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IN THIS ISSUE: DiaLogs by Kirk Baxter ...... •.•• page 2 Bust of Alpha 66 by Don Bishop ••• page 9 ': covert Corner by Harry HelllS • •. page · n Veried Response by John Arthur • page 14 Los HUieros update by Havana Roon page 19 DX Clipboard by Andrew Yoder ••••• page 23 Letters to tbe Editor .•.••...... page 24 Solution to puzzle by !ark Pierce page 27 DI.Log_ by Kirk er 7111 in addition ???" Abruptly off air @ 0003. PSE OSLo (ROSS,ONT) ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••• ••••••• 7415, 10/2, 0412+. Good reception at beginning. Hrd one mention of • • lroMI t o t he Novellber DiaLogs column. I appr en l,. lie qreat "Cape Cod Radio"" at end hrd mention of test best ot "East Coast lOCJQllnQI I have been receiving over the last hw .un .... if you Raaio." Rpts to ACE. PSE OSLo (SPooNER,MA) 7474v, 10/ 8, ha ve n ' t. tt.. n l1untrlbutLng, start sending in your pirelte In" lntl. If 0314-0400., 510-444. Powerhouse until clobbered by AA stn at 0322. vou .r. un. or the (J ontributors to the DiaLogs colUmn k ••p Up the Rock classicsi some audio distortion. IS was beautiful chord on harp , I DOd Wlif " I A nnpv or the logging form was prlnta.. II the rpted many times. (PYM,DC) 7474, 10/8, 0316-0322+, SI0"'422. +20 sig eent.rro ld" CI ' th_ Ciu t oba r I • • ue. If you need copies ot the 10991"9 here, but boomy audio, muffled mike. Severe intermittent ute ORM . tori, pl ••••••nd I n . " 111 tn the address given below. Hendrix 'CCR. 2 clear IDs. Much dead air. AA stn on 0322 LoQ9 n9' l ui be • I lVl d at P. O. Box 11201, Shawnee H1 •• 10n, XS obliterated reception. (SMITH,NY) 7477, 10/8, 0319-0322, SIOa555. ' ta07-0J OI nn I herar. t he aft th o r the month in order to be oertain Best pirate sig hrd here! Clear 'strong. CCR "Fortunate Son"" that thl Y will H Inu lude" In the f Ollowing month's bulletin. In 10.. muzak version of "Yellow Submarine." Send info to ACE . 100 watts. 0 • ••• , IOYU 1ny ••, .1.., ... I.t.r •• V h. Inc luc1ec1 if space permits and if PSE OSLo (ALLINSON,NC) 7442.2, 10/8, 2006-2052*, SID-544. Rock incl .V anh. du • I I OWl , "Magic Bus", "Talk About Last Night," etc. QSLs via ACE BBS (ANARC w. wo uld 1 0 •• L.n a u. thin '" t u I.• r, V Mlll. r o f Monitoring Timos BBS), the ACE 'POpCOMm. Ended w/ "That's about all for this xmsn of t or hi. abeu t h e All I. w. h lY. h ltl ••v l ral inquiries and East Coast Pirate Radio." PSE OSLo (RICHOLSON,VA) 7445, 10/9, 2130- I r •• ut ul hi .rt l llll. II nw. vlr, v. now face a 2135*, SI0;;555. "Riders on the Storm" by Doors. Great sig. Logs to wi h ....uu 0Y'f"'thllUU".. I\. • • • ,.11 hat the ACE. (YOOER,WV) 7442.3, 10/15, 2114, 510=444. Classical 1IlX incl Ttl. "nil'. 1 , .... VI. \ hl t he ,*,.(1• • no Lon;.r William Tell Overture. Test xmsn. To be an 11m test on 26048 next will nl .In ti n I ny hine I hlm our 1ub. My weekend. No maildrop; will QSL logs on ACE BBS or ACE Bulletin if a n , • WI V, bu r 'd 11hl t n I.k I V. ryan. who addr given. PSE OSLo (ZELLER,OH) 7442.2, 10/21, 2231-2258*, SI0=433. lub.crlbe. a 2Q 0 hi. I • d r I. t .r •• vlng thl t rou WI I H h, Test xmsn w/ rock mx & freq IDs. OSLs offered via P. O. 8. 6527, would etvi ' 0.' . , nt lon at a ur lub wh. n ha d •• I. with p i I •• In bi. Baltimore, MO 21219 for 3 stamps. (R1CHOLSON,VA) 7442, 10/21, 2237- .Iv.. ln. . My think. t o . v. ryon. In .,1v."1 I r llt hl l p ln" wi h thl •• l 2258*, 510=233. Hx from Jeff Airplane, Hendrix, etc. Test anncd w/ A• ••ntloned In l • • t lonth'. " I U. WI .r. t.h ln, ~~ ADI for it.as Baltimore addr. ECPR noted briefly earlier on 2138-2142. on same for • • 1. or wlntl d by o ur ....t .. rah I." Th ..... will be un o n I lpace freq . (SMITH,NY) 7445, 10/ 21, 2240-2258, 510=434. Mx by Airplane, IV11hbl. bl. l l , Ind I hould (Jnul. ln vmu n ••• , ... •••• pI'Ian. nu.ber Talking Heads, etc. Baltimore addr & 10 between every song • • 0 thlt you oan be can lot . d , Thl • • c • • wll n. ~ 1. a a ot as a (YODER,WV) .111drop for ad. . S.nd your I dvi l ••••n I • h~ , Iuh "Q I ddr'I •• OUr thank. to Hark PI. r ol tor the fl r n, • ..,rd p,,",. wh la" r ln 1n the Free Radio one: 7415, 9/2, 2300-2312*. OM w/ political talk' OCtober i l sue (wLth th, anaw. r pr tnu I1 lhl l . lIIlth) . " •• , thanks to commentary. Spot for "The Justice Times." (ROSS,ONT) 7415, 10/1, the .any that • • nt 1n phptooopl •• u t 'ho l r UM I•• t ilt .....o ver of the *0115-0119*, 510;;423+. On & off; QRMing CHGO. OM says "Free R. One A·C·I. We continul to W. 1COIIII t • .tur • • • , .rll ', li l111 Irll'i' .veryone testing from St. Joe, Mich." No pgming. (ZELLER,OH) 7415, 10/9, 1638- to ••nd copi•• of the ir c arda t o r tutur. ..•• Ih . ItU 1.1 . n. 1650*, 510=252. Usual 2 OM interview abt the book "Tax Scamll which ••••••••••••• * •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ****.* can be ordered at 800-528-0559. OR addr. Anncd immediate test on NORTH AM ERI CA .. . 1I0IllTWAY" 4005 kHz. (ZELLER,OH) 4005, 10/ 9, 1650-1653., 510=252-. Test w/ dead .* •••• * •••••• * •••••••• *.* •••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••• ****.*. air & YL w/ OR addr. Sig weaker, but audible w/ 10. LSB test not s::IKiQ: 7415, 10/1, 0029-0 ;Z OD . PlAyon 10 • (It u l . .. •••iv. rock & hrd. (ZELLER,OH) 7415 , 10/ 15, 0032-0039*, 510=322+. Anti- u s ~ gov 't & some jazz. Voice more mUffled tha n MN, r r ••••d l n n. I .rted on top IRS remarks. First time for mx, a folk ballad anti-IRS. (ZELLER,OE) of CHGO at 01:;;Oi f ortunate ly CItOO (luut l1 a t III ... h • ( I ACHS,IL) 7415, 10/20, 1912-1914+, SI0~ 152. Strange log for an early Fri 7414.9v, 10/1, 0029-01 24+, 910- 43 )-, "Utili, II v ••• 1••• to ne., Pink afternoon. Found it because I was testing new headphones. (YODER,WV) Floyd & Jeff Airplane. Me llow tal ka hy nM , r'lU I r •• ,.. In WHSB slop & RTTY ORM. Sig hits 5 9+5 000. H)( ~U lllt , 1111 IH I. ,up)' o n talk . No Hope Radjo 16 America: 7374.5, 10/7, 1914-1922., *1929+, 2004-2047*, addr . OJ wa a Lon; John 9 ilva , . ( Zr: I.I.IM, CIIIl 1111.7, 10/15 , 0236- 510=555. 1st hrd w/ Led Zep guitar riff for test' set-up. After 0255*. SI0- 423 . oe " t " " J a tr Alqll lu,. 111 M. m.d II " HaO, Ch1cago's 2000, Manner anned debut pgm. Logs from April 89 "Pirate's Den." Al t ernat ive R. Andi e ao VOOd, It' . ..vulllll nnlry ." gilT . l d-.onVI good. Read Kneitel's editorial abt RNI. Tech pgm abt dipoles. Hrd again on thinq a . Portuo ••• Na vy Hl' rN M'l'TV ell" •• 1111 1 1" a t. UU •• would have 7358 from 2208 to 0000 when lost to WANO. 7374, 10/7, *2001-2046*, o l o bberod It . QltM d. I.Op. M. l tl - l.n/1 te c' •• " ••1 1.d I nr • y . No addr. 510=454. Lots ot Led Zep mx. Pirate News from year-old "Pirates Den" (ZELLER,OII) 740Uv, 10/U , O /J O l- O ~II, Mu m". lnn l ....hi . IIIlbb1t" by column. Treatise on dipole antenna. Began & ended w/ "Black Mountain Ai r- pl.ne, Cl . ' ••d OTII o r out.kl" . II r c'hl ua",n. An vo" . h a y • • n addr? Side" by zep. (SMITH,NY) 7375, 10/ 7, 2008-2200+, SI0=444. Played ( I ACH8 ,IL) 7400, 10/ 15, O "OJ"O~ 4U f. • • • • Iy Ulu9 h thi. on. due to guitar I S for almost an hour before pgm began. Claimed rights being QAM / QRM . lI.aU •• , A 'H , ••• g i l. . ( II'OO" •• ,MA) taken away by the corporate elite. pathetic OX pgm. (PYM,DC) 7374, 10/7, 2008-2046., 510=555. Incredible sig, no fading. MJ has good vx "It epe8t. ptrlt.. "dtg II. pee.,qu. " 74 lev, 10/1-.2 , 2303- 0003*, & seems to be trying hard, but needs more current "pirate news." PSE SI0- 4,4. , Tull . on9., 2 Alioe Cooper, 3 Stone. , 3 B• • tle., .tc. OSLo (YODER,WV) 7374.7, 10/7, 2021- 2046*, 510=333. "Debut best" de Dead air betw.en 80nge. OM talked twioe. At 2331, "Ea.t Coaat Radio, Hope Radio 16 America. "Dedicated to free speech", "this is freedom 7415." At ORT a nncd as test w/ apparent phony addr incl "Byers Hall, for the Constitution ... from northeast portion of America. 1I Said they Cable Street. II Excellent 8ig until 2356 when hit by WSHB slop. PSE are using a homebrew xmtr & deliberately picked this treq. Read an OSLo (ZELLER,OH) 741Sv, 10/1->10/2, 2321- 0003*, 510;;533. Beatles" editorial from PopComm abt R. New York Int'l; als o Pirate's Den other rock mx. "East Coast Pirate testing" & possibly said R. loggings (probably straight from PopComm). Want recept rpts to Damascus & "I am from Albania;" could not copy Clearly. strong sig, POpComm; said they'll try to find addr of listeners" send QSLs. poor audio. PSE OSLo (RICHOLSON,VA) 7415, 10/ 1, 23 30-0003* Looking for mail drop. PSE QSL. ( RICHOLSON,VA) 7357.9, 10/ 7, 2219- 510=444/422. VG sig until WSHB s / on. AlbUm rock s ingle s. Only 0020, 510=433. Cos by skits on dentists, his parents , wife, making 10 at e nd. 1st best? (YOOER,WV) 7415, 10/1, 23 38-0003., 510-454. chocolate cake for kids ' breakfast, "Cosby up the middle" football Rock vocals. 2356 s / on of WCSN splattered them. PSE QSL. Tnx to skit, etc. Enormous QHM at 0000 de WRNO, but on until at least 0020. Zeller & Yoder for 10. (D'ANGELO,PA) 7415, 10/1, 2348-0003*. Good Repeated Pirate ' s Den item; mentioned R. Clandestine. PSE QSL . sig. Hrd Beatles " I am the Walrus" & "All You Need is Love." Someone (RICHOLSON , VA) 7 376.4V, 10/ 9, 0157- 03 22, SIO=544. Anncr MJ w/ pgm threw a carrier @ 2351. CCR mx "Fortunate Son" & "Trava lln' Band" consisting of "Freedom Rock ShOWi" "Headline News" (actual news, not a until 0001. 10 at 0002 ... "This concludes the test xms n from the East spoof); "Pirate's Den" column; liThe Grunt Club" wI 'Cosby sketches; , Coast ,Pirate Radio 7415. If you'd like a QSL, p l e a • • • end your "OX Technic ian" (w/ radio/tech talk); & speech o n Co nsti tutional receptlon report to ~C E magazine and leave your name and address and rights. Claimed 100-110 watts w/ OTH 15 mi l es eas t of Portsmouth. Rpts to Popc omm, but said PC wi ll not a ct as dro p. Sai d would QSL 2 hams if contacted o n 3900 kHz after be st . (RICHOLSON,VA) 7376 , 10/9, 3 0214" 01:12', CO.by comedy, rock. Exce llent 6ig. Annm " •• MJ at the hrd a few promos a t end & ad for pirate trading cards. Weak 8ig. Crull" Club . Aequ ••t for hams to respond o n 3900 .ft II' '",et, hrd (YODER,PA) 7415 , 10/ 1, 0412-0414.. J ust caught the e nd of this one . ••v_raJ (10 110. ( S PooNER,MA) 7380, 10/9, 0220-0310+ tUO-41) Hard (SPOONER,MA ) 7416 .8, 10/1, 1346-1400·, SIO=333 . Like l ast week, pgD of ro Ie, o l d IIO\j(·O •• , Co.by akits. (YODER,WV) 7376.6, iO /O, tnOO-Ol21, rock m>C; stoff in time for ANARC Net . "H i -Low" addr. Mentioned Free 8 10-444 . 'r. k _Il pint. besting & aspects of Constitution" . rlC'J hts & Radio One & Pirate Trading Cards. (RICHOLSON,VA ) 7417, 10/ 1, 1353- lewe . (lI.I ••11 U'I'U ' /'I RIll E of Portsmouth (Va?) wI 100 w(IIt-f.e into 1400* (5ic) , SIO=454. Rpt of 0 400 pgm. Best sig by far that I've ever d l po t . UIl "" rt. ItP. via PopComm or via 3900 kHz after bo.t. After hrd from them. QRT precisely at 1400, the beginning of ANARC Ne t . _Iorr, th l' 111111 l,u1lvll1uftl " Roast Beef" in NJ leave a rpt but no (ZELLER,OH) 7416 .9 , 10/7, 2047-2049*, SIO:323. Usual addr; request rep! y . (lll'lllln l,"" ,1111) '/I 'NL tSv. 10/9 , 0304-0322*, 510=544+ . :' Pirate'8 for 31st class stamps. Close w/ s irens . (RICHOLSON,VA) 7416.9 , Den m( IIUIl ",/ IIIllv I ". , () ope on IDs & Tes . Advice on contest 1v 10/7 , 2047-2049*, SIO:444. Hrd stoff w/ QSL info: said "get your RU 9 .