect.
One reason is that it's the kind of place where
"nothing ever happens." Except, if you had been
monitoring 460.25 one day last JWle, you would
have heard a SWAT team called to a sad little
house whose owner had gone over the edge
because they wouldn't play Hank Williams, Jr.,
on the radio.
Guess it was the last straw for Mr. GoodOlc-Boy America. He had called the country
radio station earlier in the day and gone on so
much about "Bocephus," his frenetic rambling
alarmed the DJ' s enough that they alerted the
police. Right or wrong, Raytown's finest took a
stand, and Bocephus' No. 1 Fan went out in a
blaze of glory. Seems he had quite an arsenal in
there, and a tear gas grenade intended to smoke
him out brought him out shooting instead. Personally, I'd rather die for my right to own a
scanner than my favorite country singer, but as
any scanner buff can attest, there are some
people with unusual tastes out there. And likely
as not, they're right next door!
Belton, Missouri, is right next door to
Raytown, and indistinguishable in ambiancechurches on every comer, and no perverts need
apply. But recently, a nationwide FBI sting
operation netted a system of 40 computer bulletin boards that traded child pornography online.
Yes, one of the 40 was in Belton.
Knowing what I do about crime in the area,
thanks to my favorite appliance,I liveinShawnee,
Kansas, where in God's truth, REALLY nothing
ever happens. (Except that torso they pulled out
of the Kansas river a couple of summers ago ... and
me without my scanner!) Shawnee (460.075)
has always been in my scanner, but it mostly
serves as com ic relief. One of the officers in the
Rodney King incident had been a Shawnee officer for some years. Yet the defense in the King
case claimed that the officer was a rookie and
Wlfamiliar with police work. The prosecution
countered with the officer's eight years in
Shawnee, whereupon the defense responded,
"I'm sure it's real, real dangerous, roWlding up
cattle out of the streets in Shawnee, Kansas."
Whereupon, Shawnee mayor Bob Best got
his jockics in a real bunch: "This is typical,
typical!" he protested, "of the West Coast and
Hollywood's attitude toward the Midwest! Well,
I'll have L.A. know that we have everything in
Shawnee, Kansas, that they have in Big, Bad
Ell-Lay!" Which made it exceedingly rich when
I finally heard some action on the Shawnee
frequency. You guessed it. "Report of a mule in
the road .... "
Lenexa, Kansas, is a twin suburb to Shawnee,
only with fewer farm animals and more Radio
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Osawatomie
Ottawa KS Police
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Mutual Aid
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Paola Police
Shawnee Mission Park
Independence Center
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Lenexa Local
KC Fire, Bonner Spr. Amb. & Res.
KS Local
MO, KS Local
KS Local; Blue Springs
KS, Bonner Sp. Local
Lenexa, Gladstone, NKC Local
Prairie Village Police
KS Local ; Platte City Police
KC Local; Bonner
Johnson Co Local
KC Fire; Raytown Local
Parkville; Platte City
Raytown Local
Independence
Johnson Co Fire, Medac
KS Turnpike Authority (?)
Overland Park Police ; KC Police
Platte City Police
Mission, Olathe Fire, P. V.
Liberty Police Dispatch
Bl Sprs, Gr. Val, NKC Police
Johnson Co Police, KS Turnpike Police
Olathe Police
KC Police-Main Dispatcher!
Wyandotte County
Olathe, Johnson Co Police, KCK
NKC, Paola Local
MO State Prison-KC
Atchison; Excelsior Springs
KCK Local
Grandview
Bonner Springs Local
Raylown Police
Grain Valley; Liberty police
Olathe ; Excelsior Springs
Clay Co, MO Local
UMKC; Belton
Truman, Sh. Missn. Med. Ctr.
Gold Cr. Amb., Independence; Olathe
Hosp.
Johnson Co Police ; Fire ; KC Police
School Serv. & Leasing, Merriam
Pace School Bus Svc. (Independence)
B & J Bus Serv.. KCMO
Platte City, County Police
Gold Cross Ambulance
Research, St. Luke's Hosp.
Jacks. Co. Sheriff's Posse !
KC Police & Hospital
Misc. Police incl. KCMO South
G'view Fire, KC Police, KCK West
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Grandview Police
Riverside; Bonner Sp.
Parkville Police
Clay Co, MO Police
KC Police ; KCK detectives
Pit Cly; Lake Lot. , Parkv. Pol
KC Police Citywide
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MO Police Dept. of Corrections
Liberty Police
Platte City
Blue Springs Local
Civil Defense; Lake Ouiv. Police
Wy. Co.; Smithville Police
Jackson Co. Police; Sheriff
Gladstone
Leavenworth Civ. Def; Lenexa Local
Overland Park, KC police Tactical
Johnson Co & MO Local
Bonner; WyCo Civ. Def.; spotters
Lees Summit Police
Shawnee Police; Roeland Park
Lenexa; KC State Hosp.
Jackson Co. Sheriff
KC MO, State Hosp.
Leavenworth Fire; B Spr; KC, MO St.
Hosp.
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Jackson Co. Sheriff?
Johnson Co Police
Olathe Courthouse
Johnson Co Sheriff, Sou th Base
Independence
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Overland Park Police; Leawood Police
Mission Sheriff
Kansas Turnpike Authority Police
KCK Local
Overland Park Police
Mission
JohnsonCo. Sheriff Mobile South
Lee's Summit
JohnsonCo. Sheriff Mobile North
Olathe Police
Johnson Co. Parks & RecreationShawnee
Olathe Police
Johnson Co Police
U.S. Post Office Base
KCK Local
Fort Leavenworth M.P.
Leavenworth Prison
KCK Local
KCK Local
KC MO Housing Authority
KC Local
NKC Local
Leawood Base
Leavenworth Police
KCK Local
KCK Local
KCMO Airport Police
Leawood Dis.. P. Village, Lenexa
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NKC; Lee's Summit Local
Bellon Police
Prairie Village, Mission
Overland Park Local
Leavenworth Local
KCMO Local; Airport Police
JCCC; Exe. Spr. Hous. Auth.
Independence Repeater
Olathe Police
Medact & Leawood base
KCK Local ; KU Med.
Olathe Police
KS Loe ; KCMO Housing Authority
Leavenworth Police
Johnson Co Police
Johnson Co Police
MO & KS Local
Leawood Local
Independence Police
Johnson Co Police
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Johnson Co Police
KCK Local, MO Local
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Johnson Co Police
KC Repeater; Airport Security
Lenexa, Johnson Co, KS Police
KC Repeater? Airport Police
NKC Local
Independence
Johnson Co Police
Belton, Independence Police, Fire
Overland Park Local
Leavenworth Police
Independence
Leavenworth Local
Independence Police
MO Local; Olathe Police
Mission Fire : Independence Police
Johnson Co Police
Lee's Summit Fire; Olathe Police
NKC Local
Leawood Mobile Police
Raylown Police Base
Lenexa Police
Lenexa Police
Shawnee Police Base
Lenexa Base. Mut. Aid, Johnson Co
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Lenexa Police
Overland Park Local
Shawnee Police Base
Lenexa Police
Overland Park Car-Car: Weather Watch
Leavenworth Police
Lenexa Police
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Lenexa Police
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Lenexa Primary
Topeka?
Overland Park Base
Lenexa Police
NKC Police
Lenexa Base
Topeka?
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Ambulance. KC Police Base
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Shawnee Repeater
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Lenexa Police
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Leavenworth Police
Lenexa Police
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By Raymond Troth, Jr.
Getting Started
There arc numerous modes and frequency
plans formaritimecommunications, which have
e xperienced a great deal of shifting due to changes
in ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
regulations in the past few years. Voice transmissions use either simplex operation, in which
one frequency is used by both the calling and the
receiving station, or duplex, in which two dif-
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MONITORI NG TIMES
directory.
When foil owing the daily progress of vessels
by call-in radio position reports, a good world
atlas will show latitude and longitude grid lines.
An excellent source of atlases are flea markets
and used book sales at public libraries. The
countries will probably be wrong, but the sea
stays the same! You can estimate a ship 's position by using these map grid lines. Most atlases
show only every Sth degree line; others, every
I 0th or 20th line, depending on the scale. Remember, there are 60 minutes (divisions) and 60
seconds in each degree oflatitude and longitude.
72 degrees 30 Minutes west (Longitude) places
the position halfway between 72 and 73 degrees
west of Greenwich, England. Using small maps
makes seconds (1/60 minute) too small to estimate.
Most vessels give their positions in degrees,
minutes and sometimes, seconds of latitude and
longirude(written as 7230'/08"W 4046'/1O"N).
Others use land reference points or combinations of both.
0 longitude passes through Greenwich, England, the starting point for UTC (Universal
Coordinated Time) or GMT (Greenwich Mean
Time). Longitude is east and west of this line.
1800 East and 180 West meet halfway around
the world near the Hawaiian Islands. This is
where east meets west, literally. It is also the
International Date Line.
Mississippi towboats use landmarks, towns,
buoys, locks, and river mile markers as reference points. Most of these reference points are
not on readily available maps. A serious listener
may need the navigation charts of the river
system to find these vessels.
At the risk of sounding trite, keep a log! The
form you use does not matter but recorded information makes future listening a lot easier. My
own log sheet is simple: three ring , college ruled
name dropping is most common on the Mississippi Inland Waterway. When river men refer to
other vessels during conversation the names are
clear. When signing off, the modulation fades
into the background noise along with the name.
The Mississippi Captains all know each other
and know who is on every boat they talk to. With
this c lose association, vessel names become
unimportant. In spite of this, it is possible to log
a hundred vessels by name in just a few monitoring sessions.
The only available current and complete
listing of individual vessel radio callsigns outside of government records is Lloyd's Regisrer
of Ships. Unfortunately, this extremely expensive volume is rarely found in public libraries.
Lloyd 's Regisrer lists vessels alphabetically by
name, notcallsign. Lloyd's lists very few harbor
tugs or barges. If you know the ship' s name, you
can confirm the callsign, but not vice versa. On
the other hand, if you know the callsign, many
ship names can be found identified in the /n1erna1ionalCallsignHandbookby Gayle Van Hom,
published by Grove Enterprises. A less expensive alternative (but still not cheap) is the Lisi
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Oil drilling platforms and their supply ships communicate daily, helping you build up a valuable
reference source through your log sheets.
Not Quite According to the Book cations Stations (COMSTA) broadcast weather
If you find a conversation that you cannot
read on a programmed receiver memory channel, don't immediately think your receiver is at
fault. With a properly tuned receiver, an USB
conversation sounding like Donald Duck is probably an off frequency transmission. If your
receiver allows the memory channels to shift
quickly into the VFO and back again, try this:
Move the frequency, 8291 for example, to the
VFO. Adjust the receiver frequency slightly up
or down using the smallest frequency increments available on your receiver.
At some odd frequency, such as 8290.930
kHz, the message will often clear up and become
readable. This is 170 Hz low, off frequency far
enough to severely distort single sideband reception. In single sideband operation a frequency
error as small as 30 Hz will cause noticeable
distortion. Stations may also operate exactly I
kHz above or below the listed frequency. This
is common to foreign speaking operators trying
to avoid co-channel interference. One large
domestic bulk carrier fleet is 389 Hz off frequency on all vessels. This may be an equipment
error in setting the frequency on these ships.
As an added complication, one vessel you are
monitoring may be on frequency while the other
one is off frequency. To hear these conversations, again put the frequency into the VFO and
adjust the receiver for clearest reception. Then,
switch back and forth between memory and the
VFO, following the conversation. Using this
method I recently monitored two British Registry ships with excellent results. Shipboard
receivers have a "clarifier" circuit, adjustable
from the control panel. All this does is to shift
the receiver VFO slightly to hear a transmitter
slightly off frequency, just as you are doing
manually.
If you try all these techniques and the transmission still does not clear up, there is a good
chance that the communications are encrypted.
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October 1993
information at frequent intervals on various frequencies. The USCG uses 2670, 6501, 8719,
8764 and 13089 kHz. The Canadian CG uses
2598, 4408, 6513 kHz plus others. The Halifax,
NS, station broadcasts weather every six hours
from 0205 UTC and navigation warnings at the
same interval beginning at 0335 UTC. On 2598
kHz, all Canadian CG stations broadcast these
reports almost without pause. All the schedules
appear in Grove's Shortwave Directory and
Farrell' sConfidenJial Frequency List mentioned
earlier in this article.
Monitoring winter high seas weatherreports
will make any shortwave listener appreciate a
warm home. In winter, seas sometimes run 28
feet with 40 to 50 knot gale winds and temperatures well below freezing. Superstrucrure icing
and gale warnings occur frequently during North
Atlantic winters.
Ice reports give vessels information about
ice floe size, position and drift. They include ice
conditions at ports in the northern U.S. and
Canada. These broadcasts also note the type of
ice-grey (navigable) and white (solid) vessels
may encounter. (See the September and next
month's "High Seas" columns on decoding
weather observations from ships at sea.)
In June theAtlantichurricane season begins.
The Coast Guard COMSTA weather reports
relay information about areas of low barometric
pressure, the infancy stage of a potential hurricane. Year 'round, the Portsmouth, Virginia,
COMSTA gives information on the Gulf Stream
and the location of warm and cold eddies in the
Atlantic.
Many tug and barge combinations ply the
Atlantic along the U.S. coast, Gulf of Mexico
and the Caribbean Sea. Small freighters regularly run between South and Central American
pons and the Caribbean islands. Radio traffic
for these vessels can become predictable after a
few monitoring sessions, as you can see from the
following examples.
MONITORING TIMES
On 8294 kHz I logged a conversation between the tug Bruce McAllister in the Gulf of
Mexico and WPY476. The tug was once a part
of McAllister Towing's Delaware River fleet,
but the company has moved into the Gulf of
Mexico and Mississippi River around Baton
Rouge and New Orleans. Their boats use 8 MHz
simplex regularly. A photo of another of the
McAllister tugs, theStevenMcALlister, is shown
above. These colorful boats have black hulls
with bright red superstructure and gleaming
white trim. The red stacks have two white bands
with a black cap. All their vessels carry the
names of various members of the McAllister
family.
KZU Harvey, LA, converses with oil drilling
platforms and supply vessels every evening on
8297 and occasionally 12356 kHz between 2100
and 0300 UTC. KZU vessel names ending with
"Tide" (Wave Tide etc.) aresupplyboats. Names
beginning with Ocean (i.e. Ocean Champion)
are oil drilling platforms.
Remember, all maritime traffic is protected
by privacy of communication regulations. Don't
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your radio and for the life of a mariner.
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Grenville, which was heard relaysince been changed to 8RN.
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broadcasting service was launched from an air 2K Y Sydney in January 1946.
More recently, some of the
force base at Higgens field in North Queensland.
This station announced as "Radio RAAF No 2," larger Australian Navy vessels have
identifying the Air Force unit that was opera ling incorporated a radio station as part
it. The 100 watt transmiuer on 1470 kHz was on of their onboard entertainment fathe airin August 1945, with the intent oflaunch- cilities. In some cases, theseslalions
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but the project was abandoned.
transmitter, and in other cases,
Then, in 1955, the first Anny shortwave programs are available on board
station came onto the air unannounced, from the ship via closed circuit cable.
Puckapunyal in Victoria. Thi s station radiated 2 One of the ships, HMAS Canberra
watts on 7850 kHz, and iL was on the air just two for example, was stationed off the
hours per week in November 1955.
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also a couple of Australian stations located in
Vietnam as well. One of these was a 500 watt
station broadcasting from Yung Tau on 1040
kHz. Another station was located for a while at
Hue, very near the larger VOA and AFRTS
stations.
October 1993
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Table 1
Malaysia
UTC
kHz
kW
Call
Location
0300
0300
0900
0900
1200
1400
23678.5
19037.5
20418.5
25322.5
12070.5
13508.5
40
10
40
10
40
10
VHP
NWC
VHP
NWC
VHP
NWC
Belconnen Kampuchea
Ex mouth
Somalia
Belconnen Kampuchea
Ex mouth
Somalia
Belconnen Kampuchea
Exmouth
Somalia
Egypt
A small closed circuit AAAS station, located
at Ism ailia in Egypt, was operating for a few
years, simultaneously with RAAF Buuerworth .
Recent Developments
The latest endeavor in AAAS broadcas ting
made its appearance unJ1eralded, unannounced
and unexpected. Some time last year, a new
shortwave service for Australian forces serving
in Somalia came onto the air. At first, the half
hour programs were broadcast from one of the
25 0 kilowatt shortwave transmillers of Radio
Australia located on Cox Peninsula near Darwin
in the Northern Territory. Some DXers in North
America were successful in hearing this station,
but I was never able to log it myself.
A whil e afterwards, DXers in Europe and
elsewhere reported hearing similar programming on other channels not listed for Radio
Australia.
Subsequent in forma tion has revealed that
these transmissions areeoming from two different locations. One is VHP, the large Navy radio
station located at Belconnen near Canberra,
Australia 'scapital city. The other is NMC-VLF,
the America radio facility located near Exmouth
at North West Cape in a Western Australian
coastal area. These transmissions are now on the
air several times a day from both locations.
Studio facilities are housed in oneofthe government offices in Canberra, and the first broadcast
each day is presented live.
The broadcasts from Ex.mouth are directed
towards Somalia on Mondays and Fridays only,
and the broadcasts from Belconnen are directed
daily towards Kampuchea (Cambodia). Programming consists of contemporary music interspersed
with calls from relatives in Australia to servicemen on ships and in Somalia anti Kampuchea.
Each program is one hour lon g, and each is heard
in Upper Sideband mode, USB.
The schedule for th ese transmissions at
present is shown in Table I.
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tional news analysis and media criticism from Des Preston, Ann Arbor,
Tue. 2000, Wed. 0400 and 1200 (Preston) Radio Bandung-magazine
by NYC collectiveof Asian/Pacific producers, with progressive political
analyses, news and culture not often heard on mainstream U.S. radio,
2nd and 4th Fris. 2300, plus eight hours later; The Food Not Bombs
Radio Network, activist group in San Francisco also working to feed the
homeless, monthly on 2nd Sat. 2200 plus 8 and 16 hours later;Waltkn' s
Pond, from WBAI NY, Shelton Walden and guests on animal rights,
environment, politics, health, 1st and 3rd Sats. 2130 plus repeats (Joe
Bernard, RFPI) REE at Cariari de Pococf, not Potosf as in Sept.
(Klemetz)
CHILE R. Triunfal Evangelica reactivated 5825 in late July after
2.5 year absence, now clandestine, using provisional quad antenna at
0000-0300 from near Santiago, says director, Bishop Fernando GonzAlez
Segura, but I could not hear it in Santiago itself (Gabriel IvAn Barrera,
Argentina, RNRadio-Enlace) R. Esperanza, Temuco on 6090.0 at 1030
on a Saturday, news at 1045 (Santiago San Gil, Venezuela) And one
week earlier also on 6090.0, new transmitter as expected? Had been on
6088.7 (Hans Johnson & David M. Clark.DX Ontario) QSL says 13000200, weekends also 0400-1200 (Cedric Marshall, DXO)
ESTONIA Estonian Radio making deep cuts, especially in foreign
languages, no longer English news at 1520-1530, but sti11Eslonia Today
on SW Mon. & Thu. 2030-2100 (BNS News Agency and R. Estonia via
BBCM) That would be on 5925, winter timing 2130 (gh)
GERMANY DW previews on N. American service: UT Wed. Sept. 29 at 0330, Insight-Realism
~ follows Joy, Germany after reunification. UT Mon. Oct.
\\II
4 at 0115, 0315, 0515, Living in Germany-Wilrzburg,
~~ one of Bavaria's Jewels. UT Wed. Oct. 6 at 0330,
Insight- the last Arab/Israeli War (Tune-In via Diane
Mauer, Gigi Lytle)
GUAM The 8.1 earthquake Aug. 8 cracked the KTWR studio/
office building, made a shambles of the inside, but transmitters and
antennas were not damaged. Due to limited power only one transmitter
could be used for a while (TWR-NC press release) Other station KSDA
had some damage to a building, and feeder line, putting one transmitter
off the air for seven hours; several thousand tapes strewn over the floor.
Nearby KFBS and KHBI Saipan, KHBN Palau not damaged (Dr. Adrian
Peterson, IN)
GUIANA FRENCH RFO new address: B.P. 7031, F-97305
Cayenne (RIAS DX via Hans-Peter Tillmann, British DX Club)
INDONESIA VOi previously used or announced 11 785, 7125 but
now all external services to Europe, Mideast, Asia, Australia and
America are on 11752, %75; English hours at 0100, 0800, 2000
(BBCM) Demonstrates profound ignorance at VOi of basic SW propagation, using same frequencies to all areas at all hours; the 0100
broadcast supposedly for us is far less likely to be heard than the 0800
beamed elsewhere (gh)
RR! Pontianak official schedule says 50kW on 9705 at 0300-0715,
but actually on 9708 at 0100-0800 (Thaliep, IRLC via Foster,OzDX via
DX Ontario) Check just before 0800 for possible fade-up (David M.
Clark, DXO ed.) Kalimantan is using two time zones, Samarinda and
Banjarmasin on UT+8, Pontianak and Palangkaraya on UT+7 (David
Clark, ODXA vfa Martin, OzDX)
Verie signers at RRI stations: Fak Fak, Richart [sic] Tan; Sorong,
Mrs. Tien Widarsanto (Richard A. D' Angelo, PA, World DX Club) RRI
building five new 250 kW transmitters in Ujung Pandang, four more at
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Broadcast Loggings
Thanks to our contributors - Have you sent in YOUR logs?
Send to Gayle Van Horn, clo Monitoring Times.
English broadcast unless otherwise noted.
0225 UTC on 5025
CUBA: Radio Rebelde. Spanish. II 3365 kHz with fine signal. Latin/ Cuban
vocals. Plenty of Rebelde promos. (Don Taylor, Green Cove Springs, FL)
0123 UTC o n 9700
GERMANY: Deutsche We lle. Discussion on econo my problems. II
programming on 6040, 6085, 6145 kHz. European Journal featuring the
popularity of soccer in Europe. (Anthony Williams, Bangor, ME)
0142 UTC on 9570
PORTUGAL : Radio Portugal lnt'I. Weather forecast to ID. II programming
9555, 11840 kHz. Chamber music to Spotlight on Portugal featuring a Nobel
prize winner. (Walter Marksfield, Peoria, IL)
01 46 UTC on 151 55
ECUADOR: HCJB. Discussion on spiritual discipline. Instrumental music. ID
at 0159 with frequency schedule. Time check to Jonnie and Friends. (Bill
Newberry, Bakersfield, CA)
0203 UTC on 9505
USA: WYFR. Discussion on Genesis 4. Dr. Gene Scott audible on WWCR
at 0207 on 5935 kHz. Rock music to 1-800 listener offer. Discussion on the
Bermuda Triangle and the lost world of Atlantis. (Williams, ME)
0235 UTC on 3300
GUATEMALA: Radio Cultural. English devotionals. fair signal quality.
Guatemala's Radio Chortis heard on 3380 kHz at 0312, amid high static.
Radio Buenas Nuevas heard on 4799.8 kHz at 0342, very weak. (Taylor, FL)
0246 UTC on 3285
BRAZIL: Radio Sentinela da Amazonia. Portuguese. Very weak signal for
male/female morning duo. ID and news briefs. (Taylor, FL)
0252 UTC on 3290
NAMIBIA: NBC. Afrikaans. Pop music vocals very weak to announcers
English ID and talk at 0254. (Taylor, FL)
0338 UTC on 4755
BRAZIL: Radio Educacao Rural. Portuguese. Weak signal for morning show.
Lots of news on Brazil to pop vocals. Time check noted, ID and local interest
items. (Jerry Wilkins, Denver, CO)
0345 UTC on 4830
VENEZUE.LA: Radio Tachira. Spanish. DJ format to ID/frequency promo.
Choral national anthem to patriotic song . Continued vocals and announcer
talk. (Wilkins, CO)
0358 UTC on 4875
BRAZIL: Super Radio. Two easy-listening vocals to mentions of Roraima Boa
Vista, Brazil. super Radio" ID promo, QTH repeat and sign-off at 0400 ~inus
national anthem. (Scott Martin, Cleveland, OH)
0416 UTC on 4990.7
PERU : Radio Ancash. Spanish. Nice rustic Peruvian vocals. Time check at
0420, to local news talk. Peru's Radio Chota heard on 4890 kHz at 0250. IDs
and music fair signal. (Martin, OH)
0434 UTC on 5035
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC : Radio Centrafricaine. French vocals at
tune-in, to French announcements. News items on the U.S., with world news
updates. Fair signal. (Martin, OH)
0630 UTC on 7385
PIRATE : Vietnam Veteran's Radio. Good reception for programming mix of
protest and anti-war tunes. U.S . national anthem played on electric guitar and
other Vietnam war comments. Station may originate from Los Angeles, as
the announcer spoke against the LA mayor. One clear ID. (Robert Pietraszek,
Turners Falls, MA)
0835 UTC on 6060
ARGENTINA: Radio Nacional. Good signal for Argentine tunes. Several time
checks and news briefs. Still audible at 1005, same frequency. (John T.
Roberson, San Antonio, TX)
0845 UTC on 4895
COL_OM_BIA : La Voz del Rio Arauca. Spanish. Latin ballads and pop vocals.
Musical Jingles and local talk. Colombia's La Voz del Cinaruco audible on 4865
kHz at 0855 and 0353. Latin ballads and Caracol network promo. (Sam
Wright, Biloxi, MS)
0904 UTC on 4885
BRAZIL: Radio Clube do Para. Portuguese. Sambas at tune-in. Station ID,
DJ ~it~. listener phone-in. AM rooster sound effects at regular time checks.
Music Jingles to pop vocals. Station audible the next night at 0403. Brazil's
Radio Tropical audible on 4855 kHz at 0020. (Wright, MS)
0920 UTC on 3375
BR,\ZIL: Radio Nacional Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira. Portuguese. Nice signal
for Jingle~ and Portuguese pops. Plenty of "Nacional" IDs. Morning regional
news to time check. National news topics to musical promos, monitored to
11 00 newscast. (GVH)
0945 UTC on 11835.5
URUGUAY: Radio El Espectador. Spanish . Station ID and location. Ad for
Banco de Montevideo to news obituaries. (Rausch, NJ)
1045 UTC on 11835
SRI LANKA: Music to world newscast. ID noted as. "This is the external
service of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. Don't hear this station
everyday. (Tom Banks, Dallas, TX)
1050 UTC 4975.5
COLOMBIA: Ondasdel Orteguaza. Spanish. Latin vocals. Station ID/frequency
and mention of Florencia. Time check to talk and pop vocals. (Banks, TX)
1058 UTC on 6070
CANADA: CFRX. Morning news and sports roundup. Promo for Ontario DX
club, ID and time check at the hour. News from Ontario. Toronto, and U.S.
travel agency ad to traffic update and weather forecast. (Frank Hillton,
Charleston, SC)
1107 UTC on 6080
AUSTRALI~: Radio Australia. Asian news topics from Japan and China.
Aussie national news, II 9580 much better. World news on Thailand,
Mozambique and PNG.115995 at 1125 with program line-up to Aussie country
and western music. (Hillton, SC)
1115 UTC on 6576
NORTH KOREA: Radio Pyongyang. Tentative IDon this station. Asian dialect
with ID type format. Asian classical music with II 7576 kHz. (Hillton , SC)
1214 UTC on 1521 0
CHINA: China Radio lnt'I. Listener's Letterbox show on exotic Chinese foods.
(Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA)
1225 UTC on 12070
AUSTRALIA: MF Radio. Fair signal for Aussie Forces Radio. Pop music
tunes by DJ to 1300 sign-off. (Banks, TX) Station still verifies with 2 IRCs
veri signer Hugh MacKenzie.
