The World of Ham Radio CD-ROM From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:14 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!news.doit.wisc.edu!fkelcz.radiology.wisc.edu!fkelcz From: fkelcz@facstaff.wisc.edu (Frederick Kelcz) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: SW100 How is sensitivity? Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 10:53:53 +1000 Organization: University of Wisconsin Dept. of Radiology Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <3vk4se$1ta@warp.cris.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fkelcz.radiology.wisc.edu Summary: Sensitivity of set Keywords: SW100 X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B] >practical experience about the sensitivity of the SW100? Brian, On its own, laying on a wooden table, it is quite poor - I would consider it inadequate for reception in the midwestern USA - people have commented on the fact that it is so small as to offer little "counterpoise" effect for the antenna. When I place the SW100 on a metal stove counter - the sensitivity becomes quite good, though still less than my "cheapie" $59 analog set. When I clip my outside antenna to the set, sensitivity seems equal or better than my old 2010 ( which has suffered sensitivity loss since I replaced its FET with a RadioShack version). Fred K. N9SLR Frederick Kelcz, PhD, MD Dept. of Radiology University of Wisconsin, Madison From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:14 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news1.digex.net!news3.digex.net!digex.net!not-for-mail From: domonkos@access.digex.net (Andy Domonkos) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: SW55 Problems ? Date: 1 Aug 1995 13:09:44 -0400 Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA Lines: 12 Sender: domonkos@access5.digex.net Message-ID: <5fb7miubGM$1079yn@access.digex.net> References: <3vj6ns$j24@transfer.stratus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: access5.digex.net In article <3vj6ns$j24@transfer.stratus.com>, vin_kane@vos.stratus.com (Vin_kane) wrote: > My SW55 quit last Friday. No radio, timer, clock etc. Unless SONY admits to a > design fault I'll have to pay the $100.00 flat rate repair charge. > Any SW55 owners with similar failure modes ? > > TIA Did you try the reset button in the battery compartment? Andy From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:15 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uop!csus.edu!news From: David William Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: 1620 AM RECEPTION Date: 1 Aug 1995 16:17:57 GMT Organization: California State University Sacramento Lines: 44 Message-ID: <3vlk3l$hj5@news.csus.edu> References: <60.10775.4230.0N1ED767@canrem.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: @mac-39.educ.csus.edu loquismo@aimnet.com (Bryan Cowan) wrote: > > In article , > JBARNARD@CHEMISTRY.watstar.uwaterloo.ca (JB) wrote: > (snip) > > I have finally managed to identify the station on 1620 kHz that I > > have been hearing at nights in Waterloo and it turns out to be a TIS station > > broadcasting from Connecticut. Last night between 0600-0700 UTC they were > > playing a loop tape concerning the Special Olympics that are to be held in > > New Haven and had mention of I-91 and I-95 as approach routes to New Haven. > > > > Good DX > > > > 73 de John Barnard > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Nevertheless, that's quite a DX achievement, IMHO. Such stations usually > are low watt, local coverage only. For example, when I lived in > Sacramento, Sacramento Metro Airport broadcast general info on 540 or > thereabouts. It was only with great difficulty that this could be heard in > my apartment in downtown Sacramento, 15 miles away. San Francisco > International Airport has an info station on 1610, but I haven't tried to > DX this one yet. (SFO is 14 miles fr om my downtown SF apartment.) The SFO > station reception is further complicated by the fact that San Bruno I have "Dxed" the Sacramento Metro Info system from my Sacramento surburban location., about 25 miles. "Very interesting programming. My question is: What power do these systems run and what type of antenna is employed? David Williams (Sacramento, CA) David Williams (Sacramento, CA) > Mountain is between here and there; the Sacramento reception was partly > helped by flat land between my radio and the airport. Other interesting DX > targets would be the info stations at Oakland and San Jose airports > (although I don't know the frequencies) and other various low power loop > stations. > > Bryan Cowan loquismo@aimnet.com