·""'YII . In .111 hll' fi n unoonstitutional laws. Anncd maUdrop QSL today , before it' s too l a te," followed by s~rens. Nice to h ellir ••or h . Olltlll.,IIIIII\I . 11,1 W/ I.,I()o(1. mod. PSE QSL. (ZELLER,OH) 7377, them again . (ARTHUR, NY) 7 424 , 10/15, 2020-2030*, SIQz222. Hrd OM' lO/P, (Hlltl 111 41", ,Un- 444 . YH "III\Or w/ d l ssortation on operati ng stn YL anners w/ ad for "Pi rate swimsuit Calendar" from Pirates (OllOW"f' hV U" I. IlIrli WI I, . til l'I ..,t.'. Oo n in Pop Comm. Stn is non': Illustr ated & "Pirate Radio Cards." Anncd High-Low (Hilo) a ddr . S/oft prottt., fIUIi 1111 '11111 . ' " wI Illn w"I ' . lIIiul llm" mo bilo w/ dipole antenna. 2030; carrier on until 2039. (MCCRACKIN,CA) Hall. W. , . Illyl ",t III tlina III I VUII *'11 . "rl.,' I .. tor QSL . Another OOIlIl.nt.,y lin I . ' •••IiII",a"" I· ... U~U .. (AI,I, INtIO N,N) 740~.0, 10/14, Red Rose Radio: 741 5 , 10/9 , 2238-22551>. Excellent sig. Various ads :UO'l-:,JIU· , IUWa ll a t1t .1". Nil .. " II ,hll,1 v"t, q'l. t o l)opConm . Co_by for business in Wickersham w/ prices in pounds. Off abruptly. ~O ••dy ',uuk , ( " "OUH_M,HAi) ' '411ft, IItl l', .1 014-:1 10(11 , tJIO-555. (SPOONER ,MA) 7 415 , 10/9, 2240, SI0=423. Rock mix. Ads for "The LeQtno_ ot HoOk" " how w/ "'a.1o I'''nllv IIII ••I IV • "tll)('n... ( SMITH, NY) Marketplace" , "Wintershield Glass. " "Greg Doc hra n in the afternoon." 740ft, 10/14, I rI:0l0 - l n4l 1., 'UU- 4~" . 11,.1 a "llIlI", 11)' l.ap ' . "alack Mtn Not long best; gone by 2307. (LATHEROW, VA) 7415 , 10/9, 2244-2255., Sid'" I h.n tltt. (tI MI'I'II ,NV) '''111,4, IU /U, IUII4 111411, J'I10-323-/444 . SIO-534. Local bootleg of England'S Red Rose Radio w/ rock mx . Anncr LO nO lil ot " a"U ••• 1' .111 IIUI I 111111 ru" ltv UM, M,,"V h lue ••o ngs by was Greg ; a d s for appliance s tore, decorator, etc . Abruptly off mid­ Robert ,10 1\11 .00 wI O(l(J Will . AIIIII I4I /1 Ift A" MW IIlIt tint hut . Nonprotit, song. PSE QSL. (RICHOLSON,V1I.) 7415 .1, 10/9 , 2251-2255., SIO=444. 4 nonoom • • r lal .. n rt.<11 0.tan It) til. C'CIII", Itut 1,," , U.u.1 rpting consecutive ads w/ prices in British pounds. Mention of • • thod_ . ORMett t>.ttlv I)y t'IIfJO unt I I U",.", w/ YUUlI 111 11,1 .ttar that. Long Lancastershire, a decorator shop, Tracy ' s discount store w/ lawn talk abt RNL bUIilL. CO. lly 110 malty 111 11 11111\ . (M 1,1, It,nll) " 40l.3v, 10/15, furniture for "the l ong hot summer ." Rock mx. No 10 hrd during 135C - l ~09 I>, 9 10- 4)'. ROIHtfll ' (If ILHU )1.11 11 , h. lt ,lu,IIIY to ••• ANARC net segment copied . Sudden QRT . Not same details as 6/4/89 relay of Red on the air. Anno el o n n_l lJy ,$11. I ,l ull IIlIIl vav" (",h,l. rl.14 Gateway Rose Radio , so must be another tape. (ZELLER ,OH) loge. ( ZELLER,OIl) 7403, 10/1", 14.\n I "' flti .. , ,UO- 4I1C . "' II)d tip on ANARC net. f eature o n RNI. olll l,y ClC}".,ly . ,,"", I'" VIII.. (O'ANGELO PAl 1IDited Blues Network (tentatiye); 7400.3, la/I, 0302-0358+, 7355 , 10/20, 2008-20 :1 0', lu w .. ,nl . '1'.1,1'11. h'utlt ' lo ndx from s~lar SI O- 322/222-. Long sel ections of piano bal:- style blues l!\X by YL tIare, but HR16 fl tl,lt O.tt I nq III. 1"'UIi . Mol w/ .tll torial abt FCC singer w/ piano. Live audience applauds occ. OM anncr said "This is needing to lII11ocato 1600- 1'/00 ror f , •• 1 • •11 .. . ( 1iMI 1I'II , HY) 1350, 10/20, Unite d Blues Network" a t 0308. At 0338, diffe rent OM said National 2237-23101>, SIO- 333. ELO mx w/ •• m. a,1I1m 1.1.11 a., ll.r. Different Public Rad io pgm & no d uplicati o n w/ out artist's permission. Bad ORM Cosby skits. (SMITH,NY) 1J!'I!1 , I() /J I , ilIOn Hllnl, 'tlO"'U 4. Freedom de RPFM portugese Navy RTTY on 7398 made copy difficult. "United rock s how w/ ELO. Nice .10 t o r III IICH",.IIV"' ••• y tr_Q. PSE QSL. Blues Net" possibly an 10 o r maybe just art ist or pgm name. PSE (YOOER,WV) 7 405 , dato? , 194!j":WOI. V'UV . 'Iuny" (ne.r 8ig w/ no conf irm IO & OSL o (ZELLER,OH) fading . Blues mx, part of Fr•• dnm Iton k . 11 11"', U"va MW , 9W freqs, w/ the latter being around 1 400 . tit III Oil .t Aill) j . POpCOlllln QSL United Wo rld Radio; 74 15, 9/2, 0303-0320 . IOed as UWR w/ Tagar ~ mentioned . PSE OSLo (LANOAU, NJ) stonybrook addr. Free pennant for tape of best. (ROSS , ONT)

Monty Python Radio: 1 4 20, 10/3 1, ,W en 41 I IJUI> , n lO- 43. All Monty ¥Dice of Bob: 26000, 10/ 14, 1642-1707. Usual Mondo Bizarro pgming. Python skits inc l on08 bbt Oook.t.n,., \I,. UII'U" lIa,u1 Mn nke y e , song "I songs " Bob, I'll Follow You Always " and "wa i ting for the UFO" Like Traffic Lighto ," ato. Only II) .. , .1\It. I'"" Un l,. (YODER,WV) interspersed w/ muc h ranting about slack; QRM from lost CB types. 7416. 10/21 , 2303-23091>, UIO-2!S1. Mo nty I>II!. I' .,,' hall" . weird song Fair sig a t tune- in but faded beginning at 1702; by 1707 only carrier abt traffic l1qh If ' razy hlllh." . ' Cl hCl t.1 IIIOlly. tI tange s ound remained. PSE QSL (or at l east send mo ney). ( HELMS,CA) effects t h C'oug ho ut . At un(I , "'1'111 . I . MOllty "yi lieln It"a l o. Tune in t o mo rrow (l.t t ho 8"m lll tm. r or IIIOt. Mo nly I'Y illo n " ,ull n .•• " ( SMI TH,NY) VOice o¥ Ste nch; 7415.5, 9/3, 2225- 2239. Gave WV addr . Anncd as special marathon best from somewhere off the N Am coast . (ROSS,ONT) B..LK .. : 7 41 ~.eI , P/ 4, 01:W"' OJ !)o. t'"rrICllr ' II _Ion OHio 11),,(1 aa RFM, 7416, 9/23, 1904-1911*, SIO-332. Test bcst. Anncd QSL available for w/ WV addr. lnlllt l:" roc k ax. Hany 11)., I .,,_at.. runny. (1t09S , ONT) 31st class stamps t o POB 6'28 , Slanesville, WV 25444. Very poor audio . (RICHOLSON,VA) Radio PlotulgnCOl 7416, 10/8 , 1> 2 101-2126, 910-322. but'n. ' Alle n. IOed 1II8 " from somewhere ott N Am continent , this is Radio Plfttu1enca." VOice of Tomorrow; 15040, 9/23, 2303-2354. super 1 5db sig . Rock mx QSLe tor 31st class stamps to WV addr. (RICHOLSON,VA) 7 41 ~.9 , 10/8, at beginning. Usual pro-white commentary. (SACHS ,IL) 1 5039,.8, 9 /23, 2107-21291>. Burns & Allen show. WV addr. Weak, but readabl e. Stn 2349-0004, SIO=243 . OM w/ t alk on political parties. Hrd "Wall on afterwards IICs11ing R. Flatulence. to Hrd CQ twice 'possible Street Shuffle. " Request ed donations to OR addr. Mentioned possible response. (SPOONER,MA) 7415.5->7415.9, 10/8 , . 2137* 2138.2147* 2155. freqs of 1616, 6240, 741 0 & 1 5040. Usual s/off w/ " Tomorrow Belongs SIO=333. Muddy OM voice hrd . Broken bits of talk w/ mentions of To Me " w/ drum & wolf howl. (HAVRILKO,FL) 6239.6v , 9/24, 0108-0209"', Eddie "Egghead'! Johnson , etc. Obvious test . (RICHOLS ON ,VA) SIO ~ 555. Carrier o n as early as 01 01. Usual bigotry, v e nom, drums, wolf howls , etc. (RICHOLSON,VA) 6240, 9/24, *0112-0143 jammed, RAdio USA: 7416.9, 9/24, 1345-1358*, SIO:423. Rock mx. Very muddy SI O=525 . Exceptionally s trong sig. Had Bob Dylan & Al Stewart mx. a udio unti l s t off anncmt - crystal clear! Ended w/ sirens. Off just Anncd as "Volunteers i n service of white civilization, the Voice of in t i me for ANARC SWL Ne t. Offered OSLs for 3 stamps to Hilo addr. Tomorrow •. " Anncd w/ s tudios i n Providence & xmtr i n Baltimore. (RICHOLSON,VA) 7 417 , 10/1, 0400-0415*, SIO=232. OM anncrs w/ occ YL Interview segments. Jamming started at 0143. VOT s till o n at 0 147, in comedy. Punk rock. IIFro m a l eaky bathtub off the coast of N Am." hrd during breaks in jammer songs. ( WOOTEN,GA) 6240, 9/24 , 01 1 3+. Pirate cards. 25 wrappers de Pirate Cards gets you a copy of "What to Stn had to be using at leas t 1 kW. S- 20+ sig. Had pgm sent in by do whe n the FCC arrives II by Free Radio One . Hilo addr . We ak s ig & listener a bt "white Hispa nics." Later i n bcst, either a 5S pirate or l o ud het de Moscow on ?420 & nearby, RTTY. (ZELLER,OH) 7417, 10/1, clandestine came over the t op of them. As both s tns were high power, 0405-0416. Hard r ock m1X. Funny sklt w/ YL but QRN bad enough t o they cancelled each other out ! ! S5 stn still o n after VOT l eft the obliterate most of the copy . Gave Hilo addr w/ us ua l "Hi-Lo w. " air . (SACHS, ILl 6239 . 9 ,9/24 ,0121-0209*, 510=454. Rock mx & OM IDs (SACHS,IL) 74 15 , 10/ 1, 0406-04161>, SI O:232. Mostly punk rock, but such as "VolUnteers in the Service of White CiviliZation, t his is the 4 5 v. or 'T'{)lIIorI'"Ow. " Pg'lII said to be contribute,' IIV ,,11.'.ner. Tal'k abt mul"l itte" lty ot "white Hispanics. " QUM.,,1 !IV Venceremos. use echo devic os a~ it distot'to ID: also ~ftl~ thay oould not afford (Z I ~ I , I .I'1 It. 0 11) one. Gave QSL info as: PRHS, Pirate Radio Hail Service , P. O. Box 6527, Baltimore, MD 21219. pgm at first sounded live. 2nd best on at KOR1 1 '/4 " ft.I1, 10/2 , 0318-0347, SI0"323. Carlbbe"n or ht oh-life" 0430 on 7400; exactly the same tape, but much weaker. (SACHS,IL) ot)'ul" mH.. flew"r" l ro8, e.g. "24 hour enrichment at your grfly matter - WI)IU . " Htl m.nl"rlly ott at 0339. After 0345 sovore QRM de RTV Zodiac Radio: 7416, 9/20, 0250-0340. Radio Pamela rebcst. Abbott & ' l 'u nl . I ~ llrI . un " 4 1~ . PSE QSL. (RICHOLSON,VA) 7480, 10/8, 0122, Cos tello pgm. Wellsville NYaddr. (PIERCE,CA) 7416, 9/27, 0216- S I O-2H . 1t\')(Jk" reggae mix. Addr of 1919 M street NW, Washington, DC 0239*. Tangerine Radio rebcs t. DXers Anonymous a d . Anncd closure of :ilO:S,,4. ItJon't bOther - this is the FCC HQ.] "Services brought to you Hila box. Interesting show. (PIERCE,CA) 7423, 10/9, 0209-0231. by tnt . ,p,1<1 II .ting . " Blasted by "Burley Boy" & "Mayflower" testing Radio USA rebest. ACE plug. (PIERCE, CA) on 74 " 4 WilL (1.A'rHEROW, VA) 7491.7, 10/8, 2126-2149*, SIO=333. "All ********************-************************************************* t he P_OlJIt, Or t he world: You are being misled." Then African-like ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD .ono_ wI one nbt " Zimbabwe after the fight," the story of white horse ************************************************-********************* , rltt., .,,(1 (1.nth. IOe d as "Armageddon Radio WBRI." Talk abt nuclear Radio stella: 6319.3, 10/8, - 0155-0415-, S I O ~ 222 . pgm of songs & mx w".. . 1,,0: om.. (RICHOLSON,VA) 7480 . 9v, 10/9, 0040-0057, SI0""434. w/ ma le annc r speaking between virtually all songs . Enormous CW QRH Typl O_1 Wlutt "099n8 ohow. IOed as the HF Shortwave Interior Servi ce , allover this frequency area. Tentative 10 at 0239-0240. the \Inunll t l oned illegal service of Intrepid Bcsting. Some QRM de (RICHOLSON, VA) mil It., y lI'I'r.. PSE QSL. (PEEBLES,OH) 7481v, 10/9, 0104-0146*, s ,ro-r)J4. "equ •• ted rpts to addr' in DC, whic h is the FCC headquarters. Weekend Music Radio: 15043, 9/24, 0014+. At first played collage of P ~, . or "O ll~ . ' 100 . (RICHOLSON,VA) 7485, 10/9 , 0324-0335, SI0"333. different 40's singles excerpts, then began us ual bcsts of rock mx. Ihu)/,J". mv , lIumorloso reference to Bush being crack addict. Then hrd (SACHS,IL) 15043, 9/24, 0030 & 0110- 0115, SI0=131+. Very weak sig at (I I).t., I ,(l t ", votco 'pirate voice s/off w/ "OK maties, time to pull 0030. Hrd better at 0110 w/ OM anncr w/ EE accent reading reception t h. pll1lJ . 1I P8E QS L. ( ALLINSON,NC) 7490, 10/9. 0335-0337*, SI O:..423. rpts w/ one from WV. Pop mx hrd. Faded out by 0115. (HAVRILKO , FLl ClIUQIl the CHIC! whoro Igor pulls the plug . Some RTTY QRM. (YOOER,WV) if . 