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Monitoring the Army National Guard 16 By Larry Van Horn

Vol. 22, No. 11 November 2003 -11-e Army Nabolal guard - Civitian in Peace, Soldier in War - pre- dates American indeperdencby almost 150 years and has participated in evEry US conflizt! Though Natioial Guard urits report to the federal V`) government in a rational crisis, thee are responsible to their state gover- Titnes nor of all other xcasions, and tierefore every state has a National Guard presence. AThat that means for radio hobbyists is a significant oppor:unity for miitary moni:oring, across the bands. Ths article is a major summatior of frequencies known to the monitoring hobby, but there'; a Id more -emaining to discovered!

Life as a News Junkie 22 By Brian Rogers

a.er since he ieard a radio message from Ceneral Eisenhower coming all the way across the Atlant cthis authpr has been hooked on listening to the news from the countries in the news. He shares some of Cover Story his favorite listening targets from hs location in eastern Michigan. Winter Propagation: A Welcome Relief By Tomas Hood NW7U Army Asuional Guard A11-64 rIpache Why is there only a hiss where a strong signal came in just a few days ago? Why was HF reception so poor last Au- gust and September? Is the bette:. "weather.' to come?

This article looks at radio wave 7ropagation, how it -e- lates to sun cycles, what dm; has meant in the current solar cycle, and what we can antici- pate over the coming winter months.

On our cover: Instability in the Sun impacts radio propagation on Earth. This June 9, 2002, `prominence' was caused by explosive instabilities in the Sun's magnetic field. Courtesy jpl.nasa.,gov Reviews: ON1TORING TIMES :ISSN: 0889-5341, ) rblisiers Mail We have quite a selection of radios FRS/GMRS handi-talkies, which come as a .1/49reement #1253492) and accessories to suggest to you this pair and include weather radio and a com- s published monthly mont i. After all, Christmas is around the pass (p.86)! z+ Grave Enterprises, r c., Brasstown, North corner! You'll find some suggestions for A good frequency counter is a flexible :_larolina, USA. Christmas gifts on pages 27 (Bright Ideas) tool with myriad applications for hobby- and 72 (On the Ham Bands). ists and hams. MT reviews the Aceco Copyright © 2003 *rove Enterprises, Inc. Of course, a lot of scanner hobbyists FC2002 -a fairly sophisticated counter at Periodicals postage aid ct Brasstown, NC, have been waiting for the Radio Shack a reasonable price (p.78). or d additional maaiig offices. Short ex- PRO96 to be released, and it's now here! If you're traveling to Grandma's house cerpts may be reprinted with appropriate credit. Complete art des mcy not be repro - MT takes a quick peek before the full re- this Thanksgiving, don't ruin the trip by diced without permission. view next month (p.88). If you're looking acquiring a speeding ticket on the way. Re- for an inexpensive but reputable receiver cent changes have rendered many radar de- Address: 7540 -ighway 64 West, for a shortwave fan, you might want to con- tectors illegal or ineffective, but the K40 Bras5.-cwn, NE 21902-0098 sider the Sangean Travel Pro, also re- RD850 Radar Detector appears to be just Teephone: (828.131-9200 viewed on page 88. as good as it claims... Bob Grove checks it Fa:: (8281E37-22'6 24 hours) Even non -hobbyists will appreciate the out on page 82! Inhmet Address: wwwrove-enteom or features available in the Cobra PR4000WX e-mc Iint(a)giove-entam Edtorial e-mail: editokr_IPmonitoringtimes.corn . , . Suiscriptions ordrd)grove-entrom TABLE OF ONTENTS Ss bscription Rates: $.26.95 in US; $31.50 Canada; and $58.50 foreign elsewhere, US. funds. Label irdicaterlostissu.of Departments: Second Departments subscription. See gage 91 for sub- Monitoring and the Law 4 Milcom 62 scription information. Monitoring Afichigan Monitoring the Test Pilots Letters 6 Tracking the Trunks 64 Postmaster: Communications 8 The Digital Diversity ol'APC0-25 Sr nd address change -3 to Monitoring Ti -nes, Stock Exchange 90 Fed File 66 7640 Highway 64 "Vest3rasstown, NC Advertisers Index 90 \ 1SA Ca//signs 28902-0098. Closing Comments 92 American Bandscan 68 interoperahility: The Holy Grail 1BOC and LPFM Status osclaimer: \Arisile Monitoring Tines makes an effcrt to Outer Limits 69 er sure the informatiao it publishes is cccu- First Departments FM Pirate R Free Cauca lia rcie, it cannot be held liable for the connts. Getting Started Below 500 kHz 71 TI e reader assumes cny risk for performing Beginners Corner 24 Beat ymfimler FAQs modification or cor3muction projects pub- ininiering the Beginners Lantern On the Ham Bands 72 lishedinMonitorirc.Times. Opinioi or Ask Bob 26 Uncle Skip's Holiday List conclusions expressed are nc t necessariN the Brigh- Ideas 27 Antenna Topics 74 vi ow of Monitoring umes or Grove Enter- ,.////. &my-to-AL/h. Aniesma prises. Unsolicited m3 luscricts are acce Died. Radio Restorations 76 Sr,SE if material is to be retJrned. Scanning Report 28 nc NE/ / -oothall Report Demodifilng the S -40A Scanning Canada 30 Emergeno. Alana.t.:entrn Radio Service MT Reviews Owners Scanner Equipment 78 Bob and .1 icly Grove Utility World 32 .1( eco /A '2002 rrequeno Cannier [email protected] mg Distance Openni4ntal Control Computers & Radio 80 Utility Logs 33 ORA/. lilt,' and What is II:. Pub .sher Digital Digest 35 MT Review 82 Bob Grove, W8JHD Lisiemng to low Frequemy Cites A'40 RD850 Radar Detector [email protected] On the Bench 84 Global Forum 36 //ow a (leek Sets His Watch Managing Editor Radio Free Cases/Al Iwernatiowrl The Gadget Guy 86 Rachel Baugnn, KE4 OPD Broadcast Logs 39 Cobra PR400014'X editor@monit:ringtimes.com The QSL Report 40 View from Above 87 it Tintelar a Follow-up! LR1T Testing. Testing... Assistant Editor Programming Spotlight 41 What's New 88 Larry Von Horn, NSFPW .').V Progrmm: the 1.114 and btu

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11 t;a le Law

Monitoring Michigan

Michigan is a state of many lures. resentative Kowall proposed a change to helping others do so. from Detroit, the motor city, to the Michigan's scanner law in response to requests Specifically, applicants agree "... not to upper peninsula's natural outdoor from the Oakland County Sheriff's Office which use the vehicle equipped with a short wave ra- beauty the state has something to offer every- believed scanners were being used by burglars dio receiving set in the commission of a crime one. When radio hobbyists visit they often travel in their community to avoid being caught. or to assist anyone in doing so. [They] further with scanning radios, which may not be legal in Groundswells mostly in the Amateur Ra- agree not to answer police calls or pursue po- a vehicle without a permit. dio community convinced Representative lice vehicles answering radio dispatched if a Since 1929, Michigan has had one law or Kowall to withdraw the bill at the time. Michi- permit is approved for any police frequency." another regulating the use of radios in vehicles gan ARRL Section Manager Dick Mondro, Lastly, applicants promise they have read and which can tune in police communications. Al- W8FQT, writing to Strong Signals (http:// understand section 605 of the Federal Commu- though still carrying an antiquated title, www.Strong Signals.com) quoted Represen- nications Act of 1934 concerning unauthorized Michigan's Penal Code, Act 328 of 1931 is the tative Kowall as saying "Rest assured thatI publication of communications. Copies of the latest incarnation of that law as of March 2003. have driven a stake through the heart of this Michigan State law MCL 750.508 and Federal Section 750.508 states: bill, and it will never see the light of day and section 605 are provided on page two of the will die before it reaches the committee pro- application for convenience. (1) Any person who shall equip a vehicle cess." Perhaps the sentiments of many Michi- with a radio receiving set that will receive signals sent on frequencies assigned by the Kowall went on to praise Amateur Radio gan Police at the thought of being listened to federal communications commission of the operators who he said "play an integral role in can be summed up in the words of the Holland United States of America for police pur- emergency management agencies, and whose Police Department which gives this answer on freedoms are guaranteed under the first amend- its Internet web site's frequently asked ques- the vehicle is used or owned by a peace ment of the US Constitution and should never tions section. In response to a frequent request officer, or a bona fide amateur radio opera- be challenged." tor holding a technician class, general, ad- for their frequency (I have a scanner and wanted vanced, or extra class amateur license is- to enter your frequency. Can you give that to sued by the federal communications com- Getting a Permit me?) they responded: "Although the great ma- mission, without first securing a permit so Permits for mobile monitoring in Michi- jority of people who monitor police and fire to do from the director of the department of gan can be obtained from the Michigan State radio traffic are law-abiding citizens, some are state police upon application as he or she not. Many techno-savvy criminal persons may prescribe, is guilty of a misdemeanor Police by calling 517-336-6613 and are avail- punishable by imprisonment for not more able to both residents and out-of-state non-resi- would use such information for illegal purposes.

than 1 year or a fine of not more than dents. The application can also be found online It is legal for a person with a Michigan State S1,000.00, or both. at http://www.mpscs.com/com-022.pdf. The Police issued permit to monitor police frequen- two -page application entitled "Application for cies in a vehicle. Please refer to the State Stat- While the law is silent on the definition of Short Wave Permit in a Vehicle to Monitor Po- ute MCL 750.508. We are not too anxious to what it means "to equip," some Michigan coun- lice Frequencies" collects certain information give out our radio frequencies, as you can un- ties have been known to confiscate and charge such as name, address, type of installation - derstand. Public listings or Directories do exist, anyone who has a scanner anywhere in their permanent or portable, and then requires the but you will have to find them yourself. Sorry, vehicle. This means tourists visiting the state to applicant to promise that the monitoring is not hope you understand" see the fall colors or attend a sporting event or for the purpose of committing any crime or auto race risk being charged for having the radio Free Subscription to MT in a car without a permit. In addition to an honorable mention by Although the law in its recent form has 1.1..K.A71001 2191. WM. PlION, ==.1= name for those readers who submit stories to made exception for licensed Amateur Radio op- Mi.=5441.==.4T...VOW. qf MOONIP.01.1C11 FIRMAINCIPS Monitoring and Law,beginning in 2004 if we erators, some police departments are unaware "7: ":"" cram...rdia.nis Cody use your story in the column, I will award the of that provision and a few licensed ham radio contributor with six months ofMonitoring Times operators have had their radios taken by uni- or a six month extension of your subscription. formed officers. Usually after many weeks or months of letter writing to the responsible prosecuting attorney these cases have been dropped Disclaimer and any responsible prosecuting attorney these cases have been dropped and any confiscated Information in this column is provided equipment returned. for its news and educational content The Michigan law in its present form 11.111111.41.1111.41MIIIIMEMEIMIIMIVIC- only. Nothing here should be construed seems to track language originally sponsored by .. ,.- as giving specific legal advice. Persons r1.0 n mooMera State Representative Mike Kowall of White desiring legal advice about their spe- Lake, Michigan, who sits on the Energy and cific situation should consult an attor- Technology Committee. Several years ago Rep- ney license in their jurisdiction.

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On Scene at the "Big E" due to overload from the Ballys UHF LTR sys- Radio Satellite projects. Ken Windyka, author of September's article tem. The MAREXMG club began in 1991 as a on monitoring the Eastern States Exposition, re- "But, I could not get the system to track. Do small club with the goal of educating people on ported on the activity at this year's event. But you know if it happens to be a 9600 baud sys- how to use the Amateur Radio projects on board first, he has a story to tell on himself: tem? It would lock up on the control channel(s), the Russian Space Station Mir. As the club grew, "I again went 'On Scene' at the Big E 9/13/ but no talk group IDs. I had every voice freq I we then began building new educational 03. Had programmed all the frequencies into the found active entered and would change out the projects, which were successfully flown and Icom R2 along with the stubby SMA 501 antenna control channel and also tried several base/offset used on board Mir. and ear phone. I went over half the day not hear- combinations with no luck. We have come a long way since those days ing any transmission on the Big E internal secu- "I could hear Astro traffic fine on individual and we are now a 501(cX3) not -for-profit corpo- rity repeater (152.90) (and was saying to myself, freqs, lots of encryption also. Just could not get it ration. MAREXMG is looking to raise $50,000.00 wow there's going to be some terrible letters to to track. USD this year to help pay for SpaceCaml. the editor on this!).. Well, when I checked the "And nice job on the Kennedy Space Center The SpaceCam Isoftware project is 100% programming, I had entered 152.92 in error... AL- trunked article. The 407.7625 is confirmed at complete. Our final task is in finishing the ap- WAYS best to recheck what is programmed into CCAFS. 410.7625 is confirmed at Patrick. All the proval process for Space Flight Certification. We the scanner. I might add, the frequency was quite others are 100%." even have a tentative Rocket Launch schedule for active!" - Mike Comer, Titusville, Florida early 2004 on board a Russian Progress Cargo Here was some other activity at the "Big E": rocket. I. The Big E has an outdoor stage where Can any readers or columnists comment on We now need your support to help pay for various musical/vocal groups perform. Just be- Mike's query? - ed. the development of the Educational SpaceCaml fore the I p.m. show is about to start I hear the on SSTV project. Your donations are needed to help stage coordinator/announcer calling the control Support Needed for SpaceCam us to continue bringing the world affordable and center on 462.70 and advising them that the drum- The MAREX-MG team is pleased to an- educational Amateur Radio experiments from ISS. mer had cut his finger so the show would be de- nounce a new educational Amateur Radio project Please send donations to MAREX MG layed a bit. Sure enough, [there was] a short an- scheduled to be used on board the International Headquarters. http://wwvv.marexmg.org/fileshtml/ nouncement that the show would be starting a Space Station (ISS) in the year 2004. The new donations.html little late and when the band came out the lead imaging project is called SpaceCam I. The singer specifically mentioned about the drummer SpaceCaml Slow Scan Television (SSTV) project Gregory Miles Mann, CEO MAREX MG injuring himself.... Now that's information! is a joint project between MAREX-MG and Manned Amateur Radio Experiment MG Inc. 3 Moccasin Lane "2. Later in the day a C5 aircraft was landing ARISS (Amateur Radio International Space Sta- Chelmsford Massachusetts 01824 USA at Westover JARB, runway #05, and the approach tion). This system is an entry-level PC based SSTV [email protected] path takes the aircraft right over the middle of the imaging system which was designed to be used on Big E grounds. Because of a light cloud cover you board the International Space Station. Print Screen could not see the plane but could hear the whine The SpaceCaml system will support mul- "While I found the short article interesting of the engines. A significant number of people tiple common SSTV transmission modes. (Volume 22, No 8,Computers & Radio - A Pot- stopped in their tracks and stared up at the sky SpaceCaml has been specifically designed to be pourri of Useful Programs...Revivingthe "Print (not sure if it was curiosity or terror!); of course I accessible to as many Amateur Radio stations and Screen" Key), I was wondering why you would had heard the aircraft talking with Westover Tower shortwave listeners as possible, around the world. go through all that trouble when all you have to do on 134.85 so knew there was an aircraft on ap- There are currently over a dozen software appli- is to hit Print Screen and then Ctrl and C at the proach. cations currently on the market which will decode same time. Go to your favorite application (Word, "I didn't see anyone else with a scanner but the SSTV images coming down from the ISS. or some Graphic program) and then hit Ctrl and V FRS radios were being utilized.. Interestingly, most This project is designed to allow school sys- at the same time. Then print it. Does the same FRS radios actually had CTCSS enabled (getting tems, satellite enthusiasts, shortwave listeners and thing and you can resize it to suit your needs. multiple hits with different tones)." Amateur Radio operators easy access to a new "Just a Thought....(saves money too)." - Ken Winckka JPEG imaging project on board the International - James Wells, Raytown, Missouri Space Station. The new SpaceCam 1 Slow Scan To his credit, Ken says he's been invited to TV imaging system will be using a common Ama- Not everyone knows of that tip, James. I tour the local NBC TV affiliate station since he's teur Radio channel to send and receive images from discovered it, too, by accident. However, I hadn't one of the top news tippers in the area - about the International Space Station to and from Earth. been using Control C: Shift plus Print Screen also 60% of his tips become a major story. Way to go, Anyone with a simple UHF receiver and antenna copies it into memory for pasting into another Ken! system will be able to decode and display live still application - ed. JPEG images coming from the International Space Nevada Test Site Station. Hooked on Radio "Just got the SeptMTafter returning from As an added bonus, if you are a licensed vacation in Las Vegas (and some Flag monitoring). Amateur Radio station, you will also be allowed "The tirst magazine I ever read wasPlayboy. Interesting story on Area 51. I made the same trip to transmit images from Earth to the SpaceCam I The second was Monitoring Times. I am now so out to Rachel two years ago. What an 'odd' place, system on board the ISS, and to use the image old that I have given up onPlayboy,but I still read but also great for watching Red Flag action. Didn't repeater, which will retransmit your picture over Monitoring Times.(sigh)" get the chance this time out. a 1500 mile radius. - John Jones, Ohio "While playing radio at the hotel I found the We believe this project will help stimulate We welcome your ideas, opinions, corrections, new (or not so new) DOE/NTS 400 MHz Astro students' interest in the space program by putting and additions in this column. Please mail to Letters to system was alive and well. Could hear at least part of the ISS project within reach of the com- the Editor, 7540 Highway 64 West, Brasstown, NC 28902, or email [email protected]. Letters four control channels at any one time from the mon student or school system. And it will also may be edited for length and clarity. room with a stub antenna. ( 16th floor at Ballys increase the public's awareness of the things that Happy monitoring! facing west) Had to use a 'racing' stub antenna can be done with Amateur Radio and Amateur -Rachel Baugh'', KE4OPD.editor

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What Goes Around, Comes do not qualify for the new low -power FM commercial Iranian radio and television sta- Around stations because of limitations imposed on tions based in the US aimed at mainland Iran. With his bid to ease media ownership the FCC by Congress after intense lobbying Though the regime has banned satellite dishes, rules under assault from members of Con- by the National Association of Broadcasters. it is estimated that more than 2 million house- gress and the courts, Michael K. Powell, The difference is that this time the NAB and holds, using small and easily concealed equip- chairman of the Federal Communications community groups are on the same side, and ment, receive more than a dozen such programs. Commission, said he would create a task force both houses of Congress are listening. to study the "localism" of radio and televi- At first, it was believed that the Cuban government, acting on demands from Iran's sion stations. Neighborly Interference Mr. Powell said that the panel would Public safety agencies are still wrestling ayatollahs, was jamming the US government and private Persian -language radio and TV seek to answer such questions as how many with problems caused by the explosive growth hours stations already devote to local issues of the mobile phone industry. A common broadcasts into Iran. However, in late Au- gust, a spokeswoman for the US State De- and "what was the nature and the quality of problem arises when a police officer, for ex- that local news," with a goal of increasing ample, is close to a wireless phone company partment said that Havana had informed them that the jamming was made by the Iranians in such coverage. Powell said that he remained transmitter but far from a tower that carries skeptical of the notion that "the only way the signals for emergency radios. In that situ- Cuba, using a compound in a suburb of the capital belonging to the Iranian embassy, and you can serve a local community is by having ation, the wireless phone tower overpowers a small station in a local community owned the officer's radio. that they had taken steps to stop it. by a local owner." Emergency departments in at least 27 The day before they were to take effect, states have reported unsettling stories of of- Marti by Satellite a federal appeals court issued a surprise or- ficers who can't call for backup, dispatchers TV Marti and Radio Marti will begin sat- der to block the FCC from imposing new rules who can't relay suspect descriptions and ellite transmissions to Cuba in an effort to that would make it easier for the nation's larg- firefighters who can't request ambulances break through the government jamming that est media conglomerates to add new markets because of radio "dead spots" believed to be has left the $11 million -a -year station largely and areas of business. caused by wireless phone interference. unable to get its pro -democracy message to Here's the first irony: Mr. Powell has The Federal Communications Commis- its intended audience, U.S. officials an- emphasized that it was a string of federal court sion has vowed to find a solution, even if it nounced. The satellite TV broadcasts will decisions that compelled the Commission to has to reshuffle channels in the 800 mega- begin with a three-month trial period and, if rewrite the old regulations in the first place. hertz band to separate the wireless compa- deemed successful, will be extended on an Powell also said the FCC would expe- nies from the public safety departments, so annual basis for up to seven years. The signal dite the approval of hundreds of applications they inhabit different ends of the band. It for Radio Marti, now broadcast on shortwave for low power FM stations from churches, would be a massive and controversial task, and AM frequencies, will also be broadcast community groups, schools and other non- potentially costing hundreds of millions of on satellite. TV Marti also will nearly double profit organizations. The Commission said it dollars and taking years to complete, indus- its airtime to eight hours, from 6 p.m. to 2 had already granted construction permits to try officials said. a.m. daily, to include more news programs as 530 additional low -power stations, which is FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell well as Major League baseball games - Cuba's the first step in the licensing. It has yet to warned that solving the problem "may be one national sport. Its top programs will be cop- take action on the applications of more than of the most challenging spectrum policy pro- ied on VHS tapes and given to travelers to 1,200 others. ceedings" to come before the agency. How- the island for distribution to friends and rela- "We have low -power FMs that have ever, many communication experts have said tives. been waiting three years to hear from the FCC, that a complete reorganization of the spec- TV Marti currently relies primarily on a without so much as a postcard," said Pete trum is unnecessary, too expensive and tooregular TV signal, broadcast from a balloon Tridish, technical director for the Prometheus time-consuming. tethered 10,000 feet above Cudjoe Key in the Radio Project, a Philadelphia group that Meantime, many officers have con- Florida Keys. Those transmissions have been builds such stations and advocates on their cluded "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em": They easily blocked by the Cuban government, and behalf. "This is a very small step in the right carry cell phones in case their radios go dead. few Cubans have ever seen its programs. direction." In Miami Beach, dead zones are a prob- With the experience of Cuba -based jam- Here's irony number two: Pete Tridish lem, but a bigger concern for police officers ming of satellite signals to Iran (see above), it was co-founder of pirate station Radio Mu- are dead batteries. Their Motorola XTS-3000 remains to be seen if Cuba will block the TV tiny in West Philadelphia, shut down by the two-way radios won't hold a charge for a full Marti signal. It will be broadcast from the FCC five years ago. Subsequently he helped 10 -hour shift, so most carry a second battery Hispasat satellite, which orbits above the found Prometheus, a nonprofit group which with them. Motorola claims that until recently, Atlantic and close to the Brazilian coast. It helps set up legal low -power FM stations in there wasn't a battery made that could hold a will allow Cubans with any satellite dish and "radio barn-raisings" around the country. It 10 -hour charge. receiver, such as those used by Direct TV was Prometheus that successfully petitioned a subscribers, to obtain the free -of -charge trans- federal court and got the order to block the new Jamming with a Cuban Twist missions. FCC regulations the day before they were to go When the Voice of America launched a into effect. Prometheus is to present arguments daily, 30 -minute, Persian -language television Radio Drop Blocked in November to show that the new regula- news program, American officials were con- South Korean police thwarted a group tions decrease the public's ability to get on vinced Cuba interfered with it and with sev- of activists trying to launch balloons carry- the air. The FCC bid to move the case to more - eral other Iran -bound broadcasts, using an old ing transistor radios into North Korea in a sympathetic Washington courts from Phila- Soviet listening post "in the vicinity of Ha- bid to undermine the communist government. delphia was unsuccessful. vana." The group of mainly South Korean activists Irony number three: Prometheus is bring- The jamming related to Telstar-12, a had gathered 48 miles northeast of the South ing its suit in part because there are no public commercial communications satellite orbiting Korean capital, to try to fly more than 20 access radio or television stations in Phila- at 15 degrees west, which carries programs balloons, each 18 ft tall and carrying about 30 delphia. The irony is that most urban areasby the American government as well as by small radios, into North Korea.

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November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 9 Winter Propagation: A Welcome Relief By Tomas Hood, NW7US

There it is: a signal in the hiss can be away from the fire, the heat decreases. quency, or Maximum Usable Frequency heard. A whisper of a signal captures This is much like the position of the Earth (MUF). This critical frequency varies depend- your attention, and then it fades, only in the winter - closer to the sun than during ing on the amount of ionization at the point to tease you with its elusive presence on the the summer. But the "door" is only open dur- where it enters the ionosphere and the angle shortwave radio. Only last week, this same ing the short period of daylight. With the by which it arrives. shortwave station came in loud and clear. more intense ionization during winter's day- In winter months, the noticeable rise in It seems that the vast majority of days light hours the radio waves refracted off of this critical frequency brings a steady parade through the summer and early fall of 2003 the ionosphere are relatively higher in fre- of DX signals through the higher shortwave was filled with poor propagation on the High quency than those of summer. During the bands during the day. But the winter open- Frequencies (HF). Wouldn't the signals on longer winter hours of darkness, the iono- ings are short. Summer openings last much HF be reliably strong and readily present? sphere has more time to lose its electrical longer, since the ionization continues as long Why were conditions so poor? charge. These conditions cause a wide daily as the daylight lasts. To better understand what's been hap- variation in the maximum frequency that can When ultraviolet radiation from the sun pening in 2003 and where we stand in the be refracted by the wintertime ionosphere. penetrates through the outer atmosphere, it current cycle, consult the sidebar story (on At any given time during the day, a fairly ionizes the various gases found there. Ioniza- page 12) on Solar Cycle 23 -a story which wide range of frequencies will be refracted tion causes electrons of neutral gas atoms to could start out, "It was a rough and stormy from the ionosphere. The ionosphere is made become detached, leaving the originally neu- night..." However, a welcome change takes up of ionized particles and electrons in the tral gas atoms unbalanced, with an excess of place as the winter season arrives in the uppermost portion of the earth's atmosphere positive charge. Such unbalanced atoms are Northern Hemisphere. A change in propaga- that is formed by the interaction of the solar referred to as positive ions. Since it takes the tion conditions can be observed as we move wind and solar radiation with the very thin radiation of the sun to charge up the iono- away from the long sunlit days of summer air particles that have escaped the earth's sphere, a lack of radiation that occurs during into the longer hours of winter's darkness. gravity. These ions are responsible for the hours of darkness causes the ionized gases to But the change in the length of daily dark- reflection or bending of radio waves occur- lose their charge. This allows the detached ness is not the only influence on the propa- ring between certain critical frequencies. The electrons to recombine with the positive ions, gation of radio waves through the atmosphere. highest frequency that will still be refracted forming balanced, neutral gas atoms. This The amount and strength of radiation arriving by the ionosphere is called the critical fre- process, the opposite of ionization, is called and passing through our atmosphere varies from Very High Frequency Waves Pass Through the Atmosphnic season to season, as well as from the solar cycle .Higher Frequency minimum to the solar cycle Waves Travel Further maximum. Before I3Cing Reflected During the Northern Hemisphere's winter months, the Earth is closer to the sun than during any other time of its travel around the sun. This makes the daytime ionization more intense than that of summer daytimes. To understand the significance of this, think of a wood stove. When you open the front door to add more fuel to the fire, and get very close to the fire, you feel intense heat. When you close the door and backImage courtesy NASA and Elbate Engineering LTD

10 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 recombination. ISES Solar Cycle Sunspot Number Progression In the summer, the long hours of sunlight keeps the Data Through 31 Aug 03 ionosphere from recombining, but because the heating of the 175 gases causes the layers to expand and thin out, the daytime critical frequency is generally lower than during the winter. 150 But, the nighttime critical frequencies of summer are typically higher than nighttime critical frequencies during the winter. This gives us better nighttime DX in the summer, 125 but better daytime DX in the winter over paths that propa- a) _o gate through sunlight regions. In addition, winter nights are E100 far more quiet on lower shortwave bands due to the seasonal zz low in tropical storms, and because the lower critical fre- 75 quencies won't propagate as much of the atmospheric and O man-made noises. (c) It is the combination of these conditions that cause D 50 (f) many radio enthusiasts to celebrate the arrival of the winter shortwave season. The winter of 2003 and early 2004 is 25 promising, in part because of the seasonal relief we are hav- - ing from the high geomagnetic storminess we've had this o . ___ )3N 0, 16 ,ON Ob 0/5 year, and because this geomagnetic peak is slowly declining ....c3N )'2 0 _AO 0 oPAD X05 0 now, as we move ever closer to the solar cycle minimum. PC' YiP PCs' PC PC'. PCs.-PC' PC P'N' ON 'SeSe' Se' Se' Se' Upper Predicted Threshold Lower Predicted Threshold PredictedValues(Smoothed) With these improvements, we also experience a relief from - Smoothed Monthly Values -1- Monthly Values the electrical storm and atmospheric noise of summer. This u.khw 2003Sep5 NOAA/SEC Boulder,C0 USA makes it much easier to DX those tropical band broadcasts, medium wave AM broadcast stations, and HF International ISES Solar Cycle Ap Progression broadcasters. Data Through 31 Aug 03

35 How to Read the Numbers Take a look at the Solar Cycle Progression charts from the NOAA Space Environment Center site at http:// www.sec.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ What do all the solar index numbers mean? What is the Ap index? What's the I0.7 -cm Solar Flux? How do these numbers tell us what is going on with propagation? 20 The Ap index, or Planetary A index, is a twenty-four hour averaging of the Planetary K index (Kp). The Planetary K index is an averaging of worldwide readings of Earth's geomagnetic field. High indices (Kp over 4, or Ap over 20) means that the geomagnetic field is very active and that stormy conditions exist in the geomagnetic field. The more active the geomagnetic field, the more un- stable propagation is, with possible periods of total propagation fade-out. This is especially true at higher latitudes 0- 00 and especially at the Polar Regions, where the geomagnetic 9h ,9b ,g0 ,O t0:5 ,0b ,C0 field is weak. At these high latitudes, propagation may dis- Se-- SeSe SeSe Se Se' se Se' Se,Se SeSeSe Se appear completely long before total degradation of signals Smoothed Monthly Values - Monthly Values - 5 NOAH/SEC Boulder,C0 USA over low- and mid -latitude paths. Extremely high indices Updated 2003 S.p may result in aurora propagation, with strongly degraded long-distance propagation at all latitudes. ISES Solar Cycle F10.7cm Radio Flux Progression Low indices result in relatively good propagation, es- Data Through 31 Aug 03 pecially noticeable around the higher latitudes, when 240 transpolar paths may open up. The maximum Kp index is 9. The Ap index can exceed 220 well over 100 during very severe storm conditions. The classification of A -indices is as follows: 200 AO - A7 =quiet U) A8 - A15 =unsettled 180 A16 - A29 =active x 160 A30 - A49 =minor storm u.. A50 - A99 =major storm A100 - A400= severe storm 140 The 10.7 -cm Solar Flux index (SFI) is a number ob- 120 tained from the amount of radiation on the 10.7 -cm band r - (2800 MHz). It is closely related to the amount of ultraviolet radiation, which is needed to create an ionosphere. Solar 100 Flux readings are more descriptive of daily conditions than 80 the Sunspot Number. The higher the Solar Flux, the stronger the ionosphere becomes, supporting refraction of higher fre- 60 96 quencies. 94 grD _41 c36 ,a10 ...o" _02 _cis ,05 ,Ob SO AO y5('' VP V.(' VP... SOP VP CP VP OP SCP VP p(' VP The Sunspot Number (SSN) is a number related to the VP Upper Predicted Threshold Lower Predicted Th eshold Predicted Values (Smoothed) observable sunspots on the solar face. Sunspots are mag- Smoothed Monthly Values Monthly Vdues netic regions on the Sun with magnetic field strengths thou - Updated 2003 S.p5 NOAA/SEC Boulder,C0 USA

November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 11 sands of times stronger than the Earth's mag- part (the "penumbra"). netic field.Sunspots appear as dark spots Galilea Galileo made the first European on the surface of the Sun. Temperatures in observations of Sunspots in 1610. The Chi- the dark centers of sunspots drop to about nese and many other early civilizations have 3700 K (compared to 5700 K for the sur- also recorded sunspots. Daily observations rounding photosphere). This difference in were started at the Zurich Observatory in temperatures makes the spots appear darker 1749. Continuous observations were ob- than elsewhere. Sunspots typically last for tained by the year 1849. several days, although very large ones may The sunspot number is calculated by live for several weeks. They are seen to ro- first counting the number of sunspot groups tate around the sun, since they are on theand then the number of individual sunspots. surface, and the sun rotates fully every 27.5 The "sunspot number" is then given by the days. sum of the number of individual sunspots and Sunspots usually occur in a group, with ten times the number of groups. Since most two sets of spots. One set will have positive sunspot groups have, on average, about ten or north magnetic field while the other setspots, this formula for counting sunspots will have negative or south magnetic field. gives reliable numbers even when the observ- The field is strongest in the darker parts ofing conditions are less than ideal and small the sunspots (called the "umbra"). The field spots are hard to see. Monthly averages (up- ompastie showing corona! hole MUSS ejections is weaker and more horizontal in the lighter dated monthly) of the sunspot numbers show (CME) and the solar corona

Cycle 23: Solar and Geomagnetic History

The current solar cycle, numbered 23, lar plasma into interplanetary space. A coro- Geomagnetic storms do not directly dis- began statistically during May 1996, when na! hole is a breakdown in the magnetic fields rupt HF propagation, however. Geomagnetic the smoothed Royal Observatory of Brus- in the solar corona. When one of these coro- field disturbances during a storm cause the sels, Belgium. (RWC Belgium) Solar Influ- na! hole mass ejections (CME) impacts the chemistry of the atmosphere to change, es- ences Data analysis Center (SIDC) Interna- Earth's Magnetosphere, or when the Earthpecially in the high -latitude regions. This tional Sunspot Number (ISN) was 8.0. The passes through one of the solar streamers with change is a recombination of ions with the cycle has had two peaks; the first and stron- a high solar wind speed caused by a coronal gas atoms of the ionosphere, much like the gest peak was during April 2000, with a hole, a disturbance in the Earth's magnetic recombination that occurs at night after the smoothed ISN of 120.8, and the second and field results. influence of sunlight ends. The higher in lati- weaker peak was during November 2001, with Corona! holes occur more often during tude that this disturbance occurs, the more a smoothed ISN of 115.5. Clearly, we are now the decline of a solar cycle because the sun recombination that results. This is called an in the decline of Solar Cycle 23. The cycle is starts to lose some energy and cannot con- "ionospheric storm" or "radio storm" and is expected to end sometime in 2007. tinue to contain the solar plasma bubbles and the real cause of degraded HF propagation What is not easily seen by just looking complex magnetic structures. These break- during the day. It is possible, however, to at the monthly smoothed average sunspot downs of the magnetic fields cause the plasma have a geomagnetic storm without experienc- numbers is what is happening with the geo- bubbles to burst, and are therefore a primary ing an ionospheric storm. But, you will al- magnetic field, as well as the general condi- source of geomagnetic storms during the years ways have a geomagnetic storm associated tion of propagation. Starting with Solar Cycle of solar activity minimum. This increase in with an ionospheric storm. I I, scientists have seen that the Earth's geo- geomagnetic activity and storminess causes Ionospheric storms produce many ef- magnetic activity has a cycle, too. Just as the ionospheric recombination and degradation, fects, all of which degrade HF propagation. solar cycle lasts for about eleven years, so, which can wipe out most shortwave signals. During an ionospheric storm, the Maximum too, does the geomagnetic activity cycle. At the same time, propagation on VHF and Usable Frequency (MUF - see text) may drop Interestingly, there are typically two higher may and often are enhanced during these as much as fifty percent below normal. Se- peaks in the geomagnetic activity cycle, just days of high geomagnetic storminess and iono- vere storms may even cause the same behav- as there are two in the sunspot activity cycle. spheric activity. ior in the E layer. The obvious effect is the However, the geomagnetic activity cycle loss of signals that are too high in frequency. peaks at different times than the solar cycle Stormy Weather Rapid fading and echoes might be observed. smoothed sunspot peaks. The first geomag- The summer and early fall shortwave Under extreme conditions the combination of netic activity peak usually occurs slightly season was very rough because of the great a weaker ionosphere and increased absorp- before the solar maximum, while the second number, strength, and duration of geomagnetic tion results in a radio blackout, especially on and more intense peak occurs in the declining storms. Mixed in with these periods ofsignal paths that cross through the high lati- phase of the cycle. storminess were a fair number of moderate tudes of the polar regions, where the concen- The first peak in the current cycle was and strong solar flares. Solar flares can in- tration of charged particles is greatest. during September and October of 1999, with stantly shut down the High Frequencies. be- This past summer and early fall was a another spike and peak during August of cause the X-ray energy from these flares will period of high geomagnetic storminess and 2000. Then, in May of 2003, we had the high- ionize the D layer of the ionosphere, causing activity, along with the moderate number of est peak so far recorded during this cycle. radio signals to be absorbed. Solar flare dis- solar flares. Conditions were pretty rough, Take a look at the ISES Solar Cycle Planetary turbances, called, "radio blackouts," last any- even though the sunspot activity was gener- A index (Ap) Progression chart athttp:// where from a few minutes to several hours, ally good. Solar activity was high enough in www.sec.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ , which because they are directly caused by the X- fact to support great DX on most active short- clearly shows the several peaks of the cur- ray radiation from a flare. When the flare sub- wave bands, if only the signals could get rent cycle. What is most clear is how the geo- sides, the ionosphere recovers. through. Typically, summer propagation sup- magnetic activity (Ap index) greatly increased Flares will not directly degrade propa- ports higher frequencies than winter propa- after the sunspot cycle peak years. gation on the dark side of the Earth. On the gation. But, with the degradation of the iono- The second and more intense peak is other hand, geomagnetic storms can cause sphere and the lowering of the effective Maxi- caused by an increase of coronal holes that severe degradation of propagation worldwide, mum Usable Frequencies, these bands were produce an unrestricted outward flow of so- for many days. shut down.

12 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 the solar activity. Using software tools, even The Earth and Magnetosphere radio hobbyists may now take the sunspot and flux numbers and make an analysis of propagation over various paths through the ionosphere. BowShock The general rule of thumb is that the Auroral Zone Magnetosheath higher the solar activity, as shown by higher solar sunspot numbers and higher solar flux numbers, the higher the frequencies that will propagate via the ionosphere. So, when we see a trend of rising flux levels over several days, we can expect openings on higher frequencies, while a dive in flux levels warn of Solar Wind the closing of higher frequencies. Since the sun rotates once every approximately 27 days, we can also watch all of these numbers, and discover what might occur 27 days from now. If the sunspot activity is currently high, and the Ap is low (say, a sunspot number of 95, and an Ap index of 12), we can Radiation Belt and Ring Current reasonably expect the same overall condition 27 days from today. lf, on the other hand, the Ap index is 30, and the sunspots are 60, we can expect poor conditions again in 27 days. leN1 54., Keeping a record of daily index readings will ..1.04/111411 clearly give you a way to estimate the best

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SHORTWAVE BROADCASTBANDS ;AM) 2300-2495 kHz 120 Meters 3200-3400 kHz 90 Meters 3900-4000 kHz 75 Meters 4750-5060 kHz 60 Meters 5850-6200 kHz 49 Meters 7100-7350 kHz 41 Meters 9400-9900 kHz 31 Meters 11600-12050 kHz 25 Meters 13570-13800 kHz 22Meters 15100-15800 kHz 19Meters 17480-17900 kHz 16Meters 18900-19020 kHz 15Meters 21450-21850 kHz 13Meters 25600-26100 kHz 11Meters

AMATEUR CW BANDS that the number of sunspots visible on the If the Kp index rises above 5, it is quite 1800-2000 kHz 160 Meters sun waxes and wanes with an approximate possible to have visual sighting of Aurora in 3500-3750 kHz 80Meters 11 -year cycle. mid- and even low -latitude locations. Some 7000-7150 kHz 40Meters We look at the Planetary A (Ap) index to recent aurora events in the last several years 10100-10150 kHz 30Meters get a picture of how conditions have been have been viewable as far south as Mexico. 14000-14150 kHz 20Meters and to discover a trend. The Planetary K (Kp) Propagation was shut down on the high fre- 18068-18110 kHz 17Meters index, on the other hand, indicates the overall quencies during these periods, but aurora - 21000-21200 kHz 15Meters current state of the geomagnetic field. When mode propagation on VHF and above was 24890-24930 kHz 12Meters the Ap has been rising, or has been high over quite active. When we see the Kp index rap- 28000-28300 kHz 10Meters several days, we expect that the ionospheric idly falling, or staying low for a period of propagation will be degraded. If we see the time, we expect great conditions on the high AMATEUR PHONEBANDS Ap falling, or remaining low for a number offrequencies. 1800-2000 kHz 160 Meters (LSB) days, we can expect that shortwave propaga- We look at the sunspot and I0.7 -cm ac- 3750-4000 kHz 75 Meters (LSB) tion will be good to excellent, even possibly tivity because these numbers have a direct 7150-7300 kHz 40 Meters (USB) over the high latitude and transpolar paths. correlation to the level of ionization during 14150-14350 kHz 20 Meters (USB) On the other hand, if we see a quick rise inthe period in question. Over many years of18110-18168 kHz 17 Meters (USB) the Kp index, we might be alert for sudden careful observation and exploration, scientists 21200-21450 kHz 15 Meters (USB) fading and loss of signals, and even possible have been able to model the way the iono- 24930-24990 kHz 12 Meters (USB) Aurora. sphere works, and how it is influenced by 28300-29700 kHz 10 Meters (USB)

November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 13 tions will be short and Seasonal static, which makes it difficult to weak, and mostly north/ hear weak DX signals, is still decreasing as south in orientation since we move into the depth of winter. the Southern Hemisphere Conditions on medium wave (MW) are has long daylight hours. generally excellent, now. Normally, most MW The best bands for around signals never make it past 800 to 1000 miles, the clock DX will be 31 and first because of ground wave signal loss, and 25 meters. Twenty-five second because of the D -layer absorption. Oc- meters continues to be an casionally, however, exciting but often short- excellent band for medium lived openings of over 3000 miles occur. Dur- distance (500 to1500 ing the late fall, winter, and early spring miles) reception during the months these openings increase. Shorter paths daylight hours, with longer also become more stable and last longer. distance reception (up to Overall, Solar Cycle 23 continues to have 2000 to 3000 miles) pos- enough activity to support daytime propa- sible for an hour or two af- gation on higher shortwave frequencies. At ter local sunrise, and again the same time, the winter season is more geo- during the late afternoon magnetically quiet than this last summer. This and early evening. Thirty- is the recipe for some exciting DX opportu- one and 41 meters provides nities for all radio hobbyists. medium distance daytime reception ranging between Write Me 400 and 1200 miles, and be- I'd like to hear from you about this ar- yond 3000 miles during the ticle. Please write me an e-mail message or a Observing the sunspot cycles can help you schedule your radiohours of darkness until two letter. Is the information I am presenting help- listening (Credit Stanford University archives) to three hours after local ful? I look forward to hearing from you. Don't sunrise. forget to check out my propagation resource days to schedule your radio listening or ama- Seventy-five through 120 meters are centerontheInternetat http:// teur radio activities. stable now, so you can expect great nighttime prop.hfradio.org . If you have a cellphone or Good resources on the Internet where DX conditions, especially with the decrease other handheld device capable of reading these records are kept include: in seasonal noise, and the longer hours. Look WML, I have a WAP version of this resource http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/weekly/ for Europe and Africa around sunset until the center at http://wap.hfradio.org . You can Recentlndices.txt middle of the night, and then Asia, the Pa- even sign up for my propagation eAlert ser- http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/weekly/ cific, and the South Pacific as morning ap- Predict.txt vice for free. These propagation eAlerts keep http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/latest/ proaches. you informed of the various index numbers, 45DF.txt Signals below 120 meters are also greatly in real-time. Happy hunting those signals! http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/indices/ improved. Tropical and regional stations are 73 de NW7US, Tomas Hood DSD.txt easier lo hear, with stronger openings late (AAMOEWA), [email protected] (P.O. I have also created a comprehensive ra- into night and through early morning hours. Box 213, Brinnon, WA 98320-0213) dio propagation resource center at http:// prop.hfradio.org A Look at the Winter DX Season With short daylight days, the openings on many paths are short, though possibly strong, on the higher HF frequencies. In general, paths on 31 through 19 meters (see chartforfrequency equivalents) are now in their seasonal peak, especially between North America and Europe in the morning, and between North America and Asia during the late afternoon hours. Nineteen and 22 meters are probably the best daytime DX band, opening for DX just before sunrise and remaining open from all directions throughout the day, with a peak in the afternoon. Nighttime condi- Courtesy I.%II 1I

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Rnoted in the English tradition of mi- and qualified persons to achieve the planned several Cold War mobilizations. Finally, the litia service and firmly established mobilization, more units and persons are Guard has found a dramatically increasing role by the U.S. Constitution, the com- needed than are in the regular components." at home and throughout the world during the position and service of the Army National In addition to the constitutional charter, 1990s. Guard - the Citizen Soldiers - has evolveda variety of statutes have been enacted over The Army National Guard of today ful- from early beginnings. Today the Army Na- the years to better define the Guard's role in fills a national defense role. Strategic plan- tional Guard (ARNG) is one of the seven re- the affairs of our nation. Detailed federal ning integrates Guard units into crucial com- serve components of the United States armed guidelines, both statutory and regulatory, bat, combat support, and combat service sup- forces that augments the active components govern the organization and operation of the port elements of our nation's military forces. in the performance of their missions. National Guard. While federal regulations dic- These elements provide a trained, capable, Administered by the National Guard Bu- tate much of the Guard's organization and and cost effective military force, able to pro- reau (a joint bureau of the departments of the function, control of Guard personnel and vide rapid augmentation, reinforcement, and Army and Air Force), the ARNG has both a units is divided between state and national expansion in time of call-up or mobilization federal and state mission. The dual mission, a levels. such as we have now during Operation Iraqi provision of the U.S. Constitution and the For example, the federal government de- Freedom. U.S. Code of laws, results in each soldier termines the number of authorized National holding membership in the National Guard of Guard personnel and the unit mix available Federal Mission his/her state and in the National Guard of the across the country. However, the states re- The Guard's Federal mission is to main- United States. serve the authority to locate units and their tain well -trained, well-equipped units avail- headquarters and federal officials may not able for prompt mobilization during war and History and Constitutional change any branch, organization, or allotment provide assistance during national emergen- Basis located entirely within a state without thecies (such as natural disasters or civil distur- The Army National Guard predatestheapproval of the governor. This state -federal bances). Guard units (or any Reserve com- founding of the nation and a standing national relationship in Guard management and con-ponent forces) may be activated in a number military by almost 150 years. America's firsttrol continues to evolve today. of ways as prescribed by public law. Most of permanent militia regiments, among the old- Where the colonial period saw Guard ac-the laws are found in Title 10 of the U.S. est continuing units in history, were organizedtivities largely confined within the nation's Code. by the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636. borders, later 19th cen- Since that time, the Guard has participated in tury conflicts found the every U.S. conflict from the Pequot War ofGuard contributing to the 1637 to Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. nation's defense both at A subject of extensive debate and com- home and abroad. The promise during the Constitutional Conven-first half of this century tion of 1787, the National Guard finds itswitnessed the foundation formal origins in provisions of the Unitedof the modern Army Na- States Constitution. This language reads, intional Guard, as Guard part, "to provide trained units and qualified soldiers contributed persons available for active duty in the armed greatly to U.S. participa- forces, in time of war or national emergency tion in both World Wars. and at such other times as the national secu- The Guard's evolution rity requires, to fill the needs of the armed continued in the years forces whenever, during, and after the period following the Second needed to procure and train additional units World War with participation in Korea and in

16 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 In addition to the categories listed above, Table One: Army National Guard Consigns and ALE Addresses Guard units may be mobilized to perform missions that include promoting democratic ide- NG CalisignALE Address NGB ## Location als. These are performed through programs AABINGB HQINGB NGB01 Arlington, VA such as Partnership for Peace; humanitarian HQ2NGB NG1302 Andrews AFB, MD ANG Readiness Center missions such as Operation Provide Comfort HQ3NGB NGBO3 Crystal City, VA NG Readiness Center AAC2AL MMANGB NG810 Montgomery, AL (Kurdish refugees in Iraq/Turkey); counter - ABJ7AK NW 1 Anchorage (Fort Richardson), AK drug operations, and peacekeeping/peace en- AA76A7 NG812 Phoenix, AZ forcement missions such as Operation Joint AAF5AR LITNGB NG813 North Little Rock, AR AR61CSTNGB Little Rock, AR WMD-CST 61 Weapons of Mass Destruc- Force (formerly known as Joint Endeavor and tion -Civil Support Team Joint Guard) in Bosnia -Herzegovina. AAG6CA MHRNGB NG814 Sacramento, CA STARC HQ California National Guard The National Guard Bureau (NGB), lo- (Mather Airport) AAG6C0 ECONGB NGBI 5 Englewood (Golden), CO cated in Crystal Springs, Virginia, is both a COO8CSTNGB Buckley AFB, CO WMD-CST 08 Weapons of Mass De- staff and operating agency that administers struction - Civil Support Team the federal functions of the Army and the Air AABI CT HARNGB NG816 Hartford, CT AA131 DE WDENGB NGBI 7 Wilmington, DE STARC HQ Delaware National Guard National Guard ( ANG). As a staff agency, HFSNGB Bethany Beach, DE 193RTI the NGB participates with the Army and Air AABIDC WDCNGB NG818 Washington, DC AAC2FL STANGB NG819 St. Augustine, FL staffs in developing and coordinating pro- AAC2GA NG820 Atlanta, GA grams that directly affect the National Guard. ABJ7GU NGB21 Tamuning, Guam As an operating agency, the NGB formulates ABJ7HI NG822 Honolulu, HI and administers the programs for training, AAG6ID BOINGB NG823 Boise, ID AAB1 IL SPRNGB NGB24 Springfield, IL development and maintenance of the ARNG AABI IN INDNGB NG825 Indianapolis, IN and ANG and acts as the channel of commu- GUSNGB Grissom ARB, IN nication between the Army, Air Force and the ME111A JONNGB NG826 Johnston (Camp Dodge), IA AAF5KS TOPNGB/FOENGB NG827 Topeka (Forbes Field), KS 50 states, three territories and the District of AAC2KY FFTNGB NGB28 Frankfort, KY Columbia where National Guard units are lo- KYAASF Frankfort, KY Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF) cated. KYEOC Frankfort, KY Emergency Operations Center AAF5LA NGf329 New Orleans, LA AAB1MA MFDNGB NGB32 Milford (Reading), MA State Mission AABIMD NTMNGB NGB3I Baltimore, MD BW1NGB Baltimore -Washington Intl, MD When ARNG units are not mobilized or AAB1 ME NGB30 Augusta, ME under federal control, they report to the gov- AABIMI LANNG8 NG833 Lansing, MI ernor of their respective state, territory AP,B1MN NGI334 St. Paul (Holman Field), MN AAC2MS JMSNGB NGB35 Jackson, MS (Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands), or the AAF5MO JMONGB NG1336 Jefferson City, MO Commanding General of the District of Co- AAG6MT HLNNGB NG1337 Helena, MT lumbia National Guard. Each of the 54 Na- AAF5NE NGB38 Lincoln, NE AAG6NV NG839 Corson City, NV tional Guard organizations is supervised by AABI NH NG840 Concord, NH the Adjutant General of the state or territory. AAB1NJ NG841 Trenton, NJ Under state law, the ARNG provides AAW5NM NG842 Santo Fe, NM AABI NY LATNGB NGB43 Latham, NY protection of life, property and preserves ALB Albany, NY peace, order and public safety. These mis- BNG Binghamton, NY sions are accomplished through emergency BUF Buffalo, NY JTN Jamestown, NY relief support during natural disasters such RCH Rochester, NY as floods, earthquakes and forest fires; search RNK Ronkonkoma, NY & AASF and rescue operations; support to civil de- RVK Riverhead, NY SLK Saranac Lake, NY ST1 Staten Island, NY SYR Syracuse, NY TRY Troy, NY VAL Valhalla, NY AAC2NC RDUNGB/NCRNGB NG844 Raleigh, NC AAG6ND BISNGB NG845 Bismarck, ND AAB1OH NG1346 Port Columbus, OH SPRINGFIELD Springfield, OH ANGSPRINGFIELD Springfield, OH BE1GHTLER Beightler Armory, OH State ANG HQ AAF5OK OKCNGB NG847 Oklahoma City, OK AAG6OR SORNGB NG848 Salem, OR AAB1PA ANNNGB NGB49 Annville, PA AAC2PR NGB5O Son Juan (Luis Munoz Martin ANGB), PR AABIRI RINGB NG1351 Cranston, RI KOQUNG Quonset State Airport, RI AAC2SC CUBNGB NG852 Columbia, SC KMMTNG McEntire ANGB, SC AAG6SD RAPNGB NG853 Rapid City, SD AAC2TN BNANGB NG854 Nashville, TN AAF5TX NG855 Austin, TX AAG6UT SLCNG8 NG1356 Droper, UT SLCNGB Solt Lake City, UT UTCPWILLIAMSNGB Camp W.G. Williams, UT AABlVT NGB57 Winooski (Colchester), VT A.A131VA NG858 Richmond, VA AAC2VI NG859 St. Croix, VI AAH6WA TIWNGB NGB60 Tacoma, WA AABI WV CRWNG8 NGB61 Charleston (Yeager Airport), WV AABIWI MWINGB NG862 Madison, WI AAG6WY NGI363 Cheyenne, WY

Unknown and Tentative ALE (dents AFRNGB Unknown JIGNGB Unknown PKBNGB Unknown (California?)

November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 17 fense authorities: maintenance of vital public seas, the Guard plays an extensive and highly services, and counter -drug operations. visible domestic role. As part of its unique "dual -mission" responsibilities, the Guard Domestic Mission Support routinely responds to domestic requirements In addition to Guard deployments in within each state. As an example, local gov- support of federal missions, here and over- ernments in 48 states requested emergency

Table Two: National Guard HF Frequencies by State

Note: Frequencies in kHz. Nationwide/Common4924.5 5023.5 5877.0 7648.5 8047.0 9119.5 13722.0 14653.0 16338.5 20906.0 Headquarters 4924.5 5215.5 5770.0 8047.0 10816.5 12087.0 16338.5 20906.0 Alaska 5167.5' 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 support through their state Governments 267 Alabama 4724.5 4924.5 8047.0 8622.0 9141.5 10233.5 12087.0 13722.0 14653.0 16338.5 times in fiscal year 1999 alone. The Army 20906.0 National Guard provided 261,276 soldier Arkansas 4867.0 4924.5 5847.0 5878.5 7648.5 8047.0 9121.0 10816.5 12057.0 12087.0 13568.0 man -days in response to these requirements 13722.0 14350.0 14653.0 16338.5 17458.5 20906.0 in reducing suffering and meeting critical sup- Arizona 6992.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 California 4924.5 8047.0 10816.5 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 port needs in local communities. Colorado 5205.0 5217.0 7648.5 8047.0 8093.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 Services provided by the Guard in sup- Connecticut 4924.5 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 port of state requirements included security, District of Columbia 4780.0 5817.0 6766.0 13722.0 17458.5 electrical power, heat, water, transportation Delaware 5817.0 6766.0 8038.5 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 services, food, and shelter. In addition, the Florida 4745.0 4924.5 5205.0 5847.0 6766.0 8037.0 8047.0 8093.0 9141.0 10233.5 12057.0 Guard provided emergency engineering sup- 12087.0 13722.0 14653.0 16338.5 20906.0 Georgia 4250.0 8037.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 port to victims of numerous natural disas- Guam 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 ters, including floods, drought, ice storms, and Hawaii 9357.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 tornadoes. Iowa 4296.0 4776.0 9143.5 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 Another important Guard program in Idaho 4860.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 support of domestic needs involves counter - Illinois 4610.0 5848.5 8093.0 9121.0 10691.5 12058.5 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 Indiana 4607.0 4780.0 4924.5 5299.5 7648.5 8047.0 8093.0 9017.0 9121.0 12087.0 13722.0 drug activities. In a program dubbed "the war 14653.0 20906.0 on drugs," Guard soldiers provided in excess Kansas 8047.0 9143.0 9143.5 12087.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 of 411,336 soldier man -days in support of Kentucky 2237.0 2317.0 4517.0 4745.0 4790.0 4827.0 5061.0 5232.0 5777.0 5778.5 5847.0 local law enforcement and the Drug Enforce- 5848.5 6010.0 6766.0 8037.0 8047.0 8056.0 9141.0 9141.5 10233.5 12087.0 13722.0 ment Agency (DEA). Through these efforts, 14653.0 20906.0 the Guard plays a significant supporting role Louisiana 4035.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 Massachusetts 4517.0 4577.0 7648.5 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 in the battle to stem the flow of illegal nar- Maryland 4536.0 4837.0 4867.0 4924.5 5817.0 6760.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 cotics into and across the United States. Maine 4517.0 7648.5 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 Michigan 4445.0 6910.0 8093.0 9121.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 Radio Communications Minnesota 5299.5 8093.0 9017.0 9121.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 Missouri 4001.5 4776.0 4950.0 5282.0 8168.5 9143.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 The Army National Guard makes exten- Mississippi 4960.0 5847.0 9121.0 9141.5 10796.0 10816.5 12087.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 sive use of the HF and VHF/UHF spectrums. Montana 5045.0 5217.0 7648.5 8093.0 9141.5 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 And while our records are nowhere complete North Carolina 3032.0 4745.0 4924.5 5203.5 5777.0 8037.0 8038.5 8047.0 9121.0 9141.0 9141.5 in this regard, we will present some of the 10796.0 10816.5 13722.0 14653.0 16338.5 20906.0 information we have on these communications North Dakota 8056.0 8093.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 systems. Additional coverage on National Nebraska 4607.0 4776.0 5282.0 9143.5 13722.0 14653.0 14653.0 20906.0 New Hampshire 4490.0 4577.0 4607.0 4608.5 5232.0 7648.5 9106.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 Guard frequencies can be found in two of our New Jersey 2312.0 3175.0 4520.0 4680.0 5432.5 8047.0 8093.0 12087.0 13722.0 14395.0 14653.0 Grove CD-ROM publications. The HF spec- 20906.0 trum is covered in our new 9th edition of the New Mexico 4555.0 7648.5 9121.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 Grove Shortwave Frequency Directoryon Nevada 8047.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 CD-ROM. You can find more information on New York 4562.0 4924.5 4924.5 5429.0 5432.5 5817.0 5847.0 8037.0 8047.0 8093.0 10690.0 10816.5 12087.0 13568.0 13722.0 14396.5 14653.0 16338.5 20906.0 the VHF/UHF spectrum in the 1" edition of Ohio 4000.0 4926.0 4927.5 5209.5 5211.0 5299.5 5396.0 7361.0 8037.0 8047.0 8057.0 theGrove Military Frequency Directoryon 8058.5 8093.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 CD-ROM. Both products are available from Oklahoma 4927.5 4972.5 9121.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 Grove Enterprises. Oregon 7648.5 8047.0 8180.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 Pennsylvania 4536.0 4840.0 5817.0 5847.0 6089.0 6766.0 8047.0 10816.5 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 Puerto Rico 5062.0 8093.0 9141.5 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 The HF Radio Spectrum Rhode Island 4517.0 5878.5 6910.5 7648.5 13722.0 14395.0 14653.0 20906.0 Over the last few years the Guard has South Carolina 4240.0 6910.0 8047.0 8093.0 9141.0 9141.5 10233.5 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 increased its presence in the HF radio spec- South Dakota 4520.0 9141.5 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 trum. With the advent of ALE (Automatic Tennessee 3032.0 3255.5 4244.5 5063.5 5088.5 5126.0 5203.5 5233.5 5283.5 5301.0 5430.5 Link Establishment), the Guard's use of the 5431.0 5778.5 5818.5 5878.5 5848.5 6766.0 8056.0 8058.5 8093.0 9121.0 9141.5 9145.0 12057.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 HF spectrum has become better understood. Texas 4441.5 5821.5 6907.0 7648.5 8047.0 8158.5 8161.5 8171.5 9121.0 10690.0 13722.0 Table One presents a current list of 14653.0 20906.0 known HF ALE addresses and callsigns for Utah 4924.5 13722.0 14350.5 14653.0 17458.5 20906.0 the Guard nationwide. Virginia 4536.0 5125.0 5215.5 6766.0 8047.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 Virgin Islands 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 Vermont 6910.0 8057.5 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 HF Radio Nets Washington 4520.0 4580.0 6906.5 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 Over the last several years we have seen Wisconsin 4607.0 5087.0 8056.0 8093.0 13722.0 14653.0 2090.60 the National Guard become a major player in West Virginia 4536.0 4837.0 5817.0 6766.0 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 the HF radio spectrum. We have also seen the Wyoming 5108.5 8056.0 8057.5 8093.0 8178.5 13722.0 14653.0 20906.0 Guard incorporate some of the newer com- Note: asterisk (') indicates a statewide emergency HF frequency munications technologies such as ALE. This

18 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 Newsbyte: Telstar 4 Failure

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All frequencies in MHz. Land Mobile modes are widebond and narrowbond FM, Aero frequency mode ;s AM. National Guard Common Nationwide 38.400 Alabama 38.200 38.700 41.050 139.150 141.225 149.775 125.525 226.350 242.400 Arizona 244.300 261.600 Arkansas 41.500 139.150 139.200 139.350 141.200 141.500 142.400 148.575 148.725 148.875 148.925 150.750 126.200 244.000 261.300 265.500 265.700 280.900 California 34.100 40.950 49.000 139.400 141.400 142.950 149.950 132.000 134.100 233.800 255.800 340.100 356.900 396.450 396.500 396.550 396.600 399.600 399.650 399.700 399.750 Colorado 41.750 139.2625 141.100 142.400 227.300 230.800 Connecticut 40.900 41.900 139.000 139.1375 139.1875 139.200 139.2375 139.2875 139.3125 139.3375 139.3625 139.3875 139.400 141.150 143.250 148.600 148.775 149.600 150.750 123.450 126.200 230.000 231.600 242.400 243.900 265.600 304.600 393.700 397.600 Delaware 46.900 Florida 40.050 40.100 40.900 41.500 139.225 139.2625 139.300 142.425 142.875 148.725 148.800 149.775 241.000 248.200 249.500 367.500 368.500 Georgia 44.000 47.000 139.400 126.250 Hawaii 141.1500 121.650 399.500 Idaho 41.500 139.000 142.200 143.225 244.700 244.900 246.700 247.700 248.100 266.200 Illinois 32.300 47.000 139.000 141.150 123.050 246.800 280.900 Indiana 41.500 139.000 139.100 139.1375 139.1875 139.2125 139.2375 139.250 139.2625 139 2875 139.300 139.3125 139.3375 139.350 139.3625 139.3875 139.400 139.450 141.050 141.100 141.200 141.300 141.350 143.100 143.200 143.30C 143.350 143.400 143.975 148.250 148.575 148.600 148.700 149.625 150.450 150.550 150.600 150.625 150.650 150.725 150.750 124.100 226.300 226.600 226.700 241.100 241.300 241.500 241.700 299.050 299.150 304.300 304.500 304.700 340.000 347.500 347.700 357.400 364.900 365.000 367.000 368.000 Iowa 36.100 36.700148.625 148.700 148.825 148.875 148.900 149.600 150.450 150.65C 123.025 123.450 280.800 299.100 302.200 340.000 Kansas 41.700 49.950 139.2625 143.400 304.600 Kentucky 41.150 139.350 142.350 143.000 226.600 Louisiana 40.900 141.300 141.350 141.375 141.450 141.475 142.475 143.025 143.200 143.225 150.500 150.550 229.350 230.775 237.200 237.400 239.450 241.000 242.750 243.800 248.150 304.400 304.500 Maine 139.050 139.100 139.1375 139.1875 139.2125 139.2375 139.250 139.2625 139.2875 139.3125 139.3375 139.3625 139.3875 139.400 139.450 141.100 141.150 141.300 141.450 142.3050 142.335 142.350 142.365 142.450 142.905 142.950 143.025 143.150 143.200 143.400 148.275 148.700 148.725 148.750 149.575 149.875 227.200 231.700 234.350 240.900 245.100 248.450 267.250 280.850 299.800 304.750 321.600 356.400 356.850 365.200 367.850 368.400 395.200 Maryland 226.800 232.600 234.100 347.700 389.300 Massachusetts 38.700 46.690 46.750 49.690 49.710 49.790 49.930 51.150 52.050 139.2625 139.275 122.850 123.050 226.350 226.500 227.000 229.500 231.000 232.500 234.800 237.500 242.000 243.500 244.000 245.500 247.500 261.300 265.50C 277.500 304.500 340.000 345.400 347.500 356.300 356.500 367.000 368.500 374.500 388.000 394.000 Michigan 41.850 143.100 143.400 148.025 148.625 227.750 229.300 229.350 241.000 261.250 321.450 321.600 339.850 Minnesota 41.400 49.650 139.2625 139.300 143.100 143.350 143.400 148.025 148.600 148.700 148.800 149.600 149.700 149.775 149.850 126.200 347.700 Missouri 38.450 41.000 41.650 41.900 46.700 46.800 49.700 49.800 49.900 138.025 139.100 139.1375 139.1875 139.2125 139.2375 139.250 139.2625 139.2875 139.3125 139.3375 139.3625 139.3875 141.025 141.050 141.150 141.200 141.300 141.4625 142.325 142.400 142.450 142.950 143.025 148.600 148.625 148.700 148.775 148.800 149.700 149.800 149.825 150.425 150.70C 118.550 134.950 232.500 239.500 241.800 242.400 244.500 302.300 347.600 370.100 395.200 increase in activity has also resulted in an National High Frequency (HF) HF Email program nos being integrated into increase number of frequencies being utilized Communications Exercise their HF radio network. During these 28 hour by the Guard in the HF spectrum. Table Two (COMEX) operations all Regional Net Control Stations is our exclusive state by state breakdown of (RNCS) and Alternate RNCS make contact The objective of this biannual exercise is the known HF frequencies used by the with NGB via the NGHFON. This exercise for state units to communicate NA, ith the Na- Guard. A variety of sideband based modes also provides command with information re- tional Guard Bureau (NGB) in Arlington, Vir- will be monitored on Guard HF frequencies. garding address problems, issues within each ginia, via the National Guard High Frequency Be sure to check both upper and lower side - region, and planning for any necessary cor- Operating Net (NGHFON). This exercise band for activity. rective measures. allows NGB to assess the operation of their I want to remind our readers that additional information on National Guard HF aviation communications was published in my Milcom column in the April 2003 issue of Monitoring Times. VHF/UHF Spectrum Not only will you hear the National Guard in the HF spectrum, but they are also heavy users of the VHF and UHF (primarily the military aircraft band). Unfortunately, our list is nowhere near complete. So if you want to discover some new frequencies being used by the National Guard in your area, here are some places in the radio spectrum to start your search. 30.00-30.5532.00-33.0034.00-34.99 36.00-36.9938.00-38.9940.00-41.99 46.58-47.0049.61-49.99138.0-144.0 148.0-150.8 MHz.