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1524 UTC on 13635
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Radio lnt'I. Future Watch show with discussion on
Swiss railway system. Gershwin piano instrumentals. Frequency quote, ID
Into French service at 1530.(Hlllton, SC)
1535 UTC on 13no
GUAM : AWA. Tentative ID for very weak signal. Additional religious
programming monitored as; 15105 kHz at 1547 on WHRI; 15355 kHz at 1603
on WYFR; 15375 kHz at 1605 KCBI. (Joel Alexander, Clearwater, FL)
1715 UTC on 15070
UNITED KINGDOM : BBC. Sherlock Holmes, The Second Stain. 2215 UTC
on 9915 kHz. Seeing Stars on globular star clusters. (Fraser, MA)
1825 UTC on 13620
KUWAIT: _Radio Kuwait. Easy listening Arabic vocals. ID/frequency schedule
at 1829 . Time tips at 1830 to fan fare music. World newscast to 1840. Program
feature on Kuwait's Iraqi invasion, A Day of Shame. Pop tunes program to
1900. (GVH)
1915 UTC on 17575
ISRAEL: Kol Israel. Calling All Listeners feature on the Song of the Jewish
Ghetto Resistance Fighters. (Fraser, MA)
1935 UTC on 17605
NETHERLANDSANTILLES.RadioNetherlandsRetayStation.HappyStation
show on the 18th North Sea Jazz Festival. (Fraser, MA)
2215 UTC on 15220
MOLDAVA: Radio Moldava lnt'I. Romanian. Male/ female interview format.
~nstrumental folk musi~ to 2230. ID at 2230. Musical bridge to more chat and
instrumentals. Weak signal lost at 2258 by co-channel sign-on. (Hillton, SC)
2215 UTC on 11620
INDIA: All India Radio. Radio Newsreel roundup, and upcoming program
schedules. ID at 2229. (Steve Goldman. Roselle, IL)
2225 UTC on 15674.6
HONDURAS : Radio Copan lnt'I. Spanish. Latin Instrumentals to English IDs.
Local chat to time check. QSL address given as: Box 955, Tegucigalpa,
Honduras or Box 526852 , Miami, FL 33152. Hope this one QSLs. (Jonathan
Campbell, Riviera Beach, FL)
2230 UTC on 11885
UNITED _ARAB EMIRATES : Radio Abu Dhabi. Pop rock on domestic Capitol
Radio, with upbeat DJ format. SW External Service in English with Letterbox
program on Fridays to 2320. Nice on parallel 15305 kHz. (Goldman, IL)
2232 UTC on 11805
RUSSIA: Radio Moscow Intl Audio Book Club. 1410 broadcast heard on
17760 kHz with news and views. (Fraser, MA)
2235 UTC on 9520
GERMANY: Radio Liberty. Russian . European service heard on parallels
9725, 9625, 7220, 5995. Mate/female conversation. Phone-In chats to clarinet
instrumentals by Kenny G. Covered at 2259 by Radio Exterior Espana.
Station relogged 2305 on 11885 kHz In Russian. News heard on parallels
9750, 9520, 7220 . Will try to QSL. (Thomas S. Barnes. Marietta, GA) Anyone
else need an address? Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Oettingerstrasse
67, 80538 Munich, Germany. (GVH)
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October 1993
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Utility World
Larry Van Horn
clo MT, P. 0. Box 98, Brasstown, NC 28902
MAS Update
Aero RTTY
One of the more popular areas for radio enthusiasts to monitor. in
the HF spectrum is the aeronautical band. Listening in on USB v01ce
communications between ground stations and aircraft becomes pretty
commonplace for those who tune in on aero action.
.
Another aspect of aero listening, however, involves theAeronauucal
Fixed Service (AFS). This service links specific points via the digital
modes. The primary purpose of this service is for safe air navigation and
for the routine, efficient and economical operation of air services.
These circuits employ the entire spectrum of available communication methods, including HF radio, landline, microwave, submarine
cable and satellites. Transmission modes include RTTY and various
other transmission protocols.
There are two distinct types of aeronautical RTTY: semi-continuous
coded weather signals covering wide geographical areas, and uncoded
occasional traffic relating to aircraft movements and weather reports.
The two traffic types are seldom transmitted from the station. Table 1
is comprised of stations of the second type, broadcasting infonnation
about aircraft movements and weather.
The African Continent is dotted with these stations which come alive
at night, when most of the long haul overflights occur. Most of these
stations are localed in the fonner French Colonies and they communicate
with each other in networks which fall under the titles of ASECNA
("Agence pour la Sccurite de la Navigation Aerienne en Afrique et a
Madagascar") or AFfN ("Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network''). Modes used are baudol RTTY, ARQ-M2 and ARQ-E3, the latter
being a French military code. Table 1 is a sampling of active stations
from Robert Hall's 1992/1993 database and intercepts from the utility
world logging column.
Most messages encountered on these networks are in coded fonnat
and are usually decoded by computers at the receiving end. An excellent
publication, the Air and Meteo Code Manual by Klingenfuss, will
provide the monitor with the means to decode traffic heard in the AFS
service. Another source of infonnation on these networks is the Aeronawical Communications Handbook, HF Edition by MT's Robert
Evans. Both of these references are available through several MT
advertisers.
Thanks 10 Robert Hall in South Africa for his input in preparing this
segment on the AFS networks.
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0530-2130
Stettin Radio sends SITOR-B traffic lists at 0200, 0600, 1000, 1400,
1800, and 2200 UTC. The broadcasts at I 000 and 2200 include a traffic
list for Gyndia (SPH) Radio, also in Poland. Steuin also has a blind
transmit service on request al 0800 and 1600. Robin also notes that
Stettin has been testing in USB on 1794.0 kHz using the call sign SPO.
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MONITORING TIMES
(~!l!i'.~billl
Rm(50/399)
ARO-E3 (48/850)
(some RTIY)
Rm(50/360)
RTIY(SO)
3BZ
Sliili21llL2s;g!i2a
Larnaca Air. Cyprus
Plaisance Air, Mauritius
3XA
SAE
SHD
SNK
SST
STX
SUA
SYD
6VY
70C
8BN
809
9HA
ATTY
Rm (50/215)
RTIY (50/434)
Rm(50/425)
9JZ
AWC
AWD
CSY
Rm(50/339)
Rm
Rm
ATTY (50/666)
D4B
EIP
EPD
ETD3
FBSK
Gaborone, Botswana
9GC
Freqyeacies
8137.0
4023.S 7763.S
919S.O 9378.S
3710.87610.010104.0
2822.0 11494.S
18388.6 19822.5
7990.0 1117S.8
11440.0
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HZJ
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S2D
6943.0
TJK
ATTY (50/434)
S160.S 7S96.07614.0
7423.0816S.O11 S46.0
12256.0 13366.S 13372.5
13737.0
6975.09070.010407.0
5879.0 6765.71100S.O
11541 .014395.0
6925.0
6989.0
5804.0 5904.1 7832.0
2682.0 3595.05364.0
5818.5 7797.0 9228.0
7913.0 8118.511443.0
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8071.3
5474.0 9994.210S39.1
12323.0 14497.S
91S4.0 14508.0
814S.O 11440.0
S107.0 1206S.O
6736.0 6912.09873.S
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TAK
TTL
TUH
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Bangkok Air. Thailand ATTY (50)
Fregyeacjes
3886.2 4014.0
10654.3 13742.5
Jeddah Air, Saudi Arabia ATTY (50)
5733 .0
Khartoum Air, Sudan ATTY (50)
3602.511507.5
11634.5 13991.5
13996.5 16202.0
18064.5 18173.5
18543.5
Cairo Air, Egypt
ATTY (50)
10633.0 14498.0
Dhaka A ir, Bangladesh ATTY (50)
6882.5 106 13.0
15655.0
Doula, Cameroon
ARQ-E3 (48/850) 4056.0
ARQ-M2
(ASECNA)
7714.0
ATTY (501780) 4788.0 9 136.0 9226.0
Bangui, Central Africa (75/881)
6902.5 9072.5
Rep(ASECNA) ATTY
Brazzaville, Congo
ATTY (50/405) 4487.510123.0
(ASECNA)
14462.5
ARQ-M2 (Ch B ) 3898.0 8123.0
9285.0 14890.0
14989.0
Libreville, Gabon
ARQ-E3 (481380) 4464.5
(ASECNA)
ARQ-M2 (96/452)6941.3
N'Djamena, Chad
ARQ-M2 (96/450)921 7 .5
(AS ECNA)
ATTY
18047.0
Abidja n , Cote d 'Ivoire ATTY (50/436)
4195.5 5848.0
(ASECNA)
7690.0 9423.0 9846.0
11486.0
Cotonou. Benin
ARQ-M2 (96/425)5117.5 7524.0
(ASECNA)
Bamako. Mali (ASECNA) ATTY (50/425)735503 7626.0
10134.0 11515.2
O uagadougou, Burkina Faso ARQ-M2 6775.0
Yangon Air. Myanmar ATTY (50)
4015.0 7419.0
Kabul Air, Afganhistan ATTY (50)
5266.0 11065.0
(Interesting Rick - I have nothing in my official Coast Guard list tor a 1347-Larry)
USCGC Knight Island (WPB-1348)
USCGC Galveston Island (WPB-1349)
77541-8934
96540-1056
USCGC Point Baker (WPB-82342)
PO Box 488, Sabine Pass,
TX 77655-0488
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1993
33
Utility World
Utility Loggings
5230.0
5400.0
Air Force
Air Force Base
Amplitude Modulation
Argentine Navy
Automatic Repetition on
Request (SITOA-A)
ARO-E
SingleChannelSimplexARO
ARO-M2 Multiplex ARO teleprinter
system with two data
channels
ASECNA Agence pour la Securite de
la Navigation Aerienne en
Afrique et a Madagascar
ATC
Air Traffic Control
BA
British Army
Canforce Canadian Forces
CAMSPAC Communications Area
Master Station, Pacific
Coast Guard
CG
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
Comms Communications
Comsta Communications Station
CW
Continuous Wave (Morse
Code)
OF
Direction Finding
DUP-AAO Hungarian Diplomatic
simplex ARO teleprinter
system
Fax
Facsimile
FACSFAC USN Fleet Area Control &
Surveillance Facility
FF
French Forces
FHWA
Federal Highway
Administration
FM
From
French Navy
FN
HFDL
High Frequency Data Link
ID
Identification
IRNA
Islamic Republic News
Agency
LSB
MARS
Meteo
MFA
mtv
NORAD
Ops
ORM
RAF
R!T
RTIY
SAM
SAN
SELCAL
SITOA-A
SITOR-B
UHF
UN
Un id
USACOE
USAF
USB
USCG
USCGC
USN
USS
Vacapes
VFT
XINHUA
Lower Sideband
Military Affiliate Radio
System
Meteorological
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
Motor Vessel
North American Aerospace Defense
Command
Operations
Interference
Royal Air Force
Radiotelephone
Radio teletype
Special Air Mission
South African Navy
Selective Calling
Simplex Telex over
Radio, Mode A
Simplex Telex over
Radio, Mode B
Ultra High Frequency
United Nations
Unidentified
United States Army
Corps of Engineers
United States Air Force
Upper Sideband
United States
Coast Guard
United States
Coast Guard Cutter
United States Navy
United States Ship
Virginia Capes
Voice Frequency
Telegraphy
New China News Agency
1794.0
2180.0
3467.0
4125.0
4134.0
4372.0
4373.0
4560.0
4707.0
4737.0
4991.7
5000.0
5203.5
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ZSC-Capetown Radio, South Africa, with a NAVTEX test transmission using SITOR-B at 0700. (Robert Hall-Capetown, South Africa)
SPO-Stettin Radio, Poland, with English language test transmission
in USB at 2200. (Robin Hood-UK)
English female 5-digit number station in AM at 0400. (Barry Williams-Enterprise, AL)
Air India 356 working Bombay ATC in USB at 2157. (Robin HoodUK)
WHW730-Limited Coastal Station (New) Larose, LA, working several m/v's with call and LaAose Base IDs in USB at 1325 (Cajun
Accent) . (Neal Perdue-Madison, AL)
NPSE-USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) working NMN-USCG Comsta
Portsmouth, VA, for RTIY frequencies in use using USB at 0534.
(Baker-OH)
Giant Killer FACSFAC Vacapes working G5M relaying comms for
7XV giving UHF frequencies (Note possible new frequency, no
longer 4373.0). Heard In USB at 0037. (Baker-OH)
Giant Killer working USE and S41 (USN Fleet Area Control Vacapes)
in USB. (Frank Carson-Clinton, MD)
CFH-Halifax military, Canada, working unid Canforce ship advised
sh ip to change frequency to A5B in USB at 0712. (Baker-OH)
RAF Buchan, Scotland, calling Echo 6 Foxtrot with intercept
co-ordinates in USB at 1727.
Two male fisherman with usual XXX language in USB at 0545 . (Scott
Burke-Tuscon, AZ)
RFFVAY-FF Sarajevo, Bosnia Hercegovina, with ARQ-M2 message
to RFFP [FKWA) at 0604. (Joerg Klingenfuss-Germany)
VHF-Israeli Mossad number station mixing with WWVat0145 in AM.
(Bill Fernandez-MA)
Delta 28 working Romeo 41 in USB at 0553. (Burke-AZ)
October 1993
6224 .0
6227.0
6420.0
6696.0
6715.0
6716.0
6735.0
6790.0
6812.0
6815.5
6840.0
6875 .0
7536.5
7626 .0
5610.0
n84 .0
7959.1
8048.5
8050.0
8056.0
8081 .0
8122.0
8135.0
8240.0
8294.0
8297.0
8303.5
8312.0
8427.5
8740.0
8743.0
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8746 .0
8749.0
8791 .0
8889.0
8903.0
8972.0
9023 .0
9043.5
9135.7
9190.1
9220.0
10066.0
10215.0
10766.0
10841.4
10960.7
11176.0
11182.0
11191 .0
11209.0
11214.0
11217.0
11220.0
11345.0
11455.0
11485.0
11488.0
11634.0
12115.0
12140.4
12155.0
12158.0
12170.2
12228.6
13155.0
13205.0
13207.0
13212.0
13412.0
13878 .0
14606.0
14642.0
15048.0
16620 .0
16803.0
16828.0
16839.0
18035.4
18041.1
18173.0
18393.0
19011 .8
19236.1
19256.8
22380. 1
22394.1
22401 .1
22876.0
29454.0
22458.0
22463.0
22479.0
225n.o
22582.0
22603.0
22670.0
22694.0
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Our first stop is Toronro, Canada. As you pull your neck into your
warm coat, check out the frequencies that were sent in by Jeffrey Johnston.
Toronto Police
139.740
155.895
142.035
142.065
142.125
142.155
142.305
142.335
142.695
142.875
142.905
142.965
142.995
411.8875 Toronto jail
412.2125 Investigations
412.8875 Investigations
862.4125 Headquarters/maintenance
862.5 125 Cadets
Ontario Police
139.53
139.545
139.65
139.68
139.77
139.80
140.04
140.115
140.13
141.795
141.84
141.885
141.90
149.695
149.83
149.86
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As we depart Canada, don 't forget to bring your coat. The early
morning and evening hours in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, can be quite
cool. This area is home to Bob Landis and here are his favorite State
Police frequencies.
159.045
159.075
156.195
156.225
Repeater
Repeater
Repeater
Repeater
out
out
in--from Ohio line to 100 mile marker
in--from the JOO to 200 mile marker
Bob says that all transmissions are relayed back to the Harrisburg
headquarters via a 2 or 6 gigahertz microwave link.
Since we're already in Pennsylvania, let's stop and visit with Bob
Ferguson. Bob wants to share the frequencies that he monitors during
the Penn State football games.
Post game interviews
161.640
161.70
450.012
450.80
Parabolic Mikes
809.587
810.187
813.487
822.525
Traffic Parking/Police
464.05
Our last Pennsylvania invitation came from an anonymous contributor. Here is a list of frequencies for Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
33.56
33.90
75.94
154.875
155.475
155.535
156.03
Lancaster fire
Lancaster dispatch
Columbia Police
Lancaster Police
Epharta Police
Epharta Police
Lancaster Prison
158.73
158.79
159.15
155.28
158.73
158.79
Epharta Police
Epharta Police
Epharta Police
Lancaster Hospital
Columbia Police
Columbia Police
Ill 460.725
463.30
463.50
463.95
Sammons Cable TV
College Square Mall Security
Three Rivers ambulance
Checker Cab
Are you tired of carrying that winter coat? "No problem," says Steve
Cook, "you can leave it at my house." Welcome to the warm and sunny
locale of League Cily, Texas.
48.30
Texas-New Mexico power & light
154.175 Fire Dept
453.625 League City ambulance
461.4875 Bay Brook Mall Security
461.75 Best Waste Trash Co.
464.225 Gulf Greyhound Park security
464.6875 Alameda Mall Security
464.9125 Mall of the Mainland Security
Our next invitation is fromAberdeen, Maryland. If you left your coat
at Steve's house, it may be possible to borrow a blanket or sweater from
Joe Montana. Here are Joe 's favorite frequencies.
37.30
37. 18
Another anonymous contributor who wishes to be called, "The Scan
453.80
Man," has invited us to Morristown, Tennessee.
458.80
33.88
42.42
153.80
Morristown Fire
Highway patrol
33.60
155.025 Morristown EMS dispatch
46.06
Hamblen Fire
155 .115
155.205 Morristown EMS ambulance
46.50
Hamblen Fire
451.825
47.80
Appalachian Electric 460.275 Hamblen County Sheriff
153.47 Morristown Power
460.40 Hamblen County Sheriff
Police
Police
Police
Police
Fire
Fire
Road maintenance
Midland Park
Police
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October 1993
37
More Caller ID
Scanner Stories
One of the greatest story tellers in Abington, Massachusetts, has
retired. Fran Johnson was known for his animated story telling style and
~ntricate details. During a social gathering, scanner buffs from neighbormg towns told Johnson that his nightly stories on the police radio would
be missed.
Johnson's radio popularity soared when he became a police dispatcher
and began to share his experiences over the air. "Stop at Kai's and bring
bac_k a coffee, no sugar." Johnson would say. When the patrolling officer
radioed back that he couldn't find Kai's, Johnson replied. "That was just
a touch of nostalgia for you young guys. Kai's was burned down years
ago.''
~ohnson joined the police department in 1964. He worked cruiser duty
for five years, served eleven years as a p lain clothes officer and, in 1979,
became the night shift dispatcher. (News clipping from the Patriot
Ledger.)
Your letters are testimony to the fact that protecting caller identification _on the telephone is a hot topic. In our high tech society, it is
becommg nearly impossible to place an anonymous telephone call. Calls
Scanner Tip Off
to a 911 emergency number, for example, usually display the caller's
phone number and address. And in some areas, consumers can purchase
When the video store in Pleasantville, New Jersey, was robbed, the
electronic boxes that display the phone number of the calling party.
police
ha? little hope of apprehending the suspect. After taking an
. As I mentioned in July's column, protecting your telephone privacy
undetermmed
amount of cash, the suspect simply walked out the door and
1s possible, ?ut it isn't free. The pay service called "Stopper" charges
disappeared into the crowded streets.
$1.95 ~er mmute to protect the caller's identification to any location in
Hearing the suspect's description on a scanner radio, a local citizen
the United States. For more information, call toll free 1-800-235-1414.
spotted the individual and called police. A few m inutes later, the suspect
was apprehended without incident. (News clipping from The Press.)
Oczober 1993
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First Contact
A few days ago I ran across a friend I had not
seen in awhile. About three months prior he had
successfully passed his Amateur Radio "NoCode"Technicians Class license lest. I asked him
how he was enjoying his new hobby. He told me
that he had purchased a good used handi- talkie
al a recent hamfcst and that he even put an
antenna on his car for the commute to work.
Knowing he had a choice of half a dozen
repeaters in the area, T was quite puzzled that I
had not heard him on the air , even though he had
both license and equipment for quite a while. I
then invited him to meet me on a particular
frequency so we could "chew the rag" on the way
to work in the morning. He sort of looked past me
for a few seconds and mumbled that "He hasn 'l
been on the air yet." He was just too shy and
scared to pick up the mike and operate.
I l seems that there are l wo kinds of people who
get their ham Ucenscs: Folks who get on the air
as soon as they open th al envelope from the FCC,
and those who literally agonize for days, weeks,
even months before they join the ranks of active
hams. Old Uncle Skip has a few notions lo he lp
folks overcome the nervousness of that first time
on tl1e radio. Welcome to ...
still got butterflies in my stomach the first time will also hear folks having fW1 in the 50-54 MHz
I keyed up my packet radio station. This was in segment known as the 6 meter band. Harns have
spi le of the fact that the ham I was con lac ling was access to frequencies well up through the
somebody I had talked lo hW1dreds of limes on microwaveregions, but most of tllis activity can 'l
2 Meler FM and HF SSB. Since I only use CW be monitored witll receivers you are likely to
once in a blue moon, I shake so much when I start already have al your listening post.
out I end up sending a long string of dots.
Take some notes on what you hear. Pay close
Because I have always had my share of the attention to tlle protocols and courtesies common
operating shivers, I have made use of a few to the hobby. Notice how people initiate contact
techniques to gel me over the hump and into the with one another. You will notice many people
fun.
calling CQ. CQ is a way of letting people know
you 're on the air and you want to talk to anybody
who can hear your signal. Answering a CQ call
Listen in on the Fun
is a great way to make your first contact. In the
Since you are reading Monitoring Times, it is VHF/UHF FM world, folks don't usually call
reasonable Lo assume that you have already been CQ. Instead you might hear someone say their
bitten by the radio bug. Shifting from simply call sign followed by the word "listening" (e.g ..
monitoring lo amateur radio operating is a fairly " WB2GHA listening"). This is someone who is
common occurrence. Lots of folks gel the urge to just letting folks know that he or she is available
put the ir own signals out there in the ether. But to communicate, usually tllrough a local repeater
long before you ever start studying for your first system.
Regardless of where you listen within the ham
ham ticket, you can begin to eavesdrop on amateur
activity. "Ya don' t need no license to listen, bands, you will discover something that should
Bunl<y!" Start tuning aroW1d theham bands to gel ease your mind and reduce those First Contact
Jitters. The ham bands are by and large populated
an idea of how people operate.
On HFmostoftheactiv ity will bein SSB and by thousands of folks who are just like you and
CW modes. Try tW1ing through 1800-2000, 3500- who are looking forward to talking to you on the
4000, 7000-7300, 10 100-10150, 14000-14350, air! All those folks calling CQ or "listening"
21000-21450, 24890-24990, 28000-29700 kHz. would be honored to be your first contact in the
If you have a VHF/UHF scarmer you will hear a amateur radio world.
Your monitoring will give you a good idea of
great
deal of mostly FM activity through 144Be it CW, voice, or any other mode you may
standard operating practices, such as how and
148,
220-225,
420-450,
902-928,
1240-1300
be licensed lo try, we all get the jitters when we
start out. Heck I've been a ham for years and I MHz. If your scanner covers the lower bands, you when to give your callsign. (Hint: You have to ID
al the beginning and end of your contact, and at
least every JO minutes in between) You will also
learn tlle informal practices and politeness that
goes along with typical ham commW1ication. No
doubt, you will also run across a few " bad
examples" of people tuning up on the air or
calling on a frequency without first checking to
see if it is clear. When you hear these poor
practices it is also likely that you will find other
hams reminding theoffenderof tlleerror. Amateur
Radio has a long and proud history of self policing.
This brings us to another important point.
When your license comes and you first get on the
air, everybody makes mistakes. Beginners often
make a few more mistakes. If something goes
wrong and somebody tells you about it, tllank
them for tlle correction and don't get upset by it.
Also don ' t be afraid to let people know you are
j us t starting out. Most hams are more than willing
to go out of their way to help you learn and
become a better operator.
Carole J . Perry, WB2MGP, noted author and promoter of amateur
Your listening in on the ham radio world will
radio, has been featured in OST and will be the guest speaker at
show you tllat some of the operating practices
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Description
Treasury common
Treasury tactical
Treasury tactical
166.200
166.4375
166.625
166.875
169.550
407. 7875 Treasury Command Posts
Freq MHz
165.2875
166.5375
165.2875 (paired
with 166.5375)
166.4625
165.9125
173.8875
168.000
173.8875 (paired
with 166.5375)
October 1993
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
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India
Kilo1
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November
Freq
MHz
6.683
6.716
6.756
6.812
6.817
6.830
6.989
9.006
9.043
11.226
11.156
11 .634
13.201
13.205
13.823
F-118
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Primary voice: Special Air
Missions (SAM)
(also Executive One Foxtrot)
F-090/989
F-151/30 AndrewsAFBIAF-1/ AF-2
secondary
F-888
AF-l/AF-2 primary voice
check-in
F-064
F-259
F-775
F-426
F-358
F-1411335
F-387
F-237
F-669
Andrews AFB, AF-1/SAMs
F-768
Andrews AFB
F-377
Marl< Swarbrick
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Delta
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Victor
X-ray
Yankee
Zulu
Elm
Description
167. 7875 Escort President guard
165.3750 Lesser person guard
169.925 Exec branch messenger
service
407.850 Air Force 1 air/ground
telephone
415.700 Air Force 1 (paired with
echo)
166.400 Input to Repeater Charlie
166.213
407.925 U.S. Treasury Guard
Service
67.825 Duplex Mobile PhonePres. residence
165.213 Car to Car and some field
offices repeaters
165.025 Press Business FreqBackup staff
164.8875 Pres. Garage and
Secondary CP
164.400 Technical Security and
Input to Baker
166.700 Motorcade-Car to Car
165.650 Point to Point Tactical
361 .600 Air Force 1 Communicalions
164.100 White House Comm.
Agency
166.4625 Treasury Common
162.6875 High Band Phone PatchPaired w/Zulu
171 .2875 High Band Phone PatchPaired w/Yankee
415.450 Air Force 1
406.000 Air Force 1
305.000 Air Force 1 & 2 UHF
satellite link (WBFM)
Norway, IL
Portage La Prairie, MB
Roscommon. Ml
Regina, SK Canada
Sherbrooke, ON Canada
Socorro , NM
Smith Falls, ON Canada
Sudbury, ON Canada
Terre Haute, IN
Wheatland, ND
Wyoming, MN
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Presidential Five-0 Visit
Speaking of Secret Service communications,
Fred from Honolulu writes us with no joy
concerning President Clinton's recent trip to
Hawaii. Fred says, "I was extremely disappointed
(from a monitoring point of view) with President
Clinton's recent visit to Honolulu. With the
exception of a few cryptic and far between
iden tifications, I was unable to copy any
transmissions from the Secret Service, White
House staff, military escorts or Air Force One.
"Using Federal File articles of April 1992
and November 1992 as my data base, I entered
the frequencies into my 2006. It would appear
that t11e Secret Service has gone almost entirely
to scrambled transm issions for presidential visits.
I assume that the frequcnt shon static bursts were
indicative of digital scrambling. Generally, the
only clear transmi ssions were on 165.785 MHz
and they consisted of one-way calls to or from
McGuire Base, Portland Base, Honolulu Base or
McKiman Base.
"At my location approximately I 5 miles from
Hickam Air Force Base lllere was absolutely no
traffic from Air Force One on the much touted
'Echo/Foxtrot' or 'Yankee Z ulu' frequencies. "
Many monitors thought that with a new
president and a young staff, Air Force One
communications would be conducted sloppily
until the rookies got the hang of lll ings. However,
this has proven not to be the case (with one
not able exception reported in September's
"Communications" column). It seems that new
commun ications security procedures have been
initiated on the UHF and VHF frequencies used
by Air Force One(fwo and the Secret Service
including extensive use of DVP voice scrambling:
Some communications are still being made in the
clear(especially on HF) but the majority of VHF
and UHF communications arc scrambled.