6239.6, 10/8 , 0624+, 510=222. Read names of DXers who had written to them. (PYM,DC) 6240, 10/8, 0633-0740+, SI0=333. Anncd 2 test areas, tOUST I " 4f1 'I, 10/1j, 03~6-05l6 , SIO- 434. Clever, interesting, strange one to N Am & one to New Zealand & Austral ia on 15043. Anncd 100 brow IIIlnllU llnQtt ot By rne Leno liMy Life in the Bush of Ghosts." watts on 19m & 800 watts on 49 m. Said R. Caroline back on 558kHz. Eerle _ thtH'9" I mx w/ ra ltg oollages mixed in. Requests for "love" Great reception. (SMITH,NY) ottflr l I1IJ M ' 0 nc mnJ Idrop. Talk abt "Trouble 0011." (ALLINSON,NC) ********************************************************************** 7406. 2 . 10/14, - 03~3-0 4 '8 -. Exc: ollont 8ig w/ no fading-. Laughing IS UNIOENTIFIEOS i nto "O{J)I, mx , 0'1' 11 tl(' l c m, '1A . Part of Lucifer Network. Great ads. ****************************************************************-***** AldO _"ic:t a ll 1(120. tOC malldrop . (SPOONER,MAl 7488, 10/14, 1612.9. 9/11, 0 210. Barely discernable relig pgming. Beyond the 0402"' 04/)11 -, DrO- 444. All thorizod by DCC, Devil's Childrens' limits of my eqmt due to fading. (SPOONER,MA) commt ... t on. 'l'Op- 40 w/ ooeu I t. t hcmotJ . Sinister hughter. Well done l.6l..Q, 10/9 , 0149-0153, SI0=111. Barely made out singing. s how. W'I'NIJ ('I'h. N" t i o n' . Untlctrqround) op c amo o n after & thanked waST (RICHOLSON,VA) t'or . t. . ( UHI TII.N Y) 7400, 10/l4 , 0411-0459*, SI0-333 . First time ~, 10/22, 0335-0348+, 510=322. Country album mx buried in ham QRM. tor hi . on•. pgm hoavy o n vv ll, t ho clovjl, howling wolves, witches, (YOOER,WV) etc. lit (1 "Rl dor. on tho Sto .. m" " "orn Flootwood Hac. Some dialog ~, 9/24, 0014-0045. Real odd mx. SS IDs sounding like . ~a Luca Boundod IJk. trnQka Crom ho .. ror movloo. Enjoyable. (ROGOVICH,VA) Luca. pgm sounded liVe. Hrd enough SS phrases to pick up the words 7"SO.Ov, IO /l~ , 0300-0424, O I 0-~ 44. 1900nslsted at' laughing tape "gay, cra2Y," etc. Lively jingles w/ OM & YL . Rock mx. Strange one! loop. Pgm .tnrtfld 0306. I'roqC'e.81vo nne. OJ voice sounded like it Pirate or c landestine? (SACHS,IL) wa . pro .e.od t h .. ouQ ll h hftrmo nl1,a r' dlttio ult to understand. IDs ~, 9/24 , 2259- 2300*. Soft rock mx. Dead air be tween mx. No talk "W8!JT - It'. lIot" , "WOO'r brin ~J tt ou t tho b nst tn mo." Mentioned Glenn hrd. (ROSS,ONT) Hnu.or , rn ont.lonod nOdr or POI) 400 4, wU hlngton , DC 20016 . ~, 9/24, 2302-2309*, 510=433. Newe r Def Leppard song & YL country (PEEOLES,OIl) '] <160, 10/10 , 0300 1. 10 of' ftGr l o mechanical laughter. song. Gone w/ no 10. (YODER,WV ) IDa woro 80 bn.tt.y , 0 hood It mndo tor nlmost impossible 10ing. 2l22, 10/6, 2352, 510=444. Loud vibrating electronic noises ... ( SACHS,IL) " <180 .3 , 10/ Lts , 0300-042" - . Oood Big but s torm QRN. somebody tes ting or playing. (LATHEROW,VA ) Oittere nt s how trom pravlou8 avontnea. C .. oat "kits , esp L.A. ~ 10/7, 1620- 1622*, 510=454. Apparent test; rock mx w/ no 10 or Information wh 1."0 you t' sou.L wlll bo I'OP0800Ilsod . Excellent I talk. (SMITH,NY) ( SPOONER,MA) 1<101, 10/15, 0327-0~ l O , UJ O* 222 . 9amo pqm 8S 10/11 but 1.!.Q.ll, 10/ 1, 0500-0512*, SI0=333. Newer "guita r ido l" mx. Only talk muoh lOBS readable. ( ALLI:N SON,NC) 1 400.0 , I O/l~ , 0331- 0424*, SI0=454. at end II ••• certainly hope that you .. , oh, baby . . I gotta be careful Entertaining pgm. Various rook i no l David Howlo. Poriodic remarks that I ••. we'll see you a9ain •• '. SW radio 7400. PSE QSL or 10. over mx w/ deep reverb vox. Abt 5 8000 of o ld V ot Lnryngitis Glenn (YOOER,WV) Hauser parody. Two OMs call up Los Ango l 08 intormntlo n operator for ~, 10/15, 0209-0217. Hrd Beatles & Stones rnx but jammer w/ 5-9 sig phone I of Satanic Grocery, but oporotot' not oooporative. DC addr wiped it out for the most part. Sig v ery distorted . (SACHS,IL) given. QSLs cost $ 900. The FCC, Glenn lIaU Bor, Your Hammy & Your 7410,3. 10/15, 0353-0359*. Rock mx. No anncr hrd. Abruptly off the Daddy can't keep the Beast away. Black YL proaohor sell s "Trouble air" then back on for a few secs. (SPOONER,MA) Doll" i con for $ 15. Halloween folk song w/ ooroam1n9. Laughing IS ~ 9/22, 2234-2253*, 510=11 1. Barely audible mx w/ man's voice at QRT. Good sig & fine mod. (ZELLER, OH) from 2245 until S/o ff . Followed by someone keying mike a few times from 2245-2246. (RICHOLSON, VA) HHlR: 7395. 5 , 9/2, 0416-0450 . OM DJ w/ Boavor Falls addr. "WHIP, ~ 10/1, 2340, 510=222 . Stones mx. Also hrd "I Am the Walrus" " the Voice of the Hipster." Trumpet" piano mx. Talked abt WENJ & "All You Need is Love." Some CCR. Listened for 15 min & no 10 or WKZP. (ROSS,ONT) talk. Lost to 7410. (LATHEROW,VA) 7415,5. 10/8, *2129*2130*2134*, SI0::444 . OM "Calling Radio KRHR: 6250, 9/29, 0113-0128*. ID as WRNR rock and roll. Played Fla t ulence" 2 times then off; repeated at 2130 & 2134 . (RICHOLSON,VA) mostly top 40. Good sig. No QSL info hrd. PSE QSL. (SACHS,IL) 7415 . 5 . 10/8 , 2135 . Very muddy man's voice " ... can't stand i t ... antenna ... " (RICHOLSON, VA) *2137*2138*, 510=333 . Very muddy voice ialfil: 7416.7, 9/2 , 0356-0358. USB bcst. Anncd as "Voice of the "This i s Radio • .. from somewhere in North America." Again at 2138. Graveyard. " Test counts hrd. QSY to 7400 at 0405. Po or audio. Rock Power on, then off. (RICHOLSON,VA) mx & OM OJ. Anncd as test of xmtr & modulation w/ 100 watts . PSE 7415.8 . 10/14, 0309-0311 * . Country/ western mx. Played ad for 24 hour QSL. (ROSS , ONT) 7479 SSB & 7400 AM, 9/30, 0340-0403 & 0430+. New sto re. Abruptly off t he air. Dh well, another UNIO. (SPOONER,MA) stn. Claimed to be their 1st int'l bcst. OM said pirates s hould not 7417,5. 9/3, 0410- 0115. Possible s/on @ 0 410 10.1 / instrurn . rnx & OM OJ talk. Poor copy . Punk mx . Bad QSB & gone @ 0415 . PS E QSL. 6 7 (ROSS . ONT ) l..4l.2...J. ... 10/ 8, 0217-0220*, SIO=343. Roc k tuno on nM o rr in AM and then LDn. No talk or rD. (ZELLER,OH) Cuban complaint leads 112.LB ... 10/7 , 0 413- 0424*, 510=433+. 3 Beatlos UO I\ ~8 "other rock. Oenc\ "Ir. VFO drifting downward. No talk/ID. (ZEL1 ~ I ': R, II) 1Jl' 10/7, 2054-2058*, 2125*, 2126* I 510=142. Rook mK on & off. to FCC bust of Alpha 66 T81k at 20'''', but hard to copy . Egmt test. PSE QSL. (Y ODE lt,WV) lll~ 10 /9 , 035a-0404, SIO= 433. Beatles "Eight Days a We k" followed by t ootbn l L sounds like "ten-hut hike" etc. Then hrd "Words of Love" by 06n t i eA . Clear s1g. Disappeared suddenly. (ALLINSON,Ne) ~a. 10/2] , 2139-2142*, 510=323. Possibly ECPR. Rock 80ng & male By Don Bishop enno r . Abr. upt power o ff. (RICHOLSON,VA ) P.O. Box 4075 ~ 10/ 8, 2052-2056*, 510=555 . possibly ECPR. One blues rock song wI quit nt' "0106 . Killer sig . (YODER,WV) OVerland Park, KS 66204-0075 ~~. LO/D 2048 -2053 , 510s 433. s trong sig w/ BB King-type mx. YM ann r m.-ntlonod "t hat ' s about all ... n & xmtr out . (ALLINSON,NC) La Voz de Alpha 66, an antl-Castro "clandestine" shortwave broadcast station, fell to • U.S . .z..t:l!S .1. , 10/ 6, 1002-18 26 *, 510-212. Rock mx inc I "Turn, Turn, Turn," w/ P08. lbl y mn] a annct'. Don't think this was RTV Tunisienne which government enforcement action Initiated at the Cuban government's request. co mOd on Intur and 18 us ually i~ Arabic. (RICHOLSON,VA) 1.iB,l.,..8. to/!) , 0329-03 36*, 510- 434. Modern African-sounding mx. "Our office was Involved In action taken against La Voz de Alpha 66," said Robert C. CIOHOd w/ mn le anncr montioning George Bush. It ••• our family to yours. Good night. An other bodng radio s how... OK mates. Get ready to pull McKinney, the englneer~ln-charge at the FCC's Vera Beach, Florida, fleld office. "A lot of the th" plug on mo. Ono , two ." P5E QSL. (RICHOL50N ,VA ) high frequency monitoring net was Involved In the action, In addition to mobile units we put 2iiQ, lO l l S , 0450-0455. Hrd country & western mx. No 10. Lost sig on the scene. We had mobile units from several otnces Involved In the Alpha 66 atter t hat. (SACHS ,IL) proceeding." 1.i2.L.2,.. 10/8 , *2150* . Hrd xmtr being turned on and off; t apping on mike" thon man's vo i ce twico saying "calling WBRI." (RICHOLSON,VA) 27501.7. 8/30, 2220-2226. Good sig w/ hillbilly/cajun fiddle mx " OM Alpha 66 Is off the air. U.S. marshals removed transmitting and associated audio equipment singing . PSE QSL . (ROss,ON'r ) from Alpha 66's mobile broadcaltlng faclllly~~a Ford van. According to John L Thelmer. 27 510.8, 10/22, 1645-1700+ , SIO- 322 . Unus ual log ,: a pirate packet englneer~ln .. charge at the FCC'. Miami field office. the latelt bust was at lealtthe third FCC ne tl Mostly FF texti somo bi-lingual FF/EE and some EE only. Phony call eigns liko FRA3A8 /FRA 3AA/ REV 3AA /123PR. The EE part was commands enforcement action egalnst Alpha 66 sInce 1982. to got into a packet BBS. ~ot military ond of course no civilians are liceneod tor packet here. Definite ly bootleg I (ZELLER/OH) ********************************************************************** Permanent Injunction PSE QSL ADDRESSES ******************************************************************-*** Because of the repeated viola lions, FCC headquarters used a "clvll seizure" process thai Gregg Allins on, 404 A Charlotte , Washington, NC 27889. allows confiscating electronic equipment used by a violator. "We also applied for an Richard D'Angelo, 2216 Burkey Drive, Wyomi ssing, PI. 19610. Robert Landau, 688 8th street, Secaucus , NJ 07094-3016 . Injunction agaInst Alpha 66 prIncipals, the organization, Its sympathizers and everybc·::ty Rob Peobles , 3442 Durkin Cr., Dublin, OH 43017 else we could think of," Thelmer said. The Injunction, which has been made permanent, Ira Ric holson, 1600 S . Eads 1030 N, Arlington, VA 22202. places ita subjects under the risk of contempt of court citations If they engage In further Robert Ross, Box 4373, Stn C, London , Ontario, Canada N5W 5J2. D. Spooner, 148 south Street , Westboro, MA 01581. unlicensed broadcasting. *******************-***************************************-********** Mark Pierce announces that t he following drop i s available to any Free Thelmer saId he wal unsure whether the latest enforcement action would dissuade the Radio broadcasters ' that want to make arrangements to use it: P. O. passIonate antl~Castro broadcaster. of Alpha 66 and It. leader, Diego Medina, from Box 1087, Sun Valley, CA 91352. *****************-***************-**** Ira Richols on reports that he has two letters returned which were sent rebuilding the slatlon. Medina was said to have been operating the stalion when It was shut to mail drops. The Kingston NY addr previously anncd by R. down. Rumors are that he Is acquiring replacement eqUipment. Clandestine/PRN is having mail retUrned marked "Boxed closed, no order, return to sender . " Also' the Washington DC box used by WBRI (POB 40554) has had mail r eturned marked "Return to sender, No longer Technical detailS at address" written in ink, without the usual USPO stamps. If anyone has better addresses on these stations, let Ira know. His address is A Kenwood T8 430 amateur transceiver broadcast Alpha 66's flnal program. The transceiver shown in the PSE QSL section.**-*****.