You will find a wide variety of transmission modes in used by the Guard in the spec -

20 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 Mississippi

Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Ohio Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico Rhode Island 00 247.800 247.900 248.400 249.100 252.400 267.200 300.050 304.350 321.750 347.450 356.400 356.550 356.700 365.950 South Carolina 41.300 139.2625 141.450 142.950 143.150 148.750 150 500 150.550 150.600 '50.650 150.700 226.600 233.100 244.600 245.803 246.700267.300 267.350 280.950 339.850 340.150 South Dakota 41.500 139.1375 139.1875 139.2125 139.2375 139.2625 139.2875 139.3125 139.3375 139.3625 139.3E75 148.850 150.500 123.050 226.700 231.200 Tennessee 41.500 49.800 54 000 55.000 56.000 57.000 58.000 59.000 60.000 66.000 67.030 68.000 69.000 70.000 149.650 149.800 120.950 226.700227.300 229.300 229.900 230.800 233.100 233.800 242.000 261 300 267.100 280.800 299.100 300.500 302.300 304.400 313.000 339.900 356.900 357.400 364.900 365.300 368.700 369.850 373.900 Texas 30.100 32.100 32.850 34.350 34.500 34.700 34.900 36 300 41.000 139.000 139.025 139.100 139.150 139.200 139.350 141.100 141.300142.450 143.100 143.400 165.0875 135.000 226.600 237.200 237.400 240.800 241.000 242.600 242.900 243.230 243.900 261.250 280.800 304.400 304.500 304.750 347.500 347.700 356.900 367.400 374.200 395.350 Utah 49.650 139.2625 143.200 226.550 227.150 227.350 229 300 233.250 237.450 241.650 243.800 244.400 248.700 249.200 261.300 267.100 280.900 302.200 304.300 304.500 356.300 356.900 395.300 397.350 399.350 Virginia 40.200 52.750 148.650 150.550 231.200 275.700 275.350 Vermont 41.200 123.050 234.300 241.500 245.900 Washington 36.550 38.750 123.050 123.075 Wisconsin 40.800409004160046.700141.100123050123.400241000299900 West Virginia 34.700 36.700 139.050 141.050 234.000 300.000 Wyoming 141.300 141.400 141.425 150.500 150.600 165.0875 173.4125 173.4875 126.200 242.400 356.600

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November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 21 My name is Brian, and I'm a news go to the head of the class! You're right! I remember how angry I became listening junkie. "He's talking on the BBC from London, to Radio Moscow's portrayal of life in the United It all started when 1 was seven England," said my sister's friend's father. I knew States during that time. Sometimes they devoted years old and my mother sent me down the London was across the ocean; and the thought over half a newscast to a story about a race riot street to retrieve my five -year -old sister from a of a radio wave traveling from there all the way and described with infinite detail dogs snapping birthday party. to Detroit, USA, gave me a thrill I still experi- at rioters and authorities swinging nightsticks The birthday girl's father was crouched on ence daily. and spraying people with fire hoses. Ignored the floor in front of an enormous radio -phono- I was surprised the man was nice enough to were the "good news" stories from the US, such graph console that took up most of one wall of ask me if I wanted to listen to his radio, because as Jonas Salk's development of a vaccine for their living room. he frequently yelled at me for riding my bike "Do you want to hear General Ike on the across his lawn. shortwave?" the dad asked. "Our army landed I only vaguely remember running home in France today." with my sister, because I was so eager to find If you're a history buff and you guessed out if we could listen to London, too. That that "General Ike" was General Dwight evening my father helped me make an antenna Eisenhower and that the date was June 6, 1944, for our living room Sears Silvertone console, which had a seldom used shortwave band, by attaching a length of doorbell wire and running it under the rug so it wouldn't show. The wire was insulated with red and white waxed fabric and reminded me of a long skinny candy cane. It seemed such fun, even at age seven or eight, to listen to news stories on the radio coming directly from the countries I was learning about in school. Growing Up with Shortwave During the Cold War in the 1950s, 1 took money I earned at a part time grocery store job and bought my first real shortwave receiver, a Hallicrafters S -38C, whose story appeared in r.m.t these pages in September 1999.

22 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 the time of year. And, of course, stations often change frequencies. That's why an aid such as the "Shortwave Guide" is so valuable. I begin my shortwave day about 1200 On Target UTC (7 am EST). Even though the BBC World Service has abandoned its shortwave service directed specifically to North America, its English language service to the Caribbean is heard then at usually good strength on 6,195 kHz and 15,190 kHz. Another strong station at 1200 UTC is Radio Australia on 9,580 kHz. Besides a thor- To hoolls.10m1ra deeraitmodfoom ough report of world news, there is a concen- .m.nmdam.--opike tration on Pacific Rim events. Friendly Voices [wows. CAM An hour later, at 1300 UTC, Radio From Holland Caw slewA CanaNEM. Lams [aft% Alm Canada International has a transmission on 9,515 kHz. This station is a major player in polio and the thriving US auto industry. the shortwave news game, and opens each But despite Cold War Radio Moscow's transmission with a comprehensive report. The programs, I continue to believe, after more than program begins an hour later on weekends. a half century of listening to reports of the world's It' you're an old retired guy like me and current events on shortwave radio, there's no can listen to shortwave during the day, you better way of knowing what's happening on our can hear Radio Nederland's transmission on planet. 15,220 kHz at 1430 UTC. A nearly 30 -minute sequence of news and in-depth reports called Tuning In Newsline, from the station's studios in With most good shortwave radios today Hilversum, Holland, is as informative as any- displaying the frequency to which they are tuned thing on the air. The transmission is relayed and using tools such as this magazine's monthly over Radio Canada International's facilities at "Shortwave Guide." and annual publications like Sackville, New Brunswick, and aimed at the RADIO AUSTRALIA Passport to World Band Radio,aid theWorld West Coast of the USA; but I hear it well. Verification Card idtig Radio -TV Handbook,finding news programs on On Saturdays, a feature called Wide Angle shortwave is easier than ever. starts at 1435 UTC. A recentWide Angleseg- I'll share with you a few of my favorite ment that really taught me something I didn't ably change in the winter. shortwave news sources that are easily heard at know discussed the Russian enclave of An hour later, at 0100 UTC, Radio Canada my listening post in eastern Michigan. But re- Kaliningrad. International has another transmission to the member, what you hear and what I hear can vary In the afternoon, at 1830 UTC, RTE in Americas. Tune to 9,755 kHz. because of where you live, the time of day, and Dublin, Ireland, relays a half-hour domestic pro- Don't forget, when standard time is in ef- gram through Sackville on 13,640 kHz. Where fect, most shortwave programs show up an hour else can you hear weather and earlier local time wherever you live. Frequen- traffic reports from the Emerald cies, programming, and times can all change with Isle as well as international the new broadcast season. Some of the higher news? summertime frequencies listed here will be Later in the day, at 2000 changed for lower ones during the winter sea- UTC, Radio Canada's transmis- son. sion to Europe is heard well here This is, of course, only a partial listing of most days. Try 15,325 kHz or what's out there. I've chosen stations that are 17,870 kHz. "armchair copy," at my location and whose news In the evening, after about programming I've found to be comprehensive 0000 UTC, (7 pm EST) you can and thorough. You'll probably find the same take your pick of several sta- qualities in other stations easily heard where you tions. Your problem may not be live. whether you can hear anything, But, if you become a news junkie, beware. but which one to choose. There's After nearly 60 years, I haven't found a cure. I the BBC World Service on 5,975 must confess, however, I haven't tried very hard. kHz, and Radio Canada Interna- tional has a transmission to the Americas on 9,590 kHz or 13,670 MIMI Friends kHz. Right after the news at 2300 UTC, RCI has a great newsmaker M7' frequency manager Gayle Van Horn sug- telephone -interview program gests some additional frequencies for the calledAs it Happens. referenced broadcasters, always bearing in Radio Nederland has a mind that winter schedules had not been transmission at 2330 UTC on released at presstime. 6,165 kHz and 9,845 kHz simi- RTE1800-18305585 lar to the one at 1430 UTC. 1830-190013640,21630 At 0000 UTC, you can lis- RCI0100 9755 ten for Radio Japan on 6,145 0000-01009640,15205 kHz and Radio Exterior Espana RN 1430 9860, 11835,12075, 15220 from Madrid on 15,385 kHz, although this frequency will prob-

Novembe- 2003 MONITORING TIMES 23 Getting Beginner's Corner Ken Reitz, KS4ZR Started [email protected]

Countering the Beginner's Lament

I m always amazed at how easily people more than likely incurred with the collapse by the way, make dandy SWL radios into the can become discouraged in the radio of the hi -tech sector. The company PR teams bargain! With this radio and a Grove Tunerless monitoring hobby. Here are the top are always years ahead of reality. All -band antenna (which you can make your- three lamentations I've heard recently: The fact is that a very small percentage self for less than $60), you can work the world. "Everything's going digital or encrypted or of people in this country have digital TV set Now check out the scanners. For $250 both!" or "They've priced the ordinary per- top tuners and there's a good reason: prices you can get a brand new trunk tracking, triple son right out of the hobby!" And, finally, are still too high and standards still aren't conversion, 500 channel memory, clonable, "You've got to have an engineering degree to set. But, even if they were there's little point text message reading scanner. What more do do anything in this hobby nowadays." to it if you don't have a high -definition TV you want, a toaster/blender option?! Most Let's just take a look at how unfounded set which are still so expensive and the tech- people will spend that much at the video rental these excuses really are. nology so poorly developed that most view- store this year on bad movies alone. But, be- ers are still left watching decades old designed fore you plunk down the cash, ask yourself O The Digital Divide analog TV sets. if you need a hand-held scanner or a base Anyone who believes technology won't model. Do you do most of your listening on change is living on another planet. We're the go or at home? Keep in mind that hand- right in the middle of a transition pe- helds have limited reception compared to riod between analog and digital base models using roof -mounted beam modes of transmission on all seg- antennas on rotators. Then again, if ments of the frequency spec- you're in the city, you won't be trum, a period which will likely able to use an external antenna take a decade to complete. But, because it will likely overload that's not a bad place to be. your scanner's front end. Despite the wailing and gnash- Twenty years ago when ing of teeth we can still enjoy C -band satellite TV first became shortwave listening on radios available, folks spent thousands costing less that $50. We can of dollars just to watch cable TV even build simple crystal radio for free. Now, thanks to the DBS sets which still work the same revolution, everything you need way they did 80 years ago. We The Yaesa FTI000D: More radio and price tag than beginners to watch DISH or DirecTV is can listen in on police and fire need. free; all you pay for is the an- action on scanners which have nual subscription or as little as more features and cost less than they did 10 $34/month (still cheaper than most cable -TV years ago. 0 The Price Is Right systems). And then there's the Internet. With It's easy to become hysterical at the But, whatever happened to C -band sat- cheaper, more powerful computers, labori- prices of new amateur radio gear. Sure, a brand ellite TV? It's still there. And, again thanks ous research on hundreds of radio related top- new Yaesu FT I 000D will set you back to the DBS revolution, those systems can be ics is just a click away. Anyone who doesn't $4,000, but what's a beginner doing with this had for free. With many still in -the -clear chan- think they're getting their money's worth kind of radio anyway? Start out with some- nels, hundreds of free -to -air MPEGII chan- from their ISP just isn't spending enough time thing cheap, such as any of the 10 year old nels and many more satellites than ever be- on line. Thanks to the Net we can tune into solid state, digital read-out, HF rigs typically fore, there are great video and audio monitor- hundreds of signals we'd never dream of hear- priced at one -tenth the FT I 000D, and which, ing opportunities. People are waiting to give ing any other way. you satellite systems to play with. Tens of While technology will thousands of dishes, receivers surely change, it won't happen and related gear are waiting to overnight. Don't let the digital be carted off to your house or future scare you into inactiv- the land fill. Which will it be? ity. Remember that most of the Information on broadcast sat- hype about digital TV and ra- ellite transmissions, thanks dio is coming from various in- again to the Web, is plentiful. dustry trade groups and repre- You can find out what's on sentatives of companies who nearly every transponder of are eager to sell a new genera- every satellite around the world tion of equipment to help off- and it's free (see chart). A bet- set the enormous losses they Radio ShackPRO -2067 Scanner: What, you wanted the toaster/blender ter chart for MPEGII viewing option?

24 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 and listening is Global Communications (see this band are numerous (see chart) and Resource Chart chart). present hams with some interesting oppor- Don't be afraid to buy refurbished elec- tunities. It's made to order for experimenting Here are some sources for further informa- tronics. Here's a great way to get far more for and radio design. I foresee a company com- tion. Note that refurbished equipment is not your buck than you'd imagined. Check outing out with a stand-alone 60 meter trans- always available: check sources regularly: what's available from Big Blue.I recently ceiver. Since there are only 5 "channelized" needed a new computer and found a recondi- frequencies, USB only, and limited to 50 International Satellite Charts: tionedIBMNet Vista with a 1.8 GHz proces-watts PEP, a designer could have a lot of fun http:, Iwww.lyngsat.com sor, more memory than I'll use in a lifetime,making such a 60 meter transceiver. 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Do studying the issues and applying what theymorse.html some research and save a bundle. know: Digital Signal Processing on receivers; all the new digital modes of transmitting, in- Radio Shack manuals: 0 Educate Yourself cluding packet, APRS, etc.; audio processing http:,'/www.radioshack.com/ When was the last time you curled up inon microphones used in transmitting forProd Support/ your armchair and read every line of a grip- higher fidelity on the ham bands and DX pile- Aockid543pcatcOm=14:P/d!Frthe/c8Fprocixf/a5Rwart ping owner's manual? (Me neither.) The rea- up breakthroughs; software for modeling an- son that most people's VCRs are continu- tenna design; and amateur radio over Internet 60 Mater Operating: ously flashing 12:00 is that few of us bother are just a few examples of some of the hot http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/ to read even the most basic owner's manual. 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Novembe- 2003 MONITORING TIMES 25 Getting Ask Bob Bob Grove, W8JHD [email protected]

Q. We have just installed mercury-Q. Since a cell phone is essen- lar wind," traveling at some 1000 miles per sec- vapor lighting at our clubhouse fortially a transceiver, does every cell ond. Five days later the electrically charged field strikes earth's upper atmosphere, the magneto- better visibility, but the bug attrac-phone really transmit and receive sphere; the earth's magnetic field repels most of tion is awful. What lighting wouldwith the same efficiency as every it, but some lingers to produce the spectacular be better to reduce the flying in-other? (Truman Harris, email) aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere and the sect pests?(Mark Burns, Terre aurora australis in the southern latitudes High altitude power surges on the order of 1 A. There are just a few a leading chip makers, so Haute, IN) trillion watts at 100,000 volts can produce quite a cell phones are peas in a pod with a few variances jolt, inducing lower -level currents into telephone such as accessory ports (data, antenna, etc.) and A.Yellow is the least attractive wavelength for and electrical power lines and pipelines, affecting functions. Choose one based upon cost, functional bugs; fortunately, it is also the most brilliant part earth satellites, disorienting birds' navigational requirements, and ease of operation. A pull-out of the visual spectrum to humans, so that choice systems, and deflecting compass bearings. whip adds a minor improvement in reliable range is win -win! The lower wattages, of course, will versus an internal antenna. work best, and are inexpensive. Such incandescent bulbs are available everywhere. For greater Q. As more and more communi- visibility, yellow sodium lights should work, but they may have more bug attraction due to their Q. Do I have to install a groundedcations on shortwave are being overall higher light output. pipe to get an electrical ground fordigitized and sent as text, does that Stay away from mercury-vapor bulbs - they my radio? (Numerous inquiries) mean that eventually we aren't are the most attractive to bugs since they generate going to be able to monitor any a great deal of ultraviolet light. A.No. Generally speaking, signals are not made For disposal, there are insect vacuum sys- messages?(MartinFranko, stronger by a ground. In the case of scanners, they tems that work better than bug zappers, and you definitely are not, and in the case of shortwave Yorkton, Saskatchewan) can also try burning citronella candles and apply- receivers and even medium -wave AM radios, the ing bug sprays as well if it is still an annoyance, only effects of a good earth ground are reduction A.Just as a voice message may be sent in plain but the choice of yellow incandescent bulbs is still of the likelihood of electrical shock when touching analog for anyone's reception, or scrambled for your best bet. grounded objects and the radio, and reduction of privacy, there is a difference between digitizing background electrical interference in some cases. and encrypting (scrambling) text messages. So long There are some alternatives if you want the as the voice or digital message is not encrypted Q. Most of my mobile scanner lis- electrical ground, including a cold -water pipe if there will be demodulators and software programs tening is in the 856-861 MHz you have metal plumbing, and the third (ground) available to read them. This has been true for de- trunking band. I've tried several wire of an electrical outlet (the round pin and the cades since Morse code, amplitude modulation mounting screw). and the earliest teletype machines. 1/2 wave whips that I've cut to Reader John Norberg, a retired telephone - about 6-1/2" inches. My reception company veteran, suggests another possibility. is poor, even within the city limits. He says that in a properly -installed phone sys- Q. Is there a book club that spe- tem, the yellow wire is a ground wire. But it's best cializes in the shortwave industry? What could be the problem? to test it first before relying on it. (Steve Palmer, email) Using a conventional multimeter, first make (Terrynce Ondola, Norwood, OH) sure there is no AC or DC voltage measured be- A.The proper length of a simple mobile whip tween the yellow wire and a known ground. If A.There are publishers who specialize in books on a car roof is 1/4 wavelength, not 1/2 wave- there is not, then test for resistance (which should about the radio industry, books about shortwave length; this might be one of your problems since a be only a few ohms at most) between the yellow listening, radio retailers who sell books about short- 1/2 wave antenna under these conditions is likely wire and the known ground. If both tests pass, wave radio, and shortwave listening clubs that to be a very poor impedance match. If I were you, you have a ground. have their own publications occasionally includ- I'd suggest trying to find a gain -type cellular mo- ing books, but there are no book clubs that spe- bile antenna (the kind with the squiggly coil); these cialize in the shortwave radio industry. work well throughout the 800-900 MHz range. Q. Does the disruption of the and because it's extra long, it works well for your northern lights and radio commu- occasional listening on lower bands as well. The proper place for a mobile antenna is in nications by solar activity also af- the center of the roof, although at these UHF Questions or tips sent to Ask Bob, c/o MT fect the accuracy of magnetic are printed in this column as space permits. wavelengths it will work just fine a foot or so compasses? (Mark Burns, Terre If you desire a prompt, personal reply, moil from an edge if you can't put it in the center. Haute, IN) your questions along with a self-addressed Just to be sure the antenna is the problem stamped envelope (no telephone calls, and not the scanner, substitute another scanner to please) in care of MT, or e-mail to see ifyou have the same problem before you switch A.Yes, indeed -a solar eruption with the equiva- [email protected]. (Please antennas. lent energy of 40 billion atomic bombs can have include your name and address.) The cur- quite an effect! Immense plasma clouds of pro- rent Ask Bob is now online at our website: tons and electrons are blasted outwards as a "so- http://viww. monitoringtimes.com

26 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 Bright Ideas Getting Gary if ebbe!, h rst P 0. Box 344, Colbert, WA 99005-0344 Started [email protected]

Last month, I listed several "must have" Anyone with a mailbox hasceptacle which has two female outlets. The items from the office supply house. To thor- dirprobably received CDs for be- key feature? It also has a voltage readout. oughly enjoy the radio hobby, you need to ginning service with an interneThe display is a little hard to read in the day- have information at your finger tips.I find provider. I used to throw these light, but excellent under low light conditions. the only way to accomplish this is to be or- away, but now I just discard the Warning: it does draw a continuous load, so ganized with the necessary lists and refer- CD. The plastic dust covers aredon't leave it plugged in for long periods of ence materials. great for protecting CDs that don't arrive in use; it will drain your battery. their own protective shell. I remove the pa- If you followed last month's per advertising insert to get an empty, ge- tbright ideas, you went to the neric CD holder. I can protect any CD that came without a case (i.e. the Police Call Fre- office supply store and stocked up. The use for most of these quency Database) or use it to mail or trans- items is obvious, but I thought I port the disk to anther party. If you have would remind you of the best ideas. trouble removing the original mailing label, I use the plastic sheet protectors for lists of use a "goo" remover. what frequencies are in which bank of which I even made my own custom cover in- radio. I also have lists of police number codes, serts. It is easy. In your word processor, set and penal code numbers used by the various your document for landscape rather than por- agencies. trait orientation. Use pictures, large graph- I tear out or make photocopies of inter- ics, or colorful fonts, whatever you wish. esting maps and other information, such as Print it out, and compare it to the plastic CD the city maps in the front of the phone direc- holder. From a standard 8x11 inch sheet, you Here in the northwest, winter tory. From the local fire department website, need to cut about 1/4 inch off the width, and means heavy snow and ice I printed out the map of station locations and about 1/2 inch off the bottom or top, depend- which can cause power outages. copied the apparatus at each station. ing on your design. I have previously reviewed the I have made a cheat -sheet on how to op- Hint: if you really get interested in this new technology LED flashlights. erate every radio, so I don't always need to project, ask your friends and neighbors to Well, I may have found a better sta- pull out the Owner's Manual. (Remember I contribute. These CD cases propagate quickly tionary light source at Wal-Mart. It is an old have about 50 different radios.) All these ref- and lay around everywhere. fashioned fluorescent tube model. Real cheap! erences in sheet protectors are inserted into About five dollars. The lamp mates up nicely three-ring binders. Ah, it's time for you to make with the aforementioned mini -power supply.

I also custom cut a plastic sheet protec- li. up your Christmas wish list. tor to be used as the cover protector for all You know the routine: Tear out The Ultimate Christmas Gift soft cover books, such as Police Call. In a the pages with the items you might be that new scanner or pinch, these plastic sheets also serve as emer- need, and leaving them laying ham transceiver. but consider a gency beverage coasters or meal tablemats to around the house. A yellow high- frequency counter, specially the protect the desktop/tabletop. (My rule about light marker will prioritize the list. Opto ScoutTM. It has four memory no food or beverage in the radio room was banks that will log up to 400 differ- overruled long ago.) I replace the sheet pro- Coffee mugs. No radio shack is ent frequencies and record the number of hits tectors every year as they tend to get dirty tcomplete without a couple ofon each one. Hooked to a rooftop or gain an- and stained. Hey, they're cheap, keep'em j. these. I use one for the penstenna, this will really suck 'em in. I love to looking new. ' and markers, another for the drive through a new city area and see what I The Post -It flags are used as book marks rubber duck antennas. Really cool can catch.I also use the available filters to in my reference materials to find things ones are available from Sovietskieliminate unwanted signals such as FM radio quickly. I also use the colored highlight pens Collections at http://www.sovietski.com. Astations and powerful paging transmitters. for important instructions such as how to matched set of CIA and KGB mugs are only I do not recommend any other frequency program the radios. I also mark on the edge of $16.90 plus S&H. Ask for #200491 -Set, orcounters as they only record one frequency the page for special groups of pages. call 1-800-442-0002 and ask for their "bestat a time. The 400 memories makes the Scout price." the best counter available for the intended The new 2004 Police Call fre- use of snagging new radio signals. Look them quency books should be out by I often visit truck stops along up at http://www.optoelectronics.com/ or I - the time you read this.I need the interstate. Recently, I found 800-327-5912. About $349, but worth every both the Volume 9 (CA, OR, and two useful items. First was a penny. WA) plus the combined Volume 5 mini power center by "Road and 8 for the western mountain re- Pro." This gel cell can be recharged Next month we will feature more bright gion. I end up with two identical CD-ROMS. from AC or DC plugs t furnished). ideas that make good holiday gifts. Whether The second CD will make great Christmas The battery is encased in a very nice customit is from this column, or a large ad from a gift for a friend, especially with a customized cloth bag, and comes with a fused, 12 voltmagazine, you can tear the page out, high- dust cover. (Keep reading.) female cigarette lighter plug for whatever you light the item you want and leave it laying need to power. around. Hopefully, Santa will spot it, and you I also bought a "T" cigarette lighter re- will be rewarded on December 25'h.

November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 27 The World Above 30 MHz Scanning Robert Wyman Report robertuymangmonitoringtimes.com

The NFL Football Report

0 ur unofficial Field Correspondent, "Some of these frequencies were found to 464.9750 466.6875 Chris Parris, continues to supply us be licensed to Eagles Stadium Operator LLC." 466.9125 467.1250 with a wealth of information from 467.9125 467.9250 his travels around the country. Thanks, Chris, 468.2500 468.6375 11Miami 469.1250 469.7500 for always finding time to send in these fre- Jan Fine, moderator of the SEFLORIDA quency updates. Yahoo! Group, sends these along for Miami Special Event Update: Dolphins games at Pro Player Stadium: 0 Kansas City Arena and Concert Events "Robert, I can confirm activity...at the San Identified Channels in use at stadium: And for something different...an anony- Diego / Kansas City NFL game...[CBS Sports] mous reader found these at September's Latin Game Day frequency coordination at NFL games 151.6250 Goodyear Blimp air/ground Grammy Awards at American Airlines Arena in is on 467.8375." Chris reports this frequency is 161.7300 WIOD-Miami Miami, Florida. Although the individual frequen- used nationwide at CBS -covered NFL games. 450.4875 ESPN cies are not identified, our contributor reports 450.8750 ESPN Other frequencies use for CBS -televised games that radios were used for media coordination, 453.1500Miami -Dade Fire Rescue units VIP transportation, and facility operations. include: working stadium detail Miami Police provided traffic control and secu- 461.1375 Stadium CP rity using their trunked radio system. 450.0125 Data 1 461.2000 Stadium Security F2 450.9000 Data 2 461.4375 Stadium CP 450.9125 Data 3 462.5500 Referee Coordination 461.1500 450.9875 Data 4 462.6000 Referee Coordination 461.5500 455.9000 Data 5 462.8375 Coaches Suite 462.1250 451.8000 Data 6 462.8625 Concessions 451.8125 Data 7 463.2000 Stadium Security Fl Now over to Los Angeles, here's some me- 456.8000 Data 8 464.0000 Referee Coordination dia info for Staples Center: 464.5000 Talk 1 464.0625 Facilities 464.5500 Talk 2 464.3250 Possible concessions use 72.025 Assisted Listening Talk 3 457.5250 464.5000 Concessions System Talk 4 457.5750 464.5250 Concessions 184.2700 / 206.0250 RF intercom 467.0125 Coaches Suite 185.7750 / 206.7750 RF intercom According to Chris, "The data frequencies 467.0375 Coaches Suite 204.0050 / 207.7750 RF intercom Parking are used for remote control of the RF hand-held 467.1125 205.2000 / 208.2000RF intercom 468.1125 Coaches Suite cameras. The talk channels are used for the 420.0000 - 450.0000RF cameras (various 468.3125 Coaches Suite channels) comms to the RF camera. Also, I can pass along Maintenance 469.0750 452.1375 - 465.8625 Local site radios (vari- 464.775 as the game security operations repeater Parking 469.1750 ous channels) at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri." 469.3750 Catering Fl 465.0000 - 480.0000RF cameras (various 469.7250 Catering F2 channels) 0 Philadelphia 656.0250 / 207.4000RF intercom Plus, Miami -Dade Police using their656.7500 / 207.4000RF intercom And even some more: "Hey, Robert...Time 657.8500 / 207.4000RF intercom for Chris' weekly report from the CBS NFL trunked radio system for traffic control and law enforcement at the stadium, and various VHF 661.2500 / 207.4000RF intercom tour. This past weekend we were in Philadel- and UHF aircraft band channels for local air traf- 788.5000 RF microphones phia. They have a new stadium, so operating 790.8750 RF microphones fic control of news media aircraft, banner -tow- frequencies were unknown. I started searching 793.0000 RF microphones ing aircraft, blimps, and military fly -by aircraft. and found..." 2.4 GHz Lighting Control Sys- tem 451 8000Security repeater - During the game Unidentified Channels in use at it was Command Post, very busy stadium: As seen in these lists, business -band 460 4250Repeater, unknown location but channels are extremely active during special seemed to be close to stadium 151.2350 152.8500 events. Don't forget to search the business 461 0750Repeater, stadium operations of 154.6000 461.0375 461.3125 461.3250 frequencies when monitoring an event... some sort, mostly [in] Spanish there's much more "behind the scenes" com- 461 4875Repeater, Coach -to -Quarterback 461.3625 461.4625 comms - scrambled 461.7125 462.0125 munications to be heard other than local po- 461 9875 Repeater, Coach -to -Quarterback 462.1250 462.5625 lice and fire agencies. comms - scrambled 462.6125 462.8125 463 8000Repeater, stadium game opera- 463.2500 463.5875 + Scanning Equipment Update: tions. 463.6250 463.9625 464 7625Simplex at stadium. 464.0375 464.3875 Icom PCR-1000 464.4250 464.6125 Regarding AlT's recent review of the 464.9000 464.9375

28 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 Icom PCR-1000 receiver, Chris Parris sends The addition of GPS or RDF equipment can in this usability report and request: add geographic information and tracking to the remote ID screen, and wireless physiologi- "I have one and have been very happy cal sensors can even add a patient's vital signs with the sensitivity and quality of the unit, to the data stream. but the Icom software was awful. It would With such a program in place, emergency only scan 50 channels at a time and was very medical personnel can monitor all incident vic- s -l -o -w. At last, the fine folks at DataFile, tims within an entire scene, whether through who write the PROBE software package for handheld terminals or a van -mounted remote the Opto receivers, have come out with a ver- display. Triage information, current vitals, on - Credit: Courtroom Connect sion of PROBE that speaks !cont. I ordered it site location and disposition (patient released this past week and just installed it today, and at scene or transported elsewhere) can all be of papers instead of huge file baskets and it's outstanding! The operation is almost iden- viewed in real-time and permanently re- boxes. A courtroom worker is handed a tical to the PROBE for Opto radios and I'm corded. If a patient's medical condition dete- memory card, then the attorney proceeds to scanning at 45 channels per second! The ex- riorates, an immediate response can be sent "beam" something from a PDA. isting PROBE files I have are all compatible no matter how many other victims are collo- In addition to workspaces and seating with the PROBE! K program, so importing cated nearby. areas provided for the Judge, Clerk, Bailiff, stuff has been a snap. It's certainly made the Witnesses, Jury, Attorneys and spectators, PCR box much more useful as a scanner to there isanother desk and console me!" (See MT's review of PROBE I k in the installed... for the Litigation Communications September Computers & Radio column.) Specialist. Welcome to the connected court- Chris also added the following request: room, where wired and wireless technologies "I'm going to ask DataFile if they plan on merge into a digital suite of voice and data coming up with anything that will speak communications. Uniden next!" Keep us posted on DataFile's Armed with only a PDA and small note- response, and...if the DataFile team is read- book computer, attorneys will soon be able ing this column...please consider Chris to be to conduct trials with a minimum amount of a Beta Tester for all new products! paper files. New courtrooms are being designed with technology in mind, and old Homeland Security Update: courtrooms are being refurbished in those jurisdictions that have embraced such tech- Patient Tracking Systems Credt: Idea RIM nological advances. Emergency planning for mass casualty This highly informative data stream, es- With WiFi, Bluetooth, Infrared and pro- incidents has been the subject of many gov- sential to wireless technologies, is also the prietary RF systems in place, combined with ernment and private forums. A component main point of concern from privacy advocates Flat -panel monitors and projection systems, topic within the realm of emergency planning and "watchdog" groups. There is no question a courtroom can support all types of docu- is "patient tracking," the ability to identify as to the need for a more efficient on -scene ment. video, and physical evidence presen- and locate victims of incidents using high- medical evaluation system; these groups just tations. Digital audio and video recordings of technology devices. the trial will occur, and juries may be able to As envisioned by planners, first -re- worry about how secure such data will be from prying eyes and nearby computers. Specifi- replay key testimony and evidence files dur- sponse personnel should have the ability to ing their deliberations. immediately "tag" all victims and prioritize cally, the ability to identify an individual patient and tap into the patient's "syndromic For an attorney or expert witness, a ("triage") their medical condition. While pa- surveillance" data stream is something that memory card containing documents, photos, per tags, color -coded ribbons, hospital -style must be blocked from unauthorized people. videos, and other materials may be all that is ID bracelets and other methods have been In light of the extremely popular WiFi sys- needed to illustrate a point or assist in testi- used for many years, current planning dis- tem and its well -publicized security issues, mony. The Litigation Communications Spe- cussions include the adaptation of barcoded some type of encryption will surely be re- cialist, sitting behind a console of audio, IDs, portable transponders or RFID tags to video, and data connectivity controls, acts not only identify victims and categorize their quired. In next month's column, we'll look at like a television director by calling up the condition, but also track them as they move voice and data radio equipment that's been required documents and photos at the proper around the incident scene or are transported tested so far and discuss the portions of a time, and remotely connecting the various to local hospitals. mass casualty incident that may be monitored input and output devices needed for trial pre- An ideal scenario is one in which a first - by radio hobbyists. sentation. responder can rapidly deploy a small, light- For a glimpse of this emerging technology, weight tag on each victim encountered at a check out http://www.courtroomconnect.com to catastrophic scene. Once the patient is evalu- 4. Wireless Data Update: The Connected Courtroom see how one company is wiring courtrooms for ated and perhaps stabilized, a PDA or similar secure Internet access. It may take a decade or device is used to record the tag's electronic Pretend it', 2004 or 2005 and you're in a more to wire all courtrooms, but we're "witness- address and present a brief electronic form so legal proceeding. Perhaps it's a personal in- ing" the start right now. that vital signs and symptoms can be docu- jury or product liability case, or maybe some mented. other civil or criminal matter. You're "lucky" Each time the patient is treated or moved, enough to have the case heard in a brand new the tag is scanned or otherwise recorded and courtroom...beautiful in its architectural de- SPEAKER LEVEL MIXER the patient's record is updated. The individual sign but also functional in its Model: BX2 Four speaker level outputs. PDA units, carried by each healthcare worker technology...because hidden behind the or- transformer coupled nate desks and wall coverings is a spiderweb 7 watts audko output on -site, are subsequently uploaded to a main Convenient trent mute switches computer system where all entries concern- of wires, antennas, infrared tranceivers, 5" x 4" x 1.5" Order toll Ineo (8) 2804287 ing a patient are consolidated and stored. Bluetooth hubs, WiFi "hotspots" and univer- only $139 sal battery chargers/AC adapters for comput- B&D Enterprises If an RFID tag system is used in coordi- Plus $5 shipping PO. Box 28362. San Jose. CA 95159 nation with a local (on -scene) wireless net- ers and other devices. impwww.bdenterprises.com work, patient IDs can be remotely logged. An attorney strolls in with a small folder

Novembe- 2003 MONITORING TIMES 29 Scanning Canada Scanning John David Corby, VA3AOT Report johncorby@monitoringtimes. coin

Emergency Management Radio Services

September II is a date that marks a his- On that other September 11 the world will the VHF marine band were selected: toric milestone in the development of never forget, Canada and the United States were 157.250/161.850 Canada's emergency preparedness. On pulled together in an act of cooperation that in- 157.225/161.825 157.275/161.875 this day, while the ravages of war were tearing the volved multiple public service agencies on both Four channel pairs in the UHF -Low band were world apart, our country took a major step for- sides of the border. In an amazingly well -coordi- designated: ward in putting together the pieces of a giant com- nated act of unplanned international cooperation, 453.2125/458.2125 munications puzzle that is still being assembled the skies over the entire continent of North 453.4625/458.4625 today. I am not referring to the events of Septem- America were cleared of civilian air traffic within a 453.7125/458.7125 ber 11, 2001, in New York City and Washington couple of hours of the first attack on New York. 453.8625/458.8625 DC. I am referring to an event that took place on Inbound planes to the United States were diverted The following frequencies are identified for in- September 11, 1944, in Ottawa, Canada. to airports in Canada, and in the aftermath of the ter -agency law enforcement: Mobile Transmit (VHF) 167.0875 (Simplex) 162.2625 While the second world war was raging in attack, Canadian firefighters joined their Ameri- 162.8375163.2875 163.4250167.2500 167.7500 168.1125 Europe, Canada's Minister of Industry, C.D. can colleagues in memorials to those who lost their 168.4625 Howe, was presented with a proposal to create a lives in the attack. Mobile Receive (VHF) 167.0875 167.2500 167.7500 body that would act as an advisor to the federal 168.1125 168.4625 167.2500 167.7500 168.1125 168.4625 The big blackout affecting 50 million people Mobile Transmit (UHF) 414.0375 (Simplex) 418.9875 government in matters concerning radio technol- in the USA and Canada in August this year was 419.1875 419.6125 414.0625 (Simplex) 414.3125 (Sim- ogy. The sponsors of the idea proposed that the another call to action. plex) 414.3375 (Simplex) 409.9875 (Simplex) 410.1875 war -driven development of radio technology in (Simplex) 410.6125 (Simplex) Mobile Receive (UHF) 414.0375 409.9875 410.1875 Canada would result in the country having a sig- 410.6125 414.0625 414.3125 414.3375 409.9875 410.1875 nificant influence in the fields of broadcasting and 410.6125 the design and production of radio equipment af- It is interesting to note that these are analog ter the war. FM channels. Don't throw those old scanners On September 11 of that year, with the bless- out yet! ing of minister Howe, a meeting of several inter- Another set of frequencies is reserved for inci- ested parties was convened. As a result of that dent response: meeting an "association of associations" called the Mobile Transmit (VHF) 164.7125 165.2500 165.9625 166.5750 167.3250 169.5357 (Simplex) 170.0125 (Sim- "the Canadian Radio Technical Planning Board" plex) 173.4125 (Simplex) was born. Government was not allowed to be Mobile Receive (VHF) 169.5375 170.0125 170.4125 directly represented on the board, but would in- 170.6875 173.0375 169.5375 170.0125 stead accept advice from the board in matters re- Mobile Transmit (UHF) 419.2375 419.4375 419.6375 419.8375 413.1875 (Simplex) 413.2125 (Simplex) 410.2375 lated to radio technology. (Simplex) Mobile Receive (UHF) 410.2375 410.4375 410.6375 The eight founding members of the board Emergency services stand II). fOr action. included the Canadian section of the ARRL 410.8375 413.1875 413.2125 (American Radio Relay League) as well the rail- O Closer Cooperation Note that these frequencies are recommen- ways, manufacturers and broadcasters. Within a While Canada and the United States live as dations for discussion purposes. Interference to year the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy friendly, but separate neighbors, we are often called existing bandplan users may arise, so a migration and the Royal Canadian Air Force were also par- upon to cooperate in the handling of emergency strategy is also discussed. Don't expect inter- ticipating in the board's activities. As the war ended, events and in preparation for future emergencies. agency traffic on these frequencies right away, but Canada had a body in place that would develop With this mind, the Government of Canada spon- they do hold out hope for scanner owners to par- into what is now known as the Radio Advisory sored a National Public Safety Conference in Ot- ticipate in, or at least monitor, inter -agency and Board of Canada (RABC). tawa in March last year to come up with a set of cross -border emergency management - despite the Today, RABC has a broad -based member- solutions. Following the conference, an RABC intrusion of new digital technology. ship (including Radio Amateurs of Canada) and paper was published calling for cooperation be- has many functions, including broadcasting issues tween Canada and the United States to create com- fi Calgary Completes Move to and frequency allocations. It is also a key player mon radio channels to aid in coordinating multiple Digital in the formulation of public safety issues through public service agencies in both countries. I am s,,,,,( on thanks another reader for a contri- the participation of the military, police and mem- very grateful to MTreader Jerry None for bringing bution sent in to the column. Brian Jagger, VE6TAJ bers such as APCO Canada (Association of Pub- this publication to Scanning Canada's attention. of Calgary, Alberta, wrote that his city's police lic Safety Communications Officials). RABC is The paper discusses channel allocations and have been using digital radios for some time. How- also a stakeholder in the Canadian Public Safety the need for radio equipment that integrates ac- ever, he notes that EMS and Fire Services have Radiocommunications Project, whose mandate is cess to specific frequencies for interoperability only just recently made the move. Brian reports to resolve communications interoperability issues during emergencies. that his BC895XLT can no longer find the control between public service agencies in Canada. That Five VHF high band frequencies were suggested: channel and only 13 out of a previous 29 frequen- mandate also includes coordination with the United 151.1375 154.4525 155.7525 158.7375 159.4725 cies are still in use. A thank you card has gone out States. In addition, the following frequency pairs from in the mail to Brian for his contribution.

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As October comes to an end, so does the used at night, and everything else is 24/7. Many Beme Radio in Switzerland, guards 5395, 6643, Concorde, doomed by a variety of of these are shared. The complete list of these 8936, 10069, 13205, 15048, 18023, 21988, and business factors. Air France stopped watch frequencies appears in Table One. 23285. In Russia, Aviakompaniya Vostok is on flights of this supersonic airliner in May, and Brit- 4770 kHz. ish Airways is about to follow suit. O ARINC Contract Stations One place listeners used to hear the ARINC has business arrangements with .; Echo Charlie? Concordes was on the British Airways LDOC other traditional operators of US commercial HF The nature of civil aero HF frequency se- radio system. LDOC stands for Long Distance ground -to -air stations. lection deliberately minimizes multiple -hop skip Operational Control. The defined purpose of Most famous is the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to keep interference down. As a result, these this international aero mobile service is "to pro- communication center run by Rockwell/Collins. bands often sound unused, making them tempt- vide communications between aeronautical This is a big operation. Along with the LDOC ing places to start up other, far less authorized, enroute stations and aircraft stations anywhere "Cedar Rapids Radio," it includes "Atlas" for activities. in the world for control of the regularity and the Drug Enforcement Agency, KHT/KHR for "Echo Charlie" is one of these. It's pho- efficiency of flight and safety of aircraft." maritime, and "Rockwell Flight Test" for experi- netic for "EC," but no two people will agree on LDOC can be extremely interesting listen- mental aircraft. the name's origin. It refers to a very old, unli- ing, with phone patches to company dispatch- Cedar Rapids Radio has four LDOC con- censed, hobby radio scene that started after World ers or medical services. On international oceanic soles, which are capable of injecting traffic into War II in Europe, on and around 6670 kHz in the flights beyond the range of very -high -frequency ARINC's global networks. Remotes are aero mobile band. Early operation used ampli- (VHF) aeronautical radios, high -frequency (HF) in Texas and southern California. tude modulation (AM) on surplus military ra- takes over. To keep down the chatter, HF ground Another big, old station is dios. Today, it's usually lower sideband (LSB) stations use a two-tone selcal (selective calling) "Houston Universal." This on out -of -band ham transceivers. system to call specific aircraft. Texas operation was started Echo Charlie has added calling frequencies British Airways is heard daily from its Lon- in 1978, using ARINC of 3475, 13970, 18030, and 20930 kHz LSB to don base, also known as "Speedbird Radio." It frequencies, and the original 6670. In each case, there's a band uses these HF frequencies, all in kilohertz (kHz) going up or down around 25 kHz from these. and upper sideband (USB): 3497.0, 5535.0, New modes are being explored, sometimes with 8921, 10072.0, 11333.0, 13333.0, 17922.0, and noisy results. Growing in popularity around 21946.0. Files also show a frequency for 6650 kHz LSB is slow -scan TV, really more like Amsterdam, Holland, on 8960.0. a form of color facsimile. Some pictures are re- However, this company is in a dwindling puted to be rather on the "adults only" side. minority of those investing in their own radios operated by Universal Weather and Aviation, In- There's a lot of this kind of thing happen- and staff. In keeping with the modern corporate corporated. Universal offers a wide range of other ing on our planet. Australian utilities face a se- trend to "outsource" everything, most airlines services such as weather and propagation fore- vere problem with interference from the nightly contract for radio service. The giant here, of casts, data networking, and refueling. Pacific activity. Much of this is from high-pow- course, is the American ARINC, Aeronautical Finally, there's the Miami contract station, ered equipment on Indonesian islands barely Radio, Incorporated. It's a huge corporation with known as "Sylvair," but just as likely to be heard reached by the government, let alone interna- global reach, offering integrated voice and data identifying as "Connie Ops." "Connie" is thought tional radio enforcement. Even in the US, it can services on all bands. We've written previously to refer to Kalitta Air, a freight carrier started by be quite remarkable in winter to hear propaga- about its High -Frequency Data Link (HFDL). champion drag racer Connie Kalitta. Other calls tion reveal a layer of chatter all the way from LDOC, though, is always plain old USB voice. have been heard, such as "Big A." These are 6520 to maybe 6800 kHz. ARINC's two LDOC facilities are New apparently for Kalitta planes on US Govern- It appears as if most of the world remains York Radio (KEA 5), and San Francisco Radio ment charters. unconvinced that HF is dead. (KMA 7/ WBO 6). New York has transmitters at two sites out on Long Island. San Francisco is Other Major LDOCs at the "HF Supersite" in Dixon, California, right Table One In Canada, Tors Cove still operates "Rain- next to Globe Wireless of maritime fame. It also bow Radio" out of Newfoundland on frequen- has access to ARINC's powerful remotes in ARINC USLDOC Watch Frequencies cies 3458, 5604 8819 13285 17910 kHz USB. New York southern California, Alaska, and Hawaii. The 3494 6640 8933 aimed at Europe. The "Atlantic Sector" uses the 11342 13330 17925 Alaska station is the only LDOC available to same frequencies plus 13420 kHz USB. Over in San Francisco 3013 664011342 aircraft on the polar route. Toronto, Ontario's "Elite Ops" is on 5475 and 13348 17925 21964 ARINC also does frequency coordination Cedar Rapids 6637 893310075 8900. for all US LDOC stations. Busiest are the 13348 17940 21964 In Sweden, Stockholm Radio ("STORadio") "watch" channels, which are monitored at dif- Houston Universal 3013 663710075 operates ten high -power transmitters, and at least 13330 17940 21964 ferent times depending on propagation. The high- that many receivers. It's on 3494, 5541, 8930. Sylvair, Miami 6637 8095 8939 est ones are guarded in day time, the lowest are 11345, 13342, 17916, and 23210 kHz. "Bema," 10033 11470 21964

32 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 Utility Logs Utility Hugh Stegman [email protected] World WWW.ominous-valve.com/uteworld.html

4924.5HQ1 NGB2-National Guard Bureau, Arlington, VA, calling ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS COLUMN LANNGB (Lansing, MI), in ALE at 2322. (Perron -MD) 5327.5LRD1-US Army Corps of Engineers, Great Lakes, sounding in AFB Air Force Base ALE at 0918. (Perron -MD) ALE Automatic Link Establishment 5711.0AFA1PUMARS-US Air Force MARS, MD, sounding in ALE at MA Amplitude Modulation 1333. KGD34NCC-SHARES Master Station, VA, calling KNY83 ARQ Automatic Repeat Request teleprinting system in ALE, also heard on 11217 and 17487, at 1733. (Perron - ARQ-E3 French ARQ teleprinting system MD) AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System CAMSLANT Communication Area Master Station, Atlantic 5732.025C -US Coast Guard helicopter on possible drug interdiction, CAMSPAC Communication Area Master Station, Pacific reporting position to CAMSPAC, CA, at 0030. (Cleary -SC) Coq -8 Coquelet; French/Algerian 8 -tone printing mode 6491.5LOR-Argentine Navy, RTTY 5 -letter code groups and very strong CW Morse code telegraphy ("Continuous Wave") signal, at 0514. (Hall -RSA) DEA US Drug Enforcement Administration 6501.0Honolulu -US Coast Guard, HI, broadcasting marine weather E6 Russian intelligence numbers, English, ends "00000" using the "Perfect Paul" synthesized voice, at 0615. (Williams - E7 Russian intelligence numbers, English, ends "000 000" AL) [Received on an HP 3586B selective level meter! -Hugh] El Oa Israeli phonetic numbers, callup-only or abnormal 6535.0Dakar -South Atlantic oceanic route control, Senegal, working EAM Emergency Action Message aircraft, heavy inte-Terence from scrambled voice [probably EOC Emergency Operations Center Mexican Army -Hugh], at 0145 and 0350. (Williams -AL) FAX Rodiofocsimile 6586.0New York -Caribbean oceanic route control, NY, working air- FBI US Federal Bureau of Investigation craft at 0355. (Williams -AL) FEC Forward Error Correction teleprinting system FEMA US Federal Emergency Management Agency 6604.0New York Radio-VOLMET, possibly on backup during the power HF-GCS High -Frequency Global Communications System blackout, transmitter in New Jersey, at 0147. (Williams -AL) JSTARS Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System 6628.0New York -North Atlantic oceanic route control, NY, working LDOC Long Distance Operational Control aircraft at 0358. (Williams -AL) LSB Lower Sideband 6697.0Unwanted -US military, with EAM simulcast on 8992 and 11244, M22 Israeli Navy 4XZ, "WV" markers and numbers at 1655. (Jeff Haverlah-TX) MARS Military Affiliate Radio System 6754.0Trenton Military -Canadian Forces, male reading VOLMET very Meteo Meteorological fast as if to finish on time, at 0120. (Williams -AL) MFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs 6912.0SYN2-Israeli intelligence, repeated AM callup (El Oa) at 0350. NIPRNET Non -Secret Internet Protocol Routing Network SYN2, AM callup (ElOa) at 0445, gone at 0450. (Williams -AL) PACTOR Packet Teleprinting Over Radio 6930.0MIW2-Israeli intelligence, AM callup only (El Oa), at 0115. PR Puerto Rico (Williams -AL) RSA Republic of South Africa RTTY Radio Teletype 7300.0ERCC-Unknown agency, possibly US government, sounding in Selcal Selective Calling ALE at 0227. (Perron -MD) SHARES Shared Resources, US interagency net 7527.0Panther -US DEA, Bahamas, position check with Juliet 13, at SITOR-A Simplex Teleprinting Over Radio, ARQ mode 1635. (Cleary -SC) SITOR-B Simplex Teleprinting Over Radio, FEC mode 7777.0RAYO-Mexican Arrry "Animals" net, in ALE link analysis with UK United Kingdom LEON at 0146. Unid-ALE initiated voice contact (missed data Unid Unidentified exchange) at 0200, went scrambled at 0202. COCA, LQA link US United States analysis with ALFIL, at 0340. (Hugh Stegman-CA) VOLMET Aviation weather broadcasts ("Flying Weather") 7778.6WF1 -FBI, Washington, DC Field Office, sounding in ALE at 0144. (Perron -MD) All transmissions are USB (upper sideband) unless otherwise indi- 7810.0C102 -Israeli intelligence, AM callup only (ElOa), same time cated. All frequencies are in kHz (kilohertz) and all times are UTC (Coor- SYN2 was on 6912, at 0350. (Williams -AL) dinated Universal Time). "Numbers" stations (encrypted, usually uni- 7903.5QT2-FBI, Quantico, VA, calling ALI (Atlanta), in ALE at 0126. dentified, broadcasts thought to be intelligence -related) are identified in ( ) MEI , Memphis, TN, calling QT2 in ALE at 0743. BS1, Boston, with their ENIGMA station designators, as issued by the European Num- calling QT2 in ALE at 1357. (Perron -MD) bers Intelligence Gathering and Monitoring Association. 8012.0062NHQCAP-Civil Air Patrol headquarters, Washington, DC, sounding in ALE at 0714 and 0859. (Perron -MD) 31 55.0 ERCC-Unknown agency, possibly US government, sounding in 8047.0F2Z224-Virginia Air National Guard, sounding in ALE at 2257. ALE at 0236. (Ron Perron -MD) (Perron -MD) 3167.5"1 -U -H" -US Navy, tactical data Link -11 coordination with "8- 8050.0FR5FEM-FEMA Region 5, sounding in ALE hourly, at 0133, Z -M," at 0153. (Mark Cleary -SC) 0233, 0333, and 0433. (Stegman-CA) 4028.0 Cuban AM "Atencion" station (V2), 5 -number groups in progress 8141.0The English Man -Russian intelligence (E6), with weird English at 0310. (Barry Williams -AL) synthesized AM voice, began with "527," ended "00000," at 4127.0Unid-Fishing boats, with the usual chatter at 0355. (Williams - 2100. (Patrice Privat-France) AL) 8161.5R26601 -Georgia Air National Guard, calling OPS171, GA, in 4146.0Unid-Jacksonville, FL, station taking reports from boats at 0512. ALE at 2309. (Perron -MD) (Williams -AL) 8181.5ASF1IL-Aviation Support Facility 1, Illinois National Guard, 4241.04XZ-Israeli Navy (M22), with CW marker and coded messages, sounding in ALE at 0237. (Perron -MD) simulkeyed on 4331, 5159, 6379, 8103, 10046, 12984, 8337.6Shark 10 -Possible US joint task force, directing Dolphin 45 in a and 13966, at 2130. (Ary Boender-Netherlands) surveillance near "Sat Cave," at 2113. Stingray 02, working 4271.0 CFH-Canadian Forces, Halifax, NS, RTTY weather forecasts at Shark 10 at 2323. (Cleary -SC) 2350. (Bob Hall -RSA) 8418.2L2C-Argentine Navy, Buenos Aires, with SITOR-B navigation 4372.0"Y -1 -P" -US Navy, Link -11 coordination with "R-4-0," "D -6-T," warnings, simulkeyed on 12580.7, at 2118. (Day Watson -UK) and "W -9-D," at 0024. (Cleary -SC) 8422.0Unid-Unknown CW station, sending dit and long dah, then 4490.0 AAT3BFMARS-US Army MARS/ SHARES, DE, sounding in ALE at "DESUO," at 0336. (Williams -AL) [Same as 12601, 16828, and 2130. (Perron -MD) [SHARES was at Level 2 for the power out- 22387. OK - I'm going to take a stab, and guess this is sending age. -Hugh] "DE SVO," from Olympia Radio, Greece. If you go by assigned 4521.7L2C-Prefectura Naval Argentina (Argentine Navy), Buenos Aires, centers, SVO is near all four of these freqs. What's one dit among with SITOR-B marine bulletins at 0117. (Hall -RSA) friends? -Hugh]

November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 33 Utility Utility Logs (.,)11111111C(1 World

8764.0 CAMSLANT-US Coast Guard, VA, setting radio guard with Cut- 12666.3 FUG -French Navy, La Regine, running an RTTY test loop at ter Cypress, at 2019. (Cleary -SC) 1728. (Hall -RSA) 8912.0Service Center -US Customs Service, working helicopter 33C, 12790.2 NMG-US Coast Guard, New Orleans, LA, with FAX tropical probably US Coast Guard, and Predator, unknown, at 2231. weather charts at 1225. (Hall -RSA) (Cleary -SC) 13155.0 Unknown -US military, too weak to copy call, with a 28 -charac- 8921.0 London -British Airways LDOC, UK, working a company aircraft ter EAM simulcast on 8992 and 11244, at 1837. (Haverlah- [presumably a Concorde -Hugh], reducing speed to subsonic TX) due to engine problems, at 2200. (Williams -AL) 13200.0 Titan 19 -US Marine Corps tanker, patch via Puerto Rico HF- 8971.0Trident 43 -US Navy, with Spare Group 8 report for Goldenhowk, GCS to Cherry Point, at 2151. (Cleary -SC) Postulate -US mili- Brunswick, ME, at 1818. Red Talon 711, passing Spare Group tary, patch via Andrews HF-GCS, at 2237. (Haverlah-TX) 6 report to Fiddle, Jacksonville, FL, at 2207. (Cleary -SC) 13242.0 ADWNPR-US Air Force NIPRNET gateway, Andrews AFB, MD, 8983.0"J -3 -F" -US Coast Guard, declaring inflight emergency to sounding in ALE at 1748. (Perron -MD) CAMSLANT for #1 engine shutdown, and returning to 13257.0 Titan 20 -US Marine Corps tanker, patch via Trenton to Cherry Clearwater, at 2222. (Cleary -SC) "F -2 -C" -US Coast Guard, Point, NC, came from 11232, at 1851. (Cleary -SC) reporting departure to CAMSLANT Chesapeake, at 1802. 13444.0 RFMGXX-unknown routing indicator and station, with a long (Stern -FL) ARQ-E3 message for several warships at 1725. RHVAKS-un- 8992.0 Andrews -US Air Force HF-GCS control station, MD, with two known LS military, 5 -letter -group ARQ-E3 message to Bahrain 22 -character EAMs, signal had two echoes instead of the usual and several ships, at 1739. RFFLADL-French Navy vessel single one, at 0457. (Haverlah-TX) Turbo 22 -US Air Force tanker, Dupleix, very long 5 -letter -group ARQ-E3 message to many arranging fuel for Razor 66, a JSTARS, at 1859. Goose 72 -US ships, at 1830. (Hall -RSA) Air Force, patch via Offutt FIF-GCS to check into an exercise, at 13500.0 PNME1-Venezuelan military, calling COFFRI1 in LSB ALE at 2235. (Cleary -SC) 0227. (Perron -MD) 9007.0 Canforce 4447 -Canadian Forces, patch via Trenton to Opera- 13530.0 1901 -Colombian phone patch net, calling PRF321, in LSB ALE, tions at 0044. Canforce 4443, arrival weather for European at 2157. (Perron -MD) locations from Trenton at 2221. (Cleary -SC) 13927.0 Razor 33 -US Air Force E -8C JSTARS, getting status of Razor 66 9016.0 Ruby Red -US military, working Barn Roof at 2230. (Cleary -SC) in a patch via MARS AFA2HF to Peachtree, Robins AFB, GA, at 9025.0 Reach 9060 -US Air Force, in an ALE -initiated patch to Hilda 1628. (Cleary -SC) Dispatch, checking on refueling arrangements, at 1953. Reach 14408.0 AFA2CU-US Air Force MARS, handling morale patches from 6151 -ALE initiated patch to Hilda Global, at 0020. Falcon 33 - Reach 329Y, at 2045. (Stern -FL) ALE -initiated patch to Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, enroute 14569.0 PCRC5-Venezuelan Army, calling CLC51, in ALE at 1947. (Per- to plane crash aid, at 1954. (Cleary -SC) ron -MD) 10046.0 4XZ-Israeli Navy (M22), with CW marker and coded messages, 14686.0 Flint 453 -US DEA, working Atlas (Rockwell/Collins contract at 1721. (Hall -RSA) facility, IA) while enroute to Panther (DEA, Bahamas), at 1804. 10051.0 New York -New York VOLMET, aviation weather at 1230. (Jeff (Cleary -SC) Seale -KY) 14731.7 RFFTD-French Air Force, Villacoublay, with ARQ-E3 traffic to 10135.0 123 -Mexican Army base station, possibly a headquarters, in RFVITT, Mayotte, at 1516. (Hall -RSA) ALE link analysis with Puma, at 0404. (Stegman-CA) 14757.0 AMTIF1-US Army, calling LBA291, in ALE at 1520. (Perron - 10780.0 Cape Radio -US Air Force, Eastern Test Range, FL, working King MD) 46, NY Air National Guard, at 1450. Cape Radio, patching 14776.0 FC6-FEMA Region 6, TX, calling M07, Missouri state emer- Razor 35 (E -8C JSTARS aircraft) to Peachtree Ops (Warner - gency center, in ALE at 1530. (Perron -MD) Robins AFB, GA) for formatted traffic, at 1715. (Stern -FL) 14867.7 kdakrfr-Egyptian MFA, Cairo, ARQ messages in Arabic to six 11175.0 Reach 6957 -US Air Force Air Mobility Command, patching embassies, at 1610. (Hall -RSA) Hilda Global via Puerto Rico HF-GCS, at 0349. King 22, patch 14937.0 The English Lady -Russian AM "female" synthesized voice in to Metro via Andrews, at 1647. (Stern -FL) Navy 515 -US Navy English (E7), brief callup and then "000," at 0620. (Privat- aircraft, calling Offutt and Mainsail (general call), finally raised France) Puerto Rico for a signal check, at 1624. (Haverlah-TX) 16321.0 CENTR8.Romanian military, working OCP in ALE, at 0859. 11181.0 Strikestar-US military, probably a JSTARS, working Stargate at (Privat-France) 2146. (Cleary -SC) 16798.0 UCTK-Russian vessel Ordynskyi, calling Murmansk in RTTY, at 11205.0 Smasher -US Joint Task Force, FL, working "H -1-X," at 1830. 1650. (Privat-France) (Stern -FL) 16801.0 UYDV-Russian vessel More Sodroujestwa, RTTY traffic for URL, 11217.0 NNNOELA-US Navy/Marine Corps MARS, calling KNR33, Sevastopol, at 1610. (Privat-France) SHARES Coordination Station, VA, in ALE at 1435. (Perron -MD) 16802.0 UAUD-R-issian vessel Marshal Krylov, calling UIW, Kaliningrad, 11232.0 Rescue 305 -Canadian Forces aircraft on a search, patch to in RTTY at 1520. (Privat-France) Rescue Coordination Center via Trenton Military, at 0019. Sen- 17147.0 URL-Sevastopol Radio, Russia, relaying RTTY traffic to vessel try 62 -US Air Force AWACS, patch via Trenton to "Tape Li- Sanfi Panovarov, at 1709. (Hall -RSA) brary," at 2324. (Cleary -SC) 17487.0 KSZ78-Unknown station on SHARES ALE net, calling NNNOELA 11244.0 Blackout -US military, no connection to power outage, called at 1817. (Perron -MD) Mainsail (general call) with no joy, at 1820. (Haverlah-TX) 17519.0 FC8FEM-FEMA Region 8, CO, sounding in ALE at 0248. (Per- 11396.0 Qantas 83 -Australian flight working Ujung Pandang (South- ron -MD) east Asia air route control), at 1710. (Patrice Privat-France) 18529.5 Unid-Algerian embassy, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with a Coq -8 11486.0 ERMBEL-Brazilian Navy, Belem, calling NEBRSL (Sailing train- message to Algiers, in French, at 1610. (Hall -RSA) ing ship Brasil), in ALE at 0218. (Perron -MD) 19048.7 RFFKC-French Navy, Brest, 5 -letter ARQ-E3 code groups to 11494.0 Service Center -US Customs, relaying position of "33" to Preda- RFTJCF, vessel Cap Vert, at 1621. (Hall -RSA) tor, at 2124. CAMSPAC working Juliet 33, at 2346. (Cleary - 19145.7 RFVIC-French Navy, La Reunion, with ARQ-E3 weather at 1533. SC) (Hall -RSA) 12562.5 UHEL-Russian vessel Kazanx, calling UIW, Kaliningrad, in RTTY, 20633.6 RFVI-French Navy, Le Port, with offline encrypted traffic, then at 1630. (Privat-France) weather in English and French, in ARQ-E3 at 1550. (Watson - 12579.0 NRV-US Coast Guard, Guam, SITOR-B warnings for the Great UK) Australian Bight, at 1601. (Hall -RSA) 20992.5 AFA2CU-US Air Force MARS, FL, patch with Reach 6145, at 12580.7 L2C-Buenos Aires, Argentina, with SITOR-B navigation warn- 1737. (Stern -FL) ings, simulkeyed on 8418.2, at 2118. (Watson -UK)