San Francisco, United States From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:17 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!sharpip.demon.co.uk!Ian From: Ian Sharp Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Beverage Antennae Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 17:23:09 GMT Organization: QTHR Lines: 50 Message-ID: <08011995170051um@sharpip.demon.co.uk> References: X-NNTP-Posting-Host: sharpip.demon.co.uk X-Broken-Date: 01 Aug 1995 17:00 BST X-Mailer: Umail 1.50h On 31 Jul 1995 18:19:21 GMT, in colvin@hyrax.rand.org (Tim Colvin) wrote..... >Where can I get information on constructing a beverage antenna? If I remember >correctly, a beverage antenna is a very long antenna run in a straight line >just above the ground; it is used for DXing 540-1600 kHz. and is highly >directional. References to any literature or online sources would be greatly >appreciated. Thanks. About a decade (?) ago there was a report in the UK's Practical Wireless magazine from 2 listener's who had setup a (temporary) Beverage on a large beach in this country. From what I remember (sorry, can't find the mag!) construction was relatively straightforward, although a major exercise in terms of size. The wire was placed upon garden canes, so would have been about 3-foot off the ground (sand). The receiver was connected to one end, and I'm pretty sure an effective ground was needed. The far end of the Beverage was grounded via a variable capacator, a Medium Wave variety, say about 100-550pF. It was necessary to tune the aerial using this cap., hence the need for 2 operators. I remember they reported using CB's for this purpose, but that the effect of the CB transmissions on the wire was such that it took several seconds for the aerial to settle following keying-up. In terms of length, were talking _VERY_ long here. The shortest Beverage I've heard of was 500 metres, and I think the above operators used 1 or 2 km (can't remember exactly). Obviously, 'though, there can't be any absolute cut-off on length, and surely shorter lengths must work to some extent - I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who may have tried this... As I recall, the Beverage is extremely selective in the direction of the wire, so needs to be aimed. Quoted as being in the direction away from the receiver, but since (apparently) MW reception from the Antipodes was successful, this may not be important! If it's of any interest, I'll search for the article a little harder... -- 73, de : Ian Sharp, QTH: Bath, QRA: IO81tj Home : Ian@sharpip.demon.co.uk Office : ian.sharp@bgcos.gold-400.gb AMPR-Net : g7mzy@g7mzy.ampr.org AX25-Net : G7MZY @ GB7IMB.#41.GBR.EU PGP 2.6 : key available on request From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:17 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!wang!news From: sanskrit@techunix.technion.ac.il (Pradeep Naga) Subject: HELP ! Need some BBC program info NOW ! Reply-To: sanskrit@techunix.technion.ac.il (Pradeep Naga) Organization: Technion, Israel Institute of Technology Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 18:09:33 GMT Message-ID: Sender: news@wang.com Lines: 11 HI ... I need to know when the program "The World Today" will be on in the middle east. I already missed the 8:30 PM edition, and I know it's usually repeated. Thanks. -- ** WARNING ** Please make sure that the address contains "tx" after the "@" so the address should be sanskrit@tx.technion.ac.il ************* From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:18 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.ios.com!news From: Paul Lannuier Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Poor Service Amateur Electronic Date: 1 Aug 1995 19:36:58 GMT Organization: Gilfer Associates, Inc. Lines: 30 Message-ID: <3vlvoq$dk5@news.ios.com> References: <3ujcfv$bs4@nnrp1.primenet.com> <3ukbg0$4e2@canyon.sr.hp.com> <3v618g$su4@atheria.europa.com> <3vccf1$45d@bigboote.WPI.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-hck-2-26.ios.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-URL: news:3vccf1$45d@bigboote.WPI.EDU gkd@wpi.WPI.EDU (Gregory K Doerschler) wrote: >Don't assume that ham salespeople >know what they're talking about when it comes to shortwave listening. >If you want intelligent SWL advice, consult a dealer who specializes >in SWL equipment. > > Greg Couldn't have said it better myself! ;-) Best 73! Paul Lannuier President Gilfer Shortwave ---------------------------------------------------------- GILFER SHORTWAVE | Tech & NJ: (201) 391-7887 52 Park Avenue | Orders/Quotes: (800) GILFER-1 Park Ridge, NJ 07656 | Facsimile: (201) 391-7433 United States of America | Internet: gilfersw@aol.com | http://www.pics.com/gilfer ---------------------------------------------------------- Authorized Dealer for: GRUNDIG SONY JAPAN RADIO CO KENWOOD ICOM YAESU LOWE RF SYSTEMS JPS COMMUNICATIONS WATKINS-JOHNSON ...and exclusive distributor for TRS CONSULTANTS SWBC ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHEDULES SOFTWARE ---------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:20 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!torn!