******************************** Ira also has received an 10 of his UNIO of 9/4/89 . He thought the 10 output was amplified by surplus coastal radiotelephone station equipment. The ampllfler's included "RS-- . " After sending his rpt to the WV drop, he determined two 3~500Z power tubes produced an estimaled 1,000 walts. that it was R. Free Massachusetts . He reports it i s one of the most "professional" Q5L he had r cvd from a p irate . Thanks , Ira ! *** ••• ** Ira has a couple of questions for the readers. Does anyone have a The transmitter fed an Inverted V antenna strung from a 30-fool extension ladder good address for WBRI (not including the washington addr which is permanently mounted atop the van. When the station operator reached a broadcasting site. really the FCC HQ?) If so, please let him know. Also, does anyone he tipped the ladder vertically. extended Its sections and strung the antenna to either side. have a current addr for R. Stella? The las t addr he has is: 23 South Beauregard, Edinburgh EH12 5YR, Scotland.***************************** George Zeller has IOed some of the UNIDs from October: 7415 by Arthur Thelmer estimated the seized equipment's value at $10,000. The van was returned to its wa s R. Clandestine; 7415 by Latherow was Is stn; 7415 by Latherow was owner. Certain agencies that enforce laws against Illegal drug trade have authority to seize R. Clandestine: 74 15 by Sachs was RFM : 7415 .3 by Richolson was RFM; cars, homes and most any other property used In support of the Illegal activity. But FCC 7415.5 by Havrilko wa s RFMi 7415.8 by Richolson was R. Clandestine; authority Is more limited, thus. only electronic equipment was seized. 7416 by Richolson was R. Clandestine : 7416 .2 by Richolson was CHGOi and 7417 by Zeller was R. USA . ********-****.************************* Rob Peebles reports t hat the UNI D on 26455 in the Oc t ober bulletin is "The broadcasts usually lasted a half~hour to an hour and a half."' Thelmer said. "Usually a licensed remote pickup frequency and not a pirate. WLW. *********** Alpha 66 broadcasls began at 9 p.m. Eastern time on Monday. Wednesday and Friday 8 9 night . ... The bro.dca.t.' regular pattern helped tho FCC tr.oe their lource. "When we "We're not looking at program content. They could be playing musIc 9r they could be lelling Idenllfy I pl U.rn It help., becaule we dan" have time to .pln our wh ..I • ." people In Cuba to burn the sugar cane fields. Another unlicensed broadcast station could be playing music or spouting Nazi rhetoric. We're not lookIng at what they are ••ylng . During the bUlt, one pereon wal operating the Itlllon. Bu t Thelmar l aid englneera Unlicensed broadcasters are not allowed to be on the air and we treat them all the same. II prevloualy ob.erved atatlon operation by otherl, and that aomeUmea . everal people were In the van . The FCC official said the Justice Department has Its hands full In south Florida. "With drug traffickIng being what It Is In south Florida and In the Miami area, to go In and get a U.S. Th elmer de.crlbed Alpha 66'1 modulation quality as "not terribly good, . apeclally when he attorney to shake loose enough time to take a radio station off the air Is difficult-particularly tried to play mu. rc on It." when you have such high sentiment In Florida's Cuban community that broadcasters such as Alpha 66 are doing what they want them to do. There Is a lot of public support for anti· Recorded programa were played on tape playback units In the van. Thelmer laid hi. office Castro broadcasts. By the same token, we at the FCC have a Job to do. We cannot exempt had heard from another agency that the Alpha 66 organizatIon has a recordIng studio at Its anyone because we happen to like what they're saying or not like what they're saying. If a headquartera In MIami. station Is Illegal, It Is Illegal. We have an obligation under the law to do our Job and that's what we'll have to do." Cuban complaint The Washington Influence Sleps leading to the bust Include a complaInt to the FCC from the Cuban govemm~t, according to Robert C. McKInney, englneer-In-charge at the Vero Beach, FL, field office. He if McKinney said In handling the Alpha 66 case the FCC field office primarily worked with the laid the FCC's one of a few U.S. agencies permitted direct contact with the Cuban Justice Department In WashIngton, DC. "In fact, If I am not mistaken a special U.S. attorney government; other agencies communIcate with Cuba via the State Department. out of Washington handled the case rather than a U.S. attorney out of MiamI. They are Just so bogged down with the lack of manpower and so many cases, all things considered, what " Thl a group (Alpha 66) has been In operation a long time," McKln~ey said. "They have been do you do? 00 you go after someone who Is caught with 200 pounds of cocaine or do you shut down by us on at least one or two other occasIons. They wount be on the air for awhile, go after 8 someone who basIcally Is not hurting anyone, broadcasting a radio signal? I can then w. would take them off, and after awhile they would acquire new equipment and go see their [the Florida U.S. attorneys1 po In .. " back on the Ilr." ~ McKinney said that with many cases, generally. his office works in conjunction with FCC p orno unlicensed broadcasters activate theIr stations mostly for fun. The ACE calls such and Justice Department offIcIals, U.S. attorneys and U.S. marshals In WashIngton to decld.J broadc. stera .. pirate.... Politically motivated unlicensed broadcasts are called "clandesUne." who will handle specific cases. Representatives of the Justice Department may decIde to Alpha e8 fall. Into the "clandestine" category. send employees from the capital, to send from one office to another someone who has time to take a case or to tell the local U.S. attorney, "We feel thIs Is sufficient priority, you put "'Alpha 68 II a group with antl-Castro political motivation, and It broadcasts to support a some'people on It." ' caus .... McKInney explaIned. "Thll kind of activity I. not conducted as a lark! .0 It Is not likely to be permanently discouraged by enforcement action. You take them off the air and WIth Alpha 66, McKinney stated the FCC received a complaInt from Cuba that saId, In so th ey go out and acquIre new equIpment and get back on the air. Whether this most recent many words, "There 18 a station that Is not authorized as being on this frequency. It Is case will close Alpha 66 down Is debatable. We'll only know that wIth hindsight! five years unlicensed. It Is affecting Cuban radIo waves. What are you going to do about It?" from now." . Washington direction Penalties The Alpha 66 case was handled locally by FCC field offices under direction from What penalties are faced by those connected with Alpha 66 or any other unlicensed WashIngton. "Headquarters was Involved In every aspect," McKinney explained, "because broadcaster are uncertain. Legal action mIght be taken against IndIvIduals or against the we have a lot of cases that we take dlreclly to Cuba. The FCC Is one of the few agencies that organIzation or both, Adml{llstratlve sanctions may be applied or vIolator. may face criminal does not go through the State department. We have a particular mechanism whereby we go prosecution. Federal authorIties make such decisions on a cas.by-case basis. directly to our counterparts or contacts In Cuba. From our sIde, most of our Inquiries involve Cuban stations that should not be on a particular frequency or that are aomewhat With La Voz de ,Alpha 66, which represented a repeat offense! the FCC asked the Justice off·frequency." Department to assist. "We got the U.S. attorney to Issue warrants and the U.S. marshal served the warrants and seize equipment," McKinney saId. "That Is a much more effective Rather than go through a long, circuitous route that might take months to pass through method [than administrative sanctions] but It Is time-consuming, expensive to the U.S. different governmental bureaucratic steps, FCC officials make direct contact with Cuban government and dIsruptive to FCC operations because for every hour we spend on a case officIals. "In most cases we have had good results with getting off· frequency broadcasts like that there Is an hour taken away from something else. It Isn't as though wa have a that are Interfering with U.S. broadcasts, off the aIr In sometimes a matter of a day or two special team that Just works on crIminal prosecution. If you have two men who work on such with Just a phone call," McKinney said. a case there Is someone else who Is not getting work done that deserves to be done." "If we're trying to work together like that, we have our responsibilitIes , also. If they're The pOlitical angle complaining about . transmls. lon or broadcast that we didn't know about-, We don't routinely lune up and down the dial, looking for unlicensed broadcasta. If a representative of " We make no vatue Judgmentl on what Alpha 66 broadcasterl say," McKInney continued. a foreIgn government laYI: "You have this station on thIs frequency; It's been there for two 10 11 1 month I; when ar. you guy. going to do .omethlng about liT' w. hlv. to at that point Harry L. Helms AA6FW obvloully look at what la a legitimate complaint by anoth., oountry, whether It happena to 7445 Andasol St. l be the Cubanl or Canadlanl or Mexican. or whether we con.lcIer them "lend or fa .... San Diego, CA 92126 6.666 MHz

1111 doubtful that the frequency Uled by Alpha 66, 6.666 MHz, la u.ed by Iny Cuban service. The Cuban government apparently wal aware of an antl·Castro program broadeal' from the COVERT CORNER United Stat •• on an unllcenled station ualng a frequency not .a.lgned for broadcalt service. "The Cubans don't have to be using the frequency to Justify a request for FCC Not a whole lot going on this month. folks. Remember. HM gets all the num bers-related acl1on," McKinney laid. "The 8'atlon doesn't have to be causing Interference. If It I, material now. Some numbers reports arrived this past month and I've forwarded them on to HM . unauthorized, It II unauthorized, whether or not It caUl" Interference to an authorized •• A couple of people have asked what will become of this column now that HM is handling r. numbers. Relax, folks. There's still plenty of weirdness out there in radioland (and, no, I don't • ervl~ . The frequency 6.666 MHz II alligned to the aviation service. Whether Alpha 66 mcanjust the fiction in Monitoring TImes or loggings in the A5WLC bulletin) to keep me gainfully aClually c.uled Interference to an aviation communIcation, I do not know." occupied and out of serious 'trouble. Take single~leuer beacons, for example. This past month brought another letter from George Zeller. Apparently October 9 was a Most Interference complalnta the FCC forwards to the Cuban government Involve U.S. slow day for George, as he spent a couple of hours tracking dow n si ngle-letter beacons. Here's what he heard in a frequency/timellener format: broadcalt alatlona, FCC field offices often receive call. from AM broadcast Itatlon engln"rs In the Miami market. The englneerl report Interference from Cuban Itatlonl that 7425/2215/U; 10216/2245IU; 15704.5/2330/U; 12 327.5/2330/U; 12184.5/2330/U; ahare their frequencies. When Cuban Itallon8' carrier frequencl.1 drift slightly, the 9313.5/2330/U; 9056.5/2330/U; 8669.5/23301U; 8135.5/2330/U; 8077.5/2335/U; 6244.5/2335/U; 10643.5/2340/S; 13635.5/2340/S; 6801/2345/S; 18347.5/2340/K; difference CIUS.S • heterodyne, which II a tone 'hat may range from I lOW-frequency buzz 12149.512340/K; 7904.512340/K. to a whlaUe. George notes that our old friend Herr Klingenfuss lists all the U beacons are being at When Cuban and American statlonl sharing a dial position u ...· nearly Identical carrier Murmansk.. 