34 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 Digital Digest Utility Mike Chace mikechac46monitoringtimes.corn World Listening to Low Frequency Utilities

This month we take a look at some of the 70 to 60.05 k'-iz Fixed, Maritime Mobile nications also uses VLF. TACAMO transmis- 60.05 to 59.95 kHz Standard Frequency and Time sig- sions come in various flavors of FSK and MSK. utility stations that live below 100 kHz, nals in the Very Low Frequency (VLF) re- 59.95 to 20.05 kHz Fixed and Maritime Mobile gion of the radio spectrum. Interesting stations 20.05 to 19.95 kHz Time Signals Radio Navigation 19.95 to 14 k-lz Fixed and Maritime Mobile have lived here for years and often remain un- 14 to 9 kHz Radio Navigation Probably the most common VLF naviga- discovered by many listeners. 9 to 3 kHz ULF (Ultra Low Frequency) Not Al- tion systems is the venerable LORAN which One of the principal reasons for not fre- located occupies most of the space between roughly 90 quenting this part of the spectrum is that many and 110 kHz. LORAN is a worldwide system receivers only begin their coverage at 100 kHz, In reality, this band plan turns into a lot of and can provide navigation accuracies of up to neglecting a very interesting part of the utility interesting signals that can be heard over long 50m or better. The LORAN -C chain or 24 US - world. If you find yourself with just such a distances. based transmitters provides complete coverage receiver, there are various solutions available, of continental US and Alaska and cooperating including the venerable frequency converter. O Time Signals Russian stations cover the Bering Sea. The strong These simple devices generally connect Germany, Great Britain, Russia, and Japan, pulses of the LORAN system in most parts of between the antenna input of your receiver and in addition to the US all still operate super -accu- the world are easy to hear. a suitable antenna for the VLF range. The fre- rate time signal stations on VLF. These are the quency converter mixes the incoming signal with stations that control the "radio watches" and a fixed signal at a higher frequency - one that is "atomic clocks" you see advertised as never need- in the normal tuning range of the receiver. For ing to be set. Many electricity and home auto- example, I used to own a converter which cov- mation controls also use these signals for timing ered 10-100 kHz and placed this range at 5010 purposes. to 5100 kHz on my receiver's dial. Besides a highly accurate carrier frequency Converters are often a simple and inexpen- that can be used for all sorts of timing and cali- sive way to gain access to new parts of the radio bration purposes, one can recognize these sig- spectrum without spending money on a pur- nals by a regular tick each second, often with a pose -designed radio. For example, Ramsey Elec- voice announcement of the time at certain minute tronics' $39 VLFI device (see Resources) cov- or hour intervals. Many also send a burst of data ers 0-400 kHz and sends the signals to 4 MHz. that carries the time information in some stan- A typical LORAN transmitter So, to hear a station that is actually transmitting dard format. The Hoka decoder software, for on 77.5 kHz, one tunes the receiver to 4.0775 example, is able to decode the data stream from Here at Digital Towers we often find that MHz. Easy! Doubtless, past Below 500 kHz the German station DCF77 on 77.5 kHz and use early morning is a great time to listen, especially columns in MT will have covered more of these it to set the computer's real-time clock very pre- shortly after sunrise when the higher HF bands devices as well as more specialized equipment. cisely. have yet to open for business during the day. Here are the results of a typical morning's O Tuning the Low Frequencies * Fixed and Maritime Mobile VLF listening over the past couple of years: Radio wave propagation at low frequen- As one might expect, very long trans- 19.60GQR/GBZ Royal Navy, Anthom 50bps MSK cies is rather different from that of HF and doesn't mission distances and penetration of water 21.40 ??? US Navy, ??? 200bps MSK rely on the ionosphere. Simply put, because of are just two features that have made VLF a 21.75 ??? ???, ??? 200bps MSK extremely long wavelengths (10 kHz is 3km and popular choice for military communications, 23.40 NPM US Navy, Lualualei HI 200bps MSK 24.00 NM US Navy, Cutler ME 200bps MSK 100 kHz is 300km) the majority of VLF signals and especially with navies. In practice, the 24.80 NLK USN, Jim Creek WA 200bps MSK effectively travel around the globe using the earth majority of these military signals are en- 25.20 NML4 USN, La Moure ND 200bd MSK and the lowest layers of the ionosphere as acrypted streams of low -speed data, usually 37.50 NRK US Navy, Keflavik Iceland200bps MSK 40.76NAU US Navy, Aguada PR200bps MSK huge waveguide. 50, 75, 100 or perhaps 200bd with narrow 45.90 NSY US Navy, Niscemi Italy 200bps MSK VLF signals follow the curvature of theshifts of 75 or 100Hz. Traditional FSK (Fre- 55.50 ??? Unidentified Time signal earth and also penetrate substantial depths of quency Shift Keying) is sometimes used, but 60.00 WWVB Fort Collins, CO Time signal 77.50 DCF77 Mainflingen, Germany lime signal the earth's crust and ocean. They also tend to most signals now tend to be MSK (Minimum travel many thousands of kilometers without Shift Keying) which spectrally looks (and Until next time, enjoy your digital listen- much day/night signal variation. These last two sounds) very much like FSK-type RTTY, but, ing. facts are the main reason why this range of fre- in fact, is a special form of PSK that is very quencies has been popular for communications efficient in its use of bandwidth. with submarines over long distances. Making the most of bandwidth is of course Resources So what utility signals can we find below very important at VLF. With only 100 kHz in 100 kHz? A casual check of the International this whole allocation, using say a MIL -188-110A Telecommunications Union (ITU) website high-speed modem that occupies 2.4 kHz (or RamseyElectronics VLF Converter- nearly 3% of the whole band to carry one signal) http://www.ramseyelectronics.com shows us that the officially agreed band plan for ITU - http://www.itu.int this region of the spectrum is roughly as fol- would cause quite a stir! International LORAN Association- lows: Although the end of the Cold War reduced http://www.Ioran.org transmissions markedly, the US Navy USCoast Guard LORAN -C Sie- 110 to 90 kHz Radio Navigation TACAMO ("TAke Charge And Move Out") http://www.navicen.uscg.gov/loran/ 90 to 70 kHz Fixed, Maritime Mobile, Radio Olefault.htm Navigation airborne system for nuclear submarine commu-

November2003 MONITORING TIMES 35 Global Shortwave Broadcasting Glenn Hauser P.O. Box I684 -MT Enid, OK 73702 Forum [email protected] www.worldofradio.corn

Radio Free Cascadia International

RFCI notified us in advance that they would broadcast Sept. 10- "Solid signal, 100% copy with very good audio, anti-establish- 14 in opposition to globalization as exemplified by the World Trade ment song, talk on situations in Central/South America. Great program- Organization meeting in Cancun. World Of Radio listeners and DX Lis- ming!" says Joe Talbot, Alberta. "Very good signal with deep fades. tening Digest readers were ready and waiting to hear it. Schedule was Hopefully this isn t the last we've heard from them on SW" - Mark approximately 1700-0500 on 15045; signal here was typically 20 over Mohrmann, VT. 9, peaking in the afternoon but fading out before 0500; it had lots of We heard them say they do have plans for future transmissions, anti-establishment coverage in English and accented Spanish, claiming but can't divulge them yet. For a couple of hours on their final day, they power of 8 kW, from an organic farm "in northern America," powered dropped carrier because an aerial vehicle was checking them out. After by organic diesel. It had reports from as far away as China and Argen- that, big news was that the "Cancim talks collapsed," causing great tina, acknowledged on a mailbag the final day. One listener, David celebration. Hodgson in TN, also heard it with a spur on 14960 at 2300, reported to Robert Ross, Ontario DX Association, noted angry punk rock the harmonics yahoogroup. protest music, anti -government slogans like "Go to Hell, you Material- From their website http://www.efn.org/-radio985/RFCl/ istic Oppressors" and "Protest to the United Nations." Are we calling index.htm: "We broadcast in solidarity with the thousands of people this clandestine? ho are protesting the World Trade Organization in Cancun, Mexico, Rich D'Angelo, PA, in the NASWA Flashsheet: Seems very politi- and around the world... RFCI will relay streaming audio sources from cal in nature and presumably illegal so is "clandestine" the appropriate Cancun, and will originate programming in Spanish and English... di- home or is "pirate" the correct classification? GH noted that they re- rected at Mexico and may also be heard in other nations of Latin America, ferred to themselves on air as "clandestine." But Clandestine Radio and in the U.S. Watch decided RFCI was merely an "interesting political pirate" and did "Radio Free Cascadia International is a direct action of resistance not qualify for coverage there. and solidarity. We modulate the air as freely as we breathe it, as a RFCI wondered if being non-violent kept them from being called challenge to those who would claim ownership and control of the natu- clandestine as they preferred. Anyhow, a group of people evidently had ral elements, peoples, and creatures of the Earth." Address: RFCI, P 0 a great time pulling this off, and gave us, however briefly, a much - Box 703, Eugene OR 97440; [email protected] needed alternative to corporate media.

AUSTRALIA Keys to Music is a new educational program, on RA at 0005 UT Sun, repeat follow-up report of Radio Eco San Borja, 4702. Said it is not operating due to the at 1005, designed to demystify fine music (John Figliozzi, DX Listening Digest) death of his brot'ier Freddy Espinoza Codes in a power plant accident on the 6th Detailed SW frequency information now at: http://www.abc.net.au/ra/hear/ of August (Jyrki Hytonen, Finland, dxing.info) 73 (Glenn, VK4DU, EDXP) Still no comprehensive schedule in UT (gh) BRAZIL Radio Nacional do Brasil on 9665 around 0600 with very good strength (Noel Dale Chesson at ARDS requests further reports on 5050. Power increase Green, England, DX Listening Digest) It's the new external service to Africa, delayed, as they are not yet happy with reception in the target area; reports to: started Aug 1, scheduled M -F 1900-2100 UT, repeated at 0500-0700; Sat & Sun [email protected] (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, EDXP) 1800-2200 with futebol, 0500-0800 with music (Lia Rangel, RNB, via Celio Romais, BELARUS' R. Minsk, fair in English at 0200 [not on every night] on 7210; // 5970 DX Clube do Brasil) R. Marumby still on 9665.04, at other times, heard at 2342- generally covered by other stations (Tom Sliva, NYC, DX Listening Digest) Enjoyed 0003 (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, Cumbre DX) QRM free, SIO 444 reception on 7210 at 0200 UT Mon; hams must turn in early Radio Guarujci Paulista, now on 3235 and 5045, has QSLed for Jose Moacir Sunday night (Ben Loveless, WB9FJO, Ml, DX Listening Digest) Porters de Melo. [email protected] (Celio Romais, @tividade BOUVIA R. Pio XII, 5952.5, 0000, almost boomed in when I fixed my beverage where DX) the cows hod eaten up meters of it. Gorgeous ID in Aymara, Spanish ad for a R. Primero de Marzo, Asuncion, Paraguay, heard on 6105 at 0300-0330' machine shop in Oruro (Hermod Pedersen, Sweden, SW Bulletin) Great signal with sports; another night stayed on until 0503' with Parana FM 98.5.6105 is not and audio in Quechua near Moscow (Artyom Prokhorov, Cumbre DX) Nice strong registered for ary Paraguayan station (Daniel Camporini, Argentina, Conexi6n signal on 5952.47, at 0918, drama in Aymara? (Mark Mohrmann, VT, DX Listen- Digital) Also at 1003 with Catholic mass in Spanish, Guarani; 1030 abrupt switch ing Digest) to R. Culture Filadelfia (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, Cumbre DX) So Brazilian R. San Miguel, Riberalta, reported last month on 4930 and 4724, then apparently relayed Paraguayan (gh) Subsequently on 6105.02v, R. Culture Filodelfia, jumped to 4905 in mid -August, 0215, Show de los Scibados to 0300', also Moss Foz do Iguocu, Brazil, ID at 0100, religious music, only in Portuguese (Bjorn Malm, at 1035 (Rogildo F. Arageo, Quillacollo, Bolivia, DX Listening Digest) ID and tango Quito, Ecuador, Conexian Digital) Same at 2303-0020, religious program in at 2355 (Dave Valko, PA, Cumbre DX) 4905.16, at 1000, "Cu -Cu" sound, TC and Portuguese mentioning Paraguay; full ID at 2359 (Dove Valko, PA, Cumbredx) ID (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, Cumbre DX) Varying from 4905.4 to 4906.4; has CAMBODIA On 11939.4-11940.1, National Radio active again, maybe testing equip- jumped frequency 33 times since Sept. 1992, more this year than ever, even more ment, *1200, and '2355 only in local language, modulation problems (Roland than R. Huanta 2000 (Emilio Pedro Povrzenic (pronounced Poveryenich), Argen- Schulze, Philippines, BC -DX and DSWCI DX Window) tina, DX Listening Digest) Then in Sept varied down to 4903, at 2312 with campo COLOMBIA Harmonic of Radio Mundial, Bogota, is getting stronger and stronger, on music, 0004 political program, 0030 Su Frontera, 0132 ID, gradually drifting 2740 = 2 x 1370, best after 0400 (Man Gonzalez, Catia La Mar, Venezuela, DX downwards (Dave Valko, PA, Cumbredx) Listening Digest) New station on 4781.5, R. Tocana, in Tumuposa, Provincia Iturralde, La Voz de Yopal, 5040, at 1030 Colombian national anthem in progress, ID, Departamento de La Paz, region de Ixiamas y San Buenaventura, at 0202 ID, clearly heard "Yopal" twice, fade out by 1045 (Roger Chambers, Utica, NY, DX mimic° latina, 0305-0328' Brazilian music (Rogildo Fontenelle Arogeo, Quillacollo, Listening Digest) Reactivation after long absence (gh) Bolivia, World Of Radio) COSTA RICA A third webpage with more news of After Mali cleared frequency, 0010-0110 All times UT C; All frequencies kHz; * before hr = sign on, RFPI developments: http://copyexchange.com/ on 4780.96 music occasionally interrupted by * after hr = sign off; // = parallel programming; _wsn/page3.html (Franklin Seiberling {sigh' bur- Radio Tocana IDs (Hermod Pedersen, hard- KCOISV, Iowa City, DX Listening Digest) Out- + = continuing but not monitored,' 2 xfteq = 2nd harmonic; core-dx) Then announced new schedule due come of talks with University for Peace TBA around to electricity cuts, 1000-1700 and 2100-2200, B-03=winter season; [non] = Broadcast to or for the listed Oct. 31; in late September resumed 15115-USB but not at night (Adige°, DXLD) country, but not necessarily originating there; u.o.s. = un- around 1800-0800, as well 7445 -AM (gh) Gonzalo Espinoza Codes verified my less otherwise stated CUBA RHC has three new 100 kW transmitters on

36 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 the air replacing the more than 40 -year -old Brown Boveris, at first test ng 0000- charnel Radio Taiwan International also in Arabic but in AM (Observer, Bulgaria) 0500 in Spanish on 9550, 9600, 11760 and 1100-1500 on 9550, 11705, 11760. MEXICO R. Tapachula from Tapachula, Chiapas, has obtained permission to broadcast They use pulse step modulation, much more energy -efficient than corventional on 6120 with call XETS-0C. Hope to begin in Nov or Dec. R. Tapachula used this AM plate modulation (Arnie Coro, RHC DXers Unlimited via Bob Chandler, ODXA) frequency back in the 1940s (Hector Garcia Bojorge via Jeff White, Cumbredx) DENMARK The World Music Radio tests planned for August were never reported heard XERMX seems to be in a real state of flux. Portuguese program was into late September (gh) 5815 and 15810 first testing with 400 Watts from Ilskov cancelled, producers of English and French programs are gone (Jeff White, FL, DX near Karup in Central Jutland; regular 10 kW transmissions probably from late Listening Digest) Ano Cristina del Razo, ex-directora of XERMX says serious November, 24/7 with chart music, oldies from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, pop financial problems caused departure of the translators and announcers for En- tunes from all over the world; also on Internet, FM, MW, satellite, and Icter a third glish, French and Portuguese; Spanish programs were cut to 15 minutes each DRM SW frequency. Reports welcome to WMR, PO Box 112, DK-890C Randers, Thera remains a long-standing future plan to transmit via Internet (Jeff White, RN Denmark (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, DX Listening Digest) Radio Enlace) At the end of August, instead of 9705, XERMX was again putting out ECUADOR HCJB extended English on 151 15 to 1100-1330, revived Morning in the strong and distorted spurs from 9277 to 9300, less strong but equally distorted on Mountains, but only a quarter hour instead of a sesquihour, M -F 1200, with news, 101 0-10133 (Julian Santiaao and Hector Garcia Bojorge, DF, ConexiOn Digital) sports scores and music (Jeff Ingram, HCJB DX Partyline) R. Mil, 6010, ouplicates MW 1000 except for times on weekends when Via WINB, DXPL changed to Sat 1 730 on 13570 (Hans Johnson, via Allen Encuentro DX is aired: for contradictory info see http://www.nrm.com.mx/ Graham, DX Partyline) 1830 in winter? WWCR shifts presumably include: Thu estociones/radiomil/DX.html Radio Mil was about to move its studios to o 2100 15685, Sat 1430 12160, Sun 0300 5070 (gh) new location on the outskirts of Mexico City, and it was unknown if Encuentro DX GHANA GBC is on 4915 only, following breakdown of the Radio 1 transmitter (on 4915) wou d be able to continue. because of a burnt -out valve. Transferred Radio 2 transmitter to 4915, thus XEPPM, R. Education, 6185, has a half-hour media program Sintonio Libre stopping all broadcasts on 3366 and 6130. Programming of Radio 1 and Radio 2 first airing UT Thu 0430, with repeats: Sat 0030, Sun 0230, Mon 0430, Tue 0030, subsequently merged into a single service in English and local languages on 4915. Wed 0230 [expected times after DST ends] (Jeff White, IX Mexican DX Encuentro Would like to repair broken-down transmitter, but depends on getting funds repert, NASB Newsletter) (confirmed by Chris Greenway BDXC-UK Communication) In mid -Sept at 0845, powerful signal, bad audio on 4810 with Spanish pop GOA All India Radio, Panaji, English news at 1530-1545 on 11740 often starts some mus c (Steve Waldee, CA, DX Listening Digest) ID two hours later at 1036 as seconds late. CNR China also on 1530 past 1545 (Steve Lore, MI, DX Listening "XERTA, transmitting to the United States from Mexico" (Chuck Bolland, FL, ibid.) Digest) Also IDs as La Voz Comercial de Mexico (Robert Wilkner, FL, ibid.) At other times GUATEMALA R. Amistad may have reactivated, strong carrier at 1100 on 4698.71, big carrier but no audio (Hans Johnson, Dave Valko, Cumbre DX) Local strength almost no modulation (Hans Johnson, WY, Cumbre DX) Fair at 1015-1030, Latin even on the least sensitive radio with a whip antenna, better now than all the programming, also 0030-0045 (Bob Wilkner, FL, ibid.) 4698.75, very weak and othe- Mexico City SW stations, at 2130 giving website htip://www.xertaradio.com poor quality but had a program Marianitas de Arnistad, so think this is the station (Hector Garcia Bojorge, OF, Conexion Digital) New transmitter and antenna; in San Pedro de La Laguna (Bjorn Malm, Ecuador, Conexion Digital) Had been off seems Robert Najera has sold it to a religious group (Julian Santiago, DF. Noticios for more than a year (Anker Petersen, DSWCI DX Window) Was back on briefly DX) Sometimes has cite QRM, and XERTA sound is simply hideous (Steve Waldee. after a couple of hams from Chattanooga repaired storm -damaged antenna, CA, DXLD) replaced defective rectifiers in the power supply. But then a surge wiped out the Contact details from website: Geoline Communications, S.A. de C.V., Jo- power supply again. Same volunteers going back to Lake Atitlan and should have seph. Berardi [email protected] Telephone 525-683-5055; Orizaba #32, San rig back up and running (Larry Baysinger, Kentucky, Cumbre DX) Jeronimo Aculco, Mexico City, NA 10400 Mexico (Hans Johnson, Cumbre DX) GUIANA FRENCH Leonidas dos Santos Nascimento discovered that RF could be Nice signal but audio sounds as though an open mic is placed next to the speaker QSLed direct from here if sent to: TDF Outre-Mer, Boite Postale 7024, 97307 of an old cassette player! English ID claims 50,000 watts (Dave Valko, PA, ibid.) Cayenne Cedex, Guyane. E-mail: [email protected] (Celia Romais, Panorama, XERTA does not have an official license from the Ministry of Communications and ((iltividade DX) Transportation to broadcast on 4810 (Hector Garcia Bojorge, via Jeff White, HONDURAS R. Misiones Internacionalies], Comayagijela, reactivated on 3340, ID at Cumbre DX) 0400 (Bjorn Malm, Ecuador, SW Bulletin) Theory: they prefer 5010, but some- MONGOJA The website of Voice of Mongolia http://mongol.net/vom has been times peak the transmitter on 2/3 of that, 3340 instead, because of all the co - reconstructed. A new English section was created containing an updated presen- channel on 5010 (gh) tation of Mongolian Radio 8 TV, http://mongol.net/vom/mnr2.htm - refers INDIA AIR Bangalore HS, excellent on 10330 in Hindi, delightful music from 0035 until to installation of new SW transmitters in 2003, with Japanese aid, 50 kW in fade 0130 or so (Bernie O'Shea, Ottawa, Ontario, DX Listening Digest) Also good Ulaanbaatar, and 10 kW in Altai and Murun (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, DXLD) on 13620 after 0300 (Tom Sliva, NYC, ibid.) NAMIBIA NBC is on SW using daytime frequencies 24 h -6175 and 6060, breaking in INDONESIA RSPK Ngada, 1202-1305, relay of Dinamika Indonesia at 1202 with 8 new tubes. Planned to resume night channels 3270 and 3290. Farmers remain second delay compared to 9680, on new 3516.7v, heard as late as 1430. Strong the big audience for SW even though they don't really respond when NBC ask for signal which should be heard widely, ex -2899 where it was known as RPDT2 feecbock. Presumab y this, heard at 1920-1937 in English on 6060 via Javaradio (David Foster, Australia, DSWCI DX Window) in Australia (Hans Johnson, Cumbre DX) Two Indonesians are unnecessarily on almost the same frequency: 4869.96, NEW ZEALAND RNZI disappeared Aug 30; web site confirmed their SW transmitter RRI Wamena, 1029-1110 as strong as a local, ID on the hour; 4870.90, RRI was off due to a major technical fault (Chuck Albertson, Seattle, DX Listening Sorong, 0938-1015 (Bolland, Chuck, Clewiston, Florida, DX Listening Digest) Digest) [non] RNZI bock on SW thanks to Radio Australia but with reduced service 4870.9, RRI Sarong, 0924-1005' Crazy frequency choice as RRI Women° not far from Sept 8: Sun 1900-2115, Mon -Thu 1 700-21 15 UT, Fri 1700-2015 on 9580. away on 4870 at similar strength. However, Sarong may have no choice but to use Internet streaming uninterrupted (Adrian Sainsbury, Technical Manager, RNZI via their very old 10 kW transmitter (David Foster, Australia, BC DX) Wolfgang Bueschel, John Figliozzi, Alan Pennington, DX Listening Digest) And its ISRAEL Staffers at Israel Radio say, that in mid -October, the Kol Israel domestic English own SW still missing Sept 21 broadcasts will be moved to the REQA network instead of Reshet Alef. The NIGERIA V of Nigena head in English 2200-2300' Aug 27 on new 17800. Signal good English radio news would broadcast at 0430-0445, 1045-1100, 1700-1715 UT. but audio low, female with ID, into news (Ron Trotto, IL, DX Listening Digest) This would impact shortwave and web broadcasts as well (Doni Rosenzweig, DX Turr ed out to replace 15120 part of the day, but still no mention of 17800 on Listening Digest) http://www.voiceofnigeria.org/frequency.html as of Sept 21! (gh) Also on KOREA NORTH Lost patience since South Korea did not stop their propaganda 17800 at 0845 (Dave Kenny, UK, DX Listening Digest) Heard switchover from broadcasts to North in return for the close of V. of National Salvation on August 1. 15120 to 1 7800 at 1958 (Jan Savolainen, Finland, DXLD) Korean National Democratic Front, parent organization of VONS announced they PERU R. Los Andes, Huamachuco, reactivated on 5030 after 2513 days of absence, would relay Korean Central Broadcasting Service for 12 hours a day from August hecrdat1000inAug with slogan"laradiototal,"E-mail 15 heard at 2200-0400 and 0800-1400 on 1053 (Haeju), 3480 (Wonsan), 4557 [email protected] (Emilio Pedro Povrzenic, Argentina, DX Listening (Haeju), 4450 (P'yongyang) with the name of "P'yongyang branch of Korean Digest) Previous reactivation in 1997 lasted only a couple of weeks after four National Democratic Front." This is not a clandestine, but a forma one from yea -s' absence. Hope this one lasts longer (Henrik Klemetz, ibid.) North Korea now (Toru Yamashita, ABI via Takahito Akabayashi, BC -DX) Another one bock after a long absence: R. Naylamp, on new 4335 at 0930- KURDISTAN [non?] Clandestine, V of Iraqi Kurdistan has harmonic on 817C (2 x 4085) 1300, 2200-0330, good here in Chimbote; offers to QSL with letter, reports sent at 1740, stronger at 1800 (Jari Savolainen, Finland, DX Listening Digest) V. of to Av. Andres Avelino Caceres # 800, Lambayeque (Cesar Perez Dioses, Peru, DX People of Kurdistan, 8170, 1705 in Arabic (Luca Botto Fiora, Italy, World DX Club Listening Digest) Contact) Voix of Kurdistan, 1 700-1 714 on 8170, news in Arabic, Kurdish music Radio Virgen del Carmen, Huancavelica, 4886, reduced schedule to morn- (Mohamed Kallel, Sfax, Tunisia, DX Listening Digest) Can't agree on tame ings only: weekdays 1100-1500, weekends 1100-1400. The first hour is an LATVIA Laser Radio UK resumed transmissions via Ulbroka, 100 kW on Saturday 20 agricultural show (Ruben Contreras Espinoza, Peru, via Arnaldo Slaen, Conexion September, 1800-2200 on 9290, sub -renting to "free radio scene" stations, DigJal) starting with the Dutch -based Internet station Radio Seagull ("The home of Reactivated with new name: 6895.57, Radio La Voz de San Miguel, San Progressive Rock and Alternative Music") (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, CX Listening Miguel del Faique, provincia Huancabamba, departamento Piura at 0100; ID Digest) not weekly? heard in April was "La Nueva Radio Superior" (Bjorn Malm, Ecuador, SW Bulletin) UBYA [non] New schedule for UB service in Arabic to Iraq: 1202-1302 new 11890 LSB, Proud of some of your QSLs? Those must pale in comparison to the ex -1 7600 USB \\ 11660 USB, 1800-1900 new 7425 LSB, ex -7245 USB \\ 11660 Cerificados De Visitc that Takayuki Inoue Nozaki displays, issued by stations such USB; 11890 is co -channel VOA in Spanish till 1230 and NHK in Hindi from 1230, as Radio Nor Andina, Celendin, which attests to his visit to the station, "heroically both in AM; however, the 1800 broadcast Sept. 14 was also on 1 1800 LSB, co - traveling to different places in Peru to study the media," etc. Next time I drop in

November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 37 Shortwave Broadcasting on a radio station, I think I shall ask for just such a certificate. The wording could broadcasters (Bob Padula, World Broadcast Magazine http://edxp.org) hardly be improved upon (Glenn Hauser, DX Listening Digest) I think that these TIBET 9490, China Tibet PBS, English talk at 1104-1114, then Chinese (George Maroti, "certificados de visits" that TIN collects are more than souvenirs! They well could NY, Cumbre DX) Another date, English until 1130, inviting letters (Scott R Barbour be useful as a sort of safe-conduct in case of eventual trouble... That kind of Jr, NH, World Of Radio) research could be useful to guerrillas and spies, too; or at least, may awake some UGANDA [non] A revised T -Systems = DTK schedule of relays from Germany showed kind of suspicion: a stranger so interested in radio technical issues, collecting and something new starting Sept 3: Allerweltshaus on 17555, Tue-Fri 1500-1530, Sat annotating addresses, transmitter and even cassette recorders and deck data & Sun 1500-1559, 145This is some kind of inter -cultural organization in Co- (Horacio A. Nigro, Uruguay) logne, http://www.allerweltshous.de/ (gh) Among the groups involved are PORTUGAL RDP transmitter on 15525 put out very strong spurs on approx. 15358.5 Ethiopian, Ugandan and Kenyan, fitting the CIRAF zone 48 target area (Kai and 15691.5 at 1600-1800 (Wolfgang &Ache!) And 1950-2005, FMy spur on Ludwig, Germany, DX Listening Digest) It is R. Rhino International Africa, opposi- 13554.1 (Mark Hattam, England) Same transmitter I guess, spurs 166 kHz away tion broadcasts for Uganda (Michiel Schaay, Netherlands, ibid.) Times on website from both sides of fundamental 13720, also on 13886. Furthermore, 13640, Sat http://www.rhinoradio.org/material/aboutyria.htm are confused; UT may and Sun only at 0700-1345, puts spurs on 13473.5 and 13806.5 (Wolfgang stay same for B-03. Only trace of signal here; must be in a null. Former Pres. &Ache', Germany, DX Listening Digest) Milton Obote said to be involved (gh, OK) ROMANIA Of RRI's 12 SW transmitters, only 5 are functioning, according to their Trial broadcasts at first, fair here (Alan Pennington, UK, DX Listening French mailbag show, and those are to be replaced by four new Harris units now Digest) Excellent signals here, in English (Chris Greenway, Kenya, ibid.) Official awaiting installation. So many of RRI's scheduled frequencies are missing (Jean- launch delayed until September 23 (Hans Johnson, Cody WY, Cumbre DX) B-03 Michel Aubier, http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jm.aubier) Nov 1 is RRI's 75"' anniversary, moves to 17870 (Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK) Also slogan "Voice of Freedom and being celebrated with a Listeners' Day on Sun Nov 2. (Raymond Aupetit, Union Democracy" (Nicolas Eramo, Argentina, DX Listening Digest) Godfrey Ayoo veri- des Ecouteurs Francais via Bill Westenhaver) fied by E-mail sent to [email protected] and suggests checking out http:// RUSSIA Boris Belitzky died on September 3rd. He was 82. A man of high integrity, www.upcparty.net and http://www.dpuganda.org (Jerry Berg, MA, BC -DX) outgoing heart and sparkling sense of humour, he never complained of ill health UKRAINE RUI unexpectedly moved from 12040 to 9810, very good during Sept and Oct despite his advanced age. His death came as a shock to all of us. Boris Belitzky including English at 0000, 0300. Alexander Egorov of RUI said they would move stayed with the English Service for 57 years and from the very beginning until the again, to 5905 for B-03 (Kraig Krist, VA, DX Listening Digest) very end his brilliancy in the profession was beyond doubt. A remarkable transla- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Dubai in English heard at 0300 [ex 0330) on 13675, 12025 tor, radio announcer and observer, he never approached his work with anything (Tom Sliva, NYC, DX Listening Digest) but a creative urge. For many years Boris Belitzky was the author and host of U K Fans of BBC's comedy show Just A Minute should check out http:// Science and Engineering -- one of the most popular programs on the Voice of www.geocities.com/deanbedford/jam.html - history of the show, statistics, Russia. His enticingly intriguing voice, immaculate command of English and pro- and even transcripts of more than 400 episodes and growing (Bill Westenhaver, DX found knowledge in the subject he covered earned him the respect of millions of Listening Digest) listeners (Voice of Russia via Maryanne Kehoe, swprograms) I met Boris on a USA Andrew Janitschek, Ops Manager of R. Free Asia in Washington has inaugurated number of occasions - he was a class act (Kehoe) their first QSL cards. Reports to RFA, Attn: Ms. Iwanciw, 2025 M. Street, NW, SA'UDI ARABIA [non) R. AI-Islah (presumed), 15705, 1800-2000*, weak with quick Suite 300, Washington; [email protected] (Anker Petersen, DSWCI SW News) QSB. Heavily jammed but some audio still getting through (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, VOA's now daily Ventana a Cuba at 0100 hit by jamming on 9885, 9560 and Cumbre DX) 9735, while R. Marti was clear on 15330 (Man Gonzalez, Venezuela, DX Listening SLOVENIA Aug 21 was a great night for MW harmonics! Such as on 1854 kHz, Digest) Didn't use to jam VOA when Spanish was to Latin America in general. Slovensko R, (2 x 927), at 2017 (Tim Bucknall, UK, harmonics yahoogroup) WJIE planned to return to SW in late Sept, Spanish 155' to SAm on 7490 2200- SOMALIA Try to hear our new 7335 [ex -6980], 800 Watts at 0415-0730, 100 Watts 1000; English 55- (mostly Genesis Christian/patriot programs) and a few evange- 1000-1230 UT because our generator is faulty and there is no town electricity in lists on 13595 to North America 1000-2200 (Larry Boysinger and Hans Johnson, our afternoon. Back to 800 Watts 1600-1755. Need a 16 to 20 KVA 220 Volt AC Cumbre DX) QSLs may have the old WJCR call and may ID as such. Paperwork to diesel generator, and various items of studio equipment (Sam Voron at Radio switch to WJIE had never been completed (Johnson) So only one transmitter (gh) Galkayo, 700 km north of Mogadishu, via M. Watts, CRW) Audible on 7335v at WBCQ added Firesign Theatre comedy during Area 51, on 5105, UT Mons 1730-1758, and Sam, who was DJ at the time, rapidly e-QSLed. Thrilling! Said 0000 [presumably 0100 after DST]. For latest WBCQ program schedule on all they would run 100 watts at all times until he returns Nov 1, resuming 800 watts. frequencies, send blank e-mail to [email protected] (Michael Ketter, WBCQ, More at: http://www.radiogalkayo.com (Bjorn Fransson, Gotland, Sweden, World Of Radio) Earlier on Area 51, Sun 2200/2300 Jean Shepherd, 2300/2400 DX Listening Digest) Poor here, at 1730, drifting to 7333 (Mahmud Fathi, Hurghada, an astronomy or science show. Would like to program WBCQ like Area 51 all the Egypt, Cumbre DX) Clash with CHU over here (gh) time, and would do so if a million dollar grant were forthcoming (Allan Weiner SPAIN REE Noblejas at 0600 on 11890 and 12035 produces annoying distorted spur on Worldwide, WBCQ) 12180, not 11745, but there are four distorted small FM signals 89.5 and 179 kHz World Of Radio scheduling from Oct 26, barring unforeseen changes: away, symmetrically on 11711, 11802, 11978, 12069 kHz. 1 1890 closes at WBCQ: Wed 2300 7415, 17495-CUSB, Mon 0515 7415. WWCR: Thu 2130 15685 06.55:33 UT, when the five unwanted signals disappear (Wolfgang Buschel, (9475 from Dec), Sat 1130 5070, Sun 0330 5070, 0730 3210, Wed 1030 9475. Germany, DX Listening Digest) WRMI: Sat & Sun 1900+ 15725; WINB: Thu 0230 9320 (gh) SWEDEN [and non] B-03 Teracom tentative schedule shows new exchange between R. WYFR's B03 schedule shows a new far out -of -band channel, 6855, 355 Netherlands, Madagascar and R. Sweden, Harby: 5955, 0600-0700 RN via Swe- toward E Canada, 0304-0500 Spanish, 0500-0600 English (via Evelyn Marcy, den, 350 kW, 230" log periodic to Canary Islands; 12160, 0100-0130 R. Sweden WYFR) via Madagascar to India, 50 kW, 50 (Wolfgang Buschel, BC -DX) United Patriot Radio's Steve Anderson was sentenced Sept. 15 to 15 years SWITZERLAND. swissinfo/Swiss Radio International is looking at losing all its govern- on weapons charges; will have to serve at least 85°° of that federal time. Said he ment funding by 2006. It would then be left to the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is "sorry for the things he said on his shortwave radio program, which caused a to guarantee future financing of the news organization (Neue Air-cher Zeitung via great deal of alarm." Is remorseful and appears to have become religious while in via Jilly Dybka) custody; wants to minister while in prison. Requested a prison in Talladega, AL, What's left of English from SRI B03, with sites, azimuths: Near East -Africa: where he could further woodworking skills (AP via Herald Tribune via Mike Terry, 0730 9885 Germany 160 , 13790 Germany 200, 17665 Switzerland 165'; 0830 David Zantow; Lexington Herald -Leader, WKYT via gh) 21770 Switzerland 165 ; 1730 9755 Germany 115, 11810 Germany 115', 15555 KAAY, Little Rock, AR heard on 2180, 2 x 1090 010800 ID in Spanish and Switzerland 140'; 1930 9820 Germany 200, 11920 Switzerland 165 , 13660 English (David Hodgson, TN, harmonics yahoogroup) The 2nd harmonic has got Germany 145 , 17660 French Guiana 115 ; South America: 2330 9885 Switzer- to be a byproduct of wacky output tuning on the old 50 kW RCA rig running 13 kW land 230 ,11660 French Guiana 175(via Roberto Stag lione http:// until they get a new one (Jerry Kiefer, FL, DX Listening Digest) www.bcInews.it) WPAD, 1560, Paducah KY, heard on 2340 at 0820 ID (Ron Trotto, Waggoner SYRIA R. Damascus, 13610, heard at 1330 with a very strong broadcast for the Syrian IL, DX Listening Digest) A rare sesqui-harmonic (1.5 times 1560), probably population in the Jordan Valley occupied by the Israelis. because transmitter originally generates 780 which is supposed only to be doubled [non] Arab radio, excellent at 1500-1530 on 12120 starting with Kor'an; for radiation but also got radiated at triple (gh) then, The People Speak, and Arab music with a preference for the singer Abd VIETNAM [non) Degar Voice scheduled Tue, Thu, Sat 1300-1330 via Atamanovka, Halim (Mohamed Kallel, Sfax, Tunisia, World Of Radio) near Chita, Russia, on 7380 ex -7115 in Vietnamese, targeted at the Degar people TAIWAN The ITU does not recognize "Taiwan" as an official entity for (also called Montagnards) in the Highlands. More info about them at http:// radiocommunications' planning purposes. HF planning is managed by the Broad- www.montagnard-foundation.org (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, DX Listening casting Corporation of China ... generally in isolation from the rest of the world, Digest) Only ID I heard was at 1320 "Degar, Degar." Ended with a very rustic, and the authorities in Taipei decline to recognize Beijing as the parent regulatory string viola selection and off without any fanfare (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, Cumbre body. Entries will be found in the HFCC data for "Taiwan," but these are limited DX) As usual, crash -started at 1301 with program already in progress. The very to the use of relays, such as arranged by Merlin, and other international brokers. last word of a 15 -minute talk in Degar was 'Amen," so appears this is religious. Operational dates for HF transmission plans for the CBS are not aligned or Clip athttp://www.intervalsignals.net(Dave Kernick, DX Listening Digest) coordinated in advance with those in use by the majority of other broadcasters, WESTERN SAHARA [non) Polisario radio via Algeria measured on 7460.31 in Arabic, which is the reason for the activation of the schedules at unusual times during the some French phrases, at 2100-2130 but thin, very weak, also after 0700 (Wolfgang year... That is the reason for the many frequency collisions for the CBS notional BUschel, Stuttgart, Germany, BC -DX) and international transmissions, where CBS services ore on top of established Until the Next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn!

38 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 Broadcast Logs Global Gallc' !an Ilorn Forum izavIcvalillornra

0015 UTC on 15150 1051 UTC on 6105 THAILAND: VOA relay. Multilingual service including bits of En- BOLIVIA: Radio Panamericana. Spanish national news to regional glish. News bulletins with Chinese music in background, possibly time check. Interview to beautiful station jingle and more news as Chinese music jammer? Radio Thailand 15395, 0035 with "Panamericana presenta...las noticias junto con CNN." SINPO IDs, program info and regional Asian music. Noted same jammer 43443. Radio Fides 9625, 1110-1125. (Slaen, ARG) on 9355 at 1836. (Stewart MacKenzie, Huntington Beach, CA) 1056 UTC on 3335 BBC Thailand relay 11955, 0030-0037. (Rich D'Angelo, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Radio East Sepik. Possible religious ser- NASWA Flash Sheet) vice at tune -in. English news at 1100 recheck. All programming 0102 UTC on 6134.81 // with 3290 Radio Central. Other PNGs audible this hour; BOLIVIA: Radio Santa Cruz. Mix in Spanish and Aymara with Radio Simbu 3275; Rcdio Western Highlands 3275; Radio regional mentions. Bolivian style music mixing with Brazil's Ra- Madang 3260; Radio West New Britain 3235; Radio dio Aparecida. (GVH, Brasstown, NC) Bolivia's Em Pio XII Sardaun 3205; Radio Enga 2410. (Valko, PA/Cumbre) 5952.39 with discussion on democracy to mentions of Radio 1636 UTC on 15680 Fides twice to "Em Pio XII" identification. Radio Dif Tropico GERMANY: Voice of Hope. Christian programming with interfer- 6037.5, 2330-2355 (Robert Wilkner, FL/HCDX) Radio Santa ence from co -channel oriental music. Fair signal. Radio Africa Ana 4650.35, 2242-2246; Radio Yura 4716.79,0106-0130 Intl via Germany 15715, 1720-1740 with text on AIDS in south- Radio San Gabriel 6080.06, 0858-0906.(Nicholas Eramo, ern Africa. (Wood, TN) Russian Radio Intl via Germany 17705, Buenos Aires, ARG/HCDX) Radio Paititi 4681.08, 2356-0037. 1428-1500'. (D'Angelo PA/NASWA) Voice of Croatia via Ger- Bolivian's audible between 0015-0020; Radio Perla del Acre many 9925, 2258-2307. (Wood, TN) 4600.32; Radio Nor Andina 4460.84; Radio Bambamarca 1740 UTC on 15209 4426.79. (Dave Valko, PA/Cumbre DX) SAUDI ARABIA: BSKSA. Koran recitations at tune in, extending to 0103 UTC on 6925 USB 1758. Arabic identification with frequency quote.// 13710 PIRATE: Sunshine Radio. '60s and '70s classic tunes with 33333 (SINPO 23222) Both frequencies off at 1759.BSKSA audible SINPO. Oxycontin Radio 6926, 0212-0226'. ID as, "80 mg 11820 // 15230 with Arabic news text and speech (or commen- Surround Sound -this is Oxycontin Radio." Mentions of this the last tary) at 1810. (Van Horn, NC) Logged 11820, 1958-2005 with show for awhile. 0222' with ragtime piano music. Unid pirate on fair -good Arabic service (Wood, TN) 6950 USB, 0214-0240 with segments on Marcell Ledbetter, and 1925 UTC on 15476 biscuits. No ID. Big Thunder Radio 6950 USB, 012-0157'; ANTARCTICA: Radio Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel, Base Ant- KROW 6950 USB, '0200-0230. (Joe Wood, Gray, TN) arctica Esperanza. Very nice Argentina folk music to talks about 0240 UTC on 3359 the Rio Negro region. IDs with frequency quote. SINPO 44444. COSTA RICA: Radio Exterior Espana relay. Latin vocals to four (Slaen, ARG) 15476, 0100-0205. including pop music and IDs time pips and lady's ID and news. Good signal on this unusual from male/female anno.incers. Fair -poor quality for Spanish an- frequency. (D'Angelo, PA/NASWA) Relay noted 3350, 0450-0455 nouncements. (Frank Hilton, Charleston, SC) with IDs and flamenco music. (Wood, TN) Relay noted 17850, 1958 UTC on 17860 1755. (MacKenzie, CA) RWANDA: Deutsche Weile relay. German service with conversa- 0505 UTC on 11820 tiors to ID at 1954. Musical interlude and feature. Parallel pro- NEW ZEALAND: Radio NZ Intl. Local news and weather to item on gramming on 11795, 9735, via Germany. (MacKenzie, CA) gun control in Marshall Islands. Rugby commentary at 0523 and 2005 UTC on 13700 talk of lady high jumper. (Wood, TN) MADAGASCAR: R. Netherlands relay. World to African newscast, 0526 UTC on 9600 // 17605, 21590. (MacKenzie, CA) UAE: AWR. African style music to AWR identification, abruptly off 2020 UTC on 13615 the air at 0528. (MacKenzie, CA) USA: WEWN. Stat on identification into pop religious music. (Fraser, 0737 UTC on 7260 MA) Station 13615, 2150-2200 ID as, "WEWN Global Catholic VANUATU: Radio Vanuatu. News mix of Bislama and English. Radio" into rosary. (Wood, TN) News on Papua New Guinea and other Pacific areas. Station 2230 UTC on 12000 identification 0738 into pop style music. (Patrick Martin, Seaside, TURKEY: Voice of. Pop music program for Turkish service. Station OR) Observed 0810-0820 with pops and freq announcement for ID with freq quote and email address at 2246. Sign off 2250 with SW, MW and FM. (Van Horn, NC) English ID and greeting, to piano interval signal. (Wood, TN) 9830, 0845 UTC on 3291 2245 Turkish classical music. (Fraser, MA) Spanish VOT 15150, GUYANA: Voice of. Hindu/subcontinental music at tune -in. Pop 1627-1735. (Slaen, ARG) and hip hop vocals to "good morning from Georgetown " Station 2235 UTC on 6250.34 ID and morning time check. Greetings and personal messages of EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Radio Nacional. Spanish text to Spanish birthdays and anniversaries. (Sam Wright, Biloxi, MS) bal ads. "Radio Malabc" identification to national anthem and 1040 UTC on 4781.4 2302'. Fair signal quaky SIO 322. (Banks, TX) ECUADOR: Radio Oriental. Spanish music program to lady's 2250 UTC on 12050 local time check and identification. Ecuador's La Voz del Upano EGYPT: Egyptian 2adio. Announcer duo's Arabic/English mix and 5040, 1048+; Radio Federation 4960, 2329. (Arnaldo Slaen, mentions of Islam teachings. (Wood, TN) Radio Cairo 9990, Buenos Aires, ARG) HUB 15115, 1100 with two hours moni- 2234-2245. Surprisingly excellent audio with no fading to ID, tored to 1300'. (Bob Froser, Cohasset, MA) Radio El Buen Pas- anthem to 2241'. (Robert, Montgomery, PA/NASWA) tor 4815, 1020-1045. Quechua programming with IDs and 2334 UTC on 5030 camposina music and messages. Station ID with freq mention. BURKINA FASO: Radio Burkina. French pop and rap tunes. Clas- (Van Horn, NC) Radio Quito 4919, 0843-0845. (Eramo, ARG/ sic '50s music to 2356 cs host closes program. Station identifica- Cumbre) tion to closing announcements and orchestral anthem. Fair sig- 1045 UTC on 4869.97 nal. (D'Angelo, PA/NASWA) INDONESIA: RRI Wamena. Nonstop soft Indo Lagu to time ticks at 1100. "Canned" ID at 1122 and back to music. Interference from RRI Sorong. Indo's logged; RRI Sorong 4870.93, 1058; RRI Fak Fak (tent.) 4789.98, 1104-1120. (Dave Valko, PA/Cumbre Thanks to our contributors - Have you sent in YOUR logs? DX) Voice of Indonesia 9525, 1016-1037; 15150, 2028- Send to Gayle Van Horn, clo Monitoring Times (or e-mail 2106' (D'Angelo, PA/NASWA) [email protected]) Please note: paper strips and cassette recordings will no longer he accepted. English broadcast unless othenvise noted.

November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 39 Global The QSL Report Gayle Van Horn Forum gaylevanhornmonnoringtimes.com Is it time for a follow-up?

Last evening while checking my QSL records, I found a kw sta- I always send my letters to the attention of a QSL Manager, Chief tions that have yet to answer my reception reports. Like many collec- Engineer, or the language service department for the program language I tors, I, too, have stations that no matter my plea (or ploy) have ignored monitored. Many DXers send their reports to a Veri Signer, the person me! In fact, my local postal clerk continues to ask, "heard from Zanzi- reported as verifying reports in the hobby press. While that method is bar yet"? National Radio of Cambodia never picked up my registered successful much of the time, remember that staff personnel can change. letter at the Phnom Penh post office, so it was returned....and yet I've A envelope addressed to Mr. Wylie Coyote may be disregarded if Mr. attempted twice since then! Coyote has left the station. You should not have a problem sending When the waiting game has extended over three to six months, aletters to those signers who have been reported regularly. follow-up report should be considered. A follow-up report consists of Once that sought-after QSL arrives, a thank you postcard to the the original report with a new cover letter. The new letter should point station is a great idea, and could persuade the staff to rethink their return out politely that no reply was received to your first communication. rate to listeners. Keep your letter upbeat....and be patient!ls it time for Mention the dates of the original letter(s) if you like, and a paragraph a follow-up? or two requesting an answer to verify your monitoring.

AMATEUR RADIO colored rainbow/logo card unsigned. Re- mint stamps and an applause card. QSL Belgium- 0Q5CD, 10 meters. Full data ceived in 65 days for an English report aid maildrop: P.O. Box 69, Elkhorn, NE 68022 commemorative celebration card of Prin- souvenir postcards. Report sent to PO. Box USA. (Joe Wood, Gray, TN) cess Elizabeth's birth. Received in nine 333, Tripoli, Libya, postmarked from P.D. months via ARRL QSL Bureau. (Larry VH, Box 17, Hamrun, Malta. (Masato Ishii, la- ROMANIA NC) pan/DSWCI DX Window/DXLD) 15220 Radio Romania Intl. 11775, 11940 kHz. kHz verified with full data card unsigned in Full data cards The Village Museum Peas- Burkino Faso-XT2TI, 10 meters. Full data 130 days. Sent to Malta address. (Patrick ant House, unsigned. Received in 37/57 photo card via EA4YK. Received in 46 days Martin, Seaside, OR) letters to Malta ad- days. Loyalty Diploma enclosed for two for a Euro self -addressed -envelope and two dress recommended over Libyan address. years of station monitoring, plus program/ US dollars. QSL address: (Larry VH, NC) -ed. frequency schedules and station sticker. DXCC Country # 163. Reports sent via email to; [email protected]. MEDIUM WAVE (Kraig Krist, Annandale, VA)Station ad- CUBA KDZR, 1640 kHz AM. Personal note on dress: 60-62 Berthelot St., RO-70747 China Radio Intl relay 5990 kHz. Full data Disney letterhead from Tom White -Chief Bucharest, Romania (or) PO. Box 111, RO- Jinggang Mountains scenery card, signed Engineer. Received in 13 days for an AM 70756 Bucharest, Romania. by "Yinglian," noted as Cuban site. Station report. Station address: 3030 SW Moot, souvenirs including handmade Chinese art Avenue, Portland, OR 97201 USA. (Mc r - papercuts. Received in twelve days for an tin, OR) English report, souvenir postcard and personal business card. Station address: 16A KUTI, 1460 kHz AM. Verification form let- Shijingshan Street, Beijing 100040, China. ter signed by Operations Manager (name Station website: http//www.cri.com.cn. illegible). Received in 20 days for an AM (Gayle VH, NC) report. Station address: 4010 Summitview Ave., Yakima, WA 98908. (Martin, OR) EL SALVADOR Radio Imperial, 17833.5 kHz. No data WDSR, Fernandina Beach, FL, 1570 kHz verification on station letterhead signed by AM. Full data QSL letter signed by Ron Pedro Mendoza -Pastor. Received in 26 days Gitschier-Tech Asst. Received in 54 days for a Spanish/English report and mint for DX Test. Not a new station, but always stamps. Station address: Apartado 56, log their DX tests. Station address: c/o Ron Sonsonate, El Salvador. (Brian Bagwell, St. Gitschier, 68 Roxboro Drive, Palm Coast, Louis, MO) FL 32164. (Martin, OR) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES GERMANY PARAGUAY Gospel for Asia via Al Dhabayya. Full data Deutschelandradio-Berlin, 6005 kHz. Full Radio America, 7370 kHz. Full data QSL GRA Radio card signed by Rhonda Penland- data unsigned logo card. Received in 18 folder card signed by Adan Mur-Asesor Co-ordinator, confirming Hindu and days for an English report. Station address: Tecnico. Received in four days for Spanish Malayam services. Business card, sched- Hans-Rosenthal-Platz, D-10825 Berlin reception report via email to; ule and apology note for six months delay Schonberg, Germany.Station website: [email protected]. Station ad- in reply. My report was forwarded to India http://www.dradio.de/drib/ dress: Casilla No. 2220 Asuncion, Para- after receiving initial reply from Stony index.html (Arnaldo Slaen, Buenos Aires, guay. (Slaen, ARG) Creek, Ontario. QSL address: GFA Radio, Argentina) West Coast Office, P.O. Box 1210 Somis, PIRATE CA 93066 USA. USA email: Swiss Radio Intl via Juelich, Germany re- Radio Alfa Lima Intl, 15070 kHz. Full da'a [email protected]. (Edward Kusalik lay, 13795 kHz. Full date color photo mon- card signed by "Alfred" plus station sticker. VE6EFK, Canada/Cumbre DX) tage card unsigned, noted as "Juelich" site. Veri signer states the station currently hav- Received in 20 days for an English report, ing legal problems and is off the air, with ZAMBIA souvenir postcard and personal business plans to return shortly. Received in one year. Radio Zambia 6265 kHz. Full data card card. Station address: Giacomettistrasse QSL maildrop: PO. Box 663, 7900 M, unsigned. Received in 79 days for an En- 1, CH -3000 Berne 15, Switzerland. Email: Hoogeveen, Netherlands. (Cesar Perez glish report and Zambian mint stamps. Sta- [email protected]. Station website: http:// Dioses, Chimbote, Peru) tion address: Mass Media Complex, Alick www.swissinfo.org. (Gayle VH, NC) Nkhata Road, PO. Box 50015, Lusaka, Voodoo Radio, 6925 USB kHz. Full data 10101, Zambia. (Ross Comeau, Andover, LIBYA card signed by "Rev. V.B.", plus inspirational MA) Station website: http:// Radio Jamahiriya, 17880 kHz. Full data literature. Received in 20 days for three www.znbc.co.zm.