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!phys.ualberta.ca!paul From: paul@phys.ualberta.ca (Paul Routenburg) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Beverage Antennae Date: 1 Aug 1995 19:38:43 GMT Organization: U of A, CSR Lines: 78 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vlvs3$hi2@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <08011995170051um@sharpip.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: tellus.phys.ualberta.ca In article <08011995170051um@sharpip.demon.co.uk>, Ian Sharp writes: > > On 31 Jul 1995 18:19:21 GMT, in > colvin@hyrax.rand.org (Tim Colvin) wrote..... > > >Where can I get information on constructing a beverage antenna? If I remember > >correctly, a beverage antenna is a very long antenna run in a straight line > >just above the ground; it is used for DXing 540-1600 kHz. and is highly > >directional. References to any literature or online sources would be greatly > >appreciated. Thanks. > Two of the large US medium wave clubs, the National Radio Club and the International Radio Club of America (IRCA) have in the past featured articles about beverages. Some of them may still be available as reprints. I think at least one of the clubs used to publish a book with various articles about beverages. I haven't been a member of either for years so perhaps someone else can provide up to date information, addresses, etc? > From what I remember (sorry, can't find the mag!) construction was > relatively straightforward, although a major exercise in terms of size. > The wire was placed upon garden canes, so would have been about 3-foot > off the ground (sand). The receiver was connected to one end, and I'm > pretty sure an effective ground was needed. [stuff deleted] > In terms of length, were talking _VERY_ long here. The shortest > Beverage I've heard of was 500 metres, and I think the above operators > used 1 or 2 km (can't remember exactly). Obviously, 'though, there > can't be any absolute cut-off on length, and surely shorter lengths > must work to some extent - I'd be interested in hearing from anyone > who may have tried this... > Over the years I've done quite a lot of experimenting with long antennas of lengths from a few hundred feet to a kilometer or so. Sometimes they were supported on sticks a few feet in height, or on convenient trees along a deserted road, or even just laid out on the ground across a long field. Sometimes they were terminated with a resistor on one end, other times not. The grounding of one end is just to make the antenna directional off of the end opposite the end the receiver is on. It may also sharpen the directionality as well but I'm not sure about that. The antenna also becomes more directional the longer it is. Much of the listening I did was in the tropical bands below 5 MHz. Even at those frequencies, with a few hundred feet of wire, directional effects were observed. Often we would have several antennas set up, aimed at particular areas, and much improved reception would occur on one particular antenna. I'm not sure such relatively short antennas are technically beverage antennas but they do exhibit some of the same directional effects on frequencies in the few MHz range as the longer antennas do in the medium wave range. > As I recall, the Beverage is extremely selective in the direction > of the wire, so needs to be aimed. Quoted as being in the direction > away from the receiver, but since (apparently) MW reception from > the Antipodes was successful, this may not be important! > As I said above, I think the antenna becomes more directional the longer it is. This makes it useful if you want to hear stations from a particular area of the world as possible interfering stations may become weak enough, or be eliminated entirely, so the desired ones can be heard. Terminating the antenna on the end opposite the receiver is useful to help reduce interference from local stations behind you. On the west coast a terminated antenna was quite good at providing interesting reception of Asian and South Pacific stations. Another