5 at Arkhangelsk, and K as Khabarovsk. George then asks, "How does Klingenfuss know these Q11is?" frsquencla. within a few hertt of one another, no heterodynalnterference r.8ultl, Good question, George. I don't have_a clue where he gets those Qllis from. I'll just note that some beacons are heard on times and frequencies which make it highly unlikely they all are lo­ cated where Klingenfuss says, unless some unusual propagation path (through the center of the American listeners Earth??) is involved. Further, a W beacon operating in the SO-meter ham band was definitely traced to Cuba in the mid- 1970s by the FCC. It likely that anywhere there's a Soviet naval facility that McKinney laid American radio lIateners have le.s tolerance for degraded broadcast service, there's a single-letter beacon transmitter nearby. Some are probably are Murmansk or Khabarovsk. compared to IIltenerl In other countries. "You go to many parts of the world and It Is ~~ill • Dave White, a frequent contributor to my Umbra et Lux newsletter. is a regular monitor of •.mazlng what ludlencel are willing to listen to. Garbage, In our term a," McKinney aald, these. Dave spends hours in continuous monitoring of these, and discovers things that less patient r.fe"lng to the Interference level plaguing many domeatlc broadcast services In foreign monitors (such as yours truly) overlook. Dave has noted that these "beacons- do break for mes­ countrlea. . sage groups on what seems to be a semi-regular basis. For example, on September 7, Dave ob­ served that alilhe U beacons he could hear sent thrcc five-digit blocks repeated seven times at 18CX) and 1900. He noted the same thing at 1558 on 9/8 and at 1455 on 9/9. On 9110, he heard three "At almoat any time of day In our broadcaet bande, IIstenera hear no Interference, no five-digit blocks repeated six times at 1500 and seven times at 1957. Finally. Dave noted three heterodynea. They don't hear 15 atatlone on the aame frequency, We're .polled, We're uaed five-digit blocks repeated seven times at 1457 on 9/12. These loggings are in agreement with oth­ to turning on the TV and aeelng a clear picture. You turn on your AM or FM radio and you ers Dave has made which indicate that these beacons break for messages near the hour and that all beacons of a certain letter send the same messages in parallel. don't want to hear five stations on the .ame channel or four or five different languages on Dave, in fact, dislikes the term "beacon" when applied to these stations. He wrote, the eame channel, In thl. country, If you hear that, you turn off the channel. You don't "Interceptors who continue to call these signals 'beacons' are not paying attention to the above sig­ complain lbout It, you'flnd aomethlng elae to listen to. nal s; apparently Ithey are l tuning across them and l ogging. ~ He continues. "My opinion is this is an enormous waste of money and equipment. I would also add that this is probably a computerized network and has several strategic control Plints. ~ "Bro.dcaater. In thla country know that. They have a market and their Iletener. and they 50 how about it, campers?? Why not try listening to some of these beacons near the hour to have to keep them happy becauae If they get too used to turning off the channel they may see if they break for a message?? not come back." Ira M~in?f CA wrote this month to report reception of a .. time clicking" on 9260. Ira said th~ was a high-pItched humming which rose and fell in intensity even though the clicking main ­ WAN or ADS tatn~d ~e same leveL Ira didn't mention a time although I assume it was in the evening hours PacIfic tIme. Are Ira and I the only ones running across these weirdo time signals?? Ads from A*C*E members will be printed on a space available basis. . Th~ Novembe~ Umbra et Lux is available from me for a largc SASE. This one's a corker, Your itmes to sell, trade or buy should be sent to A*C*E HQ with Wlt~ a m~Jor revelah~n about. the numbers stations mystery by Havana Moon!!! And Don your name address or phone number included with each ad. Sorry Schimmel s column Will deal ~I,th tl;ose raspy "eleven. dot, one dash" beacons like the one you can but the A*C*E cannot offer mail forwarding services for ads. ' hear on 471.8. Great stuff and It s stIll free!!! (A pubhc service I must perform as part of the sen­ ------tence I recetved as a result of my corrupt television ministry ..... ) WANTEO: Inexpensive, working transmitters. Please contact WXZR Hope you autumn's going well. Lobster season is open, and it's me and them in a battle to ------at POB ,------628, Slanesville, WV 25444 with details. the death at La l olla Shores and Windandsea Beach! Report!!! .\Jr~ WANTED: A good fairly cheap general coverage receiver in working condition. Especially interested in Yaesu FRG-7, Hammurlund, collins, etc •.. Andrew Yoder, POB 628, Slanesville, WV, 25444 . WANTED:------Your add for the next issue. Send copy to A*C*E, POB 11201, Shawnee Hission, KS, 66207 12 Varied Response For your copy, send a #10 SASE to: Doghouse Press, PO Box 20335, San Jose, CA 95160. With the recent earthquake, there could be a slight John T. Arthur , proprietor dalay, so be patient. [from Derby Luncheon, via Bud Wooten] RD II, Box VSA Belfast, NY 14711 As either a serious listener or a pirate Operator, you're bound to be . interested in improving your antenna system. A publication that can ••. wit h a little he lp from my friends and Staft Reporters Hark Pierce help is AntenneX . Publishing monthly since November 1988, this 'zine and Bud wooten. VR is electronicly transmitted to A*C*E Hdq on or covers ONLY antennas and transmittion lines, and does it in detail. betore t he 24th of each month. Please send your input and comments to A tew ot the topics covered in the last year include: Sound Ground, the above address or leave them in the (P]ersonal Mail section of the A Lightning Resistant Antenna, No Tuner Antenna System, and The Half AHARC TBBS prior to the 18th. Your active participation in the form Rhombic Antenna. Regular subscription rate is $23.40 per year, but of reports, suggestions or constructive criticism is solicited. you can take advantage of a discount rate of just $15.97 if you act now. Write to: Antennex, 4639 Corona, Suite 12, Corpus Christi, TX -There 1s no SUbjugation so perfect as that which keeps the 78411. [direct] appearance of freedom, for in that way one captures volition itself.- support your club ••• say you read it in The ACE --Jean-Jacques Rousseau What' s News: More Tips for Broadcasters the media report 1 -or- how to make your studio convenient This month marks seven full years of Veried Response in the pages of , The ACE. It's been a pleas ure and a priviledge to have your attention ' A couple months ago we ran an article about studio technique, or how and support for this long. For those who may wonder, I'm a Charter to make good use of a s tudio. Since many of our readers have never Kember of ACE - I came on board with the sample issue, Vol 1 #1, in seen a broadcasting studio, perhaps a few suggestions for layout are March of 1982. My fascination and interest with Free Radio goes back in order. You don't need a large room to make a truly useful studio much farther than that, however; back to about 1964, when I started although sometimes it helps, as in the case of live broadcasts wher~ messing around with a phono oscillator and a 100-foot longwire to see access to a large record l ibrary is needed. Most Operators, however, how far I could cover. I'm now 44, have been in th'el' radio hobby since can make do adequately with a small closet or jus t a portion of an early 1957, and have about four years behind the microphone, too. available room . But enough about me. We (Hunton Peck, R. A. Popoki, Staff Reporters Try to pick an area that's as quiet as possible, away from noisy and myself) look forward to many more years of informing you, and we appliances and fans, and as far from a roadway as possible. Get a hope to have your continuing support. Aloha ..• large table to hold the equipment and, if you can, a small swivel chair for easy access. If you're running turntables you'll also want Looking for a good source for counterculture books? One excellent one or more smaller tables to ho ld them. Arrange the furniture in the Bource is Looropanics Unlimited, PO Box 1197, Port Townsend, WA 98368. shape of a wide-mouthed "U", with the large table as the bottom piece They publish a main catalog of over 200 pages each year, with and the smaller tablets) on the sides. Allow room to get behind the quarterly supplements, covering the gaumet from The Underground table t o connect cables, and don't forget an outlet strip or two so Economy to Heresy/Wierd Ideas and Self Publishing; truely a total you can plug everything in! For neatness , the outlets can be mounted range of interests. There's even a book titled: "Job Opportunities up ·under the table; just be sure you can reach them without becomming In The Black Market" for those tired of working 80 hours per week to a contortionist. support the government! You owe it to yourself to write to Michae l The mixer should be directly in front of the announcer for convenient Hoy and ask for a catalog - send a dollar to defray postal costs. adjustment of levels. You may want to raise the rea r of the mixer for [via Bud wooten ] better viewing angle of the VU meters. The microphone should also be directly in front of the announcer, but it is best to suspend it , or Another source is KYF HOtech, PO Box 14603, Madison, WI 53714. Their use a boom stand, so you don't have to work around a desk stand - the book list i s a bit shorter but thei r prices are a bi t lower, too. The odds are good you'll bump into the stand and create extra noise that new, 1990 catalog is now available by request. [direct] way. If you're using only tape decks, they can be arranged behind or above For some technical reading, Universal SW Radio is having their Fall the mixer, or stacked at either side for easy. access. vou may need to Book Bonanza, featuring discounts on a good many specialty books. The glue down some scrap wood pieces t o keep the decks from Sliding as flyer also lists several of their world-class receivers, inclUding you punch the buttons. In this scenario, the side table(s) give you the Icom R9000, discounted to only US$4795 (list is U5$5459). For someplace to hold tape boxes, scr ipts, etc. your copy of the flyer, write: Universal SW Radio, 1280 Aida Drive, If you use records, place a turntable on each side table, putting Reyno ldsburg, OH 43068, ATTN: Fred osterman. If you'd like their TTll on your left and TTI2 on your right. You can place them both on complete catalog, enclose one US dollar. [direct] one side (or the other) if you'd rather, but be s ure t o mark them as connected to avoid getting mixed up. Be sure to level the turntables Hare creative reading is available from the Little Free Press. Ernest to avoid having the stylus slide across the records - use a builder's Mann strikes again, propounding his "priceless economic system" and level on the platter, not on the base, and shim as necessary. offering his pamphlets for one lonely 25-cent stamp and the promise If you're going whole-hog with your studio and you're using the Radio that you'll make two copies and pass them along. Although he tends to Shack 32-1100A