40 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 Programming Spotlight Global John Figliozzi Forum johnfigliozzigmonitoringlimes.com

DX PROGRAMS; The VOA and YOU

Semi -Annual SWL/DX Wavescan - Adventist World R., Austria - S Foreign Policyof the same name by Kim Elliott). 0200, 0300, 0730, 0830, 2' 00.AWR., Available resources - quite thin already - inevi- Program List Slovakia - 5 1930. AWR., South Africa- S tably get used inefficiently. The listing this time has been tightened: 0500, 0530, 0600, 1800. AWR., UAE - S 0030, 0330, 1300, 1330. AWR, England - S U.S. international broadcasting also takes strictly programs on shortwave about shortwave place almost entirely out of view of the people and DXing. Get frequency information and ab- 2000. KSDA Guam - S 1000, 1300, 1330, 1600, 2000, 2130.WRMI Florida - S 0300 footing the bill - you and me. This is largely due breviations from MT's SWG. Times approximate; (7385), 1400 (15725). 2130 (15725); M to the Smith -Mundt Act, an almost paranoic everything subject to change; corrections wel- 0330 (7385). WINB Pennsylvania - S 0200. legacy from the '40s which - in essence - for- comed. World of Radio - WBCQ Maine- W 2300 bids the VOA and its siblings from communicat- Ask WWCR - WWCR (fortnightly)- W 1815 (7415/17495), M 0515 (7415). WWCR (15825); F 1045, 2130 (9475); A 0945 Tennessee - H 2130 (9475); A 1130 ing with us. In today's multi -platform multi- (5070); S 0045 (9475), 1115 (15825), (5070); S 0330 (5070), 0730 (3210); W channel universe, is there any basis at all for this 1830 (12160). 1030 (9475). R. for Peace Intl. - F 1930; A law to exist? Yet, largely because of it, signifi- CIDX Report - R. Canada Int.- S 2107; M 0130, 0730, 1330, 1730, 2330; S 0530, cant issues are debated and decisions are made 0207; W 2135; H 0235 (fortnightly within 1130, 1830; M 0030, 0630, 1230; T 1900; about public diplomacy without public knowl- The Maple Leaf Mailbag). W 0100 0700, 1300. WINS Pennsylva- Continent of Media - R. for Peace Inl.- H nia - H 0230. WRMI Florida A/5 1900. edge or input. 2000; F 0200, 0800, 1400; A 2130, Worldwide Friendship - R. Korea Intl.- A Ongoing conflicts over fundamental mat- 0330, 0930, 1530. 0810, 1140, 1310, 1610, 1910, 2110; S ters also transpire in near secrecy, such as that DX Corner - R. Budapest - F 2120, 2250; A 0210. between those who emphasize the need for the 0220, 0350. Special thanks to Bill Brady, Glenn Hauser, VOA to be journalistically sound and others who DX Corner' - Voice of Turkey (fortnightly) - A Marie Lamb, and Harold Sellers whose valuable want it to reflect official thinking above all else. 1245, 1845, 2045, 2215; S 0315. included in the compilation of In his book, Heil chronicles these battles that ('Not the same program, although they share the same title.] this list. seem to flare up in times of crisis and threaten to DXers' Corner - All India Radio, fortnightly - strip the VOA at the blink of an eye of its pains- M 1840, 2130; T 2340. .6 The VOA, Public Diplomacy & takingly hardwon reputation for trust and accu- DX Partyline - HCJB Ecuador - A 1230. racy. Not that there aren't also valid arguments WWCR Tennessee - A 1530 (12160); S SWLs 0300 (5070); T 1030 (9475); W 0930 Alan Heil, author of Voice of America, A for the VOA to reflect a national consensus of (3210); H 2100 (15825). WINS Pennsyl History (see October's column and September's sorts overseas. vania - A 1830. What's Newsection), wrote in to clarify some My preference is for one, journalistically DXers Unlimited -R. Habana Cuba (in two information presented here last month. He writes sound Voice of America that eschews the shad- weekly editions) -First edition - A 2110, ing of information or (worse yet) blatant propa- 2310; S 0140, 0340, 0540. Second edition that although Radio Sawa and Radio Farda were initially billed as being part of VO 4. they really gandizing, in favor of reflecting the true diver- - T 2105, 2305; W 0140, 0340, 0540. sity of this society on all its levels. Others may DXing with Cumbre - WHRI Indiana - A 0600 aren't. Neither uses the VOA name or VOA cen- (5745 & 7315), 0730 (5745 & 7315), 1330 tral news, instead principally rely on formats of have an alternate view. The essential point, (9495), 1600 (13760), 2030 (9495), 2330 local and Western pop music, interrupted by brief though, is that this is far too important a discus- (9495); S 0730 (5745), 2200 (5745); M headline -style news summaries. Both have little sion to be had without informed public partici- 0330 (5745), 0430 (7315). KWHR Hawaii pation. We - SWLs, that is - need to get our- U.S-related content. - A 0600 (17780), 1000 (11565); S 0430 selves into that conversation. More ideas on (17780), 1600 (9930). WHRA Maine - F Fard 3 actually replaced Radio Free 2100 (17650); A 0430 (7580), 1000 Europe's Radio Azadi Persian Service. Conse- this to come. (11565), 2130 (17650); S 0230 (7580), quently, VOA retains its Persian Service; but Until December, good listening! 0730 (11730). VOA Arabic - initially eliminated but partially Feedback - R. Australia - F 2105; A 0605; restored in 2003 - lacks transmitter time. A web 0305. Kim Elliot (segment within Main Street) - VOA site,voaarabic.com,contains in-depth material Longwave Resources - S 0237, 0437, 0637, 1037. and U.S.-related fare, in-depth reports, a text Mailbox/RNZI Talk - R. New Zealand Intl. service and audio updated at 1900 or 1930 week- / Sounds of Longwave 60 -minute Audio (programs alternate) - M 0830, 1130, 1330, days. Cassette featuring WWVB, Omega, Whistlers, 1530; T 0330. This circumstance illustrates a most dis- Beacons, European Broadcasters, and more! R. Bulgaria Calling - R. Bulgaria - F 2045; A 0045, 1245, 2245; S 0345. concerting feature of US international broadcast- 513.95 postpaid Radio Waves -R. Exterior de Espana - A ing. It's confusing, both organizationally and in 2140; 0040. its public presentation. Why so many, often com- I The BeaconFinder A 65 -page guide listing Radio World - R. Vlaanderen Intl.- S 0700, peting services? In a word: politics. Many deci- Frequency, ID and Location for hundreds of LF 1130, 1730, 1930, 2230; M 0400. sions seem have been made on a congressional The Real Amateur Radio Show - WBCQ whim or by political appointees with little back- teacons and utility stations. Covers 0-530 kHz. Maine - S 0000 (7415). ground in public service broadcasting or interna- $13.95 postpaid The Whole World on the Radio Dial -R. Ukraine Int.- A 2218; 5 0118, 0418, 1218. tional cultural affairs. Consequently, there are Viva Miami -WRMI Florida - S 0330 (7385), too many "voices of America" (to draw an apt Kevin Carey 1030 (9955), 1330 (15725). description from a Winter 1989-90 article in P.O. Box 56, W. Bloomfield, NY 14585

November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 41 English Shortwave Guide Language

How TO USE THE SHORTWAVE GUIDE MT MONITORING TEAM Gayle Van Horn John Figliozzi Frequency Manager Program Manager 00000100 twhfa USA. Voice of America 5995am 6130ca / 7405am 9455af gorlevanhorna`monitorrngnmes tornlohnhglrozzr z'monitortngnmes corn 2 2 OO0 0 Mark Fine, VA

morkhne .:'monrtonngnmes corn Convert your time to UTC. But they can also change in response to short--erm Broadcast time on 0 and time off CD are conditions, interference, equipment problems, etc. Our frequency manager coordinates published expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) Program Highlights - the time at the 0 meridian near Greenwich, station schedules with confirmations and reports England. To translate your local time into UTC, from her monitoring team and MT readers to make first convert your local time to 24 -hour format, the Shortwave Guide up-to-date as of one weer John Figliozzi then add (during Daylight Time) 4, 5, 6 or 7 before print deadline. hours for Eastern, Central, Mountain or Pacific To help you find the most promising signal fcr 4. Changes at R. Netherlands Times, respectively. Eastern, Central, and Pacific your location, immediately following each fre- Despite its consistently e eel lent pro- Times are already converted to UTC for you at the quency we've included information on the taraet gramming, even R. Netherlands is not im- top of each page. area 0 of the broadcast. Signals beamed toward mune to budget cutting. Consequently, there Note that all dates, as well os times, are in your area will generally be easier to hear than are some changes and reductions taking place UTC; for example, a show which might air at those beamed elsewhere, even though the latter to the station's schedule effective October 0030 UTC Sunday will be heard on Saturday will often still be audible. 26, though RN has done a commendable job evening in America (in other words, 8:30 pm minimizing the effects on its listening audi- Eastern, 7:30 pm Central, etc.). Target Areas ence. af: Africa All transmissions now start on the hour, al: alternate frequency Find the station you want to instead of the half-hour. Other than this time (occasional use only) hear. am: The Americas shift, the two hour transmission to eastern Look at the page which corresponds to the as: Asia and central North America (now at 0000-0200 time you will be listening. On the top half of the au: Australia UT) and hour to western North America (now page English broadcasts are listed by UTC time co: Central America 0400-0500 UT) remain intact. However, the (D , then alphabetically 6, fol- do: domestic broadcast four-hour morning transmissions (two to the lowed by the station name ®. (If the station name eu: Europe east and two to the west) instituted after the is the same as the country, we don't repeat it, e.g., irr: irregular (Costa Rica RFPI) BBC reductions in July 2001 have themselves "Vanuatu, Radio" [Vanuatu].) me: Middle East been reduced to a single one hour transmis- no: North America If a broadcast is not daily, the days of broad- sion to eastern North America at 1200 UT. cast ® will appear in the column following the om: omnidirectional pa: Pacific On the plus side, a two-hour afternoon trans- time of broadcast, using the following codes: so: South Americo mission to North America (1900-2100 UT) tic]: various has been added to the schedule on weekends. Day Codes There are programming changes as well. s/S Sunday A new arts series called Vox Humana pre- m/M Monday Choose a program or station mieres. The program is a merging of Aural Tuesday you want to hear. Tapestry and The Sound Fountain, both of w/W Wednesday Selected programs for prime listening hours which will no longer air. Music 52-15 and Sin- h/H Thursday appear following the frequencies - space does f/F Friday not permit 24 hour listings nor can every station be cerely Yours, the listener feedback program, a/A Saturday listed. However, listings for the most popular sta- have both been cancelled. D Daily tions and selected lesser -known stations illustrate mon/MON monthly the variety available on shortwave. The format of ...And At R. Australia occ: occasional the listings alternates among three different styles RA also took a budget hit recently and DRM: Digital Radio Mondiale - by station, by genre and by day - month by this has resulted in some schedule changes month. T mes listed ore approximate and programs there, as well. Programs dropped include In the same column 6, irregular broadcasts are are subject to change. Blacktracker, The Australian Music Show, indicated "tent" and programming which in- The program listings emphasize broadcasts Fine Music Australia, Oz Sounds, Austra- cludes languages besides English are coded "v1" targeted to North America. In most cases, the sta- lian Express and Go Zone. Replacement titles (various languages). tions and programs listed should be readily receiv- include Hit Mix (hosted by RA's Brendon able in North America using a portable radio Telfer), The Lounge (with RA's Heather Choose the most promising Most broadcasters produce one broadcast in En- Jarvis) and Keys to Music (a two hour music glish per day that is repeated over a 24 hour period frequencies for the time, appreciation program originating from ABC to all areas. If you are able to listen to transmis- Classic FM). The series Australia Now is also location and conditions. sions to other areas of the world during "non - The frequur,..ies 6 follow to the right of the prime time" hours, referring to the prime time list- being repeated and now has its own web site station listing; all frequencies are listed in kilo- ings for those stations will likely be helpful in de- http://www.abc.net.au/ra/australia, which is hertz (kHz). Not all listed stations will be heard termining what programs will be broadcast. entitled Understanding Australia. It stores from your location and virtually none of them Occasionally, a program or station listinc the audio and transcripts of the series, avail- will be heard all the time on all frequencies. may be followed by a reference to another listing able on -demand; but has much more informa- Shortwave broadcast stations change some for the same program or station at o different time. tion as well. of their frequencies at least twice a year, in April This is done to conserve space and make it pos- and October, to adapt to seasonal conditions. sible to provide more listings. Revised schedules for these and many others are in this month's Guide.

42 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 Frequencies Shortwave Guide Frequencies

0000 UTC - 7PM EST / 6PM CST / 4PM PST 0100 UTC - 8PM EST / 7PM CST / 5PM PST

00000007 Sierra Leone, SLBS 3316do 0100 0115 Italy, RAI Intl 9675no 1 1800am 00000015 vl Cambodia, National Radio Of 11940os 0100 0115 Pakistan,Radio 11650as 15625as 00000015 Japan, Radio 6145na 13650as 17810os 0100 0120 Kyrghyz,Kyrghyz Radio 4010as 4795as 00000027 Czech Rep, Radio Prague Intl 7345no 9440 no 0100 0125 Netherlands,Radio 6165no 9845na 00000028 mtwhf a Serbia & Montenegro, RSCG 9580no 01000127 Czech Rep, Radio Prague Intl 6200na 7345no 00000030 Egypt, Radio Cairo 11725no 01000127 Slovakia, Radio SlovakiaIntl 5930na 6190co 00000030 DRM Netherlands,Radio 15525no 9440so 00000030 Thailand,Radio 9570af 01000127 Vietnam, Voice of 6175no 00000030 UK, BBC World Service 3915as 11945os 0100 0128 Hungary, Radio Budapest 9590no 17615as 0100 0130 Germany, Universal Life 9435os 00000030 USA, Voice of America 7215as 9770as 11760as 0100 0130 Uzbekistan, Radio Tashkent Intl 7190as 9715as 15185as 15290as 17740as 17820as 0100 0156 Chino, China Radio Intl 9580no 9790na 00000045 India, All India Radio 9705as 9950as 11620as 0100 0156 North Korea, Voice of 3560as 6195as 7140am 13605os 11580am 13760am 11735am 15180am 0000 0100 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 6090am 01000200 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 6090am 0000 0100 Australia, ABC NT Alice Springs 2310irr 4835do 0100 0200 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 5025do 0000 0100 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 5025do 01000200 Australia, ABC NT Tennant Creek 4910do 00000100 Australia, ABC NT Tennant Creek 4910do 01000200 Australia, Radio 9660pa 12080vo 15240pa 00000100 Australia,Radio 9660pa 12080vo 15240pa 15415as 17580pa17750as 17775vo 17795va 15415as 17580pa17750os 17775as 17795va 21725as 21725as 0100 0200 vl Botswana,Radio 3356do 4820do 7255do 00000100 vl Botswana,Radio 3356do 4820do 7255do 0100 0200 Canada, CBC Northern Service 9625do 00000100 Canada, CBC Northern Service 9625do 0100 0200 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 00000100 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 0100 0200 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do 00000100 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do 0100 0200 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 00000100 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 01000200 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 00000100 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 01000200 Canada, Radio Canada Intl 9755am 15170am 00000100 Canada, Radio Canada Intl 9640as 15205os 15305am 00000100 Costa Rico,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038vo 01000200 Costa Rico,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038va 00000100 Costa Rica, University Network 5030om 6150om 01000200 Costa Rica, University Network 5030am 6150am 7375am 9725sa 11870am 13750no 7375am 9725sa 11870am 13750na 00000100 1st a Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Radio 5990eu 01000200 Cuba, Radio Havana 6000na 9820na 11705no 11690eu 01000200 1st a Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Radio 5990eu 00000100 Germany, Deutsche Welle 7130os 9505as 11690eu 9825as 01000200 Guyana, Voice of 3291do 5950do 00000100 Guyana, Voice of 3291do 5950do 01000200 Indonesia, Voice of 9525vo 11785as 00000100 Malaysia,Radio 7295do 01000200 Iran, Voice of the Islamic Rep 9590na 11920no 00000100 Namibia, Namibian BC Corp 3270of 3290of 01000200 Japan, Radio 11860os 11880me 15325os 6060af 6175a1 17560me 17685pa17810as 17835sa 17845os 0000 0100 Netherlands,Radio 6165no 9845na 0100 0200 Malaysia,Radio 7295do 00000100 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 17675po 0100 0200 Namibia, Namibian BC Corp 3270of 3290of 0000 0100 Sierra Leone, Radio UNAMSIL 6139af 6060af 6175a1 00000100 Singapore, Mediacorp Radio 6150do 01000200 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 17675po 00000100 vl Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 9545do 01000200 Russia, Voice of 7180no 9725no 11825no 00000100 Spain, Radio Exterior Espana 15385am 12000no 17595no 00000100 UK, BBC World Service 5970as 5975va 01000200 Sierra Leone, Radio UNAMSIL 6139of 6195as9410as 9740as 9825sa 11955os 0100 0200 Singapore, Mediacorp Radio 6150do 12095as 15280as 15310as 15360as T 7790as 0100 0200 vl Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 9545do 00000100 Ukraine, Radio Ukraine Intl 9810na 0100 0200 Sri Lanka, SLBC 6005os 9770as 15745as 00000100 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319vsb 5446usb 0100 0200 Taiwan, Radio Taiwan Intl 15600eu 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb T2335vsb 01000200 UK, BBC World Service 5975vo 6195os 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 9410as9525am 9825sa 11955as 15190sa 00000100 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815va 15280as 15310as 15360as 17790os 00000100 USA, KTBN Salt Lake City UT 15590no 01000200 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 00000100 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 17510as 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb12335usb 00000100 twhfa USA, Voice of America 6130om 7405am 94550m 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 9775am 11695am 13790am 0100 02)0 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815va 00000100 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 5105na 7415no 0100 0230 USA, KJES Vodo NM 7555no 9330no 0100 0200 USA, KTBN Solt Lake City UT 7505no 00000100 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 0100 0200 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 17510as 00000100 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825no 01000200 twhf o USA, Voice of America 5995of 6130of 7405am 00000100 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 7580vo 9455am 9775am 13790om 00000100 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745va 7315am 01000200 USA, Voice of Americo 7115as 9635as 11705as 00000100 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 12160om 11725os 11820as 13650as 17740os 17820as 00000100 sm USA, WRMI Miami FL 9955am 01000200 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 5105na 7415no 00000100 twhfa USA, WRMI Miami FL 7385no 9330na 00000100 vl USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 7535am 9430sa 01000200 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920om 00000100 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370na 01000200 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825no 00000100 sm USA, WWBS Macon GA 11910na 01000200 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 7580vo 00000100 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 3210no 5070no 01000200 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745va 7315am 7465no13845na 01000200 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 12160am 00000100 USA, WWRB Manchester TN 5050na 5085no 01000200 sm USA, WRMI Miami FL 9955am 6890no 01000200 twhfa USA, WRMI Miami FL 7385no 00000100 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 6085na 9505no 01000200 vl USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 7535am 9430so 11720so 01000200 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370na 00000100 vl Vanuatu,Radio 3945a1 7260do 01000200 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 3210na 5070na 0015 0100 Japan, Radio 6145na 5935no 7465na 00300100 Iran, Voice of the Islamic Rep 9590na 11920no 01000200 USA, WWRB Manchester TN 5050na 5085no 00300100 Lithuania, Radio Vilnius 9855o1 , 1690na 6890no 00300100 Sri Lanka, SLBC 6005as 9770as 15745as 0100 0200 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 6065no 9505no 00300100 Thailand,Radio 15395no 15060os 00300100 UAE, AWR Africa 9720os 9810as 0100 0200 vl Vanuatu,Radio 394501 7260do 00300100 UAE, Bible Voice 7180as 0105 0112 Croatia, Voice of 9925na 0030 0100 USA, Voice of Americo 7215os 9770as ' 1760os 01300200 Australia, HCJB 15555os 15185as 15290os 17740as 17820as 01300200 Australia, Voice Intl 17775os 0038 0050 Croatia, Voice of 9925sa 01300200 mtwhf Austria, Radio Austria Intl 9870na 0045 0100 Pakistan,Radio 11650as 15625as 01300200 Iraq, Radio IraqIntl 6175irr 9687irr 11787irr 0055 0100 Italy, RAI Intl 9675am 11800am 0130 0200 Sweden, Radio 9435vo 9495no 0130 0200 UK, RTE Radio 6155co

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01300200 twhfo USA, Voice of Americo 7405am 9775am 13740om 01300200 USA, Voice of Americo 7115as 9635as 11705as 0300 UTC - lOPM EST/ 9PM CST/ 7PM P 11725os 11820as 13650as 17740os 178200s 01400200 Vatican City, Vatican Radio 9650as 12055os 01450200 twhfa Albania, Radio Tirana Intl 6115no 7160eu 0300 0310 Vatican City, Vatican Radio 7305am 9605am 01450200 mtwhf Austria, Radio Austria Intl 9870na 9660of 03000327 Czech Rep, Radio Prague Intl 7345no 9870na 03000329 Belgium, Radio Vloanderen Intl 15565am 0200 UTC 9PM EST / 8PM CST / 6PM PST 03000330 Australia, HCJB 15555as 03000330 Egypt, Radio Cairo 11780no 03000330 stwhfa/vMexico, Radio Mexico Intl 9705am 11770am 0200 0210 Bangladesh, Bangla Betor 4882as 03000330 as Philippines, Radio Pilipinas 11885me 15120me 0200 0227 Iron, Voice of the Islamic Rep 9590no 11920no 15270me 0200 0230 sm w fa Belorus, Radio Belarus Intl 5970eu 7210eu 03000330 South Africa, Channel Africa 6035of 02000230 UAE, Bible Voice 9610as 03000330 Thailand,Radio 15395na 0200 0230 a UK, Wales Radio Intl 9795na 03000330 USA, Voice of America 6080aI 7105of 7290af 0200 0230 USA, KJES Vado NM 7555na 7340af 9575of 9885af 11835of 12080of 02000256 North Korea, Voice of 4405as 11845os 15230as 1 7895af 0200 0256 Romania, Radio Romania Intl 9510na 11940no 03000350 UAE, Radio Dubai 12025no 13675 na 15400na 15105os 17720as 17890no 0200 0256 South Korea, Radio Korea Intl 9560am 11810os 03000356 China, Chino Radio Intl 9690no 9790na 15575no 03000356 0200 North Korea, Voice of 3560as 6195as 7140as 0257 Canada, Radio Canada Intl 15510os 17860as 9345os 02000300 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 6090am 03000400 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 6090am 02000300 twhfa Argentina, RAE 11710am 03000400 Australia, ABC NT Alice Springs 02000300 2310ffr 4835do Australia, ABC NT Alice Springs 2310irr 4835do 03000400 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 02000300 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 5025do 5025do 0300 0400 Australia, ABC NT Tennant Creek 4910do 02000300 Australia, ABC NT Tennant Creek 4910do 03000400 Australia,Radio 9660pa 12080va 02000300 Australia, HCJB 15555as 15240po 15415as 15515vo 17580pa 17750as 21725os 02000300 Australia, Radio 9660pa 12080vo 15240po 0300 0400 vl Botswana,Radio 3356do 4820do 7255do 15415os 15515vo 17580pa 17750os 21725os 0300 0400 02000300 Austria, AWR Europe Canada, CBC Northern Service 9625do 9820as 0300 0400 02000300 vl Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do Botswana,Radio 3356do 4820do 7255do 0300 02000300 Bulgaria, 0400 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do Radio 9400na 11900no 0300 0400 02000300 Canada, CBC Northern Service Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 9625do 0300 02000300 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 0400 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 6070do 0300 02000300 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 0400 Costa Rica,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038vo 6030do 03000400 02000300 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do Costa Rica, University Network 5030am 6150om 0200 0300 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 7375am 9725sa 11870am 13750na 17645os 0300 0400 02000300 Costa Rica,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am Cubo, Radio Havana 6000no 9820na 11705no 15038vo 0300 0400 02000300 Costa Rica, University Network 5030om 6150am 1st a Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Radio 5980eu 7375am 9725sa 11870om 13750no 11720eu 0300 0400 vl 0200 0300 Cuba, Radio Havana 6000no 9820na 11705no Guatemala, Radio Cultural 3300do 0200 0300 Egypt, Radio Cairo 11780no 0300 0400 Guyana, Voice of 3291do 5950do 0300 0400 1st a Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Radio 5980eu Japan, Radio 17825co 21610po 11720eu 03000400 Malaysia,Radio 7295do 0300 0200 0300 vl/as Germany,Bible Voice BC Network 11805as 17540os 0400 Malaysia, Voice of 6175as 9665as 9750os 0200 0300 Guyana, Voice of 3291do 5950do 15295ou 0200 0300 Malaysia,Radio 7295do 0300 0400 Namibia, Namibian BC Corp 3270of 3290of 0200 0300 Myanmar,Radio 7185do 6090af 6175a1 0200 0300 Namibia, Namibian BC Corp 3270af 3290of 03000400 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 17675po 6090af 617501 03000400 Oman, Radio 15355af 0200 0300 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 17675po 03000400 Russia, Voice of 7180na 11720no 11750no 0200 0300 as Philippines, Radio Pilipinas 11885me 15120me 12000na 15455na17650no 17660no 17690no 15270me 03000400 Sierra Leone, Radio UNAMSIL 6139af 0200 0300 Russia, Voice of 7180na 9725no 12000no 03000400 Singapore, Mediacorp Radio 6150do 17595no 03000400 vl Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 9545do 0200 0300 Sierra Leone, Radio UNAMSIL 6139of 03000400 Sri Lanka, SLBC 6005as 9770as 15745as 0200 0300 Singapore, Mediacorp Radio 6150do 03000400 Taiwan, Radio Taiwan Intl 5950no 9680no 02000300 vl Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 9545do 15215so 15320as 02000300 Sri Lanka, SLBC 6005as 9770as 15745as 03000400 Turkey, Voice of 7270va 9650eu 0200 0300 Taiwan, Radio Taiwan Intl 5950na 9680no 0300 0400 Uganda,Radio 4976do 5026do 7196do 11875as 15320as 03000400 DRM UK, BBC World Service 11955no 0200 0300 UK, BBC World Service 5975va 9410as 03000400 UK, BBC World Service 3255of 5975va 9525am 9750of 9825sa 11760va 11955os 6005af6190of 6195eu 7160of 9410vo 15190so 15280as 15310as 15360as 17790as 9525am 9750of 11760va 11765of 15280af 0200 0300 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 15310as 15360as 15575os 17760as 12035of 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb 12335usb 17790os 21660os 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 0300 0400 Ukraine, Radio Ukraine Intl 9810no 02000300 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5755vo 0300 0400 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 02000300 USA, KTBN Solt Lake City UT 7505no 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb 12335usb 02000300 USA, KWHR Naolehu HI 17510as 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 02000300 USA, Voice of America 7115as 9635as 11 705os 03000400 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5755va 11725os 11820os 13650as 17740as 17820os 0300 0400 USA, KTBN Salt Lake City UT 7505na 0200 0300 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 5105na 7415 no 0300 0400 USA, KWHR Noolehu HI 17510as 9330na 0300 0400 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 5105no 7415 no 02000300 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 9330na 0200 0300 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825no 0300 0400 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920om 0200 0300 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 7580vo 0300 0400 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825na 0200 0300 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745vo 7315am 0300 0400 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 7580va 02000300 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 12160om 0300 0400 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745va 7315am 02000300 USA, WRMI Miami FL 7385na 0300 0400 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 12160am 0200 0300 vl USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 7535na 9430am 0300 0400smtwhf USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu 0200 0300 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370no 0300 0400 USA, WRMI Miami FL 7385na 0200 0300 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 3210no 5070na 03000400 vl USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 7535eu 9450eu 5935na 7465no 0300 0400 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370na 0200 0300 USA, WWRB Manchester TN 5050na 5085na 0300 0400 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 3210na 5070na 6890na 5935na 7465no 02000300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 5985na 6065na 03000400 USA, WWRB Manchester TN 5050na 5085no 9505na 9985so 11855ca 6890no 0205 0220 Croatia, Voice of 9925no 0300 0400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 6065no 9505no 0215 0220 Nepal, Radio 3230as 5005os 11740sa 0230 0257 Vietnam, Voice of 6175no 03000400 Zambia, Radio 4910do 0230 0258 Hungary, Radio Budapest 9570no 03000400 vl Zimbabwe, ZBC Corp 5975do 0230 0300twhfo Albania, Radio TiranaIntl 6115na 7160eu 03050312 Croatia, Voice of 02300300 Sweden, Radio 9925no 9495na 03100330 Vatican City, Vatican Radio 02500300 Vatican City, Vatican Radio 9660af 7305am 9605am 03300357 Czech Rep, Radio Prague Intl 11600vo 0250 0300 Zambia. Radio 4910do 15620va 03300357 Vietnam, Voice of 6175na

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03300400 Maloysio, Radio Malaysia Kota Kinabalu 5979do 04300500 Nigeria,Radio/Enugu 6025do 03300400 UAE, AWR Africa 15160as 04300500 Nigeria, Radio/Ibadon 6050do 03300400 UK, BBC World Service 15420of 04300500 Nigeria, Radio/Kaduna 4770do 6090do 03300400 USA, Voice of Americo 6080of 7105af 7290af 04300500 Nigeria,Radio/Lagos 3326do 4990do 9575af9885of 11835of 1208001 17895af 04300500 Swaziland, TWR 3200of 4775af 0345 0400 Tojikistan, Tojik Rodio 7245as 0438 0450 Croatia, Voice of 9925na 0445 0500 Italy, RAI Intl 6110of 7235of 9875af 0459 0500 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 15340po 0400 UTC - 11PM EST /101111 CST / 8PM PST 0500 UTC - 12AM EST / 11PM CST/ 9PM PST 0400 0415 Israel, Kol Israel 9435vo 15640vo 17600va 0400 0415 South Africa, TWR 116400f 0400 0430 France, Radio France Intl 9550af 11700of 0500 0520 Vatican City, Vatican Radio 4005eu 5890eu 1 1910of 7250eu9660af 11625af 15570of 04000430 vl Guatemala, Radio Cultural 3300do 0500 0530 France, Radio France Intl 15155of 17800af 04000430 stwhfa/vlMexico, Radio Mexico Intl 9705om 11770om 0500 0530DRM/ osNetherlands,Radio 15400pa 04000430 South Africa, Channel Africa 5955af 0500 0530 Netherlands,Radio 6165na 9590na 04000430 Sri Lanka, SLBC 6005as 9770as 15745as 0500 0530 South Africa, AWR Africa 3215af 3345of 04000430 UK, Project Airwaves 21510os 0500 0530 South Africa, Channel Africa 11710of 04000445 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 6065no 9505na 05000530 UK, BBC World Service 15280os 0400 0456 China, China Radio Intl 9560no 9755no 05000556 China, Chino Radio Intl 9560na 0400 0456 Romania, Radio Romania Intl 9510no 11940no 05000600 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 6090om 15335as 17735as 05000600 Australia, ABC NT Alice Springs 2310irr 4835do 0400 0458 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 17675pa 05000600 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 5025do 0400 0500 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 6090am 05000600 Australia, ABC NT Tennant Creek 4910do 0400 0500 Australia, ABC NT Alice Springs 2310irr 4835do 05000600 Australia,Radio 9660po 12080va 15240pa 04000500 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 5025do 15415os 15515va 17580po 17750as 21725as 04000500 Australia, ABC NT Tennant Creek 4910do 05000600 mtwhf Bhutan, Bhutan BC Service 5030a1 6035do 04000500 Australia, Radio 9660pa 12080va 15240pa 05000600 vI Botswana,Radio 3356do 4820do 7255do 15415os 15515vo 17580po 17750as 21725as 05000600 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 04000500 vl Botswana,Radio 3356do 4820do 7255do 05000600 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 04000500 Canada, CBC Northern Service 9625do 05000600 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 04000500 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 05000600 Costa Rico,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038vo 04000500 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 05000600 Costa Rico, University Network 5030am 6150am 04000500 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 7375am 9725so 11870am 13750na 17645as 04000500 Costa Rica,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038va 05000600 Cuba, Radio Havana 9665usb 9820na 11760am 04000500 Costa Rica, University Network 5030om 6150am 05000600 1st a Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Radio 6170eu 7375am 9725sa 11870om 13750no 17645as 11720eu 04000500 Cuba, Radio Havana 6000na 9820na 11705no 05000600 1st a Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Radio 6170va 04000500 1st a Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Radio 5980eu 11720eu 11720eu 05000600 Germany, Deutsche Welle 9700af 11925af 04000500 Germany, Deutsche Welle 7225af 1 194 Sal 1204501 13755af 15410of 15410ai 05000600 Germany, Overcomer Ministries 9770au 04000500 Germany, Overcomer Ministries 9770au 05000600 Guyana, Voice of 3291do 5950do 04000500 Guyana, Voice of 3291do 5950do 05000600 Japan, Radio 5975eu 6110na 7230eu 04000500 Malaysia,Radio 7295do 11715as 11760os 15195os 17810os 21755po 04000500 Malaysia, Radio Malaysia Kota Kinabalu 5979do 05000600 Kuwait,Radio 15110os 04000500 Malaysia, Voice of 6175as 9665as 9750as 05000600 Ma loysio,Radio 7295do 15295as 0500 0600 Malaysia, Radio Malaysia Kota K inabalu 5979do 04000500 Namibia, Namibian BC Corp 3270af 3290of 0500 0600 Malaysia, Voice of 6175as 9665as 9750as 6090of 6175a1 15295os 04000500 Russia, Voice of 7180no 11720no 11750na 0500 0600 Namibia, Namibian BC Corp 6060of 6175a16175a1 12000no 15455no 17650na 17660na 17690na 0500 0600 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 15340po 04000500 Sierra Leone, Radio UNAMSII. 6139of 0500 0600 Nigeria,Radio/Abuja 7275do 04000500 Singapore, Mediacorp Radio 6150do 05000600 Nigeria, Radio/Enugu 6025do 04000500 vl Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 9545do 05000600 Nigeria, Rodio/lbadan 6050do 04000500 Uganda,Radio 4976do 5026do 7196do 05000600 Nigeria, Radio/Kaduna 4770do 6090do 04000500 UK, BBC World Service 3255af 5975va 05000600 Nigeria,Radio/Logos 3326do 4990do 6005af6135am 6190of 6195vo 7160of 05000600 Nigeria, Voice of 7255of 17800af 9410va11760va 117650f 12035of 15280as 0500 0600 Russia, Voice of 17635au 21790ou 15310as 15360as 15420of 15575os 17790as 0500 0600 Sierra Leone, Radio UNAMSIL 6139of 21660os 0500 0600 Singapore, Mediacorp Radio 6150do 04000500 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 0500 0600 vl Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 9545do 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb12335usb 0500 0600 Swaziland, TWR 4775af 6120of 9500af 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 05000600 Uganda,Radio 4976do 5026do 7196do 0400 0500 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5755va 05000600 UK, BBC World Service 6005of 6135am 04000500 USA, KTBN Salt Lake City UT 7505na 6190af6195va 7160af 9410va 11760vo 04000500 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 17780as 11765of 119400f 11955as 15420of 15565vo 04000500 USA, Voice of America 4960of 6080of 7290of 15575va 17640of 17885of 9530eu9575af 9885of 11835af T1965eu 05000600 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 12080of 15205eu 178950f 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb12335usb 0400 0500 m USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 5105na 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 04000500 twhfa USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 9330na 05000600 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5755va 04000500 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 05000600 USA, KTBN Solt Lake City UT 7505no 04000500 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825no 05000600 USA, KWHR Noolehu HI 17780as 04000500 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 7580va 05000600 mtwhf USA, Voice of America 7195of 04000500 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745va 7315am 05000600 USA, Voice of America 6035of 6080of 7290af 04000500 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 12160om 9530eu 111335of 11965eu 12080of 15205eu 04000500 smtwhf USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu 05000600 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 5105na 7415na 04000500 USA, WRMI Miami FL 7385no 05000600 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 04000500 USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 9450eu 13720of 05000600 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825na 04000500 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370na 05000600 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 11730of 04000500 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 3210na 5070na 05000600 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745va 7315am 5935na 7560no 05000600 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 12160am 04000500 USA, WWRB Manchester TN 5050na E085na 05000600 smtwhf USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu 6890na 05000600 USA, WRMI Miami FL 7385no 04000500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 7355eu 05000600 USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 9450eu 9840af 04000500 Zambia, Radio 4910do 05000600 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370na 04000500 Zambia, Radio Christian Voice 6065do 05000600 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 3210no 5070no 04000500 vl Zimbabwe, ZBC Corp 5975do 5935na 7560na 04050500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 9715ca 0500 0600 USA, WWRB Manchester TN 5050na 5085na 04270500 smt a Madagascar, AWR 12060of 15320of 6890no 04300458 Serbia & Montenegro, RSCG 9580na 0500 0600 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 6855eu 7520eu 04300500 Netherlands,Radio 6165na 9590na 0500 0600 Zambia, Radio Christian Voice 6065do 04300500DRM/ as Netherlands,Radio 15400po 0500 0600 vI Zimbabwe, ZBC Corp 5975do 0430 0500 Nigeria,Radio/Abuja 7275do 0505 0512 Croatia, Voice of 9470pa

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0515 0525 Rwo ndo, Radio 6005do 0630 0700 Swozi land, TWR 6120of 9500of 0520 0530 Vatican City, Votican Radio 9660of 11625of 0630 0700 as USA, Voiceof America 6035af 608001 719501 1557001 11835of11995af 12080af 0525 0600 vl Ghana, Ghono BCCorp 4915do 0630 0700 mtwhf USA,Voice of America 9530eu 9760eu I 1805eu 0530 0550 UAE, Radio Dubai 13675au 15435ou I 7830a u 11965eu I5205eu 21700au 0630 0700 as Vatican City, Vatican Radio I I 625of 1557001 05300600 Georgia, Radio Georgia 11805eu 0637 0700 Romania, Radio Romania Intl 9530no 9690eu 05300600 mtwhf /v1 Italy,IRRS 13840va 11830no11840eu 11940eu 15270eu 0530 0600 South Africa, AWR Africa 151050f 0638 0650 Croatia, Voice of 9470pa 05300600 Thailand Radio 21795o, 0645 0700 as Germany, TWR 6045eu 0645 0700 as Monaco, TWR 9870eu 0655 0700 mtwhf Germany, TWR 6045eu 0600 UTC - 1AM EST/ 12AM CST/ 10PM PST 0655 0700 mtwhf Monaco, TWR 9870eu 0659 0700 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 11675pa

0600 0630 France, Radio France Intl I I 665af I 7800of 21620of 0600 0630 South Africa, Channel Africa 15215of 0700 UTE- 2AM EST / 1AM CST / 11PM PST 0600 0630 Swaziland, TWR 4775af 6120af 9500of mtwhf 0600 0630 USA, Voice of America 7195of 7290of 070u Belgium, kuu, ',huu,,Jeren Inh D .-,185eu 0600 0630 USA, Voice of Americo 6035af 608001 9530eu 0700 0727 Czech Rep, Radio Prague Intl 9880eu I I 600eu 9760eu 11805eu 11835M I I 965eu 1199501 07000727 Slovakia, Slovakia Intl 9440a u 15460ou 12080afI 5205eu 0600 0637 Romania, Radio Romania Intl 9530na 11830no 0700 0730 a Tibet, Xizang PBS 9490as ;158(5t 0600 0658 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 15340pa 0700 0745 USA, VVYFR Okeechobee FL 0600 0700 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 6090am 07000750 Germany, TWR 6045eu 0600 0700 Australia, ABC NT Alice Springs 2310ar 4835do 07000750 Monaco,TWR 9870eu 0600 0700 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 5025do 0700 0756 Romania, Radio Romania Intl 17720of 21480of 0600 0700 Australia, ABC NT Tennant Creek 4910do 0700 0800 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 6090am 0600 0700 Australia, Radio 9660pa 12080va 15240po 07000800 Australia, ABC NT Alice Springs 2310ar 4835do 15415as 15515vo 17580po 17750as 21725os 07000800 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 5025do 0600 0700 vl Botswana,Radio 3356do 4820do 7255do 07000800 Australia, ABC NT Tennont Creek 4910do 0600 0700 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 0700 0800 Australia,Radio 9660pa 12080vo 15240ya 0600 0700 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do 15415asI 7580po 17750os 21725os 0600 0700 Conodo, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 07000800 vl Botswana,Radio 3356do 4820do 7255do 0600 0700 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 07000800 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 0600 0700 Costa Rica, Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038vo 07000800 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do0 0600 0700 Costa Rica, University Network 5030om 6150am 07000800 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 7375om 9725sa 118700m 13750na 17645as 0700 0800 Canodo, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 0600 0700 Cuba, Radio Havana 9665usb 9820na 11760am 0700 0800 Costa Rica, Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038vo 0600 0700 1st o Finland, Scandinavian WeekendRadio 6170eu 07000800 CoMo Rica, University Network 5030am 6150am I I 720eu 7375om 9725sa 11870am 13750na I 7645os 0600 0700 Germany, Deutsche Welle 6140eu 9780af 07000800 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa I 5184of 15275af I 7860of 0700 0800 1st o Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Radio 6170eu 06000700 vl Ghana, Ghana BC Corp 4915do 11720eu 06000700 Guyana, Voice of 3291do 5950do 07000800 France, Radio France Intl1° 06000700 Japan, Radio 7230eu 11740os 13630no 07000800 Germany,DeutscheWelle 6140eu I 3630no 15195os 17870pa 21755po 07000800 vl Ghana, Ghana BC Corp 4:6155dac: 06000700 DRM Kuwait,Radio 15110as 0700 0800 Guyana, Voice of 3291 do 5950do 06000700 Kuwait,Radio 15110as 0700 0800 DRM Kuwait, Radio 15110as 06000700 Liberia, ELWA 4760do 07000800 Kuwait, Radio 15110os 0600 0700 Malaysia,Radio 7295do 07000800 Liberia, ELWA 4760do 06000700 Malaysia, Voice of 6175as 9665as 9750os 0700 0800 Malaysia, Radio 7295do 15295ou 0700 0800 Malaysia,RadioMalaysia KotaKMobolu 5979do 06000700 Namibia, Namibian BC Corp 606001 617501 0700 0800 Malaysia,Voice of 6175as 9665as 9750os 06000700 Nigeria, Radio/Abuja 7275do I 5295ou 0600 0700 Nigeria, Radio/Enugu 6025do 0700 0800 Myanmar, Radio 9730do 06000700 Nigeria, Rodio/thodon 6050do 0700 0800 NewZealand, Radio NZ Intl 11 675po 0600 0700 Nigeria, Radio/Kaduna 4770do 6090do 0700 0800 Nigeria,Voice of 7255of I 7800of 06000700 Nigeria, Radio/Lagos 3326do 4990do 0700 0800 Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do 9675irr 0600 0700 Nigeria, Voice of 7255of 1780001 0700 0800 Russia, Voice of 15490ou 17495ou 17525au 0600 0700 Russia, Voice of I 5490ou 17635au 17670me 17635au I 7670ou 21790ou 0700 0800 Sierra Leone, Radio UNAMSIL 06000700 Sierra Leone, Radio UNAMSIL 6139af 0700 0800 Singapore, Mediocorp Radio 2139f50do 0600 0700 Singapore, Mediocorp Radio 6150do 0700 0800 vl Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 9545do 0600 0700 vl Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 9545do 0700 0800 Taiwan, Radio Taiwan Intl 5950na 0600 0700 as UK, BBC World Service 1788501 0700 0800 os UK, BBC World Service 6005af 0600 0700 UK, BBC World Service 6055af 6190of 0700 0800 UK, BBC World Service 6190of 94 I Oeu 6195eu 71600f 9410va 11765of I I 940of I 1760vo 1176501 11955as 12095vo 15310os 11955os 12095vo 15310os 15360as 1540001 15360os 1540001 15485vo I 5565vo 17640me 15565vo 15575va 17790os I 7640af 21660os 17790os 21660os 0600 0700 USA, Armed Forces Radio 43 I 9usb 5446usb 0700 0800 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb 12335usb 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb 12335usb 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 12579usb 13362usb I 3855usb 0600 0700 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5755va 0700 0800 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5755va 0600 0700 USA, KTBN Salt Lake City UT 7505na 07000800 USA, KTBN Salt Lake City UT 7505na 0600 0700 USA, KWHR Noolehu HI I 7780os 0700 0800 USA, KWHR Naolehu HI 11565po 17780as 0600 0700 mtwhf USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 5105no 0700 0800 USA, Voice of America 13760as 0600 0700 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 0700 0800 USA,WBCQKennebunkME 7415no 0600 0700 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825no 93B5eu 07000800 USA, WBOH NewportNC 5920am 0600 0700 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 1I 730of 07000800 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825no 9385eu 0600 0700 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745va 7375om 0700 0800 USA, WHRAGreenbush ME 1173001 0600 0700 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 12160om 0700 0800 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745va 7315om 0600 0700 USA, WRMI Miami FL 7385na 07000800 USA, WINBRed LionPA 12160om 0600 0700 USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 9450af 07000800 smtwhf USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu 0600 0700 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370no 07000800 USA, WRMI Miami FL 7385na 0600 0700 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 3210no 5070no 0700 0800 USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 9450af 5935na7560no 07000800 USA, WTJC NewportNC 9370no 0600 0700 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 7355eu 1 I 530eu 07000800 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 3210no 5070na I1 580eu 5935na7560na 0600 0700 vl Vanuatu, Radio 3945a1 4960do 07000800 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 9985eu 0600 0700 Yemen, Rep of Yemen Radio 9780me 07000800 vl Vanuatu, Radio 394501 4960do 0600 0700 Zambia, Radio Christian Voice 9865do 07000800 Zambia, Radio Christian Voice 9865do 0600 0700 vl Zimbabwe, ZBC Corp 5975do 0705 0712 Croatia, Voice of 13820au 0630 0645 mtwhf Vatican City, Vatican Radio 4005eu 5890eu 07250800 Guam, AWR 15205os 6 I 85eu 7250eu 9645eu 11740eu 15595eu 07300800 Austria, AWR Europe 9775eu 0630 0700 Bud -moo, Radon I 1600eu 1360m,, 07300800 Georgia, Radio Georgia 11910eu

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07300800 Switzerland, Swiss Radio Intl 9885va 13790va 17665vo 0900 UTC - 4AM EST / 3AM CST / 1AM PST 0730 0800 as UK, BBC World Service 15575vo 0745 0800 rdwhf Guam, TWR/KTWR 15330as 07500800 smtwhf Germany, TWR 6045eu 0900 092' Czech Rep, Radio Prague Intl 21745vo Monaco, TWR 9870eu 07500800 smtwhf 0900 0930 as Australia,It odio 17750as 0900 0930 Austria, AV.'R Europe 17780of 0800 UTC - 3AM EST / 2AM CST / 12AM PST 0900 0930 Guam, TWR/KTWR 15330as 0956 China, China Radio Intl 17690pa 15210pa 21465eu 0900 08000804 Pakistan,Radio 17825eu 0900 000 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 6090am 15205as 0800 0815 cs Guam, TWR/KTWR 0900 000 Australia, ABC NT Alice Springs 2310do 4835irr 15330as 0800 0815mtwhf Guam, TWR/KTWR 0900 000 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 2485do 6045eu 08000820 snntwhf Germany, TWR 0900 000 Australia, ABC NT Tennant Creek 2325do 0800 0820smtwhf Monaco, TWR 9870eu 0900 000 Australia, HCJB 11750pa 6175os 9665as 9750as 0800 0825 Malaysia, Voice of 0900 00') Australia,IZadio 9580vo 11880os 15240as 15295a u 17750as 21820as 5025do 0800 0830 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 0900 000 Australia, Voice Intl 13685os 0800 0830 Australia, ABC NT Tennant Creek 4910do Botswana,Radio 3356do 4820do 7255do 5979do 0900 000 vl 08000830 Malaysia, Radio Malaysia Kota Kinabalu 0900 000 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 0800 0830 Myonmar,Radio 9730do 0900 000 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do 0800 0830 ntwhfo Ta1ikistan, Tojik Radio 7245as 0900 000 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 6090am 0800 0900 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 000 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 2310irr 4335do 0900 0800 0900 Australia, ABC NT Alice Springs 0900 000 Costa Rica.Radio for Peace Intl 7445om 15038va 11750pa 08000900 Australia, HCJB 0900 000 Costa Rica. University Network 5030om 6150am 08000900 as Australia,Radio 17750as 7375am 9725sa 11870am 13750na 17645as 9580va 9710pa 08000900 Australia, Radio 5995pa 0900 000 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 15184of 15415os 15240va 11880os 12080vo 15240vo 0900 000 1st a Finland, 'xcandinovian WeekendRadio 6170eu 15415as 17750as 21725os 11690eu 5030o1 6035do 0800 0900 mtwhf Bhutan, Bhutan BC Service 000 DRM Germany, Deutsche Welle 15440eu 4820do 7255do 0900 0800 0900 vl Botswana,Radio 3356do 000 Germany, Deutsche Welle 6140eu 15440eu 6070do 0900 0800 0900 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 0900 000 Guyana, Voice of 3291do 5950do 6030do 08000900 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 0900 000a s/v I Italy, IRRS13840va 0800 0900 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do m -f/ DRM Luxembourg, RTL Radio Lutzebuerg 6095eu 6160do 0900 000 0800 0900 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 000 Malaysia,Radio 7295do 7445am 1 5038va 0900 0800 0900 Costa Rica,Radio for Peace Intl 0900 000 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 11675pa 5030om 6150om 08000900 Costa Rica, University Network 0900 000 Palau, Voir e of Hope 15725as 13750na 17645os 7375am 9725sa 11870am 000 Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do 9675ffr 15184af 0900 08000900 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 0900 000 Singapore, Mediacorp Radio 6150do Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Radio 6170eu 08000900 1st a 0900 000 vl Solomon (,.lands, SIBC 5020do 9545do 11690eu 0900 000 s UAE, Radio UNMEE 21790af 08000900 Germany, Deutsche Welle 6140eu UK, BBC World Service 7370eu 4915do 0900 000 DRM 08000900 vl Ghana Ghana BC Corp 0900 000 UK, BBC World Service 619001 6195as 0800 0900 Guyana, Voice of 3291do 5950do 9605as9740as 11760va 12095eu 15190sa 0800 0900 Indonesia, Voice of 9525va 11785as 15310as 15360as 15400a1 15485va 15565va 08000900as/v1 Italy, IRRS13840vo 15575vc 17640vo 17760as 1 7790as 1 7830af 0800 0900 Liberia, ELWA 4760do 17885af 21470af 21660as 0800 0900 m -f/ DRM Luxembourg, RTL Radio Lutzebuerg 6095eu 0900 1000 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 0800 0900 Malaysia,Radio 7295do 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb 12335usb 0800 0900 Malta, Voice ofMediterranean 9605eu 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 0800 0900 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 11675pa USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5755va 9675irr 0900 000 0800 0900 Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do 0900 000 USA, KTBN Salt Lake City UT 7505no 17495au 17525ou 0800 0900 Russia, Voice of 15490as 0900 000 USA, KWHR Noolehu HI 11565pa 17780as 17635au 0900 000 USA, Voice of Americo 11930os 13620os 13760as 08000900 Sierra Leone, Radio UNAMSIL 61390f 15150as 6150do 0800 0900 Singapore, Mediacorp Radio 0900 000 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 7415no 9545do 0800 0900 .r1 Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 0900 000 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920om 0800 0900 South Africa, Radio League 9750af 21560a1 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825na 9570om 13670eu 0900 000 08000900 South Korea,Radio Korea Intl 000 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 11730of 9500of 0900 08000900 Swaziland, TWR 6120of 0900 000 USA, WRMI Miami FL 9955am 08000900 as UK, BBC World Service 15575va USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 9860eu 9455so 6190af 9410eu 0900 000 08000900 UK, BBC World Service 0900 000 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370no 15360as 11760va 11955os 12095eu 15310as 0900 000 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 5070na 5935no 154000f 15485vo 15565va 17640vo 17790as 7560na 9475na 21470of 21660as 1783001 17885af 0900 000 vl Vanuatu,Radio 3945a1 4960do USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 0800 0900 0900 OCIO mt hfo Vatican Oty, Vatican Radio 5890eu 7507usb 10320usb 12335usb 5765usb 6350usb 0900 000 Zambia, Radio Christian Voice 9865do 13855usb 12579usb 13362usb 0930 000asmwhf Greece, Voice of 12105eu 15630eu 0800 0900 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5755va 0930 000 Netherlands,Radio 9785pa 12065os 13710as 11765as 08000900 USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK 0930 000 DRM Netheflonds,Radio 9590eu 08000900 USA, KTBN Salt Lake City UT 7505na 0800 0900 USA, KWHR Noolehu HI 11565pa 17780as 0800 0900 USA, Voice of America 11930as 13620as 13760as 1000 UTC - SAM EST / 4AM CST / 2AM PST 15150os 08000900 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 7415na 08000900 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 1000 1027 Vietnam, Voice or 9840au 12u20au 08000900 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 5825na 9385eu 1000 1030 Germany, Deutsche Welle 17615os 17715as 08000900 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745va 7315am 1000 1030 Guam, AWR 11560os 11930as 0800 0900 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 12160am 1000 1030 Mongolia, Voice of 12085as 0800 0900 smtwhf USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu 1000 1030 Netherlands,Radio 9785pa 12065po 13710as 08000900 USA, WRMI Miami FL 7385na 1000 1030 UK, BBC World Service 9605as 15360os 0800 0900 USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 9860eu 9845pa 1000 10:30 UK, RTE 4adio 15280au 0800 0900 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370no 1000 1045 USA, KWHR Noalehu HI 9930as 11565po 15210pa 0800 0900 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 3210no 5070na 1000 1056 Chino, China Radio Intl 17690pa 5935no 7560na 1000 1056 North Korea, Voice of 3560as 9335am 11 710am 08000900 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 9985eu 11735a.. 13650as 11775am 08000900 vl Vanuatu, Radio 3945al 4960do 1000 1100 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 08000900 Zambia, Radio Christian Voice 9865do 1000 1100 Australia, ABC NT Alice Springs 2310do 4835irr 2485do 08100830 s Armenia, Voice of 4810eu 15270os 1000 1100 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 08150900 Guam, TWR/KPNR 15205as 15330as 1000 1100 Australia, ABC NT Tennant Creek 2325do 08300900 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 2485do 1000 1100 Australia, HCJB 11750pa 08300900 Australia, ABC NT Tennant Creek 2325do 1000 1100 Australia, Radio 9580vo 11880os 15240os 08300900 Austria, AWR Europe 1778001 17750os 21820as 08300900 Georgia, Radio Georgia 11910me 1000 1100 Australia, Voice Intl 13685os 08300900 Lithuania,Radio Vilnius 9710eu 1000 1100 as Bhutan, Bhutan BC Service 5030a1 6035do 0830 0900 Switzerland, Swiss Radio Intl 21770vo 1000 1100 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 0838 0850 Croatia, Voice of 13820au 1000 1100 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do 08400850 Turkmenistan, Turkmen Radio 4930as November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 47 Shortwave Guide

000 1100 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 1100 1200 Costa Rica, University Network 000 1100 5030am 6150am Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 7375am 9725sa 118700m 13750na 000 1100 17645as Costa Rica,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038vo 1100 1200 Ecuador, HCJB 15115om 21455po 000 1100 Costa Rica, University Network 5030om 6150am 1100 1200 1st a Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Radio 6170eu 7375am 9725sa 11870am 13750no 17645os 11720eu 000 1100 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 15184of 1100 1200 DRM Germany, Deutsche Welle 15440eu 000 1100 1st a Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Radio 6170eu 1100 1200 Germany, Deutsche Welle 6140eu 15110os 11690eu 17820eu 000 1100 DRM Germany, Deutsche Welle 6140eu 15440eu 1100 1200 as/v1 Italy, IRRS13840va 000 1100 Germany, Deutsche Welle 6140eu 15440eu 1100 1200 Japan, Radio 6120na 9695os 15590os 000 1100 Guyana, Voice of 3291do 5949do 1100 1200 m -f/ DRM Luxembourg, RTL Radio Lutzebuer g 6095eu 000 1100 India, All India Radio 13695as 15020os 15260as 1100 1200 Malaysia,Radio 7295do 15410as 17510au 17800as 17895au 1100 1200 DRM Netherlands,Radio 9590eu 000 1100as/vl Italy, IRRS 13840va 1100 1200 Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do 9675irr 000 1100 Japan, Radio 9695os 15590as 17585eu 1100 1200 Singapore, Radio Singapore Intl 6150as 21755pa 9600as 1100 1200 DRM UK, BBC World Service 7320eu 9410eu 000 1100 mI / DRM Luxembourg, RTL Radio Lutzebuerg 6095eu 1100 1200 UK, BBC World Service 6190of 6195vo 000 1100 Malaysia, Radio 7295do 9740as 11760vo 1194001 12095eu 000 1100 Malta, Voice of 15190vo Mediterranean 9605eu 15310as 15485vo 15565vo 15575va 000 1100 DRM 17640va Netherlands,Radio 9590eu 17830of 17885af 21470af 000 1100 21660as New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 11675po 1100 1200 Ukraine, Radio Ukraine Intl 15415eu 000 1100 Palau, Voice of Hope 15725os 1100 1200 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 000 1100 5446usb Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do 9675,r 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 000 1100 10320usb 12335usb Singapore, Mediacorp Radio 6150do 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 000 1100 vl Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 9545do 100 200 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5755va 000 1100 South Africa, Radio Veritos 7240of 100 200 USA, KTBN Salt Lake City UT 7505na 000 1100 as UK, BBC World Service 15190so 15400af 100 200 as USA, KWHR Noolehu HI 11565pa 000 1100 UK, BBC World Service 6190af 6195vo 100 200 USA, Voice of America 6160as 9645as 9760as 9740as 11760vo 12095eu 15310eu 15485vo 9770as 13610os 15240as 15425os 15565vo 15575vo 17640va 17830of 17790os 100 200 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 17885af 2147001 21660os 100 200 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 1000 1100 7520no DRM UK, BBC World Service 7320eu 100 200 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 1000 1100 m/ DRM 9495am 9850no UK, Christian Voice 9760eu 100 200 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 13570am 1000 1100 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 100 200 USA, WJIE Louisville KY 13595am 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb 12335usb 100 200 USA, WRMI Miami FL 9955om 12579usb 13362usb 13855 us b 100 200 USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 1000 1100 6095am 9455am USA, KAU Dallas TX 5755va 100 200 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370na 1000 1100 USA, KTBN Salt Lake City UT 7505na 100 200 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 1000 5070no 5935na 1100 USA, Voice of Americo 5745am 7370am 9590am 7560na15825na 9770as 13620as 15240as 15425os 100 200 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 1000 5950no 9555sa 1100 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 11725ca 11830na 1000 1100 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 7520no 100 200 Zambia, Radio Christian Voice 1000 1100 9865do USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 9495am 9850no 106 200 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 15175pa 1000 1100 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 13570am 115 145 Nepal, Radio 3230as 5005as 1000 1100 USA, WJIE Louisville KY 13595am 125 200 Netherlands,Radio 5965na 6045eu 9860eu 1000 1100 USA, WRMI Miami FL 9955am 130 159 Belgium, Radio Vlaanderen Intl 1000 1100 9865 as USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 6095am 9455sa 130 200 Bulgaria,Radio 11700eu 1000 1100 15700eu USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370na 130 200 South Korea,Radio Korea Intl 1000 1100 9650no USA, WWCR Nashville TN 5070na 5935na 130 200 Sweden, Radio 17505vo 17840na 7560no15825no 130 200 VOfiC13,, City, VaticanRadio 15595va 17515vo 1000 1100 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 5950na 1000 1100 Zambia, Radio Christian Voice 9865do 1010 1020 Israel, Kol Israel 1 5640vo 17525va 17545vo 1200 UTC - 7AM EST / 6AM CST / 4AM PST 1030 1045 mtwhf Ethiopia, Radio 5990do 7110do 9704do 1030 1057 Czech Rep, Radio Prague Intl 9880eu 11615eu 1030 1100 Guam, AWR 11560as 1200 1230 vl Somalia, Radio Galkayo 6980vo 1030 1100 Iran, Voice of the Islamic Rep 15450os 15550os 1200 1215 vl Cambodia, National Radio Of 11940os 15600as 21470as 21730as 1200 1215 Ecuador, HCJB 15115am 21455pa 1030 1100 Netherlands,Radio 5965na 6045eu 9785ou 1200 1225 Netherlands,Radio 5965na 6045eu 9860eu 9860eu 12065as 13710as 1200 1230 France, Radio France Intl 17815of 21620of 1030 1100 UAE, Radio Dubai 13675eu 15395eu 17865eu 25820af 21605eu 1200 1230 DRM Netherlands,Radio 9590eu 1030 1100 UAE, Radio UNMEE 215500f 1200 1230 South Korea,Radio Korea Intl 9650no 1045 1100 os USA, KWHR Naolehu HI 11565pa 1200 1230 Uzbekistan, Radio Tashkent Intl 7285as 9715as 1045 1100 USA, KWHR Noalehu 9930os 15295as 17775as 1200 1245 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 5950na 1200 1256 Chino, China Radio Intl 9730as 9760pa 1100 UTC - 6AM EST / SAM CST / SAM PST 11760po 11980as 15415po 1200 1259 Poland,Radio Polonia 9525eu 11820eu 1200 1300 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 1100 1104 11775am 1 7825eu 21465eu 1200 1300 Australia, ABC NT Alice Springs 1100 1105 2310do 4835irr New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 11675po 1200 1300 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 1100 1125 2485do Netherlands,Radio 5965na 6045eu 9785au 1200 1300 Australia, ABC NT Tennant Creek 2325do 9860eu 12065os 13710as 1200 1300 Australia,Radio 5995pa 6020pa 9475as 1100 1127 Iron, Voice of the Islamic Rep 15450as 15550os 9580va11650va 11880os 12080os 21820as 15600os 21470os 21730os 1200 1300 Australia, Voice Intl 1100 13685as 1127 Vietnam, Voice of 11630as 1200 1300 1100 Canada, CBC Northern Service 9625do 1130 as Bhutan, Bhutan BC Service 503001 6035do 1200 1300 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 1100 1130 6070do Tibet, Xizang PBS 4905as 4920as 6200as 1200 1300 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do 7385as9490as 1200 1300 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 1100 t 1130 UAE, Radio UNMEE 21550of 1200 1300 1100 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 1130 mtwhf UK, BBC World Service 15400of 17790so 1200 1300 mtwhf Canada, Radio Canada Intl 1100 1200 9515na 13655na Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 11775am 17800na 1100 1200 Australia, ABC NT Alice Springs 2310do 4835irr 1200 1300 1100 Canada, Radio Canada Intl 9660as 15190os 1200 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 2485do 1200 1300 China, Voice of Hope 13590os 1100 1200 Australia, ABC NT Tennont Creek 2325do 1200 1300 Costa Rico,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038vo 1100 1200 Australia, HCJB 11750po 1200 1300 Costa Rica, University Network 5030om 1100 1200 Australia, Radio 6150am 5995pa 6020pa 9475as 7375am 9725sa 11870om 13750na 17645os 9580va11650vo 11880as 12080vo 15240vo 1200 1300 1st a Finland, Scandinavian WeekendRadio 6170eu 21820as 11690eu 100 1200 Australia, Voice Intl 13685os 1200 1300DRM Germany, Deutsche Welle 100 1200 9655eu Canada, CBC Northern Service 9625do 1200 1300 Germany, Deutsche Welle 100 1200 6140eu 15440eu Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 1200 1300 Germany, Overcomer Ministries 100 1200 6110eu Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do 1200 1300 Jordan,Radio 100 1200 11690eu Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 1200 1300m -f/ DRM Luxembourg, RTL Radio Lutzebuerg 6095eu 100 1200 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 1200 1300 Malaysia,Radio 7295do 100 1200 Costa Rica,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038va 1200 1300 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 15175pa

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1200 1300 Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do 9675irr 1300 1400 UK, BBC World Service 6190af 6195vo 1200 1300 Singapore, Radio Singapore Intl 6150as 9600as 9740as 11760vo 11940of 12095eu 15190vo 1200 1300 Taiwan, Radio Taiwan Intl 7130as 9610ou 15310as 15420of 15485vo 15565va 15575vo 1200 1300 DRM UK, BBC World Service 7320eu 9410eu 21766400r,I 7790as 17830al 17885af 21470af 1200 1300 UK, BBC World Service 6190af 6195vo 9740as 11760va 11940a1 12095eu 15190va 1300 1400 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319uso 5446usb 15310as 15485vo 15565va 15575vo 17640va 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb 12335usb 17790as 1783001 17885af 21470af 21560as 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 1200 1300 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 1300 1400 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5755va 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb12335usb 1300 1400 USA, KJES Vado NM 11715na 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 1300 1400 USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK 11870as 1200 1300 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 5755va 1300 1400 USA, KTBN Salt Lake City UT 7505na 1200 1300 USA, KTBN Salt Loke City UT 7505na 1300 1400 USA, KWHR Naolehu HI 9930as 9645as 9760as 1200 1300 as USA, KWHR Noolehu HI 11565pa 1300 1400 USA, Voice of America 5955as 1200 1300 USA, KWHR Noolehu HI 9930as 15160as 15425os 1200 1300 USA, Voice of America 6160as 9645as 9760os 1300 1400 USA, WBCO Kennebunk ME 17495na 13610as 15160as 15240as 15425as 1300 1400 USA, WBOH Newport NC 57952200Ln 1200 1300 mtwhf USA, WBCO Kennebunk ME 17495na 1300 1400 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 1200 1300 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920om 1300 1400 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 17560of 1200 1300 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 7520na 1300 140C USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 9850na 15105am 1200 1300 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 9495am 9850na 1300 140C USA, WINB Red Lion PA 1133559705oamm 1200 1300 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 13570am 1300 1400 USA, WJIE Louisville KY 1200 1300 USA, WJIE Louisville KY 13595om 1300 1400 USA, WRMI Miami FL 15725no 1200 1300 USA, WRMI Miami FL 15725no 1300 1400 vl USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 9430no 11670am 1200 1300 USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 9430om 11673am 1300 1400 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370na 1200 1300 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370na 1300 1400 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 9475no 12160no 1200 1300 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 7560no 12163na 13845na 15825na 13845na 15825na 1300 1400 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 11560os 11740na 1200 1300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 11830na 11970co 13695no 1300 1400 Zambia, Radio Christian Voice 9865do 1200 1300 Zambia, Radio Christian Voice 9865do 1306 140C occasional New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 6095pa 1215 1230 mtwhf Austria, Radio Austria Intl 21780po 1330 1350 UAE, Radio Dubai 13630eu 13675eu 15395eu 1215 1300 Egypt, Radio Cairo 17775as 17865eu 21605eu 1230 1257 Vietnam, Voice of 9840os 12019os 1330 1357 Vietnam, Vcice of 11630eu 13740eu 1230 1300 Australia, HCJB 15390as 1330 1400 Guam, AWR 11980as 15275as 13710as 1230 1300 Bangladesh, Bangla Betas 7185as 9550as 1330 1400 India, All Indio Radio 9690as 1230 1300 Ecuador, HCJB 151150m 21455po 1330 140C Sweden, Radio 17505va 17840na 1230 1300 Sri Lanka, SLBC 6005as 9770as 15745as 1330 1400 UAE, AWR Africa 15320os 1230 1300 Sweden, Radio 13580os 15750as 17840na 1330 1400 Uzbekistan, Radio Tashkent Intl 7285as 9715os 1230 1300 Thailand,Radio 9860as 15295as 17775as 1230 1300 Turkey, Voice of 17595va 1 7830eu 1230 1300 UAE, Gospel For Asia15590os 1230 1300 a UK, Wales Radio Intl 17845au 1400 UTC - 9AM EST / 8AM CST / 6AM PST 1240 1255 f Voice of 11730na 12110eu 15630eu 156500u 12005u, 15115am21455pa 13730pa 1400 1430 Ecuador, HOB 1245 1300 mtwhf Austria, Radio Austria Intl 6155eu Egypt, Radio Cairo 17775os 21780co 1400 1430 1400 1430 vl Mexico, Rodio Mexico Intl 9705am 11770am 1400 1430 Thailand,tadio 9830as 1400 1455 as South Africa, Channel Africa 11780of 21620af 1300 UTC 8AM EST / 7AM CST / 5AM PST 21 760af 1400 1456 China, China Radio Intl 7405na 11675os 1300 305 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 15175po 11765as 11765os 13685of 15125of 17720na 1300 310 rrowhfa Turkmenistan, Turkmen Radio 5015as 1400 1456 Romania, Padio Romania Intl i 5270eu I 5365eu 1300 327 Czech Rep, Radio Prague Intl 13580eu 21745as 17790eu 17805eu 1300 330 Ecuador, HCJB 12005am 15115am21455pa 1400 1500 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 11775am 1300 330 Egypt, Radio Cairo 17775as 1400 1500 Australia, 1