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October 1993
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Incidentally, Doug also says that the ground uy, or whatever, (except cash, that is)!
control frequencies are probably the best to
Second! y ,ask for a QSL/verification, don't
monitor around large airports. If you are not sure demand It. Also, it is usually advantageous if you
of the ground control freq of the airport in your can send a prepared QSL card with your report
area, send me an SASE and I'll find out for you. so that the person receiving it can just fill in the
blanks.
If you should hear a pilot and a ground station
Airline Addresses
operator having a heated exchange over some
Starting with this issue and continuing for matter, do not refer to this in your letter by any
several months, we'll print airline addresses for means. Stick to the facts of time, date, airline,
your use in send ing reception reports. In addition, flight number, Selca! code (if given), departure
starting in December, we'll include addresses for point and destination (if known), and ground
air/ground radio s tations, such as Rainbow station worked.
You might want to include something about
Radio, Stockholm Radio, Houston Radio, AR.INC,
yourself in the letter - such as your type of
and others:
receiver, antenna, what you do for a living, how
longyou've becn an aero monitor, etc. If you have
Air Canada
Air China
P.O. Box 14000
Beijing Capnal lnt'I Airport
photos of your equipment, send along one or two
St. Laurent. Quebec
P.O. Box 100621
of them. Possibly a postcard of your hometown
H4Y 1H4 Canada
Beijing. People's ROC
airport could be added.
The airline addresses given above are to be
Air France
American Airlines
1 Square Max Hymans
P.O. Box 619616
used, obviously, when you are sending a recep7501 5 Paris, France
Dallas/Ft. Worth, Airport
tion report to a ground station. If you 're sending
Dallas, TX 75261 -9616 USA
one to an airborne station, it probably will reach
the captain of the aircraft a lot quicker if you send
American West Airlines, Inc.
Air New Zealand
222 S. Mill Avenue
it to the departure or destination station of that
Private Bag
Tempe. AZ 85281 USA
Auckland 1. New Zealand
particular Oight ratherthan to the company headquarters.
Alaska Airlines
Brnish Airways (Speedbird)
Your next q ucstion might well be, "But how
Seattle-Tacoma Int'/ Airport
P.O. Box 10, Heathrow Airport
am I to know the address of the airport?" Not to
P.O. Box 68900
London Hounslow TW6 2JA
Seattle, WA 98168 USA
England UK
wony; when you send the reception report to the
city of destination or departure of the flight in
Oeha Air Lines Inc.
Hawaiian Airlines
question, simply add the word "airport" or better
Hartsfield Atlanta
Honolulu lnt'I Airport
yet, "international airport," and it 'II have an
International Airport
P.O. Box 30008
Atlanta, GA 30320 USA
Honolulu, HI 96820 USA
increased chance of getting to the right person.
Here's an ex ample:
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Why Beacons?
"Why listen to beacons? The only thing I'm
going lo hear is Morse Code being sen! over and
over again, right ?"That's a question I hear often
from those who have not yet ventured below the
AM broadcast band. Since autumn usually marks
the beginning of improved conditions, it seems
like a good time to explain and hopefully inspire!
In North America, the radio frequencies
below 500 kHz arc populated mainly by uJility
signals; that is, signals not intended for the
general pub! ic. There arc all sorts of"ute" signals
we could talk about, but the overwhelming
majori ty arc from unmanned Non-Directional
Beacons (NDBs). Ifyou'vcevcrtuned across 190
lo 530 kHz at night , perhaps you've heard their
two or three letter Morse identifiers coming
through.
Most U.S. beacons are operated by the FAA
or the Coast Guard. n1eir official purpose is to
transmit a constant "homing" signal usehtl for
pilots and mariners who have radio direction
finders on board. You can think of an NDB as a
typeof"clcctronic lighthouse." NDB shel ters can
be found in open fields, near airports, on piers.
There's probably one near you.
What attracts listeners to the beacon band? I
think Sheldon Remington summed it up best in
his v,rritc-up for thc Aero!Marine Beacon Guide.
He emphas ized that beacon DXers are interested
in the fact of reception, not the content of the
transmi ssions. You sec, many NDBs run a mere
25 watts of power and are intended for short
ranges only- usually less than I 00 miles. When
you use your operating skills and radio equipment to snag one at 500 or even I 000 miles, it can
be quite exhilarating.
Once an intercept has been made, the beacon
chaser wastes no time in searching for another
new catch. With hundreds of beacons out there,
and changes in frequency, power, ID, etc. constantly taking place, there's almost never a dull
moment. Some listeners even keep detailed lists
of their catches tJrnt they can proudly exchange
with otJ1crs. Perhaps you've noticed some of them
appearing from time to time right here in Below
500 kHz as in the July issue, for instance.
Many of the same people who enjoy AM
broadcast DXing also seem to enjoy hunting
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Why restrict yourself to a conventional written log? Mike Csontos of Lima, New York, has
been experimenting with a new kind oflog in the
form of a road map. He uses a ruler to plot lines
from his location to each beacon he hears. The
plots look something like the spokes of a wheel,
with the "hub" centered on Mike's home town.
With the information presented graphically,
it gives a clear picture of where most of your
signals come from, and whcreyourfarthcstcatchcs
arc. Along each line, you could easily write in the
ID of the beacon, its power level, them ilcagc, etc.
I think this idea has good possibilities for LF
work.
End Notes
Along with the changing seasons, a very
positive change has come to our household
recently with the arrival of our first child, Bryan.
I'm sure he'll keep us busy in the coming years,
along with our other ongoing responsibilities!
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Radio in The United Kingdom is changing
rapidly ! Many new Independent Local Radio
stations arc com ing on the air, filling the AM and
FM bands with a variety of diverse and unusual
programming . Many new ILR stations are being
issued licenses with the proviso that they broadcast formats serving special interest groups, or
provide types of music or talk unavailable elsewhere. Applications for top 40 popular music
stations are quickly dismissed, but some stations
push the limits of the ir assigned formats. London's
"Jazz FM" often broadcasts Motown and R&B
music, especially during morning and evening
drive-time when audiences are at their peak.
It's rather ironic that as British radio stations
continue to become more individual and unconventional, American radio is relying more and
more on generic satellite-delivered form ats with
little local identity. Until next month, take advantage of the beginning of AM DX season and
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cooperation from government, military and industry, amateur radio enthusiasts have been
designing, building and launching their own satellites for over thirty years.
Just four years after the Soviets shocked the
world with the launch of their Sputnik I spacecraft, a group of West Coast amateurs built and
cajoled the military into launching their own
satellite, OSCAR I (Orbital Satellite Carrying
Amateur Radio). The date was December 12,
1961; total cost of the satellite: $26.
Throughout the years this group has not only
kept up with the rapid pace of the electronics and
aerospace technologies, but it has built the complex international organizarion necessary to
continue. The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (known simply as AMSA T) began in 1969
as a non-profit, educational corporation. Similar
independent organizations were quickly established in the Soviet Union, Great Britain,
Australia, Germany, Brazil, Japan, and other
countries.
Monitoring Amsats
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In order to make way for "emerging technologies" on the 2 GHz band, the FCC had been
contemplating moving the thousands of existing
fixed microwave links in that band to the4 GHz
range of C band. Cooler heads have prevailed,
and C band will be dropped from the list of
poss ible new homes to what would mostcenainly
have produced a terrestrial interference nightmare for C band users.
United Video has begun uplinking KJAZ
San Francisco on the G alaxy 5 channel 7, 5.58
and 6.12 MHz audio subcarrier. The station is
competing with previously established KLON
Long Beach, which is commercial free and listener supported, and which is found on Spacenet
3 Channel 15, 5.58 and 5.76 MHz.
The venerable data service Electra has left
the hidden confines of the TBS Superstation
verticle blanking interval. If none of that made
any sense to you, consider yoursel f deprived. For
eleven years Taft broadcasting of Cincinnati,
Ohio, operated a primitive data service called
Electra, the digital signal of which was transmitted on TBS. Reception required only a small
RAM-only computer which stored the data for
retrieval via a small handheld infra-red remote
control. The data was displayed on the user's TV
by way o f an RF modulator.
The fact is, Electra technology was swamped
by X*Press Information Services. Using thedata
stream of the very same TBS Superstation,
X*Press provides subscribers with hundreds of
pages of news from services from all over the
world: literally too many to mention here. Using
fancy text manipulation and other computer technologies, X*Press made Electra unnecessary.
Too bad. It was a great idea whose time came and
went and few even knew about it.
1994 will see the launch of two new basic
services. PBS will offer Horizons TV, a basic
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cable service featurin g a variety of intellectual
activities; and a commercial group will launch a
channel called Booknet, which will sell books to
viewers as a sort of intellectual shopping channel. It is said that Booknct will spend tens of
millions to get up and running.
A more ambitious project is from Motorola,
whic h is well on the way to launching its Iridium
project. The idea is to have a system of 66 small
satellites in low Earth orbit which would relay
voice, data, fax, and other s ignals to any other
place in the world. The system is supposed to be
in place by 1998 and cost over three billion
doll ars . lf the system seems familiar, it should.
AMSAT's system of microsats has been doing
exactly the same thing for hams for years.
Hughes Communication's latest satellite,
Galaxy 4, is up and running in place o f Galaxy
6 at 99 degrees west. This powerful satellite
features 24 16-watt C band channels and 24 50watt Ku band channels. Launch of this satellite
was delayed for so long that it can1e as a surprise
to see the color bars and billboard announcing its
presence during testing in mid-July. By the way,
SCPC experimenters will enjoy the vastly im proved signal levels of their favorite broadcasters.
For those who are obsessed with tracking the
inclined orbi t satellites, there is a new book out
which may be of interest. Called The Inclined
Orbil Sa1el/i1e Tracking Guidebook by Mark
Long and Jeffrey Keating, it is published by
MLE, Inc. The two authors arc long time writers
in this field. For more inform ation write Mark
Long Enterprises, Inc., 150 North Federal Highway, Suite 230, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301.
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51
DXCC
No, DXCC is not Roman numerals for the
year ham radio began! It is an award issued by
the American Radio Relay League for working
100 countries. There are, in fact, 12 different
DXCC awards. They are: Mixed (combine any
mode and band/s), Phone, CW, and RTTY. You
may use the mode of your choice on any band/s
to earn these four awards. Then there are the band
awards in which you work 100 countries on any
of the following bands: 160, 80, 40, 10, 6 or two
meters, any mode. The Satellite DXCC rewards
those who confirm I 00 countries using any or all
of the various amateur radio satellites. Then
there is the real biggie: theFiveBandDXCC. For
this one you must work 100 countries on each of
five bands.
To add icing to the cake, one can get endorsements for working additional countries and modes
(for example, working 100 countries on 160
meter SSB, etc.). In truth, an amateur can spend
years attempting to gamer all the awards available through this program (and spend a lot of
money and ruin a marriageortwo in the process).
Is It Good?
Oh yes, the DXCC program is very good. It
has sparked a lot of enthusiasm and kept many
amateurs active who would have dropped out of
the hobby were it not for the ultimate challenge
of working ALL available countries. In addition,
it has sparked numerous international friendships (started a few minor wars, too), and
encouraged travel through DXpeditions (traveling Lo a country with few or no hams to activate
it on the bands). In general, it is one of the more
worthwhile awards available to amateurs. However, it has a few flaws.
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Ham DX Tips
This is an excellent month to decide for yourself whether you agree with Ike's comments
regarding contests. With the CQ Magazine Worldwide SSB contest occurring on the 30th and
31st, there will be many DXpeditions to rare and semi-rare locations taking place before and
after the contest. During the contest, stations will exchange a signal report and the CQ Zone
they are located in (there are 40 worldwide). Here are some DX tips to get you in the mood
'til the contest starts.
ANGUILLA If not downed by hurricane activity, the 2 meter repeater here has a wide
coverage and can be keyed up by transmitting on 145.300 MHz and can be heard on 145.900
MHz from St. Martin, St. Kitts , or the British Virgin Islands easily. US amateurs wishing to
operate from here should, well in advance of their trip, contact the ARRL, which can advise
them of the proper procedures to obtain permission to operate. AZERBAIJAN At
approximately 0300 UTC on 14020 to 14025 kHz CW, or from 1200 to 1300 UTC on 18070
to 18075 CW, look for UD6DKW (whoseQSLmanager is: DL6KV A, Axel Schernikau, Postfach
02, 0-2565 Kuehlungsborn, Germany). BURK/NO FASO XT2BW (QSL to: WB2YQH,
P.O. Box 73, Spring Brook, NY 14140) will only be active from here 'ti! the end of the year,
so now is the time to get him in your logs. He has been active on 18080 kHz CW at 1630 UTC.
He is also active on 10103 kHz CW at 2100 UTC and 7005 kHz CW 0530 to 0600 UTC. DX
NETS Herc are two 40 meter nets to try for. Starting at 2300 UTC, UL7LS operates a net
on 7043 kHz SSB, made up of amateurs from the Commonwealth of Independent States wishing
to work North Americans by listening to 7200 kHz SSB. The US 40 meter DX group meets
on 7 180 kHz SSB at 0600 UTC (times and frequencies subject to change due to QRM from
SW broadcasters) weekends. The group works DX stations on its frequency and SSB frequencies
below 7080 kHz. IRAN 9D5CW (Najib,Box 24755 -154, Tehran, Iran) has been on the 14246
kHz SSB DX net at 2300 UTC several days a week. Or, for CW fans, try 14015 to 14020 kHz
CW at 0400 UTC most days.KOREA Now 'til the end of November, several Korean amateurs
will be using the s~i al prefix HL93 in honor of lhe Taejon International Exposition. An award
can be earned for contacting or hearing a HL93 prefi xed station; the amateur contacted will
provide the details. Special events station 6K93XPO will also be active operating from the
Taejon Exposition site. MEXICO Newly licensed, entry level licensees here are being issued
callsigns starting with the prefix XEO. You can find these amateurs on 7000 to 7050 kHz CW,
7050 to 7100 SSB, and on 2 meter FM 144 to 148 MHz. MALAWI 7Q7XX has been on
101 01 kHz starting at 2200 ' ti! 0100 UTC most days. QSL toJH3RRA, Shinya Takenaka, Box
2 1, Katano, O saka 576, Japan. PAKISTAN AP2KS (Khalid Sakoor, House 5 A, Pirmaki
Street 2, Ravi Road, Lahore , Pakistan) has been on 14085 kHz at 1615 UTC most days.
Good luck in the upcoming contest, if you choose to try for the varied DX available then.
73 de Rob.
or early October. RS-15 will go into a high request it. Activity will be on CW and SSB on
elliptical orbit and be available to hams in the all bands.
northern hemisphere for about 12 hours a day.
As with lhe other RS satellites, RS- 15 will Six Meters
include a robot CW operator that you can talk to,
and will have a wide varie ty of uplink and downAre you active on six meters? If so, I would
1ink frequencies. This promises to be an like to hear from you. Please inform me of mode,
easy-to-work bird with lots of potential for the power, antenna and hours of operation, and
average ham . The ten and fifteen meter links will whether you have SSTV or Packet capabilities.
allow anyone wilh a Tech plus license access to In addition, information on Packet BB S's on six
space comm unication.
meters would beappreciated. Please send all info
More on this bird as soon as information is to me C/0 Monitoring Times, PO Box 98,
avail able. Let' s all hope for a successful launch. Brasstown, NC 28902. This information will be
Many thanks to our brother and sister amateurs used to plan a sixmeteroperating activity fornext
in Russia for the effort they have expended summer.
building and launching lhis machine!
The July column included a review of Pasokon
Slow Scan TV software, but I failed to provide
PA QUO Party
an address in case you cannot find the package
locally. For more information or pricing, write to
October 9 and I 0 are the dates for lhe Penn- PASOKON, 115 Stedman St., Chelmsford, MA
sylvania QUO party (see details in CQ or QST 01824-1823.
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TV Marti Off
Pirate TV?
Mbarma Kanlako, longtime FM pirate operator ofBlack Liberation Radioon 107. I MHz in
Springfield, IL, has announced future plans for a
local pirate television network! Despite an FCC
bust, Kantako 's radio station has maintained a 24
hour schedule for two consecutive years. The TV
station, which could cover a significant area
within Springfield, is anticipated later this year.
Kantako still complains about "political"
ha.rrassment from the FCC, local police, and the
Springfield Housing Authority. Thanks go toMT
reader Lloyd Lcheney of Springfield, IL, for a
copy of an Illinois Times article about the situation.
Ancient Clandestine
Clandestine broadcasting has been around
for many decades. There is plenty of historical
research that could be done on the topic. For
instance, the September 1924 issue of Wireless
Age magazine printed an interesting article with
a headline of, "Brazillians Use Radio to Conquer
Rebels." Brazil's Secretary of War, Marshall
Setembrino de Carho, dropped 300,000 leaflets
on rebels holding Sao Paulo in 1924. He warned
them with a radio broadcast "that military operations against the rebels will soon assume a more
stem character."
I found this gem at Gary Schneider's "Play
Things of Past." Gary stocks a large selection of
antique radios, magazines, and memorabilia. A
copy of his interesting catalog is available for $2
via 9511-23 Sunrise Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio
44133. Tell him thatMonitoring Times sent you!
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corporate Jaw firm; rather, Lhcsc arc three VHF
digital transmission modes I.hat up until quite
recently have been beyond the scopeoflhehobby
monitor. With Lhe introduction of Lhc Universal
M-400 decoder and M-1200 circuit board for
your PC, however, a new world of VHF digital
transmiss ions has been opened.
POCSAG and GOLAY are two commonly
used pager comm un icali on modes. Several channels can be found in the VHF spectrum around
140, 400 and 800 MHz. If you have one of Lhe
older pager models that only makes a beep sound
or can display a short alphanumeric message such
as a phone number, chances arc Lhal your pager
company is communicating wilh you using
POCSAG. Newer pagers, Lhal provide unlimited
alphanwncric text reception, utilize Lhe GOLAY
mode. Jus t to confuse rnauers, pager companies
transmit messages in multiple modes on one
VHF channel. For example, Lhc combined use of
GOLAY. POCSAG and DTMF ("touch tones")
signaling on one channel is very common. While
cellular telephone users are now generally aware
that I.heir calls can be monitored , even though it
is illegal to do so, GOLA Yusers have yetto make
this discovery. Trials wilh a prototype of the
decoder in the Washington, DC, area produced
some interesting government traffic.
ACARS is the acronym for Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting
System. This system is an air/ground network
which enables aircraft Lo function as mobile
computer terminals linked to a ground-based
command and control management system. Information collected from sensors onboard
ACARS-cquipped aircraft is automatically transferred by VHF radio link to ACARS ground
facilities. It is then relayed via the ground stations
to a central computer processor where Lhe data is
converted into inter-airline operational messages
through the ARINC ESS (Electronic Switching
System). Over 8 million ACARS messages arc
currently processed in any given month.
ACARS was initially intended to be used in
a line-of-sight VHF band radio environment.
Since iLs inception, bolh HF (shortwave) and
satellite transmissions have been used experiment ally. Depending on VHF propagation
conditions, line-of-sight for high altitude aircraft
can be as much as 350 miles or more.
ACARS transmi ssions can be found on the
following channels in the AM VHF Aircraft
Band.
131.550 MHz
130.025 MHz
129.125 MHz
131.475 MHz
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decoding of DTMF, CTCSS (PL) and DCS is also supported. The M400 can even be programmed to pass only the audio you want to hear
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ALGERIA
Boufarik Radio 7TF, 6415 kHz. Full data prepared
card, signed by "Signe"-Lc Chef de Centre. Received
for an English utility report, 1 !RC and an address label
(used). Station address: Station Boufarik Radio, Station
Radiomaritime, Allen: Le Chef de Centre, Boite Postal
234, 09400 Boufarik, Algeria. (Mike Hardester,
Jacksonville, NC)
HUNGARY
Radio Budapest, 119 lOkHz. Full dataQSLcard without
veri signer. Sou venir pennant included. Received in 29
days for an Englishrcporl Station address: Brody Sandor
utGa 5-7, H-1800 Budapest, Hungary. (Merkel, MO)
ARMENIA
Radio Yerevan, 11675 kHz. Partial data QSL card,
without veri signer. Souvenir postGard and program
schedule included. Received in 336 days for an English
report and one U.S. dollar. Station address: Alek
ManoukianSt., Yerevan25 Armenia.(Doug Merkcl,Sl
Louis, MO)
MEXICO
Radio Educacion-XEPPM, 6185 kHz. Date only card
of"Modem fountain on Reforma Avenue," signed by
Lie. Luis Ernesto Pi Orozco-Director General. Program/
station guide included. Received in 135 days for a
Spanish report, one U.S. dollar and address label (not
used). Station address: Angel Urraza 622, Col. Del
Valle, :Ylexico, D.F. 03100. (Hardester, :\C)
NETHERLA~DS
ANTILLES
SWAZILAND
Trans World Radio, 11740 kHz. Full data station card,
signed by Carol J. Tat low. Station info sheet and program
schedule included. Received in 142 days for an English
report, one U.S. dollar, and souvenir postcards. Station
address: P.O. Box 64, Manzini, Swaziland. (Harold
Frodge, Midland, Ml)
SWITZERLAND
Swiss Radio Intl, 9885 kHz.FulldataQSLcard without
vcri signer. Received in 51 days for an English report.
Station address: Giacomenistr, 1, 3000 Bern 15,
Switzerland. (Montgomery, WY)
TAIWAN
Taipei Marine Radio BVA, 17281 kHz. Full data
prepared personal lencr signed by J.C. Mong-Managing
Director. Received in 1.5 months for an English utility
report and mint stamps. Station address: c/o Long Distance
Telecommunications Administration, No 52 Ching-Shan
S. Road Section 2, Taipei 106 Taiwan, Republic of
China. (Rausch, NJ)
UNITED STATES
WKi'"R 1220-AM Cleveland, OH. Full data logo card
signed by John R. Hovanec. Received in 993 days for a
1990 AM report. This is the second card received for this
report, first one was in 39 days. Station address: 9446
Broadview Rd., Cleveland, OH 44147-2397 (Frodge,
Ml)
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Trans World Radio, which ceased shortwave broadcasts from this site this
past summer, sent this OSL to Paul Mundt of Lombard, IL.
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The frequency listing uses the same day codes as the program
listings; if a broadcast is not daily, those day codes will appear before
the station name. Irregular broadcasts are indicated "tent" and programming which includes languages besides English are coded "vi" (various
languages).
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Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager
North Carolina
Texas
Dave Datko
B.W. Battin
Jacques d'Avignon
Propagation Forecasts
California
New Mexico
Ontario, Canada
news line
"Newsline" is your guide to news broadcasts on the air. All broadcasts are world news reports unless followed by an asterisk, which
means the broadcast is primarily national news. All broadcasts are daily unless otherwise noted by the day codes.
0000 UTC
Radio Tashkent
Radio Thailand
Radio Ukraine lnt'I
Radiotelevisione ltaliana
RAE, Buenos Aires fTA]
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
Spanish National Radio
Voice of America
Voice of Indonesia
01 15
Radio Havana Cuba' [T-S]
0130
Christian Science Monitor (as)
[M]
Christian Science Monitor [T-FJ
FEBC Radio lnt'I, Philippines
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Bangladesh
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SI
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands
Radio Tirana
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of Greece
0155
Radio Korea [T-AJ
Voice of Indonesia
WRNO[W.AJ
0200 UTC
(]0:00 PM EDT, 7:00 eM eDTl
BBC ("Newsdesk")
CBC, Northern Quebec [S-M]
Channel Africa, Johannesburg
Christian Science Monitor
Croatian Radio, Zagreb [SJ
Deutsche Welle
Radio Australia
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-FJ
Radio Norway lnt'I [MJ
Radio Romania lnt'I
Radio Thailand
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America
Voice of Free China
Voice of Myanmar
0215
Radio Cairo
Radio Nepal
Voice of Kenya
0230
Christian Science Monitor
(af,me)(MI
Christian Science Monitor [T-FJ
HCJB
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Moscow
Radio Net!ierlands
Radio Pakistan (Special English)
Deutsche Welle
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Moscow
Radio Norway lnt'I [M)
Radio Prague
Radio Romania lnt'I
Radio Tanzania
Radio Thailand
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Turkey
WWCR[T-AJ
ZNBC Radio 2, Lusaka
0402
Radio Botswana
0405
Radio Pyongyang
0410
China Radio lnt'I'
0425
Rad1otelevisione ltaliana
0430
Christian Science Monitor (al.as)
[MJ
Christian Science Monitor [T-F]
Radio Bahrain
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]
Radio Moscow
0445
BBC (al)' [T-FJ
0450
Channel Africa, Johannesburg
0455
WYFR (Network) [TAJ
OSOOUTC
{] :00 AM EDT, ]Q;QQ
BBC ("Newshour")
CBC, Northern Quebec [T-SJ
Channel Africa, Johannesburg
China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Monitor
Deutsche Welle
HCJB
Kol Israel
NBC, Windhoek
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Japan
Radio Lesotho
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I' [M-F]
Radio Thailand
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
Spanish National Radio
Voice of America
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Voice of Kenya
WRNO[FJ
ZNBC Radio, Lusaka
0510
Chi na Radio lnt'I'
Radio Botswana [MAJ
0515
Radio Havana Cuba' [TS]
0520
Radio For Peace lnt'I [T-AJ
0530
Christian Science Monitor (af,as)
[M]
Christian Science Monitor [T-FJ
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Finland [M-A]
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Moscow
Radio Romania lnt'I
Radio Thailand
ATM, Malaysia
UAE Radio, Dubai
Voice of Nigeria
0545
Voice of Nigeria'
0600 UTC
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Voice of Nigeria
0645
Radio Romania lnt'I
Voice of Nigeria
0650
Radio New Zealand lnt'I ' [MFJ
0655
Radio Korea [MFJ
0700 UTC
(3:00 AM EDT, 12:00 AM PDT!
BBC {"Newsdesk')
Christian Science Monitor
GBC Radio. Accra
LBS, Monrovia
MBC, Blantyre [M-Aj
Radio Australia
Radio Bangladesh
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio Liberia
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I' [M-FJ
Radio Nigeria, Ibadan
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
SLBS , Freetown
Voice of Free China
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Myanmar
0703
Croauan Radio, Zagreb [M-AJ
0705
Radio Pyongyang
0730
All India Radio (News Service)
BBC (al) ' [AJ
Christian Science Monitor (M FJ
HCJB
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Ghana
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands
Radio Prague
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I
0745
Radio Finland (M-AJ
0750
Radio For Peace lnt'I [T-AJ
0755
Radio Japan [MFJ
Radio Korea (M FJ
0800 UTC
{4;00 AM EDT, 1 :00 AM POT}
BBC
Chri stian Science Monitor
GBC Radio t . Accra (SJ
GBC Radio 2, Accra
MSC, Blantyre [SJ
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand l nt'I [S-FJ
Radio Pakistan
SBC Radio 1, Si ngapore
SLBS , Freetown
Voice of Indonesia
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Malaysia
ZNBC Radio 2, Lusaka [M -AJ
0802
Radio Botswana
0803
Croatian Radio, Zagreb [SJ
0805
Radio Pyongyang
0830
All India Radio (News Service)
Christian Science Monitor [M-FJ
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands
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Voice of America
Voice o f Kenya
1210
China Radio lnt'I'
1215
HCJB [M-Fj
1225
WYFR {Network) [MF]
1230
All India Radio {News Service)
Christian Science Monitor [M F]
Ra dio Cairo
Radio Finland [M-FJ
Radio France lnt'I
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands
Radio Vlaanderen l nt'I [SJ
Radio Yugoslavia
SLBC, Sri Lanka
1235
Voice of Greece
1245
SLBC, Sri Lanka
1255
Radio B angladesh
Radio Korea [M-FJ
1257
HCJB [M-F]
1258
Africa Number One, Libreville
1300UTC
(9;00 AM !iQT, 6:00 AM PDT!