mixer, you'll quickly run out of inputs. As mentioned get sidetracked onto tangents, his leaflets are thought-provoking. two months ago, that mixer has two mic, two turntable and one tape Send a stamp to: Little Free Press, 2714 1st Ave S., Minneapolis, inputs (or three tape inputs). If you happen to want to run more MN 55408. [direct] sources than that, the solution is simple. RS also sells a 2-pole, 6-position rotary switch (1275-1386, $1.39) which can be used as a Last month we told you about Free Air!. Well, Derby put us onto source select switch. Get some shielded audio cable and a small metal another publication you might be interested in: Radiogram. This zine box large enough to contain the switch. Run the "hot" (inner) wants to delve into the theory and practice of both commercial and conductors of the audio lines to the rotary switch (one wafer will non-commercial radio, in an attempt to better understand what comes be 'right' channel, the other will be 'left'), and connect the output out of the speaker. The writer, Eli Messenger, has had many years in to the common connectors - tie all shields together. If you do this alternative radio and displays a good understanding of the "biz". The on a ll inputs except the mlc input, you can potentially have 18 initial newlsetter, Vol 0 No 0, sets out a whole bunch of questions different sources available through your three channel s . Talk about that he'd like help exploring - this i s to be an i nteractive 2ine. flexibility! Plug the switches into the Ceramic inputs if you're 14 15 ClAlfDESTIJtt PROFILE BY Geor&e Zeller runninq tape decks. If you happen to be running Magnetic cartridges, you'll find the Your l oggings and information on clandeatine radio IUtiona are always ve ry welcome for level awfully low when connected thru the Ceramic input. Not to thill column. You can 111411 information direct to your editor at 3492 Weat 123rd Street worry. Simply go back to Radio Crap , get the 142-2109 phono pre-amp Cleveland, Ohio 44111. Or your can call (216) 941-3366 anytime, or elae (216) 696-9077 and connect it between the turntable and the switch-box. Voila! between 1300-2145 UTC. You're back in biz. For best Bou nd, we recommend dynamic or condenser mics . It you're RADIO VENCEREHOS AJrfD ITS JAMMERS SHIFT SWBC FREQUENCIES running FH, go with the condensers. They do take batteries and they are physically sensitive (don't tap on them!), but they do sound In late September, the anti-El Salvador government c l andestine Radio Venceremos moved its better. For SW use, common, cheap dynamic mics are fine. We don't 6 KH~ frequency for t he first time in many yearl. It traditionally had operated on variable recommend crystal mics unless you want to connect one direct to frequenciel around 6550 KHz, jumping around every few minutes in a cat-and-mouse game with the transmitter, without the benefit of a mixer. ita jalllllle rs . I t now operates on variable frequencies +/- 60 KHz or so around 6300 KHz. For decent, i nexpensive tape decks, the RS SCP-31 (/14-647, $49.95) We have a flood of Venceremoa l oga thia month that seem to pinpoint the date o f thb or the older model SCP-30 is a very adequate player. There are no frequency shift to lometime on (or alightly before) September 24. The l ogl , fr~ Bob ROil frills , bells or whistles to get in the way and the sound is good. (Ontario). Vince Havr11ko (Florida), Bob Brown (Penn sylvania), Steve Forres t ( Ohio). and Somewhere you will need a recorder, however, and we recomend the George Zeller (Ohio), include, best one you can afford. It wouldn't hurt to suggest one as an Xmas present, either. 6239.5v (jumping to 6244.7, etc.), 0023-0057+, 9-24-89 (Zeller); 6239.6v (jumping to There are many turntables available in all sizes, shapes and styles. 6254.6, 6238, 6259.6, etc.). 0023-0224+, 9-24-89 ( Havrllko); 6240 , 0153-0216+, 9-25-89 See what you can find second-hand to save money. Hore Free Radio (Ross); 6239.8, 0046-0050"', 9-25-89 (Havrilko); similar but reported VIA telephone aa UNtD stations are switching over to CDs, and I believe most CD players (Brown); 6290v, 0250-0313+, ' 10-8-89 (Zeller); and 6305v , 0230 , 10-8-89 (Forrest VIA will match the Magnetic cartridge inputs on the mixer . telephone and allo the ANARC 7240 ne t). All of theae loga had the usual program detaill, When wiring the studio, keep all audio leads together and as far wit h OH/YL shrill anti-El Sa lvador and anti-USA government talka, folk songl, folk anthema, fro. power cords as feasible. Bundle the power cords together and and lome pop/rock mUlic. use some twist-ties or cable-ties to keep them away from the audio leads. This will reduce AC hum pick-up. At the very least, do not let Bob ROil also logged them on 6460 KHz on August 28 from 0236-0250. This wal c l early before the different cables run parallel to each other; cross 'em at right the date of the f.requency a hift . Hia copied ID was "Esta es Radio Venceremos, voz oficial angles when necessary. de FMLN." If you follow these tips, you should have a very flex'ibile, good sounding studio. If you have more questions about de~«ils, feel free The typical confusing lIIess of "black" phony Venceremos clones and rock lIIusic jall:lller6 to write to the address at the beginning of this column. This info accompanie6 t he r egular Radio Venceremos. Bob Ross' 9- 25 -89 l og on 6240 KHz might have is presented strictly for information value to our readers and should been the "black" Venceremos. since he heard lots of pop music, dead air, and some shouted not be misconstrued to indicate that either The ACE or this writer Radio Venceremos IO'a. The real station is alwaya well produced, with little (if any) dead advocate or condone any illegal activity. air. Vince Havrilko heard the same "black" station on 9-24-89 using 6240 KHz, with mellow latin popular music and an OH/YL Venceremos ID at 0255, followed by the "Venceremos Venceremos" anthem and a QRT at 0257*. Vince he.ard this station on sim,ulte.neoual y (bu~ ort the Wall .••• not 1n pa.rallel) with Vince'6 regular Venceremos log listed above, and hia 6240 Itation the rumor center therefore aeems t o have been the "black" phony c l one . '.

' A letter from Weekend Music Radio mentions that they have used In addition, we arc hearing what aeems to be at least two different pu re music statio:1s 13720 on occasions when WRNO is not there. Has anybody heard this that function aa jammers to Venceremos. (The jamming is passive and is not literally outlet yet?. effective) . I heard one with pop lIIulic on Se.ptember 24 using 6240 KHz st 0035 UTC, in Hunton Peck sent a card from Sonova Beach. Hawai'i, to say that the AlH mode with USB and a reduced carrier. Th is station was on and o ff the air until 0155* water's warm, the beach is black, the sun is hot, and he thinks he'll UTC, thus interfering with the Voice of Tomorrow on 6239.9 KHz at the t ime (see A*C*E stay there for a while longer - hasn't quite finis hed his tan yet. He Dialogs t h ia month). Vince Havrilko reports the same UNID jammer later that day from 2255 - did ask if California was still there (yes) and how I liked the early 2308 on 6240 KHz, p laying Phil Co llinl , Def Leppard , and Fleetwood Mac rock music . I a l so snow in ups tate New York (I didn't). He also says that he's already heard two rock music jallllllers of Venceremos on October 8, one using 6306 KHz in USB, and working on next April's column, so stick around for that ••• another simultaneoualy around 0100 UTe on 6300 KHz in the AM mode. These music jalllllers WBRI, also known as White Boy Research Institute, is no longer using lound just l ike hobby piratel who are testing, with continual music and no ID's. the Washington, DC, maildrop and has not announced a valid address so far. Be advised that the 1919 H St, NW, address heard recently All of this Venceremos activity is fascinating, arid it is audible virtually daily. I t is NOT a maildrop - it's the FCC Main Office. Rotten humor . It's certainly haa changed the evening nature o f signals in the 49 meter pirate band. quite possible that this is not the original station ••• The Fantasy Broadcasting station notifies us that their 12 meter outlet is still in operation, but has moved to 26636 kHZ, rather than the 26610 mentioned in a recent column. Broadcasts are few and far Free RadiO One continues to be the mo s t active North American shortwave pirate station between from this one, but it's good to know that they're still out that is on the air today. It seems c l ear t hat like the Voice of Tomorrow, this is actual l y there. The PH outlet, FNTC, is temporarily off the air. Magic Han a 6cmi-clandestine station, rather than a hobby pirate. My daytime logg i ng of them on 4005 is trying to boost power on the SW station, but finances are poor at KHz (sec this month's A*C*E Dialogs) demonstrates that at least one of their transmitter the moment and he'd appreciate donations. Anyone got a spare Viking QTH's is within 300 mi les or so of Clevehnd. Signals on 80 meters do not propagate any they could ship?. farther ~ha n that at l ocal noon. word from Phil Muzik, of KNBS, is that the recent antenna projects are finished and that the station planned on doing some testing and I received a copy of a three page "Your Link" newsletter from the station. Though undated, relaying over the Halloween week. Frequencies in use were to be 7410, the newsletter c l aims to be a monthly publication. It contains one page of sta tion 7435 and 15015, among others. Did anyone hear 'em?. information , a one page xerox of a reception report that was received from a listener with WTNU and East Coast Pirate Radio are both using the new Baltimore appreciative comme nt s on the station's programming , and a one page reprint o f Free Radio 'drop, Box 6527, mentioned i n last month's column. Be sure to enclose One l ogs that were printed in the July 1989 issue of A*C"'E. adequate postage, as always. ECPR needs to so some technical work to make their roic understandable - or they should run pre-recorded tapes The. station information section of the newsletter sheds on ly a smal l amount of light on exclusively •.• the Free Radio One operation. Or. David Richardson has been joined by newscaster Seymour continued to page 27 Roth on the Free Radio One staff. They say t hat two tranlmitter sites are operational on 7415/4005 KHz, with 48 additional trsnlmitterl p l anned for the future. They use 7415 KH z because of itl Itatus as a traditional pirate frequency. The mtation interval lignal is 16 supposed to be a series of V's in CW transmitted before 8ign·on. (I have never heard this). 17 Their 'taUon phllolophy paragraph is worth a verbatim quote, "Our philosophy is to provide urgently needed alternate radio e.o_unications and newa that otherwise iI not available HAVANA via the .t"\llard "Idio and te l eviaion media. Free Radio One believe. t hat the eurrent politicAl atatUI in the United States is rapidly approaching the level of a c:ommunht ,[ate. AI luc h underground communicationa ia of utmost importance ." (aie, no typos here). MOON HAVANA MOON 117 W. Harrison Building The quoted plIT_graph 14 additional evidence that Free Radio one 11 88 much a clandestine 6th Floor, Suite 8-319 bra.dc •• ter aa it 1, 8 pirate I particularly given ita relatively frequent trall.millions ChiCAgo, IL 60605 durin. tho la,t fev montha.