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1400 1500 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815vo 1500 1600 smtwh' USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu 1400 1500 USA, KJES Vodo NM 11715na 1500 1600 USA, WRMI Miami FL 15725no 1400 1500 USA, KTBN Solt Lake City UT 7505no 1500 1600 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370na 1400 1500 USA, Voice of America 5955as 7125as 9760as 1500 1600 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 9475no 12160no 15160os 15255eu 15425os 13845na 15825na 1400 1500 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 17495no 1500 1600 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 6280os 11830na 1400 1500 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 17760am 1400 1500 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 9955no 1500 1600 Zambia, Radio Christian Voice 4965do 1400 1500 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 17560af 1510 1525 mtwhf Austria, Radio Austria Intl 155I5no 1400 1500 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 9850am 15105am 1515 1600 os Germany,Bible Voice BC Network 15680me 1400 1500 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 13570om 1515 1600 o Vatican City, Vatican Radio 13765as 15235os 1400 1500 USA, WJIE Louisville KY 13595am 1530 1545 Bangladesh, Banglo Betar 4882as 1400 1500 USA, WRMI Miami FL 15725no 1530 1545 Indio, All India Radio 4910as 9910as 11740as 1400 1500 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370no 1530 1600 Georgia, Radio Georgia 6180me 1400 1500 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 9475no 12160no 1530 1600mtwhf Germany,Bible Voice BC Network 17655as 13845no 15825na 1530 1600 Germany, IBRA Radio 1571 5me 1400 1500 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 11560os 11740no 1530 1600 Iron, Voice of the Islamic Rep 7245eu 9635as 11830na 17760am 11775os 1400 1500 Zambia, Radio Christian Voice 9865do 1540 1550 Turkmenistan, Turkmen Radio 4930do 1415 1420 Nepal, Radio 3230as 5005os 1545 1600 s h Bangladesh, Bangla Betar 4882as 1430 1500 s Germany, Pan American BC 15650me 1430 1500 Myanmar, Radio 5040do 5985do 1430 1500 Netherlands,Radio 9860as 11835as 12075as 1600 UTC 11AM EST / 10AM CST / 8AM PST 15220na 1445 1500 -,arm PAIR /KPNR 15330as 1600 1615 Pakistan,Radio 11570vo 15725vo 17720va 1500 UTC - 10AM EST / 9AM CST / 7AM PST 1600 1625 Netherlands,Radio 9890as 11835as 12075as 15220na 1600 1627 Czech Rep, Radio Prague Intl 5930eu 217450f 1500 1500 as ,,onoda, Radio Canada Intl 9515no 13655no 1600 1627 Iron, Voice of the Islamic Rep 7245eu 9635as 17800no 11775os 1500 1528 s Hungary, Radio Budapest 6025eu 9715eu 1600 1627 Vietnam, Voice of 1 I 630eu 13740eu 1500 1530 vl Mexico, Radio Mexico Intl 9705am 11770orn 1600 1630 Guam, AWR 11560as 15215as 15235as 1500 1530 Mongolia, Voice of 12015eu 1600 1630 Jordan,Radio 11690na 1500 1530 South Africa, Channel Africa 17770of 1600 1630 w Moldova, Radio Pridnestrovye 5960eu 1500 1530 Sri Lanka, SLBC 6005as 9770as 15745as 1600 1630 South Africa, Channel Africa 9525af 1500 1530 UK, BBC World Service 11860of 15420of 1600 1630 UAE, Gospel For Asia 11695as 1500 1545 Guam, TWR/KTWR 15330as 1600 1635 UAE, Radio Dubai 13630eu 13675eu 15395eu 1500 1556 China, China Radio Intl 7160as 9785as 17865eu 21605eu 13685af 1512501 1772001 1600 1645 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 17790no 1500 1556 North Korea, Voice of 4405as 9335am 11335eu 1600 1650occasional New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 6095pa 11710am 13760eu 15245eu 1600 1656 North Korea, Voice of 3560as 9975of 1 1 71 Oaf 1500 1600 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 11775om 1600 1657 Chino, China Radio Intl 9570as 9695af 1500 1600 Australia, HCJB 15390os 13685of 11910af 1500 1600 Australia,Radio 5995vo 6080pa 9475as 1600 1700 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 11775am 9580va 11650vo 11660as 1600 1700 Australia, HOB 15390as 1500 1600 Australia, Voice Intl 9880as 13655as 1600 1700 Australia,Radio 5995vo 1500 6080pa 9475os 1600 Canada, CBC Northern Service 9625do 9580va 11650va 11660as 1500 1600 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 1600 1700 Australia, Voice Intl 9880as 13655os 1500 1600 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do 1600 1700 Canada, CBC Northern Service 9625do 1500 1600 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 1600 1700 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 1500 6070do 1600 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 1600 1700 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do 1500 1600 Canada, Radio Canada Intl 15455as 17720os 1600 1700 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 1500 1600 Costa Rico,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038vo 1600 1700 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 1500 1600 Costa Rica, University Network 5030om 6150am 1600 1700 Costa Rica,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038vo 7375am 9725sa 11870am 13750no 17645as 1600 1700 Costa Rica, University Network 5030am 1500 1600 6150am 1st a Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Radio 5990eu 7375am 9725sa 11870am 13750no 17645as 11720eu 1600 1700 Ethiopia,Radio 59900f 71 10of 716501 1500 1600 Germany, Deutsche Welle 6140eu 9560af 9704of 118000f 1500 1600 smtwhf Germany, Overcomer Ministries 6110eu 13810me 1600 1700 1st a Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Radio 5990eu 1500 1600 s Germany, Pan American BC 15650rne 11720eu 1500 1600 s Ireland, Reflections Europe 3910eu 6295eu 1600 1700 France, Radio France Intl 9730a1 1 161 5of 12255eu 11 995of 12015af 15160of 15605af 17605of 1500 1600 Japan, Radio 7200as 9750as 11705no 1 7850af 11730os 1600 1700 Germany,Bible Voice BC Network 15680me 1500 1600 Jordan,Radio 11690no 1600 1700 DRM Germany, Deutsche Welle 6140eu 7125eu 1500 1600 m -f/ DRM Luxembourg, RTL Radio Lutzebuerg 6095eu 1600 1700 Germany, Deutsche Welle 6140eu 6170as 1500 1600 Myanmar,Radio 5040do 5985do 7225as 17595as 1500 1600 Netherlands,Radio 9890as 11835os 12075as 1600 1700 a Germany, Overcomer Ministries 6110eu 15220na 1600 1700 Greece, Voice of 9420eu 15630eu 17705no 1500 1600 occasional New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 6095po 1600 1700 Ireland, Reflections Europe 3910eu 6295eu 1500 1600DRM Russia, Voice of 15780eu 12255eu 1500 1600 Russia, Voice of 494Orne 4965me 4975me 1600 1700 DRM Russia, Voice of 15780eu 6005me 7315as 7340as 11500os 11985me 1600 1700 Russia, Voice of 7315as 7350as 11720as 1500 1600 Singapore, Mediacorp Radio 6150do 11985me 12055os 15540me 1500 1600 UK, BBC World Service 5975as 61900f 1600 1700 South Africa, Radio Veritas 3230al 6195os 9410eu 9740as 11940af 12095vo 1600 1700 South Korea,Radio Korea Intl 5975om 9515af 15190va 15310as 15400af 15485vo 15565va 9870of 15575vo 17790os 17830of 21470x1 21490af 1600 1700 Taiwan, Radio Taiwan Intl 11550as 21660a1 1600 1700 UK, BBC World Service 3915as 5975as 1500 1600 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 6190af 6195as 7160as 9410va 9510as 5765usb 6350usb7507usb 10320usb12335usb 11940af 12095vo 15190so 15310as 15400af 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 15485eu 15565va 17790os 1 7830af 21470of 1500 1600 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815va 21660of 1500 1600 USA, KTBN Solt Lake City UT 1 5590no 1600 1700 vl UK, Sudan Radio Service 17630vo 1500 1600 USA, KWHR Noalehu HI 9930as 1600 1700 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 1500 1600 USA, Voice of America 6160as 7125as 9590as 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb12335usb 9700eu9760os 9845as 12040as 15205os 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 15255eu 15550os 1600 1700 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815va 500 1600 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 17495no 1600 1700 USA, KTBN Solt Lake City UT 15590no 500 1600 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 1600 1700 USA, KWHR Noalehu HI 9930as 500 1600 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 9955no 1600 1700 USA, Voice of America 12080af 13600as 1 7895af 500 1600 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 17650af 1600 1700 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 17495na 500 1600 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 13760vo 15105am 1600 1700 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 500 1600 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 13570am 1600 1700 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 13615no 500 1600 USA, WJIE Louisville KY 13595am 1600 1700 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 1 7650af

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1600 1700 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 13760va 15105am 1700 1800 Zambia, Radio Christian Voice 4965do 1600 1700 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 13570am 1715 1730 Swaziland, TWR 3200af 1600 1700 USA, WJIE Louisville KY 13595am 1730 1745 Libya, Voice of Africa156600f 17880of 1600 1700 smtwhf USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu 1730 1745 mtwhf UK, United Notions Radio 7150af 15495me 1600 1700 USA, WRMI Miami FL 15725no 17810of 1600 1700 vl USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 18910of 1730 1755 Belgium, Rodio Vloonderen Intl 9925eu 13690eu 1600 1700 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370no 137 1 Ome 1600 1700 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 9475na 12160no 1730 1800 Bulgaria,Radio 9400ev 11900eu 13845no 15825na 1730 1800 Georgia, Radio Georgia 11910eu 1600 1700 USA, WWRB Manchester TN 9320na 12172na 1730 1800 Guam, AWR 9385me 12015me 1600 1700 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 6280eu 11830no 1730 1800 Liberia, ELWA 4760do 11865no 17760om 18980eu 21455eu 1730 1800 mtwhf a Malta, Voice ofMediterranean 6185eu 1600 1700 Zambia, Radio Christian Voice 4965do 1730 180C Netherlands,Radio 6020af 7120af 11655af 1615 1630 Vatican City, Vatican Radio 4005eu 5890eu 1730 180C Philippines, Radio Pilipinas 11720me 15190me 7250eu9645eu 15595eu 17720me 1615 1700 UK, BBC World Service 15420af 1730 1800 Swaziland, TWR 3200of 9500of 1630 1657 Slovakia, Radio Slovakia Intl 5920eu 6C55eu 1730 1800 mtwhfa Sweden, Rcdio 6065vo 7345eu 1730 1800 s Sweden, Radio 13580va 1630 1700 Egypt, Radio Cairo 15255of 1730 1800 Switzerland, Swiss Radio Intl 9755vo 11810va 1630 1700 Guam, AWR 11560os 11975as 15215os 15555va 15235as 1730 1800 Vatican City, Vatican Radio 13765af 15570af 1630 1700 UAE, AWR Africa 17630me 17515af 1630 1700 as UK, BBC World Service 11860of 21490of 1735 1745 vl/th Paraguay,Radio Nacional 9739sa 1645 1700 Tajikiston, Tajik Radio 7245as 1745 180C Bangladesh, Bangla Betar 7185eu 9550eu 1650 1700 mtwhf New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 11725pa 15520eu 1745 1800 India, All Irdia Radio 7410eu 9445af 9950eu 11620eu 11935af 13605af 15075af 15155of 1700 UTC - 12PM EST/ 11AM CST/ 9AM PST 17670af 1751 1800 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 15160pa

1700 715 Israel, Kol Israel 15640vo 1 7545vo 1700 727 Czech Rep, Radio Prague Intl 5930eu 17485of 1800 UTC -1PM EST/ 12PM CST/ 10AM PST 1700 727 Vietnam, Voice of 9725eu 1700 730 Azerbaijan, Voice of 6110eu 9155eu 1700 730 Fronce, Radio France Intl 15605of 17605af 1800 1810 Zanzibar, Voice of Tanzania '1 734do 1700 730 mtwhf Germany,Bible Voice BC Network 15680me 1800 1815 Germany,Bible Voice BC Network' 3845me 1700 730 vl Somalia, Radio Galkoyo 6980va 1800 1827 Slovakia, Radio Slovakia Intl 5920eu 6055eu 1700 730 South Africa, Channel Africa 15265af 7345eu 1700 730 UK, BBC World Service 6005af 9630of 1800 1827 Vietnam, Voice of 11630eu 13740eu 1700 750 mtwhf New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 11725po 1800 1830 Egypt, Radio Cairo 15255af 1700 756 China, China Radio Intl 9570of 9695of 1800 1830 s Germany, Universal Life 15750of 11900of 11920of 1800 1830 Netherlands,Radio 6020af 7120of 11655of 1700 756 Romania, Radio Romania Intl 9510eu 11820eu 1800 1830 South Africa, AWR Africa 3215af 3345of 11940eu 15380eu 9520af 1700 759 Poland, Radio Polonia 5995eu 7285eu 1800 1830 South Africa, Channel Africa 15265af 1700 800 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 11775am 1800 1830 UK, BBC World Service 5975as 1700 800 Australia,Radio 5995va 6080pa 9475as 1800 1830 UK, RTE Radio 15585me 9580va9815po 11880vo 1800 1900 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 11775am 1700 800 Australia, Voice Intl 11680os 1800 1900 mtwhf Argentina, RAE 9690eu 15345eu 1700 800 Canada, CBC Northern Service 9625do 1800 1900 Australia, HCJB 11765pa 1700 800 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 1800 1900 Australia, Radio 6080po 7240vo 9475as 1700 800 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do 9580va9815po 11880vo 1700 800 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 1800 1900 Australia, Voice Intl 11680as 1700 800 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 1800 1900 Bangladesh, Bonglo Betar 7185eu 9550eu 1700 800 Costa Rica,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038va 15520eu 1700 800 Costa Rico, University Network 5030am 6150am 1800 1900 Canada, C3C Northern Service 9625do 7375am 9725sa 11870am 13750na 17645os 1800 1900 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 1700 800 Egypt, Radio Cairo 152550f 1800 1900 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do 1700 800 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 7189of 15184a1 1800 1900 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 1700 800 1st a Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Rodio 5990eu 1800 1900 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 11720eu 1800 1900 Costa Rica,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038va 1700 800 as Germany,Bible Voice BC Network 15680me 1800 1900 Costa Rico, University Network 5030am 6150am 1700 800 DRM Germany, Deutsche Welle 7125eu 7375am 9725sa 11870am 13750no 17645os 1700 800 Germany, Deutsche Welle 6140eu 1800 1900 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 7189of 15184a1 1700 800 Germany, Radio Africa Intl 13820of 15715of 1800 1900 1st a Finland, Scandinavion Weekend Radio 6170eu 1700 800 Japan, Radio 9505no 11970eu 15355of 11720eu 1700 800 as Russia, Voice of 9480eu 11675eu 1800 1900 Germony,Bible Voice BC Network 6010eu 1700 800 Russia, Voice of 7310eu 7315as 7360eu 1800 1900 DRM Germany, Deutsche Welle 6140eu 9820eu115100f 11985af 1800 1900 Germany, Deutsche Welle 6140eu 1700 800 South Africa, Radio Veritos 3230af 1800 1900 Germany, Radio Africa Intl 13820of 15715of 1700 800 UK, BBC World Service 3255af 3915as 1800 1900 s Greece, Voice of 9420eu 15630eu 17705no 5975as6190of 6195va 7160as 9410va 1800 1900 India, All India Radio 7410eu 9445af 9950eu 9510as 11940of 12095va 15310as 15400af 11620eu 11935af 13605af 15075af 15155af 15420af 15565va 17830af 21470af T 660as 17670of 1700 1800 vl UK, Sudan Radio Service 17660vo 1800 1900 s Ireland, Reflections Europe 3910eu 6295eu 1700 1800 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5'46usb 12255eu 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb 12335usb 1800 1900 Kuwait,Radio 11990vo 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 1800 1900 Latvia, Laser Radio 9290eu 1700 800 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815vo 1800 1900 Liberia, ELWA 4760do 1700 800 USA, KTBN Salt Lake City UT 15590no 1800 1900 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 15160pa 1700 800 USA, Voice of America 9770af 15255af 154' Oaf 1800 1900 Nigeria, Vcice of 7255af 17800af 15255af 15580af 1800 1900 Philippines, Radio Pilipinas 11720me 15190me 1700 800 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 17495no 17720me 1700 800 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 1800 1900 Russia, Voice of 7310eu 7360eu 9480eu 1700 800 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 13615na 17595eu 9775eu9820eu 11510af 11675eu 11870af 1700 800 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 17650af 1800 1900 Sierra Leone, Radio UNAMSIL 6139af 1700 800 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 9495am 13760va 1800 1900 s South Africa, Radio League 3215af 1700 800 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 13570am 1800 1900 as South Africa, Radio Lusofonio 3345a1 1700 800 USA, WJIE Louisville KY 13595om 1800 1900 South Africa, Radio Veritos 3230of 1700 800 smtwhf USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu 1800 1900 Swaziland, TWR 3200of 9500of 1700 800 USA, WRMI Miami FL 15725na 1800 1900 UK, BBC World Service 3255af 6190of 1700 800 vl USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 18910af 6195va9410va 9510as 12095vo 15310as 1700 800 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370no 15400af 15420af 17830af 214700f 1700 800 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 9475na 12160na 1800 1903 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 13845na 15825na 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb 12335usb 1700 800 USA, WWRB Manchester TN 9320no 12172na 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 1700 800 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 18980eu 21455eu 1800 1900 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815va

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1800 1900 USA, KJES Vodo NM15385na 19002000 Nigeria, Voice of 7255of 178000f 1800 1900 USA, KTBN Salt Lake City UT 15590no 1900 2000 Russia, Voice of 7310eu 7330eu 7350eu 1800 1900 USA, Voice of America 15410af 15580of 7360eu 7440eu 9775eu 9820eu 11675eu 1800 1900 s USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 7415no 15735am 1800 1900 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 17495no 19002000 Sierra Leone, Radio UNAMSIL 6139of 1800 1900 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 19002000 Sierra Leone, SLBS 3316do 1800 1900 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 13615na 17595eu 19002000 vl Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 9545do 1800 1900 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 1 7650of 19002000 South Korea,Radio Korea Intl 5975om 7275eu 1800 1900 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 9495am 13760va 1900 2000 a Sri Lanka, SLBC 6010am 1800 1900 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 13570am 19002000 Swaziland, TWR 3200of 1800 1900 USA, WJIE Louisville KY 13595am 19002000 Thailand,Radio 7155eu 1800 1900smtwhf USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu 19002000 Uganda,Radio 4976do 5026do 7196do 1800 1900 USA, WRMI Miami FL 15725no 19002000 UK, BBC World Service 3255af 600501 1800 1900 vl USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 15665eu 18910of 619001 6195vo 9410va 9630af 12095of 1800 1900 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370na 15310me 15400of 17830of 21470af 1800 1900 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 9475 no 12160no 19002000 UK, Gospel For Asia 15590of 13845no 15825no 1900 2000 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 1800 1900 USA, WWRB Manchester TN 9320na 12172na 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb 12335usb 1800 1900 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 18980eu 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 1800 1900 Yemen, Rep of Yemen Radio 9780me 1900 2000 USA, KAU Dallas TX 13815va 1800 1900 Zambia, Radio Christian Voice 4965do 1900 2000 USA, KTBN Salt Lake City UT 15590no 1830 1845 Germany, IBRA Radio 15695of 1900 2000 USA, Voice of America 7260me 9680me 11925os 1830 1845 Rwando,Radio 6005do 13635me 1830 1855 Greece, Voice of 12110eu 1900 2000 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 7415no 17495na 1830 1858 Serbia & Montenegro, RSCG 6100eu 1900 2000 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 1830 1900 Georgia, Radio Georgia 11760eu 1900 2000 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 13615no 17595eu 1830 1900 Netherlands,Radio 6020of 7120a1 9895af 1900 2000 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 1765004 11655af 13700af 17605of 2159001 1900 2000 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 9495am 13760va 1830 1900 South Africa, AWR Africa 9520of 1900 2000 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 13570om 1830 1900 Turkey, Voice of 9785eu 1900 2000 USA, WJIE Louisville KY 13595am 1830 1900 UK, BBC World Service 60050f 9630af 1900 2000 smtwhf USA, WMLK Bethel PA 9465eu 1830 1900 UK, RTE Radio 13640no 21630of 1900 2000 USA, WRMI Miami FL 15725na 1845 1900 mtwhfa Albania, Radio TiranaIntl 7210eu 9520eu 1900 2000 vl USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 15665eu 18910of 1845 1900 Congo, RTV 4765(If 5985of 1900 2000 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370na 1900 2000 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 9475na 12160no 13845no 15825no 1900 UTC - 2PM EST/ 1PM CST/ 11AM PST 1900 2000 USA, WWRB Manchester TN 9320na 12172nd 1900 2000 vl Vanuatu,Radio 3945(11 7260do 1900 2000 vl 1900 1925 Israel, Kol Israel Zimbabwe, ZBC Corp 5975do I 1605va 15615va 15640of 1915 17545vo 1925 Rwanda,Radio 6005do 1923 1930 vl Libya, Voice of Africa15105of 15315of 1900 1927 Vietnam, Voice of 9725eu 11630eu 13740eu 1930 1959 Belgium, Radio VloonderenIntl 1900 1928 Hungary, Radio Budapest 3975eu 6025eu 9925eu 13690eu 1930 th 11720eu 2000 Belarus, Radio Belorus Intl 7105eu 7210eu 1930 2000 Iran, Voice of the Islamic Rep 9800eu 11670eu 1900 1930 s Germany,Bible Voice BC Network 5970eu 11750eu 11860eu 1900 1930 s Germany, Universal Life 15565me 1930 2000 Papua New Guinea, NBC 1900 1930 mtwhf Nigeria, Radio Jokado Intl 151700f 4890do 9675irr 1930 2000 1900 1930 Philippines, Radio Pilipinas Slovakia, AWR Europe 7130eu 11720me 15190me 1930 17720me 2000 Sweden, Radio 6065vo 19302000 1900 1930 Turkey, Voice of 9785eu Switzerland, Swiss Radio Intl 9820va 11920va 1900 1945 India, All Indio Radio 7410eu 13660vo 17660va 94450f 9950eu 1935 1955 11620eu 1193501 Italy, RAI Intl 5970eu 9745eu 13605of 15075of 15155af 1940 17670of 1945 Turkmenistan, Turkmen Radio 4930as 19402000 mtwhfa Armenia, Voice of 4810eu 1900 1945 Iraq, Radio IraqIntl 6175irr 9687irr 11787irr 9960eu 1950 2000 Vatican City, Vatican Radio 4005eu 1900 1945 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 15115eu 15565eu 5890eu 18980eu 7350eu 1900 1956 China, Chino Radio Intl 94400f 13790of 1900 1956 North Korea, Voice of 4405os 7505eu 11335eu 13760eu 15245eu 2000 UTC- 3PM EST/ 2P11 CST / 12PM PST 1900 2000 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 11775am 1900 2000 Australia, HCJB 11765po 20002010 Vatican City, Vatican Radio 4005eu 5890eu 1900 2000 Australia, Radio 6080po 7240va 9500as 7250eu9660af 11625of 13765af 9580vo9815po 11880vo 20002025 Netherlands,Radio 6020of 712001 989501 1900 2000 Australia, Voice Intl 11680os 1 165501 13700af 17605of 215900f 1900 vl 2000 Botswana,Radio 3356do 4820do 7255do 20002027 Czech Rep, Radio Prague Intl 5930eu 11600os 1900 2000 Canada, CBC Northern Service 9625do 20002027 Iron, Voice of the Islamic Rep 9800eu 11670eu 1900 2000 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 11750eu 11860eu 1900 2000 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do 20002030 Australia, HCJB 11765po 19002000 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 20002030 Mongolia, Voice of 12015eu 19002000 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 20002030 Swaziland, TWR 0 19002000 Costa Rico,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038vo 20002030 DRM Vatican City, Vatican Radio 9800eu 1900 2000 Costa Rica, University Network 5030am 6150om 20002056 China, Chino Radio Intl 9440of 11640a1 7375om 9725sa 11870am 13750no 17645os 1363004 15110eu 17790eu 19002000 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 7189of 15184a1 20002059 mtwhf Spain, Radio Exterior Espana 957707a5amf 15290eu 1900 2000 1st o Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Radio 5990eu 20002100 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 11690eu 2000 2100 os Australia, Radio 6080po 7240va 19002000 fas Germany,Bible Voice BC Network 13710me 13725af 2000 2100 Australia,Radio 9500as 9580va 9815pa 19002000 Germany, Deutsche Welle 61800f 7225of 11880va 12080va 11965of 13590af 2000 2100 Australia, Voice Intl 11680os 19002000 vl Ghana, Ghana BC Corp 4915do 2000 2100 vl Botswana,Radio 3356do 4820do 7255do 19002000 vl Italy,IRRS 5775vo 2000 2100 Canada, CBC Northern Service 9625do 19002000 Kuwait,Radio 11990vo 2000 2100 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 1900 2000 Latvia, Laser Radio 9290eu 20002100 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do 1900 2000 Liberia, ELWA 4760do 2000 2100 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 19002000 Malaysia,Radio 7295do 2000 2100 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 19002000 mtwhos Malta, Voice ofMediterranean 12060eu 2000 2100 Canada, Radio Canada Intl 5850vo 5995va 1900 2000 Namibia, Namibian BC Corp 32700f 3290af 00vvo 11965va 12015va 15325va 15470vo 6060of 617501 1900 2000 Netherlands,Radio 6020of 7120of 9895of 2000 2100 Costa Rica,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038va 1165501 13700af 17605af 215900f 2000 2100 Costa Rico, University Network 5030om 6150am 1900 2000 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 15160po 7375am 9725sa 11870am 13750no 17645os 1900 2000 Nigeria,Radio/Abuja 7275do 2000 2100 Guinea,169oe Radio Africa 7189of 15184°1 1900 2000 Nigeria, Radio/Enugu 6025do 2000 2100 1st a Finland, Scandinavian WeekendRadio 5990eu 1900 2000 Nigeria, Rodio/lbodon 6050do 1900 2000 Nigeria, Rodio/Koduno 4770do 6090do 2000 2100 Germany, Deutsche Welle 97800f 15205of 1900 2000 Nigeria,Rodio/Logos 3326do 4990do 1 7810of

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20002100 Germany, Overcomer Ministries 9595eu 2100 2159 as Spain, Radio Exterior Espana 9570af 9840eu 2000 2100 vl Ghana, Ghana BC Corp 4915do 2100 2200 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 11775om 20002100 Guam, AWR 11750os 11980os 2100 2200 Australia,Radio 7240va 9500as 9580vo 20002100 Indonesia, Voice of 11785eu 15150eu 9660po11880va 12080va 17715va 21740va 20002100 s Ireland, Reflections Europe 3910eu 6295eu 2100 2200 Austria, AWR Europe15130of 12255eu 2100 2200 vl Botswana,Radio 3356do 4820do 7255do 2000 2100 vl Italy,IRRS 5775va 2100 2200 Bulgaria,Radio 5800eu 7500eu 20002100 Kuwait,Radio 11990vo 21002200 Canada, CBC Northern Service 9625do 2000 2100 Latvia, Laser Radio 9290eu 2100 2200 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 2000 2100 Liberia, ELWA 4760do 2100 2200 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do 2000 2100 Malaysia,Radio 7295do 2100 2200 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 2000 2100 Namibia, Namibian BC Corp 3270af 3290of 2100 2200 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 6060of 617501 2100 2200vl/ DRMCanada, Radio Canada Intl 9800eu 2000 2100 Nigeria,Radio/Abuja 7275do 2100 2200 Costa Rica,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038vo 20002100 Nigeria, Radio/Enugu 6025do 2100 2200 Costa Rica, University Network 5030am 6150am 20002100 Nigeria, Radio/lbadon 6050do 7375om 9725sa 11870am 13750na 17645as 20002100 Nigeria, Radio/Kaduna 4770do 6090do 2100 2200 Egypt, Radio Cairo 15375of 2000 2100 Nigeria,Radio/Lagos 3326do 4990do 2100 2200 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 7189af 15184a1 2000 2100 Nigeria, Voice of 7255af 17800of 2100 2200 1st a Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Radio 5990eu 2000 2100 Papuo New Guinea, NBC 4890do 9675irr 11690eu 2000 2100 Russia, Voice of 7330eu 7350eu 7360eu 2100 2200 Germany, Deutsche Welle 9440of 11865of 9775eu9820eu 11675eu 11980eu 157350m 15205af 2000 2100 Sierra Leone, Radio UNAMSIL 6139of 2100 2200 vl Ghana, Ghana BC Corp 4915do 2000 2100 Sierra Leone, SLBS 3316do 2100 2200 Guyana, Voice of 5949do 2000 2100 vl Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 9545do 2100 2200 India, All India Radio 7410eu 9445eu 9575ou 2000 2100 Syria, Radio Damascus 12085eu 13610eu 9910ou 9950eu 11620va 11715ou 2000 2100 Uganda,Radio 4976do 5026do 7196do 2100 2200 s Ireland, Reflections Europe 3910eu 6295eu 2000 2100 UK, AWR Europe 15385of 12255eu 20002100 UK, BBC World Service 3255of 6005af 2100 2200 Japan, Radio 6035pa 6055eu 6180eu 6190af6195va 9410vo 9630of 12095af 11855af 17825na21670po 15400af 17830af 2100 2200 Latvia, Laser Radio 9290eu 2000 2100 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 21002200 Liberia, ELWA 4760do 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb 12335usb 21002200 Malaysia,Radio 7295do 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 21002200 Malta, Voice ofMediterranean 12060eu 20002100 USA, KAIJ Dollos TX 13815vo 21002200 vl Mexico, Radio Mexico Intl 9705am 11770am 20002100 USA, KTBN Solt Lake City UT 15590no 21002200 Namibia, Namibian BC Corp 3270af 3290af 20002100 USA, Voice of America 4950af 6095eu 9760eu 6060of 6175o1 9770eu9850of 11855af 11975of 13670of 2100 220$) New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 17675po 154 1 Oof 15445of 15580af 17745af 17895of 21002200 Nigeria,Radio/Abuja 7275do 20002100 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 7415na 9330no 21002200 Nigeria,Radio/Enugu 6025do 17495no 2100 2200 Nigeria, Rodio/lbadan 6050do 2000 2100 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 2100 2200 Nigeria, Radio/Kaduna 4770do 6090do 20002100 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 13615no *7595eu 2100 2200 Nigeria,Radio/Logos 3326do 4990do 20002100 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 17650os 2100 2200 Nigeria, Voice of 17800af 20002100 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745va 9495am 2100 220$) Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do 9675irr 20002100 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 13570am 2100 2200 Sierra Leone, Radio UNAMSIL 6139af 20002100 USA, WJIE Louisville KY 13595am 2100 2200 Sierra Leone, SIBS 3316do 20002100 USA, WRMI Miami FL 15725no 2100 2200 Syria, Radio Damascus 12085eu 13610eu 20002100 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370no 2100 2200 UK, BBC World Service 3255af 3915os 2000 2100 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 9475no 12160na 5965as5975so 6005af 6110as 6135am 13845no 15825na 6190of6195vo 9410va 12095sa 15400af 2000 2100 USA, WWRB Manchester TN 9320na 12172nD 17830of 2000 2100 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 5810eu 7580eu 2100 2200 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 15565of 17575so 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb 12335usb 20002100 vl Vanuatu,Radio 3945o1 7260do 12579vsb 13362usb 13855usb 20002100 vl Zimbabwe, ZBC Corp 5975do 2100 2200 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815va 2000 2100 vl USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 15665af 18910of 2100 2200 USA, KTBN Salt Lake City UT 15590na 20102030 Vatican City, Vatican Radio 9660of 11625af 2100 2200 USA, Voice of Americo 6040eu 6095eu 9530eu 13765of 9705as9760eu 9850of 11870as 11975of 2025 2045 Italy, RAI Intl 6185vo 9670vo 11880of 13670of 15185as 15410af 15445af 15580of 2030 2045 Swaziland, TWR 3200of 17740os 17820os 17895of 2030 2045 Thailand,Radio 9680eu 2100 2200 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 7415na 9330no 20302056 vl Burundi,Radio 6140af 17495no 2030 2057 Uzbekistan, Radio Tashkent Intl 5025eu 9545eu 2100 2200 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 11905eu 2100 2200 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 13615na 17595eu 2030 2057 Vietnam, Voice of 11630eu 13740eu 2100 2200 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 17650af 20302100 t h Belorus, Radio Belorus Intl 7105eu 7210eu 2100 2200 USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745va 9495am 20302100 Cuba, Radio Havana 11760eu 13660no 2100 2200 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 13570am 20302100 Egypt, Radio Cairo 15375of 2100 2200 USA, WJIE Louisville KY 7490am 20302100 DRM Netherlands,Radio 9800eu 2100 2200 USA, WRMI Miami FL 15725no 2030 2100 Turkey, Voice of 9525as 21002200 vl USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 15665of 18910af 20302100 f UK, Wales Radio Intl7325eu 21002200 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370no 2030 2100as USA, Voice of America 4950af 21002200 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 9475na 12160no 2045 2100 India, All Indio Radio 7410eu 9445eu 9575ou 13845no 15825na 9910au 9950eu 11620va 11715au 21002200 USA, WWRB Manchester TN 9320na 12172nd 2051 2100 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 17675pa 21002200 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 5810eu 7580eu 11740no 15565of 17575so 21002200 vl Vanuatu, Radio 3945a1 7260do 2100 UTC - 4PM EST/ 3PM CST/1PM PST 21002200 vl Zimbabwe, ZBC Corp 5975do 21152145 mtwhf UK, BBC World Service 11675om 21152200 Egypt, Radio Cairo 9990eu 15375of 21002128 Hungary, Radio Budapest 6025eu 11990of 21232130 vl Libya, Voice of Africa15105af 153150f 21002128 Serbia & Montenegro, RSCG 6100eu 21302156 China, Chino Radio Intl 15110eu 17790eu 21002130 Canada, Radio Canada Intl 5850vo 7235va 21302157 Czech Rep, Radio Prague Intl 11600na 13580no 13690va 15325va 17870va 21302159 Uzbekistan, Radio Tashkent Intl 5025eu 9545eu 21002130 Chino, China Radio Intl 11640of 13630af 11905eu 15110eu 17790eu 2130 2200twhfa Albania, Radio Tirana Intl 7130eu 9540eu 21002130 Cuba, Radio Havana 11760eu 13660no 2130 2200 Australia, ABC NT Alice Springs 2310do 4835irr 21002130 vl Italy, IRRS 5775va 2130 2200 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 5025do 21002130 South Korea,Radio Korea Intl 3955eu 2130 2200 Australia, ABC NT Tennant Creek 4910do 21002130 Turkey, Voice of 9525as 2130 2200 Guam, AWR 11850os 11980os 21002130 mtwhf UK, BBC World Service 15390om 2130 2200 Iran, Voice of the Islamic Rep 9870au 13665ou 21002156 North Korea, Voice of 4405as 7505eu 11335eu 2130 2200 Sweden, Radio 6065vo 11650as 13760eu 15245eu 2130 2200 tf UK, BBC World Service 11680so 21002156 Romania, Radio Romania Intl 7185eu 9510eu 9725eu11775eu

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2200 UTC - 5PM EST / 4PM CST / 2PM PST 2300 UTC - 6PM EST / 5PM CST / 3PM PST

22002227 Iran, Voice of the Islamic Rep )870ou 13665ou 23000000 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 6090am 22002228smtwhf Serbia & Montenegro, RSCG 7230au 23000000 Australia, ABC NT Alice Springs 2310do 4835irr 2200 2230 Canada, Radio Canada Intl 6140am 9590am 23000000 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 5025do 11920am 15170om 15455am 17880am 23000000 Australia, ABC NT Tennant Creek 4910do 2200 2230DRM Germany, Deutsche Welle 9800eu 23000000 Australia,Radio 9660po 11695as 12080vo 2200 2230 India, All India Radio 7410eu 9445eu 9575a u 13620as 15230as 15415as 17715vo 17795vo 9910a u9950eu 11620vo 11715ou 21740vo 22002230 Ireland, Reflections Europe 3910eu 6295eu 2300 0000 vl Botswana,Radio 3356do 4820do 7255do 12255eu 23000000 Bulgaria,Radio 9400na 11900no 2200 2230mtwhf/vlMexico, Radio Mexico Intl 97050m 11770am 23000000 Canada, CBC Northern Service 9625do 2200 2230 Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do 9675irr 23000000 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 22002230 mtwhf USA, Voice of Americo 9850of 1 1975af 13670af 2300 0000 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do 15580a1 23000000 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 2200 2245 Egypt, Radio Cairo 9990eu 23000000 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 2200 2245 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 7580eu 215250f 23000000 Canada, Radio Canada Intl 6140no 9590no 2200 2255 Turkey, Voice of 9830vo 12000va 13670na 15455no 22002256 China, China Radio Intl 9880eu 2300 0000 Costa Rico,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038am 22002300 Anguilla, Caribbean Beacon 6090om 2300 0000 Costa Rica, University Network 5030am 6150am 22002300 Australia, ABC NT Alice Springs 2310do 4835irr 7375am 9725sa 11870am 13750na 17645os 22002300 Australia, ABC NT Katherine 5025do 23000000 Egypt, Radio Cairo 11725na 22002300 Australia, ABC NT Tennant Creek 4910do 2300 0000 1st a Finland, Scandinavian Weekend Radio 5990eu 22002300 Australia,Radio 9660va 12080va 13620va 11690eu 15230as 17715va 17795va 21740vo 2300 0000 Germany, Deutsche Welle 9890as 17860as 22002300 vl Botswana,Radio 3356do 4820do 7255do 23000000 vl Ghana, Ghana BC Corp 4915do 22002300 Canada, CBC Northern Service 9625do 23000000 Guyana, Voice of 3291do 5949do 22002300 Canada, CFRX Toronto ON 6070do 2300 0000 India, All India Radio 9705as 9950os 11620as 22002300 Canada, CFVP Calgary AB 6030do 13605as 22002300 Canada, CKZN St John's NF 6160do 2300 0000 Malaysia,Radio 7295do 22002300 Canada, CKZU Vancouver BC 6160do 2300 0000 Namibia, Namibian BC Corp 3270af 3290af 22002300 Costa Rica,Radio for Peace Intl 7445am 15038va 6060of 617501 22002300 Costa Rica, University Network 5030am 6150am 2300 0000DRM Netherlands,Radio 15525no 7375am 9725sa 11870am 13750na 17645os 2300 0000 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 17675pa 22002300 Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa 7189af 15184a1 2300 0000 Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do 9675irr 22002300 1st a Finland, Scandinavian WeekendRadio 5990eu 2300 0000 Sierra Leone, Radio UNAMSIL 6139af 11690eu 2300 0000 Sierra Leone, SLBS 3316do 22002300 Germany, Deutsche Welle 9720as 15605as 2300 0000 Singapore, Mediacorp Radio 6150do 22002300 vl Ghana, Ghana BC Corp 4915do 2300 0000 vl Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 9545do 22002300 Guyana, Voice of 3291do 5949do 2300 0000 DRM UK, BBC World Service 9800eu 22002300 Malaysia,Radio 7295do 2300 0000 UK, BBC World Service 3915as 5965as 22002300 Namibia, Namibian BC Corp 3270of 3290of 6135am 6195va 9740os 11685as 11945os 6060of 617501 11955as 12095so 15280os 22002300 New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl 17675po 2300 0000 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 22002300 Nigeria,Radio/Abuja 7275do 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb 12335usb 22002300 Nigeria,Radio/Enugu 6025do 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 22002300 Nigeria,Radio/lbadon 6050do 2300 0000 USA, KAU Dallas TX 13815va 22002300 Nigeria, Radio/Kaduna 4770do 6090do 2300 0000 USA, KTBN Salt Lake City UT 15590na 22002300 Nigeria,Radio/Lagos 3326do 4990do 2300 0000 USA, KWHR Naolehu HI I7510as 22002300 Nigeria, Voice of 17800af 2300 0000 USA, Voice of America 7215as 7200as 7225as 22002300 Sierra Leone, Radio UNAMSIL 6139af 7260as 9545as 11760os 11805os 11925as 22002300 Sierra Leone, SLBS 3316do 13725as 13775as 15185os 15205as 15290as 22002300 vl Solomon Islands, SIBC 5020do 9545do 15305as 17740os 17820os 22002300 Taiwan, Radio Taiwan Intl 15600eu 2300 0000 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 5105no 7415na 22002300 UK, BBC World Service 5965os 5975sa 9330na 6135am 6195va 9740as 11685as 12095so 2300 0000 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 15400of 17830af 2300 0000 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 9975no 17595eu 22002300 USA, Armed Forces Radio 4319usb 5446usb 23000000 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 7580va 5765usb 6350usb 7507usb 10320usb 12335usb 2300 0000 vl USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745va 9495am 12579usb 13362usb 13855usb 2300 0000 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 12160om 22002300 USA, KAIJ Dallas TX 13815vo 2300 0000 as USA, WRMI Miami FL 9955am 22002300 USA, KTBN Salt Lake City UT 15590na 2300 0000mtwhf USA, WRMI Miami FL 7385no 22002300 USA, KWHR Naalehu HI 17510os 23000000 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370no 2200 2300 USA, Voice of America 7215as 9705as 9770as 23000000 as USA, WWBS Macon GA 1191 Ona 11760os 15185os 15290os 15305as 17740os 2300 0000 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 5070no 7465no 17820os 9475na13845no 22002300 USA, WBCQ Kennebunk ME 5105no 7415na 2300 0000 USA, WWRB Manchester TN 5050no 5085no 9330no 6890na12172na 2200 2300 USA, WBOH Newport NC 5920am 23000000 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 5985ca 11855co 2200 2300 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL 9975no 17595eu 151 70a1 22002300 USA, WHRA Greenbush ME 1 7650af 23000000 vl Vanuatu, Radio 394501 7260do 22002300 vl USA, WHRI Noblesville IN 5745va 9495am 2300 2305 Nigeria,Radio/Abuja 7275do 22002300 USA, WINB Red Lion PA 13570am 23002305 Nigeria,Radio/Enugu 6025do 2200 2300 USA, WRMI Miami FL 15725na 23002305 Nigeria,Rodio/lbadon 6050do 2200 2300 vl USA, WSHB Cypress Creek SC 13770eu 15285sa 2300 2305 Nigeria, Radio/Kaduna 4770do 6090do 2200 2300 USA, WTJC Newport NC 9370na 2300 2305 Nigeria,Radio/Lagos 3326do 4990do 2200 2300 USA, WWCR Nashville TN 7465 no 9475na 2300 2330 Cuba, Radio Havana 6195am 9550na 12160na 13845no 23002345 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 11740na 2200 2300 USA, WWRB Manchester TN 9320no 12172no 23002356 China, China RadioIntl 5990na 13680no 2200 2300 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 11740no 23002356 Romania, Radio Romania Intl 9570eu 11740no 2200 2300 vl Vanuatu,Radio 3945a1 7260do 11775eu 15105na 2205 2230 Italy, RAI Intl 11895va 2304 0000 USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL 15400so 2230 2257 Czech Rep, Radio Prague Intl 11600no 13580na 23052312 Croatia, Voice of 9925so 2230 2259 Belgium, Radio Vlaanderen Intl 15565om 23152330 mtwhf Austria, Radio Austria Intl 9870so 13730sa 2230 2300 Canada, Radio Canada Intl 6140no 9590na 23202330 Kyrghyz,Kyrghyz Radio 4010as 4795as 13670no 15455na 23300000 Lithuania, Radio Vilnius 9875na 2230 2300 Cuba, Radio Havana 6195am 9550na 23300000 DRM Netherlands,Radio 15525eu 22302300 Papua New Guinea, NBC 4890do 9675irr 23300000 Netherlands,Radio 6165na 9845na 2230 2300 DRM Sweden, Radio 9800eu 23300000 Switzerland, Swiss Radio Intl 9885sa 11660sa 2245 2300 Indio,All India Radio 9705as 9950os 11620as 23300000 UK, BBC World Service 6035as 17830af 13605os 23302345 Iraq, Radio IraqIntl 11787irr 23302357 Vietnam, Voice of 9840as 12019os 23450000 mtwhf Austria, Radio Austria Intl 9870sa 13730sa

54 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 Selected Shortwave Guide Programming

Headnotes: RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rico Czech Books (fortnightly) or Encore (classical music 1. Deutsche Wells program listings for transmissions to 0000 S Mailbag, M Spiritual Awakening, T Middle East monthly) or Magic Carpet (world music monthly), T other regions that hove provided credible reception in Project, W CounterSpin (media analysis), H Making Taking Point (Czech issues), W Witness (oral history), H at least ports of North Americo are included herein. Contact, F Peace Watch (cont'd.), A WINGS; 0030 ABC of Czech (language), F Economics Report, A The These are, in order of reliability, 2100, 0400, 1900 Making Contact, M World of Radio, T -A Hightower Arts; 0120 W One on One (interview), H Czechs in and 2000. Consult the frequency section of the SWG Radio (commentary); 0035 T -A Earihwatch (ecology); History or Spotlight (travelogue). for where to tune. 0040 T -A Earth & Sky (astronomy); 0045 T Neumaier 2 Listings for the US -based independent shortwave Report, W -A UN programs. RADIO SLOVAKIA INTERNATIONAL broadcasters are limited to general interest 0100 0 News; 0105 S Front Page Review (Slovak press), M programming that deports from their primary formats VOICE OF AMERICA (News Now) Weekly Newsreel T -A Topical Issue; 01 10 S Various of religious and political fare. 0000 T -A News and Reports; 0015 T -A Focus (a topic in- features, M Listeners' Tribune (letters, magazine, Slovak 3. BBCWS stream abbreviations: (am)=Americas; depth); 0023 T -A Sports; 0030 T -A News Headlines; music), T Insight Central Europe, W Tourism News or (eas)= East Asia. These are the streams recommended 0033 T -A Coast to Coast (American life); 0055 Environmental Update, H Business News, F Culture by Bush House for North American listeners. Please Government Editorial. News or Bock Page News (the offbeat), A Education, note that, in recent years, the BBC has made Science and Regional News. significant seasonal changes to its program schedules WBCQ, Maine that have not necessarily been consistent season to 7415 kHz.: 0000 S The Real Amateur Radio Show, M Le RADIO UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL season. Because details of any changes planned for Show (humor/entertainment), H Off the Hook (public 0100 D News; 0110 S Ukrainian Diary (weekly review), M this season were unavailable from the BBC at press telecommunications issues), F Uncle Ed's Musical Music from Ukraine, T -A Ukraine Today (magazine); time, the schedules this month represent our best Memories (cort'd from 2130), A The Lost Discs Radio 0115 S The Whole World on the Radio Dial (DX guess as to the changes that will be implemented. Show; 0030 S Fred Flintstone Music Show. program); 0130 S Hello From Kiev (listener letters/ Any required corrections will have been made by 9330 kHz.: 0000 S Split Secs (free form). music), M Roots (culture & education); 0145 T -A December. Closeup (current issues). 4. Finally, we've also scrambled the order in which our various formats appear during the winter listening 0100 UTC / 8pm E / 5pm P - Page 43 Freqs VOICE OF AMERICA (News Now) season. For this, the first full month of that season, we 0100 T -A News and Reports; 0123 T -A Sports; 0130 T -A are starting with the "station by hour" format because BBC WORLD SERVICE (om) News Headlines; 0133 T -F Business Report, A VOA it provides the most complete snapshot of the new and 0100 D News; 0106 S The Ticket (arts performances), M News Review; 0145 T -F Dateline (news magazine); revised seasonal schedules. Everywoman, T/H Documentaries, W Masterpiece 0155 T -F Government Editorial. (artistic ideas), F Assignment, A Sports International; 0132 M Westwoy Omnibus, T Music Feature, W Top VOICE OF VIETNAM 0000 UTC / 7pm E / 4pm P - Page 43 Freqs of the Pops, H Charlie Gillett (world music), F Music 0100 0 News; 0105 D Current Affairs; 0110 S Weekly Biz, A John Peel (eclectic). Re-iew, M Sunday Show, T/W/F/A Press Review, H Tot.< of the Week; 0115 T Vietnam: Land & People, W BBC WORLD SERVICE (am) 0000 D News; 0006 S Pick of the World (BBC's best), M CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL Culture & Society, H Letterbox, F Vietnam Economy, A Ru.ol Vietnam; 0120 S Music, A Literature and Arts. One Planet (ecology), T -A Outlook (magazine); 0032 0100 D News & Reports; 0110 S Report on Developing M I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (panel game); 0045 S Countries; 0115 A Cutting Edge (sci/tech); 0120 S In Write On (letters), T -A Off the Shelf (book readings). the Spotlight (cultural magazine); 0130 M People in WBCQ, Maine the Know (China's leading personalities), T Biz Chino, 7415 kHz.: 0100 S Different Kind of Oldies Show, M Radio New York International, W/A Allan Weiner Worldwide. RADIO AUSTRALIA W China Horizons (China outside Beijing., H Voices 0000 D News; 0005 S Keys to Music (enjoying the classics), from Other Lands, F Life in China, A Listeners' A Business Report; 0010 M AWAYE! (Aboriginal Garden. RTE, Ireland 0130 S Saturday View, M This Week with Gerald Barry, T -A culture), T The Science Show, W The Notional Interest 5-7 Live (top news of the day). (Australian politics), H Background Briefing RADIO AUSTRALIA (documentary), F Hindsight (Australian history); 0030A 0100 D News; 0105 S Correspondents' Report, A Asia Ockham's Razor (science opinion); 0045 A Lingua Pacific (regional current affairs); 0110 M F Asia Pacific; VOICE OF AMERICA (Special English) Franca (about language). 0130 S Music M Health Report, T Law Report, W 0130 TA News; 0140 T Agriculture Today, W/H Science Religion Report, H Media Report, F The Sports Factor, Report, F Environment Report, A In the News; 0145 T Science in the News, W Explorations, H Making of a RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL A Music. Notion, F American Mosaic; A American Stories. 0000 D CBC News; 0005 S Quirks & Quarks (science), M [Special service: 0105 S/A Grandstand (live sports action) Global Village (world music), T -A As It Happens on 9660, 12080, 17580, 21725 kHz. only.] (interviews with newsmakers)(began at 2330]; 0030 H 0200 UTC / 9pm E / 6pm P - Page 44 Freqs Dispatches (world events in Canadian perspective). RADIO HABANA CUBA 0100 D International News; 0110 M Weekly Review, T -S RADIO EXTERIOR ESPANA Notional News; 0115 T -S Viewpoint; 0130 M Reports BBC WORLD SERVICE (om) 0000 S Visitors Book (travelers to Spain), M Window on & Music, T -S News Bulletin; 0135 T -A Time Out 0200 D News; 0206 S Ploy of the Week, M Wright Around Spain (culture), T -A News (international, Spain, Latin (sports); 0140 SAN DXers Unlimited, M Mailbag Show, the World (musical variety), T Health Matters, W Go America); 0015 S/M Spanish history or culture series.; T/H/F Caribbean Outlook, A Weekly Review; 0150 M Digital, H Discovery (science), F One Planet (ecology), 0025 S/M Rebroadcast of 0035 weekday programs, T- Breakthrough (science report). A Science in Action; 0232 T I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue A Spanish pop music; 0030 T -A Press Review; 0035 5/ (panel game), W Music Review, H/A Westway, F The T Radio Waves, W Chronicles (Spain & the US), H RADIO NETHERLANDS Word (writing & writers) [exc. last F, World Book Club Entremeses (food & travel), F Africa Today, A Radio 0100 S/M News; T A Newsline; 0105 S Wide Angle (in- (discussion)); 0245 H Heart & Soul (beliefs & values), A Club (letters); 0045 T -A A Language Without Bounds depth), M Eurcpe Unzipped; 0125 S The Week Ahead WIdat's the Problem (advice). (Spanish lesson). (on RN), M Insight (commentary); 0130 5 Amsterdam Forum (conversations), M Vox Humana (culture, T RADIO AUSTRALIA RADIO JAPAN - NHK WORLD Research File (science), W EuroQuest (Europe in 0200 D News; 0205 S Margaret Throsby (interviews and 0000 D News; 0010 S Hello from Tokyo (listener contact), context), H Documentary, F Dutch Horizons, A A Good music), A Background Briefing (documentary); 0210 M Weekend Japanology, T -A Songs for Everyone; Life (development). Mf The World Today (ABC Radio flagship news 0015 T -A 44 Minutes (magazine); 0054 M Sights & program); 0255 T -F Stock Market Report, A Reporter's Sounds of Japan. RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL Notebook. 0100 D RNZ News; 0105 S Feature, M -F In Touch with [Special service: 0205 S/A Grandstand (live sports action) RADIO NETHERLANDS New Zealand (music, interviews, variety), A Eureka! on.9660, 12080, 17580, 21725 kHz. only.] 0000 S/M News; T -A Newsline; 0005 5 Wide Angle (in- (science)'; 0130 A Health Matters [or] Environment depth), M Europe Unzipped; 0025 S The Week Ahead Matters. RADIO AUSTRIA INTERNATIONAL (on RN), M Insight (commentary); 0030 S Amsterdam ['may be preempted by live sport] 0205 S/M Insight Central Europe; 0215 T -A Report from Forum (conversations), M Vox Humana (culture, T Austria; 0225 S/M Listener Letters; 0235 S/M Insight Research File (science), W EuroQuest (Europe in RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rica Central Europe; 0245 T -A Report from Austria; 0255 context), H Documentary, F Dutch Horizons, A A Good 0100 S Between the Lines, M Radio Nation ("The Nation" S/M Listener Letters. Life (development). magazine), T This Way Out, W World of Radio, H A Public Affair, F Living Enrichment Center, A Middle RADIO BUDAPEST RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL East Project; 0130 S Peace Watch, T University Forum, 0200 D News; 0205 S Insight Central Europe; M Europe 0000 S/A RNZ News, M -F Pacific Regional News; 0006 S W Mailbag, F Progressive Radio, A Word of Radio. Unlimited (trade) or Heading for Hungary (travel) or At the Movies, M -F Cadenza (light classics), A Digital Spotlight (culture) or And the Gatepost (letters), T -A Life; 0030 S Bookmarks, A Saturday Comedy Zone. RADIO PRAGUE Hungary Today (current evens magazine); 0220 A DX 0100 D News; 0105 S Insight Central Europe, M Mailbox, Comer. T -A Current Affairs; 0110 M ABC of Czech; 0115 M

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RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL VOICE OF RUSSIA Sunday Drama' (radio plays), A Home Grown (cont'd 0200 D News; 0205 S Business Sense, M Maple Leaf 0200 D News; 0211 S Moscow Mailbag/M, T -A from 0205); 0308 M -F Dateline Pacific; 0330 M New Mailbag (w/CIDX report bimonthly); 0210 T -A Canada Commonwealth Update; 0230 D News in Brief; 0232 Music Releases, T Mailbox (letters & DX news) or RNZI Today (current events magazine); 0235 S/A Sci-Tech S Moscow Yesterday & Today, M Timelines, T Folk Box, Talk (station info), W Tradewinds (Pacific commerce), H File, M/H Spotlight (arts & culture), T Media Zone W Jazz Show, H Musical Portraits, F Music Around Us, The World in Sport, F Pacific Correspondent. (journalists discuss), W Maple Leaf Mailbag (w/CIDX A Christian Message from Moscow; 0246 F Music At ("may be preempted by live sport) report bimonthly), F Business Sense. Your Request; 0254 H Russia: People & Events. RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rica RADIO HABANA CUBA WBCQ, Maine 0300 S Daily Reading (cont'd), M Voices of Our World 0200 D International News; 0210 M From Habana 7415 kHz.: 0200 S Marion's Attic (vintage recordings), M (Maryknoll program), T -A Daily Reading; 0315 T (Cuban musicians), T -S National News; 0215 T -S Radio New York International (cont'd), A Tasha Takes Disability Radio Worldwide, W -A Freespeech Radio Reports and music; 0230 M The Jazz Place or Top Control. News; 0330 S Continent of Media, M UN program; Tens, T -S News Bulletin; 0235 S World of Stomps, T -A 0345 M Sneak Peaks, T -A UN Daily News. Reports and music; 0250 S Cuban music. WINB, Pennsylvania 0200 S Wovescan; 0230 H World of Radio. RADIO TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL RADIO KOREA INTERNATIONAL 0300 D News; 0315 S Hakka World (Hakka culture), M 0200 D News; 0210 S Worldwide Friendship (letters, DX WHRA, Maine Taiwan Economic Journal, T Jade Bells & Bamboo news), M Korean Pop Interactive (requests), T -A News 7580 kHz.: 0230 S DXing with Cumbre. Pipes (traditional music), W New Music Lounge, H Commentary; 0215 T -A Seoul Calling (magazine); News Talk, F Formosa Outlook, A Kaleidoscope (life in 0230 T Korea Today & Tomorrow (peninsular RADIO SWEDEN Taiwan); 0330 S Asia Pacific (from Radio Australia), M relations), W Korean Kaleidoscope (society), H 0230 S Network Europe (Europe magazine -1st week)/ Stage, Screen & Studio, W Confucius & Inspiration Wonderful Korea (travelogue), F Seoul Report. Sweden Today (2nd)/Spectrum (arts magazine -3rd)/ Beyond, H Life Unusual, F Taiwan Gourmet, A Studio 49 (topical discussion -4th), M In Touch with Mailbag Time; 0345 M -F Let's Learn Chinese (M/W/F RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL Stockholm (listener contact-1st)/Sounds Nordic (rock elementary, T/H intermediate). 0200 D RNZ News, 0205 S Feoture', A Home Grown (NZ music-exc. 1st), T -A Sixty Degrees North (regional music)'; 0208 M -F In Touch w/NZ; 0230 A Musical report); 0245 T Sports Scan, W Close Up (profiles of VOICE OF AMERICA, Africa Service Choirs (artist spotlight)'. Swedes-1st/3rd), F Nordic Lights (1st)/Green Scan 0300 S/A News & Reports, M -F Daybreak Africa (morning ('may be preempted by live sport) (ecology-2nd)/Heart Beat (health.3rd)/The S -Files newsmagazine); 0323 S/A Sports; 0330 D News (things Swedish -4th), A Review of the Newsweek. Headlines; 0333 5 Issues in the News, M -F Business RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rico Report, A Our World (ecology, science & technology); 0200 S Peace Watch (cont'd.), M New Dimensions VOICE OF VIETNAM 0345 M -F Dateline (documentary); 0355 M -F ("progressive" ideas), T Honoring Mother Earth: 0230 D News; 0235 D Current Affairs, 0240 Su Weekly Government Editorial. Indigenous Voices, W WINGS (women's news), H Review, M Sunday Show, T/W/F/A Press Review, -I Global Community Forum, F Continent of Media, A Talk of the Week; 0245 T Vietnam: Land & People, W VOICE OF RUSSIA Mailbag; 0230 S Daily Reading, W A World of Culture & Society, H Letterbox, F Vietnam Economy, A 0300 D News; 0311 M Sunday Panorama, T -S News & Possibilities, F Steppin' Out of Babylon, A Disability Rural Vietnam; 0250 S Music, A Literature and Arts. Views; 0330 D News in Brief; 0332 S Songs from Radio Worldwide. Russia, M This is Russia, T Kaleidoscope (Russian events), W Musical Portraits, I -I Moscow Yesterday & RADIO PRAGUE 0300 UTC / lOpm E / 7pm P - Page 44 Freqs Today, F Russian by Radio, A Audio Book Club 0200 D News; 0205 S Magazine, M Mailbox, T -A Current (Russian lit.); 0346 S You Write to Moscow; 0354 W Affairs; 0210 M ABC of Czech; 0215 S Letter from BBC WORLD SERVICE (am) Russia: People & Events. Prague (local life), M Czech Books (fortnightly) or 0300 D The World Today; 0332 S Global Business, M Encore (classical music monthly) or Magic Carpet World Business Review, T -A World Business Report; WBCQ, Maine (world music monthly), T Talking Point (Czech issues), 0345 M Instant Guide (background), T/W/F/A 7415 kHz.: 0300 S Alan Sone ("pirate" radio), M Radio W Witness (oral history), H ABC of Czech (language), F Analysis, H From Our Own Correspondent. New York International (cont'd). Economics Report, A The Arts; 0220 S/W One on One (interview), H Czechs in History or Spotlight CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL WHRI, Indiana (travelogue). 0300 D News & Reports; 0310 S Report on Developing 5745 kHz. 0330 M DXing with Cumbre. Countries; 0315 A Cutting Edge (sci/tech); 0320 S In RADIO ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL the Spotlight (cultural magazine); 0330 M People in WRMI, Florida 0200 D Radio Newsreel; 0210 S The Week, M Focus, T -A the Know (China's leading personalities), T Biz China, 7385 kHz: 0300 S Wovescan; 0330 S Viva Miami, M Commentary; 0215 S World of Culture, M Sunday W China Horizons (China outside Beijing), H Voices Wovescan. Studio, T Pro Memoria (history), W Business Club, H from Other Lands, F Life in China, A Listeners' Society Today, F Cards on the Table (debate) or The Gorden. WWCR, Tennessee Romanian Next to You (interview), A Challenge for the 5070 kHz.: 0300 S DX Portyline; 0330 S World of Radio. Future or Terra 2001; 0220 S RRI Encyclopedia, T RADIO AUSTRALIA Political Flash, W European Horizons; 0225 S Roots 0300 D News; 0305 S Feedback (letters, station news, on KWHR, Hawaii (culture/traditions), M Romanian by Radio, T/H/A communications), A Rural Reporter; 0310 M -F 17510 kHz.. 0300 M DXing with Cumbre. Business Update, W Tourist News, F Listeners' Regional Sports Report; 0320 M -F Life Matters (social Letterbox; 0230 S Radio Pictures, M Romanian issues); 0330 S Jazz Notes, A Australian Country Style; RADIO BUDAPEST Itineraries, T Pulse of Transition, W W Mother Nature 0354 Heywire (young rural Australian opinion). 0330 D News; 0335 S Insight Central Europe; M Europe (ecology), H Visit Romania, A Practical Guide; 0235 S [Special service: 0305 S/A Grandstand (live sports action) Unlimited (trade) or Heading for Hungary (travel) or Romanian Itineraries, M Listeners' Letterbox, T on 9660, 12080, 17580, 21725 kHz. only.] Spotlight (culture) or And the Gatepost (letters), T -A Performing Arts, W Youth Club, H Partners in a Hungary Today (current events magazine); 0350 A DX Changing World, A Cultural Survey; 0240 S, RADIO BULGARIA Corner. Bucharest Along the Centuries, T Pages of Romanian 0300 D News; 0310 S Views Behind the News, M Folk Literature, W/F Skylark (folk music), H Stage and Studio (Bulgarian folk music), T -A Events and RADIO SWEDEN Screen, A Spectator (voice of the people); 0245 S DX Developments; 0320 T Sports; 0325 W -S Timeout for 0330 S Network Europe (Europe magazine -1st week)/ Mailbag, T Romanian Hits, H Romanian Musicians, A Music; 0330 T Bulgarian Plaza (cultural magazine) or Sweden Today (2nd)/Spectrum (arts magazine -3rd)/ Romanian Folk Music At Its Best; 0250 M Romanian Walks and Talks (interesting places); 0335 T Answering Studio 49 (topical discussion -4th), M In Touch with Folk Music At Its Best, T Sports Roundup, W Athlete of Your Letters, W -M Keyword Bulgaria (Bulgaria and Stockholm (listener contact-1st)/Sounds Nordic (rock the Week, H Sports Club, F Football Flash, A Sports things Bulgarian); 0345 S Radio Bulgaria Calling (for music-exc. 1st), T -A Sixty Degrees North (regional Weekend. radio hobbyists), W Magazine Economy, H Arts and report); 0345 T Sports Scan, W Close Up (profiles of Artists, F History Club, A The Way We Live. Swedes-1st/3rd), F Nordic Lights (1st)/Green Scan RADIO TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL (ecology-2nd)/Heort Beat (health-3rd)/The S -Files 0200 D News; 0215 S Hakka World (Hakka culture), M RADIO HABANA CUBA (things Swedish -4th), A Review of the Newsweek. Jade Bells & Bamboo Pipes (traditional music), T 0300 D International News; 0310 M Weekly Review, T -S Culture Express, W Taiwan Today, H Discover Taiwan, National News; 0315 T -S Viewpoint; 0330 M Reports VOICE OF VIETNAM F Taipei Magazine, A Groove Zone; 0230 S Mailbag & Music, T -S News Bulletin; 0335 T -A Time Out 0330 D News; 0335 D Current Affairs; 0340 Su Weekly Time, T Trends, W Instant Noodles (the wacky), H New (sports); 0340 S/W DXers Unlimited, M Mailbag Show, Review, M Sunday Show, T/W/F/A Press Review, H Music Lounge, F People; 0245 M.F Let's Learn T/H/F Caribbean Outlook, A Weekly Review; 0350 M Talk of the Week; 0345 T Vietnam: Land & People, W Chinese (M/W/F elementary, T/H intermediate), A Breakthrough (science report). Culture & Society, H Letterbox, F Vietnam Economy, A Kaleidoscope (life in Taiwan). Rural Vietnam; 0350 S Music, A Literature & Arts. [This schedule also airs at 0700 for western North RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL America] 0300 S/A' RNZ News, M -F Pacific Regional News; 0305 S