interesting aspect of beverage type antennas is using two of them together. Coupled together by a "phasing unit" (a tuneable circuit) one can play around and null out an interfering station so that the desired one can be better heard. Once again, there have been articles published about this in the clubs that I mentioned at the start of this message. paul -- Paul Routenburg ---------> paul@phys.ualberta.ca Centre for Subatomic Research | University of Alberta | Rene Levesque is the missing link Edmonton, Alberta | CBC TV programs really stink. CANADA T6G 2N5 | (Cardboard Brains, 1977) From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:21 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jenhull@aol.com (Jenhull) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Can anyone identify AM reception on 740Khz........ Date: 1 Aug 1995 19:39:45 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 68 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3vme01$qpj@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <1995Aug1.184640.40261@ac.dal.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <3vjv1t$768@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, sethspeaks@aol.com (SETHSPEAKS) writes: >> I was logging stations Monday morning at about 2:30 A.M. CST and came >> across a very weak signal at AM 740. There was a rebroadcast of a Radio >> Sweeden program then the next half hour a rebroadcast of a BBC program. You picked up the new CBC Overnight package, which relays time-delayed programs from numerous international broadcasters. This package runs 1:00 am to 6:00 am on many CBC stations. CBC news cuts in for 5 minutes at the top of the hour, but there is no individual station ID, just the CBC. (740 is in Toronto, BTW. I've had better luck picking up the same broadcast on 940 AM, which I believe is a Montreal station.) I'm attaching a CBC press release, which gives the complete program line-up, plus stations. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONTACT AN ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER FOR CBC EMPLOYEES Produced by Employee Communications, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Head Office, Ottawa, Tel.(613)738-6785 Fax (613)738-6755 ********************************************************************** *** April 20, 1995 Volume 1, Number 14 ********************************************************************** *** OVERNIGHT NEWS SERVICE ON CBC RADIO . . . Starting May 1, CBC Radio will broadcast an innovative overnight news service consisting of hourly five- minute newscasts augmented by news programming from around the world via the World Radio Network. The news programming schedule is as follows: 1:05 - 2 am, Radio France 2:05 - 3 am, Radio Netherlands 3:05 - 3:30, Radio Sweden 3:30 - 4 am, BBC - Europe Today 4:05 - 5 am, Deutsche Welle 5:05 - 6 am, ABC Australia At the moment most but not all CBC stations are carrying this feed. Also, some CBC stations carry local programmes starting at 5AM and thus do not carry the Australian feed. The clear channel stations of the CBC English network which are heard in much of the US are: CBU Vancouver 690 kHz CBR Calgary 1010 kHz CBX Edmonton 740 kHz CBK Regina 540 kHz CBW Winnipeg 990 kHz CBE Windsor 1550 kHz CBL Toronto 740 kHz CBM Montreal 940 kHz CBA Moncton 1070 kHz (this station will start the overnight service in the fall) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:22 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!crash!blade From: blade@cts.com (robert Sweeton) Subject: FS 3 MOTOROLA UHF P-50S Organization: CTSNET Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 21:27:07 GMT Message-ID: X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #2 Keywords: MOTOROLA Sender: news@crash.cts.com (news subsystem) Nntp-Posting-Host: blade.cts.com Lines: 6 I wish to sell or trade 3 Motorola Radius rechargible P-50s (compact models) and two clip on mics. I am taking cash offers or will trade for a contemporary table top SW unit. robert From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:23 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!watserv3.uwaterloo.ca!greenworm.watstar.uwaterloo.ca!JBARNARD From: JBARNARD@CHEMISTRY.watstar.uwaterloo.ca (JB) Subject: WGTG Testing on 7.355 MHz Message-ID: Lines: 26 Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: greenworm.watstar.