BBC ("Newshour")
CBC , Northern Quebec [AS ]
China Radio fnt'I
Christian Science Monitor
GBC Radio, Accra
Polish Radio. Warsaw
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Canada l nt'I {am) [MF]
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
Radio Norway lnt'l (S]
Radio Romania lnt'I
Radio Tanzania [A-SJ
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America
Voice of Kenya
WYFR (Network) [M-F]
1303
Croatian Radio, Zagreb
1305
Radio Pyongyang
1310
China Radio lnt'I '
1320
Radio For Peace lnt'I fTAJ
SLBC, Sri Lanka
1325
HCJB [M-FJ
1328
Radio Cairo
1330
All India Radio
Christian Science Monitor (M-FJ
FEBC Radio lnt'I, Philippines
Radio Austria l nt'I [M-FJ
Radio Canada lnt'I {as)
Radio Finland [M-FJ
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands
Radio Tashkent
RTM, Malaysia
UAE Radio, Dubai
Voice of America {Special
English)
Voice of Turkey
WYFR (Network) [M-FJ
1346
All India Radio [AJ
1355
Radio Korea [MF]
1400 UTC
(1 0:00 Ml i;oT, Z:QO AM PDT!
BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec
China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Monitor
GBC Radio, Accra
Kol Israel [S-HJ
LBS. Monrovia
MBC , B lantyre [MFJ
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Canada lnt'I (am) [SJ
Radio France Int'!
Radio Iraq ln!'I
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio Libena
Radio Moscow
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I [MA]
ATM, Malaysia'
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
Voice of America
Voice of Kenya
WWCR[M-F]
WYFR (Network) (M-F]
ZNBC Radio 2, Lusaka [M-FJ
1410
China Radio lnt'I'
1415
LBS. Monrovia (Special English)
Radio Nepal
1425
HCJB [M -F]
LBS. Monrovia
1430
All India Radio {News Service)
Christian Science Monitor [M-F]
FEBC Radio lnt'I, Philippines
Radio Austria fnt'I
Radio Canada lnt'I (eu,af,as)
Radio Finland (MAJ
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands
Radio Romania lnt'I
1440
FEBC Radio lnt'I, Philippines
[M-FJ
1445
All India Radio
BBC (as) (Special English) [M-FJ
Voice of Myanmar
1455
Radio Korea (M-FJ
1500 UTC
Ill ;QQ AM!iDT, 8:00 AM PDil
BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec [A-SJ
China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Monitor
Deutsche Welle
GBC Radio 2, Accra
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Canada lnt'I [SJ
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio Nigeria
Radio Omdurman, Sudan
Radio Prague
ATM. Malaysia
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
SLBC, Sri Lanka
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America
Voice of Ethiopia
Voice of Kenya
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1655
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Radio Pyongyang
1700UTC
(1:00 PM EDT, JQ:OO AM e1;m
1510
China Radio Inn
1520
BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec [AJ
Channel Africa, Johannesburg
China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Monitor
GBC Radio 2, Accra
Radio Australia
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Radio Nigeria, Kaduna
Radio Norway lnt'I [SJ
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague
SLBC, Sn Lanka
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America
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1540
1705
Radio Bangladesh
Radio Pyongyang
Voice of Greece
1525
BBC (afr[SJ
Radio VeritasAsia ff-FJ
1530
1550
1710
1555
1725
1600UTC
{12:00 PM EDT, 9:00 AM eori
BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec [A-SJ
Channel Africa, Johannesburg
China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Monitor
Deutsche Welle
GBC Radio 2, Accra
LBS, Monrovia
MBC, Blantyre
Polish Radio, Warsaw
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Canada l nt'I [SJ
Radio F ranee lnt'I
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio Lesotho
Radio Liberia
Radio Moscow
Radio Nigeria
Radio Norway lnt'I [SJ
Radio Pakistan
Radio Tanzania
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
Voice of America
Voice of Kenya
WYFR (Network) [AJ
Yemen Radio
ZNBC Radio 2, Lusaka [M-AJ
1730
All India Radio (News Service)
Christian Science Monitor (M-FJ
Radio Canada lnt'I (as)
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands
Radio Romania lnt'I
1740
Radio Botswana
1840
2005
Voice of Greece
Radio Pyongyang
1845
2010
BSKSA, Riyadh.
Radio Cote d'Ivoire
Radio Guinea. Conakry
1855
2025
2030
1857
BBC (aff [M-F J
1900 UTC
(3:QQ PM EDT, J2:0Q PM POD
All India Radio
BBC
CBC, Northern Quebec [M-HJ
China Radio l nt'I
Christian Science Monitor [M-AJ
Deutsche Welle
GBC Radio 2. Accra
HCJB
KVOH
Radio Australia
Radio Japan
Radio Liberia
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [S-FJ
Radio Norway lnt'I [SJ
Radio Portugal (M-F]
Radio Romania l nt'I
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I
SLBS, Freetown
Spanish National Radio
Voice of America
Voice of Kenya
WWCR[M-FJ
1903
1910
1800UTC
!2;00 PM EDI, 11 :oo ~M eQil
1805
1620
1815
1630
1830
BSKSA. Riyadh
Christian Science Mon itor [M-FJ
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Kuwait
Radio Mogadishu
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands
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Voice of Greece
1615
1610
1835
BBC(afr
sac
Voice of Nigeria
ZNBC Radio 2, Lusaka
1750
1609
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Radiotelevisione ltaliana
Christian Science Monitor [M-FJ
Polish Radio, Warsaw
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow
Radio Nacional de Angola
2203
Croatian Radio, Zagreb
2209
BBc
2045
2210
BSKSA, Riyadh
2055
2215
Voice of Indonesia
Radio Cairo
2100 UTC
{5:00 PM EDT, 2:00 PM PDT}
2225
2230
2240
Radio Cairo
Radio Korea (M-FJ
Voice of Greece
2245
GBC Radio, Accra
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Yerevan
2300 UTC
(7:00 PM EQT, 4;QO PM PDil
Radiotelevisione ltaliana
Radio Cairo
Radio For Peace lnt'I [M-FJ
1945
2125
Radio Togo
Radio Yerevan
2130
2305
1930
BBC(afr!SJ
Christian Science Monitor (M-FJ
Deutsche Welle' [M-F]
Radio Finland [S-FJ
Radio Ghana
Radio Moscow
Radio Netherlands
Radio Slovakia lnt'I
Radio Yugoslavia
1935
2000UTC
(4;00 PM !;OT, 1 ;QQ eM eQil
BBC
China Radio lnt'I
Christian Science Moni tor
GBC Radio, Accra
Kol Israel
KVOH
MBC. Blantyre
Radio Australia
Radio Bahrain
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [S-FJ
Radio Portugal [M-F]
Radio Prague
Radio Vilnius
SL BS, Freetown
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America
Voice of Indonesia
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2110
China Radio lnt'I
Radio New Zealand l nt'I (S-HJ
2120
2145
Radio Korea
Radio Pyongyang
2320
Radio Thailand
2330
Chri stian Science Monitor (M-F]
Radio Moscow
Radio Nacional, Bogota [AJ
Radio Netherlands
RTM, Malaysia'
2200 UTC
(6:00 PM EDT, 3:00 PM eoT}
2335
2345
Voice of Greece
Radio Yerevan
SLBC, Sri Lanka [MJ
2350
Radio For Peace l nt'I [M-F]
2355
Radio Japan [M-FJ
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Worldwide
SWL Conference!
October 2-3, 1993
* Meet major SW broadcasters
* EXPERT Speakers on Current topics include:
Gerry Dexter, Bill Price, Dr. Harold Cones, Dick Robinson, George Jacobs, Pat Murphy,
Don Dickerson and Ian McFarland, PLUS . .. Speakers from the VOA, BBC and more!!!
.
I
Pllltca Ave.
Pavlllon
~<:-t>;
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Radisson
Hotel
....
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Blrdneck Road
Our KEYNOTE SPEAKER, Roy Neal, K6DUE, will talk about SAR EX (Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment) and Tuning the Space
Shuttle Comms. He's the Chairman of SAREX, for ARRL-AMSAT and former NBC News Correspondent.
Dozens of manufacturers and dealers of SWL and amateur radio equipment will be on hand demonstrating their equipment and ready
to answer your questions on the spot -- including -- Kenwood, Yaesu, JRC and more'
The SWL Conference will be held in conjunction with the 18th Annual Virginia Beach Hamfest and Computer Fair (the areas
LARGEST hamfest and computer exhibit). The first Popular Communications Worldwide SWL Conference,held at the Radisson Hotel,
Virginia Beach, Virginia has something for everyone!
Make Plans Now to attend both days - October 2 - 3, 1993 at the Virginia Beach Pavilion; minutes from the beach, Navy
bases and historic sites!
Radisson Hotel is across parking lot from Pavilion. You can walk between both!
"Talk-in frequency 146.970 MHz."
To acquire room reservations at the Radisson Hotel Virginia Beach cal/ 1-800333-3333 and ask for Virginia Beach Hamfest rates.
Each Ticket is $25 payable by check, money order, Mastercard, VISA, AMEX, Discover
(Pick up tickets and info. p ack at the Radisson Hotel on October 1 between 2 and B p.m.)
Mail your order to:
Popluar Communications, 76 North Broadway, Hicksville, NY 11801Telephone516 681 -2922; FAX 516 681 -2926
0000 UTC
FREQUENCIES
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0030
0000-0100 vi
00000100 vi
00000100 vi
0000-0100
0000-0015
0000-0100
00000100
00000100
0000-0100
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000030
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00000100 vi
0000-0100
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00000100 vi
0000-0100 vi
00000100
00000100
0000-0050
00000030m
00000100m1Whfa
0000-0100
00000100 vi
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
4920do 9660do
9610do
13605pa 15320pa
17840as
Australia, Vl8A Alice Spg 4835do
Australia, Vl 8K Katherine 5025do
Australia, VLBT Tent Crk
4910do
Bulgaria, Radio
11720na 15330na
Cambodia, Natl Voice of
11938as
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
China, China Radio Intl
9780na 11715na
Cosla Rica, AW A Alajuela 9725ca 11870ca
Croatian Radio via WHAi
7315na
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba 6010na 9815na
Czech Republic, R Prague 5930na 7345na
11990na 13715na
India, All India Radio
9910as 11745as
15145as
Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl
15180am 17940am
Lebanon, King of Hope
6280me
Lebanon, Wings of Hope
11530me
Malaysia, RTM Kota Kinaba 5980do
Malaysia, ATM Sarawak
4950do 7160do
Netherlands, Radio
6020na
6165na
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
15120pa
Nonh Korea, R Pyongyang 11335na 13760na
Norway, Radio Norway Intl 9675na 15165na
Palau, KHBN Voice ol Hope 1198Qas
Philippines, FEBC Manila
154soas
PNG, Natl BC
4890do
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl 7205am 7335am
9625am 9765am
11790am 11805as
12050me 13725as
15410am 15425am
15500as 15580as
17850me 17860as
Singapore, SBC Radio One 5010do 5052do
Spain, Spanish Natl Radio 9525am
00000030
0000-0030
15365pa
1775oas
0000-0100
0000-0100
17825na
0000-0030
9485na
17535na
11785as
9810na
1511oas
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000100
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0010-0015
0030-0100
15130na
9505am
9860na
11a1ome
15220as
15470na
17570as
1787Qas
11940do
0000-0100
00000100 sa
0000-0100
00000100
0000-0100
00000100
9530am
9905am
I 1840as
t528Qam
15480me
17720na
21625as
00300100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
Sweden, Radio
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
9695am
6135na 9650na
17730na
Thailand, Radio
4830as 9655as
Ukraine, R Ukraine Intl
6070eu 6090eu
7240eu 9500eu
9600eu 9640eu
11720na 15180na
United Kingdom,BBC London5975na 6005sa
6195as 7325am
9590na 9915am
11 955as 12095na
15280na 15360pa
USA, CSMonitor Boston MA 5850na 9850al
USA, CSMonitor Boston MA 17865as
USA, KCBI Dallas TX
15725am
USA, KTBN Salt lk City UT 15590am
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA 17775am
USA, VOA Washington DC 5995ca
6130ca
9455ca
9770as
11695ca 1176Qas
15205ca 15290as
USA, WEWN Birmingham Al7425na 15650na
USA, WINB Red Lion PA
15145eu
USA, WJCR Upton KY
7490na 13595na
USA, WANO New Orleans LA
7355na
USA, WWCR Nashville TN 7435va 13845va
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL6085na
Kirghizia, Kirghiz Radio
soaoas
Australia, Radio
11720pa 11880pa
15320pa 15365pa
1788oas 21740pa
Ecuador, HCJB Quilo
9745am 15155am
Iran, VOIRI Tehran
9022am 11790am
Netherlands, Radio
9825as 986oas
1370oas
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo 6005as 9720as
United Kingdom.BBC London5975na 6005sa
7325am 958Qas
11750sa 12095na
15360pa 21715as
7315am
WHAi Noblesville IN
9885na
12035na
11905as
7150eu
9550eu
9685na
15195am
6175na
957oas
11750sa
15070na
7195eu
9560eu
9860eu
15580na
6180eu
958Qas
11945as
15260sa
13760sa
17555as
7215as
9775ca
15120ca
17735as
7405ca
11580ca
15185as
1782Qas
13605pa
17750as
15240pa
17795pa
1749Qam
1526Qam
11essas
21455am
11835na
15425as
6175na
959Qam
15260sa
6180eu
9915am
1531Qas
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
Fridays
Saturdays
0030 BBC: The John Dunn Show. John Dunn presenls a melodic
mix ol songs old and new.
Mondays
0005 Radio Norway lnt'I: Norway Now. See S 1205.
0030 BBC: In Praise Of God. This month's religious services
come from St. Martin's In The Fields, London (4th) ; Wilton
Parish, Salisbury (11st); Methodist College, Bellas! (25th).
Tuesdays
0030 BBC Panel Game. This month, Fred Harris quizzes contes
1ants on science in "The Litmus Test.
Wednesdays
0030 BBC: Omnibus. Topical features on a range of 1opics, from
Dracula to drugs.
Thursdays
0030 BBC: Comedy. See W 1530.
66
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MONITORING TIMES
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FREQUENCIES
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O100-0200 vi
0100-0200
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0100-0130 twhfa
0100-0200
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0100-01 50
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-0120
0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-0200
0100-0130 m
0100-0200
0100-0200 vi
0100-0200
9660do
15240pa 15320pa
17880as 21740pa
15365pa
9535am
9755na
11845am
9535am
9755am
11845am
7385na
t3630am
15030am
9815na
9485na
15155am
6085na
11865na
11990na
17490am
6145na
15105na
21455am
9700na
11752as
11790am 15260am
11800na
11815as 11840as
17775na 17810as
6165na
11860as
17845as
11835na
9505al
9530am
11805as 11810as
0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-0200
0100-0200 sa
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130
0130-0200
0130-0200
0130-0150 mtwhla
0130-0200
0130-0200 miwhl
0130-0200
0130-0200
9765am
11840as
0130-0200
0145-0200 smtwhf
0145-0200
11905as
12050am 15385am
15500am 17560am
15480am
17835na 17860as
17720na
Singapore, SBC Radio One 5010do
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl
5930am
South Korea. Radio Korea 7550eu
Spain, Spanish Natl Radio 9525am
Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo 6005as
Sweden. Radio
9695as
Thailand. Radio
4830as
United Kingdom.BBC London5975na
7325am
9590am
9915am
15260sa
15310as 15360pa
USA, CSMoni1or Boston MA 5850na
USA. CSMoni1or Boston MA 17865as
15725am
USA. KCBI Dallas TX
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 751 Ona
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA 17775am
USA, VOA Washington DC 5995am
7405am
7651as
9455am
15160as 15205am
15120am
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL7425as
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
15145na
USA, WJCR Upton KY
7490na
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN 7435va
USA, WYFR Ofleechobee FL6065am
Uzbekhistan. R Tashkent
7285as
Albania. R Tirana Intl
11840na
Austria, R Austria Intl
6015na
Greece, Voice of
9380na
Netherlands. Radio
9860as
Portugal, Radio
9555na
11840na
Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
9580eu
United Kingdom.BBC London5975na
7325am
9580am
9590na
12095na
15260sa 15310as
USA. WHRI NoblesVllle IN 7315am
Finland, Radio
11755na
Vatican State, Vatican R
7125pa
15410am
17570na
17870na
5052do
7310am
15575am
15425am
17590na
21570as
11940do
9810am
9720as
11820as
9655as
6005sa
11750sa
17790as
9850al
15425as
15470na
17655as
21625as
11905as
6175na
11955as
6180eu
12095na
13760sa
17555as
6130am 7115as
9775am 11580am
15250as 17740as
7205as
11705as
21550as
13595na
7355na
13845am
6085am 9505am
9715as 15295as
15440am
17815as
9870sa
9420na
11655as
9570na
13700as
9705na
9880na
11 645na
12025as
9600na
6005na 6175na
9915am 11750sa
15360pa 17790as
6180eu
11955as
15185na
9650as
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
Tuesdays
0101 BBC: Play Of The Week. "Jennie's Story' (3rd); "A Dangerous Game (10th) ; "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (17th. 24th);
"The Glass Menagerie" (31st, starting 0030 UTC).
0109 Deutsche Welle: Commentary. Opinion on current issues.
0115 Radio Japan: This Week. The major events of the week.
0115 Radio Korea: News Commentary. Opinion.
0117 DeU1sche Welle: Feature. "Mailbag...Nickelodeon" (listener
requests for German music). or "Technical Tips For DXers."
0120 Radio Korea: Countdown To Taejon Expo 1993.
0134 Deutsche Welle: German By Radio. Advanced German.
0135 Radio Austria lnt'I: Report From Austria. News magazine.
0135 Radio Korea From Us To You. Leners. questions. music.
0105
0109
0115
0115
0120
0130
0135
0140
0145
0150
0155
Mondays
0105
0109
0115
01 15
0120
0130
Wednesdays
0135
0140
0145
0150
0155
Thursdays
Ot05
0109
0115
0115
0120
0130
MONITORING TIMES
0135
0140
0140
0145
0150
0155
Fridays
0105
0109
O115
0115
0120
0130
0130
0130
0135
0140
0145
0150
0155
Saturdays
0105
0109
011 5
0115
0120
0130
0134
0135
0140
0145
0150
0155
October 1993
67
0200 UTC
FREQUENCIES
0200-0300 twhfa
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
Argentina, RAE
Australia, ABC Brisbane
Australia, ABC Penh
Australia, Radio
0200-0300 vi
0200-0300 vi
0200-0300 vi
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0259
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-021 Osmtwhf
02000250
0200-0300 as
0200-0300
0200-0300 vi
0200-0230 mtwhf a
0200-0300 smtwh
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0230 m
0200-0230
0200-0300 vi
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
1171 Qam
4920do
4910do
11720pa
17750as
21595as
4835do
5025do
4910do
15330na
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6120na
11940am
7375na
601 0na
9745am
9475na
11755na
7285as
11965as
13720as
5970na
7125va
4935do
7295do
3290af
9860as
15120pa
9560na
1545Qas
4980do
6155na
11940na
11835eu
7205am
11805na
13775as
9660do
9610do 15425do
15240pa 15365pa
17795pa 17880as
21740pa
17715pa
21525as
9535am
9755na
t t845am
7385na
13660na
15155am
11660na
15185na
9615as
1379Qas
13630na
15030na
17490am
2t455am
969Qas
15185as
11945as
15560as
9835na
1191 Ona
1s22ona
11655as 12025as
13700as
11925na
951 Ona
9570na
7335am 953Qam
11840na 1205Qam
1522Qam t 528Qam
t t830na
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0230
0200-0230
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0230
0200-0300
0200-0300 sa
0200-0230
0200-0300
0200-0230
0200-0230 twhfa
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0205-0230 tes-vl
0215-0255
0230-0300
0230-0300 s
0230-0245
0230-0300
0230-0300
9765am
t3755as
15375am
t5385am
15480am
17600am
17860am
S Africa, Channel Africa
5960af
Singapore, SBC Radio One 501 Odo
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo 6005as
Sweden. Radio
9695na
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
6135am
Taiwan, VO Free China
5950na
Thailand. Radio
483Qas
United Kingdom.BBC London5975na
7135me
9915am
12095na
153Boas
USA, CSMonitor Boston MA 5850na
USA, CSMonitor Boston MA 17555as
USA, KCBI Dallas TX
15375am
USA, KTBN Salt Lk Ci1y UT 751 oam
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA 17775am
USA, VOA Washington DC 5995am
15t2Qam
USA. VOA Washington DC 7115as
15160as
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN 7315na
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
15145eu
USA. WJCR Upton KY
7490na
USA, WWCR Nashville TN 5935am
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL5985am
Moldova, Natl R of Moldov 7125na
Nepal, Radio
3230do
Albania, R Tirana Intl
9580na
Kenya, Kenya BC Corp
4935do
Pakistan, Radio
17705as
Philippines, R Pilipinas
1776Qas
United Kingdom. BBC London5975na
7135me
11730af
12095na
t54t0am
17560am
17640am
17870am
9730af
5052do
9720as
11705na
9650am
9680na
9655as
6005sa
7325am
t 1730af
15260sa
17790as
9350af
t 7865as
t5425am
17570am
17835am
21570am
15470am
17590am
1785Qam
11940do
15425as
9885am
11740na
11905as
6175na
9410eu
11750sa
1531Qas
21715as
9455na
12035am
15345na
7405am 9775am
t5205am
7205as 7651as
1525Qas 17740as
11580am
11705as
21550as
13595na
7435va
6065am 9505am
1544Qam
6195eu
9590am
11955as
15360pa
13760sa
5005do 7165do
11840na
17725as
17840as
6005sa
7325am
11750sa
t5260sa
2158Qas
6175na
9410eu
11955as
t5310as
6195eu
9915am
11965na
15360pa
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
Wednesdays
Mondays
0205 Radio Norway Int'!: Norway Now. See S 1205.
0209 Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Repon. Correspondents'
repons, interviews, and analysis from Asia and the Pacific.
0230 BBC Composer Of The Month. Profiles of famous classical
composers. This month:Puccini.
0234 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. A review of major events
in Europe, with interviews and analysis
Tuesdays
0209 Deutsche Welle : Asia-Pacific Repon. See M 0209.
0230 BBC : Quiz. See M 12t 5.
0234 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0234.
68
October 1993
Thank You!
Additional contributors to this
month's Shortwave Guide:
Thursdays
0209 Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Repon. See M 0209.
0230 BBC: Spans International. Live play-by-play, interviews,
features. and discussions from the spons world.
0234 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M0234.
Fridays
Saturdays
0209 Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0109.
0223 Deutsche Welle: Panorama. A review of the major news
events of the week.
0230 BBC: People And Politics. Background to the Bri1ish political
scene.
0234 Deutsche Welle: Economic Notebook. See F 1534.
0300 UTC
FREQUENCIES
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400 vi
03000400 vi
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0330
0300-0400
0300-0330
0300-0350
0300-0400
0300-0400 sm
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400 mtwhf
0300-0400 smtwh
0300-0330
0300-0400
0300-0330 m
0300-0330
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400
23678as
9660do
11880pa 15240pa
17795pa 17880as
15320pa
21525pa
11765na
9780na
11715na
7385na
9655na
7345na
13630na
11970na
9485na
15155am 17490am
11660na
6145na 9640na
13790na
15030na
9810na
21455am
9700na
11910na 15220na
15230am 17810am
21610am
11655as 12025as
137COas
0300-0400
03000400
03000400
03000400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400 vi
0300-0330
0300-0400
0300-0400 sa
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0345
0330-0400
0330-0400
0330-0400
0330-0400
17840as 21580as
7335am
9530am
9765na
0340-0350 mtwhfa
0345-0400
9860am
11690na
11 790na
15220as 15280am
15320am
15470as 15535as
17560as
17640as 17670as
17685as
S Africa, Channel Africa
5960af
Singapore, SBC Radio One 5010do
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo 9720as
Taiwan. VO Free China
5950na
Tanzania, Radio
5985af
Thailand, Radio
9655as
Turkey. Voice of
9445na
Uganda, Radio
4976do
United Kingdom.BBC London3255at
6180eu
6190af
6195me
9410eu
9600af
9915am
11955me 12095as
15260sa
21715as
USA. CSMonilor Bos1on MA 5850na
USA. CSMonitor Bos1on MA 17555as
USA. KCBI Dallas TX
13720am
USA, KTBN Salt Lk Ci1 y UT 7510am
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA9785sa
USA. VOA Washington DC 6065af
9575at
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL7425na
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 7315na
7490na
USA. WJCR Up1on KY
USA WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN 5935am
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL6065am
Vatican State, Vatican R
9605na
Aus1ria. R Aus1ria ln11
6015na
Netherlands. Radio
6165na
UAE, UAE Radio Dubai
11945na
21485na
United Kingdom.BBC London3255af
6190at
6195eu
7230eu
11760me 11955me
12095va
21715as
Greece, Voice of
9380na
Tajikistan, Radio
7245eu
11840na
15375as
17570as
17735as
9730af
5052do
15425as
9680na
9685af
11905as
5975na
7135me
11730at
15310as
11875na
15410na
t 7600as
17850as
12070as
15425na
17605am
17860as
11940do
9765as
11765af
11 740as
6005va
7230eu
11 750sa
15360pa
6175na
7325am
11 760me
15380as
9350af
9455na
17865as
13760sa
7265af
9665at
7405af
13595na
7395am
7435am
6085am
11620na
9870na
9590na
13675na
7280af
9885at
9505am
11625af
9880na
15400eu
17890eu
5975na 6005at
94t0eu 9600af
15280as 15310as
6180eu
11730af
15420af
9420na
11645na
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
Tuesdays
Mondays
Wednesdays
Thursdays
0309 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M0234.
0315 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
0315 Radio Japan : Japan Close-Up. No details available.
MONITORING TIMES
Fridays
0309 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0234.
0315 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
0315 Radio Japan: Business Focus. Economic issues inside and
outside Japan.
0330 BBC: Focus On Faith. Comment and discussion on major
issues in the worlds of religion.
0330 Radio Japan: TechnoBusiness. Japanese business trends
and new technology.
0334 Deutsche Welle : Science And Technology. See M 1634.
0335 Radio Austria lnt'I: Report From Austria. See S 0135.
0350 Radio Japan: Commentary. See M 0350.
Saturdays
0309
0315
0315
0330
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0400 UTC
FREQUENCIES
0400-0500
04000500
04000500
04000500 vi
0400-0500 vi
04000500 vi
0400-0500
0400-0404
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
04000500
0400-0429
0400-0500
04000500 vi
04000500
04000430
04000430
04000430
04000430
04000450
04000430
04000415
0400-0500
04000500 mtwhf
04000500 smtwh
04000430
0400-0500
04000450
04000430 m
0400-0500 vi
04000430
04000500
4920do
9610do
11720pa
15365pa
21595as
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
3356do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
9650me
15445me
11680na
4765do
7375na
7315na
6010na
7345na
13715af
9745am
6015af
9565af
13610af
3300do
9435na
4935do
11530me
7295do
6165na
15120pa
15180as
9655na
4890do
6155na
11940na
9610eu
11690na
13650am
15410na
15535na
17605na
17860na
9660do
11880pa 15240pa
17715pa 17795pa
21740pa
4830af
7255af
11905me 11925me
11840na
5985do
7385na 13630na
618Qam
9485na
17535sa
t5155am
6145af
9765al
13770af
15320pa
17840as
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0430
0400-0430
04000430 mtwhf
04000430
04000430
04000500 vi
04000430
15275me
0400-0500
04000500 sa
04000500
04000500
04000500
04000430
1503Dam
9655na
9810na
13660na
11990na
t7490am
7150af
11705al
21455am
7225af
11765af
9590na
15230as 17765as
9740na
9510na
9570na
11830na
9750eu
11790na
15180na
15425na
17560na
17775as
17880as
9765eu
12050na
15280na
15470na
17570as
17835as
2182Qas
9860na
t2070am
15320na
15500na
17590as
17850na
04000500
0400-0500
0400-0500
04000500 smtwhf
0400-0500
04000500
0400-0500
04150440
04300500
04300450 s
04300450
0430-0500
0430-0500
0430-0500
0430-0500
04300500
04300500
04350500 mtwhf
04450500 t
0455-0500
7230af
5052do
15425as
9860na
6165eu
9685af
9655as
9885na
9535eu
11765af
11905as
12035na
5975na
7230eu
11955me
15575va
9840af
6005af
9410eu
12095va
21715as
13760sa
6180eu
9600af
1528Qas
6040eu
6873af
7280eu
11965eu
6065eu
7170eu
7405eu
15205eu
6140eu
7200eu
9575eu
11940do
1778Qas
13595na
7395am
7435am
9505am
9575eu
6180na 13660na
9665eu
, 5440al
4770do
9655al
5975na
6190al
11760me
15325eu
2171 Sas
5995eu
7170eu
7405af
11740al
6005al
6195eu
12095va
15400af
6175eu
9410eu
1528oas
15575va
6040eu
7200eu
9575al
6140eu
7265af
15205eu
15425na
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
0409 Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0109.