Involuntary, I may live on !hil h.c inating anti-Co lombian government station is still one the air, courtesy of the In the passing world, ELN hft wln8 o pposition forces in ColOlllbia. Bob ROBS juat caught the end of their Never forgetting tunemi .. lon on September 3 on 6758 KHz frolll 0056-0057* UTC. OVer a prtriotic aong, the This midnight moon. _ OH/YL .lgn-off 10 was " Radio Patria Libre, La Voz de Cololllbia . " Bob heard a good algnal -- sanjo from them. [ aha copied the station wi.th a good signal on October 2 from *0039-0121* IITC using 6760 Kll r;. (The frequency is slightly variable frOIll night to night, but does not jUIllP around during the transmission on a single day). Their eign-on ID was "Radio Pat ria Libre, uno vox de la Nueva Colombia." The good signals from Radio Patria Libre in both My thoughts are with ACE readers from California at this Ohio and Ontario auggest that the station' s current transmitter probably operates somewhere very difficult time. Having once lived, worked and played in in the 1-5 KW power range. ..' San Francisco, Santa cruz, Napa, Sonoma, Santa Rosa and other Northern California communities, I feel a strong sense of Thil . tation Itlll announces no address during their programe. Gerry Dexter, in hia October concern for their residents. My love affair with the Bay 1989 Clandeetine Confidential newsletter, saya "We have been un.uccessful in finding any Area has been long and enduring. kind of an address for the ELN or for the atation." Bu1ltJ!lerl Information on Gerry ' s valuable bi-monthly newsletter is (aa always) available from him at RR4, Box 110, Lake Geneva, I am most pleased to report that Portal communications of Wlaconain 53147. )' cupertino is very much alive and well, in spite of the devastating ~) :.; earthquake. My association with Portal and construction of "Havana Moon's Los Numeros On-Line" continue. Kirk Baxter of Kanaas informs me that very detailed information on the operatioo and 1989 ACE readers who would like to receive information on the buet of t his Florida-based anti-Castro station haa been forwarded to A*C*E headquarters. Portal System and "Los Numeros On-Line" can call Carol at You .hould look for thie important article elsewhere in this November iesue of the A*C*E, 408-973-9111 or drop her a line at: oc poeslbly in anothe r issue of the A*C*E in the very near future. Dexter' s October 1989 ceN quotes The Intelligence Newsletter to the effect that Al pha 66 "mu et have had highly Portal Communications Company -pi;ced patre;;; in the Reagan White House" that prevented bUlts by the FCC, and that it Department P '~ had ignored unspecified warnings after Bush took office to stop broadcasting. 10385 Cherry Tree Lane Cupertino, CA 95014 ~ OF SOLEY/NICHOLS CLANDESTINE BOOK t ell her HM sent you, and you don't even need to include an SASE! A*C*E member Mark Pierce of California h as found a review of the book Cl andestine Radio Broadcnsting' ~ Study ~ Revolutionary and Counterrevolutionary Electronic Communication, Two new and prestigious tenants of "Los Numeros On - Line" in­ by Lawrence C. Soley and John S. Nicho~ The book review 10188 by Donald R. Browne, and clude Dr . John Santosuosso with "Political Ponderings", a column is found on pp. 139-142 of the Summer 1988 issue of the Journal .£1 Communication. Mark which focuses on the politics behind shortwave broadcasting, Bays that the review was favorable. 1 still have not seen a copy of this book , or a copy and Dr. Eli Messinger, with "The Radiogram." welcome aboard, of the review. The book is very expensive, and the Cleveland Public Library has not yet Gentlemen I added a copy to its collection. But, I understand that Soley and Nichola did a very fine job with this well-researched book. We have mentioned the book in prior Clandestine Profile And don't be surprised to see some ACE Editors on-line columne and some of Soley's writings have previously appeared in the A*C*E. Hark and I with Havana Moon y Amigas! will tr~ and get more inforlllation on this book and the new review for next 1II0n th's column, ********** Hark also pointe out that a n a rticle on Bolivian pirate radio a ppeared in the. February 1989 issue of The Progreseive. The article waa titled, "Tin Hiners' Radio on t he. Ropes," by Jane Slaughter . Ha. anybody seen a copy of thia article? The response from ACE readers continues to be TREMENDOUS! ! A portion of a particularly interesting letter from Ira Martin VINCE BAVRIUO CENTRAL AMERICAN CLANDESTINE STATION LOGS follows : Vince cont inues his regular 1II0nitoring of the better heard Central American and Caribbean "There are some questions that I would like answered. This clandestine .tation •. Radio Quince de Septiembre, the Contras' anti-Sandanista statioo is only reasonable, as ACE Members are sending reports to you and that Itill broadc8lt. to Nicaragua, came in on September 22 on 6214.4 KHz from 2248-2314+ Harry Helms. The first question has to do with evidence and as­ UTC . Vince noted its ueual anti-Ortega programming, and he .ays that he heard one possible sertions. What does gathering frequencies , times and so on really "Radio tiberacion" 10 at 2250 UTC. (The other ID ' s that he heard were all Quince). 'do t o p'rove anything? Assertions must be made with firm evidence , Interestingly, Vince noted on ly a SIO'"'132 signal quality at 2248 frOIll his QTH in Florida. but since numbers are going out on a one way trip, and no one is By 2252, the a1,gnal got significantly stronger. This seem. consistent with a continued. responding to them, not that we can pick up, and as of yet, no code Central America transmitter QTH, very probably in Honduras, 41 hal been previously has been broken, then you may see the point of the question as it speculated. lIIany times . relates to evidence : a directory listing of broadcasts, without other supporting information, is only a directory of broadcasts. Vince also hear a t he anti-Castro Itationa as usual. Radio Caiman b l alted in at 0130 UTC using 9965 KHz on September 25. On September 2), Vince alao heard this atation at 1600 "The second question has to do with the use of one-time pads. UTC (local late morning EST) with a weaker 510-24) 8ignal. This l atte r l og is interesti.ng. Are all the numbers stations using them? Is anyone following the If Vince can hear them near his local noon on 3 1 meters, the station muat be uai.ng a addresses and tallying the number of times the same number groups 18 continued to page 26 19 are being used - which would indicate that an address is receiving (sounded like she went to three digits, then back to five). number groups made up off of the same code. If repetition of number groups is recurring in transmissions to an address, then it might 9274 kHz 1530 YL 4-0 EE JV/CA be worth tracking and recording this address's meSSag8s. (This is 10665 2245 YL 4-0 55 GZ /OH different, of course, from the same message being retransmitted to the same agent. If different messages use some of the s ame number CONTRIBUTORS CORNER groups , a broadcast pattern is being established). IH - Ira Martin, HH - Harry Helms , JV - Jim Vickonoff, GZ - George "The third question is less involved. Why might a numbers Zeller, ZE - Zel Eaton, KH - Kevin Henderson , MP - Mark Pierce. broadcast be made over several times over a period of up to two months? * * * * * * * * * * "In spite of my questions, I am not a pessimist about ACE, or HAVANA MOON's COSMIC SPOTLIGHT the gathering of data. Data and its interpretation are the meat ~ and potatoes of history. I find the pursuit of the answer very This month's Cosmic Spotlight shines on Jim Vickonoff, of interesting and will continue to send in reception reports. One San Jose, CA. Jim, being the first to respond to the Havana Moon point worth making is, are we looking for the correct answers? If FidoNet E-Mail address, will receive a copy of "Los Numeros: we believe that we will find something, then we shape our interp­ The Numbers stations Log" compliments of Tiare Publications. r etation of the evidence to shape our beliefs; consequently, I would ask, are we asking the right question of the information? Jim works in the electronics/computer field in the Silicon This is no exercise in philosopy, but rather a pragmatic question. valley. His main workhorse is an IcaM R71A, controlled via Evidence must be interpreted; no evidence ever speaks for itself - a PC using Datacom International software and hardware. He the viewer must absorb it and come to his own conclusions. Are we uses two forty foot longwires connected via an antenna tuner. asking the right questions of the evidence being gathered by ACE Members, or are other explanations supportable?" Many thanks for your excellent E-Mail report, Jim. Others are invited to follow in Jim's footsteps and to direct comments, Your questions are well taken, Ira, and in a future issue I intercepts or related material via the following E-Mail addresses will respond to each of them. In other areas, I will respond to you on the Internet: personally. ACE readers are encouraged to submit ietters of the above nature - and always feel free to disagree.. t: sun! portal !cup.portal.com! havanamoon or As Ira points out, since my mailing address for UeL and ACE are [email protected] the same , much confusion has resulted. In an effort to alleviate this situation, I would ask that respondents indicate on the out­ or at 1:280/3 - the ANARC BBS - on the Fidonet. side of the envelope either "UeL" or "ACE". Hopefully, this will help to eliminate some of the confusion that now exists. And to Ira Martin, also of San Jose, who put HH on a guilt trip for my awarding him a supply of SASEs, goes a Beach BOyS I would also ask that numbers intercepts and numbers-related tape! And Ira, you might want to put one of those SASEs to ~ material be sent to me, while information about other types of good use by requesting a copy of Dr. Eli Me ssinger' s Radiogram, trans missions, ie. KKN39-types, be sent to Harry Helms. There available through the following address: is. however, one exception - that being the frequency of 8918 kHz. Both Harry and I are interested in knowing what you might be The Radiogram hearing on this frequency - be it a numbers s t ation or whatever. Doghouse Press More details in a later issue! PO Box 20335 San Jose, CA 95160 ********** Kevin Henderson of Tucson, AZ is the winner of a Fleetwood AND NOW •. Mac tape, compliments of Havana Hoon's Los Numeros. 6785 kHz 0505 YL AM 5-0 SS HH ICA Los Numeros has a real BIGGIE to give away next month - to a (This signal was a killer - peaking at +40 dB over S9 with winner who will be selected at random - an OFFICIAL Batman wristwatch - occasional deep skywave f"ades (much like a clear-channel sure to be the very latest in recognition symbols (IF worn on the broadcast band s tation). The audio, however, was muffled; left wrist with the face facing the body). CIA - please take note it reminded me of an FM s ignal tuned off the center frequency.) and extend all courtesies.

6830 kHz 0513 YL AM 5-0 5S IM/CA (each group repeated twice) ********** HAVANA MOON RECOMMENDS: 6842 kHz 2335 YL AM 3-0 EE ZE/MO 7412 0543 YL AM HH /CA "In October 1967, John Walker, an officer in the US Navy, stroll­ (Unidentified language (sounded Slavic) while reading what I ed into the Soviet Embassy in Washington DC, and said, "I want to assume were number groups in blocks of four or five (hard to sell you top secrets. " tell!) Fluttery skywave signal, peaking S7 to 59, but low, mushy audio.) Now in paperback, Pete Earley's "Family of Spies" (Bantam Books) now available at your local news stand or bookstore for only $4.95. 7437 kHz 0607 OM AM 5-0 55 MP /CA 7480 0500 YL AM 5-0 55 IM/CA • • • • • • • • • • 7845 0503 YL AM 5-0 55 HR/CA 7888 0505 YL AM 5-0 55 JV/CA For a catalog of interesting and difficult to locate intelligence 8060 0600 YL AM 5-0 55 IM/CA publ icat i ons , send your name and address to: 8065 0813 YL AM 4-0 55 KR/AZ 8855 0414 YL AM 5-0 55 IM/CA university Publications of Ame rica 9069 0512 YL AM 5-0 EE JV/CA 44 North Market Street Frederick , HO 21701 20 21 ox eli pl:>c::>a.::r-d. Firat off, I ' d like to apologize or you can call them at 301-694-0100. Titles include "Enigma' by Andrew Yoder about the R.Clandeatine t-shirts agoJn. How the German Machine Cipher Was Broken, and How, it Was Read' They should be out to those who ordrrM By the Allies in World War II" by W1adyslaw Kozaczuk; edited POB 623 in a .... eek or so. Even tho I sent my nnw and translated by Christopher Kasparek. Slanesville Wi 25444 address to the printer, they sent tho I shirts to PA. After sending 2 tracere • • • • • • • • • • (304) 496-8410, Dec tbru UPS, we discovered that they lOb' the boxes. The shirts are now gettin~ Havana Moon's LOB Numeros is pleased to announce that the Security reprinted and should be in the mail shortly. It' you d:kbt get a shirt, they rll and Intelligence Foundation and National Intelligence Book center, still for sale at $8.50 (specify M, L, or XL) in washington DC now carry Havana Moon's "Uno, Dos Cuatro." For a Sorry, but I have no idea if KRUD is ever going to QSL anyone. I haven't catalog, write to: heard from the op: I think he may'vB lost interest in the project. Oh well , Suite 1020 I guess that's what makes pirate DXing interesting. If they all had akede & 1010 Vermont Avenue, NW, QSL'ed 100%, it'd be lIke goin ' after the Canadian regionals. And, no I Washington, DC 20005 didnt get a card from them either ••• Comments on comments on comments on jamming in October ACE Veried Re8pOn"~. • • • • • • * * • • John, why do you think WBRI uses 74901 Did'ya ever think that THEY might run the CW #s stn? Why do ya think they announce the FCC address? Its more than CONFIDENTIAL TO HARRY HELMS just a coincidence! HI!! (and just kidding) maybe this ~a story for Harry and Havanna Moon? How regretful that I live 15 minutes from the beach, whereas you In response to my question about SWL Winterfest, Kris Field called & are only 5 mi nutes away from the beach. However, if I didn't have wrote saying it's on! I believe it's the weekend of Feb.25. They ' re filling to dodge numerous Rolls Royces, Mercedes and bikini-clad blondes up the Holiday Inn with reservations. He'll probably Bend more info to AC E with names such as Monique and Velvet on MY way to the beach later. 1'm hoping to meet some of you there. I, too, would only be 5 minutes away from the beach. since you only have to dodge Stretch Ugos, don't rub it in1 *******************************************~***************************** ••• UNITED WORLD RADIO TO BROADCA ST IN STEREO ? • * * * • • • • • ************************************************************************* ••• Harrison Bergeron from United W·orld Radio lias r ecently called a few DXerfl A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO: a'cross the country to announce his plans for high-p0'liered stereo broadcast8 " in the winter. He said that the station plans to use "at least a kilo .... att" JI, of Aromas, CA. Please don't think that you'v~ !:been forgotten utilizing the ISB stereo system. James • . Your keen interest and participation has been invaluable ' ISB stereo works with the left channel in LSB and the right on USB. I'll be in touch shortly! ~anks also to Zel Eaton of Kirksvill~ Between the two sidebands is a synthetic carrier. Unfortunately, receiving MO, Jim Vickonoff and Ira Martin of San Jose, CA, Kevin Henderson' the broadcast in stereo will require two high performance receivers: one of Tucso~, AZ, Mark Pierce of Sun Valley, CA, Gerry Dexter of Tiare tuned to LSB, the other to USB. Then, the outputs from the receivers must publicat10ns, Or. Jo~n Santosuosso of Monitoring Times and Or. Eli be fed seperately into a stereo tape deck. Overall, the biggest problem for Messinger of The Rad1ogram. most listeners will be finding two receivers to tune in on. It may be wise to check to make sure that receivers have no stray AC or Special th~nks to Harry Helms and Kristin Kaye of Umbra et Lux DC voltages present. If they do and one or both are solid state, connecting and John L1ttle of Portal Communications. them to the same tape recorder and antenna could cause some damage. Or the signal could just get wiped out by a 60 cycle hum. So , if you aren't sure And a very speclal thank you to Faith Craig, the original Ghost of about your receivers and have a voltmeter handy, be sure to check your county Line Road - and lest we forget - the infamous Ed Anger of connections. "Weekly World News " fame. Seems Ed has once again returned ~nd Although the United World Radio stereo broadcast will be significant in is "madder than a beaver in a petrified forest" over those :'sneaky the history of American pirate radio, receiving it in stereo is also Commies." Get Real. Ed!! Read The ACE and find out what the world important for the listener. Keeping up .... ith UWR ' s past p6liaies;of 'sending is REALLY all about.J And here's a deal you can't turn down Ed­ prizes to listeners who send cassesttes, the station plans to give a .... ay give ACE a plug, or your true identity just might be reveal~dl larger gifts. Presently, Harrison isn't sure what will be given away, but Baid that. ',it could be U\'I'R coffee mugs or something else in that approximato See you at the Denny's on the beach. Time now for a Tecate and price range. But, the gifts .... ill only be sent to those sending in a tape of the broadcast in stereo. Havana Moon y Amigas Those wanting to keep track of the UWR ster eo project can write: TAGAR. 33469 Room 256, Union Building, Stonybrook, NY 11794 ************************************************************************* New Station Alert! continued fro. paqe 23 ************************************************************************* rock music and simple ID station is WRlIR , which had been active on 6250 Once again, a number of new and old stations have taken to the airwaves khz. This one doesnt have an address and suffers severe QRM on that­ creating havoc for anyone who's just trying to keep track of the other frequency. pirates that have been on ov er the summer. One interesting return is that of WBST, the old Friday the 13th and One of the mos t active stations in Oc tober was Hope Rad iO 16. This one Halloween pirate. This mysterious station had not been heard aince 1984 fits into that large, nebulous group of stations which tell listeners t o and many enthusiasts had given up on a return. Although the station ' send reports to Pop ' Com l ,a 'liaste). "MJ" regularly airs programs of featurd never sent any QSLs out to its liateners in the past l've seen a few rock musiC, a DX program, news, and Bill Cosby r ecordings . ITho the info sample cards floating around. So maybe they'll chang~ policy (like Radio is old and the production a bit rough, this one seems to try to a ir Angeline) and atart.(Add: PO Box 40554, Washington, DC 20016) interesting programming. The station's put gr eat signals across tre East. ~hedv~ice of Monotony with Uncle Salty was planning some Halloween East Coast Pirate Radio, another active October station, concentrated wee en ests, 90 maybe they showed up. This one plans to air a variet mostly on playing old album rock singles. 'Tho the station did ask for of rock music and comedy with the Slanesville WV maildrop y reports via ACE, it is now announcing the PO Box 6527, Baltimore, ~ID Two more new stations that may eventually ~ak e it to th~ air are CSIC 21219 address. All announcements are simple and apparently live. and WOMB, Pre-natal Rad io. WQt.'!B plans to use 'fiV address but I know Possibly a one-time station, Monty Python Radio was heard in late little else. CSIC will feature comedy and Canadian musi~ and features October with Monty Python skits in LSB. No QSL information was given; it I have no information on a.;.·.maildrop yet. • may 1v e just been a ham "having a little fun.1I Anothr station announcing the Baltimore addr ess is I'/T NU. Since they have not contacted the maildrop 22 about using the address, sending r eports there is unadvisable. Another 23 continued on paae 22 lam" frequencl". used during certain pirate broadcaatl. The Idea that IIltenerl to the pirate Letter to the editor broadcaltl might complaIn to the FCC about one unlicensed operator Interfering with another 'I bold, If not noval.