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 21:49:21 GMT Here's the latest info gathered on WGTG (With Glory To God), a new US shortwave station that has done some recent testing. Call Sign - WGTG Transmitter Location - McCaysville GA (near GA, NC and TN border) Transmitter Output - 50 KW Antenna - Rhombic antenna 90 feet above ground which is fed with open wire First Day of Testing - July 29, 1995. Tests will be on Fri., Sat. and Sun. Test Frequency - 7.355 MHz Phone Number - (706) 492-5944 Postal Address - Box 1131 Copper Hill TN 37517 QSL Policy - The station claims that it will verify reception reports that are phoned or mailed in Comments - Modulation was quite good but signal was affected by occasional fading. No splatter from the station was noted. Some info about my QTH: Location - Waterloo Ontario Canada Receivers - R-390A, SP-600, HQ-180C and DX-440 Antenna - Random wire (approx. 5 metres long) running north-south Good DX 73 de John Barnard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:24 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!godzilla.acpub.duke.edu!djohnson From: David Johnson Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: (nearly) FREE SWL JOURNALS! Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 22:00:47 -0400 Organization: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <3v9jiv$3po$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: godzilla.acpub.duke.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <3v9jiv$3po$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> Well, free if you don't count the shipping costs! You pay shipping and get: NASWA Journals, back to 1989, and some ASWLC journals, and SPEEDX, and DX Reporter (ADXR) from 1988. The NASWA and ADXR journal collections are fairly complete (but maybe a few missing) up through about June 1995. Just a few may have some notes written on the pages; most are in very good shape. I don't want to split these up, so whoever will pay shipping for the lot can help me make some space in my radio room, and get a lot of history and info. I just weighed the stack, and it looks like about 24 pounds! I will get an estimate on book rate or whatever postage rates are applicable, so that I can work out a plan with respondees. Any takers? Please contact me by email (address below). I will respond to people individually if possible, or if there is a flood of messages on this then you will hear from me back on the list ASAP :-) To be fair I will respond in the order that messages are received (meaning, first come, first served!). Cheers! David W. Johnson QRP ARCI 6546 Amateur Extra WA4NID. Low power enthusiast! G-QRP 4864 email: djohnson@acpub.duke.edu NorCal 355 packet: WA4NID@KB4WGA.#DUR.NC.USA.NOAM TSRAC 3482 From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:24 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!gt-news!cc.gatech.edu!not-for-mail From: dgall@cc.gatech.edu (Daniel J. Galloway) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Clear-channel stations in US (MW) Date: 1 Aug 1995 22:06:03 -0400 Organization: College of Computing Lines: 10 Sender: dgall@cc.gatech.edu Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3vmmib$fnc@forge.cc.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: forge.cc.gatech.edu NNTP-Posting-User: dgall I got curious a couple of nights ago and tried checking out the MW coverage on my Sony 2010 here in Atlanta.. pretty cool, I've gotten Vermont and Texas already. Does anyone have a list of the clear channel stations in the US? I'd like to QSL all of them. (AM 750 won't be a challenge :) ) -- Daniel J Galloway | dgall@cc.gatech.edu, gt2806a@prism.gatech.edu The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. -- James Madison From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:25 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.starnet.net!wupost!news1.inlink.com!usenet From: phydeaux@inlink.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: AM DATABASE Date: 2 Aug 1995 00:55:46 GMT Organization: inlink Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3vmiei$r65@news1.inlink.com> References: <60.10806.4230.0N1ED827@canrem.com> Reply-To: phydeaux@inlink.com NNTP-Posting-Host: phydeaux.inlink.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <60.10806.4230.0N1ED827@canrem.com>, werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com (Werner Funkenhauser) writes: >From time to time there are posts here that request information about lists of >AM stations in the USA and Canada. > >The FCC maintains a mediumwave database from foreign government reports... ...lotsa snips!... Sounds good, Werner. I wonder if the television and FM databases are also available from the FCC FTP site... do you have any info on that? I use those stations as propagation monitors for my ham radio activities. Thanks in advance!! Colin R. Wright, AD4HJ phydeaux@inlink.