0413 Deutsche Welle: Spans Repon See S 0213.
0415 BBC Feature. This month, Steve Wright selects records
from the BBC vaulls in "Live From The Archive."
0419 Deutsche Welle International Talking Point A round-table
discussion on ma1or trends and events
0430 B3C Short Story. This month "Golden0pponunities"(10th);
"The Birdman {17th). "Dog Training {24th); Har {31st)
(except 3rd: Seeing Stars. a monthly look at astronomy).
0434 Deutsche Welle : People And Places Interviews. stories.
and music beamed to Africa.
0445 BBC : Feature. John Picklord travels to all lour "Points Of
The Compass {3rd); lingu1s11ic change 1s the lare in "English
Language Today (10th, 17th, 24th, 31st).
Tuesdays
0409 Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. Reports and background to
the news from correspondents.
04 t 5 BBC : Health Maners. See T 01 45.
0430 BBC : Ott The Shell. See M 0430
0434 Deutsche Welle: European Journal See M 0234.
0445 BBC : On Screen See M 2315
Wednesdays
Mondays
0405 Radio Norway lnt'I: Norway Now. See S 1205.
0409 Deutsche Welle: European Journal See M 0234.
0415 BBC Talks. This month, David Edmonds presents "Western
Philosophers In A Nutshell."
0430 BBC: Off The Shell This month . Philip Larkin's "A Girl In
Winter" (4th11th); Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" (18th
70
October 1993
MONITORING TIMES
Thursdays
0409
0415
0430
0434
0445
Fridays
0409
0415
0430
0434
0445
Saturdays
0409
0415
0423
0430
0434
0445
0500 UTC
FREQUENCIES
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0530
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600
0500-0505
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0529 mtwhf
0500-0600
0500-0515
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0550
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600 mtwhf
0500-0505
0500-0600
0500-0600 mtwhf
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600 vi
0500-0553 f
0500-0600
0500-0556
4920do
9610do
t 1720pa
15365pa
21525as
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
9625am
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6050eu
11775eu
7375na
731 5na
951 0na
11925am
5960na
7125va
6085me
1174Qam
4935do
17440do
11530me
4800do
7295do
3270af
15120pa
3326do
7255af
4890do
9750eu
11 790eu
15280na
15500na
17560af
17635as
17775af
9695af
9630do
17750me
5052do
9525am
9660do
11880pa 15240pa
17715pa 17795pa
21595as 21740pa
6150eu 7295eu
15430eu 17840eu
7385na 13630na
9495na
15320pa
1788Qas
9750eu
11705na
7230eu 9725me
15230na 1541Qam
11725am
17810am
3290af
9765eu
12050na
1541 Ona
15535na
17570as
17675as
17830as
4990do
9905eu
13650af
15425na
15540af
17590as
17720as
17860af
0500-0600
0500-0600 sa
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0530
15030na
21455am
9515na 9670na
4770do
0500-05151
0500-0530
0500-0515 mtwhf
0500-0600
0500-0600 vi
0500-0530
11690eu
15180na
15470na
15590af
17605as
1773Qas
2169Qas
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600 mtwhfa
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0520
0510-0520 mtwhfa
0524-0600 f
0525-0600
0530-0600
0530-0600
0530-0600
0530-0600 vi
0530-0600
0530-0600
0530-0600
0530-0600
11940do
15425na
9655af
11740af
6165eu 9535eu
9655as 11905as
3955eu
6190af
9640na
1528Qas
15420af
21470va
9840af
5975na
6195eu
11760me
15310va
15575eu
21715as
13760Sa
5995eu
7170eu
11965eu
7405af
6040eu
9530eu
15205eu
9665af
600~af
9410eu
12095va
15360va
17830va
17780as
6140eu
9700eu
120aoaf
13595na
7395am
7435am
11580eu 11725eu
7250eu 11730al
4830af
7255af
13695eu
15320pa 15365pa
21525pa 21595as
17715pa
21740pa
17720af
17745af
17790af
11740af
17830as
3955eu
6190af
9640na
15070me
15400al
17885al
6035eu
7170me
11965me
21700as
5975na
6195eu
9750eu
15280as
15420af
21470va
6040me
7200me
120aome
6005af
9410eu
11760me
15310va
15575eu
21715as
6140me
7405eu
15205me
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
Tuesdays
Mondays
0509 Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0109.
0515 Radio Japan: Spectrum. Conversations with Japanese
intellectuals and foreigners in Japan.
0516 Deutsche Welle: Living In Germany. See M 0116.
0534 Deutsche Welle: Larry's Random Selection. See M 0134.
0535 Radio Austria lnt'I: Report From Austria. See S 0135.
0550 Radio Japan: Commentary. See M0350.
0555 Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. A short segment featuring a
popular song from Japan.
Wednesdays
0509
0515
0535
0550
0555
Thursdays
0509 Deutsche Welle : European Journal. See M 0234.
MONITORING 'IThfES
Fridays
0509
0515
0535
0550
0555
Saturdays
0509
0515
0534
0535
October 1993
71
0600 UTC
FREQUENCIES
0600-0700
0600-0630 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0615
0600-0630
0600-0700 as
0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0630
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-0650
0600-0700
0600-0700 f
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0625
0600-0700 vi
0600-0630
0600-0630 s
0600-0630 m1whf
0600-0700 as
0600-0700 sm1wha
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0658
0600-0700 s
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0650
0600-0700 vi
0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700 vi
0600-0608 1
0600-0700 vi
15320pa 15365pa
21595as 21740pa
0600-0700
7385na
9510na
7345eu
15155am
13790al
15325as
975oas
Mondays
72
October 1993
11990eu
15205af
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700 smtwhf
0600-0700
0600-0700
21610as
0625-0700
0630-0700
15295as
0630-0700
0630-0655
0630-0700 smtwh1
0630-0700
15230as
9510eu
9765eu
12055am
15250na
1756Qam
17860am
17710af
9505eu
21455am
15185af
4770do
Sundays
Tuesdays
15030na
0603-0610
0615-0630
SELECTED PROGRAMS
0609
0615
0615
0620
0630
0630
0634
0640
0650
0655
13630am
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-061 o mtwhfa
17670as
9665eu
9905eu
12070eu
154 lOna
17570am
21690am
11810eu
11765am
13650na
15425na
17595am
0630-0700
0632-0641
0640-0700
0645-0700
0645-0700
0645-0715
Wednesdays
0609
0615
0615
0620
0630
0634
0635
0640
0650
0655
Thursdays
0609
0615
0615
0620
0630
0630
MONITORING TIMES
5052do
9545do
11945na
11740af
6165eu
15430af
9655as
5975na
11940af
1536Qas
21470me
9840eu
11940do
15155na
9535eu
17565al
11905as
6180eu
11955as
15400af
21715as
9870eu
5995me 6005me
6140eu 6873eu
9575af
9665al
15600af
6195eu
12095eu
15575va
17555as
6035af
7170eu
11805eu
9495am
13595na
7435am
7355eu
11725eu
13695eu
7250eu
9645eu
11740eu
9830eu 13830eu
11680eu 11845eu
17695eu
13660eu
11880pa 15240pa
17880as 21525as
15320pa
21595as
9925eu
6180eu
11955as
15400a1
21470me
15090af
9510eu
6195eu
12095eu
15575va
21715as
17730af
9665eu
9560eu
11755eu
15250pa 15335pa
7150pa
15070va
15575eu
11810eu
17720pa
Fridays
0609
0615
0615
0620
0630
0634
0635
0640
0650
0655
Saturdays
0609
061 5
0615
0620
0623
0634
0635
0635
0700 UTC
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0730
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0730
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800 f
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 smtwha
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800 smtwhf
0700-0800
0700-0750
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0715
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800 as
0700-0730
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800 smtwhf
0700-0800
0700-0800
0703-0715
0730-0800
0730-0800
0730-0757
0730-0800
0730-0745 mtwhf
0730-0800
0730-0800
0730-0800
4920do 9660do
15425pa
6020pa 11720pa 11880pa
17695as 17715pa 1775Qas
152.Wpa
21525as
4835do
5025do
4910do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
7375na
9600eu
15270am
Ghana, GBC
6130al
Ghana, GBC Radio 1
4915do
Ghana. GBC Radio 2
3366do
Italy, IRAS Milano
7125va
Japan, NHKIRadio Japan
6050as
15325au
15410au
17765as
Kenya, Kenya BC Corp
4935do
Kiribati, Radio
174.Wdo
Malaysia. RTM Radio 4
7295do
Malaysia, Voice of
6175as
Monaco. TWA Monte Carlo 9480eu
New Zealand, A NZ Intl
9700pa
New Zealand, ZLXA
3935do
Nigeria. Radio
3326do
North Korea. R Pyongyang 15340as
PNG, Natl BC
4890do
PNG, Radio Central
3290do
PNG, Radio Enga
2410do
PNG, Radio Milne Bay
3365do
PNG, Radio Western
3305do
Romania, R Romania Intl
11810pa
17805pa
Russia, AWA Russia
11835eu
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl 7345eu
12070af
13650me 13705am
15225am
15225am 15280af
15465af
154?Oaf
15520af
17570af
17580eu
17655af
S Africa, Radio Oranje
9630do
Sierra Leone, SLBS
331 Sdo
Singapore, SBC Radio One 501 Odo
Solomon Islands, SIBC
5020do
Swaziland, Trans World A 7200af
Taiwan, VO Free China
5950na
Thailand, Radio
4830as
United Kingdom, BBC London6190af
9410eu
9640eu
9760eu
11955as
12095eu
15070va
15360pa
15400af
15420va
17830as
17885af
21470me
USA, CSMonitor Boston MA 9455na
USA, KCBI Dallas TX
13720am
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 751 Ona
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA9785na
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL9350am
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN 731 Seu
USA, WJCR Upton KY
7490na
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
9465eu
USA, WWCR Nashville TN 5935am
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL5985va
13695eu
Croatia, Croatian Radio
6145eu
Australia, Radio
6020pa
17695as
Austria. A Austria Intl
6155eu
Czech Republic, A Prague 6055eu
17725as
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
9745pa
17490eu
Iceland, Natl BC Service
9265om
Italy, AWA Europe
7210eu
Netherlands, Radio
9630pa
United Kingdom, BBC London5975na
7325eu
941 Oeu
964oau
12095eu
15070va
1528oas
15420va
15575me 17640me
21470me
21660af
2171 Sas
7385na 13630na
9745na
11835eu
1749Qam 21455eu
15030na
11925am
7230au 117.Wau
1781 Oas 17860as
15170as
21610me
9750as
15295as
4990do
17765as
119.Wpa 15335pa
21665pa
17720pa
9750eu
15125me
15345af
1554Qam
1766Qam
11710me
15140af
15420me
15550af
17735am
12020af
15190al
15440eu
17560al
21690al
5052do
9545do
117.Waf
11940do
9655as
6195eu
11760me
1528oas
15575eu
21660af
9840eu
11905as
7150pa
11940af
1531Qas
176.Wme
21715as
17555as
7325eu
11950eu
15325eu
17790va
1778Qas
1158oam
9495am
13595na
7435am
7355va
9830eu
11720pa
17750as
13730eu
11990pa
21705pa
11835eu
21455eu
11895pa
6190af
9760eu
15310as
17790va
9680Va
0800 UTC
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0830
0800-0830 vi
0800-0830 vi
0800-0830 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0830
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900f
0800-0900 asmtwh
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0830 vi
0800-0900 smtwha
0800-0825
0800-0845
0800-0825
0800-0900
0800-0900 smtwhf
0800-0900
0800-0850
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
0800-0830 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0820
0800-0830
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900 smtwhf
0800-0900
0803-0805
0820-0835 as
0830-0900
11915af
13830eu
11880pa
21595as
15450me
1360oas
152.Wpa
2575oas
17870me
17535pa
11925pa
15270eu
6195eu
11760me
1536Qas
17830as
7150au
11955as
15400al
17885af
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900
0830-0900
0830-0900
0830-0900
0830-0857
0830-0900
0830-0845
0835-0845 smtwhf
0850-0900 s
9660do
15425do
5995pa
17750pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
7385na
9600eu
17490au
Finland, Radio
17800as
Ghana, GBC Radio 1
491 Sdo
Ghana, GBC Radio 2
3366do
Guam, KTWR Agana
15200as
Indonesia, Voice of
9675au
Italy, IRAS Milano
7125va
Kenya, Kenya BC Corp
4935do
Kiribati, Radio
174.Wdo
Malaysia, ATM Radio 4
7295do
Malaysia, Voice of
6175as
Monaco, TWA Monte Carlo 9480eu
Netherlands, Radio
9630pa
New Zealand, A NZ Intl
9700pa
New Zealand, ZLXA
3935do
Nigeria, Radio
3326do
North Korea. A Pyongyang 15180as
PNG, Natl BC
4890do
PNG, Radio Central
3290do
PNG. Radio Enga
2410do
PNG, Radio Milne Bay
3365do
PNG, Radio Western
3305do
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl 11765al
12070as
1365oas
15125me
15420as
15440me 15470as
17660al
17675af
17735am
21450am 21465am 21655al
S Africa, Radio Oranje
9630do
Sierra Leone, SLBS
331 Sdo
Singapore, SBC Radio One 501Odo
Solomon Islands, SIBC
5020do
South Korea, Radio Korea 7550al
Swaziland, Trans World A 7200af
United Kingdom.BBC London6190af
9660eu
9760eu
11940af
15280as
15360as
15400am
17705eu
17790af
17790af
21660af
21715pa
USA, CSMonitor Boston MA 9455sa
17555as
USA, KCBI Dallas TX
981 Sam
USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK9615as
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 751Oam
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL9350am
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN 731 Sam
USA, WJCR Upton KY
7490na
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
9465eu
USA, WWCR Nashville TN 5935am
Croatia, Croatian Radio
6145eu
Swaziland, Trans World A 7200af
Australia, Radio
5995na
21595pa
Auslralia, VL8A Alice Spg 231 Odo
Australia, VL8K Katherine 2485do
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
2325do
Austria, A Austria Intl
6155eu
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
9745pa
Georgia. Georgian Radio
11920eu
Netherlands, Radio
11895pa
Slovakia, A Slovakia Intl
11990au
Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC London6190af
9760eu
11940al
11955as
15360pa
15420af
15575al
17830as
17885al
17790al
Vatican State, Vatican A
6245eu
Monaco, TWR Monte Carlo 9480eu
Monaco, TWA Monte Carlo 9480eu
MONITORING TIMES
6020pa 6080pa
21595as 25750as
13630am 15030na
9745pa 11835eu
21455eu
21550as
9580pa
11925pa
11752as
9750as
15295as
11895pa
4990do
1523Qas
1201 Oas
15190eu
15590as
17760am
21690am
12020as
15225as
17560al
17805al
5052do
9545do
13670eu
117.Wal
7325eu
11955as
15420af
17830as
119.Wdo
9410eu
12095eu
15575af
17885al
9640eu
15070Va
176.Wme
21470af
9840eu
13615pa
15665pa
12055al
15345me
17645al
17890am
15155eu
9495am
13595na
9830eu 13830eu
11740af
9560pa 9580pa
25750pa
17695as
13730eu
11925pa 21455pa
15605au
7325eu
12095eu
17640me
21470al
7250eu
October 1993
17535au
9410eu
15070Va
17705eu
21660al
9645eu
21705au
9600eu
15280as
17790af
21715pa
15210eu
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0900 UTC
0900-0950
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000 vi
09001000 vi
0900-1000 vi
0900-1000
0900-0925 mtwhf
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-0950
0900-0905
0900-0905 f
0900-1000
0900-1000 s
09001000 vi
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000 mtwhf
0900-1000
0900-0915 s
0900-1000
0900-0930 mtwhf
0900-1000
09001000 mtwtfa
0900-1 000
0900-1000 vi
09001000 vi
09001000 vi
09001ooo vi
09001000 vi
0900-1000
09001000 vi
0900-1000
09001000 vi
0900-0930
0900-0930
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000 smtwhf
0900-1000
0905 1000 sa
0905-1000 mtwhf
0905 1000 sa
0910-0940 smha
0915-0930 sm1wh
0930-1000
0930-1000
0940-0950
74
20418as
4920do
5995pa
13605pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
5910eu
6035do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
11755au
7375am
9745pa
6160as
1782Qas
4915do
3366do
11805pa
7230eu
7125va
9750pa
15190pa
Kenya, Kenya BC Corp
4935do
Lebanon, King of Hope
6280me
Malaysia, ATM Radio 4
7295do
Monaco, TWR Monte Carlo 9480eu
New Zealand, A NZ Intl
9700pa
New Zealand, ZLXA
3935do
Nigeria, Radio
3326do
Palau, KHBN Voice of Hope 983oas
Philippines, FEBC Manila 1169Qas
PNG, Natl BC
4890do
PNG, Radio Central
3290do
PNG, Radio Enga
2410do
PNG, Radio Miine Bay
3365do
PNG, Radio Western
3305do
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl 7130af
1201oas
1202oas
12055af
15345me
1542oas
15440af
17560af
17645af
17660af
17805af
17890af
21655af
S Africa, Radio Oranje
9630do
Singapore, SBC Radio One 501 Odo
Solomon Islands, SIBC
5020do
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
9885au
United Kingdom.BBC London6190af
9740va
9750eu
9760eu
11940al
12095eu
15070me
1536Qas
15400af
15420af
17790va
1783oas
17885af
USA. CSMoni1or Boston MA 9455sa
17555as
USA, KCBI Dallas TX
981 Sam
USA, KTBN Sah L.k Ci1y UT 751 oam
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN 7315am
USA, WJCR Upton KY
7490na
USA, WMLK Be1hel PA
9485eu
USA. WWCR Nashville TN 5935am
Ghana, GBC Radio 1
491 Sdo
Ghana, GBC Radio 2
3366do
Ghana, GBC Radio 2
3366do
Mongolia, A Ulaanbaatar
1185oas
Guam, KTWR Agana
1520oas
Netherlands, Radio
9720pa
Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC London6190af
9740va
9750eu
9760eu
12095eu
15070me 15190sa
15420af
15575va
17640me
17885af
21 470af
21660af
Greece, Voice of
17525au
October 1993
25322af
9660do
6020pa 6080pa
1517Qas 21725as
9905eu
15440au
7385am
11925pa
9565af
21465as
1174Cpa 11815pa
17860au
9510pa
15030am
21455pa
15410af
21650as
11910pa
4990do
9755af
12070as
15470as
17675af
21690am
11765af
1365oas
15490af
17735am
21825af
5052do
9545do
13685au
7325eu
11750as
15190sa
15575va
21470af
9840eu
11940do
17670au
941 Oeu
11760me
15280af
17640me
21660af
13615pa
11805as
15190eu
15525as
17760am
21820au
9660eu
11765as
1531Qas
17705va
21715pa
15665pa
7355am
13595na
12015as
12065as
9410eu
11760me
1S31oas
17790va
1547Qas
9660eu
11940af
15400af
17830va
MONITORING TIMES
. :. : . .
1000 UTC
1000-1100vl
1000-1100vl
1000-11oovl
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
10001100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100 sa
1000-1 100 mtwhf
10001100 sa
1000-1100
1000-1030
1000-1100
1000-1100 vi
1000-1100
10001100 mtwhf
10001100vl
10001100 mtwh
1000-1100 vi
1000-1025
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1 100
10001100 mtwhfa
1000-1100
10001100vl
1000-1100vl
1000-1100vl
100011oov1
10001100vl
10001100
10001100
10001100vl
1000-1 100
1000-1045
1000-1030
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
10001100
1000-1100
10001015mtwhfa
1000-1030
1003-1006
1030-1100
1030-1100
1030-1057
7295do
11895pa
6195as
11750as
15280as
17705eu
21715pa
: . .; ..
1000-1100
1000-1100
13675eu
17710au
13630am
17490pa
11715as
21600af
1030-1100
1030-1100
1030-1100
1030-1100
10301100
1040-1050
= .. . :: . . . .. .. ... .
. .. . ~:f~;~~:~r~r::.:'.::== ==:=======:::::
;::;;;.
ttt
4920do
5995pa
9710pa
Australia, VLSA Alice Spg 231 Odo
Australia, VLSK Katherine 2485do
Australia, VLBT Tent Crk
2325do
Bahrain, Radio
601 Odo
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
China, China Radio Intl
11755au
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela 9725ca
Cos1a Rica, R forPeace Int 7375na
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
9745pa
Ghana, GBC Radio 1
491 Sdo
Ghana, GBC Radio 2
7295do
Ghana, GBC Radio 2
3366do
India, All India Radio
15050as
Israel, Kol Israel
17545eu
Italy, AWA Europe
7230eu
Italy, IRAS Milano
7125va
Kenya, Ke nya BC Corp
4935do
Lebanon, King of Hope
6280me
Malaysia, RTM Kata Kinaba 5980do
Malaysia, RTM Radio 4
7295do
Malaysia, RTM Sarawak
4950do
Netherlands, Radio
9720pa
New Zealand, A NZ Intl
9700pa
Nigeria, Radio
4990do
Nigeria, Voice of
7255al
Palau, KHBN Voice of Hope 983Qas
Philippines, FEBC Manila 980oas
PNG, Natl BC
4890do
PNG, Radio Central
3290do
PNG. Radio Enga
241Odo
PNG, Radio Milne Bay
3365do
PNG, Radio Western
3305do
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl 11630eu
11940al
12010eu
12020eu
15225na
15350me 15355eu
17675al
17760na
17775as
S Africa, Channel Africa
17805af
S Africa, Radio Oranje
9630do
Singapore, SBC Radio One 501 Odo
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
6165eu
United Kingdom, BBC London6190af
9740va
9750eu
9760eu
12095eu
15070va
15190am
15420af
15575va
17640va
17885af
21470va
21660af
USA, CSMonitor Boston MA 9455sa
USA, KCBI Dallas TX
981 Sam
USA, KTBN Salt Lk Ci1y UT 751 Oam
USA. VOA Washington DC 5985as
11735me
11915am 15120am
17770eu
21455eu
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 731 Sam
USA. WJCR Upton KY
7490na
USA, WWCR Nashville TN 5935am
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL5950am
Vatican State, Vatican A
6245eu
21665eu
Vietnam, Voice of
984oas
Croatia, Croatian Radio
6145eu
Austria, A Austria Intl
15450au
Bulgaria, Radio
13670eu
Czech Republic, R Prague 6055eu
15355eu
Netherlands, Radio
12065as
Souih Korea, Radio Korea 11715na
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo 11835as
UAE, UAE Radio Dubai
13675eu
United Kingdom.BBC London6190af
9740va
9750eu
9760eu
12095eu
15070Va
15190am
15420af
1557Sva
17640Va
21470va
21660af
Greece, Voice of
15650as
6020pa 6080pa
13605pa 1517Qas
9580pa
21725as
15030na
21455pa
17387au 17895as
2173Sau
7160do
11895pa 12065as
1547Qas
7285do
11685as
11655eu 11765al
12070eu 15125me
15470eu 15490as
17805af 21655al
11800na
15140eu
17595as
5052do
9535eu
6195va
11750as
15260sa
17705eu
21715pa
9495na
9410eu
11760me
15310as
17790va
9660eu
11940af
15400af
17830pa
13625as
17555as
7405am 9590am
15160me 15195eu
1172Qas
15425as
1194Cdo
13595na
15685am
7251leu
1174Ceu
1202oas
9830eu
21490au
17760eu
7345eu
15010as
13830eu
15210eu
17830eu
9505eu
11990eu
1785oas
15435eu
941 0eu
11760me
1531Qas
17790va
21605eu
9660eu
11940af
15400af
17885af
1547Qas
1s12oas
15320eu
6195va
11750as
15260sa
17705eu
17525as
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FREQUENCIES
1100-1200
1100-1200
11001200vl
11001200 vi
11001200vl
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
t 1001200
11 001200
11 001200
11 00-1200
1100-1200
11001200
1100-1130
1100-1150
11001200
1100-1110 mtwhl
11001200sa
11001200 vi
1100-1200
1100-1200
11001200vl
11001200
11001200vl
1100-1 130
11001125
11001200
1100-1150
1100-1200 mtwhf
11 001200vl
11 001200vl
1100-1200 vi
1100 1200 vi
1100-1200 vi
11001200
4920do
5995pa
9510pa
15170as
Aus1ralia, VL8A Alice Spg 2310do
Australia, VL8K Katherine 2485do
Australia, VL8T Ten1 Crk
2325do
Bahrain. Radio
6010do
Bulgaria, Radio
13670eu
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toron10
6070do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
Cos1a Rica, AWA Alajuela 9722ca
Costa Rica.A forPeace Int 7385na
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
9745pa
Germany, Deutsche Welle 15370al
17800al
Ghana. GBC Radio 1
4915do
Ghana, GBC Radio 2
7295do
Ghana. GBC Radio 2
3366do
haly, IRAS Milano
7125va
Japan, NHK/Radio Japan
6120na
Jordan. Radio
13655eu
Malaysia, ATM Kola Kinaba 5980do
Malaysia, ATM Radio 4
4950do
Malaysia, ATM Sarawak
4950do
Mozambique, R Mocambique 11820al
Netherlands, Radio
12065as
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
970oas
North Korea, R Pyongyang 6576na
Palau. KHBN Voice of Hope 9830as
PNG, Nall BC
4890do
PNG, Radio Central
3290do
PNG, Radio Enga
2410do
PNG, Radio Milne Bay
3365do
PNG, Radio Weslern
3305do
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl 11765me
15125as
15225me
15405as
17570na
17735as
Aus1ralia, ABC Brisbane
Australia, Radio
6020pa 6080pa
9580pa 9710pa
21745as
7240pa
13605pa
1100-1 200
1100-1130
17760eu 17830eu
11870ca
13630na
11925pa
15410af
17860al
15030na
21455pa
17715af
21465al
17765af
21600al
1100-1200
1100-1200
11001200
11001200
11001200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1130
1130-1200
1130-12005
11301200
11301150 mtwhl
1130-1200
11910na 15240na
7295do
7160do
11835af
15470as
9977na
1100-1200
11001 200vl
1100-1200
11001200
110011 30
11001130
11335na
1130-1200
1130-1200
1130-1200
11301200
11785me
1513Qas
15280me
1542oas
17660me
17755me
11800me
15140me
15290as
15490me
17670me
17760na
13650na
15155as
15355na
15540as
17675na
17780me
17815as
9730al
9630do
5010do
6145na
11835as
13635as
21820as
Taiwan, Voice of Asia
7445as
United Kingdom, BBC London5965na
9515na
9750eu
11940al
15310as
17640Va
21470Va
USA, CSMoni1or Bos1on MA 9455sa
9815am
USA, KCBI Dallas TX
USA, KTBN Sah Lk City UT 7510na
USA, VOA Washington DC 5985as
9760as
15160as
USA, WHA i Noblesville IN 7315na
USA, WJCR Upton KY
7490na
USA, WWCR Nashville TN 5935am
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL5950na
Vietnam, Voice of
7287as
Auslria, R Austria Intl
6155eu
Belgium, R Vlaanderen
15540as
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
11925am
Finland, Radio
11735na
Iran. VOIRI Tehran
9525me
1193oas
Ne1herlands, Radio
5955eu
Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia
21605au
Thailand, Radio
4830as
Uniled Kingdom,BBC London5965na
951 Sna
9760eu
12095eu
15420af
17705eu
21660af
17875as 21785as
5052do
9650na
15120as
15505as
11940do
9980na
17850as
17670as
17670as
6190al
9600eu
9760eu
12095eu
15400eu
17705eu
21660al
9495na
6195va
9700au
11750as
15070Va
15420af
17790al
941 0eu
9740Va
11760me
15220na
15575me
17885va
13625as
17555as
6110as
11720as
15425as
9850sa
13595na
15685am
7355na
9730as
13730eu
17540as
1s115am
15400na
11715me
7405am
11915am
9590am
1s120am
11790sa
11830na
1789oam
21455am
11790me
11910as
11905as
619Sva
9740Va
11760me
15220na
17640af
17885va
9410eu
9750eu
11940al
15310as
17695as
21470va
9860eu
9655as
6190al
9600eu
1175Qas
15070Va
15575me
17790al
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1109 Deu1sche Welle: Arts On The Air. Reports and interviews on
cul1ural events and developments.