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Performing Ars, W Youth Club, H Partners in a Countries; 0515 A Cutting Edge (sci/tech); 0520 S In 0400 UTC / 11pm E / 8pm P - Page 45 Freqs Changing World, A Cultural Survey; 04405, the Spotlight (cultural mogaz ne); 0530 M People in Bucharest Along the Centuries, T Pages of Romanian the Know (Chino's leading personalities), T Biz China, Literature, W/F Skylark (folk music), H Stage and W China Horizons (China outside Beijing), H Voices BBC WORLD SERVICE (am) from Other Lands, F Life in China, A Listeners' 0400 D News; 0406 S From Our Own Correspondent, M Screen, A Spectator (voice of the people), 0445 S DX Garden; 0545 S Health Bites. Talking Point (phone-in), T -F Outlook (magazine), A Mailbag, T Romanian Hits, H Romanian Musicians, A Pick of the World (BBC's best); 0432 S People & Romanian Folk Music At Its Best; 0450 M Romanian RADIO AUSTRALIA Politics; 0445 M -F Off the Shelf (book readings), A Folk Music At Its Best, T Sports Roundup, W Athlete of 0500 0 News; 0505 S The Europeans, A The Music Show Write On (letters). the Week, H Sports Club, F Football Flash, A Sports Weekend. (cont'd); 0510 M -F Pacific Beat (Pacific islands magazine with regional sports report @ 0530); 0530 S CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL The Ark (religious history); 0549 S The Pulse (Aussie 0400 D News & Reports; 0410 S Report on Developing RADIO UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL music now). Countries; 0415 A Cutting Edge (sci/tech); 0420 S In 0400 D News; 04 I0 S Ukrainian Diary (weekly review), M 'Special service: 0505 S/A Grandstand (live sports action) the Spotlight (cultural magazine); 0430 M People in Music from Ukraine, T -A Ukraine Today (magazine); on 9660, 12080, 17580, 21725 kHz. only.] the Know (China's leading personalities), T Biz China, 0415 S The Whole World on the Radio Dial (DX W China Horizons (China outside Beijing), H Voices program); 0430 S Hello From Kiev (listener letters/ RADIO HABANA CUBA from Other Lands, F Life in Chino, A Listeners' music), M Roots (culture & education); 0445 T -A 0500 D International News; 0510 M Weekly Review, T -S Gorden. Closeup (current issues). Notional News; 0515 T -S Viewpoint; 0530 M Reports RVi, Belgium & Music, T -S News Bulletin; 0535 T -A Time Out DEUTSCHE WELLE (sports); 0540 S/W DXers Unlimited, M Mailbag Show, 0400 D News; 0405 S Inside Europe, M Mailbag, T -A 0400 S Music from Flanders, M Radio World, T -A News; T/H/F Caribbean Outlook, A Weekly Review; 0550 M Newslink Africa; 0430 T Insight (international affairs), 0404 T -A Flanders Today (incl. press review, reports & Breakthrough (science report). W World in Progress (development), H Money Talks, F CD of the Week); 0408 M Tourism in Flanders; 0414 Man & Environment, A Spectrum (sci-tech); 0445 T M Brussels 1043 (letters). RADIO JAPAN - NHK WORLD Business German. VOICE OF AMERICA, Africa Service 0500 D News; 0510 S Pop Joins the World, A Hello from 0400 D News 8 Reports; 0415 M -F Focus (o topic in- Tokyo (listener contact); 0515 M -F 44 Minutes RADIO AUSTRALIA (magazine). 0400 D News; 0405 S All in the Mind (the brain), A The depth); 0423 J Sports; 0430 S/A News Headlines, M - Music Show (classical); 0410 M -F Margaret Throsby F Daybreak Africa (morning newsmagazine); 0433 S RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL (interviews and music); 0430 S In Conversation; 0455 Main Street (about America, incl. Kim Pion media report), A Press Conference USA. 0500 D RNZ News; 0507 5 Whenua (Maori magazine), M -F Perspective (commentary). M -F What's Going On? (arts & entertainment), A The 'Special service: 0405 S/A Grandstand (live sports action) Mix ('live' music acts); 0530 M -F Worldwatch on 9660, 12080, 17580, 21725 kHz. only.) VOICE OF RUSSIA 0400 D News; 0411 S Music & Musicians, M/H Science & (international news); 0545 M -F Storytime. Engineering, T Musical Portraits, W/A Moscow RADIO HABANA CUBA RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rica 0400 D International News; 0410 M From Habana Mailbag, F Newmarket; 0430 D News in Brief; 0432 0500 S/F TUC Radio, M Living Enrichment Center, T (Cuban musicians), T -S National News; 0415 T -S M Audio Book Club (Russian lit.), T/H/A 20th Century, Making Contact, W/H/A Peace Watch; 0530 S World Reports and music; 0430 M The Jazz Place or Top W/F Russicn history/culture. of Radio, T Steppin' Out of Babylon, F Peace Watch. Tens, T -S News Bulletin; 0435 S World of Stamps, T -A Reports and music; 0450 S Cuban music. OF TURKEY 0400 D News; 0410 D Press Review; 0415 S Outlook, M VOICE OF AMERICA, Africa Service Tunes Spanning Centuries, T Last Week, W Live From 0500 S News, M -A News & Reports; 0506 S Best of Talk to RADIO NETHERLANDS America; 0523 M -A Sports; 0530 D News Headlines; 0400 S/M News; T -A Newsline; 0405 S Wide Angle (in- Turkey, H Review of the Foreign Media, F Big Powers 0533 S Best of Talk to America, M -F Business Report, A depth), M Europe Unzipped; 0425 S The Week Ahead & the Arme-iicn Problem, A Archaeological Settlements in Turkey; 0420 S The Stream of Love or DX Corner, T VOA News Review; 0545 M -F Dateline (documentary); (on RN), M Insight (commentary); 0430 S Amsterdam 0555 M -F Government Editorial. Forum (conversations), M Vox Humana (culture, T Hues & Colors of Anatolia, H Letterbox; 0425 M/A Music, F In the Wake of a Contest; 0430 S/T Music; Research File (science), W EuroQuest (Europe in VOICE OF NIGERIA context), H Documentary, F Dutch Horizons, A A Good 0435 S Turkish Arts, M Turks in the Mirror of Centuries, T From Past to Present, H Turkey's Off the Beaten Track 0500 S/A News Summary, M -F VON Scope (news Life (development). Sites, F The CJIture Parade, A The Travel Itinerary of magazine); 0505 S This Week on VON, A VON Link- up (music requests); 0530 0 Moving On (variety RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL Anatolia. magazine). 0400 S/A RNZ News, M -F Checkpoint (major domestic evening news magazine); 0410 S Religion feature of KWHR, Hawaii VOICE OF RUSSIA series, A Tagota 0 Te Moona (Pacific magazine); 0440 1 7780 kHz.: 0430 S DXing with Cumbre. 0500 D News; 0511 S/M Musical Portraits, T/F Moscow S Jazz Spotlight. WBCQ, Maine Mailbag, W/A Science and Engineering, H 7415 kHz.: 0400 S You Are What You Think (satire), M Newmarket (business); 0530 D News in Brief; 0532 S RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rico Kaleidoscope, M Jazz Show, T Music Around Us, W 0400 S CounterSpin (media analysis), M Honoring Mother Radio New York International (cont'd). Moscow Yesterday & Today, H Folk Box, F Audio Book Earth: Indigenous Voices, T -A Democracy Nowl; 0430 Club (Russian lit.) A Timelines; 0547 T Music At Your S Freespeech Radio News (repeat of Fri. newscast). WHRA, Maine 7580 kHz.: 0430 A DXing with Cumbre. Request. RADIO PRAGUE WBCQ, Maine 0400 D News; 0405 S Magazine, M Mailbox, T -A Current WHRI, Indiana 7415 kHz 0500 S Tom & Darryl (electronic media), M -A Affairs; 0410 M ABC of Czech; 0315 S Letter from 7315 kHz.: 0430 M DXing with Cumbre. Amos 'n Andy; 0515 T -F Planet World News Tonight; Prague (local life), M Czech Books (fortnightly) or 0545 M World of Radio. Encore (classical music monthly) or Magic Carpet WRMI, Florida (world music monthly), T Talking Point (Czech issues). 7385 kHz.: 0400 S IBC Radio Network, M Old Time WRMI, Florida W Witness (oral history), H ABC of Czech (language), F Radio. 7385 kHz.: 0500 S Twilight Zone (science fiction), M Old Economics Report, A The Arts; 0420 SAW One on Time Radio (cont'd.) One (interview), H Czechs in History or Spotlight WWCR Tennessee 5070 kHz.: 0400 S Spectrum (communications discussion). (travelogue). WWCR, Tennessee 5070 kHz.: 0500 S Cyber Line (digital communications). RADIO ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL 0400 D Radio Newsreel; 0410 S The Week, M Focus, T -A 0500 UTC 12am E / 9pm P - Page 45 Freqs Commentary; 0415 S World of Culture, M Sunday 0600 UTC / lam E / 10pm P - Page 46 Freqs Studio, T Pro Memoria (history), W Business Club, H BBC WORLD SERVICE (am) Society Today, F Cards on the Table (debate) or The 0500 D World Briefing; 0532 S Letter from America, M -F Romanian Next to You (interview), A Challenge for the The World Today, A Reporting Religion; 0545 S The CHANNEL AFRICA, South Africa Future or Terra 2001; 0420 S RRI Encyclopedia, T Instant Guide. 0600 S Network Africa (week in review), M -F Dateline Africa Political Flash, W European Horizons; 0425 S Roots (news magazine), A Channel Africa Sport. (culture/traditions), M Romanian by Radio, T/H/A CHANNEL AFRICA, South Africa Business Update, W Tourist News, F Listeners' 0500 S Network Africa (week in review), M -F Dateline Africa RADIO AUSTRALIA Letterbox; 0430 S Radio Pictures, M Romanian (news magazine), A Channel Africa Sport. 0600 D News; 0605 S The Arts on RA, A Feedback (letters/ Itineraries, T Pulse of Transition, W Mother Nature station news/on communications); 0610 M -F Regional (ecology), H Visit Romania, A Practical Guide; 0435 S CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL Sports Report; 0620 M Ockham's Razor (science Romanian Itineraries, M Listeners' Letterbox, T 0500 D News & Reports; 0510 S Report on Developing opinion), T In Conversation, W Lingua Franca (about

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language), H The Ark (religious history), F The Makers RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL (artists); 0630 S/A Music; 0635 M Hit Mix (pop/rock), 1000 UTC / 5am E / 2am P - Page 47 Freqs 1 100 S/A RNZ News, M -F Pacific Regional News; 1 105 S/ T Music Deli (diverse world/folk),W Jazz Notes, H A Forces Programme (for NZ personnel serving in Australian Country Style, F The Lounge. BBC WORLD SERVICE (am)(eas) PNG & E. Timor); 1108 M -F Dateline Pacific; 1130 M [Special service: 0605 S/A Grandstand (live sports action) 1000 S/A News, M -F World Briefing; 1006 S From Our New Music Releases, T Mailbox (letters & DX news) or on 9660, 12080, 17580, 21725 kHz. only.) Own Correspondent, A Assignment; 1032 S Reporting RNZI Talk (station info), W Tradewinds (Pacific Religion, M -F World Business Report, A The Interview; commerce), H The World in Sport, F Pacific RADIO HABANA CUBA 1045 M -H Sports Roundup, F Footboll Extra. Correspondent. 0600 D International News; 0610 M From Habana (Cuban musicians), T -S National News; 0615 T -S RADIO AUSTRALIA RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rica Reports and music; 0630 M The Jazz Place or Top 1000 D News; 1005 S Keys to Music (enjoying the classics), 1100 S/F TUC Radio, M Living Enrichment Center, T Tens, T -S News Bulletin; 0635 S World of Stomps, T -A M -F Asia Pacific (regional current affairs), A Making Contact, W/H/A Peace Watch; 1130 S World Reports and music; 0650 S Cuban music. Background Briefing; 1030 M Health Report, T Law of Radio, T Steppin' Out of Babylon, F Peace Watch. Report, W Religion Report, H Media Report, F The RADIO JAPAN - NHK WORLD Sports Factor; 1055 A Reporter's Notebook. WWCR, Tennessee 0600 D News; 0610 S Weekend Square (Japanese life), M 5070 kHz.: 1130 A World of Radio. F Songs for Everyone, A Pop Joins the World; 0615 RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL M -F Asian Top News (headlines from region's radio); 1000 D News; 1005 S Mediawotch, MF Late Edition (the 0625 M Japan Music Treasure Box, T Basic Japanese day's news), A Deep Purple (relaxing music/nosta:gia); 1200 UTC / 7am E / 4am P - Page 48 Freqs for You, W Japan Musicscape, H Brush Up Your 1035 S Sunday Supplement. Japanese, F Music Beat; 0654 S Sights & Sounds of BBC WORLD SERVICE (am) Japan. RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rica 1200 D Newshour; 1205 M -F Caribbean Business; 1210 1000 S CounterSpin (media analysis), M Honoring Mother M -F Caribbean Morning Report 2nd Edition; 1215 RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL Earth: Indigenous Voices, T -A Democracy Now!; 1030 M -F Newshour (coned.). 0600 S/A RNZ News, M -F Checkpoint (repeat of 0400); S Freespeech Radio News (repeat of Fri. newscast). 0604 S One in Five (disability issues), A Saturday BBC WORLD SERVICE (eas) Night with Peter Fry (variety); 0635 S This Week in VOICE OF AMERICA (News Now) 1200 S Play of the Week (cont'd. from 1130), M -A News; Parliament. 1000 D News and Reports; 1023 D Sports; 1030 D News 1206 M/W Documentaries, T Masterpiece (arts ideas), Headlines; 1033 S -H Main Street (life in the US), F/A H Assignment, F Sports International, A In Concert; RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rica On the Line (US foreign policy); 1055 A Government 1232 S Reporting Religion, M The Music Feature, T 0600 S Mailbag, M Spiritual Awakening, T Middle East Editorial. Top of the Pops, W Charlie Gillett (world music), H The Project, W CounterSpin (media analysis), H Making Music Biz, F John Peel (eclectic music). Contact, F Peace Watch (cont'd.), A WINGS; 0630 S KWHR, Hawaii Making Contact, M World of Radio, T -A Hightower 11565 kHz.: 1000 A DXing with Cumbre. HCJB ECUADOR Radio (commentary); 0635 T -A Earthwatch (ecology); 1200 S Moody Presents, M -F Precept, A Hour of Decision; 0640 T -A Earth & Sky (astronomy); 0645 T Neumaier 1215 M -F Proclaim; 1230 S The Living Word, M -F Report, W -A UN programs. 1100 UTC / 6am E / 3am P - Page 48 Freqs Renewing Your Mind, A DX Partyline. RADIO ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL BBC WORLD SERVICE (am) RADIO AUSTRALIA 0600 T -A 1200 D News; 1205 S The Spirit of Things (spiritual Commentary; 0615 S World of Culture, M Sunday 1100 D World Briefing; 1105 M -F Caribbean Morning Report; 1110 M -F Sports Caribbean; 1115 M -F matters), M -H Late Night Live (discussion and Studio, T Pro Memoria (history), W Business Club, H interviews), F Sound Quality (innovative music), A The Society Today, F Cards on the Table (debate) or The Caribbean Magazine; 1120 D British News; 1 132 S Music Show (classical); 1255 S The Pulse (Aussie music Romanian Next to You (interview), A Challenge for the Instant Guide (background), M Letter from America, T/ W/F Analysis, H From Our Own Correspondent, A now). Future or Terra 2001; 0620 S RRI Encyclopedia, T World Footboll; 1145 S -F Sports Roundup. Political Flash, W European Horizons; 0625 S Roots RADIO KOREA INTERNATIONAL (culture/traditions), M Romanian by Radio, T/H/A 1200 S Korean Pop Interactive (cont'd), M -F Seoul Calling Business Update, W Tourist News, F Listeners' BBC WORLD SERVICE (eas) 1100 S World Briefing, M -A News; 1106 M -F Outlook (cont'd), A Worldwide Friendship (cont'd); 1215 M Letterbox; 0630 5 Radio Pictures, M Romanian Korea Today & Tomorrow (peninsula issues), T Korean Itineraries, T Pulse of Transition, W W Mother Nature (magazine), A The Ticket (arts performances); 1120 S Kaleidoscope (Korean society), W Wonderful Korea (ecology), H Visit Romania, A Practical Guide; 0635 S British News; 1132 S Play of the Week; 1145 M -F Off (tourism), H Seoul Report (interviews). Romanian Itineraries, M Listeners' Letterbox, T the Shelf (book readings). Performing Arts, W Youth Club, H Partners in a HCJB ECUADOR RADIO NETHERLANDS Changing World, A Cultural Survey; 0640 S, 1200 S/A News, M -F Newsline; 1205 S Wide Angle (in- Bucharest Along the Centuries, T Pages of Romanian 1100 S Let My People Think, M -F Insight for Living, A depth), A Europe Unzipped; 1225 S The Week Ahead Literature, W/F Skylark (folk music), H Stage and Down Gilead Lane; 1130 S Renewing Your Mind, M - F Family Life Today, A Adventures in Odyssey. (on RN), A Insight (comment); 1230 S Vox Humano Screen, A Spectator (voice of the people); 0645 S DX (culture), M Research File (science), T EuroQuest Mailbag, T Romanian Hits, H Romanian Musicians, A (Europe in context), W Documentary, H Dutch Romanian Folk Music At Its Best; 0650 M Romanian RADIO AUSTRALIA Horizons, F A Good Life (development issues), A Folk Music At Its Best, T Sports Roundup, W Athlete of 1 100 D News; 1105 S Correspondents Report, M -A Asia Amsterdam Forum (conversations). the Week, H Sports Club, F Football Flash, A Sports Pacific (regional current affairs); 1130 S The Arts on Weekend. RA, M -F Bush Telegraph (rural life), A The Europeans. RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL RADIO JAPAN - NHK WORLD 1200 S -F RNZ News, A Forces Programme (cont'd.); 1205 VOICE OF AMERICA, Africa Service S Sportsworid (recap magazine), M -F Late Edition. 0600 S/A News & Reports, M -F Daybreak Africa (morning 1100 D News; 1110 S Hello from Tokyo (listener contact), MF Songs for Everyone, A Pop Joins the World; 1115 newsmagazine); 0623 S/A Sports; 0630 S/A News M -F Asian Top News (headlines from region's radio); RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rica Headlines; 0633 S Main Street (about America, incl. 1200 S Mailbag, M Spiritual Awakening, T Middle Eost Kim Elliott media report), A On the Line (US foreign 1125 M Japan Music Treasure Box, T Basic Japanese for You, W Japan Musicscape, H Brush Up Your Project, W CounterSpin (media analysis), H Making policy). Japanese, F Music Beat. Contact, F Peace Watch (cont'd.), A WINGS; 1230 S Making Contact, M World of Radio, T -A Hightower VOICE OF NIGERIA Radio (commentary); 1235 T -A Earthwatch (ecology); 0600 D Nigeria/Africa/World News (magazine); 0630 S In RADIO KOREA INTERNATIONAL 1240 T -A Earth & Sky (astronomy); 1245 T Neumaier the News, A News Maker; 0645 A Window on Abuja. 1130 D News; 1140 S Korean Pop Interactive (requests), M - F News Commentary, A Worldwide Friendship (letters, Report, W -A UN programs. DX news); 1145 M -F Seoul Calling (magazine). KWHR, Hawaii RADIO SWEDEN 17780 kHz. 0600 A DXing with Cumbre. RADIO NETHERLANDS 1230 S In Touch with Stockholm (listener contact -1st)/ 11005 Aural Tapestry (culture), M EuroQuest (Europe in Sounds Nordic (rock music-exc. 1st), M -F Sixty Degrees WBCQ, Maine North (regional report), A Network Europe (Europe 7415 kHz.: 0600 S Juliet's Wild Kingdom. context), T A Good Life (development issues), W Dutch Horizons, H Research File (science), F Documentary, A magazine -1st week)/Sweden Today (2nd)/Spectrum (arts magazine-3rd)/Studio 49 (topical discussion4th); 1245 WRMI, Florida Amsterdam Forum (conversations); 1130 S Dutch Horizons, M Research File, T/A Music 52-15 M Sports Scan, T Close Up (profiles of Swedes-1st/3rd), 7385 kHz.. 0600 S Lou Gentile (the paranormal), M IBC H Nordic Lights (Ist)/Green Scan (ecology-2nd)/Heart Radio Network. (international music), W Documentary, H Aural Tapestry, F A Good Life. Beat (health-3rd)/The S -Files (things Swedish -4th), F Review of the Newsweek.

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CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL 1300 UTC / 8am E / Sam P - Page 49 Freqs 1400 0 News & Reports; 1410 S Report on Developing 1500 D News & Reports; 1510 S Report on Developing Countries; 1415 A Cutting Edge (sci/tectt); 1420 S In Countries; 1515 A Cutting Ecge (sci/tech); 1520 S In the Spotlight (cultural magazine); 1530 M People in BBC WORLD SERVICE (am) the Spotlight (cultural magazine); 1430 M People in 1300 D News; 1306 S The Ticket (arts performances), M -F the Know (Chino's leading personalities), T Biz China, the Know (China's leading personalities), T Biz China, W China Horizons (China outside Beijing), H Voices Outlook (magazine), A Pick of the World (BBC's best); W Chino Horizons (China outside BeijinT, H Voices 1345 M -F Off the Shelf (book readings), A Write On from Other Lands, F Life in China, A Listeners' from Other Lands, F Life in China, A Listeners' Garden. (letters). Garden.

RADIO AUSTRALIA BBC WORLD SERVICE (eas) RADIO AUSTRALIA 1500 D News; 1505 S Encounter (religion in Australia), M - 1300 D Newshour. 1400 D News; 1405 S Books & Writing, M -F Margaret Throsby (intery ew/music), A The Comfort Zone (design F Asia Pacific (regional current affai-s), A Nocturne (musical arrangements); 1530 M Health Report, T Law CHANNEL AFRICA, South Africa issues). Report, W Religion Report, H Media Report, F The 1300 S/A Channel Africa Extra (weekend variety magazine). RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL Sports Factor; 1555 S The Pulse (Aussie new music), A CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL 1400 D News; 1405 S The Sunday Edition, M -F Sounds Business Weekend. 1300 D News & Reports; 1310 S Report on Developing Like Canada (Canadian magazine); A The House Countries; 1315 A Cutting Edge (sci/tech); 1320 S In (Canadian politics). RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL the Spotlight (cultural magazine); 1330 M People in 1500 D News; 1505 S The Sunday Edition (cont'd.), M -F Sounds Like Canada (cont'd., inc.uding 1530 F C'est the Know (Chino's leading personalities), T Biz China, RADIO JAPAN - NHK WORLD La Vie (life in French Canada), 1545 T -F Out Front W China Horizons (Chino outside Beijing), H Voices 1400 D News; 1410 S Pop Joins the World, A Weekend (first person views of life), A Vinyl Cafe. from Other Lands, F Life in China, A Listeners' Japanology; 1415 M -F 44 Minutes (feature magazine); 1454 A Sights & Sounds of Japan. Garden. RADIO JAPAN 1500 D News, 1505 S Hello from Tokyo (letters), M -F Songs RADIO AUSTRALIA RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL for Everyone, A Pop Joins the World; 1515 M -F Asian 1300 D News; 1305 S The Science Show, M -F The Planet 1400 0 RNZ News: 1405 S Touchstone (religion), M -F Top News (reports from region's radio); 1525 M (diverse music from around the world), A The Music Cadenza (light classics), A In a Mellow Tone. Japan Music Treasure Box, T Basic Japanese for You, Show (cont'd); 1355 S Perspective (commentary). RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rico W Japan Musicscape, H Brush Up Your Japanese, F Music Beat. RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL 1400 S Peace Watch (cont'd.), M New Dimensions 1300 M F News; 1305 M -F The Current (current affairs - ("progressive" ideas), T Honoring Mother Earth: RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL joined in progress). Indigenous Voices, W WINGS (women's news), H Global Community Forum, F Continent of Media, A 1500 SIA RNZ News, M -F Pacific Regional News; 1505 S/ A Forces Radio; 1508 M -F Dateline Pacific; 1530 M RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rica Mailbag; 1430 S Daily Reading, W A World of New Music Releases, T Mailbox (letters & DX news) or 1300 S Between the Lines, M Radio Notion ("The Nation" Possibilities, F Steppin' Out of Babylon, A Disability RNZI Tolk (station info), W Trcdewinds (Pacific magazine), T This Way Out, W World of Radio, H A Radio Worldwide. Public Affair, F Living Enrichment Center, A Middle commerce), H The World in Sport, F Pacific Correspondent, A tba. East Project; 1330 S Peace Watch, T University Forum, RADIO PRAGUE W Mailbag, F Progressive Radio, A World of Radio. 1400 D News; 2235 S Letter from Prague, M -F Newsview, A Insight Central Europe; 1410 S Mailbox, M One on RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rica 1500 S Daily Reading (cont'd), M Voices of Our World RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL One (interview), T Witness (oral history), W ABC of (Moryknoll program), T -A Daily Reading; 1515 T 1300 S/A RNZ News, M -F Pacific Regional News; 1305 S Czech (language), H Economic Report, F The Arts; Disability Radio Worldwide, W -A Freespeech Radio Tagata o to Moana, A New Music Releases; 1308 M -F 1420 S Readings from Czech Literature, T Talking Point News; 1530 S Continent of Media, M UN program; Dateline Pacific; 1330 M New Music Releases, T (Czech issues), W Czechs in History or Spotlight 1545 M Sneak Peaks, T -A UN Daily News. Mailbox (letters & DX news) or RNZI Talk (station info), (travelogue), F Away from Politics (poetry). W Tradewinds (Pacific commerce), H The World in WRMI, Florida Sport, F Pacific Correspondent, A tba. RADIO SWEDEN 1430 5 In Touch with Stockholm (listener contact -1st)/ 15725 kHz.: 1500 S Shortwave Radio Network, A Sounds Nordic (rock music-exc. 1st), M -F Sixty Degrees Shortwave Radio Network (cont'd). RADIO SWEDEN 1330 S In Touch with Stockholm (listener contact -1st)/ North (regional report), A Network Europe (Europe magazine -1st week)/Sweden Today (2nd); Spectrum (arts Sounds Nordic (rock music-exc. 1st), M -F Sixty Degrees 1600 UTC / 11am E / 8am P - Page 50 Frogs North (regional report), A Network Europe (Europe magazine-3rd)/Studio 49 (topical discussion -4th); 1445 magazine -1st week)/Sweden Today (2nd)/Spectrum (arts M Sports Scon, T Close Up (profiles of Swedes-1st/3rd), magazine-3rd)/Studio 49 (topical discussion -4th); 1345 H Nordic Lights (1st)/Green Scan (ecology-2nd)/Heart BBC WORLD SERVICE (am) M Sports Scan, T Close Up (profiles of Swedes-1st/3rd), Beat (health-3rd)/The S -Files (things Swedish -4th), F 1600 S/A News, M -F Europe Today; 1606 S/A Sportsworld H Nordic Lights (1st)/Green Scan (ecology-2nd)/Heart Review of the Newsweek. (live action). Beat (health-3rd)/The S -Files (things Swedish -4th), F Review of the Newsweek. WRMI, Florida RADIO AUSTRALIA 15725 kHz.: 1400 S Wavescon, A Shortwave Radio 1600 0 News; 1605 S The National Interest (Australian WHRI, Indiana Network (cont'd.). politics), M -F Bush Telegraph (ruraVoutback Australia), 15105 kHz.: 1330 A DXing with Cumbre. A Nocturne (cont'd.). WWCR, Tennessee WRMI, Florida 15825 kHz 1400 S Golden Age of Radio RADIO AUSTRIA INTERNATIONAL 15725 kHz.: 1300 A Shortwave Radio Network; 1330 S 1605 S/A Insight Central Europe; 1615 M -F Report from Viva Miami! Austria; 1625 S/A Listener Letters; 1635 S/A Insight 1500 UTC / 10am E / 7am P - Page 50 Frogs Central Europe; 1645 M -F Report from Austria; 1655 S/A Listener Letters. 1400 UTC / 9am E / 6am P - Page 49 Freqs BBC WORLD SERVICE (om) 1500 D News; 1506 S Assignment, M Healtf Matters, T Go RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL 1600 S/A News; 1605 S The Sunday Edition (cont'd.), A BBC WORLD SERVICE (am) Digital, W Discovery (science), H One Planet (ecology), Quirks and Quarks (science). 1400 D News; 1406 S Talking Point (live phone-in), M/VV F Science in Action, A Sportsworld (live action from Documentaries, T Masterpiece (arts ideas), H 1406); 1532 S People & Politics, M I'm Sorry I Haven't Assignment, F Sports International, A Sportsworld (live a Clue (panel game), T Music Review, W/F Westway RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL Costa Rica 1600 S Honoring Mother Earth: Indigenous Voices, M -F action); 1432 M Music Feature, T Top of the Pops, W (drama serial), H The Word (writers & writing) [exc. last Democracy Now!, A CounterSpin (media analysis); Charlie Gillett (world music), H Music Biz, F John Peel H, World Book Club (discussion)); 1545W Heart & Soul (beliefs & values), F What's the Problem? (advice). 1630 A Freespeech Radio News (repeat of Fri. (eclectic). newscast). BBC WORLD SERVICE (eas) BBC WORLD SERVICE (ems) VOICE OF AMERICA, Africa Service 1400 S/A News, M -F East Asio Today; 1406 S Talking Point 1500 0 News; 1501 S In Concert; 1506 M Health Matters, 1600 S/A Nig htline Africa (weekend newsmagazine), M -F (live phone-in), A Sportsworld (live action); 1432 M -F T Go Digital, W Discovery (research), H One Planet News & Reports; 1615 M -F Focus [a topic in-depth); British News; 1445 M -H Sports Roundup, F Football (ecology), F Science in Action, A Sportsworld (live 1623 M -F Sports; 1630 M -F Africa World Tonight. Extra. action); 1532 M I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (panel game), T Music Review, W/F Westway, H The Word CHANNEL AFRICA, South Africa (writers & writings) [exc. lost H, World Book Club KWHR, Hawaii 9930 kHz.: 1600 S DXing with Cumbre 1400 S/A Channel Africa Extra (cont'd from 1300). (discussion)); 1545 W Heart & Soul (beliefs & values), F What's the Problem? 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WHRI, Indiana Peace Watch (coned.), F WINGS, A Mailbag; 1830 S SWISS RADIO INTERNATIONAL 13760 kHz.: 1600 A DXing with Cumbre. World of Radio, M -F Hightower Radio (commentary), 1930 S/A Swiss Scene, M -F Newsnet; 1935 A Take 2; 1740 A Making Contact; 1835 M -F Earthwatch (ecology); S Culture Zone (the arts-1st/3rd wk) or Out and About WRMI, Florida 1840 M -F Earth & Sky (astronomy); 1845 M (Swiss places-2nd/4th wk), A Sounds Good (Swiss 15725 kHz.: 1600 S/A Shortwave Radio Network (cont'd). Neumaier Report, T -F UN programs. music-3rd/5th wk); 1945 F Business Spotlight.

RTE, Ireland WWCR, Tennessee 1700 UTC / 12pm E / 9am P - Page 51 Freqs 1830 S Saturday View, M This Week with Gerald Barry, T -A 15825 kHz.: 1900 A Presidential Radio Address/Democratic 5-7 Live (top news of the day). Response. CHANNEL AFRICA, South Africa VOICE OF AMERICA, Africa Service 1700 S Network Africa (week in review), M -F Dateline Africa 2000 UTC / 3pm E/ 12pm P- Page 52 Frogs (news magazine), A Channel Africa Sport. 1800 S/A News & Reports, M -F Africa World Tonight; 1823 S/A Sports; 1830 S/A News Headlines, W Straight Talk RADIO AUSTRALIA Africa (continental phone-in); 1833 S/A On the Lane DEUTSCHE WELLE 1700 D News; 1705 S Sound Quality (innovative music), (US foreign policy); 1855 S/A Government Editorial. 2000 D News, 2005 S Mailbag, M -F Newslink Africa, A M -F Australia Talks Back (phone-in), A The Spirit of Inside Europe; 2030 M Insight (international affairs), T Things (spiritual matters); 1755 M -F Perspective WBCQ, Maine World in Progress (development), W Money Talks, H (commentary), A The Pulse (Aussie new music). 1 7495 kHz .1800 A Zombo's Mondo Record Party. Man & Environment, F Spectrum (sci-tech); 2045 M Business German. RADIO JAPAN - NHK WORLD WINB, Pennsylvania 1700 D News; 1710 S Pop Joins the World, M -F Songs for 1830 A DX Portyline RADIO AUSTRALIA Everyone, A Hello from Tokyo (listener contact); 1715 2000 D News; 2005 F Pacific Review, A Australia All Over; M -F 44 Minutes (feature magazine). WRMI, Florida 2010 S -H Pacific Beat (regional magazine w/Sport 15725 kHz.: 1800 S/A Chongesurfer Radio; 1830 S/A @2029), 2030 F The Burr (technology). RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rico Shortwave Report. 1700 S Living Enrichment Center, M Making Contact, TI RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rica W/F Peace Watch, H/A TUC Radio; 1730 M Steppin' 2000 S New Dimensions ("progressive" ideas), M Honoring Out of Babylon, H Peace Watch, A World of Radio. 1900 UTC / 2pm E / 11am P - Page 52 Freqs Mother Earth: Indigenous Voices, T WINGS (women's news), W Global Community Forum, H Continent of VOICE OF AMERICA, Africa Service ALL INDIA RADIO Media, F Mailbag, A Peace Watch (cont'd.); 2030 T A 1700 S Reporters' Roundtable, M -A News; 1706 M -F Talk 1900 D News; 1905 D Press Review; 1910 S Women's World of Possibilities, H Steppin' Out of Babylon, F to America (global phone-in), A Best of Talk to World, M/W/F Radio Newsreel, T Of Persons, Places Disability Radio Worldwide, A Doily Reading. America; 1730 S Music Time in Africa; 1755 A & Things (1st/3rd wk)/Our Guest (interviews-2nd/4th), Government Editorial. H Panorama of Progress, A Mainly for Tourists (1st/ RADIO NETHERLANDS 3rd)/Indian Cinema (2nd)/On the Export Front (4th); 2000 S Vox Humana (culture), A Amsterdam Forum VOICE OF GREECE 1920 S/M/W/F Film Songs, T Light Classical Music, H (conversations); 2030 S/A News; 2035 5 Wide Angle 1700 A All Greek to Me (Greek popular & troditionol Light Instrumental Music, A Karnatok Classical Music; (in-depth), A Europe Unzipped; 2055 S The Week music) 1930 D Commentary; 1935 S/H/F Film Songs, M Ahead (on RN), A Insight (commentary). Karnatok Vocal Music, T Folk Songs, W/A Light SWISS RADIO INTERNATIONAL Music. SWISS RADIO INTERNATIONAL 1730 S/A Swiss Scene, M -F Newsnet; 1735 A Take 2; 1740 2000 S/A Swiss Scene, M -F Newsnet; 2005 A Take 2; 1740 S Culture Zone (the arts-1st/3rd wk) or Out and About DEUTSCHE WELLS S Culture Zone (the atts-1st/3rd wk) or Out and About (Swiss places-2nd/4th wk), A Sounds Good (Swiss 1900 ID news; 1905 S Hard to Beat (sport), M -F Newslink (Swiss places-2nd/4th wk), A Sounds Good (Swiss music-3rd/5th wk); 1745 F Business Spotlight. Africa, A Religion & Society; 1915 S Inspired Minds, A music-3rd/5th wk); 2015 F Business Spotlight. German by Radio; 1930 S Hits in Germany or Melody ALL INDIA RADIO Time, M World Music Live, T Arts on the Air, W Living VOICE OF NIGERIA 1745 M Light Music, T Kornotok Instrumental Music, W in Germany, H Cool (youth culture), F Focus on Folk; 2000 S News Bulletin, M -F Sixty Minutes, A African Hour; Folk Songs, H -S Devotional Music. 1945 W Europe on Stage. 2015 S Sports Roundup; 2030 S In the News.

WBCQ, Maine RADIO AUSTRALIA VOICE OF AMERICA, Africa Service 1 7495 kHz.. 1700 A Allan Weiner Worldwide. 1900 D News; 1905 F Rural Reporter, A Eorthbeat 2000 S/A Nightline Africa (weekend magazine), M -F Africa (ecology); 1910 S -H Pacific Beat (regional magazine World Tonight. WRMI, Florida w/Sport @ 1929); 1930 F Australian Country Style 15725 kHz.: 1700 S Shortwave Radio Network, A (music), A Business Report. ALL INDIA RADIO Shortwave Radio Network (cont'd). 2045 D Press Review; 2050 S/T Instrumental Music, M/F RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rico Folk Songs, W Light Music, H Classical Indian Vocal 1900 S Radio Nation ("The Nation" magazine), M This Music, A Regional Indian Devotional Music. 1800 UTC / 1pm E/ 10am P - Page 51 Freqs Way Out, T World of Radio, W A Public Affair, H Living Enrichment Center, F Middle Eost Project, A ALL INDIA RADIO Between the Lines; 1930 M University Forum, T 2100 UTC/ 4pm E/ 1pm P Page 53 Freqs 1800 D News; 1810 D Commentary; 1815 W Instrumental Mailbag, H Progressive Radio, F World of Radio, A Music-Old Masters, H -T Hindustani Classical Vocal Peace Watch. ALL INDIA RADIO Music; 1830 S Sports Roundup (1st wk)/Feature (2nd)/ 2100 ID News; 2105 D Commentary; 2111 S Regional Film Story (3rd)/Discussion (4th), M Faithfully Yours RADIO NETHERLANDS Film Songs, M/A Classical Indian Vocal Music, T (letters), T Cultural Talk, W Book Review (Ist)/Window 1900 S Documentary, A Vox Humana (culture); 1930 S/A Karnatok Vocal Music, W/H Instrumental Music, F on Science (2nd/4th)/Times & Lives (biography -3rd), H News; 1935 S Wide Angle (in-depth), A Europe Orchestral Music; 2120 S Sports Roundup (1st wk)/ General Talk, F Focus (magazine-lst)/Horizon Unzipped; 1955 S The Week Ahead (on RN), A Insight Feature (2nd)/Film Story (3rd)/Discussion (4th), M (literature-2nd/4th)/Music (3rd), A For Youth (1st)/ (commentary). Faithfully Yours (letters), T Cultural Talk, W Radio Indian Classics (books-2nd)/From the Archives (3rd)/ Newsreel, H Panorama of Progress, F Focus Quiz Time (4th); 1840 M DXers Corner (2nd/4th), T VOICE OF AMERICA, Africa Service (magazine -1st wk)/Horizon (literature-2nd/4th)/Indian Film Songs of Yesteryears, W Hits from Films, H Light 1900 5 News & Reports, M -F News, A Hip Hop Music (3rd), For Youth (1 st)/Indion Classics (books- Karnatok Music, F Light Instrumental Music; 1850 M Connections (music); 1906 M -F Border Crossings 2nd)/From the Archives (3rd)/Quiz Time (4th); 2130 M Film Songs, F Light Music. (music-exc. W Straight Talk Africa cont'd.); 1923 S DXers Corner (2nd/4th), TM Film Songs, H Classical Sports; 1930 S Music Time in Africa (part 2), M -F Half -Hour, A Old Film Songs; 2140 F Film Songs; CHANNEL AFRICA, South Africa World of Music, A News Headlines; 1933 A Our 2145 M Film Songs; 2150 S Karnotok Vocal Music. 1800 S Network Africa (week in review), M -F Dateline Africa World (ecology, science & technology). (news magazine), A Channel Africa Sport. BBC WORLD SERVICE (am) VOICE OF NIGERIA 2100 D Newshour*. RADIO AUSTRALIA 1900 5 Youth Forum, M Our Cities, T Our Environment, W ('Special service to the Caribbean on 5975, 11675, 1800 0 News; 1805 S -H Pacific Beat (Pacific islands Who Are the Nigerians?, H Listeners' Letters, F Nigerian 15390 kHz.: 2105 M -F Caribbean Report. Special magazine), F Pacific Review, A Best of 'Late Night Live' Scene, A Folktales; 1915 H Wheel of Progress, F service to the Falklands on 11680 kHz.: 2130 T/F (interviews); 1830 F Country Breakfast (rural life). Business Weekly, A Nigerian Newsletter; 1930 S Window Calling the Falklands.) on Abuja, M Perspectives, T African Monarchy, W RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rico Theatre on the Air, H Women and Development, F DEUTSCHE WELLE 1800 S Spiritual Awakening, M Middle East Project, T Weekend Magazine, A Time for Highlife; 1945 5 From 2100 News; 2105 S Hard to Beot (sport), M -F Newslink CounterSpin (media analysis), W Making Contact, H the Bookshelf, T Listeners Letters. Africa, A Religion & Society; 2115 S Inspired Minds, A

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German by Radio; 2130 S Hits in Germany (or) RVi, Belgium Romania, F Practical Guide, A Rodio Pictures; 2335 S Melody Time, M World Music Live, T Arts on the Air, 2230 S Rodio World, M -F News, A Music from Flanders; Listeners' Letterbox, M Performing Arts, T Youth Club, W Living in Germany, H Cool (youth culture), F Focus 2234 M -F Flanders Today (incl.press review, reports & W Partners in a Changing World, F Cultural Survey, A on Folk, A Africa This Week; 2145 W Europe on 'CD of the Week'); 2238 S Tourism in Flanders; 2244 Romanian Itineraries; 2340 M Pages of Romanian Stage. S Brussels 1043 (letters). Literature, T/H Skylark (folk music), W Stage and Screen, F Spectator (voice of the people), A Bucharest RADIO AUSTRALIA WBCQ, Maine Along the Centuries; 2345 M Romanian Hits, W 2100 D News; 2105 F Feedback (letters, station news, on 7415 kHz.: 2200 S Radio Free Euphoria, M ..ean Romanian Musicians, F Romanian Folk Music At Its communications), A Australia All Over (cont'd); 2110 Shepherd, F Pon Global Wireless; 2230 F Pab Best, A DX Mailbag; 2350 S Romanian Folk Music At S -H AM (morning news magazine); 2130 S Country Sungenis Project. Its Best, M Sports Roundup, T Athlete of the Week, W Breakfast (rural life), M Earthbeat (ecology), T 9330 kHz.: 2200 A Allan Weiner Worldwide. Sports Club, H Football Flash, F Sports Weekend. Innovations (new products), W Australia Now, H All in the Mind (the brain), F Music; 2145 A Asia Sunday. WHRI, Indiana RADIO PRAGUE 5745 kHz.: 2200 S DXing with Cumbre. 2330 D News; 2235 S Letter from Prague, M -F Newsview, RADIO JAPAN - NHK WORLD A Insight Central Europe; 2340 S Mailbox, M One on 2100 D News; 2110 S Pop Joins the World, M -F Songs for WRMI, Florida One (interview), T Witness (oral history), W ABC of Everyone, A Weekend Joponology; 2115 M -F Asian 15725 kHz.: 2200 A Shortwave Radio Network Czech (language), H Economic Report, F The Arts; Top News (headlines from region's radio); 2125 M 2350 S Readings from Czech Literature, T Talking Point Japan Music Treasure Box, T Basic Japanese for You, (Czech issues), W Czechs in History or Spotlight W Japan Musicscope, H Brush Up Your Japanese, F 2300 UTC / 6pm E / 3pm P - Page 54 Freqs (travelogue), F Away from Politics (poetry). Music Beat; 2154 A Sights & Sounds of Japan. BBC WORLD SERVICE (am) SWISS RADIO INTERNATIONAL 2330 5/A Swiss Scene, M -F Newsnet; 2335 A Take 2; 1740 RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rica 2300 D The World Today, 2332 A The Intervie. 2100 S Voices of Our World (Moryknoll program), M -F S Culture Zone (the atts-1st/3rd wk) or Out and About (Swiss places-2nd/4th wk), A Sounds Good (Swiss Daily Reading, A Daily Rending (cont'd); 2115 M CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL music-3rd/5th wk); 2345 F Business Spotlight. Disability Radio Worldwide, T -F Freespeech Radio 2300 D News & Reports; 2310 A Report on Developing News; 2130 S UN program, A Continent of Media; Countries; 2315 F Cutting Edge (sci/tech); 2320 A In 2145 S Sneak Peaks, M -F UN Doily News. the Spotlight (cultural magazine); 2330 3 People in the VOICE OF TURKEY Know (China's leading personalities), M Biz China, T 2300 D News; 2310 D Press Review; 2315 S Tunes Spanning Centuries, M Last Week, T Live From Turkey, RADIO PRAGUE China Horizons (Chino outside Beijing), W Voices from W Review of the Foreign Media, H Big Powers & the 2100 D News; 2235 S Letter from Prague, M -F Newsview, Other Lands, H Life in China, F Listeners' Gorden. A Insight Central Europe; 2110 S Mailbox, M One on Armenian Problem, F Archaeological Settlements in Turkey, A Outlook; 2320 M Hues & Colors of Anatolia, One (interview), T Witness (oral history), W ABC of RADIO AUSTRALIA W Letterbox, A The Stream of Love or DX Corner; 2325 Czech (language), H Economic Report, F The Arts; 2300 D News; 2305 F Country Breakfast (rural life), A All SiF Music, H In the Wake of a Contest; 2330 M/A 2120 S Readings from Czech Literature, T Talking Point in the Mind (the brain); 2310 S -H Asia Pacific (regional Music; 2335 S Turks in the Mirror of Centuries, M (Czech issues), W Czechs in History or Spotlight current affairs); 2330 S Business Report, M The (travelogue), F Away from Politics (poetry). Europeans, T Rural Reporter, W The Arts on RA, H The From Past to Present, W Turkey's Off the Beaten Track Sites, H The Culture Parade, F The Travel Itinerary of Buzz (technology issues), F Lingua Franca (about Anatolia, A Turkish Arts. VOICE OF AMERICA, Africa Service language), A Innovations (new products:). 2100 D News; 2106 S/A Jazz America, M American Gold, WBCQ, Maine T Roots and Branches, W Classic Rock, H Top 20, F RADIO AUSTRIA NTERNATIONAL Country Hits. 2305 S/A Insight Central Europe; 2315 M -F Report from 5105 !:Hz.: 2300 M -F Radio Caroline (the original ropirate radio station). Austria; 2325 S/A Listener Letters; 2335 S/A Insight E 7415 kHz.: 2300 W World of Radio, F Pab Sungenis WWCR, Tennessee Central Europe; 2345 M -F Report from Austria; 2355 Project (cont'd), A Rodio Timtron Worldwide; 2330 W 15825 kHz.: 2100 H DX Partyline, 2130 H World of Radio. S/A Listener Letters. Think Tonk North America (the bizarre), H Uncle Ed's Musical Memories, F Wanton Display of Control & WHRI, Indiana RADIO BULGARIA 9495 kHz 2130 A DXing with Cumbre. 2300 D News; 2310 A Views Behind the News, S Folk Disruption. Studio (Bulgarian folk music), M -F Events and Developments (current affairs review); 2320 M Sports; WHRI, Indiana 2200 UTC / 5pm E / 2pm P - Page 54 Freqs 2325 M -F Timeout for Music; 2330 F Bulgarian Plaza 9495 kHz.: 2330 A DXing with Cumbre. (cultural magazine) or Walks and Talks ('nteresting places); 2335 M -F Keyword Bulgaria (Bulgaria and WWCR, Tennessee ALL INDIA RADIO 12160 kHz.: 2300 S Travel Channel Radio. 2200 D News; 2210 D Commentary; 2215 S Women's things Bulgarian), H Answering Your Letters; 2345 M World, M/F Radio Newsreel, T Of Persons, Places & Magazine Economy, T Arts and Artists; W History Club, H The Way We Live, F Radio Bulgaria Calling (for WHRA, Maine Things (1st/3rd wk)/Our Guest (interview-2nd/4th), W 17650 kHz.: 2300 F DXing with Cumbre; 2330 A DXing Book Review (1st)/Window on Science (2nd/4th)/Times radio hobbyists). with Cumbre. & Lives (biography -3rd), H General Talk, A Mainly for Tourists (Ist/3rd)/Indion Cinema (2nd)/On the Export RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL Front (4th); 2225 D Film Tune. 2300 S/A The World This Weekend, M -F The World at 6; 2330 S Inside Track (sports anthologies! M -F As It BBC WORLD SERVICE (am) Happens (interviews with newsmakers), A Madly Off in 2200 D News; 2201 A Play of the Week; 2206 S All Directions. Documentaries, M Health Matters, T Go Digital, W Discovery, H One Planet, F Science in Action; 2232 M RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL Thank Yoil I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (panel game), T Music 2300 S -H Midday Report, F/S News; 2312 F Focus on Review, W/F Westway (drama serial), H The Word Politics, A Th s Week in Parliament; 2333 F The Additional Contributors to This (writers & writings) (exc. last H, World Book Club Sampler (latest CDs), A Spectrum (life in NZ). Month's Shortwave Guide: (discussion)); 2245 W Heart & Soul (beliefs & values), F What's the Problem? (advice). RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rica Make Bamaclough, UK; Wolfgang Bueschel, 2300 S Living Enrichment Center, M Making Contact, TI Germany; Rich D'Angelo, NASWA Flash RADIO AUSTRALIA W/F Peace Watch, H/A TUC Radio; 2330 M Steppin' 2200 D News; 2205 F Asia Pacific (regional current affairs), Out of Boby'on, H Peace Watch, A World of Radio Sheet; Glenn Hauser, Enid, OK, DX Listen- A Correspondents' Report; 2210 S -H AM (morning ing Digest, World of Radio; Jose Jacob news magazine); 2230 F AM Saturday (morning news RADIO ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL VU2JOS, India; Evelyn Marcy/WYFR; magazine), A Music Deli (international); 2240 S -H 2300 D Radio Newsreel; 2310 S Focus, M -F Commentary, Australia Wide (national report); 2254 A -H Perspec'ive A The Week, 2315 S Sunday Studio, M Pro Memoria Anker Petersen, DX Window; Harold Sell- (commentary). (history), T Business Club, W Society Today, H Cards ers, Canada, ODXA/DX Ontario; Larry Van on the Table (debate) or The Romanian Next to You Horn, MT Asst. Editor; Alexander Yeyorov, RADIO FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, Costa Rico (interview), F Challenge for the Future or Terra 2001, 2200 S Honoring Mother Earth: Indigenous Voices, M -F A World of Culture; 2320 M Political Flash, T Ukraine; BBC On Air; BCL News; BCDXC; Democracy Now!, A CounterSpin (media analysis), European Horizons, A RRI Encyclopedia; 2325 S CIDX; Cumbre DX; DXA; DX News; 2230 A Freespeech Radio News (repeat of Fri. Romanian by Radio, M/W/F Business Update, T Fineware; Hard Core DX; NASWA Jour- newscast). Tourist News, H Listeners' Letterbox, A Roots (culture/ traditions); 2330 S Romanian Itineraries, M Pulse of nal; Observer; Worldwide DX Club. Transition, T Mother Nature (ecology), W Visit

November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 61 ILCOM 11111MONITORING MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS 1.0 IT\ Van //orn 111171TanhOM@MOIllformi:Iline,com

Monitoring the Test Pilots

The Air Force Flight Test Centcr (AFFTC) AFFTC Support Fleet and Test Pilot School Table Three: Edwards Callsigns at Edwards Air Force Base, California, aircraft. Table Two is a complete list of squad- is the Air Force Materiel Command ron and other Edward base unit frequencies. Fi- Ground Callsigns (AFMC) center of excellence for research, de- nally, Table Three is a list of ground and aircraft velopment and test and evaluation of aerospace AFFTC Operations CenterCONFORM callsigns for Edwards base units. AFFTC Command Net PONDEROSA systems for the United States and its allies. It SPORT Radar Control Facility R-2515SPORT operates the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and is home to NASA's Dryden Research Cen- Table One: AFFTC Support Fleet/USAF Test Pilot Airborne Callsigns ter and to considerable test activity conducted AFFTC Command EDDIE School Frequency Presets by America's commercial aerospace industry. USAF Test Pilot School COBRA - Normal From the development of the country's first Operations Ch. UHF VHF Use AMMO - Student Crew Solo (No instructor pilot jet aircraft to the Air Force's newest fighter, the 01 269.90116.40 ATIS on board) F-22 Raptor, the test forces at Edwards have 02304.00 CONFORM DRAG - Low Lift/Drag (Shuttle or Lifting Body played a role in virtually every aircraft to enter 03390.10121.80 Edwards Ground approaches) the Air Force inventory since World War II. Control 410 FLTS (F-117) DAGGER The two major organizations carrying out 04318.10120.70 Edwards Tower Pri- 411 FLTS (F-22) RAPTOR 412 FITS (Speckled Trout) TROUT the Center's mission are the 412th Test Wing mary 05272.00132.75 SPORT 416 FLTS (F-16) ZOOM and the 95th Air Base Wing, with their mix of 06335.60134.05 JOSHUA (Isabella) 418 FITS (C-12, C-17, C-141, C-130, T-39) nearly 6,000 service members and government 07322.30126.55 JOSHUA (Owens) ARRIS employees. 08256.80123.95 JOSHUA (Saline) 419 FLTS (B-1, B-2, B-52) TORCH The 412th Test Wing manages the Center's 09291.60120.25 JOSHUA (Panamint) 445 FLTS (F-15, T-38) EAGLE/RICK flight operations programs and functions. In doing 10354.40 Air Refuel 452 FLTS (C-135, C-18) AGAR/RICK 412 Operations Group, Det 2 X-RAY so, it manages all engineering support for manned 11 315.90 Low Level 12 340.20120.15 China Lake Naval Air AFTI AFTI and unmanned aerospace vehicle test programs. WeaponsStation NASA NASA With many different types of planes operated (NID) Tower Northrop TIGER by the 412th aircrews, the Edwards flight line 13290.30126.10JOSHUA (PMD- McDonnell Douglas LITER/DACO/ takes on an almost expeditionary aerospace force Palmdale) POGO look. The aircraft flown here include the B-113, 14317.60123.70Palmdale Production General Electric SPARE Flight Test Installation 9 Operations Group, Det 2 (ACC) ASPEN B-2, B -52H, C- I 2C, C -17A, NKC-135B/3, KC - AF Plant 42 (PMD) 135R, C-135C/E, CV -22B, F-15/A/B/C/D/E, Ni Tower I would like to thank Robert Wyman for F-16A/B/C/D, F -22A, YF-1 I 7A, A/T38AJB/C. 15286.40 MISSION his assistance in preparing this Edwards AFB NT-39A/B, T -39A, T -3A, X -45A, and RQ-4A. 16294.60 MISSION profile. Additionally the Global Hawk unmanned 17297.40 MISSION (Test Pilots aerial vehicle and L-23 glider are tested at Edwards. School) 18262.50 MISSION (Test Pilots The Airborne Laser 747 test platform arrived in Robins AFB, Georgia, School) Airshow Report late 2002 for testing and in 2005 the X-35 Joint 19236.60 Edwards Tower Sec- Strike Fighter aircraft will be tested here. ondary Some of our regular Mi/com southeast mili- The 412th Test Wing programs, develops, 20308.70 Supervisor of Flight/ tary monitors attended the Robins Airshow in operates and maintains engineering technical ser- Tech Assistance September and one of them, Mike Riffle, put vices and facilities to support test- together an excellent aftershow report ing, as well as operates and manages which he shares with MT Milcom read - Table Two: Squadron/Organization Frequencies logistic support. ers below. My additional comments will be offset in brackets. The Test Wing's support -side Flight Test counterpart, the 95th Air Base Wing, Squadron Callsign Primary SecondaryTertiary runs Edwards like a small town, de- Show Frequencies Lima Lima flight team livering a quality of life that makes 410 FLTS Dagger Ops322.700 226.600 123.150 126.200 Show Boss victor (Robins the base a great place to live and work. 411 FLTS Raptor Ops 373.500 139.775 416 FLTS Zoom Ops tower frequency) The Air Base Wing maintains the se- 311.200 418 FLTS Tiger Ops 379.700 288.700 123.150 133.225 Red Talon/Eagles flight curity, roads, buildings, transporta- 419 FLTS Torch Ops team tion and community support services B-1 B 276.650 279.900 143.850 Thunderbird four ship that make the flight -test mission pos- B-52 266.300 383.200 239.350 Thunderbird solos 320.100 Show Boss uniform (Rob- sible. 13-2 324.700 287.200 It provides the housing, ins tower freq) childcare, recreational activities and Voron Ops 315.200 445 FLTS Eagle Ops 351.400 300.800 385.900 376.025 F-15 west coast demon- medical care that affect every person 452 FLTS Aria Ops 267.800 stration team on base. TPS Cobra Ops 297.400 262.500 413.250 Thunderbird ground (re- Table One is a listing of the pre- NASA NASA 4 371.100 135.825 ferred to as comm 1) set VHF/UHF frequencies for the OL-HM X-ray Control290.700 138.000