I Here .re lome opinions about Information presented In '.sue of "The ACE": FCC monitoring Itatlon watch offlcera I've talked with aay they have no Interest In helping II IIltenerl receive Ilgnall from unllcenled Itatlonl. Apparenlly, the only thing auch WSHB complaInts would accomplllh la to draw attention to the unlicensed algnals, pirate and I: tormenter alike. Ther. Is no reason to expect the FCC would take action against the ItaUon Some n,tener. complain about Interference from WSHB, 8 .tatlon thai operates during causing Interference to the pirate and leave the pirate alone. Agency policy would 188m to certain evening hour. on 7,400kHz. The potent WSHB signal makes It difficult to hear weak requIre enforcement action against both. pirate "IUons and other algnals. At 18al' one writer describes WSHS', signal as "wldeband Iranamllter .'op" that extenda 25kHz above and below Its carrier frequency. If lomeooe writes a letter to the FCC to delcrlbe Interference cauled by a IIcenled Italian, the commllslon'l first Itep normally II to send a copy of the letter to the Ilatlon and to It might b. helpful to know lomethlng about the WSHB operation and .taps that can be request a response. In the case of pIrates and th~r tormenterl, no license, name, addrell or taken to IlIevlata the Interference. WSHB h'st two SOOkW transmitter. and five antennas. The other luch Identification Is part of the Iltuatlon. Relolvlng an Interference complaint 7,400kHz facility uses one of the transmitters and. an antenna with 20dB gain. The effective a ..oclated with a pirate broadcast I. not an exercise that will find the FCC In the role 0' • ,adlated power to the front of the antenna thus would be 50 million watts. ~ sympathetic helper.

The tranlmltters use digital modulators with a maximum "switching rate" that limits the Audio frequency response audio responle. The modulators pass a maximum of 4,500Hz audio. AM Iidebands contain audio energy above and below the carrier at a frequency Identical to the audio frequency. Ona writer suggested pirate broadcalterl mix audio beller, taking Into account a frequency Therefore, WSHB's sidebands extend only 4.5kHz above and below the carrier provided the relponle of volcel va. music. The mUllc range wal cited al 20Hz to 20,OOOHzj the voice Iransmltter II operating normally. i'.):;,. ' r.nge .1 300Hz to 3,OOOHz,

WSHB engineer Bob German told rr{e that he sometimes receives Interference complaints Without posing .1 an audio Ipeclalllt, I would lugge.t that audio mIxing has more to do from Ihortwave IIlteners. Olscu,slons ulually reveal a receiver problem, and often he can with "presence" than frequency response. For example, when a OJ plays music at the lame ad vile the IIltener how to reduce the Interference. volume as his voice, It Is easy to hear his voice against an acoustic guitar background but , diffIcult to hear his voice agalnlt a brass Instrument background. Most OJs, whell One ACE columnllt 'aid WSHB Interferes with the "Havana-New York RTTV circuit on Introducing songs and overlappIng their volcel wllh the music, set the microphone and 7,407kHz." Responding, German aald broadcasterl usIng frequencies outside assigned mUlle levels equal. .... b~ nd, mUlt change frequencies to resolVe 8 complaint from a IIcenled primary user WSHS', 7,400kHz channel Is well outalde shortwave banda assigned to North AmerlC8~ MUllc used as a background to commercials generally Is played at a softer level. The broadcaster•. If the RTTV operator, receive Interference from WSHB, a complaint from them "prelence" thua la adjusted to favor announcer'l voice and the mel.. ge, where.1 • OJ to the FCC might result In WSHB being required to select another frequency. Introduction to a long ulually II Intended to focul attention on the mUllc.

WSHB I, len.ltlve to Inqulrle. from Ihortwave IIstenere. German laid he wants to ensure Unmodified solld-Itate ham transcelverl lome pIrates use paSI a narrow range of audio proper transmitter operation. When I called, at flrs. he thought I had an Interference frequencies: 300Hz to 2,700Hz or 10. Older, tube-type ham transmitters might pass a wider complaint. He wanted to know the date and time of the Interference 10 he could check the range that dellverl better fidelity. If not, they can be more easily modified for high fidelity transmUter when It next la used with the lame frequency and antenna. That II highly than most solld-Itate units can. • responsive "customer lervlce" beyond what mOlt companlel In any business offer. That voice frequencies fall within a 300Hz-to .. 3,OOOHz range Is not entirely true, although The WSHB engineer said any listener Is welcome to call him to let him know of any most telephone and radio communIcations circuits limit the voice to those frequenclel. The Interference situation. He ••Id he would look Into the transmitter operation as loon as limitation Is adequate for voice recognition, but Inadequate 'or the high fidelity one might pOlllbl. coincident with a complaint, perhaps during the call, al well as offer reception desire for a singing voice. At the same time, the 20Hz-to-20,OOOHz range Is far greater then advice If It leeml that the root of the problem more likely II with the listener's eqUipment. that required 'or ordinary ordinary enjoyment of music. German can be reached at 803-625-4880. Experience with telephone circuits for broadcast audio leads me to the opinion that 8 Although pirate broadcasters receive no Interference protection, German said licensed frequency range of 100Hz to S,OOOHz glvel perfectly adequate AM audio. Inlernallonal Ihortwave broadcasters receive no Interference protection, either. He laid If someone has complalntl about WSHB'I Ilgnal, he would like to hear about them so he can Many Ihortwave recelverl reproduce bass notel poorly and cut off treble frequenclel with tak. the appropriate action. nlterl Intended to elIminate adJacent-channef Interference. Plratel who want to denVer the beat lound to nstener. with recelvera capable of high-fidelity reception, though, will get Deliberate Interference to pirates good resultllf their transmltterl pall 100Hz to 5,OOOHz Budlo.

Some ACE member. suggeat complaint. be flied with the FCC when deliberate Inlerference I use a Kenwood R~1000, which hal good ball relponse. When Its wldeband AM filter Is In to plratel II heard. Acoordlng to pubUlhed reports, one or more pirate broadcastl have use, Itl treble responee I. realonable Ind I Improve It with a graphic equalizer. The output I. been made difficult to hear by an operator who transmits the phral", "Hello radio" on the fed to an audio amplifier that drivel a pair of big Ipeakerl. The resuiling audio has excellent 24 2 5 continUed frol page 16

ba ...nd mldr.noe, with treble th.t I. not quite •• good •• wh.t come. from FM ...tlon.­ ******** ••• ****.**.* •••••••••• *** though Illpproaoh.. FII qUllity. +*+ under the door +*+ .+****** •• ***.* •••• * •••••••••• *+. The better the ba .. re.ponae, the better the drum. and basa gult.,. aound. The better the QSL report for: November 1989 trebl. re'pon'e, the better the cymbal., tambourines and .Inger•• ound. Ontario's Bob Ross posts a full data blUe , white card from Samurai Radio - 6200 and 6275 signed by Eddie Currents in seven weeks, a full data photo card (19) from RFM - 7415.5 signed by HV Short in Transmitter pre-emphasis 13 days, and two full data computer generated s heets from the Voice of Stench - 7415 signed by Eddie Egghead Johnson and John Isa Toilet Standard AM broadea.t atatlona boost treble frequencl •• at the tran.mltter to overcome the 1n 18 days. hlgh·frequ.ncy roll.off Imposed by narrowband con.umer AM receiver.. Broadca.t Hassachusett's Don spooner has framed two blue s heets from Radio engineer. call the boo •• "pr.emphaa'a." Clandestine - 7415 signed by Burns. Don was the first to receive the Gold stamp with Re's "II SWL status". [congrata. jta] Shortwave bro.dea.t.r., Including pIrate., ean benefit from aome prtHtmphasl •. Although It Incr ••••• adJacent-channel Interference, 8 certain amount of prtHtmphasl. Improv.. the Ohio's George Zeller got a full data photo QSL (14) from RFM signed by H. V. Short in 15 days, and a full data blue sheet trom PRNet received audIo In mo.t receiver• . A .Imple way to add pr.... mpha.l. I. with • graphic for a Radio Morania relay signed by Burns in 146 days. equalizer. But It I. ea.y to get carrIed away. Too much pre--empha.ls makes 8 signal .ound tinny. It It I. u.ed with 8 transmitter that has poor bas. response to begin with, p,e--, Virginia's steve Rogovich tacked up a full data blue sheet from Radio emph •• la probably would make little Improvement. Only the midrange frequencIes paN Clandestine - 7355 signed by Burns in 98 days. Sheet said Steve was " the third to have attained RC ' s "'1 SWL status" for his many reports. mo.t unmodlHed ham tr8n.mltte,a. And ye olde editor nailed down two full data cards from Weekend Music I hopelhlt Inlormallon will be haipful to reador. of "Tho ACE," Radio - 15043 signed by Jack Russel who sed 80 watts and sent along four stickers and a personal note and did it all in 27 days. Don Blthop Best of OX and 73 ••• P.O. Box 4075 Overtlnd Pork, KS 8S204'()o75

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tl.· snsmitter that is located sOll\ewhere within a radius of .everal hundred miles of centraf • Florida. (We still know very little about Radio Caiman!) Propagation inferences like this are quite valuable. Keep up the good work, Vince ! (NOTE: The new 1990 edition of Passport .!£ World Band Radio lists the location of Radio Caiman's clandestine transmitter as Guatemala Cley , Guatemala. I have no idea how they determined this, or whether it is in fact acc urate). Vince also l ogged La Voz lei CID on September 25 on 9941.7 KHz at 0130 UTC, with CID ID's and a Radio Camilo Cienfuego. program 10 . Vince heard music , comedy, a discussion of t he Nicaraguan Sandaniatas, and mention of marijuana traffic from Colombia, in addition to the normal Cuban .ubject matter. This CIO transmis.ion had a near-local atgnal strength in Florida, with a 510- approaching 555. (NOTE I The 1990 Paaaport book liats CID's tranalllitter QTH as "Guatemalal"). SOLUTION TO LAST MONTH'S PUZZLE • In the October lilue of~, Gerry Dexter points out that no known SWBC clandestinea are by on t he air with Panama aa a target country. However, an anti-Panama government . program. 11 being produced by Panamanian Senator-in-exile Hayin Correa, and it is scheduled nightly Mark Pierce on Radio Impacto from Coata Rica, which uses 5030 or 5044 1/ 6160 KHz. the show usua lly appears around 0400 UTC, and this station's 60 meter frequency is always very wel l heard here in North America.

We have another great column this month because of a landslide of excellent reports. We all thank Bob Rosa (Onta.rio), Vince Havrllko (Florida), Bob Brown (Pennsylvania), Hark Pierce (California), Steve Forrest (Ohio), Gerry Dexter (Wisconsin), Kirk Baxter (Kansas) , Free Radio One (Oregon), Homer Green (Texas; hope to hear from you again, Homer!). Sarah Foster (California. Lib'ertarian Party Newsletter, hope to hear from you again . Sarah!). and George Zeller (Ohio). We look forward to your infOrmation by November 16 for the December A*C*E "Clandeatine Profile."

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