1115 Radio Japan: Hello From Tokyo. See S 0315.
1130 BBC. The John Dunn Show. See S 0030.
1130 Radio Aus1ria lnl'I: Austrian Coffee Table. See S 0330.
1134 Deu1sche Welle: German By Radio. See S 0134.
1155 Radio Japan: Viewpoint See S 0355.
Mondays
1109 Deu1sche Welle: Newsline Cologne. A current affairs
program wilh worldwide reports and a German press review.
1130 BBC: Composer Of The Month. See M 0230.
1130 Radio Japan: People. See M 0330.
1134 Deutsche Welle: Hello Africa. Musical requests and
greetings to friends.
1135 Radio Austria lnt'I: Report From Austria. See S 0135.
1150 Radio Japan: Commentary. See M 0350.
Tuesdays
Wednesdays
1109
1115
1130
1130
1134
1135
1150
Thursdays
1109 DeU1sche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.
1130 BBC: Drama. This month: "Shopping" (7th); "Clean Slate"
(14th); 'Runyon's Guys And Dons (21st. 28th).
76
October 1993
MON1TORING TIMES
1130
1134
1135
1150
Fridays
1109 Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.
1130 BBC: Meridian. See W 0630.
1130 Radio Japan: Techno-Business. See F 0330.
1134 Deutsche Welle: Hello Africa. See M 1134.
1135 Radio Austria lnt'I: Report From Austria. See S 0135.
1150 Radio Japan: Commentary. See M 0350.
Saturdays
1109 DeU1sche Welle: Africa This Week. A review of trends and
events on the African continent
1115 Radio Japan: This Week. See S 0115.
1130 BBC: Meridian. See W0630.
11 30 Radio Auslria lnt'I: Aus1rian Coffee Table. See S 0330.
1134 Deutsche Welle: Mailbag Africa. Listeners' questions, music
reques1s, and the cli.b corner.
1200 UTC
FREQUENCIES
1200-1300
1200-1300
12001300
12001230
1200-1300 vi
12001300 vi
1200-1300vl
12001300
1200-1300
12001215
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1259 mtwhl
1200-1300
12001300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1225 sa
12001230
1200-1300vl
1200-1300
1200 1230 mtwhl
1200-1300 vi
12001300
1200-1300 vi
1200-1230 smwha
12001206
1200-1300
120012305
1200-1300 m1whl
1200-1230a
1200-1300 vi
1200-1300 vi
1200-1300 vi
12001300vl
1200-1300 vi
12001255
1200-1300
12070as
4920do
6140do
5995pa
9580pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
15445am
11938as
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
9635na
8425as
11795as
9725ca
7385am
11925am
21455om
4915do
3366do
9525me
11930as
7125eu
4935do
6280me
5980do
7295do
4950do
11850as
9700as
4990do
17730as
9830as
9830as
4890do
3290do
2410do
3365do
3305do
6135eu
11765al
15155as
15280na
15440me
15550me
9610do
6020pa
9710pa
11855na
9715as
15210na
11870ca
15030na
15115am
6080pa
21745as
7240pa
17820na
11600as
154.0na
11660as
15450na
21465am
17490am
17890am
11715me 11790me
11910as
1200-1215
1200-1300
1200 1300 as
1200-1300
12001300
1200-1300
1200-1300
12001300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
12001225
12071300 ocasnal
1215-1300
1226-1300
12301300
12301300
12301259
1230-1300
12301255
12015as
1230-1300
12301300
12301300
1230-1300
12301300
7285do
17840as
7145eu
11785af
15170me
15290as
15480as
17570na
12001300vl
12001300
1200-1300
1200-1230
12001230
9525eu
11800me
15220am
1S32ome
15490na
17595na
11815eu
15140as
15225as
15355as
15540na
1764Sna
1230-1300
17670na
17790na
S Africa, Radio Oranje
9630do
Singapore, SBC Radio One 501 Odo
South Korea, Radio Korea 9640na
Thailand, Radio
4830as
United Kingdom, BBC London6190af
9660eu
11750as
15070Va
17640al
21470af
United Kingdom.BBC London7160as
USA, CSMonitor Boston MA 9425pa
USA, CSMonitor Boston MA 15665eu
USA, KCBI Dallas TX
9815am
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 751 Oam
USA, VOA Washing1on DC 611 Oas
15425as
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL9350am
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 7315na
USA, WJCR Upton KY
7490na
USA, WWCR Nashville TN 13845am
USA, WYFR Olleechobee FL5950am
Uzbekhistan, R Tashkent
7285as
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
9510as
Egyp1, Radio Cairo
17595as
Ghana, GBC Radio 2
7295do
Australia, Radio
5995pa
13755pa
Bangladesh, Radio
11 708eu
Canada, RCI Montreal
9660as
Finland, Radio
11900na
Franee. Radio Franee Intl 9805eu
15365na
Netherlands, Radio
5955eu
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo 6075as
Sweden, Radio
15240pa
Turkey, Voice of
9675as
Uni1ed Kingdom, BBC London6190al
9660eu
11750as
15070Va
17640af
21470al
Vietnam, Voice ol
9840as
17675al 17760na
17815me 21785me
17765me
5052do
11940do
9655as
6195na
9740as
11760me
15220na
17705eu
21660al
9605as
9495na
11905as
9410eu
9750eu
11940al
15310as
17790al
9515na
9760eu
12095eu
15575va
17885al
11920as
13625as
13760sa
9760as
11715as
15160as
15695am
9850sa 11790sa
13595na
15685am
6015am 11830am
9715as 15295as
17750am
17815as
6020pa
9580pa
7240pa
13610eu 13620eu
15195as
15400na
11670eu 15155eu
17575na
9860eu
9720as
21500as
15200eu
6195na
9740as
11760me
t5220na
17705eu
21660al
12020as
9515na
9760eu
12095eu
15575va
17885al
9410eu
9750eu
11940af
15310as
17790al
15195eu
15010as
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1201 BBC: Play Of The Week. See S 0101.
1205 Radio Norway lnt'I: Norway Now. Commentary and features
on issues and people in Norway.
1215 Radio Korea: Echoes Of Korean Music. See S 0615.
1235 Radio Korea: Shortwave Feedback. See S 0635.
Mondays
1209 BBC: Words Of Faith. Speakers from various laiths discuss
scripture and their beliefs.
1215 BBC: Quiz. Mark Steyn hosts a celebrity game show on
musicals in Let's Do The Show Right Here:
1215 Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S 0115.
1220 Radio Korea: Seoul Calling. See M 0620.
1240 Radio Korea: Tales From Korea's Past. See M 0640.
1245 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 0315.
Tuesdays
1209 BBC: Words Of Faith. See M 1209.
121s BBC : Mullitrack 1. See M 2330.
1215
1220
1240
1245
Wednesdays
1209
1215
1215
1220
1235
1240
1245
Fridays
1209 BBC: Words Of Faith. See M 1209.
1215 BBC: Feature. Gambling is the subjec1 of 'The Green Baize
Jungle' (1st, 81h); America's police fea1ure in "The World's
Policeman (15th, 22nd, 29th).
1215 Radio Korea: News Commen1ary. See S 0115.
1220 Radio Korea: Let's Sing Toge1her. See F 0620.
1240 Radio Korea: Let's Learn Korean. See F 0640.
1245 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S0315.
Saturdays
Thursdays
1209
1215
1215
1220
1230
MONITORING TIMES
1209
1215
1215
1220
1235
1245
October 1993
77
1300 UTC
FREQUENCIES
1300-1400
1300-1400
13001400
1300-1400 vi
1300-1400 vi
1300-1400 vi
1300-1400
1300-1330 mtwlfs
1300-1320
1300-1400
1300-1400
13001400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400s
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1330
1300-1400 as
1300-1325
1300-1400 vi
1300-1325
1300-1400vl
1300-1400
1300-1400 vi
1300-1400
1300-1350
1300-1330m
1300-1400 mtwhl
1300-1400
1300 1400 vi
1300-1400
1300-1400
13001400
1300-1400 vi
1300-1400
13001330
4920do
9610do
5995pa
11855as
Australia, VLBA Alice Spg 2310do
Australia, VL8K Katherine 2485do
Australia, VL8T Tent Cr\\
2325do
Bahrain, Radio
6010do
Belgium, R Vlaanderen
15540na
Brazil, Radiobras
15445am
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
6070do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
6130do
Canada. CHNX Hafttax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver 6160do
11955na
Canada, RCI Montreal
China, China Radio Intl
9405as
Costa R1ca,R lorPeace Int 7385am
Ecuador, HCJB Qui10
11925am
21455am
Egypt, Radio Cairo
17595as
Finland, Radio
15400na
11587na
Israel. Kol Israel
17575eu
l1aly, IRRS Milano
7125va
Kenya, Kenya BC Corp
4935do
Malaysia, RTM Kota Kinaba 5980do
Malaysia, RTM Radio 4
7295do
Malaysia, RTM Sarawak
4950do
Nigeria, Radio
4990do
North Korea, R Pyongyang 9345eu
Norway, Radio Norway Intl 9590eu
Palau. KHBN Voice of Hope 9830as
Philippines, FEBC Manila
11995as
PNG, Natl BC
4890do
Romania. R Romania Intl
11940eu
Russia. AWR Russia
11855au
Russia. Radio Moscow Intl 9640am
9895am
15225na
15355me
17735me
2161Qas
S Africa, Radio Oranje
9630do
Singapore. SBC Radio One 5010do
South Korea. Radio Korea 9750as
1300-1400
1300-1330
7240pa 9580pa
13755as
11800pa
1300-1330
17540as
1300-1400
1300-1400 as
13001400
1300-1400
1300-1400
17820na
9715as 11660pa
15030na 21465am
1511 Sam 1749Qam
21550na
11603na 15640na
17590eu
7285do
964oas 1174Das
15230eu
11855as
1789Qam
15650as
1523oas
15365eu 17720eu
17850eu
9755am
11940eu
1528oas
1548oas
1776oas
21625me
9885am
15140me
15335as
17595as
17860me
9825am
11995as
1529oas
15550as
1779Qas
21785me
5052do 11940do
13670as
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
13001400
13001400
1302-1400
1315-1325
1325-1400 mtwhf
13301400
13301359
1330-1 400 mtwhf
1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1 400
1330-1345
1330-1355
1330-1400
1335-1345
1345-1400
6075as
3
15505as
United Kingdom.BBC London6190af
9515na
9760e1J
11940af
1522Qam
15575me
17885af
USA, CSMonitor Boston MA 9425pa
USA, CSMonitor Boston MA 15665eu
USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK 7355as
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 751Qam
USA, VOA Washing1on DC 611 Oas
15425as
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL9350na
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN 9465na
USA. WJCR Upton KY
7490na
USA. WWCR Nashville TN 13845am
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL5950na
17750na
Taiwan, VO Free China
11550as
Nepal, Radio
3230do
Kenya, Kenya BC Corp
4935do
Aus1ria, R Austria Intl
1545Qas
Canada, RCI Montreal
9535as
15325eu
21710eu
Finland. Radio
11900na
India, Alf India Radio
11760as
Laos. National Radio of
7116as
Netherlands, Radio
9890as
UAE, UAE Radio Dubai
13675eu
Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC London6190af
9515na
9760eu
11940af
15250as
17640va
21470va
United Kingdom.BBC London 15105af
Uzbekhislan, R Tashkent
7285as
Vietnam, Voice of
9840as
Greece. Voice of
15630na
Vatican State, Vatican R
1509Qas
9720as
7480as
17670as
6195va
9660eu
11750as
12095eu
15250as
17640af
21470af
9495na
11690as
21770as
7180pa
9740am
11760me
1507Qam
1531Qas
17705eu
21660af
13625as
9410eu
9750eu
11820am
15105af
15420af
17790al
976Qas
11715as
1516Das
11790na
13595na
15685am
6015na 11830na
13695na
5005do
13635as
13760sa
7165do
11795as 11935eu
17820eu 17895af
15315eu
21455eu
15400na 21550na
1512Qas
13700as
15320eu
6195va
9660eu
1175oas
12095eu
1531Qas
17705eu
21660af
17810af
9715as
1so1oas
17515na
17525as
15150as
15435as
7180pa
9740va
11760me
15070va
15420af
17790va
1716Qas
21605as
9410eu
9750eu
11a20va
1522Qam
15575me
17885af
21640af
15295as
17815as
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
Tuesdays
1300
1310
1315
1320
1325
Wednesdays
Mondays
1300
1310
1315
1320
1325
Thursdays
1300 KNLS: Varie1y Style. See S 1300.
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MONITORING TIMES
Fridays
1300
1315
1320
1335
1340
Saturdays
1300
1315
1320
1330
1335
1400 UTC
FREQUENCIES
14001450
14001500
14001500
1400-1500
14001500 vi
14001500 YI
14001500 vi
1400-1500
14001500
1400-1500
14001500
1400-1500
14001500
1400-1500 s
1400-1 500 mtwhfa
14001500
1400-1500
14001430
14001500
1400-1500
1400-1500
14001500 mtwhfa
1400-1500
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
14001500
1400-1500 mtwhf
14001500vl
14001500
14001500 YI
1400-1500
14001500 mtwhf
1400-1500
1400-1430 mtwhl
1400-1500
14001500 YI
14001500
t3508al
6060pa 7240pa
11 SOOpa t 1855as
17820na
15315eu 15325eu
21455eu 21710eu
7405as 11815na
726oas
13755as
17820eu
11855as
15030am
15115am 17490am
17890am
17575eu 17650me
17695eu
1512oas
9750am
11735as
11815as
13770as 15150as
17610as
9755am
9825am
9640am
14001500 YI
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
14001430
14001500
1400-tSOO sa
14001500
1400-1500
14001500
1400-1500
1400-1500
14001500
14001500
1400-1500
1400-1500
14001405
14151500
14151425
14301500
1430-1500
14301500
1430-1500
1430-1500 m
14301500
1430-1500 mtwhl
1430-1500
1430-1500 vi
1430-1500
14451500smha
9895am
11665me 11705as
15110as
15125al
1514Qas
15355as
15480as
17580al
17890al
21785as
S Africa, Radio Oranje
9630do
Singapore, SBC Radio One 5010do
South Korea, Radio Korea 5975as
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo 6075as
United Kingdom, BBC London6195as
96609u
974oas
97509u
11940al
12095eu
15070va
15575me
17640va 17705eu
21660af
21490Va
USA, CSMonitor Bos1on MA 953Qas
USA, CSMonitor Boston MA 13710na
15375va
USA, KCBI Dallas TX
USA, KJES Mesquite NM
11715na
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 751Ona
USA, VOA Washington DC 611 oas
15160as
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL9350na
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN 9465na
USA, WJCR Upton KY
7490na
USA, WWCR Nashville TN 13845am
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL6015am
Vatican State, Vatican A
15090au
Bhutan, BC Service
5025do
Nepal, Radio
3230do
Afghanistan, Radio
7200as
Albania, A Tirana Intl
7155eu
Austria, A Aus1ria Intl
6155eu
Ecuador, HCJB Oui1o
11925am
Indonesia, ARI Padang
4003pa
Myanmar, VO Myanmar
5990do
Portugal, Radio
21515me
Romania. A Romania Intl
11775as
Uganda, Radio
4976do
United Kingdom,BBC London6190al
9515na
9740as
9660eu
11820as
11860me 11940al
1531Qas 15575me
t 5260me
17840am
21470Va
t 7880al
Mongolia, A Ulaanbaatar
t37Soas
11870as 11940as
15225am 1529Qam
17595al 17760am
11995am
15320al
1779Qam
5052do
6135as
9720as
7180as
9760eu
1525oas
17790al
94109U
1175oas
15260al
17840am
9515na
11s2oas
1531oas
17880al
13625as 13760am
15665eu
7125as 9645as
15255as 15395as
976Qas
15425as
11940do
15105na
13595na
15685am
11550as 11 830am
17525au
5005do
17750na
7165do
9760eu
13730eu 15450eu
17490va 17890am
21490va
21455am
15335as 1772oas
6195as
9750eu
12095eu
17640va
21660af
7180as
9760eu
15070eu
t 7705eu
9410eu
1t75oas
1525oas
17790al
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
140t BBC: Feature. This month: "Pilgrimages Of Hope" (3rd,
10th); "State 01 The States Phone-In' {17th): ' Making
America (24th, 31st).
1415 Radio Japan: Let's Learn Japanese. See S 0515.
1415 Radio Korea: Echoes Of Korean Music. See S0615.
1430 BBC: Anylhing Goes. Bob Holness presents a variety of
musical requests.
1430 Radio Japan : Media Roundup. See S 0530.
t 435 Radio Austria lnt'I: Report From Austria. See S 0135.
1435 Radio Korea: Shortwave Feedback. See S 0635.
1455 Radio Japan: Viewpoint. See S 0355.
Mondays
1405 BBC: Outlook. Conversation, controversy, and color from
the UK and the world.
1415 Radio Japan: Spectrum. See M 0515.
1415 Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S0115.
1420 Radio Korea: Seoul Calling. See M0620.
1430 BBC: Off The Shelf. See M 0430.
1435 Radio Austria lnt'I: Report From Austria. See S 0135.
1440 Radio Korea: Tales From Korea's Past. See M0640.
t 445 BBC: Feature. See S 0445.
1450 Radio Japan: Commentary. See M 0350.
1455 Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See M 0555.
Tuesdays
t 405
t 4t 5
1415
1420
1430
1435
1440
1445
t 450
1455
Wednesdays
1400 Radio Jordan: A Perlional File. Anton Halaby chats with
personalities from Jordan and abroad.
1405 BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.
1415 Radio Japan: Spectrum. See M0515.
1415 Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S 0115.
1420 Radio Korea: Seoul Calling. See M0620.
1430 BBC: Ott The Shelf. See M 0430.
1430 Radio Jordan: Pop Session. See S 1430.
1435 Radio Austria lnt'I: Report From Austria. See S 0135.
1440 Radio Korea: Pulse Of Korea. See W0640.
1445 BBC: Good Books. This month: Hardy's Tess Of The
D'Urbervilles" (6th); Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" (13th);
Austen's "Pride And Prejudice (20th); Mitchell's "Gone With
The Wind" (271h).
1450 Radio Japan: Commentary. See M 0350.
1455 Radio Japan: Tokyo Pop-In. See M 0555.
Thursdays
1405
1415
14t5
1420
MONITORING TIMES
1430
1430
1435
1440
1445
1450
1455
Fridays
1405
1415
1415
1420
1430
1435
1440
1445
1450
1455
Saturdays
1401 BBC: Sportsworld. EX1ensive coverage and results from all
the weekend's sports.
1415 Radio Japan: This Week. See S 0115.
1415 Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S 0115.
1420 Radio Korea; Sites And Sounds. See S 0120.
1435 Radio Austria lnt'I: Report From Austria. See S 0135.
1435 Radio Korea: From Us To You. See S 0135.
October 1993
79
1500 UTC
FREQUENCIES
1500-1600
1500-1530
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1559 s
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1527
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1550
1500-1600
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
1500-15t3smha
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 vi
1500-t555
1500-1530
1500-1600
6140do
599Spa
11690as
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
11955na
4200as
7385am
6055eu
15605af
11925am
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
Ethiopia, Voice of
7165do
Germany, Deutsche Welle 7185af
t7735af
15610as
Guam, KTWR Agana
Italy, IRAS Milano
7125va
Japan, NHK/Radio Japan
9750as
Jordan, Radio
9560eu
Malaysia, RTM Kota Kinaba 5980do
Malaysia, RTM Radio 4
7295do
Malaysia, RTM Sarawak
4950do
Malta, V of Mediterranean 11925eu
Mongolia, R Ulaanbaatar
13780as
Myanmar, VO Myanmar
5990do
Netherlands, Radio
9890as
Nigeria, Radio
4990do
Nigeria, Voice of
7255af
North Korea, R Pyongyang 9325eu
Philippines, FEBC Manila
11995as
PNG, Natl BC
4890do
Poland, Polish R Warsaw
7285eu
Romania, R Romania Intl
11775as
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl 9505am
6060pa 7260as
11800pa 11855as
17820na
118t5as
15030am
7345eu
17535eu
17490va
9560do
9735af
21600as
t3600me
15535af
17890am
21455am
1t965af
t3610af
t5355af
1500-1600 vi
1500-1555s
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1530
1500-1530
t 500-1600 vi
1500-1530
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1520-1530 mtwtf
1530-1600
1530-1600
1530-1545
13770as 15150as
7285do
17610as
9640af
13785eu
9977af
9525eu 118.Weu
15335as 17720as
9640am 9755am
1509 Deutsche Welle: Religion And Society. News and developments concerning the world's major religions.
t 513 Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes. German journalists
provide a perspective on world events.
1515 BBC : Concert Hall. Classical music from the world's great
concert halls (except 3rd, Sportsworld Special, the Prix De
L'Arc De Triomphe horse race).
1515 Radio Japan: Hello From Tokyo. See S0315.
1534 Deutsche Welle: Pop From Germany. A look at the German
pop music scene.
1535 Radio Austria lnt'I: Report From Austria. See S 0135.
1545 BBC : Jau Now And Then (3rd). See A 0145.
1555 Radio Japan: Viewpoint. See S 0355.
Mondays
1509
1515
t 515
1530
1534
Tuesdays
1509 Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.
1515 BBC: A Jolly Good Show. Dave Lee Travis presents listener
October 1993
15t65as
11815as 11865na
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
80
9510as
13755as
9825am
1530-1600
1530-1540 mtwhfa
1530-1600 vi
1530-1600 irreg
1530-1600
1545-1600
tt665me t t995me
9895na
15180as
t5290as
15355as
17580me
t7735me 17760am
S Africa, Radio Oranje
4875do
Seychelles, FEBA Radio
117t0as
9810af
Seychelles, FEBA Radio
Singapore, SBC Radio One 5010do
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo 6075as
Sweden, Radio
15190na
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
13635af
Uganda, Radio
4976do
United Kingdom, BBC London6190af
9515na
9740va
9750eu
12095eu
15070va
t5250as
17860af
17705eu
t 78.Wau
USA, CSMonitor Boston MA 9530as
USA, KCBI Dallas TX
15375am
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 15590na
USA, VOA Washington DC 6t10as
15255as
9760as
15205eu
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL t7510am
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 9465sa
USA, WJCR Upton KY
7490na
USA, WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN 13845am
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL6015na
5925eu
Estonia, Radio
6060pa
Australia, Radio
9580pa
Ausiria, R Austria Intl
t 1780as
Finland, Radio
6120eu
21550al
Georgia, Georgian Radio
11920eu
15630eu
Greece, Voice of
Russia, Radio Centre
t5185eu
Tanzania, Radio11765af
United Kingdom, BBC London6190af
9515na
9740va
9760eu
15070va
15260na
t53t0as
17860af
t7880af
21470af
Vatican State, Vatican R
15090au
Wednesdays
1503
1509
1515
1515
1530
1530
1530
1534
1535
1550
1555
Thursdays
1509 Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.
1515 BBC: Ray On Record. See S 2315.
1515 Radio Japan: Japan Close-Up. See H 0315.
MONITORING TIMES
12030me 15125as
15425as 15480as
t7790am
15170me
15550am
15330af
5052do 119.Wdo
9720as
152.Wna 21500na
15505af 17670af
21770af
6195eu
9760eu
15260na
17880af
13625as
9410eu
t1940af
15400eu
21660af
15665eu
7180as
11750as
15310as
21470af
13760am
7125as 9645as
15395as 19379eu
17535am
15105na
13595na
15420na
15685am
11705na 11830na
9700as
7260as 9510as
1t800pa 11855as
9560pa
13755as
11755eu 1t820eu
15240me
17750na
15652na 17525na
6195eu 7180as
11750as 11940af
15400eu 17705eu
21660af
17865as
9410eu
12095eu
17840am
Fridays
1509
1515
1515
1530
1534
1535
1550
1555
Saturdays
1509 Deutsche Welle: Africa Highlight. A weekly fea1ure on an
important topic concerning Africa.
1513 Deutsche Welle: Development Forum. Repons and inter
views on projects and progress in Africa and Asia.
1515 BBC: Sportsworld. See A 1401.
1515 Radio Japan: This Week. See S 0115.
1534 Deutsche Welle: Science And Technology. See M 1634.
1535 Radio Austria lnt'I: Report From Austria. See S 0135.
1600 UTC
FREQUENCIES
16001630
16001700 vi
16001700 vi
16001700 vi
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
1600-1650
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001645
16001630
16001700 vi
16001 630
16001700 s
1600 1615mha
16001630
16001700
16001700
16001630s
16001700
16001700 vi
16001700
16001700
16001700 vi
16001700
16001605
16001700
16001700
16001700
Australia, Radio
5995pa
9580pa
Australia, VLSA Alice Spg 2310do
Australia, VLSK Katherine 2485do
Australia, VLST Tent Crk
2325do
Bahrain, Radio
6010do
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
China. China Radio Intl
4130af
Costa Rica,R forPeace Int 7375na
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
21455am
France, Radio Franee Intl 6175eu
17620at
Germany, Deutsche Welle 6170as
t5595as
Ghana, GBC Radio 1
4915do
Ghana, GBC Radio 2
7295do
Guam, KSDA AWR Agat
11980as
Guam, KTWR Agana
15610as
Italy, AWR Europe
15125eu
Italy, IRRS Milano
7125va
Jordan, Radio
9560eu
Lebanon, King of Hope
6280me
Mongolia, R Ulaanbaatar
7560as
Ne1herlands, Radio
9890as
Nigeria, Radio
4990do
Nigeria, Voice of
7255at
Norway, Radio Norway lnll 15230eu
Pakistan, Radio
11570me
t5675me
PNG, Nall BC
4890do
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl 9505am
9880eu
11995am
15290na
17580at
17765al
S Africa, Channel Africa
5960al
S Africa, Radio Oranje
4875do
Saudi Arabia, BSKSA
9705eu
Singapore, SBC Radio One 5010do
South Korea, Radio Korea 4945al
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo 6075as
Swaziland, Trans World R 9500al
7240pa 7260as
11680as 11695pa
9510as
11575af
7385am
15110af
13630na
15130al
11705at
17795at
7225as
17810as
12015al
17850at
9875as
21680as
15530me
t5105as
7780as
13700as 15150as
17610as
17825me
13590me 15515al
17725a!