62 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 Aerial Demonstration Aircraft/Callsigns C -141C65-0225 729AS 19 319.950 [This is one of my notorious C -23B 94-0312 171 AVN spectrum holes] COBB 05 C -130H 84-0205 700AS drop- [Interesting, a NORAD SE ping the US Air Force Academy 20369.000 ROCC tactical frequency] (USAFA) Wings of Blue parachute Ch FrequencyUsage 99RS Callsign: XRAY 27 team (Sunday only) 01 271.600 Dobbins ARB, GA ATIS U -2S 68-10331 EAGLE 01 F-15 west coast demo team air- 02 275.800 Dobbins ARB Ground craft 03 397.200 Dobbins ARB Tower N89PS Pins S -2C Ed Hamill's Dream Ma- 04 126.975 Atlanta Approach/Departure chine aircraft Control N908SP Bell OH -58A Georgia State Pa- 05 119.300 Atlanta Approach/Departure trol helicopter flying traffic control Control RAZOR 22 E -8C 116ACW 06 121.000 Atlanta Approach/Departure RHET 71 KC -135 59-1507 99ARS Control ROGUE 01 C-58 86-0022 339FLTS Flew by 07 134.125 Dobbins ARB Ground Con- himself on Saturday then afor- trolled Approach (GCA) mation flyby on Sunday with a C- 08 372.200 Dobbins ARB Pilot -to -Dis- 130 (88-4402) and C-141 (66- patcher (PTD) 0132) along with two F-15 air- 09 47.000 AA?F OPS [Probably AASF craft in trail. One of the F -15s was Operations for the 1-171 90-0240 and the other may have AVN Company C] been the F-15 aircraft listed be- 10 274.750 Dobbins ARB Pilot -to -Metro low). All were from Robins Air Lo- Service (PMSV) gistics Command (ALC). 11 122.800 Common Traffic Advisory ROGUE ##F -15E 86-0184 445FLT5 Robins Frequency (CTAF) ALC demonstration aircraft 86-0019 436AW this was an ALC STEALTH 81 F-117 49FW C -5B TOIL 35 C -130H 357AS dropping the aircraft on display USAFA Wings of Blue and the E -8C 93-0597 116ACW 421st Quartermaster jump teams EA -6B 160436 VMAQ -1 (Saturday only) F -15E 88-1677 333FS F -16A 75-0745 part of the Cross Into The Blue exhibit Static Displays KC -10A 87-0118 60AMW Callsign: TOGA A -10A 79-0105 47FS had two frequency 79 Inside the cockpit of a C-58 on display (photo cards (below) onboard, both the same. RC -135V 64-14842 38RS hr Mike Riffle) First one was down by the radio, sec- T -37B 64-13443 14FTW Callsign: CUT- ond one was on the left canopy pillar LASS 11 Note: the frequency card There was a C -I4 I parked in a roped off area and was labeled Barksdale. Callsign info was very difficult to see as it was by the static C-5 with tail 60143. According to SWINE 63 sticking out perpendicular from the instrument panel, also the canopy was Scramble that tail crosses to a "scrapyard on D" Ch Frequency not open. aircraft listing. However, this looked very much 01 383.300[917 Wing AFRES Tactical like an active aircraft from the 452AMW, includ- Communications, Barkdale Ch ing engine covers with the March AFB star on AFB, LA] Freqs [Columbus AFB, MS Ground 02 275.800[Barksdale AFB Ground 01 275.800 them. Could this have been the Thunderbirds sup- Control] Control] port aircraft? [Columbus AFB Runway Su- 03 [Barksdale AFB Tower] 02383.100 295.700 pervisor Unit] 04 350.200[Shreveport Approach/De- Robirs ALC Aircraft parture Control] 03289.600 [Columbus AFB Tower] 04 388.200 [In the south I only show the C -5A 69-0023 stripped of paint 05 376.800 [Unknown user/usage] C -5A 70-0452 no engines [Fort Worth ARTCC-Shreve- Atlanta Approach/Departure 06 346.250 for Robins on this frequency, C -5B 86-0025 missing nose cone and en- port, LA RCAG, Approach/ gines Departure Control Services] it is an ATC function frequency C -17A 95-0107 tail sticking out from hanger 07 236.500 [Fort Worth ARTCC-Shreve- for someone] port RCAG Special Use Dis- 05#14.800 [This is surely 314.800 which crete Air Force Training] is Meridian, MS Approach/ And finally,Mike passed along this fabu- 08 298.600 [Claiborne Range R-3801 Departure Control] lous bit of communications humor heard during 06 ###.# Range Control/Operations] the airshow that weekend. He wrote, "As COBB 09 399.800 [Razorback Range R-2402 07 291.#50 [This is surely 291.650 which is a new Columbus AFB Ap- 05 was taxing back in on Sunday, NASC'AR driver Range Control/Operations] proach/Departure Control 10 259.150[Fort Polk Joint Readiness Ricky Rudd's ##21 race car was giving rides down Center/Polk AAF, LA TACCS frequency] one the taxiways. COBB 05 was instructed to Training Net] 08 317.500 [Memphis ARTCC Columbus 'hold short then taxi without delay, traffic is a, uh, RCAG Approach/Departure 11 226.500 [Fort Polk Approach/Depar- Pontiac at your 10 o'clock.' Of course, Rudd ture Control] Control Service] [Lots of choices nothing solid drives a Ford, so that controller should be getting 12 255.400 [FAA Flight Service Stations 09 349.000 - Nationwide] here to point to] some remedial training for misidentifying a Ford [This is a nationwide Air Traf- 13 288.100[Houston ARTCC Alexan- 10257.200 as a Pontiac!" dria, LA RCAG Low/High fic Control Services Com- Thanks to Mike for that great report. And Altitude Sector] mon] [This is a nationwide Air Traf- until next month, 73 and good hunting. 14 278.800[Fort Worth ARTCC MOA 11 256.700 Anne Discrete] fic Control Services Com- [Shreveport Approach/De- mon] 15 327.000 [Columbus AFB 14FTW Su- parture Control] 12 252.100 pervisor of Flying] 11111111111.1. 16 261.300 [Fort Polk Approach/Depar- 1.4.10AL ture Control] 13 338.600 [Columbus AFB Clearance 17-20 No frequencies Delivery] 14 ###.# [This is one of my notorious B -52H 61-0024 96BS 15 301.175 C -130E 63-7814 67SOS? this C-130 really spectrum holes] stood out. A dark gray top with light 16 233.425 [This is one of my notorious grey underside. No markings except spectrum holes] for a subdued USAF 37814 on the tail 17 226.000 [Columbus AFB Approach/ and national insignia on the side. Departure Control] [Lots of choices nothing solid Callsign JAMBO 21 18 393.100 here to point to] Ricky Rudd's Ford "Pontiac"! (tlil,e C-130198-1357 135AS Callsign: WITCH 07

November2003 MONITORING TIMES 63 TRACKING THE TRUNKS

TECHNOLOGY, EQUIPMENT, FREQUENCIES AND NEWS Ow/ l ivHiman [email protected] httplAvuw.signalharborcom The Digital Diversity of APCO-25

Despite all the silence you hear while c used is called Compatible 4 -Level Frequencymulcasting, you may want to wait until Radio listening to police and fire department Modulation (C4FM). When the basic Project 25 Shack has an upgrade for the PRO -96. radio systems, the public safety spec- specifications were being worked out a decade As described in the AugustTracking the trum in many locations is quite full. While ef- ago, C4FM was chosen primarily because it pro- Trunkscolumn, the Radio Shack PRO -96 (built forts are underway to allocate new frequency vides relatively good efficiency without requiring by GRE) was designed to accept updates to the bands, the Federal Communications Commis- equipment manufacturers to produce complex and "DSP Appl ication" portion of the scanner through sion (FCC) has also been pushing to fit more expensive radios. C4FM is designed to operate the use of flash upgrades. This kind of flexibility users in the same amount of space. Their basic within a radio channel that is 12.5 kHz wide. allows production problems and bugs to be cor- plan is to slice up the existing channels into Under the Phase II plan of Project 25, an- rected without the need to buy a new scanner or smaller pieces and require users to operate within other type of QPSK-c modulation called CQPSK replace circuit boards. In this case, an upgrade can those pieces. This is a difficult requirement for (Compatible Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) is also add new features and capabilities. the older analog radios, but the new digital sys- used. It's not all that different from C4FM, but Radio Shack is expected to provide a firm- tems - including APCO Project 25 - are pre- requires a different transmitter and a little more ware update that will give the scanner the ability pared for this eventuality. work on the receive side to make things function to process LSM transmissions. As of this writing correctly. The advantage is that it takes up less there's no release date for such an update, nor APCO-25 Modulation bandwidth than C4FM, allowing two users to fit indication whether there will be a cost involved. The original APCO (Association of Public- where only one did before. There may be a way to have the upgrade done at Safety Communications Officials) Project 25 Because C4FM and CQPSK are so similar, your local Radio Shack store, or to download the specifications, now a decade old, spelled out two the intent was that same basic receiver hardware upgrade from Radio Shack's web site. We'll keep phases for radio operation. Phase I operates in could properly handle both Phase I (12.5 kHz) you posted as we get more details. channels that are 12.5 kHz wide, which is the and Phase II (6.25 kHz) channels. This means No word yet from Uniden on a fix for their current FCC requirement. However, because the that with modern digital signal processing (DSP) scanners, although they have a new pair of scan- FCC wants to pack more users into the limited technology, the same scanner hardware should be ners in the works to compete with the PRO -96. spectrum available, they'd like to eventually have able to handle both types of modulation. everyone using radio channels that are 6.25 kHz New Uniden Scanner wide, or half as much as before. To meet this 0 Digital Simulcasting There's a rule of thumb in the software busi- requirement, Project 25 defined Phase II to op- As the new APCO-25 scanners make :heir ness: "Never buy revision 1.0," meaning don't erate within 6.25 kHz wide channels. way into hobbyist's hands, there are reports that buy a product when it's first produced, since it's APCO-25 uses a modulation process called they don't work correctly while monitoring some likely to have bugs. It takes time to iron out bugs QPSK-c, which stands for Quadrature Phase simulcast systems.(Simulcastjust means that the and integrate new features. This happened to the Shift Keying, continuous. Modulation is just a same information is transmitted from more than Pontiac Fiero in the 1980s, which was famous for fancy word for the process of carrying informa- one repeater at the same time, allowing users across production problems early in its life. On the other tion content over some kind ofcarriersignal. a wide geographic area to all hear the same mes- hand, if no one ever bought revision 1.0 there would The transmitter superimposes the information sages.) The symptoms are mainly the inability never be revision 1.1. onto the carrier, and the receiver removes the hear an entire transmission. The first second or In any case, Uniden is circulating pre-re- carrier and reproduces the information. Every- two of voice is heard, which then trails off to lease information about a pair of enhanced scan- day AM (Amplitude Modulation) and FM (Fre- silence. ners to correct some of the shortcomings of the quency Modulation) radios tune to a carrier sig- To add to your list of acronyms, there is current 250D and 785D digital scanners. The nal and retrieve the audio information sent by another type of modulation scheme that's used new 296D (handheld) and 796D (base/mobile) the radio station. with some multi -site Project 25 systems. Linearscanners are very similar to the 250D and 785D, For Phase I systems, the version of QPSK- Simulcast Modulation (LSM) is a trademarked but will have the ability to track digital trunked APCO -25 Modulation term for a form of CQPSK that provides a way systems that use a 9600 -baud control channel. Ibr receivers to properly handle multiple identical Also, a digital decoder card will be included- transmissions. It's just different enough that the current scanners require the purchase of a sepa- regular C4FM processing doesn't work correctly. rate card (the BCi25D) in order to handle APCO- Because no Phase II systems are currently in 25 systems. 12.5 kHz -4, operation, the developers at Uniden and GRE So far there is no exact release date, although didn't expect an immediate need to handle this it's expected to be available in early 2004. Price is C4FM type of modulation. However, several municipali- rumored to be around a thousand dollars, although ties are using LSM/CQPSK modulation for si- no official list price has been forthcoming. mulcast, including Phoenix and Mesa in Arizona; the greater Twin Cities area of Minnesota;O Rapides Parish, Louisiana CQPSK CQPSK Hamilton County in southwest Ohio; and Austin Dear Dan. and Travis County in Texas. In the July 2003Tracking the Trunks col- If you live near any of these areas, or moni- umnyou requested Talk Group IDs for Rapides 4-6.25 kHz-04-6.25 kHz tor systems that are "pure" APCO-25 with si- Parish, Louisiana. This is a Motorola Type II

64 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 system using frequencies 855.7125: 855.9625; There is a private TRS in the area using Some Cleveland talkgroups: 856.7125; 856.9375; 857.7125; 857.9375;frequencies 853.3375; 856.1125: 856.5375; 857.1125; 857.5375; 858.5375: and 859.5375. 48 003 Citywide 1 858.2625; 858.7125; 858.9375: 859.2625; 80 005 Citywide 2 859.7125; 859.9375: 860.2625; 860.7125; and Thanks to guidance fmm Larry Van Horn, and 144 009 Public Safety Common 860.9375 MHz. the FCC web site.Ihave discovered that this 208 OOD Fireground Ops 1 All Talk Gmup Identifiers for the parish system is licensed to Tower Communications of 240 OOF Fireground Ops 2 changed early in 2003; thus I've had some home- Alexandria, Louisiana. They, in turn, contract 272 011 Fireground Ops 3 work to do. (Thank you for motivating me to out the system to area businesses. The following 304 013 Fireground Ops 4 336 015 Fireground Ops 5 finally learn the ID Scan List.feature on my scan- is nearly all of the active talkgroups. with some 368 017 Fireground Ops 6 ners. Monitoring this way is a whole lot easier) confirmations: 400 019 Fire Prevention Bureau Here is a list of some of the more frequent IDs: 592 025 Fire Alerts 16 Kay Radio and Electronics 688 026 Fire Dispatch RapidesParish Sheriff's Office 144 15344 Sheriff - Dispatch 272 3472OD9 Airport Fire/Rescue 1 15376 Sheriff - Tac 1 464 35040DB Airport Fire/Rescue 2 15400Sheriff - Tactical 720 3536ODD Airport Fire/Rescue 3 15472 Dept. of Corrections 1104 15536Dept. of Corrections 1232 4976137 Police 15568Dept. of Corrections 1344 510413F Police 1st District 15632 Sheriff - Tac 2 1360 Hixson Autoplex 5136 141 Police 2nd District 16240 2128 5168143 Police 3rd District 16272 2384 5200145 Police 4th District 16400 2448 Newschannel 5 5232147 Police 5th District 16432 Comm Interagency 3280 5264149 Police 6th District 4240 City of Alexandria Police 4368 Even though your scanner won't work with 15856 Police "A" 8736 40976 the VSELP transmissions, if you have a suffi- 15888 Dispatch ciently fast connection to the Internet you can Dispatch 2 41024 15920 listen to a live "web feed" by following the links 15952 Police "2" 41040 41104 at http://www.cleveland.com/policescanner/. City of Pineville 41136 12272 Police 41216Cabrini Outpatient Services (most Pelham, New Hampshire 12304 Dispatch 2 active channel!) 41248 My town, Pelham, New Hampshire, just City of Ball 41296 went to APCO-25 digital. 1 just bought a Radio 2320 Comm Center 41376 Shack digital trunking scanner, the PRO -96. Now 2384 Tac 41408 I need the codes they are using. Can you be of 2416 Fire Department any help? I will continue to monitor this sytem to ob- - Mike in NH City of Lecompte tain a more complete list of users. 2640 Police One tip for the scanner enthusiast: A city Pelham is a town of about 11,000 people in 2672 Tac map and a telephone book are great tools to 2704 Fire Department Hillsborough County, on the Southern edge of make your Talkgroup ID confirmations. New Hampshire just across the border from City of Woodworth I hope that this information will be of use to Massachusetts. For many years Pelham has 3184 Comm Center used VHF frequencies for public safety; police - Bill in Pineville, Louisiana City of Cheneyville transmission on 154.770 MHz from a tower on 9744 Comm Center Marsh Road and fire dispatches on 158.745 MHz Cleveland, Ohio from Jeremy Hill Road. England Air Park I was curious as to whether the Pro -96 will As far as my records go, Pelham continues 13296 Security he able to receive the city of Cleveland digital to use these frequencies. However, the nearby 13360 Grounds radio system, which is not APCO-25 compliant. city of Nashua, New Hampshire, is using a Any information would he appreciated. Thank Parish Fire/Rescue Motorola ASTRO system with analog and digi- 3856 Comm Center Fire District #2 You. tal traffic on the following frequencies: 866.0500, 12432 Pineville Dispatch - Larry in Ohio 866.6000, 866.7750, 866.9750, 867.3625, 12784Alexandria Dispatch 867.5500, 867.7500, 868.2625, 868.4500 and 12816Alexandria mobiles Like Memphis, Tennessee, the city of 868.5125 MHz. 13072 Cleveland uses Motorola digital radios - but they Alexandria City Services do not follow the APCO Project 25 standard. DecimalHexDescription 8016 Alexandria Transit Authority (ATRANS) The digital voice is done through an older vo- 8336 209Highway Traffic 8048 ADA Van Service coder (voice encoder/decoder) called VSELP 16784 419Greater Nashua Transit Buses Building Services 32784 801Fire Dispatch 8240 (Vector Sum Excited Linear Prediction) instead Fire Operi:itions 13840 Electric 32816 803 of the IMBE (Improved Multi -Band Excitation) 32976 80DEmergency Medical Services 13872 Gas vocoder specified in the APCO-25 standard. Since 13904 Water 49168 CO1Police 13936Wastewater there is currently no consumer scanner that can 13968 Parks process VSELP, you won't be able to hear digi- I fany readers have more information about 14000 Utility (Meter Servicing) tal transmissions on the PRO -96. the Pelham radio system, please drop me a line! 14032 Cleveland's system uses the following fre- That's all I have room for this month. Please 14064 Motor Pool quencies: 851.0125, 851.1375, 851.1875, e -mw! questions, comments, and frequency lists 851.3375,852.0125, 14096 851.2375,851.2875, to dan(a monitoringtimes.com, and you can find 14128 Traffic Signals 852.1375,852.1875,852.2375,852.2875, 14160 Streets 852.3375,853.0125,853.1375,853.1875, more information on my web site at http:// 14192 Animal Shelter 853.2375,853.2875,853.3375,854.1375, www.signalharbor.com. Until next month, 14224 854.1875,854.2375,854.2875,854.3375, happy monitoring! 14256 Sanitation 855.1375,855.1875,855.2375,855.2875 and 855.3375 MHz.

November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 65 THE FED FILES A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS /.curtl an lion?, .V5Flitt larryvanhorn@ mondoringiimes.com

NASA Callsigns

While prowling the net for frequency WPBA230 - WPBA244 tal radios in the future. Analog radios will be re- and callsign information recently, I Goddard Space Flight Center placed during normal replacement cycles. stumbled upon a great list of Na- WPBA245 - WPBA259 Jet Propulsion Laboratory WPBA260 - WPBA274 One additional note for federal monitors: The tional Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center WPBA275 - WPBA289 Departments of Agriculture and Interior have pro- (NASA) callsigns, along with a writeup about how Kennedy Space CenterWPBA290 - WPBA304 hibited the use of Family Radio Service (FRS) they are assigned. Langley Research Center WPBA305 - WPBA319 radios. FRS radios cannot be used by anyone as- Blocks of callsigns are allotted to NASA Glenn Research Center WPBA320 - WPBA335 sociated with federal wildland fire/incidents.This Marshall Space Flight Center Centers and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for includesagency. military. and contractorperson- assignment by the Federal Communications Com- WPBA336 - WPBA350 Stennis Space Center WPBA351 - WPBA365 nel. mission (FCC) through the NASA National Spec- Wallops Flight Facility WPBA366 - WPBA380 trum Program Manager, who in turn allots them Applicable only to land mobile radio sys-ems US Government Comms in in groups to each Center or JPL Spectrum Man- operations, i.e. repeater operations. France ager. The Center Spectrum Manager assigns these We have a new reporter this month from callsigns, as required, to all frequency users at the 4. Monitoring the NIICD France who identifies himself as "Pizza Waves." Center or JPL, including commercial contractors. Some of the more exciting communications For special requirements or when there's a He passes along the following report on US gov- in the VHF/UHF spectrum involve the govern- ernment frequencies in Paris, France. shortage of basic callsigns, any assigned basic ment agencies who fight wildfires and forest fires. callsign may be expanded by suffixing any letter The National Interagency Incident Communica- 444.4875FM simplex (no encryption), secu- (A - Z) or any number (including zero), and may tions Department acts as a clearing house for these rity service embassy US (marines consist of more than one digit. activities. Here is a list of the NIICD frequencies guard or diplomatic SS?) Callsigns to each NASA Center used by air assets. : Charlie and Delta and JPL are shown below. 464.4875 FM simplex (no encryption) Ameri- NIICD National Air Frequencies can security service (not US em- Experimental Callsigns 122.850 National Civil Air (AM) frequencies bassy) Callsigns: Tango and Delta Glenn Research Center NA2XAA - NA2XGZ (Air-to-air, air -to -ground, rotor wing) Dryden Flight Research Center 122.925 National Civil Air (AM) frequencies Thanks, PW,and we look forward to future NA2XHA - NA2XOZ (Air-to-air, air -to -ground, fixed and rotor wing) reports. Langley Research Center NA2XPA - NA2XZZ 122.975 National Civil Air (AM) frequencies Ames Research CenterNA3XAA - NA3XGZ (Air-to-air, rotor wing) Goddard Space Flight Center 123.025 National Civil Air (AM) frequencies r More APCO Project -25 NA3XHA - NA3X0Z (Air-to-air, air -to -ground, rotor wing) Comms NASA Headquarters NA3XPA - NA3XRZ 123.050 National Civil Air (AM) frequencies We continue to receive increasingly more mail Jet Propulsion Laboratory NA3XSA - NA3XZZ (Air -to -ground, rotor wing) Marshall Space Flight Center 123.075 National Civil Air (AM) frequencies regarding the federal government's use of the NA4XAA - NA4XEZ (Air-to-air, air -to -ground, rotor wing) APCO Project 25 standards.Fed Filesregular re- Stennis Space Center NA4XFA - NA4XJZ 166.675 Air Tactics (FM) Air-to-air and air -to -ground observations. Kennedy Space Center NA4XVA - NA4XZZ 167.950 Air Tactics (FM) Air-to-air and air -to -ground 165.950 MHz P-25 168.625 Air Guard Frequency (Air-to-air initial HF Callsigns contact; emergency ground -to -air communi- "I just heard an extensive conversation on NASA Headquarters KHA900 - KHA904 cations; and initial call, recall and redirection.) this frequency using P25 digital, but not encrypted Ames Research CenterKHA905 - KHA909 168.650 National Flight Following (Flight fol- between a mobile unit and 'Salem Base.' Both Dryden Flight Research Center lowing, dispatch, and/or redirection of aircraft; were hitting the Portland repeater very nicely and KHA910 - KHA914 air -to -ground and ground -to -air administrative were commenting on how good the new radio sys- Goddard Space Flight Center traffic.) This frequency is not authorized for tem seems to be working and complimenting the KHA915 - KHA919 ground -to -ground traffic. Jet Propulsion Laboratory KHA920 - KHA924 169.150 Air Tactics (FM) Air-to-air and air -to -ground but didn't mention if it was on the same frequency Kennedy Space Center KHA930 - KHA934 169.200 Air Tactics (FM) Air-to-air and air -to -ground Glenn Research Center KHA940 - KHA944 170.000 Air Tactics (FM) Air-to-air and air -to -ground "1just heard the local (Portland, OR) Fed- KHA945 - KHA949 Stennis Space Center KHA950 - KHA954 Andwhile we are on the subject of the eral Protection Service dispatcher telling someone Wallops Flight Facility KHA955 - KHA959 NIICD, according to their official website, this that 'We don't have digital at our end...,' but I did Spare Call Signs KHA960 - KHA969 not hear any mobile unit trying to call in digital. agency will change all the national cache radios to Applicable only to fixed operations They may have been trying from another region narrowband analog for the 2004 fire season. Ra- and the dispatcher was just keying up everyone VHF/UHF dios will remain wideband analog in 2003. And Callsigns in response, but the fact that they were talking NASA Headquarters WPBA200 - WPBA214 some good news for owners of the new digital about digital modes may mean they are moving Ames Research CenterWPBA215 - WPBA229 scanners: The NIICD will only purchase P25 digi- Dryden Flight Research Center that direction. Also heard today several units check -

66 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 ing in with 'newly issued radios...,' so they may system is somehow unique in requiring multiple conversation until it was through and not hop over be going digital..." repeaters inputs or outputs for its operation. Pub- to another frequency as you might expect on a lic safety radio systems around the country are trunked system. When I was able to catch an San Diego Area Fed Communications using the same digital modes without any unusual unencrypted radio talking with an encrypted ra- Also, Chris had a chance to spend some time requirements for multiple simultaneous repeat- dio, the back -and -forth communications would down in the San Diego area and report on some of ers. However those of us who are old enough to stay on that frequency for the duration. the interesting communications being monitored remember the older INS radio system, which did "So, here are the frequencies that I found by area members via the Fedcom newsgroup. Here have repeaters feeding into other repeaters, one active with digital communications during my are some of Chris' observations. could often hear an INS patrol unit talking into searches, along with any notes on what was heard. "First off I do not believe that this system four or five repeaters at the same time for wide - P25 means unencrypted APCO Project 25 com- is running any kind of exotic digital mode other area coverage. pliant digital communications; ENC means en- than Motorola ASTRO IMBE, APCO Project 25 "Even with the previously mentioned crypted P25 digital communications." (My com- compliant digital. I monitored these frequencies Fedcom frequency posts, I can only confirm about ments will be in brackets as noted-LVH.) with the BC -250D scanner with the APCO-25 40 or so active frequencies that I believe are part Chris is planning on making further trips to digital board, and heard both clear P25 and/or en- of this San Diego area system. I could not confirm the area to see what else he can find. I have a nice crypted P25 digital on all these listed frequencies. that many different frequencies were all activated shopping list I am preparing for him and if anyone I have looked into the 'Seneca' encryption that with one input. I was searching through the listed else in the San Diego area has some info they want has been mentioned by some of the San Diego frequencies and when one came up active, I did to share we will be happy to present it here. reporters, but the Motorola and Harris press in- not hear others come up at the same time. Also, Finally, I would like to thank all of our re- formation seems to describe 'Seneca' as the model when one frequency did become active, that fre- porters this month for their contributions to the name of the new line of radios, not a digital en- quency seemed to stay active with that particular column. Until next time - 73 and good hunting. cryption standard, (There is a European project involving Motorola called SENECA, but it in- San Diego Area Frequencies volves voice recognition in automobiles). "Second, I can't be sure this is a trunked 143.2750 P25 Milita -y, probably not part of "Justice System" system. I searched from one end of the VHF spec- 162.7000 ENC [Noth.ng in my files natiorwide, new narrowband frequency alloca- trum to the other and was never able to hear any- tion] thing that even remotely sounded like trunking 162.8500 ENC [INS paired with 165.825] ENC [INS] control data, or any other kind of data (other than 163.6500 165.0625 ENC [U.S. Army allocation, probably the California National Guard, see DES on known Customs frequencies or paging 1 73.4625] data). I tried all the frequencies that were posted 165.8250 ENC [INS paired with 162.975] as 'controllers,' but never heard a peep. I did do 165.8750 ENC [INS sometimes paired wih 168.975] searches in very small steps, as recent posts from 165.8875 ENC Busy [New splinter frequency, nothing in my files nationwide] Busy ATF simplex] left coast seem to indicate some strange channel 165.9125 ENC 166.8750 ENC [National Park Service in California] steps might be used (165.270 and 172.020 and 166.9125 Unencrypted heard [US Fish and Wildlife Sery ce Nationwide] 172.030 were listed), but nothing unusual was 166.9500 ENC [US Geologic Survey in California] found. 167.1500 ENC Strong at Mission Valley [Bureau of Reclamation repo-tedly in Califor- "I searched the bands using several radios, nia and Interior/NPS in other parts of the US] including the BC250D, the Optoelectronics 167.2250 ENC [FBI] Strong at Mission Valley FBI reportedly used in San Francisco and Optocomm radio and an Alinco DJX-I O. I also 167.2375 ENC Sacramento] sat a various locations around the San Diego 167.3625 ENC Busy 'FBI reportedly used ii Los Angeles and Sacramento] County area, including Point Loma, Cabrillo Na- 167.3750 ENC Busy [FBI] tional Monument area, Mission Valley, El Cajon 167.5250 P25 Unen:rypted digital heard [FBI] and the Alpine area. Again, no sign of any trunking 167.6000 ENC [FBI] data was heard. 167.7250 ENC [FBI] [FBI reportedly used in Los Angeles and Sacramento) "Another interesting question is the sheer 167.7875 ENC 168.5000 P25/ENC Suspected Border Patrol P25 [US Coast Guard Law enforcement re- number of frequencies that seem to be used. In peater system with inputs at 165.3125 and 164.300] preparation for this trip,Istarted a spreadsheet 168.8250 P25 Unencrypted digital heard [INS paired with 162.875[ of the frequencies that had been posted to Fedcom. 169.3000 P2 5 Transportation Security Administration repeater input at Lindbergh Field Although I'm sure I only caught some of the posts, 169.6375 ENC [New splinter frequencies, nothing in my files nationwide] P25/ENC Unencrypted digital heard :New splinter frequency, nothing in my files there were close to 200 unique frequencies listed. 170.0625 nationwide] The major technical benefit of using a trunk radio 170.6750 ENC Busy INS] system is the efficient use of radio spectrum. You 170.7500 P25 Unencrypted digital heard [US Marshal Service] are supposed to be able to fit maximum users in 170.9125 ENC [New splinter frequencies, nothing in my files nationwide] minimum radio frequencies. If the system reported 171.1750 ENC [FBI reported in San Diego! in the San Diego is trunked, it would appear to be 171.2625 ENC Busy IFBI in San Diego] 171.3375 ENC [Transportation Departmert - Federal Highway Administration in Cali- going the wrong way -a maximum number of fornia and US Coast Guard District 11] frequencies with an apparently small number of 171.4375 ENC [New splinter frequencies, nothing in my files nationwide] agencies! 171.5125 ENC Busy ;NASA nationwide] "I will freely admit that I have no idea of 171.6375 ENC [NASA nationwide] how this system is set up as far as inputs, out- 172.0250 ENC [National Park Service] puts, transmitter locations, and channels. There 172.2875 ENC [US Forest Service outside California] 172.4000 ENC Busy [US Forest Service, Region 5] are many active frequencies that seem to be in- 172.5125 P25/ENC Busy !US Department of Agriculture nationwide] volved in this, but since they are mostly encrypted 172.9000 P25 Transportation Security Administration repeater output at Lindbergh and the users or purposes can't really be discerned, Field it's still a guessing game. 173.3500 P25 Unencrypted digital heard [Nothing in my files nationwide] "I can confirm that some of the unencrypted 173.4500 P25/ENC Confirmed Border Patrol in P25 [U.S. Army allocation, probably the California National Guard, see communications that were monitored sounded like 173.4625 ENC 165.0625] Immigration Service operations. But since I heard 173.6625 ENC [Variety of users nationwice: NASA, VA, Air Force and Army] only ASTRO IMBE digital communications, I 173.9750 ENC Busy [The only user I have for this one is the National Weather honestly don't think that the digital part of the Service in Texas

November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 67 AMERICAN BANDSCAN THE WORLD OF DOMESTIC BROADCASTING Ihmg Smith, 11941 [email protected]

IBOC and LPFM Status

Back in July I wrote a few notes about The primary means for speeding up the pro- Santa4g. IBOC (In Band On Channel) digital ra- cess appears to involve the opening of a settle- dio. At the time, the original "PAC" ment period for mutually -exclusive groups of compression scheme faced serious problems. Criti- LPFM applications. "Mutually -exclusive" appli- cal listeners heard serious compression artifacts cations are groups of applications of which any in IBOC-FM, and even many non -critical listen- one can be granted without causing interference to ers thought IBOC-AM sounded worse than ana- existing stations, but if more than one is granted log. The whole transition went on hold. they will interfere with each other. For example, (Data compression is necessary to make digi- group #89 includes three applications for 97.1 tal radio possible within the bandwidth available. MHz: To oversimplify, compression works by calculat- ing what parts of the audio your hearing isn't Polka Appreciation Society, Dane, Wisconsin sensitive to, and removing them from the Lake City Church, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin bitstream.) St. Raphael Educational Association, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin In mid -August, Ibiquity Digital Radio announced a new compression scheme or "codec". KKOB-770's nighttime directional pattern There are a total of 95 such groups involving Engineers who've heard the new scheme say HDC 285 applications. These applicants had until the 1260, and KVSF-1400). Santa Fe may be the works much better than the original PAC system. end of October to amend their applications to only city in the U.S. to have four AM stations, Radio World magazine reports all the IBOC re- eliminate the exclusivity - to make all applica- none of which use directional antennas! ceiver makers have been using programmable inte- tions in a group grantable without interference. For a highly -technical but valuable educa- grated circuit chips in their receivers, so IBOC This can be done by moving transmitters further tion on AM propagation, take a look at Tho- receivers can be reprogrammed to handle the im- apart - by changing frequency - or by time-shar- mas Giella's "KN4LF HF/MF Radio Propaga- proved codec. ing agreements. The FCC statement said: "This tion Theory Notes" on http://www.kn4lf.com/ Radio World suggests there are still prob- settlement opportunity could rapidly push the kn4118.htm. Thomas also operates a "KN4LF lems with IBOC-AM, though. As I'm sure most total number of outstanding LPFM authorizations 7 Day HF/MF Radio Propagation Outlook" readers know, the FCC is not authorizing night- to over one thousand by year end." on http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf6.htm. time IBOC-AM, due to adjacent -channel inter- The operator of an unlicensed FM station in ference issues. The magazine suggests the inter- Bits and Pieces New York City has been fined $10,000. Rev. ference complaints received from adjacent -chan- Yvon Louis was caught operating without a nel stations once IBOC begins deployment will Monte Carroll WC4MBC here in Nashville has had interesting results with a long-wire an- license on 93.7 MHz in November 2001. He put another brake on digital AM. I suppose that closed the 93.7 station - only to show up again wouldn't surprise most DXers, either! The maga- tenna. For years, he used a 300 -foot long-wire pointed northwest. It worked great, but was on 88.1. Upon being caught for this operation, zine makes mention of the European DRM short- he popped up instead on 90.1 - and then back ugly and inconvenient. So he restrung it, going wave digital system - though also noting that it to 88.1. Claims on Louis' part that the trans- 150 feet north from his r -floor window to an doesn't allow simultaneous analog and digital mitter was a legal Part 15 operation weren't broadcasts on the same frequency. That would be 8 -foot pole; then another 150 feet north to a 30 -ft -high tree limb, then straight down to a borne out by Commission measurements. Note a deal -killer in the U.S.. that there are legal stations in New York on On a vaguely related note, Ibiquity has an- terminating resistor and ground rod in a creek bed. It was a failure - "Lots of noise." When 93.9 (WNYC-FM), 89.9 (WKCR-FM), and in nounced KFUO-AM (850) in St. Louis has begun nearby Newark, New Jersey, on 88.3 (WBGO). IBOC operation. KFUO belongs to the Lutheran the antenna broke in a storm, Monte reposi- tioned the north end over a lower limb, only If nothing else, Rev. Louis' choice of frequen- Church and carries religious programs. It's one of cies left much to be desired! a small number of "limited time" stations, operat- about 10 feet high. It works perfectly. On the legal side of things, an application Most radio stations operate only one trans- ing from St. Louis sunrise until sunset at the Class has been granted to reactivate 1250 kHz in Ot- A station on the frequency (KOA Denver). No mitter on a frequency at a time. KKOB-770 Albuquerque is an exception. They're required tawa, Ontario. This was the frequency of the mention is made of IBOC on KFUO-FM, a clas- Radio -Canada station CBOF until it moved to to protect WABC New York with a deep null sical -music station that could probably make bet- 90.7FM. The new station proposes educational ter use of digital! in their directional antenna pattern.Unfortu- nately, the city of Santa Fe lies within that null; and entertainment programs for children, in KKOB's main transmitter cannot be heard in French. It'll use 1,000 watts daytime, 100 watts Low Power FM Settlement night. CJYE near Toronto (also on 1250 kHz) Santa Fe at night. (See the map. Santa Fe is the National Public Radio reports FCC Chair- city at the upper right.) objected to the choice of frequency and sug- man Michael Powell is planning on stepping up gested the new station use 1450 instead; pend- So, they installed a 230 -watt "synchronous" the issuance of LPFM permits. The Commission relay transmitter, also on 770, in Santa Fe. ing approval by the Department of Industry has taken some heat over excessive consolidation the new station may indeed choose a different Patrick Griffith visited the relay transmitter site of media ownership, and apparently Powell feels frequency. and confirmed the relay only operates at night. loosening up on LPFM will allievate some of these It shares a single tower with the other three Write me at 7540 Highway 64 West, concerns. Santa Fe AM stations (KSWV-810, KTRC- Brasstown NC 28902-0098, or by email to [email protected]. Good DX!

68 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 OUTER LIMITS THE CLANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THE UNLICENSED George Zeller [email protected]

FM Pirate Radio Free Cascadia

During the late 1990s Radio Free stations that could be heard on the shortwave Captain Morgan- Typical rock music and pi- Cascadia operated from time to time bands. rate advocacy format. (None, asks for reports on the Free Radio Network) as an FM pirate on 98.5 MHz in the The first shortwave broadcast club in the Grasscutter Radio- Rock music pirate. At times Eugene, Oregon, area. In March 2001 the station world for DXers was the International Short the announcer omits the "radio" part of the ID. suffered a bust by the Federal Communications Wave Club. It was founded in the Klondyke neigh- (Uses [email protected] e-mail) Commission. But, in September. during the con- borhood of East Liverpool, OH, by Arthur J. Fookin Slob Net- Well, some pirate finally bor- ference of the World Trade Organization in Green. For several years your editor has been rowed a pejorative term from various stations' Cancun. Mexico, DXers were startled to hear looking for a photo of Arthur J. Green, who was programming and has created a new ID from it. Little is known about this one yet. (None, but Radio Free Cascadia return to the air. This the "Bob Grove plus Glenn Hauser" of his day. may be related to WHYP) time the station was widely heard all over North Veteran DXer Jerry Berg has discovered that the Ironman Radio- Rock music. (Belfast) America, 15,045 kHz shortwave. February 10, 1930, edition of Radio Design KIPM-Alan Maxwell's elaborate existential dra- Pirate and/or clandestine radio stations are magazine nominated Green "for the position of mas. (Elkhorn) commonly operated by political protesters at champion shortwave listener of the world." KPSA- New one during the late summer. Their slogan is "all PSA's, all the time," sometimes Green's qualifications were that he had heard 65 various World Trade Organization meetings. even in Morse code, but it remains to be seen Although operations of Radio Free Cascadia foreign shortwave stations. He had QSL verifi- if this was a one-shot effort. (unknown) ceased when the WTO meeting in Cancun ended, cations from 44 of them. Obviously there are KROW- poetry and other material from the movie this piece of information is worth remembering hundreds of MTreaders who have now exceeded "Crow," apparently accounting for its call let- when the next WTO conference is organized. Green's DXing totals of 1930. ters. (Elkhorn) In the meantime, if you would like to see Better yet, the issue discovered by Jerry Lubavitcher Radio- This odd fundamentalist Jewish station continues to be heard from time more about Cascadia, their mission statement Berg's includes a photo of Arthur J. Green. Af- to time by listeners on the east coast, using a remains up on the internet at the http:// ter 75 years, we need to medium wave frequency of 1710 kHz. (None) www.efn.org/-radio985/statement.html memorialize both the Oxycontin Radio- Recreational drug advocacy. URL. Both the shortwave clandestine and pioneering work of Recent shows mixed ragtime piano music in FM pirate versions of this station have been Green's International with the drug commercials. (none) Short Wave Club, and Polka Radio?- Several MT contributors logged opposed to capitalist corporate domination an u-iidentified station playing polka music dur- of the world's financial structure. During the the pioneering Journal- ing the late summer. Polka Radio may have special clandestine broadcast, Cascadia also ism of Radio Design made a reappearance, but no one had a clear mentioned other web sites, such as that of magazine. Without the and definite ID. (Unclear) the Radio Project "Making Contact" program long -forgotten work of Radio Cochiguaz- Cachito's South American at http://www.radioproject.org/ on the Green and the ISWC, we pirate radio operations, commonly on 11430 kHz. (Santiago) internet. would probably not be "tc , Partial India Radio- Parody of All India Radio There was immediate speculation that the reading Monitorihg Times magazine today. with humor and comedy sketches. (Providence) embattled Radio for Peace International in More information on the history of the In- Purple Nucleus of Creation- Psychedelic and Costa Rica might have something to do with the ternational Short Wave Club in Klondyke and space music. (Elkhorn) Cascadia broadcast. But, despite some announce- East Liverpool. OH, is available on the short- Radio Piraria International- Among the best ments during the transmission that they were in wave section of your editor's web site, found at heard of the South American pirates, this one is sometimes heard direct from South America, solidarity with RFPI, there has been no defini- http://www.nacs.nett--georgez. but, interestingly, it sometimes it uses tive proof of this. Nevertheless, given the fre- Europirate relays. (Santiago) quency and propagation conditions, itis pos- O What We Are Hearing Ragnar Radio- Rock music and pirate radio sible that RFPI and Cascadia had some relation- At least half of the pirates that our readers advocacy. Sometimes instigate two-way ham - ship for the duration of these special clandestine reported this month have moved down to what radio style QSO conversations over the air with broadcasts. The definitive transmitter site had other pirates. (Uses [email protected] is starting to become a new "standard frequency" e-mail) not been pinned down by the deadline for this for North American pirate broadcasts. Many Shadow Radio- Mixes rock oldies and novelty month's Monitoring Times, but this is often the pirates have given up on 6955 kHz as a result of music with replays of old-time radio detective case with ambiguous clandestine transmitter interference from Peruvian broadcast stations and dramas from "The Shadow" program. Also sites. Cascadia did announce an e-mail address utility transmissions. So, if you sit down at your uses WSDW call letters. (Uses at r/[email protected] for those who would like to the [email protected] e-mail) receiver in an attempt to find pirates. 6925 kHz Sunshine Radio- Rock oldies format overshad- send in reception reports. is now the place to start. owed by the odd accent in which the announcer If you sent in material to us, but do not see gives station IDs, sometimes making it diffi- + Arthur J. Green Found your name acknowledged here, you were a vic- cult .o understand the "Sunshine" name. (None, Back in the 1920s many of the shortwave tim of last summer's "Worm" incident. but some replies have resulted via the grasscutterrodiogyahoo.com e-mail address) Our readers heard all of these North Ameri- broadcasting stations in the world were, techni- Sycko Radio- Not as active as earlier in 2003; cally, pirates by modern definitions, given the can pirate broadcasters this month, despite thun- eclectic formats and their own professionally fact that many nations had not yet established derstorms and the big summer power failure. All produced jingles. (Still none) regulatory mechanisms for broadcasting. But, pirates operate on a sporadic schedule, but short- back in those chaotic pioneer days of radio, DXers wave pirate broadcasting increases noticeably Oa:filmed on page -3 were already searching for information on the on weekends and during major holiday periods.

November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 69 SATELLITE SERVICES MT TRANSPONDER GUIDE www.monitortiornies.com/mtss:.html Robert .cottitherN All Frequencies MHz tobertsmathers(ii ntonitoringtitnes.cioni

24(V) 4180 International Channel, TV5, Chi- 20(H) 4100 CBS network feeds (digital) Amerkom Amerkom-3 nese Central TV (digital) 21(V) 4120 Occasional video / CBS network feeds (occasional) Ku -Band - 87 degrees West longitude 22(H) 4140 Occasional video / CBS network 1(H) 11720 Data Transmissions Panamsat Galaxy 11 feeds (occasional) 2(V) 11740 Data Transmissions 23(V) 4160 CBS/UPN network feeds (digital) 3(H) 11760 Occasional video Ku -Band - 91 degrees West longitude 24(H) 4180 Occasional video / CBS network 4(V) 11780 Data Transmissions 1(H) 11720 Data Transmissions feeds (occasional) 5(H) 11800 Data Transmissions 2(V) 11740 Data Transmissions 6(V) 11820 Occasional video 3(H) 11760 Data Transmissions 7(H) 11840 Data Transmissions 4(V) 11780 Data Transmissions Loral Skynet Telstar 6 8(V) 11860 Occasional video 5(H) 11800 Data Transmissions 9(H) 11880 Occasional video 6(V) 11820 ABC Satellite Newsgathering (digi- Ku -Band - 93 degrees West longitude 10(V) 11900 Muslim TV Ahmadiyya - MTA In- tal) / Occasional video 1(V) 11728.5 CBS Satellite Newsgathering (digi- ternational (digital) 7(H) 11840 Data Transmissions tal) 11(H) 11920 Data Transmissions 8(V) 11860 Data Transmissions 2(H) 11735.0 Reuters World Television Service 12(V) 11940 Occasional video 9(H) 11880 Data Transmissions (digital) / Data Transmissions 13(H) 11960 CNN Newsource (digital) 10(V) 11900 Data Transmissions 3(V) 11789.5 CBS Satellite Newsgathering (digi- 14M 11980 Occasional video 11(H) 11920 Data Transmissions tal) 15(H) 12000 Occasional video 1 2(V) 11940 Occasional video 4(H) 11796.0 Occasional video 16(V) 12020 Occasional video 13(H) 11960 ABC Satellite Newsgathering (digi- 5(V) 11836.0 Data Transmissions 17(H) 12040 Occasional video tal) / Occasional video 6(H) 11842.5 Old Dominion University distance 18(V) 12060 The Florida Channel, Florida Knowl- 14(V) 11980 ABC Satellite Newsgathering (digi- learning (digital) edge Network (digital) tal) / Occasional video 7(V) 11867.0 Data Transmissions / University 19(H) 12080 Louisiana Public Broadcasting (digi- 15(H) 12000 ABC Satellite Newsgathering (digi- Network - Dr. Gene Scott (digital) tal) / Montana PBS (digital) tal) / Occasional video 8(H) 11873.5 Russian -language television ser- 20(V) 12100 Public Broadcasting Service (digital) 16(V) 12020 Occasional video vices (digital) 21(H) 12120 Public Broadcasting Service HDTV 1 7(H) 12040 Data Transmissions 9(V) 11898.0 Data Transmissions (digital) 18(V) 12060 Primedia Workplace Learning 10(H) 11904.5 Occasional video 22(V) 12140 Indiana Higher Educational Tele- (digital) 11 (V) 11929.0 ABC Satellite Newsgathering (digi- 19(H) communications Service (digital) 12080 Data Transmissions tal) 20(V) 12100 Data Transmissions 23(H) 12160 Public Broadcasting Service (digital) 12(H) 11935.5 Occasional video / Annenberg-CPB Channel (digital) 2 1 (H) 12120 Data Transmissions 13(V) 11960.0 ABC Satellite Newsgathering (digi- 22(V) 12140 Data Transmissions 24(V) 12180 Public Broadcasting Service (digital) tal) 23(H) 12160 Data Transmissions 14(H) 11966.5 ABC Satellite Newsgathering (digi- 24(V) 12180 Data Transmissions tal) 1-EX(V) 10964 (Brazil beamed) Panamsat Galaxy 11 15(V) 11991.0 Data Transmissions 2 -EX(H) 10976 (Brazil beamed) 1 6(H) 11997.5 Occasional video 3-EX(V) 10994 (Brazil beamed) C -Band - 91 degrees West longitude 17(V) 12022.0 Occasional video 4-EX(H) 11006 (Brazil beamed) 1(H) 3720 WB 100+ Station feed (digital) 18(H) 12028.5 Data Transmissions 5-EX(V) 11024 (Brazil beamed) 2(V) 3740 19(V) 12053.0 ABC Satellite Newsgathering (digi- Fox Cable Networks (digital) 6-EX(H) 11036 (Brazil beamed) 3(H) tal) 3760 Black Entertainment TV (digital) 7-EX(V) 11054 (Brazil beamed) 4(V) 20(H) 12059.5 Fox Satellite Newsgathering (digi- 3780 Fox Cable Networks (digital) 8-EX(H) 11066 (Brazil beamed) 5(H) tal) 3800 Fox Cable Networks (digital) 9-EX(V) 11084 (Brazil beamed) 6(V) 3820 21(V) 12084.0 Data Transmissions Game Show Network (VC2 +) 1 0 -EX(H) 11096 (Brazil beamed) 8.06 Cable Radio Network 11-EX(V) 11114 (Brazil beamed) 22(H) 12090.5 Occasional video 23(V) 7(H) 3840 The Golf Channel (VC2 +) 12-EX(H) 11156 (Brazil beamed) 12115.0 Data Transmissions 8(V) 3860 Occasional video 1 3 -EXM 11144 (Brazil beamed) 24(H) 12121.5 Fox Satellite Newsgathering (digi- 9(H) 3880 Ascent Media (digital) 1 4-EX(H) 11156 (Brazil beamed) tal) NBA TV 15-EX(V) 11174 (Brazil beamed) 25(V) 12146.0 DMX for Business (digital) Bloomberg N 1 6 -EX(H) 11186 (Brazil beamed) 26(H) 12152.5 Data Transmissions Access TV 1 27(V) 12177.0 Data Transmissions Access N 2 28(H) 12183.5 Data Transmissions 10(V) 3900 Shop at Home / Shop at Home Loral Skynet Telstar 6 (digital) 11(H) 3920 Eternal Word Television Network Panamsat Galaxy 3C C -Band - 93 degrees West longitude (digital) 1(V) 3720 TENMax (VC2 +) 12(V) 3940 WE: Women's Entertainment 2(H) 3740 TCT Ministries (digital) / Data Trans- C -Band - 95 degrees West longitude (VC2 +) missions 1(H) 3720 USIA Worldnet, VOA Radio, Radio 13(H) 3960 Comcast Media Center(digital) 3(V) 3760 ABC Network hot -backup feed - Free Europe, Radio Liberty (digital) KTVD-TV Denver West (LEITCH) 2 (V) 3740 Occasional video Varsity Television 4(H) 3780 Occasional video 3(H) 3760 Occasional video Ovation 5(V) 3800 Occasional video 4(V) 3780 Occasional video KJLA-TV Ventura, CA 6(H) 3820 Occasional video 5(H) 3800 Occasional video KXLA-TV Los Angeles, CA 7(V) 3840 TENBlue Plus (VC2 +) 6(V) 3820 Occasional video 14(V) 3980 Independent Film Channel (VC2+) 8(H) 3860 Public Broadcasting Service Sched- 7(H) 3840 Occasional video 7.38 RAI Satelradio Italy ule X 8(V) 3860 Occasional video 15(H) 4000 Major Broadcasting Cable (MBC) 9(V) 3880 Occasional video 9(H) 3880 Occasional video (digital) / The Word Network (digi- 10(H) 3900 Fox network feeds (digital) 10(V) 3900 Horse Racing (digital) tal) 11(V) 3920 Occasional video 11(H) 3920 Horse Racing (digital) 16(V) 4020 Occasional video 12(H) 3940 ABC Network hot -backup feed - 12(V) 3940 Horse Racing (digital) 1 7(H) 4040 Occasional video East (LEITCH) 13(H) 3960 Horse Racing (digital) 18(V) 4060 Fox News Channel (VC2 +) 13(V) 3960 Fox network feeds (digital - occ) / 14(V) 3980 Horse Racing (digital) 19(H) 4080 America's Collectibles Network 20"' Century Fox syndication (ana- 15(H) 4000 Occasional video (digital) / National TV Liquidators log - occ) 16(V) 4020 Occasional video (digital - occ) / Shop USA TV (digi- 14(H) 3980 TEN*XTSY (VC2 +) 1 7(H) 4040 Occasional video tal - occ) / KLUZ-TV Albuquerque 1 5(V) 4000 Occasional video 18(V) 4060 Occasional video (digital) 16(H) 4020 Occasional video 19(H) 4080 Occasional video 20(V) 4100 Occasional video 1 7(V) 4040 Occasional video 20(V) 4100 Occasional video 2 1 (H) 4120 Crawford Communications, TV Co- 18(H) 4060 Occasional video / CBS network 21(H) 4120 Occasional video lombia (digital) feeds (occasional) 22(V) 4140 Occasional video 22(V) 4140 Fox Cable Networks (digital) 19(V) 4080 Occasional video / CBS network 23(H) 4160 Occasional video 23(H) 4160 Fox Cable Networks (digital) feeds (occasional) 24(V) 4180 Occasional video

70 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 BELOW 500 kHz DXING THE BASEMENT BAND ( (I/\,11 lt2(1111 [email protected]

BeaconFinder FAQs or "Ask Kevin"

The first edition of theBeaconFinderwas then one entry at every incrementQ. Is price of the guide same for prepared in October 1998. Since then, thereafter? U.S., Canada, and Mexico? What several hundred copies have been shipped to DXers for use in identifying the stations they about shipping costs? Again, this is primarily due to how I receive hear. My intent for the'Finderwas not to replace A. the source material for the guide. The majority of theAero/Marine Beacon Guide, (now defunct), A.The cost of the guide is $13.95 (U.S. funds) but rather to offer an inexpensive alternative forthe databases 1 use include individual frequency anywhere in North America, including shipping. those needing a guide focused squarely on North entries for each listing. It would be a very time- Although my cost for mailing is somewhat higher consuming process to cull through the nearly 1,000 America and commonly logged foreign stations. to Canada and Mexico, the volume of orders to A second edition of the guide is now in print, listings and manually edit out this information. those countries is typically not as great as U.S. Since they do no harm, I've chosen to leave them entitledBeaconFinder IL(See advertisement else- orders, and I have chosen to absorb the increase where in this issue.) The book has been exten- in place. There are usually only a handful of sta- for these destinations. For the time being, there sively revised, with a special emphasis on Cana- tions assigned to the same frequency anyway, so will be no increased charge to our neighbors North dian entries and commonly -logged Central and it is a simple matter to scan through the IDs (which or South of the U.S. border. South American stations. Jacques d' Avignon, are presented alphabetically) to find the station you need. VE3VIA (ON) was instrumental in supplying the 0 Beacon Loggings Canadian updates, and DX loggings/updates came Our loggings this month come from Dale from such longwave notables as Peny Crabil (VA), Parfitt, W4OP (NC). Dale enjoys exploring the Dick Pearce (VT) and Al Hemmalin (RI). Q. Why are Airport Des.gnator entire radio spectrum and is now active from Over the years, I've received several com- Codes included in the guide? Of longwave to 1296 MHz. At the upper end of this ments and questions about the guide. Experience what use are they to a DXer? range, he has even bounced signals off the moon tells me that if four people have a question, 40 (EME)! Dale is founder and President of Par Elec- more probably are wondering the same thing. The tronics (www.parelectronics.com ) where he de- A.Beacon DXing is sometimes like detective questions that follow, then, are representative signs many types of antennas and other interest- work. You need to use every bit of information at samples of those I've received over the past few ing products for hams and monitors alike. Wel- your disposal to come up with the complete pic- years. I've tried to answer each one completely, come aboard, Dale. We look forward to hearing ture of an intercept. True, the designators are not but I remain open to additional comments and useful to everyone, but they can be very helpful from you often. will consider them for use in future editions. to the serious DXer who needs to determine a 112 Location QSLing address or wants to know the closest 198 DIW Dixon, NC major city to the beacon. Consider the case of FS/ 206 GLS Galveston, TX Q.In the "Location" column, why 245 kHz, in Sioux Falls, SD. Relatively few people 216 C LB Wilmington, NC 223 AZW Mount Airy, NC are the names of U.S. states would know the actual name of the airport this 248 FRT Spartanburg, SC spelled out instead of abbreviated? beacon is associated with. However, armed with 257 CEU Clemson, SC the Airport Designator code "FSD" we can visit a 323 OUK Jasper, TN Isn't that a lot of extra work? website such aswww.airnay.com/airports,and 326 UOT Union, SC 327 ZEF Elkin, NC learn that the beacon is associated with "Joe Foss 329 CH Charleston, SC A.Entries for the guide come from many Field." Using this technique, you will get more 335 MK Marion, VA sources, including FAA lists in the public domain, information than you ever wanted to know about 338 GY Greenville, SC aviation databases, and hobby/personal loggings. an airport, including photos, runway maps, other 344 RFE Rutherford, NC In the case of the U.S. Aeronautical beacons, my 345 VU Albermerle, NC nearby beacons, VHF frequencies, etc. 350 LE Raleigh, NC source material already contains spelled out state 353 JUK Brunswick, GA names for each entry. As such, it is much simpler 361 MNV Madisonville, TN to leave them as they are. Sure, I could have used 379 BRA Asheville, NC my computer's Search and Replace function to Q. 379 TL Tallahassee, FL Why are some beacons listed 382 APT Jasper, TN change them into abbreviations, but what would which are not currently actWe? 386 EMR Emory, GA be the point? The process would need to be re- 388 MAO Marion, SC peated 50 times - once for each state, and with the 391 FIQ Morganton, NC A.This was a judgment call. I could easily re- current mix of other abbreviations used in the same 400 UWI Dalton, GA move these listings, but sometimes a beacon will 402 IWO Oneida, TN column (ITU Country Codes, Canadian Provinces, re -appear after being shut down for an extended 410 JU W. Jefferson, NC etc.) the state listings would not stand out as well SLP Shelby, NC time. I feel that as long as there is still a transmitter 417 as they currently do. 426 FTP Ft. Payne, Al. out there set to that frequency, it is possible that 430 I KY Springfield, KY it will return to the air. Rather than remove it 433 IZN Lincolnton, NC entirely, I have left many of these stations listed 437 I IY Washington, GA Q. Why is the frequency listed for until their long-term status can be determined. Only each station, rather than a single when a beacon is confirmed as beingpermanently Have a great Thanksgiving, and best LW DX! entry at the first occurrence, and shut down do I consider removing it from the list.