15555me
9660eu
9895eu
12050am
15355as
17700at
17790na
1771 Oat
9720eu
5052do
5975as
9720as
9755eu
11705am
15125as
15425na
17735na
11940do
15220af
9825eu
11940am
15180na
15540at
17760na
1600-1700 irreg
16001645
16001700 vi
16001630
16001700
1600-1700 sa
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001630
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001 700
16001700
16001630
16001630a
16001630
16001630
16151645
16301700
16301657
16301700
16301700
16301700
16301 700
16451700 s
16451700
16501700 mtwhf
Tanzania, Radio
11 765al
UAE. UAE Radio Dubai
11795al
4976do
Uganda, Radio
Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC London3915as
9515na
15070va
17840al
21660al
USA, CSMonnor BoS1on MA 11580as
USA, CSMonnor Boston MA 13710na
USA, KCBI Dallas TX
15375va
USA, KTBN Sah Lk City UT 15590am
USA, VOA Washington DC 6110as
9760as
15255as
15445at
19379at
USA, VOA Washington DC 9700eu
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 17535na
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 9465na
7490na
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN 13845am
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FU 1705na
21525al
6245eu
Vatican State, Vatican R
Vatican State, Vatican R
15090al
Vietnam, Voice of
9840al
Yemen, Radio TV Corp
5970eu
Sweden, Radio
6065eu
Australia, Radio
5995pa
9510pa
13755as
Canada, RCI Montreal
7150as
17790me
Ecuador, HCJB Ouno
Egypt, Radio Cairo
15255al
Unned Kingdom,BBC London3915as
7160as
9740va
15070va
15420a!
21660al
USA, VOA Washington DC 15255eu
Guam, KTWR Agana
15610as
Tajikistan, Radio
7245as
New Zealand, R NZ lnll
9675pa
13675eu 15435eu
21605eu
6190al
6195eu
9740va 11750as
15260na 15310as
17860al 17880al
9410eu
12095eu
15400eu
21470af
13625va 17510na
17555am
21640al
7125as
11920af
15255al
17785af
9645as
11995af
15395as
ms5at
9700as
13710at
15410a!
17895af
15205eu t5255eu
19379eu
13760na
13595na
15420na
15685am
11830al
21615af
7250eu
17730al
1202oat
7190eu
15105na
6060pa
9580pa
7240pa
11695pa
7260pa
11880pa
6190al
9515na
11750as
15310as
17880al
6195eu
9630al
12095eu
15400eu
21470al
15355eu
17750eu
15090as
17865as
15010af
9555as
21480me
5975as
9410eu
11720as
15260na
17860al
17735eu 19379eu
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
Tuesdays
1605
1609
1615
1615
1634
1635
1645
1609
1615
1615
1620
1634
Mondays
1609 Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.
1615 BBC: New Ideas A look at the latest technology,
innovations, and new products.
1615 Radio Korea: News Commentary. See S 0115.
1620 Radio Korea: Seoul Calling. See M 0620.
1634 Deutsche WeUe: Science And Technology. New scien@c
and technological developments.
1635 BBC: Talks. Tracey Logan examines the elements in "A
World Of Its Own" (4th, 11th, 18th): religious ed~ices arethe
fare in Pertectly Proporiioned" (25th December 27th).
1640 Radio Korea: Tales From Korea's Past. See M 0640.
1645 BBC: The World Today. A look at a topical aspect of the
international scene.
Wednesdays
1609
1615
1615
1620
1634
1640
1645
Thursdays
1609 Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.
1615 BBC: Network UK. Issues and events affecting people
across the UK.
MONITORING TIMES
1615
1620
1630
1634
1640
t645
Fridays
1609
1615
1615
1620
1634
1640
1645
Saturdays
1609
1615
1615
1620
1623
1634
1635
October 1993
81
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1700 UTC
18001900
1800-1900
--------------------------"'"'"4 18001900
18001900
1700-1800
17001800
1700-1800
17001800
17001800
17001800
1700-1800
17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1727
17001800
1700-1800
17001800
1700 1800 as
17001715
1700 1800 vi
1700-1800
1700-1735
1700-1800 s
17001800 a
1700-1800 mtwh1
1700-1750
1700-1730 s
17001800
1700-1755
17001800
17001800
1700-1800 vi
17001800
1700-1730
1700-1730
17001800 irreg
1700-1800 vi
17001730
1700-1800
17001800 sa
17001800
1700-1800
17001730
17001800
17001800
1700-1800
1700 1800 sm1whf
17001800
, 7001800
17001800
1730-1800
17301800
1730-1800
17301800vl
17301800
1730-1800
17301800
1745-1800 mrwhfa
17451800
11935af 15080af
Australia, Radio
5995pa
9510pa
13755as
Azerbaijan, Voice of
1524Qas
Bahrain, Radio
6010do
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6030do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
China, China Radio Intl
4130af
11575as
Costa Rica,R 1orPeace Int 7385am
Czech Republic, R Prague 6055al
15605al
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
15270me
Egypt, Radio Cairo
15255al
Ghana, GBC Radio 1
4915do
Guam, KSDA AWR Agat
13720as
Israel, Kol Israel
7465na
l1aly, IRAS Milano
7125eu
Japan. NHK!Radio Japan
9750na
Kazakhstan, R Alma Ala
5035eu
Lebanon, King of Hope
6280me
Morocco, RTV Marocaine 17815al
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
6035pa
North Korea, R Pyongyang 9325eu
Norway, Radio Norway ln11 9655eu
Pakistan, Radio
11570eu
Poland, Polish R Warsaw
7270eu
Russia. Radio Moscow lnrl 9505am
11940af
12065a1
15385af
17605am
S Alrica, Channel Africa
4945af
S Africa, Radio Oranje
4875do
Saudi Arabia, BSKSA
9705eu
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo 6075as
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
13635al
Tanzania, Radio
11765af
Uganda, Radio
4976do
Uniled Kingdom.BBC London391 Sas
9410eu
15070am
17880al
USA. CSMonitor Boston MA 1158oas
USA. CSMonitor Bos1on MA 13710na
USA. KCBI Dallas TX
15375va
USA. KTBN Salt Lk Cily UT 1559oam
USA. VOA Washington DC 11920al
15445al
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL 13615na
USA, WHR I Noblesville IN 13760am
USA, WJCR Upton KY
7490na
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
9465eu
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN 13845am
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL21500a1
Bulgaria, Radio
11720eu
Netherlands, Radio
6020al
Romania, R Romania Intl
15340al
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Sweden, Radio
6065al
United Kingdom.BBC London6180eu
9410eu
12095eu
15420al
Vatican State, Vatican R
11625al
Honduras R Copan Intl
15675am
India, All India Radio
7412eu
1800 UTC
18001900
18001900
1800-1830
18001900
18001900
82
6060pa
9580pa
7405af
15345as
15030na
7345af
6080pa
11695pa
7240pa
11880pa
8260af
1537oas
21465am
9490af
9570as
13600af
17790me 21455me
21480na
11587eu 11675eu
15640eu
11815as 11865as
5260eu 5960eu
17750me
15270eu
9640af
15220eu
15550eu
9525eu
954Qam
11960a1
15180a1
15395af
17735na
11750af
9720eu
972oas
15430af
6180eu
9515na
15260at
21660af
13625va
17555am
11995al
17785af
9977af
13785af
988Qam
11995am
15290na
15425na
1nsoam
11705af
1205oam
15355af
15580na
1779Qam
17635af
21770af
6195eu
9740na
15400af
7325eu
12095eu
15420af
17510na
21640af
13710af
17895af
1541 Cal
19379eu
13595na
15420na
15685am
13670na
7120af
17655af
15365af 17745af
21590af
17805af
9645me
6195eu
9515me
15070va
17780af
15090al
15270af
7160me
9740va
15260af
17880af
17730al
7325eu
1112oas
15400at
21660af
9950me
11620eu
1t860eu
Australia, Radio
7260pa
9580pa
Bahrain, Radio
Belgium, R Vlaanderen
Brazil. Radiobras
Bulgaria, Radio
October 1993
5995pa
11695pa
6010do
5910af
15265eu
11720eu
6060pa 6080pa
11855pa 11880pa
18001900
18001900
18001900
1800-1900
18001830
1800-1900
1800-1900
18001900 as
18001900 mtwhfa
18001900
18001900 vi
18001900
18001900
18001900
1800-1850 smtwhf
18001830 mtwhf
18001900
1800-1900 vi
1800-1900
18001900 vi
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800 1900 irreg
18001900vl
18001830
1800-1900
1800-1900 sa
1800-1900
1800 1900 irreg
18001900
18001900
18001900
1800-1900
1800-1900
18001900
18001900
18001900
18001900
1800-1900
t8001830
18151900
1830-1900
18301855
18301900
1830-1900
1830-1900
1830-1900
1830-1900
1835-1900
1840-1850mtwhfa
18451900 irreg s
1850-1900 smtwhf
1900 UTC
1900-2000
19002000
19002000
7240pa
13685eu
13670na
MONITORJNG TIMES
Bulgaria, Radio
11720eu
Canada, CFCX Montreal
6005do
Canada, CFRX Toronto
6070do
6030do
Canada, CFVP Calgary
6130do
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
Costa Rica,R forPeace Int 7375am
21465am
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
21455am
Egypt, Radio Cairo
15255af
Ghana, GBC Radio t
4915do
Ghana, GBC Radio 2
7295do
Guam, KSDA AWR Agat
1372Qas
Honduras, R Copan Intl
15675am
India, All India Radio
7412eu
11935af
Italy, IRAS Milano
7125eu
Kuwai1, Radio
13620na
Lebanon. King of Hope
6280me
Netherlands, Radio
6020af
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
11735pa
Portugal, Radio
9780eu
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl 9880eu
12015al
12050af
15150af
15385al
15405as
15425as
17790na 17875as
21670me
S Africa, Radio Oranje
4875do
Saudi Arabia, BSKSA
9705eu
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Sudan, Radio Omdurman
7200do
Swaziland, Trans World R 3200af
Tanzania, Radio
11765af
Uganda, Radio
4976do
United Kingdom. BBC London3255af
7325eu
9410eu
9740va
15070va 15400af
15420af
USA, CSMonitor Boston MA 9455pa
USA, CSMoni1or Boston MA 17555am
USA, KCBI Dallas TX
15375am
USA. KJES Mesquite NM 9510na
USA. KTBN Salt Lk Cily UT 1559oam
USA. VOA Washington DC 3980me
11920af
11995af
1371 Oaf
17800af
17895af
19379eu
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL13615na
USA. WHR I Noblesville IN 9590na
USA, WINB Red Lion PA
15295eu
USA. WJCR Upton KY
7490na
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
9465eu
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN 13845am
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL21500af
Vietnam, Voice of
9840eu
Bangladesh, Radio
9570me
Austria, R Austria Intl
5945eu
Finland, Radio
6120eu
Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia
6100eu
Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl
591 Seu
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo 9720eu
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
6065eu
United Kingdom, BBC London3255af
9410eu
9740am
11955au
15420af
17880af
Kazakhstan, R Alma Ata
17605eu
Greece, Voice of
15650al
Mali, Radio Mahenne
4783do
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
11 735pa
19002000
1900-1930
19002000
1900-2000
1900-2000
17670na
7385am
1363oam
15030am
9950me
15080af
11620eu
11860eu
7120af
17655af
21590af
11630al 1111oas
15185af 15290na
15580na 17605na
11995na
15355me
17760al
9720eu
9165do
9500af
6180eu 6195eu
11720as 11955au
17880af
15665eu 17510na
7160va
12095eu
6040eu 9700eu
15205eu 15410af
9760eu
15580af
17612af
15695na
13760na
13595na
15420na
15685am
12020eu
12030eu
6155eu
9730eu
7200eu
7345eu
15120eu
9655af
6180eu
12095eu
17910eu
17525af
4835do
15010eu
9880me
11755eu
9505eu
9605eu
13730me
15540eu
17710af
15270al
6195eu
15070au
15505af
7325eu
15400af
5995do
6080pa
11855as
2000-2100
2000-2100
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' 2000-2100
2000-2t00
1900-2000
Canada, CHNX Halifax
6130do
2000-2027
1900-2000
Canada, CKZU Vancouver 6160do
2000-2100
1900-2000
China, China Radio Intl
11s1sme
6955af
9440af
2000-2100
1900-2000
Costa Rica.A forPeace Int 7385am 15030na 21465am
2000-2100
1900-2000
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
17490va 17790eu 21455eu
21480eu
2000-2015 mtwhfa
1900-1 950
Germany, Deutsche Welle 9640al
11740af 11785al
11a1oaf
20002100
13790af 15350af 15390af
17765af
2000-2030
1900-1945
India, All India Radio
7412eu 9950me 11 620eu
11860eu
2000-2100 vi
11935af 15080af
2000-201Omtwhf
19001930
Israel, Kol Israel
7465eu 9435eu 11585na
11603na
20002100
t 1675eu 15640na 15650af
17575na
2000-2100
t 900-2000 vi
Italy, IRAS Milano
7125va
2000-201 Osmwha
1900-2000
Japan, NHK/Radio Japan
9640am 975oas 11a1spa
11865pa
2000-2025
11 875pa
2000-2100
Kuwait, Radio
1900-2000
13620na
2000-2100
1900-2000
Lebanon. King of Hope
6280me
2000-2100
1900-1930
Lithuania, Radio Vilnius
9710eu
2000-2100
1900-2000 s
Morocco, RTV Marocaine 1192Qas
2000-2100
19001930
Netherlands, Radio
6020al
7120af
17655af
2t590al
1900-2000 smtwhl
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
11735pa
1900-2000
Nigeria, Radio
3326do 4990do
1900-2000
Nigena, Voice of
7255al
1900-1930s
Norway, Radio Norway Intl 15355pa 15365am
2000-2100 vi
1900-1930 mtwhl
Portugal, Radio
15515al
2000-2100
1900-2000
Romania, R Romania Intl
9750eu 11a1oeu 11940eu
15365eu
20002100 vi
1900-2000
Russia, AWR Russia
9835eu
2000-2100 vi
1900-2000
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl 961 Oal
9860eu 9880al
11630eu
2000-2045
11760na t 1770al
11840al 12015eu 12050eu
15150al
2000-2030
15180af
15290eu
15355eu 15385al 15405al
15425na
2000-2100
15480al
15535al
15580al 17560al 17605af
17690na
2000-2100 vi
17760na
2000-2030
1900-2000
Saipan, KFBS Marpi
9465as
1900-2000
Saudi Arabia, BSKSA
9705eu 9720eu
1900-2000 vi
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
2000-2100
1900-2000
Spain, Spanish Natl Radio 15375af
1900-2000
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo 9720eu 15120eu
2000-2t00
1900-2000
Swaziland, Trans World R 3200af
3240al
20002100
1900-1915irreg
Tanzania, Radio
11765af
2000-2030
1900-2000 vi
Uganda, Radio
4976do
1900-t930
United Kingdom.BBC London3255al
6005al
61 BOeu
6190al
20002100
6195eu
7160me
9410eu 9630at
9740as
11955au
t 2095eu t 5070va
15400al 17880al
2000-2100
1900-2000
USA, CSMonitor Boston MA 9445pa 15665eu t 7510na
17612al
2000-2100
t 900-2000 sa
USA. CSMonitor Boston MA 17555am
2000-2100
1900-2000
USA. KCBI Dallas TX
t 5375va
2000-2t00
1900-2000
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 1559Qam
2000-2100
1900-2000
USA, VOA Washington DC 3980me 6040me 9525as
9700eu
2000-2100
9760eu
11870as
11920al 11995al 1371 0al
1518Qas
2000-2100
15205eu 1541Oaf
15495al 15580af 17800af
17895af
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
t900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-1930
1910-1920
1930-2000
19302000
1930-2000
1930-2000
1935-t955
t 940-2000 mha
1950-2000
19379eu
USA, WEWN Birmingham Al13615na
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 13760na
USA, WINB Red Lion PA
15295eu
USA. WJCR Upton KY
7490na
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
9465eu
USA, WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN 13845am
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL 15355eu
Vietnam, Voice of
9840eu
Botswana, Radio
3356al
Iran, VOIRI Tehran
9022eu
Netherlands, Radio
t 7605al
Poland, Polish R Warsaw
6135eu
United Kingdom.BBC London3255af
6195eu
7160me
941 Oeu
12095eu 15070am
t 5400al
Italy, RAI Rome
7275eu
Mongolia, R Ulaanbaatar
t t 790eu
Vaucan State. Vatican R
5885eu
2000-2030
2005-2t00
2010-2100 sa
2025-2045
2030-2100
15695na
13595na
15420na
15685am
21615af
12020eu
4830al
15260eu
21590al
7270eu
6005al
9630al
17880al
9710eu
11850eu
7250eu
15010eu
7255af
7285eu
6180eu
974oas
9525eu
6190al
11955au
11aooeu
2030-2035
2030-2100
2030-21 oo mh
2030-2035
2030-2100 mtwhla
2030-2057
2030-2100
2030-2100
2030-21 00
2030-2100
----------------------------! 2030-2t00
2045-2100
2000 UTC
2000-2100
2000-2t00
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
20002t00
Australia, Radio
7240pa
7260pa
11880pa
11910pa
Bahrain, Radio
Bulgaria, Radio
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
5995pa
9580pa
6000pa 6060pa
11695pa 11720as
6010do
11720eu 15330na
6005do
6070do
6030do
6080pa
11855pa
6130do
6160do
4130eu
11500eu
Costa Rica.A forPeace Int 7385am
Czech Republic, R Prague 6055eu
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
21455am
Ghana, GBC Radio 1
4915do
Ghana, GBC Radio 2
7295do
Greece, Voice ol
7450eu
Indonesia, Voice of
9675me
Iran, VOIRI Tehran
9022eu
Italy, IRAS Milano
7125va
Kenya, Kenya BC Corp
4935do
Kuwait, Radio
13620na
Lebanon, King of Hope
6280me
11790eu
Mongolia, R Ulaanbaatar
Netherlands, Radio
17605al
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
11735pa
Nigeria, Radio
3326do
Nigeria, Voice ol
7255af
North Korea, R Pyongyang 6576eu
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl 9785eu
t1675al
t1730na
11750na
12050na
13605af 151 SOal
t 5405al
15425na
t5580na
t 7720na
17760na
S Alrica, Radio Oranje
4875do
Saudi Arabia, BSKSA
9705eu
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Solomon Islands, SIBC
5020do
Swaziland, Trans World R 3200af
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
9885af
Turkey, Voice of
9445eu
Uganda, Radio
4976do
United Kingdom.BBC London5975na
7325eu
9410eu
9740as
15260sa
15340au
15400au
USA. CSMonitor Boston MA 9430as
17555sa
USA, KCBI Dallas TX
15375va
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT 1559oam
USA. VOA Washington DC 11 720af
15495al
t 5580al
17800al
USA. VOA Washington DC 6040me
t9379eu
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL t 3615na
USA, WHR I Noblesville IN 13760af
USA. WJCR Upton KY
7490na
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
9465eu
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN 13845va
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL 15355eu
21615eu
Vatican State, Vatican R
9645al
Syria, Radio Damascus
12085na
Kenya, Kenya BC Corp
4935do
Italy, RAI Rome
7235me
Canada, RCI Montreal
5995eu
15325eu
Croatia, Croatian Radio
6145eu
Egypt, Radio Cairo
15375al
Estonia, Radio
5925eu
Latvia, Radio Riga
5935do
Palau, KHBN Voice of Hope 11980as
Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl
7345eu
SoU1h Korea, Radio Korea 5975eu
Sweden, Radio
6065af
United Kingdom.BBC London5975na
7325eu
941 Oeu
9630al
15260au
15340au
15400af
USA. VOA Washington DC t371 0al
t 7800al
Vietnam, Voice of
9840eu
India, All India Radio
7412eu
8260eu
11715af
15030am
7300eu
9440al
151 10af
21465am
7345eu
9920eu
9640al
9890eu
11770af
15290na
17605na
9977al
1t630al
t t995na
15355as
17690na
9545do
3240al
12035al
13635al
15505af
6180eu
11955au
17880af
9455as
6195eu
12095eu
21660al
15665eu
7160as
15070va
13710al
17895al
9700eu
15160al
21485at
9760eu
15410al
15205eu
15420na
15685va
15566eu 17612al
21525eu
9490eu
9375eu
11752eu
15260eu
11850eu
21590al
4990do
9345eu
9870eu
1t760na
15180al
17560al
9720eu
17510na
t 7830al
13595na
11625at 15090al
15095na
9575me
7235eu
17820af
9830eu
11800me
13650eu
17850af
13830eu
13670af
17875af
6035al
9640me
9695eu
6005af
6180eu
11955au 12095eu
9870eu
15410al
17895al
12020eu
9910au
15580al
15495al
21485al
150t0eu
9950eu
6195eu
15070al
11620eu
t----------11_11_5p_a _152
_ s_5p_a - - - - -
2100 UTC
21002130
2100-2106
2100-2130
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
Australia, Radio
Bahrain, Radio
Belguim, R Vlaanderen
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
MONITORING TIMES
9645pa
6010do
591 Oeu
6005do
6070do
6030do
11720pa 1t855pa
1t880pa
9905eu
Ocwber 1993
83
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2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2129
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2130
2100-2130
2100-2200
2100-2150
2100-2200
2100-2200
21002200 mtwhfa
2100-2200
21002200
21002200vl
21002130vl
21002200
2100-2200
21002200 mtwtf
21002136smtwhf
21002200
21002130s
21002200 mtwhfa
21002130 mtwhf
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
21002200 vi
21002130
21002200 vi
2100-2200 vi
21002130
21002200
2100-2200
21002105
2100-2200
21002130
21002200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
21002200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
21002200
2100-2200
21002200
21002110
210321 10
21102200
21152200
21152130 mtwhf
2130-2200
21302200
2130-2200 vi
21302200
21302200
2130-2200
21302200
21302200
21302200
21302200
21302200
84
6130do
6160do
5995eu
15325eu
China, China Radio Intl
4130eu
11500al
Costa Rica.A forPeace Int 7385am
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba 17760eu
Czech Republic. R Prague 6055eu
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
21455va
Egypt, Radio Cairo
15375al
Germany, Deutsche Welle 9640al
13690as
15135al
15350al
Ghana, GBC Radio 1
4915do
Ghana. GBC Radio 2
7295do
Honduras, R Copan Intl
15675am
Hungary, Radio Budapest 61 10eu
India, All India Radio
7412eu
11715pa
Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl
11810na
Italy, IRAS Milano
7125va
Japan, NHK/Radio Japan 6035eu
11925eu
Lebanon, King of Hope
6280me
Lebanon, Wings of Hope
11530me
New Zealand, R NZ ln1l
11735pa
Nigeria, Radio
3326do
Norway, Radio Norway ln11 15165na
Palau. KHBN Voice of Hope 1198Qas
Pon ugal. Radio
15250al
Romania, R Romania Intl
7195eu
Russia. Radio Galaxy
11880eu
Russia, Radio Moscow lnll 9480al
9880eu
11730na
11750na
13605al
1515Qas
15180al
15405af
1548oas
15580na
S Afnca, Radio Oranje
4875do
Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
6100eu
Sierra Leone. SLBS
3316do
Solomon Islands, SJBC
5020do
Sou1h Korea, Radio Korea 6480at
Spain, Spanish Natl Radio 6125eu
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo 1512Qas
Syria, Radio Damascus
12065na
Ukraine. A Ukraine Intl
4825eu
7195eu
7240eu
7285eu
15135eu
15195eu
15570eu
United Kingdom, BBC London3225at
6195eu
7180pa
7325eu
12095eu
15070al
15260sa
USA, CSMonitor Boston MA 943oas
17555sa
USA. KCBI Dallas TX
15725am
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT 15590na
USA, VOA Washington DC 6040me
1t960eu
13710al
15185as
15580af
17735as
17800af
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL 13615na
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
15185eu
USA. WJCA Upton KY
7490na
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
9465eu
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN 13845am
USA. WYFA Otleechobee FL 15565eu
21615eu
Vaucan State, Vatican R
5885eu
Croatia, Croatian Radio
9830eu
Syria, Radio Damascus
12085na
Egypt, Radio Cairo
990Qeu
Uniled Kingdom, BBC Carib 15390ca
Albania, A Tirana Intl
9760eu
Australia. Radio
9645pa
15240pa
15320pa
15365pa
Australia, VLST Tent Crk
4910do
Austria. R Aus1ria Intl
5945eu
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
17490va
Finland, Radio
6120eu
Israel, Kol Israel
7465na
11675eu
Lilhuania. Radio Vilnius
9675eu
Sweden, Radio 6065eu
Uniled Kingdom.BBC Flk Is 13660sa
Uni1ed Kingdom, BBC London3225al
6195eu
7180pa
7325eu
October 1993
7235eu
17820af
8260eu
11715af
15030na
13650eu
17850af
9920eu
1s110af
21465na
13670al
1787Sal
9940al
7300eu
7345eu
9490eu
967Qas 9765as
15360as
9835eu 11910eu
991oau 9950eu
15265pa
964Qeu
15430af
9750eu
11785as
11620eu
11815au
4990do
7225eu
9750eu
11940eu
9530na
11760af
15290na
17605af
961 Orne
11905al
15350af
17690al
9725eu
12050na
15355as
1772oas
9505eu
9545do
7550me
15095na
607oeu
9600eu
17725eu
5975ca
9410eu
15340au
9455as
15575eu
6090eu
9640eu
7150eu
9685eu
6005af
9590na
1537Qas
15665eu
6180eu
11955pa
15400al
17510na
9700eu 9760eu
15205eu 15410al
17895al 19379eu
1187Qas
15495af
21485af
2139-2200
2140-2200s
2145-2158
12095eu
15070al
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa
Armenia, Radio Yerevan
2145-2200
2145-2200
Bulgaria, Radio
South Korea, Radio Korea
2200 UTC
2002230
2200-2230
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2230
2200-2300
2200-22205
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002230
2200-2245
22002258 s
22002245
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2230 mtwhla
2200-2230
2200-2300 vi
22002225
2200-2300
2200-2300 mtW11
2200-2230 mtwhf
2200-2300 vi
2200-2300 smtwha
2200-2300 vi
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300 mtwhfa
2200-2300
22002300 vi
2200-2300 vi
22002300
22002300 vi
2200-2230
2200-2245
2200-2230
2200-2210
22002300
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300
13595va
15420na
17612eu 17750af
21525eu
7250eu
13830eu
15095na
17715ca
11840eu
11720pa 11855as
17795pa 21740pa
6155eu
17790eu
11755eu
9435na
15640eu
97t0eu
9880eu
21455va
15440eu
11587na
15650na
11880pa
13730al
21480eu
11603na
17575sa
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2245
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2230 s
22032209
2230-2300
2230-2300
22302300
22402250 smtwhf
2245-2257
2245-2300
5975ca
9410eu
6005af
9590na
8180eu
11955pa
MONITORING TIMES
22452300
22452300
15260sa
15120pa
7190al
9450na
15385na
11720eu
6480eu
15340au 1537Qas
15400af
11920na 11945na
11960na
15330na
15575eu
9760eu 11825eu
954Qas 9645pa
15320pa 15365pa
11720eu 15330na
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
5960na 5995eu
11875na 13670ca
9880eu
4765do 5985do
7385ca 15030ca
6180va
5960eu 6055eu
9900eu
7190al
9730eu 11740eu
4915do
7295do
15675am
7412eu 991 oau
1171 5pa 15265eu
Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl
1181Qam 1518Qam
Italy, AAI Rome
971 oas 1180Qas
Lebanon, King of Hope
6280me
Lebanon, Wings of Hope
11530me
Lithuania, Radio Vilnius
12040na
Malaysia. ATM Ko1a Kinaba 5980do
Malaysia, ATM Radio 4
7295do
Malaysia, ATM Sarawak
4950do
New Zealand, A NZ Intl
15120pa
Nigeria, Radio
3326do 4990do
Palau, KHBN Voice of Hope 1198Qas
Russia, Radio Moscow Intl 9480al
9530na
9725eu
9815eu
9820eu 11705na
11905af
12050na 15140al 15290na
17570al
17675at
m20na 21690at
S Africa, Radio Oranje
4875do
Sierra Leone. SLBS
3316do
Singapore, SBC Radio One 501 Odo 5052do
Solomon Islands, SIBC
5020do 9545do
SoU1h Korea, Radio Korea 7275as 964Qas
SoU1h Korea, Radio Korea 6480eu 15575eu
Switzerland, Swiss A Intl
981 oam 9885am
Syria, Radio Damascus
12065na 15095na
Taiwan. VO Free China
17750eu 21720eu
Turkey, Voice of
7185me 9445na
UAE, Radio Abu Dhabi
11885na 15305na
Ukraine, A Ukraine Intl
4795eu 6020eu
9710eu 9860eu
United Kingdom.BBC London5970eu 5975na
9410eu
9570pa
9590na 975oas
11955pa
12095eu 15070va 15260sa
USA. CSMonitor Bos1on MA 9465na 13625as
USA, KCBI Dallas TX
15725va
USA, KTBN Salt Lk Ci1y UT 15590am
USA, VOA Washington DC 712Qas 714Das
1176oas
15185as
1529Qas 15305as
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL7425am 11820am
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN 13760eu
USA, WINB Red Lion PA
151 SSeu
USA. WJCA Upton KY
7490na 13595na
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
15420na
USA. WWCA Nashville TN 13845am
USA, WYFA Otleechobee FL 17612na 21525eu
USA.KGEI San Francisco CA 15280sa
Croatia, Croatian Radio
6145eu 9830eu
Australia. Radio
9645pa 11720pa
15240pa
15320pa
15365pa 17795pa
Canada. ACI Montreal
596Qam 5995eu
1367Dam
Sweden. Radio
6065as 11910eu
Greece, Voice of
11645au
Armenia, Radio Yerevan
9450na 11920na
15385na
India, All India Radio
991Oas 11745as
15145as
USA, WINB Red Lion PA
15145eu
Vatican S1a1e. Va1ican A
960Qas 1183oas
11720pa
17795pa
11855as
21740pa
7195eu
15305ca
9755na
21465ca
7345eu
9605eu
1181 0eu
995oeu
11620eu
1794Qam
1533Qas
9685eu
11750na
15410na
9715eu
11805al
17560al
11940do
12035am
15570am
11 895eu
15315na
7195eu
7240eu
6195eu
9915sa
15340au
15665eu
7325eu
11750sa
15400al
17555sa
7215as
17735as
977Qas
11a2oas
13830eu
11855pa
21740pa
7195eu
9755am
11945na
11960na
11785as
1511Qas
15090pa
11880pa
2300 UTC
FREQUENCIES
2300-2400
Australia, Radio
2300-2400 vi
23002400 vi
23002400 vi
23002315
2300-2400
23002400
23002400
23002400
23002400
23002400 mrwhf
2300-2400 as
23002400
23002400
23002400
23002315a
2300-2305
2300-2305
23002400
2300-2400
23002400 vi
23002400
23002400
23002400 mtwhf
23002330
23002400 vi
23002400 smtwha
2300-2400 vi
2300-2400
2300-2350
2300-2330 s
23002400 mtwhfa
23002400 vi
23002400
11720pa
15320pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
11720eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
5960eu
13670na
5995eu
13670na
9725ca
7385na
974Sam
7203al
4915do
7295do
1561Qas
991Qas
1514Sas
1518Qam
6060eu
17810as
6280me
11530me
11750na
5980do
7295do
4950do
15120pa
11700am
965Sam
11980as
4890do
9480na
11790na
12050na
11855as 11eeopa
15365pa 17795pa
15240pa
21740pa
15330na
5995eu
7195eu
9755na
7195eu 9755na
15235na
11870ca
13630na 15030na
2145Sam
11940na
21465na
1174Sas 1178Sas
6125eu
2300-2400 vi
2300231 ovi
2300-2400
23002400 vi
23002330
23002400
23002400
23002330
1511oas
7140eu
1543Qas
23002400
2300-2400
23002400
23002400
23002400
23002400
23002400
23002400
23002400
23002315
2315-2330
23302400
23302400a
23302400
2330-2400m
2330-2400
23302400
12040na
7160do
1365Qam
1179Sam
11720na
11975na
15425na
9815eu 9860na
11805na 11840na
15140na 15410na
2330-2400
2335-2345 smtwhf
1553Sas
2162Sas
S Africa, Radio Oranje
4875do
Sierra Leone, SLBS
3316do
Singapore, SBC Radio One 5010do
Solomon Islands, SIBC
5020do
Sweden, Radio
6065pa
Thailand, Radio
4830eu
UAE, Radio Abu Dhabi
11855na
Uni1ed Kingdom,BBC London5970eu
718Qas
9590na
11955va
1528Qas
USA. CSMonitor BoS1on MA 9465na
USA, KCBI Dallas TX
15725va
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT 15590na
USA, VOA Washington DC 712Qas
1176Qas
1773Sas
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL742Sam
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN 13760am
USA, WINB Red Lion PA
15145eu
USA, WJCR Upton KY
7490na
USA, WWCR Nashville TN 1384Sam
Vatican State, Vatican R
9600as
United Kingdom, BBC London611 Osa
15390sa
Belgium, R Vlaanderen
993Qam
Colombia, Radio Nacional 11822.
Ne1herlands, Radio
6020na
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo 1542Sam
Sweden, Radio
606Sas
Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC London5975na
957Qas
1194Sas
15260sa
Vietnam, Voice of
984Qas
Greece. Voice of
9425sa
17560as 1757Qas
2167Qas 2169Qas
5052do
9545do
11910pa
965Sas
15305na
5975na
7325eu
9915sa
12095na
15400as
1362Sas
1767Sas
11940do
1190Sas
15315na
6175na
9410eu
11750sa
1507Qam
6195as
9570as
11945as
15260sa
15665eu
1755Sam
714Qas 721Sas
1518Sas 15290as
1782Qas
977Qas
1530Sas
13595na
1183Qas 15090pa
9560sa 9825sa
11765sa
1365Sam
517865am
6165na
11910eu
6175na
9590na
1195Sam
15280as
1202oas
11595sa
6195as
9915sa
12095na
1534Qam
15010as
11645sa
7325eu
11750sa
15070am
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
2305 BBC : World Business Review. The previous week's news
and upcoming events.
2305 Radio Norway lnt'I: Norway Now. See S 1205.
2315 BBC: Ray On Record. Robin Ray presents selections of
classical music.
2315 Radio Japan: Hello From Tokyo. See S 0315.
2355 Radio Japan: Viewpoint. See S 0355.
Mondays
2305 BBC: World Business Report. The latest news from the
markets worldwide.
2315 BBC: On Screen. Reports on movies and 1he movie busi
ness.
2315 Radio Japan: Sports Spotlight. See M 0315.
2330 BBC: Multitrack 1. Tim Smith presents the smash singles on
the UK pop charts.
2330 Radio Japan: People. See M0330.
2350 Radio Japan: Commentary. See M 0350.
Tuesdays
2305
2315
2315
2330
Thursdays
Wednesdays
2305
2315
2315
2330
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Fridays
2305 BBC: World Business Repon. See M2305.
2315 BBC: Worldbrief. A roundup of the week's news headlines
and developments.
2315 Radio Japan: Business Focus. See F 031 5.
2330 BBC: Multitrack 3. Sarah Ward presents the latest from the
ahernative pop scene.
2330 Radio Japan: TechnoBusiness. See F 0330.
2350 Radio Japan: Commentary. See M 0350.
Saturdays
2305
2310
2315
2315
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polar auroral zone. Expect poor reception on these circuits during ionospheric disturbances. Due to the decrease in the sun cycle, the graphs have
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new?
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Defeat GE/
Ericsson
Lescomm
Data/Tone
Squelch
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Long Live
the King!
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12 Call Paging
Encoder
Communications Specialists,
Inc. is now offering a call paging
encoder utilizing the two-tone
sequential paging fonnat. The
new PE-12 is based on the old
PE-2P and offers rotary dial
selection from 12 individual twoLone calls. Packaged in high
impact plastic case with mounting
bracket, the PE- I 2 is configured
for mobile base stations that need
to signal a handful of pagers with
discrete calls. The PE-1000
desktop encoder is available for
fixed base systems requiring
greater call capability and keypad
enlry.
The PE-12 sells for $129.95
and is available from stock. For
infonnation about this and other
tone signalling devices, contact
Communications Specialists at
426-MT West Taft Avenue,
Orange, California 92665 or call
1-800-854-0547.
Turn, Turn,
Turn
Grove Enterprises has
announced the availability of a
new accessory for the popular
Scanner Beam that'll also be good
news for owners of amateur VHF/
UHF antennas, or even TV and
FM antennas. It's the new Grove
Heavy-Duty Antenna Rotator.
Featuring a super-strong motor
with extra-high torque, it has
been field tested in winds of up
LO 70 miles per hours. Special
brake pads protect the drive train.
What makes the Grove HeavyDuty Antenna Rotator especially
applicable for communications
hobbyists are its two synchronized
motors which give you the ability
to direct your antenna with
precision. Extra-strength machine
gears break through ice loads
without binding.
Remote
Imaging
Group
Auto-Tuner
AEA has announced the
unveiling of their new IT- I AutoTuner, an accessory for the IsoLoop 10-30 HF antenna. The lsoLoop is a high-quality, highcfficicncy, antenna with a mere
35" diameter. The IT-I AutoTuner automatically tunes the IsoLoop.
The IT-I Auto-Tuner features
a twelve button keypad with an
audible beep to announce
completion of tuning. It has eight
program mable memories as well
as a Len segment LED bar that
monitors the tuning process and
indicates the selected memory
number. Memory back up and a
bui lt-in serial interface is also
included.
The suggested retail price for
the IT- I AutoTuner is $279 .00.
For more information, stop in at
your favorite radio store or call
Advanced Electronic Applications
at P.O. Box C2 I 60, Lynnwood,
Washington 98036 or call 206774-5554.
New Radio
Magazine
from Down
Under
MT reader/contributor Bob
Bell has published the first
edition of an "armual" magazine
for Australian moni tors, entitled
Listening In. The auractivc 48 page, first issue includes a cover
story and 17 regular departments,
which address communications
from shortwave through satellites.
Oddly, although the emphas is is
on Australian communications,
the feature story is a history of
communications espionage in the
United States.
A price of Australian S7 .95
plus S3 shipping is given for the
magazine. IL would be advisable
to write for overseas prices and
method of payment if you are
outside the country. Listening In
is published by Airband Communications, P.O. Box 16, Georges
Hall 2198 NSW, Australia.
1985
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Your Calls
On a Pen
A firm by the name of KiloAlthough the magazine is
Tcc is offering what it calls " high
advertised as an annual, look for
quality writing instrumcnL~ for the
them LO expand quickly; do you
Radio Amateur." (O K, so it 's a
know an armual that starts out by
slow month for new products; but
publishing the month and Volume then, have you done your
I Number I? With the magazine' s Christmas shopping yet?) The
professional appearance and fu ll
Kilo-Tee Roller Ball pen can be
coverage, they will soon be
personally engraved with your call
begged by the readers to increase
Icuers. Says the manufacturer,
the number of issues, if they did
"The smooth writing instrument is
excellent for fillin g out QSLs,
not already have plans to do so.
Editor Bob Bell has been a
logs, etc."
faithful attendee at the MonitorThe price of the KTRB pen is
ing Times conventions; unfortuSI 9.95 plus $4.00 shipping,
nately, his increasing success with "comparable to writing inslrupublications will keep him too
mcnts costing much more." The
busy this year!
address is P.O. Box IO, Oak
View, Cali fornia 93022 or call
805-646-9645.
MONTTORING Tl MES
A Novel
Approach to
Hamming
Three novels, in fact, have
been authored by Cynthia Wall,
KA 7 ITT, which revolve around
the hobby of amateur radio. These
high suspense stories arc intended
for young people, especially girls,
but are captivating reading for
anyone.
The books accomplish two
very difficult goals: they address
amateur radio in a natural,
unconfusing way wiLhou1
preaching to the uninitiated; and
although they are high -adventure,
the stories reflect the kinds of
experiences that could be had by
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Guest Reviewer, Peter Jennings,
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SPECIFICATIONS
Guaranteed Range 530 kHz to 1650 kHz
Display Range
100 kHz to 1650 kHz
Step Frequency
50 Hz . 100 Hz LSB, USB
Only
1 kHz, 5 kHz. 6.25 kHz,
9 kHz. 10 kHz, 12 .5 kHz.
20 kHz. 25 kHz, 50 kHz,
100 kHz
Modes
Sensitivity
0.530 - 2.0 MHz AM
2.0 - 30 MHz
AM
LSB/USB
FM
30 - 1000 MHz
AM
LSB/USB
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1000 - 1300MHz
FM
0.5 V ( 10 dB S/N)
0.5 V ( 10 dB SIN)
0.5 V ( 12 dB SIN)
0.75 V ( 12 dB SIN)
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Memories:
Channel Memories
Search Pass Memories
Band Memories
Priority Channel
lV ( 12 dB SIN)
1000
500
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BNC
4 AA Ni-Cad (supplied)
12 VDC Power source
(AC Adapter supplied)
12 VDC auto cigar plug
(supplied)
Power consumption
140 mA Normal
100 mA Sleep mode
10 mA Battery Saving
Mode
Power Supply
an'
Audio Output
100 mW (4.SV
THD 10%)
Operating Temperature
Dimensions
Weight
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Overall, the size and weight are very comfortable for handheld use. Commands and frequency
entries are made on a solid feeling 20 key pad on
the front of the unit. The LCD display is exceptionally easy to read with the radio in any normal
operating position. It can even be used with the
radio horizontal on a table (the whip antenna has
an elbow just above the BNC connector to make
this useful). Two green LEDs provide adequate
backlighling for night time use. The sound quality tends to the bassy side which I find a pleasant
change from narrow communications audio when
listening to SW broadcasts, FM music, and TV
audio.
There are so many functions and operating
modes available that it would be difficult to say
that the Yupi is easy to learn. On the other hand,
I found the command entry intuitive and would
not want to give up any features in exchange for
a simpler user interface. Once you have learned
all of the options, the radio is easy to use. The
complete reference card provided here shows all
of the functions.
The 1,001 channel memories are divided into
I 0 banks of 100 channels. Each bank can be
scanned separately with two button presses. For
example, ifthe local fire frequencies were stored
in bank 3, one would press 3 and the [SCAN]
button. What could be easier than that? Scanning
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Sensitivity
On VHF FM, the unit c laim s a sensitivity of
0.5 V for 12 dB SINAD. Actual performance
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Antennas
The supplied telescoping whip is adequate
for VHF operation, but improved performance
can be achieved on both VHF and shortwave with
the above-mentioned loaded whip or a coil-up
wire antenna (Radio Shack 278- 1374 $8.95 ). At
home, an external antenna will prove well worth
the trouble. I found my roof-mounted ASA 9 dB
gain I 0 vertical (Model 9209 $32.43, ASA Box
346 1, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578. 800 722-2681)
to be outstanding on all frequencies from BCB to
1300 MHz. I couldn t believe how many crying
babies were out there on 49 MHz.
I was also pleasantly surprised lo find that a
long wire antenna did not overload the receiver
as I had expected. Reception of even very weak
ham CW and SSB signals was possible with a
dipole antenna.
HALLELUJAH!
UNLOCK FULL BOO COVERAGE
Birdies
Some internally generated interference has
been reported near 460 MHz. The exact frequency seems Lo vary from scannerto scanner and
to depend on banery condition and temperature.
All wideband receivers will have some birdies Lo
contend wilh. Whether they matter to you will
depend on what frequencies you wish to listen to.
TheMYT-7100 is remarkably frecfromspurious
emissions and intermod interference for its size
and wideband capability.
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Complaints
It is hard to criticize a radio that offers so
many excellent features and cruly outstanding
performance, but there are always one or two
areas for improvement. If I had my choice, I
would have liked a stereo headphone jack so that
I could use my comfortable "Walkman" headphones without having to use an adaptor or wire
a new plug. Unfortunately, in the only performance advantage the ICOM R-1 has over this
radio, the FM broadcast reception is mono rather
than stereo.
Upper and lower s ideband reception were
implemented by offsetting the tuning 1.4 kHz and
injecting a carrier. This results in the displayed
frequency read ing 1.4 kHz high on USB and 1.4
kHz low on LSB. As !he selectivity does not
appear to be reduced from the AM 10 kHz in
these modes, it is possible to receive bolh sidebands in both modes equally well. I would have
preferred to sec an accurate frequency readout
and, given the lack of a narrow filter, a single SSB
mode. It is important to remember to add or
subtract !he appropriate offset when entering an
exact frequency in one of !he sideband modes.
The new MVT-7100 wide band handheld scanner is now available. Yupitcru, well known for
!heir high performance and reliable scanners such as the older MVT-7CXYJ have now produced
what can only be described as the ultimate handheld scanner. Continuous coverage from 530
lcHz to 1650 MHz, all modes including USB & LSB on any frequency, increment steps down
to50 I lz on SSB, l 0 Search banks, various Scan modes and host of other features. For a handhcld
lhe performance on I IF is quite unbelievable, while VHF/UHF performance is amongst, if not,
the best you will find.
Supplied Acc~'\Sories:
BNC Telescopic anJenna
4 x 600mAh NiCds
12V DC Cigar lighter lead
Beil clip & Wrisl car slrap
The current (April) price of 385 pounds which includes l'edEx delivery-works out short of $600 at recent exchange
rates. We can accept VISA or Mastercard, arc experienced shippers to the U.S. and offer a warm and friendly service.
All equipment receives our I year ..No Quibble Warranty. If you would like further information please feel free to
phone or fax, it would be nice to apcaJc with you. Other scanners available include the enhanced version of lhe AOR
AR1500, the AR1500EX.
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Let us know four to six weeks before you move and we will make sure your
MT arrives on schedule. Just remove the mailing label and ~ffix below.
Then complete your new addrress (or any other corrections) in the space
provided.
My new address:
Monitoring
Times
P.O. Box 98
Brasstown
NC 28902
MONITORING TIMES
October 1993
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Lawrence Magne
Passport
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Editor-in-Chief
World Band Radio
Can new technology replace an old standard? Although the Sony ICF-SW77 is much improved,
its only real chance to succeed may be to remove the ICF-20 1O from the market.
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VLF CONVERTER
Superior bandwidth filters also help with
adjacent-channel rejection, or selectivity. These
aren' t just technological games-you can easily
hear the difference. Although the '77 sounds
more muffled on shortwave than does the ' 20 10,
the '77's wide bandwidth is clearly more effective than that on the ' 2010.
In fact, all measurements of the '77' s performance come across as first-rate, except its
sensitivity to weak s ignals and dynamic range.
Unfortunately. those two are a pretty nasty combination if you 're into DXing. You' ll know your
radio is suffering from this problem if up and
down the dial what you hear what sounds like
murmuring in an "L.A. Law" courtroom scene.
You can get rid of this by shortening the
antenna and other means. But the catch is that
this also reduces sensitivity to weak signals,
which is what DXers are after in the first place.
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There is no question that this is a professionally produced landmark program. Nothing that
I have seen to date compares to it in power.
However, it is not for the novice or first time
computer/radio person. This is high performance
in both price, at $189.95, and operational features. About 25% of the program is useful only
to Ham operators.
Some features have been recently added and
therefore may not work in an automatic manner.
This is the case with SunSpot Breaker, a very
unique feature which checks the bands for activity, correlates it to the time of year and the sun's
activity cycle. Then it guides the user to the best
listening frequencies. However, this requires a
receiver with an S meter which can be read
digitally by the computer: not exactly a common
receiver feature.
+ $5.00 P & H
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cations Building ,Ames, IA 50011-3241, will conduct a DX test between
3:00 and 3 :30 am EDT. The test will include Morse code and numerous
voice IDs. Reception reports may be sent to: Mr. David J. Knippel,
WDOGAD, Chief Engineer.
Monday, October 4, 1993: KRZN-760, Denver CO, will conduct a DX
test between 3 :00 and 5:00 am EDT. The test will include Morse Code
and numberous voice IDs. Reception reports may be sent to: Mr. Bill
Harris, Chief Engineer. Mr. Harris, E&B Services , 2950 S. Birch St. ,
Denver. CO 80222. Power for this test will be 50 kW.
Monday, October 11, 1993: WELC-1150 , P.O. Box 949, Welch, WV
24801, will conduct a DX test between 12:01and12:30 am EDT. The
test will include Morse code, voice I Os, and an unspecified selection of
music. Reception reports may be sent to: Mr. John Sidote, N8PRR,
Chief Operator.
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AT 10 MHZ A HALFWAVE Dll'OLE IS 143110 OR 14.J M.
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Although it is extremely common to feed a
halfwave dipole at its center, it may be fed at any
point along its length if the impedance of that
point is at least roughly matched by the feedline.
The Hertz endfed antenna, sometimes called a
Zepp antenna, is fed at one end with high impedance feedline. The radiation-reception pattern of
the Hertz endfed and a centerfed dipole are
essentially the same, although there are minor
differences.
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If we connect two or more dipoles to a common center (fig. 1E), the result is a multiband
antenna which is resonant at the various frequencies of the individual dipoles which make up this
antenna.
Another common multiband design is the
addition of tuned circuits (traps) to a dipole (fig.
1F). Each set of traps, together with the length of
wire which accompanies it, adds an additional
band or resonant frequency to the dipole.
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fields are basically the same mathematical for- Hertz antenna?" If you don't already know,
mula. Phy sic isL~ believe that, in addition to Heinrich Hertz was the person who is credited
electromagnetic waves which we know as radio with first demonstrating that electric waves could
waves, there are gravity waves which travel be prod uccd and sent through space. W c now call
through space as do radio waves. Astronomers his electric waves "radio waves," or "electromaghave long been involved in trying to detect what netic waves," but they were once known as
they suppose to be the strongest gravity waves: "Hertzian waves!" An early antenna which he
those thought to originate from such sources as devised was the center-fed, halfwave dipole!
black holes and neutron stars.
Later, Marconi experimented with the Hertz
The large and very sensitive sensor systems antenna by elevating one element of the antenna
planned for detecting these waves arc essentially vertically and removing the other element,
receiving antennas. It is interesting Lo note that replacing it with a metal plate on the ground. This
research in this area is now at a state somewhat made the world's first grounded quarterwave
comparable to the state of research on radio antenna, thereafter known as the Marconi
waves just before Heinrich Hertz demonstrated antenna.
to the scientific world that radio waves did indeed
exist. Physicists are convinced that the waves arc This Month
a physical reality; they just haven't been able to
actually detect them yet.
Which dipole antenna is sometimes called
"bigote de gato" or "whisker of the cat?"
Radio Riddles
We'll have the answer to this month's riddle
in next month's issue of Monitoring Times. 'Til
then, Peace, DX, and 73.
Last Month
Last month we discussed the Hertz antenna
and then I asked: " ... who was Hertz? Also what
is the Marconi antenna and how is it related to the
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long-distance (skip) reception of the various
modes as well as keeping up with station
changes.
Most of th e club's activity Lakes place
within the pages oftheVhf-UhfDigest (VUD ),
its monthly publication . Herc, loggings, tips,
station changes, sk ip reports, equipment and
TV test pattern pictures, and much more are
shared among the members. An annual convention is held every summer for members to
share experiences, and attend technical lectures and demonstrations of equipment.
Dues areS20 in the U.S., USS22 in Canada,
or US$32 outside North America. WTFDA
claims 400 members in about 25 countries,
though most arc from the U.S. To join, or to
receive more inform ation and a sample copy
of the VUD, send $1 to Worldwide TV-FM
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The DX Clube Paulis ta was founded in 1981
in Sao Carlos, a city of Sao Paulo , the most
important Brazilian state. The club publishes
/\ctividade DX, a monthly bulletin which supplies members with information about worldwide broadcasting. Its regular columns include:
Logs (shortwave, medium wave and FM); QSL
Comer; QTH Brasi l (Brazilian stations only);
Onda Tropical; Radio Contalo (members letters); Utilitarias (Utility DXing - logs and commentary).
Today the DX Clube Paulista is becoming
increasingly popular as the only serious DX club
in Brasil. In the past year it has increased from
40 tomore than80 members. There are currently
only two foreign members (perhaps because the
publication is in Portuguese). However, a sample
bulletin can be had for 2 IRCs; a tri -monthly
membership is 9 IRCs. Write to DX Clube
Paulist a, Marcelo Toniolo dos Anjos , Caixa
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Central Florida Listeners Group
This local club meets every other month in
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Boaz Outlet Hamfest/Marshall County ARC/Hal Colfield, KK40T,
110 Beason Lane, Albertville, Al 35950. Location : VFW Fairgrounds
on Highway 431 North, 8am-3pm. talk-in on 147.07+.
Va Beach, VA
Virginia Beach Hamfest and Computer Fair
Presented by Tidewater Radio Conventions/Manny Steiner, K4DOR
3512 Olympia Lane, Virginia Beach, VA 23452, (804) 340-6105.
location: Virginia Beach Pavilion. Saturday 9-5, Sunday 9-4. Tickets
$5 in advance, $6 at the door. Talk-in on 146.97.
Ve Beach, VA
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76 North Broadway, Hicksville , NY 11801, (516) 681 -2922.
Location: Virginia Beach Pavilion, $25 registration. Hotel accommodations at the Radisson Hotel Virginia Beach, 1-800-333-3333.
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Queens, NY
Hall of Science ARC HamfesVArnie Schiffman. WB2YXB,
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at 9am. Admission by donation. Talk-in on 440.200.
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ARC of Augusta HamfesVP.O. Box 3072, Augusta, GA 30914.
location: Augusta College Sports Complex. $5 admission. talk-in on
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Location: Bradford Co Fairgrounds, US301 North, $2 admission,
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location: Holiday Inn Convention Center, $8 admission,
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Kalamazoo ARC/Gary Hazelton. KBBPL, 75075 M-40. Lawton. Ml
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West Monroe, LA Twin City Hams/Jimmy Ramsey, N5DMX
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base stations. This particular conversation came in clearly from both
mobile unit and the base, in the middle of a sunny afternoon."
Yep, such reception still happens. We received a clipping of a case
last spring in which a woman from Eugene, Oregon, saved the life of
a man who had driven off the road into a ravine. She received his
transmission on her CB from Wyoming, over 1,000 miles away. But
John Ward' s reception more than doubles that distance!
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"I am secretary of the publication of International Listeners Organization in Pakistan. I am a 15-year-old student. Radio listening,
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"Three statements in the article 'New AMers Take Lo the Air' (8/
93 p.6] did not make sense to me. Why 1605 to 1705? I thought AM
broadcast stations were 10 kHz apart. What is the logic behind giving
a city with no full time station another daytime only station? How does
a station transmitting 1 kW automatically start transmitting 10 kW?"
Philip Epstein, Minneapolis, MN
Read past rrwnths of the 'American Bandscan' column which has
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expansion has been "imminent" since 1990 and has been a case of
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The actual broadcast band is 535 -1605 (not 540 to 1600 as shown
on your dial), so that' s why the expansion is listed as 1605-1705. All
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