November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 71 ON THE HAM BANDS THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO ip Inc.\ 2/. I tjarey@ mnnitoringtimes.com

Uncle Skip's Holiday List

you may have noticed that it seems like department, either, offering 18 transmitter band- signed for mobile or home use. they start the holiday shopping season widths through to a maximum of 3.9 kHz. It also The feature that really gets me excited about earlier and earlier. When I was a mere offers transmit audio equalization. this rig, given my weakness for DC to Daylight tad, the Christmas shopping crunch was signaled The back panel sounds like a scene from monitoring, is the Wide Band Receiver. Covering by Santa Claus climbing the steps at Macy's on Noah's Ark. Two of everything. Two antenna con- AM broadcast, HF Shortwave, FM Broadcast Thanksgiving Day at the close of the annual pa- nections, two data connections, two amplifier VHF/UHF up to 729 MHz (including Marine, rade. Now it seems the holiday tinsel and trim- keying lines all running out of a rig that has two Air & NOAA Weather) and 800 - 960 MHz (sadly mings encroach on the Halloween pumpkins and receivers, two DSP units and two noise blankers. cellular blocked). There is lots of good stuff to masks. I expect some day not too far in the future On the front you get more buttons than your listen to when not talking on the other two bands. we'll see Christmas ornaments sitting on the fingers can handle along with a large screen dis- The rig features the latest WIRES TM Internet shelves next to the "Back to School" merchan- play that includes real time spectrum analysis in 5 Linking technology as well as a 9 memory DTMF dise. So it goes. bandwidths. autodialer. And, while we are talking about memo- Anyway, this being the November column One of the two receivers is General Cover- ries, the unit has the capacity to manage one thou- and in a few short weeks Ole' Saint Nick will in age, reminiscent of the Ten-Tec Paragon. The Orion sand memory channels in 20 memory groups. fact be heading into Macy's, I thought it would be is destined to be this latest generation's equivalent More than enough to set the rig up for a variety of prudent to give all you hams a few thoughts about of that fine old rig. uses. The unit also has full CTSS/DCS encoding really nice gifts you may want to suggest to your The unit is backed by Ten-Tec's historic tech- and decoding capability. significant other. After all, you've been exception- nical service and support including free Flash - Even though it is diminutive in size, the VX- ally good this year, haven't you? And if you have ROM updates to bring your rig up to the latest 2R is built like a tank. The chassis is diecast metal. been really, really, really good, the first item on operating version. I've been using the Yaesu R2 wide band re- Ole' Uncle Skip's list to Ole' Saint Nick will be Like all of Ten -Tee's transceivers, there is a ceiver for a number of years now. It has more or right up your alley. complete line of accessories including the Heil/ less the same form factor as the VX-2R. I find that Ten-Tec Studio One Microphone that takes full there is a small learning curve because of the mul- The Ten-Tec Orion advantage of this unit's transmit audio controls. tiple use controls, but once you get the hang of $3300 ($3599 w/ autotuner) Once you go over the specs you will be con- things the radio is a lot of fun to have in the shack. Ten-Tec vinced that this radio could win a DX contest I expect the same will be said of the VX-2R. So if 1185 Dolly Parton Parkway without even being taken out of the box! I'd sure Santa were to see his way clear to leave a VX-2R Sevierville, TN 37862 love to find one under my tree. in my stocking I'd be one happy radio puppy. 1-800-833-7373 http://www.tentec.com The Yaesu VX-2R The Elecraft KX1 Ultra -Portable CW If you are an HF band ham and you aren't $229.00 Transceiver Kit licking your chops over this radio, there can only Vertex Standard Base Price $ 279.00 be two possibilities. I) You already own one (you 10900 Walker Street Elecraft lucky devil) or 2) You have gone Silent Key! The Cypress, CA 90630 PO Box 69 Orion is correctly described in its sales brochure (714) 827-7600 Aptos, CA 95001 as an "Ultra High -End HF Transceiver." This is a http://www.vxstdusa.com (831) 662-8345 truly no -compromise rig utilizing the most up-to- The VX-2R is billed as the "World's Small- http://www.elecraft.com date receiver technology available. Utilizing dual est Dual -Band HT with a Wide -Band Receiver" You folks have heard me rave about Elecraft 32 bit DSP processors, low phase noise synthe- and at a mere 1.9" x 3.2" x 0.9" and weighing in at rigs for a number of years now. I have built both sizer as well as Ten-Tec's trademark Crystal fil- less than 0.3 pounds I would have to take their the K2, which I use as my primary home station tering, the dual receivers in this unit deliver noise word for it. To get all the features of this little gem and the K1 which I use for portable use. Both rigs reduction characteristics that put it at the top to I currently have to carry three more or less stan- offer superior performance along with the fun of the charts. dard -sized "talkies" with a total weight of over 2 building professional quality gear with your own pounds. They get the job done, but I really hands. worry that one of these days my pants are Well, for this holiday season the folks at going to fall down! Elecraft have produced a perfect stocking stuffer When powered by the unit's internal - the KX I -A diminutive rig designed with the 3.7 volt Lithium-lon battery pack, the rig need of the backpacker in mind. It's enough to get puts out 1.5 watts on 2 meters and me to blow the dust off my "Alice" pack and head

1 watt on 70 centimeters. More for the trails. than enough for most local repeater The KX1 is just work. Need a little more oomph? 1.2" x 3" x 5.3", but In addition to the incredible receiver dynamic Supply the unit with an external 6 in that small package range and brick wall filtering, the unit makes use volts and you're up to 3 watts on 2 is packed a superhet of "Panoramic Stereo'TM that allows the user to meters and 2 watts on 70 centime- receiver with variable pick out signals in a pile-up with ease. ters. Either power level is enough passband crystal fil- The Orion is no slouch in the transmitting to drive most "brick" amplifiers de- tering, RIT, S -meter,

72 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 digital readout, memory keyer, voltage monitor- glowsticks. One large zippered pocket runs the Outer Limit% continued from page 69 ing and 1 to 4 watt transmitter output. The unit's entire width of the front of the harness allowing Undercover Radio- Dr. Benway's pirate advo- DDS VFO has three tuning rates and covers the stowage of maps, manuals, notepads, writing cacy and comedy format. (Merlin) entire ham portion of both 20 and 40 meters with implements, etc. VUDU- Sometimes IDs as Voodoo Radio; rock receive only coverage of nearby SWL segments. The harness also has a good number of con- music format. (Elkhorn) 30 Meters can be added as an option. If that isn't necting points for microphones and other "clip - WHYP- Takeoff on genuine licensed WHYP in North East, PA. Mixes pirate numor with out- enough crammed into such a small space, you can on" accessories. dated weather reports for the Cleveland, Erie, even add automatic antenna tuning as an addi- All this carrying capability is made with a and Buffalo areas. Sometimes relays United tional option. heavy duty nylon exterior with foam padding and Patriot Militia Bingo, the KSMR parody of Steve The KX1 is designed to be extremely mi- a mesh back for improved ventilation. Perfect for Anderson. (Providence) serly in the power consumption department, draw- the bike riding (or hiking, or ARES/RACES)ham. WMFQ- Using slogan of "Where's my (censored) ing a nominal 34 mA on receive. Casual operation QSL?" this rock music pirate promotes the verification process, just like Arthur J. Green runs between 20 and 30 hours from the internal The Code Mite did many decades ago. (Providence) battery pack (yes, they cram the batteries in the $59.95 WMPR- The "dance party" beat of "Micropower case as well.) The Vibroplex Co., Inc. Radio" is fairly easy to recognize, even before The KX1 is designed around a single printed 11 E. Midtown Park, Mobile, AL 36606 the IDs.(Still none, but occasionally QSLs circuit board and all end -user -installed parts are 1-800-840-8873 loggings in The ACE) traditional "through -hole" components. Alignment http://www.vibroplex.com can be performed with just a digital multi -meter As most of you have probably figured out QSLing Pirates and off the air signals. by now, I am a fairly dedicated CW operator. Part Reception reports to pirate stations require Another option is a custom designed paddle of the joy of being a code mode op is playing with three first class stamps for USA maildrops or $2 that attaches right to the KX1. various keys. Vibroplex is a time honored brand US to foreign locations. Addresses, identified above As with all Elecraft designs, you get a well name in the telegraphy world. When they come in parentheses: PO Box 1, Belfast, NY 14711; PO illustrated assembly manual that allows the unit out with a new product, CW oriented hams take Box 28413, Providence, RI 02908; PO Box 69, to be built and tested in discrete sections. The notice. Just in time for the holiday season comes Elkhorn, NE 68022; PO Box 293, Merlin, Ontario KX1 Manual (as well as all other Elecraft product the Code Mite. NOP I WO; c/o AMPB, PMB22, 2018 Shaddik manuals) can be viewed on the Elecraft web site. I must confess I'm a bit of a sucker for teensy Avenue, Berkley, CA 94704; and Box 159, Santiago You also get Elecraft's incredible customer sup- weensy keys. When I use one to operate I get a 14, Chile. Some pirates prefer e-mail, bulletin logs or port via telephone and Internet. And don't forget Walter Mitty image of being a secret agent sending intemet web site reports instead of snail mail cor- the very active Elecraft on-line user group. When important information from behind enemy lines. respondence. Try The ACE ($2 US for sample you build a "K" box, you become part of a family. Vibroplex feeds this fantasy with their latest of- copies via the Belfast address above) and the e - I must confess...) don't need a KX1. But fering, the Code Mite. This simple but sturdy mailed Free Radio Weekly newsletter, still free to given the fun I had building my other Elecraft rigs, straight key sits on a 3 -inch contributors via [email protected]. The Free Radio I expect if one doesn't show up under my Christ- x 1.5 -inch engraved, black Network web site, another outstanding source of mas tree I'll be ordering one anyway before plastic base. The key has all content about pirate radio, is found at http:// Groundhog's Day! chromed upper parts with %%.w.fr n. net on the internet. a black knob. The total The PowerPort GearHarness weight is only 2.6 ounces. 0 Thanks $36.95 And just think of it: when you're not using it you our loggings and news about unlicensed broad- Cutting Edge Enterprises can add it as a decoration on your Christmas tree! casting stations are always welcome via 7540 High- 130 Anacapa Circle Well, that's about it for my "dream" shop- way 64 W, Brasstown, NC 28902, or via the e-mail San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 ping list this year. Maybe we can all ask Santa to address atop the column. We thank this month's 1-800-206-0115 send the three Christmas Ghosts to FCC Director valuable contributors: John T. Arthur, Belfast, NY; http://www.powerportstore.com Powell so he will wake up on Christmas morning Dave Balint, Wooster, OH; Kirk Baxter, North Something Ido need is a way to keep my with no thoughts of BPL. Have fun. I'll see you Canton, OH; Jerry Berg, Lexington, MA; Artie radios sorted out when I am operating in a Tactical on the bottom end of 40 meters. Bigley, Columbus, OH; Cachito, Santiago, Chile; environment. I may not even wait for the holiday John Calabro, Melrose, MA; Ross Comeau, Andover, MA; Harold Cones, Newport News, VA; Rich gift giving season to get my hands on this next UNCLE SKIP'S CONTEST CORNER D'Angelo, Wyomissing, PA; Brian Duddy, Nyack, item. NY;Bill Finn, Philadelphia, PA; Harold Frodge, I've become a rather rabid bicyclist in recent ARRL Sweepstakes Contest (CW) Midland, MI; William Hassig, Mount Prospect, IL; years. I ride over 100 miles per week and I partici- 2100 UTC, Nov 1-0300 UTC, Nov 3 Chris Lobdell, Stoneham, MA; Greg Majewski, pate in long distance rallies and bike -a thons. I Oakdale, CT; Bill McClintock, Wellington, OH; also like to get out in the woods on my mountain North American Collegiate ARC Mark Mohrmann, Coventry, VT; Mike Prindle, bike as well. 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The random -length antenna is one of the be any length. At some locations a length of five L55 =984(N -.025)/F simplest to make, easiest to erect, and or six feet may work reasonably well for general least expensive antennas around. It is monitoring on HF, and even on lower frequen- Llml= 300(N -.025)/F also a good performer for general use in radio cies. On the other hand, when received -noise monitoring. It's a favorite of mine, and when levels are low, a longer antenna may well give Here L is the length of the antenna in feet or space allows I always put a long one up each better weak -signal results. As a general rule a meters, N is the number of wavelengths desired, time I move to a new QTH. In use, it almost random -length antenna for HF or lower frequency and F is the specific frequency (in MHz) uti- always compares favorably with other antennas should be made as long as is convenient. lized. For instance, at 10 MHz an antenna one I erect. If I had to choose just one inexpensive As explained above, random -length anten- wavelength long would be: L = 984 (1-.025)/10, antenna for general, all-purpose monitoring, I nas are usually cut to fit available space, not to a or about 96 ft in length. think that a long, random -length antenna mounted resonant length for a particular frequency. How- high and in the clear would certainly be a strong ever, it's useful to understand that practical ran- 0 A Bonus: Free Diversity contender for that choice. dom -length antennas a half wavelength or less in Reception! length at the frequency being received are rela- Random -length antennas are most often I he longer anyantenna is,the more it is found on the HF band and lower frequencies. tively non -directional with shallow nulls off the likely to show "space diversity" performance. However, they are also useful on VHF and higher ends. The area covered by a ray of incoming signals frequencies. At the higher frequencies open -wire As an antenna's length increases beyond a may wander around somewhat over time. This feed line radiation, losses due to poor -quality half wavelength, then more pronounced lobes can cause signal fading. The more space an an- coax, and balun bandwidth limitations can be (directions of maximum response) and more nulls tenna covers, the more likely it is that some por- problems. If the feed line is good quality then (directions of minimum response) are formed in tion of the antenna will remain in the path of a random -length antennas cut for HF will often the antenna's radiation and reception (R&R) wandering signal. perform well on VHF, too. pattern. The more half wavelengths the antenna's length includes, the more lobes and nulls it will have. As its length increases progressively be- * Let's Make One OHow Long is Long? Fig.I shows ,on n, random -length anten- Long random -length antennas are sometimes yond one wavelength, the antenna progressively becomes a bi-directional beam with maximum nas. Any wire that will take the strain is okay to called "long-wire" antennas. But strictly speak- use. Stranded or copperweld antenna wire is ing, long-wire antennas are cut for resonance at response moving toward both ends. This also gives lower vertical angles in the R&R pattern. designed to stand up to strains and hard use. particular frequencies and random -length anten- Solid copper house -wiring wire will work, but nas are cut to whatever length best fits the loca- Both these directional characteristics are good for DX work. tends to break more easily than antenna wire. tion where they will be mounted. Yet random - At least two insulators are needed as shown. length antennas will generally give decent recep- The equations below yield approximations of the physical length of a wire antenna needed For longer antennas extra insulators may be tied tion on whatever frequency you want to moni- from supports along the antenna's length to keep tor. for an antenna of a specific number of wavelengths when operating at a specific frequency. the antenna from sagging excessively. I have had By definition, random -length antennas can good results with random -length antennas a couple of hundred feet long made by draping

INSULATOR --4, insulated wire across tree tops. In these, the only insulation, except at the ends, was the insulation ROPE ANTENNA WIREWIRE GOES DIRECTLY TO RECEIVER'S ANTENNA INPUT CONNECTOR covering the wire. Make your antenna as long, high, and in the A TO RECEIVER clear as is practical. Never run it over or under a IESP-- power line. Don't forget lightning -induced dam- ONE TERMINAL OF HIGH IMPEDANCE BALUN WINDING TO ANTENNA, ONE age protection: the minimum is to disconnect BALUN"..1\,...... TERMINAL TO COAX SHIELD LOW IMPEDANCE. WINDING TO COAX FEED LINE lir and ground the antenna when it is not in use, and B COAX TO RECEIVER never use it when weather is likely to produce lightning. ONE TERMINAL OF HIGH IMPEDANCE BALUN WINDING TO ANTENNA, ONE BALUN TERMINAL TO A GROUND CONNECTION LOW IMPEDANCE WINDING TO COAX Feed Unes and Matching 11, SHORT COAX TO RECEIVER The relatively high received -noise level gen- C GROUND --a. ir- INSULATOR ROPE 7 erally determines quality of reception on HF and on lower frequencies. Thus it may not mat- 11/44)::ENNATUNER ter whether you attempt to match antenna's feed point impedance to the impedance of your DFEED LINE airailli" SHORT COAX TO RECEIVER receiver's antenna input circuit at these frequen- Fig. I. Random -length antennas connected to their receivers with no matching (A), with a halun cies. At VHF and higher frequencies received - up at the antenna; coax feed line (B), with a halun near the receiver (C), with an antenna tuner noise levels are generally relatively low, and at near the receiver (D). these frequencies matching becomes more im-

74 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 when sizable frequency changes are made. An hand, if the end of the line was shaped like a leloott's literestlio Amp -Related lub*t antenna tuner can yield a more precise match, funnel with the large part at the line's open end, but for reception at HF and lower frequencies and if the funnel's dimensions were a significant A site discussing a balun's use and effec- such precision is usually unnecessary. part of a wavelength in size then there would be tiveness: http://www.iserv.neti-nalcdv/ more radiation. xfmr.htm. Some sources of baluns for random - For Transmitting Such funnel -shaped cone construction is length antennas are: If a random length antenna is used for trans- sometimes used to launch RF from coax onto a http://www.winradio.com/home/lwa.htm http://www.universal-rad io.com/catalog/ mitting, it is most likely that matching between single wire. The single wire then makes an inex- sw_ant/1484.html line and transmitter will be needed. And, unlesspensive, relatively low -loss transmission line for hftp://www.palomar-engineers.com/MLB-1 / high -impedance feed line (twin lead, ladder line, long rms. And opening a waveguide into a fun- mlb-1 .html open -wire line) is used, matching between an- nel -shaped cone of appropriate dimensions is tenna and feed line is likely to improve antenna - one way of making UHF and microwave beam portant for weak -signal reception. Some rural and system efficiency. If coax is used make sure it's antennas. remote locations have little man-made electrical good quality. Now consider open -wire or twinlead feed noise. Locations very far from the equator with line. Let's progressively separate and spread the its frequent lightning may also have little received - last quarter wavelength of the two wires that noise. In such locations matching may improve comprise the line to form a "Y" shape. This weak -signal reception even into the HF band. RADIO RIDDLES improves the match between line and space at If you are using an old, tube -type receiver the Y's "mouth." More RF is radiated now than which utilizes an antenna -input terminal with when the line was intact. As these quarter -wave- screws for attaching the antenna -input wire, then Last Month: length wires are opened out even more, then even your receiver antenna -input circuit impedance is I said: "Okay, so a mismatched antenna on more of the RF energy coming down the line is probably 300 -ohms. In this case, HF and lower a feed line causes some portion of the RF energy radiated. When the wires are opened so far that reception may not profit from further matching. arriving from the transmitter to reflect back down they are perpendicular to the feed line, then ra- If your receiver's antenna -input connection is a the line. And a matched antenna accepts all the diation is maximum (if the line is 72 -ohm imped- coaxial -cable socket then the input impedance is energy from the line. What would happen if the ance). And now those two quarter wavelength probably 50 ohms, and matching is more likely to end of the feed line were connected to nothing? portions of the line have evolved into our old improve reception. Would the RF energy coming down the line just friend, the halfwave dipole! Examples of ways to connect baluns and fly out the open end, and launch itself as a radio antenna tuners are given in fig.I. When the an- wave?" This Month: tenna wire itself leads up to the receiver, excessive Well, actually very little RF would escape What is the "HCL" antenna? Want a not received electrical noise from household appliances from the open end of an ordinary feed line. The very -helpful hint? OK, it's also called the "hy- may result. Using coax feed line as a lead-in through impedance of the space at the end of the line is drochloric acid antenna." the noisy area often reduces this noise. not a good match for the line's impedance, and You'll find another riddle, another antenna - Baluns should have at least a 4:1 imped- so there would be a mismatch at that junction. related web site or so, and much more, in next ance ratio, or preferably higher. Baluns need no The RF energy coming down the line would be month's issue ofMonitoring Times. 'Tilthen tuning; however, antenna tuners must be retuned reflected back from the mismatch. On the other Peace, DX, and 73. Pre -Publication Sale! 2004 EDITION WORLD RADIO TV HANDBOOK This information -packed reference for professional monitoring stations and serious shortwavelistenersbulges withstation information,stafflistings,contactinformation,worldwide mediumwove and shortwave frequencies, and schedules for programs in all languages. A spec alEnglish language program section makes station selection a breeze.Includes non-U.S. TV and FM broadcasters as well! Order before December 31, 2003 to take advantage of this special discount offer! Available January 2C04.

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November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 75 RADIO RESTORATIONS BRINGING OLD RADIOS BACK TO LIFE 1 III/ II/! marcellis(e' monUeringtimes.com Recapping and De -Modifying the S -40A

Last month I wasn't able to spend a lot Besides the severe short-circuit damage between the two points, it looped into and out of time on our ongoing S -40A restora- suffered by the radio, it also showed signs of of the bottom of one of the if. cans - as if to tion, but did manage to complete the another type of trauma: modifications and "re- pick up some r.f. energy there. The purpose of physical and mechanical work and reassemble pairs" by a person with a limited technical back- this wire is known only to the previous owner. the set. Now it was time to turn the chassis ground and/or very little respect for the set. But since there had been an extra lug for it avail- upside down and begin work on the wiring. Crudely -wired circuit changes were visible in able on the "s" -meter socket, one has to wonder Normally this consists mainly of changing several places. Though some of the paper ca- why the lead from the a.v.c. line had to be dis- out all of the radio's paper and electrolytic capacitors had been neatly replaced with high -qual- connected. (Some of you may remember a simi- pacitors - replacing each with a new one of the ity Sprague "Orange Drops," several others had larly crazy wire, removed earlier in the project, proper electrical specifications. However, this been partially disconnected for testing but never that had been coiled inside the b.f.o. transformer). receiver presented a slightly more difficult prob- hooked up again. I'd guess that the Sprague guy I wanted to restore the "s" -meter socket lem. (Incidentally, I won't dwell here on the is- was not the person who left the other caps dis- wiring to its stock configuration, and when I sues associated with choosing replacement caps connected, and that the latter had obviously tried located and untaped the end of the disconnected because I've gone into them, in some detail, dur- to trouble -shoot the radio and given up in dis- a.v.c.-line wire, I found out why its connection ing two or three of the projects already chronicled gust. lug was missing. Some of it was still soldered to in this column. The last one being the Zenith I decided to go through the S -40A methodi- thewire, apparently having been cut off as a "black dial" radio completed just prior to this cally, starting with the r.f. stage at the front end convenient way of removing it from the socket! restoration.) and progressing through to the audio output I share this with you so that you will not be tube. Each stage would be checked against the surprised, or feel compelled to understand, any A Twice -Traumatized Radio schematic as I replaced its paper and/or electro- madness you may uncover in your own restora- I had already noted during an earlier inspec- lytic capacitors. That way I would be able to tion projects. tion that the S-40A's power transformer had been catch and reverse any modifications made by I disconnected the mutilated socket, drilled replaced. At the time it looked as if the new unit the previous "technician" and make sure that out its mounting rivets, and replaced it with a was operating properly and conformed to origi- the new caps replacing the half -disconnected new 5 -pin socket. Then I was able to restore the nal specifications, so I decided to leave it alone. ones were connected to the proper circuit points. wiring as indicated on the schematic. It gave me Since all sections of the original filter capacitor great pleasure to accomplish this and, especially, were still wired into the circuit, it had appar- 0 Butchered "S" -Meter socket to remove the crazy jury-rigged extra connec- ently not been responsible for the short that The first anomaly I ran into was in the wir- tion. carried off the transformer. There had most as- ing of the socket for the accessory "S" meter. suredly been a short, though, as was evidenced This 5 -pin socket is supposed to have connec- O Other Parts Substitutions by the obvious discoloration of a couple of the tions to ground, filament voltage (for "s" -meter As I went through the stages of the radio, power resistors in the receiver's filter circuitry. illumination), B -plus, and the receiver's a.v.c. I spot-checked the values of the various resis- Depending on what component had shorted line. The ground had been cut, as had the lead to tors. These were generally okay, except for out (probably a bypass capacitor), there might the a.v.c. line. In fact, the socket lug to which the three of the four power resistors mentioned well be other, hidden, damage that would turn a.v.c. lead should have been connected was miss- earlier, whose discolored appearance suggested up later. As evidence, I remembered that I had ing entirely. that they had been overloaded. The resistances earlier found two weak tubes (a rarer occurrence A new lead, connected to an unused log on of two of them had dwindled to one-third and than you might think in radios of this era) as one-half of their specified values, respectively. well as a couple more that were okay but defi- The third was completely open. I had suitable nitely not original with the set. replacements for these on hand and wired them in. I'm thinking that these seriously out -of -spec resistors could have been responsible for sig- nificantly increased plate currents that might well account for the weak and replaced tubes found in the set. I almost missed a broken quarter -watt 15 megohm resistor in the first audio stage. Only half of it was still there. Luckily I had a replace- Replacement "s" -meter plug, now installed with ment for this odd value in my resistor drawer. screws instead of rivets, is at upper right. Clus- Its leads were less than a half -inch long (I save ter of three electrolytic caps on the new termi- everything!) but I was still able to install it. nal strip is at lower left. I disconnected the leads to the 3 -section can -type electrolytic capacitor, leaving it in the socket, had been tack -soldered, via a resis- place to preserve the radio's original appear- A look under the chassis after completion of the recapping and "de -modifying." Power trans-tor, to a location somewhere in the first audio ance above the chassis. A long terminal strip former is at lower right. stage. As it snaked its way under the chassis was installed under the chassis by soldering its

76 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 NOTICE: It is unlawful to buy cellular -capable scanners in the United States made after 1993, or modified for cellular coverage, unless you are on authorized government agency, mounting lug to one of the disconnected vance. I didn't want any unpleasant surprises cellular service provider, or engineering/service company capacitor's mounting "feet." That lug also served this time! engaged in cellular technology. as a convenient ground point for the three indi- Even though the chassis opening had been vidual electrolytics that were installed on the made wider to accept the slightly larger replace- Full 800 MHz Scanners strip to replace the units in the can. Some of the ment transformer, the original -design transformer leads that had been connected to the original still fit pretty well. It almost covered the en- NE" 140111AR=8200MKIII electrolytic wouldn't reach their new locations larged opening so that it was hardly noticeable Wideband portable receiver - 0 5 to 3000 MHz continuous. (unblocked) on the terminal strip and I had to substitute from above the chassis. I was also able to use 6MMis. NFM. WFM. NAM, WAM. USB. LSB & CW longer ones. the original mounting bolts by utilizing flat Alphanumenc memory indentrfication washers to help them get a grip on what was :d.OS - Spectrurr scan - Ni-MH Battery 0 Transformer Surprise left of their matching holes. $649 - Flexible dynamic memory The last hays 'red item in the radio was That accomplished, I wired up the trans- Optional CTCSS & Extra memory boards the "standby -receive" switch. The switch, defi- former and the 'standby -receive" switch, and also re -installed the headphone jack (which ALINCO DJ -X3 nitely not an original one, was not connected to Credit Card Wideband the set's wiring. Instead, a length of zip cord would have blocked access to the switch had I portable receiver had been attached to it. The free end was cut replaced it earlier). Finally, I needed a new line 0 1 to 1300 MHz continuous. (unblocked) off and I have no idea how it was originally cord. Like most early zip cord, the original had NFM. WFM. AM - 700 memory channels badly deteriorated. But amazingly, the period - Triple conversion receiver hooked up. - RF detector (Bug finder) I removed a proper switch from my S-40 line cord from the parts set - itself a rusted $299-- Menu system parts set and checked the schematic to see how hulk - was perfect and supple. I quickly re- - Weighs 7 oz, 15mm thin. SMA connector it should be wired. No problem: it was to be moved it and hooked it up in my project set. O connected in between the center tap of the At last, the receiver was ready to try out. 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November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 77 SCANNER EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST /lob i'aritass,1./9.S [email protected] http://www.parnass.org Aceco FC2002 Frequency Counter

The Aceco FC2002 is a handheld, wide such as radio alignment. interfere IA ith the circuit's operation. The high range frequency counter which is useful In addition to frequency, the FC2002 can impedance position is restricted to measure- both for finding nearby transmitters and measure period, which is useful primarily for ments below 50 MHz. as a general purpose counter on the test equip- measuring very low frequency signals. Period is The FC2002 provides a "capture" feature ment bench. the reciprocal of frequency. For example, a 1200 to freeze the display when a signal is detected. Aceco Electronics Corporation (http:// Hz signal has a period of approximately This works for measuring either frequency or www.aceco.com.tw) builds the FC2002 in Tai- .0008333 seconds (1/1200), which is 833.3 mi- period. When armed in capture mode, the counter wan. The company specializes in manufactur- croseconds. emits a beep and the display is updated each ing handheld frequency counters that wear other One advantage to measuring period instead time a new signal is detected. The capture facil- brand names around the world, e.g., MFJ, Elenco, of frequency is better resolution. For example, ity, a signal activated latch, frees you from hav- and GW. For instance, Aceco makes the MFJ- the highest resolution displayed for a 1200 Hz ing to keep your gaze on the display and watch 886 frequency counter, a less sophisticated signal in frequency mode is 0.0012000 MHz. for a signal. This is a major advantage of the model (February 2002 M7). You must use a gate time setting of 4 seconds to FC2002 over the MFJ-886. Hamtronics, Inc. of Hilton, NY, was kind obtain that resolution so the display is only In addition to the capture mode, the enough to lend me this FC2002 for review. The updated every 4 seconds. By contrast, the pe- FC2002 also provides a Hold key which freezes Hamtronics name is familiar to scannists who riod mode display shows 833.3333333 micro- the frequency display reading when pressed. have been in the hobby for many years. In the second (us) regardless of gate time. 1980s, Hamtronics manufactured a series of mili- The FC2002 provides selection of two dif- 4, What You Get tary air and 800 MHz band frequency convert- ferent input impedances, 50 ohm and I me- The FC2002 counter is powered by an in- ers for scanners. Today, Hamtronics manufac- gohm. Scannists would usually choose the 50 ternal 600 mAH NiCd battery pack. The in- tures several kits, including receivers, transmit- ohm input, which is restricted for use above 1 cluded 9 VDC 300 mA wall wart power supply ters, and other accessories. MHz. plugs into a jack atop the counter and can re- The I megohm position should be em- charge the batteries in 12 to 16 hours. OFeatures ployed when connecting the FC2002 to the cir- The LCD display shows the frequency The FC2002 is capable of counting audio cuit being measured. In this case, you would using digits 5/16 -inch tall. It is easy to read in and radio frequency signals between 10 Hz and use a cable or probe instead of the telescoping daylight and illuminated for night viewing. A bar 3000 MHz. That's a wider frequency range than antenna. The high impedance helps prevent the graph portrays relative signal strength. the MFJ886, which has a lower limit of 1 MHz. counter from "loading down" or drawing cur- We are impressed with the 24 -inch black A top mounted BNC jack conducts RF sig- rent from the circuit under test, which would telescoping antenna included with the counter. nals to the counting circuitry. An internal The same antenna is furnished with the MFJ- prescaler circuit serves as a frequency range "ex- 886. A rubber ring around the BNC plug makes tender" and a 2 -position slide switch sets the it easy to grip. The collapsed antenna fits hand- frequency range. The lower frequency range is ily in a shirt pocket, and incorporates a pocket applied directly to the low frequency counting clip similar to a ballpoint pen. circuitry and the higher frequency range applies The FC2002 construction feels hefty. The the RF signal to the prescaler, which divides the cabinet is a 2 -piece anodized aluminum affair frequency by a fixed amount for measurement thick enough to resist flexing when pressed. A by the low frequency circuitry. rubber pad along the bottom prevents the counter The Range switch is marked 300 MHz and from scratching a table when sitting upright. 3 GHz. The 3 GHz position is for use between The instruction sheet contains basic guide- 10 MHz and 3 GHz and scannists should use lines, cautions, and limited specifications but the 3 GHz position when sniffing for transmit- provides no schematic. ters. The display has indicators for frequency, A Gate key lets you choose among four period, hold, signal detected, filter, and low bat- gate times: 0.0625, 0.25, 1, and 4 seconds. tery. There are also indicators for MHz, milli- The longer the gate time, the longer you must POWER seconds, microseconds, nanoseconds, the last OFF ON wait before the 10 digit LCD display is up- three being used for period measurements. AMP dated with the current frequency. A red LED 502 1MQ A selectable backlight uses a pair of green located near the upper right corner of the dis- RANGE LEDs to illuminate the display for night view- 300 3 play blinks each time the gate closes. Longer 11.1FU GM ing. gate times permit the frequency to be dis- LITE played with higher resolution, i.e., more dig- O Performance its (see specifications table). The FC2002 (s/n 0318-5-7623) performed You don't need much precision, perhaps 1 well in both quantitative lab tests and during kHz, for transmitter hunting. The higher preci- field testing. However, our FC2002 was not as sion capability is suitable for other applications, sensitive on VHF as the MFJ-866 (s/n 0126-2-

78 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 7959) we tested earlier. ACECO FC2002 Sensitivity, s/n 0318-5-7623 We measured the FC2002's sensitivity from 30 MHz to 1300 MHz using a signal generator 12 and the results appear in the accompanying graphs. The FC2002 displayed the frequency of a 10 146 MHz walkie-talkie up to 185 feet away when testing in a flat, open field. It captured a 446 MHz walkie-talkie up to 161 feet under the 8 same conditions. Adjusting the telescoping antenna to the proper length made a significant difference in whether the counter could lock on a 6 distant signal. E We took the FC2002 mobile. It snagged several VHF -high band signals while connected to a 19 inch magnetic mount whip antenna atop 4 the truck, including a 151.415 MHz base station used at the local golf course, a 158.1 MHz paging transmitter, a 151.385 MHz fire repeater, and a 95.9 MHz commercial FM broadcaster. 2 We used a Yaesu VR-500 receiver to verify most signals, though the FC2002 detected a sig- Sr nal on 164.975 MHz, a US government fre- 0- 0 400 800 800 1000 1200 1400 quency, before we were able to turn on the scan- 200 MHz ner to identify the user. The counter displayed the frequency of a 0 Conclusions 171.055 MHz wireless microphone 7 feet away, The /Wee() FC2002 performed flawlessly but was able to detect two 49 MHz baby moni- during testing. It is well built and extremely sen- tor transmitters only when brought within a sitive. The capture and filter features make the couple of feet. FC2002 more useful than simpler counters for QUICKCHARGER The FC2002's display is easy to read and transmitter hunting. the backlight is very effective. A front panel hole The 600 mAH rechargeable battery pack is Sets A New provides easy access to the timebase alignment low capacity by today's standards. We would Standard In adjustment. prefer the ability to use individual AA cells in- The FC2002 has a switchable filter which Battery stead of a monolithic battery pack. Chargers! blanks the displays until a signal is detected. The Aceco FC2002 is available from When the filter is off, the counter displays ran- Hamtronics, Inc., 65 Moul Rd., Hilton, NY .. this is hands - dom readings until it detects a signal. 14468-9535. Tel. (585)-392-9430, http:// $39°' down the best consumer FREE battery charger that I've seen. www.hamtronics.com. Oround Shippnq ...A Gotta -Have" - Jock Elliott, Easy Access Radio Manufacturer Specifications Ouickly Charges Up To 4 'AAA, 'AA', 'C' Or Aceco FC2002 Frequency Counter IR REMOTE RADIO CONTROL 'D Size NiCad or NiMH Batteries The Only Charger To Fully Charge All Sizes Of Price range: $219 Remote control your ICOM IC -R75, NEW High Capacity NiMH & NiCad Batteries Yaesu FRG -100, Drake R8/A/B, ICOM Intelligent Discharge Revitalizes NiCads Dealer: transceiver, or Uniden scanner from your Hamtronics, Inc. (C. CRANK 65 Moul Rd., Hilton, NY 14468-9535. easy chair with the SWL IR Remote and ww----.NCOMPANY- Tel. (585)-392-9430 a Universal TV Remote control. http://www.hamtronics.com FREECATALOG SWL IR Remote for R-75 $79.95 800.522-8863 ccrane.com Frequency coverage (MHz): SWL IR Remote for FRG -100 $79.95 10 Hz - 3 GHz

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November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 79 COMPUTERS & RADIO RADIO -RELATED SOFTWARE & HARDWARE SOLUTIONS John CaIalano, l'Itl) johnratalano(a` monitoringtimes.com

Digital Radio Mondiale Overview-Part 1 Who and What is it?

We have heard all the fuss about O DRM's Benefits Finally, in order to maintain reasonable DRM, Digital Radio Mondiale, According to their website. the benefits sound quality this signal processing has to be being the radio mode of the fu- of the DRM digital mode to theI isteners are: done at a relatively high clock rate. This all ture. But we have heard this claim a number of FM -like sound quality with the AM reach ; translates to a pretty powerful DRM decod- times before from radio modes that have almost Improved reception quality; ing "computer" using power. These require- been forgotten. Remember AM Stereo? Flexible use of radio, whenever and wherever ments seem to be in contradiction to the "Low you want it; Over the next few columns we'll look at cost receiver, low energy consumption" ben- No change to existing listening habits: DRM in a very objective manner. We'll try to - same frequencies, efit listed above. sort marketing hype, if any, from actual use and - same listening conditions (fixed, por- throw in a bit of science. This series on DRM table and mobile radio), * Who Is Backing DRM? will follow the Computers & Radio approach of - same listening environment (indoors, in cities, in dense forests..); According to a press release on their striving to inform, entertain and perhaps stimu- website, http://www.drm.org, the DRM sys- late further investigation. Low cost receiver, low energy consumption; Easy tuning: with selection by frequency, sta- tem was developed in 1998 by a consortium Before I get any technology tutorial emails, tion name or program type; of companies in China. Its purpose is to cre- let me clearly state something. In order to enter- More diverse program content, using the full ate a universal digital system for the AM tain and reach the widest audience, without put- capabilities of new digital features; broadcasting bands below 30 MHz - short- ting them to sleep, I will be taking great liberties Wide receiver range with more and getter wave, medium wave and longwave. It is head- with technical details. features; Radios that will give you programs with as- quartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and now sociated text information, station name, has 82 members in 29 countries including Go To The Source record title, singer's name..." broadcasters, network operators, equipment The source of much of the DRM informa- manufacturers, broadcasting unions and regu- tion will be listed at the end of each column. As That's quite an ambitious list! latory bodies. I was once told by my world-renowned profes- This august body includes many heavy sor of relativity who had worked with Einstein, O Downside of Digital hitters in the radio world including: Atmel "If you want to learn what Einstein knew, read Communications ES2, British Broadcasting Corporation, Einstein, not someone writing about Einstein!" The downsides of digital communica- Deutsche Welle, Hitachi Kokusai, Harris In other words, if this column stimulates your tions can he summarized as: Broadcast, JVC Victor Company of Japan, interest in any subject I suggest that you then go Increased circuit complexity Merlin Communications International Ltd, right to the source. High speed computer processing required Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK), Radio(s) It is said, "The longest journey starts with Canada, France, Netherlands, Sweden, the first step." So let's begin our DRM journey. The digital world is a world of math- Vatican, Sangean America, Sony, Telefunken ematical functions and transformations imple- and Thales (UK) - to name a few you might * Why Digital Anyway? mented in hardware. Also there is the conver- recognize. A number of years ago, in the Computers& sion of analog audio into digital bits, requir- Radio column, we explored the technical and ing high speed and high accuracy in analog to O Having What It Takes! functional differences between analog and digi- digital conversion. Then the process needs to The members are key to the ultimate suc- tal signal technologies. Then we compared the be reversed at the receiver end with a compa- cess of DRM. Long gone are the days when benefits and deficits. rable digital to analog converter. superior technology won the day, becoming a In summary, in order to listen standard and commercial suc- to analog signals we must detect and cess. One has to just read of separate many small differences in Edwin Armstrong's life and the signal shift levels. In contrast, de- origins of FM radio in early coding digital signals is all about de- days of commercial radio. No, tecting just two levels, l's and 0's. instead it takes lots of techni- The big benefit is that l's and 0's can cal, political, marketing and eco- be separated by relatively large sig- Drm nomic might. Finally, this must nal level. This minimizes any ambi- he augmented with corporate guity in the detecting method. In resolve and determination to other words, once the l's and 0's are make any standard a commer- sensed, and converted back to a lis- cial reality. tenable analog sound, noise is a thing for a listening experience My initial observation of the past. And if the digital signal was that although many of these MN is sampled at a high enough rate we r DRM companies such as Sony are rewarded with high fidelity sound have a semiconductor division, with no noise. Idid not see any major semi- Figure I: DR31 Ifebpage www.drm.org conductor company in the

80 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 DRM consortium. Atmel does produce ex- stream is sent in blocks, which are 400 ms Header 8 bits cellent semiconductors; however, Philips and long in duration. Data field n bytes The specific DRM channel bandwidth CRC 16 bits Intel are notable by their absence. For DRM The header contains information to de- to succeed, a major international semiconduc- and the transmission mode determine the bit scribe the packet. The data field contains rate of the MSC. The transmission mode is a tor company with world -class analog, DSP the data intended for a particular service. The combination of signal bandwidth and effi- and perhaps PC component experience will CRC is the Cyclic Redundancy Check. be required to reduce the DRM system to aciency related parameters such as the highest very inexpensive integrated circuit and sup- useful bit rate relative to resulting effects of ply it to radio manufacturers. Okay, enoughnoise and/or multi -path propagation. + MSC and Audio Programs crystal ball gazing. Let's look at the structure The current channel widths for radio Audio broadcasts are digitized and com- of a DRM system. broadcasting below 30 MHz are 9 kHz and pressed using MPEG-4 type compression and 10 kHz. DRM system also supports half chan- Spectral Band Replication (SBR). Keeping it O DRM Channel Structure nel modes with bandwidths of 4.5 kHz to 5 simple, let's just say that these complex ad- kHz allowing for simultaneous transmissions vanced techniques have the potential of pro- According to the DRM Standard paper ducing near -FM broadcast audio quality. files with ETSI (the European Telecommuni- of analog AM and digital AM. Double channel modes with bandwidths of 18 kHz to 20 In addition, audio streams can also carry cations Standards Institutehttp:// simple text messages. The text message is a www.etsi.org), DRM system consists of kHz are possible. Typical data rates on a 9 to 10 kHz channel are 20 to 24 kbps. In double basic part of DRM and consumes only 80 three channels: the Main Service Channel bits. (MSC), the Fast Access Channel (FAC), and channel mode, maximum data rates may reach the Service Description Channel (SDC). Each as high as 72 kbps. has a different function and character. For Still With Us ?! those who are interested, I have included a MSC and Digital Data Transmissions Next time we'll look at the other chan- summary of the data format for each channel. A data service comprises one data stream nels and see how it's all put together in a or one data sub -stream. Digital data stream DRM transmission. Then we'll look at what It's Not Called Main For Nothing '...may be composed of up to four 'sub - hardware and software is need for DRM moni- The MSC (Main Service Channel) is streams' consisting of data packets. A sub - toring. where the audio or data for transmission re-stream carries packets for one service." Data Get ready for some alphabet soup dis- sides. It may contain may up to four differ- services generally consist of streams of infor- cussions full of acronyms. If you're not into ent "broadcasts" or services. Each broadcast mation, in either synchronous or asynchro- the digital details don't worry. Only the ba- may be either in the form of audio or digital nous form, or files of information. The maxi- sics are needed to follow the rest of the DRM Digital Radio Mondiale story as it unfolds. data. mum length of a data unit is eight 215 bytes. If you looked at the MSC on an oscillo- I'll leave you with one question. What the scope you would find that it is composed ofData Services Packet Format heck is Mondiale? one stream of data for each "broadcast." Each The packet is made up as follows:

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November2003 MONITORING TIMES 81 K40 RD850 Radar Detector By Bob Grove W8JHD

Radar detectors have become rather given the opportunity to perform a similar ter mode may be selected to reduce, but not commonplace along America's high- test with their new, sophisticated radar de- totally eliminate, such interference. ways and interstates. The tempta- tector. Our older model detector did this fre- tion to push the pedal just a little over the quently as we drove down the interstate and as posted limits is hard to resist, and any device 0 The RD850 we stopped at busy complexes. The RD850, that will let the driver know that his speed is The RD850 comes with a distinguished however, remained quiet until activated by more being monitored is welcome. pedigree, carefully developed to respond legitimate radiators like the occasional stray ra- Older radar detectors had their share of quickly and sensitively to all three traffic radar diation from other radar detectors employed problems. Some had enough oscillator radiation bands: X, K and superwide Ka (33.8, 34.7, 35.5, by passing motorists. to disrupt downlink satellite terminals (VSATs) 24.15, and 10.525 GHz). In addition, the RD850 in the 11.7-12.2 GHz range, such as those used responds to laser, "POP" (instant -on pulse ra- 40 The Lab Tests at gas pumps for credit card transactions, dar) and VG -2 (11.4-11.6 GHz) radar detector At the request of K40 Electronics, on April Muzak in fast-food establishments, financial detectors. 17, 2003, Speed Measurement Laboratories of transactions and other business applications. Power is derived from a convenient source Ft. Worth, TX (http://www.speedlabs.com) As of 2002, these are now illegal to sell. of 12 VDC; both a cigarette -lighter cord and conducted an independent, objective evaluation Except for commercial vehicles (truck- direct -connect cable are provided. Audible alert of the RD850 as compared with two other con- ers), radar detectors are legal to use in every volume is continuously adjustable. The com- tenders in the field, the Passport 8500 and the state except Virginia and Washington DC. pact, lightweight unit can be mounted with the Bel 985. Nine of the newest radar and laser They are illegal to even own, much less oper- included sun -visor clip, window suction cup, guns were operated by a certified traffic officer ate, in much of Canada! To cope with illegal or dashboard Velcro strips. to eliminate any doubts concerning authentic- use of radar detectors, law enforcement agen- When a target signal is detected, the unit ity of the tests. The 10 -year veteran officer cies employ "radar detector detectors" like flashes its LEDs and emits a tell -tale tone as was instructed to use the radar guns just as he the VG -2 Interceptor. These units listen for well to inform the user of the identification of would in his daily traffic routine. the weak emanation of oscillator signals from the signal:Chirp (K), tweet (X), buzz (Ka), The results? To quote SML's own release, the radar detectors. high-pitched beep (laser), or warble (VG -2). "In our test of the industry's top rated radar To thwart such detection, some consumer detectors, no other detector outperformed K40's radar detectors are now equipped to listen for False Alerts new portable RD850..." the oscillators from the police radar detector Occasionally a radar detector wilt go off Apparently K40 feels pretty confident in detectors! When heard, the radar detector is shut for no apparent reason; this is caused by ex- their new product as well; they will pay any down for a few seconds, allowing the vehicle to traneous signals which share the same fre- speeding fines incurred during the first year of drive past the radar detector detector - without quency bands. Such signals include oscillator the owner's operation of the device! detection! radiation from neighboring vehicles with ra- Another new technology designed to dar detectors (the most common), high -power + On the Road Again thwart consumer radar detectors is "instant - radio transmissions, some cell phones, and A 1200 mile trip along 1-75 afforded an on" ("POP") or pulsed radar, such as the MPH other incidental radiators. Parking at or driv- excellent opportunity to test the new RD850; Industries BEE Ill. This presumes that a speed - ing alongside shopping centers and industrial we decided to try a side -by -side comparison measuring pulse can be so short that the detec- complexes affords an excellent opportunity with an older Radio Shack model, each facing tor, which requires at least 150 milliseconds of to activate your radar detector! A special fil- out through the windshield of my wife's new signal to respond, won't flash an alert. How- 2003 Jeep Liberty. It didn't take long for both ever, the 67 millisecond pulse is too short for MPH's own circuitry to stabilize fast units to start sounding their alarms. As a matter of fact, all day long they sat there chirping away enough for an accurate reading that will hold happily while I visually scanned the horizon up in court. Therefore, the "POP" must be unsuccessfully trying to locate the sources of followed by a longer -duration radar beam these alerts. False alarms, but from where? which alerts the detector. Finally I had an epiphany: Could the two units be interfering with each other? (Duh...) I K40 Electronics switched off the older unit and the falses K40 rose to prominence in the CB stopped immediately! This close to each arena some 25 years ago when antenna manu- other, the units were hearing each other's facturers were endlessly beating the drum for oscillators, just like the radar detector de- their particular products. I had the pleasure tectors! of publishing my findings following a field Now quiet, and my wife finally talk- test of the K40 antenna. The bottom line was ing to me again, actual radar beams were that it worked well, better than other anten- signaled for great distances. In one case, a nas with which it was compared. It's still on low -powered radar speed sign, normally the market and selling well. Recently, I was

82 MONITORING TIMES November 2003 set to alert drivers of PAR Antenna Follow-up window sash at the tree end. Guess I was their measured speed Hank Lane, KBIJLA, of Groton, Mas- lucky the strain on windy days did not pull at a maximum range of sachusetts, had purchased the PAR EndFed down my folk's chimney! I don't know what 250 feet, triggered the antenna prior to its review by Larry Van Horn Hank's installation was, but know from ex- RD850 alarm at 0.8 in the September edition of MT. He wrote, perience that the force from a moving tree miles! "Everything you say in your review is right -driven by the wind is powerful." In SML's tests, on for build quality, performance, appearance, Hank reported he would gladly accept the RD850 consis- etc." However, he had run into a problem when the new radiator Dale offered as a replace- tently reported radar in a crimp joint gave way. "All the stress on the ment, and added, "It sounds as if the new, excess of 2 miles from unit is carried by the single crimp joint where modified design should solve any 'crimp' the target - seven times the wire end connector attaches to stud #3 on problems that might have turned up (although the normal targeting distance of police radar. At the matchbox. Strung between two trees and I guess I was the only lucky one for that.) this distance, a vehicle traveling at 60MPH end -weighted normally for a N -S horizontal "The reason I didn't return the unit to would have approximately two minutes to ca- configuration, there is no strain relief mecha- Grove was that I didn't want to part with it sually slow down before the typical radar gun nism to back up or offset all the stress hitting and as as alternative I made my own radiator could get an accurate reading.* that one single crimp." with a solder connection. I am still using it as The ability to fine -control the audible vol- While neither Grove Enterprises nor Par my main receiving antenna. Although, now, ume, or instantly mute it, or even replace the reported any other returns for this reason (and I'd much rather use the original radiator as various tones with a pleasant Geiger -counter the crimp is the same also used on Par's ama- supplied. (I couldn't find your original inde- "tick" sound that increases in rate as a radar teur line), Dale Parfitt said there had been a structible wire anywhere, and had to use some speed trap is approached, is a welcome touch. design change in the past few months. "We inferior coated wire from Rat Shack.) I was very impressed with the overall per- changed over to soldering the Flex Weave to "Overall, the antenna blows away most formance of the RD850 and feel that it offers a the #10 lug and applying a short piece of heat any others I've tried for general SWL and Ute reliable warning well in advance of an activated shrink to the transition from lug to wire be- listening, including Grove's own Skywire of speed -measurement device. cause we felt it gave the connection a better which I've owned two. Both Skywires have 'look.'I have never been a big proponent of corroded away in New England weather be- The RD850 carries a manufacturer's sug- crimps and the resultant flattening." cause the twisted copper strands are not gested retail price of $299.95. For ordering in- He added, "On further reflection we will coated with any protective material. Eventu- formation, visit the K40 web site at http:// be adding a section to the manual regarding ally, one or more of the copper strands will www.k40.com, or call (800) 323-6768. strain relieving the antennas. As a teenager, I break and then it's just a question of time. had a 40M dipole hung between the house "Thanks for the super technical sup- *At 60 MPH (1 mile per minute) it would take and a stand of pines. Each week it was reso- port." 1.75 minutes to get within 0.25 miles; but since nant lower in the band. Several times it broke. - Hank Lane. KBIJLA the vehicle is gradually slowing down. it allows It finally occurred to me to put a pulley and even more time. of huh ... - Sl 10 1485600

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November 2003 MONITORING TIMES 83 ON THE BENCH PROJECTS, REVIEWS, TIPS & TECHNIQUES

"How a Geek Sets His Watch" By Robert Osband N4SCY

There is only one thing a geek wants great atomic clocks. when he sets his or her wrist watch. My favorite source The knowledge that when that watch for time, though, is radio chimes the top of the hour, the network news station WWV on short- will start on the radio, or the TV program wave. The atmosphere will start on the tube. People are amazed by plays funny tricks with ra- the simplest things, and will usually ask me dio waves, and at different my favorite question: "How did you do that?" times of the day the signal My usual reply to that question is, "We both will be better on different set our watches to the same Atomic Clock." frequencies. WWV trans- First, you need something to set your mits on 2.5, 5, 10, 15 and watch to. Something accurate. The atomic 20 MHz on shortwave clock of the National Institute of Standards from Ft Collins, CO, and and Technology (NIST) in Colorado is pretty WWVB is at 60 kHz in the accurate. So are the two at the US Naval Ob- lowfrequency bands. servatory in Washington DC. One is named There is also a sister sta- "Tick" and the other is "Tock." A quick peek tion WWVH in Hawaii on at http://www.time.gov/ (operated jointly by the same shortwave fre- both agencies) will get you the time of day quencies as WWV. within a second or so, depending on your Many of the newerIVWV, Ft Collins, Colorado (courtesy NIST) internet connection. In fact there are programs "Atomic Wall Clocks" set their time to likes to watch things that utilize the internet's Network Time Pro- WWVB. It's usually helpful if these clocks go "up." His job re- tocol (NTP) that can set your system clock and watches are set near a window at night quires him to take to within tenths of a second to the nation's when the signals come in best. You can also his breaks on a dial up telephone numbers that will highlyregulated link you to the time signal for 3 schedule, which he minutes or so (see sidebar). inputs to his com- Next, don't worry about hitting puter and down- "The Top of The Minute." You are loads to his watch - going to set your watch a minute a Casio PC -Unite. He can be reached at IS MHz later. At the top of the minute, you just want to notice at which sec- [email protected] ond on your watch that your time source gives the different "beep" for the "Zero Second" that starts Sources of accurate time: the next minute. You can also look 5, 10, 15, 20 MHz on a shortwave radio at your watch at the top of the +1 303 499-7111, WWV, NIST, Ft Collins hour, when radio networks send a CO time signal "beep" just before the +1 202 762-1401, US Naval Observa- news starts (the one we want to tory Master Clock, Washington DC match, or be real close to). Notice NISTime.exe: a computer program to set which second the "beep" hits on. the time on a PC. Now, put your watch in "Setting ftp://time-b.nist.gov/pub/daytime/ Mode," and when that second nistime-32bit.exe comes around again, hit the button International Date/Time format: YYYY- to reset your watch to the top of MM-DD hh:mm:ss - Not just an Inter- the minute. That should put you national Standard, it's computer sort- right. Have a friend in the car when able' the network news comes on the radio, and wait for The Question: This is your equipment page. "How did you do that?" Monitoring Times pays for projects, reviews, radio theory and hard- About the Author ware topics.Contact Rachel Ozzie N4SCY is a ham radio op- Baughn, 7540 Hwy 64 West, erator who lives on the Space Brasstown, NC 28902; email Coast of Florida, just because he [email protected].

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The old-timers have a saying about the 467.6875 FRS .5 A Features 467.7125 FRS .5 weather in Maine: if you don't like it, Let's take a tour of the PR4000WX. This just wait a minute and it will change. So 462.5500GMRS 3,2,.5selectable 462.5750GMRS is a large handitalkie, measuring about 7-5/8 inches it is with the FRS/GMRS market. Just when 3,2,.5selectable 462.6000GMRS 3,2,.5selectable from the tip of the antenna to the bottom of the you think you know what's going on, things 462.6250GMRS 3,2,.5selectable case, about 2-5/8 inches across the widest part, change. 462.6500GMRS 3,2,.5selectable and about 1-5/8 inches deep from faceplate to 462.6750GMRS A case in point: recently the nice folks at 3,2,.5selectable the back of the belt clip. At the center of the Cobra Electronics sent me a pair of PR4000WX 462.7000GMRS 3,2,.5(selectable 462.7250GMRS 3,2,.5(selectable upper front panel is a backlit liquid crystal dis- handitalkies. Among other things, what made play that serves as information central for the these radios interesting is that Cobra is packing FRS is the Family Radio Service, an unli- radio. Surrounding the LCD are a series of but- more features into these radios at a very modest censed radio service limited by FCC regulation to tons: Call, Channel Up/Down, Hi-Med-Low price. Power, Lock and Compass. These are all pretty Check it out: for a paltry SI 19.95 (SRP), one-half watt transmitter power. GMRS stands for General Mobile Radio Service, a licensed radio self-explanatory. you get two 22 -channel radios with 38 so-called service. To operate on GMRS frequencies, you The Mode button covers all the other func- "privacy" codes (really Continuous Tone -Coded must pay a fee to the Federal Communications tions of the radio - some 16 of them - such as Scanning System - CTCSS - codes), 10 channel Commission to get a license. The reason for get- CTCSS codes, NOAA all hazards radio channel NOAA All Hazards Alert Radio, voice -operated ting a GMRS license is so you can use more power and alert, stopwatch, clock, alarm, VOX, transmit (VOX) operation, enhanced water re- memory channels, various scanning functions, sistance, silent vibrating paging, 10 -channel for more range. In the case of the PR4000WX, you can choose 3, 2 or .5 watts on roger beep on/off and so forth. In all, it is a pretty memory, battery saver circuit, selectable power easy operating system: the frequently used func- with output key lock, 10 call tones, and roger the GMRS frequencies, but the handitalkie locks the power to .5 tions each have a button, and the rest are acces- beep. Pretty cool, huh? sible through the Mode button. As they say in the infomercials, "But wait, watt on the FRS - only frequencies. Below the display and surrounding buttons there's more!" The PR4000WX, according to is a grill for the speaker and microphone. On top Cobra's data sheet, also has the industry's first There are GMRS repeaters across of the case is the antenna, a jack for an external true 3 watts of power, an 8 -point digital com- speaker/microphone, and the On/Off/volume pass, and a clock/stopwatch/alarm. the country, but the PR4000WX knob. On the left side of the case are the push - George Carlin once said, "You nail together is simplex only. to -talk button and a button for activating the two things that have never been nailed together LCD backlighting and defeating the autosquelch before and some schmuck will buy them from for listening to faint transmissions. On the right you." His point is well taken, but in this case, I side of the case is a jack for an optional charger think the extra features make sense. If you're for rechargeable batteries. On the back of the using the PR4000WX in the woods, the digital case are the wrist strap connector, the belt clip, compass certainly could come in handy, and there the battery compartment (for four AA alkalines), are a number of instances where an alarm might and the battery door latch. On the very bottom prove useful. As to more power for more range, of the case (which can stand up on a flat surface) who could object to that? are a couple of metal contacts that could be used with a drop -in charger. + Coverage The performance of the PR4000WX was The PR4000WX offers transmit and receive excellent. The NOAA radio received the local capabilities on 22 channels -7 FRS/GMRS, 8 weather broadcasts very well; the compass, once GMRS, and 7 FRS. calibrated (a necessary user operation), pointed Here's how they are laid out according to in the appropriate direction. The range was as the owner's manual: good as any FRS/GMRS radio that 1 have ever tested (the limitation here was not the radio, but Frequency Service Power (watts) the terrain - even the best can't reach beyond 462.5625FRS/GMRS 3, 2, .5 (selectable) certain physical obstacles on my standardized 462.5875FRS/GMRS 3,2,.5 (selectable) 462.6125FRS/GMRS 3,2,.5 (selectable) test course). All of this is top -rank performance. 462.6375FRS/GMRS 3,2,.5 (selectable) But what really set this radio apart was the al- 462.6625FRS/GMRS 3,2,.5 (selectable) most-hi-fi-quality audio: it's crisp, clear, and life- 462.6875FRS/GMRS 3,2,.5 (selectable) like without being harsh. 462.7125 FRS/GMRS 3,2,.5 (selectable) The bottom line is that the PR4000WX 467.5625 FRS .5 offers an outstanding combination of features 467.5825 FRS .5 467.6125 FRS .5 and performance. Highly recommended. 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We 9VDC car cigarette lighter adap- nied by a soft leatherette carrying Trunked and conventional channels had the opportunity to preview tor; none of these are provided and pouch. can be scanned simultaneously. one of these just before we sent it must be purchased separately. Scan Rate is a speedy 100 chan- off to Bob Parnass for a full lab Grove Enterprises is carrying What we liked nels per second (conventional review which will appear shortly this unit at $499.95. See their web I he small size, ease of op- mode); the search rate is at 100 in MT. site at http://www.grove-ent.com eration, clean audio, choice of fre- steps per second for normal search, Frequency range is 25-54, or call l 400-435-8155, and watch quency coverage and low -backlash or 300 steps per second for Turbo 108-174, 216-225, 406-512, 806- for a full res ieN% in %IT. tuning make this radio a good search. 960 (less cellular) and 1240-1300 choice as a gift, or for backup lis- The BCT8 covers 13 fre- MHz. tening on the road or during power quency bands: The PRO96 is a triple -con- Sangean outages. 25.0-28.0 MHz Petroleum Prod., version superheterodyne, a scheme While serious SWLs like ex- CB Class D channels, Business virtually mandated now by the and Forest Products Travel Pro ternal antenna attachments, inex- 28.0-29.7 MHz 10 Meter Ama- FCC's austere image -reduction re- pensive radios invariably suffer quirements to minimize the likeli- By Bob Grove teur Band from strong -signal overload when 29.7-50.0 MHz VHF Low Band hood of unauthorized cellular tele- For shortn%ase listeners seek- operated with long antennas. 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Another month of interesting develop- sion to not use the original downlink transmis- in somewhat shorter effective passes where par- ments inthe weather satellite sion from MSG -1. That downlink would have tial interference is experienced - such as through (WXSAT) field: NOAA conducted excluded the amateur community due to the near trees! its first tests of the new digital format LRIT impossibility of operating giant reception dishes (Low Rate Information Transmission), and dur- on domestic properties! Instead, we have only 0 Hurricane Fabian ing late August, NOAA- 14 imagery became syn- needed to set up conventional satellite televi- Those using WEFAX systems to monitor chronized once more. sion systems and then take the cable feed to a either GOES -E or GOES -W, or possibly even computer fitted with a DVB card to decode the both, are able to monitor the development and O LRIT Gets Underway telemetry. So far we have received virtually all movements of every tropical storm and hurri- The National Environmental Satellite, the types of digital transmission - HRIT and cane anywhere in the world. During early Sep- Data and Information Service (NESDIS) LRIT. Picture quality has been excellent and tember, hurricane Fabian was being monitored. approved the Low Rate Information Transmis- WEFAX is rapidly becoming just a memory ofOn September I, David G Brooks of Worthing, sion (LRIT) Global Specification as the new stan- the old analog system! Christ Church, Barbados, West Indies, received dard to replace current WEFAX data transmis- figure I, an image from NOAA-15 while Fabian sions. This new digital format will therefore re- NOAA-14 bears watching was over the Atlantic Ocean. Fabian had been place the existing analog design in due course. The HRPT telemetry stream from NOAA- moving northward at 15 knots with maximum Darrell Robertson of NOAA confirmed that 14 became degraded some months back. Degra- sustained winds estimated at 105 knots, gusts the first ever GOES LRIT Test was successful. dation was due to the AVHRR (advanced very to 130 knots. It was reaching landfall over Ber- It was conducted as a live data transmission test high resolution radiometer) providing a partially muda as this article was being compiled, with during the second daily vacant time slot on Au- unsynchronized image. One consequence of this winds having increased to 200km/hour. Visit gust 21in the GOES -East WEFAX schedule. was that the APT transmission in the 137 MHz David's highly weather -orientated site at http:/ NOAA's plan involves transmitting LRIT test band was terminated to prevent periodic inter- hww.brohavwx.corn/ data during two daily "vacant" time slots in the ference with other satellites using the same GOES -East WEFAX schedule. frequency. The LRIT test data was transmitted Mon- The 1700 MHz (HRPT) telemetry day through Friday, excluding U.S. public holi- downlink was left operational, so many of days, during these two vacant slots throughout us have continued to monitor the transmis- the months of August and September. The first sions. I made a habit of taking a pass, two daily test transmission period was from 16:50 or three times a week. Even so, it was Tho- to I 7:06UTC, with the second period from 17:50 mas Scheelen of Germany that advised me to 17:58UTC. A one minute buffer at the start on August 23 that telemetry from NOAA- and end times is used to avoid interference with 14 had apparently recovered synchroniza- WEFAX transmissions. Daily timeshare trans- tion for several days. Thomas commented: missions of WEFAX and LRIT were planned to "In the last two weeks NOAA- I 4 works start in October. great without sync errors." These irregular test transmissions of LRIT NOAA-14 provides a strong signal data from the GOES -East satellite will continue and is therefore well worth monitoring. during 2003. A schedule of alternating analog Launched on December 12, 1994, it is cur- WEFAX and digital LRIT products will begin in rently the AM standby satellite, with sev- 2004, and by early 2005, NOAA expects to com- eral of its systems in condition green (op- pletely convert to full time LRIT service from erational, or capable of), some in yellow both GOES -East and GOES -West. (operational with limitations), and only the AVHRR at red; and as of early September Europe's LRIT this was working but it failed again onlig I: Hurricane Fabian - NOAA-15 image Septem- The European LRIT transmission tests the 6th! ber I, from David Brooks have continued, together with concurrent HRIT (High Rate Information Transmission) tests. * Next launch Frequends Europe's Meteosat Second Generation (MSG - NOAA-N has an anticipated launch date 1) satellite is currently located over longitude of June 2004. Various tests are being carried out NOAA-12 and -15 transmit APT on 137.50 10° west and has been providing test transmis- MHz and preparation for the flight software load is NOAA-17 transmits APT on 137.62 MHz. sions to approximately 100 users since late April. underway. NOAA-12 and NOAA-16 transmit HRPT on The transmission is actually made via a televi- Meanwhile, the other NOAA WXSATs 1698.0 MHz sion DVB downlink from HotBird-6, due to a continue with mostly unchanged status. NOAA- NOAA-14 and NOAA-17 transmit HRPT on hardware failure on MSG -1. 17 transmits just 2.5 watts power on its HRPT 1707.0 MHz This failure proved to be a welcome event transponder - compared to its much larger out- NOAA-15 transmits HRPT on 1702.5 MHz (for amateur users!) because it led to the deci- GOES -10 (west) and GOES -12 (east) use 1691 put following launch in June 2002. This results MHz for WEFAX (and LRIT tests on GOES -12)

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Interoperability: Public Safety's Holy Grail By Dan Veeneman

Nearly two decades before the terrorist attacks on the World Standards Trade Center and the Pentagon, emergency personnel from There are somewhere in the neighborhood of 30,000 Washington, D.C. learned an important lesson in how to work emergency response agencies in the United States. Nearly together. all of these agencies use some type of Land Mobile Radio During the evening rush hour on January 13, 1982, in the(LMR) technology. Much of this equipment is proprietary and middle of a snowstorm, an Air Florida 737 jet crashed on takeoff will only work with radios built by the same manufacturer. from National Airport. Half an hour later, across town a com- In 1989 the Association of Public Safety Communications muter train derailed. Numerous municipal and federal agencies Officials (APCO) began work on Project 25 to establish a set responded to both of these incidents but were hampered when of open, publicly available standards for efficient narrow band they discovered that they couldn't talk to each other - theirdigital communication. Instead of a proprietary system pro- radios were incompatible with each other. In addition, what fewvided by a single equipment manufacturer, these open stan- frequencies were available soon became overloaded. dards allow any number of manufacturers to produce com- The resulting confusion, delays and inefficiencies were thepatible equipment. This allows some degree of healthy com- impetus to begin developing common standards for public safety petition, potentially lowering prices for everyone. operations. Committees, working groups, and consortiums gen- Phase I of these standards is complete and quickly be- erated hours of testimony and reams of paper to address these coming commonplace, especially in large metropolitan areas. problems. But even with all of their efforts, how far have we The federal government has specified Project 25 equipment really come? for nearly all of their new systems, so future interoperability Two decades later, despite good intentions and a lot of hard will require the use of these APCO standards. work, confusion, delays and inefficiencies plagued the investigation of sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C. area in 2002. Funding More than 1,000 law enforcement officers and analysts were Local jurisdictions typically cannot afford to build their involved, coming from several cities, three states and the federal own system. Even small systems run into the millions of dol- government. Because the department radios issued to these lars, where a single radio can cost several thousand dollars. officers didn't work with other agencies (sound familiar?), hun- A potential solution is to follow the model used by such dreds of very expensive portable radios were handed out, pro-states as Colorado and Michigan, where the state govern- grammed to work over a brand new digital system in Maryland.ment provides a basic network and invites local jurisdictions Many investigators simply used cellular telephones. Some senior to join. In Minnesota, the Metro Public Safety Communica- officials made use of wireless personal digital assistants to send tion System covers nine counties, including the Twin Cities. and receive electronic mail. It operates a common "backbone" of repeaters and related Although it's self-evident that the ability for public safetyequipment, providing basic services to nearly 5,000 radios in personnel to communicate with each other is critical during emer- Hennepin County alone; twice that are expected across the gencies, what does it take for this to happen? system when it reaches full deployment. The backbone cost $36 million to install, which was shared among the various Technical Difficulties participants. The first step is getting equipment that can work together. If planned and equipped correctly, this type of coopera- Radio equipment for public safety agencies is currently available tion can also solve much of the lack of capacity problems in several frequency bands, determined primarily by historical li- plaguing metropolitan radio networks. censing decisions by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Older systems typically use VHF and UHF frequencies, Who is in charge here? while new systems commonly operate in the 800 MHz band. Although much progress has been made in addressing However, one size does not fit all, even for frequencies. technology, interoperability is more than just getting radios Generally speaking, systems operating in the 800 MHz band per- to talk to each other. It requires procedures and processes form well in dense urban environments, while VHF and UHF sys- to cure the jurisdictional conflicts and command struggles tems are more appropriate for rural areas where they can pro- that occur when multiple agencies have to work together. vide greater coverage. There are patchwork solutions that canThis is perhaps the most difficult part of all, to create a true pass traffic between these frequency bands, but they're expen-partnership focused on a common goal. sive and don't always work well. So, to summarize, several things need to happen:

Even if the radios can talk to each other, there often aren't The FCC needs to establish clear, rational rules for public any available channels to use. Trunking technology can help in safety operation in the 700 MHz band;

using the existing channels more efficiently, but the next fron- Additional funding needs to be made available for local tier is 700 MHz, which holds the promise of open, unencum- police and fire departments to purchase, install, and be bered bandwidth. It's currently allocated to UHF television chan- trained on new radio equipment that is Project 25 com- nels 52 through 59, but is scheduled to become available in a patible; and

few years. There are a number of proposals pending at the FCC Common operating procedures and clear lines of author- as to how best use this space - some good, some not so good. ity need to be established for agencies at every level of As the final decision -maker, the FCC must establish rational rules government, especially as public safety and national secu- about how the 700 MHz band is to be used. Poor decisions will rity continue to overlap. simply duplicate the problems that currently exist in other bands Until these things can happen, the citizens of this coun- and are especially acute in 800 MHz. try will continue to be at risk from a lack of interoperability.

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