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:26 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news1.digex.net!news3.digex.net!usenet From: dsnider@access.digex.net (Don Snider) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: SW100 How is sensitivity? Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 02:36:19 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3vmoal$5gh@news4.digex.net> References: <3vk4se$1ta@warp.cris.com> <3vlp7c$g9u@Tandem.CAM.ORG> Reply-To: dsnider@access.digex.net NNTP-Posting-Host: dsnider.digex.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99.82 mcauger@cam.org (Michel C. Auger) wrote: >Brian00@cris.com (Brian Jones) wrote: >>What can anyone tell me from >>practical experience about the sensitivity of the SW100? I just returned from a Canoe trip in the Boundry Waters and found the SW100s sensitivity to be reasonable. I used no external antenna and was able to copy strong CW/SSB stations on 14mhz during the day. At night Stations below 10mhz came booming in. I'd say the sensitivity lies somewhere between my DX-440 and my 2010. With the active antenna, it easily matches the 2010. Don From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:27 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.swt.edu!nyssa.swt.edu!JW21727 From: jw21727@nyssa.swt.edu Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Bahai' shortwave! Date: 2 Aug 1995 03:18:30 GMT Organization: Southwest Texas State University Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3vmqq6$8j5@central.server.swt.edu> Reply-To: jw21727@nyssa.swt.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: nyssa.swt.edu hello! I am looking for Baha'i faith radio stations or programs that may be on shortwave! does anyone know if any such thing exists? If so I would love to know! I know that there is a Baha'i radio am station in North carolina (I think) but that is too far for me to get! anyone who has any info about this please email!! also if you are a Baha'i and into shortwave (and know of these type of things)please email! also if anyone living in north carolina gets the am station, I would like to talk to you yoo! thanks again! jamie jw21727@academia.swt.edu From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:27 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.swt.edu!nyssa.swt.edu!JW21727 From: jw21727@nyssa.swt.edu Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Radio shack dx sw Date: 2 Aug 1995 03:21:22 GMT Organization: Southwest Texas State University Lines: 22 Message-ID: <3vmqvi$8j5@central.server.swt.edu> Reply-To: jw21727@nyssa.swt.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: nyssa.swt.edu Hello! about 6 months ago, i bought a radio shack dx something or other portable shortwave radio. It dosent have a digital tuner.. I just have the antenna that came with it, my question, is, i usually get the first 3 bands (1-3) but the others never come in at all! Im a newbie at shortwave and no very little about it! how can I get info on the stations and when they broadcast in english, when to listen, and tips, etc?? is there any stuff on the net? thanks again! Jamie jw21727@academia.swt.edy (edu) not edy sorry!! :) From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:28 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!tribune.usask.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!news.escape.ca!usenet From: phancock@escape.ca (Paul Hancock) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Antenna Recommendations for Apt. Deweller Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 04:00:36 GMT Organization: escape communications corp. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <3vmtoe$jp2@wpg-01.escape.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-11.escape.ca X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 After being out of the shortwave hobby for 15 years I finally found a used version of my original receiver (an SX-190) which I picked up on the weekend. I now live in an apartment and am unfamiliar with antenna setups for apartment dewellers. I can not put up an external antenna on my balcony or outside my window. I'd appreciate any recommendations on what would be the best setup for me -active antenna, whip, wire strung on my ceiling? Thanks in advance. Paul P.S. Please E-Mail From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:29 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!io.org!torfree!reptiles.org!westonia!ppp-1 From: joe@westonia.com (Joseph Cooper) Subject: More Questions about Loops Message-ID: Sender: news@westonia.com Nntp-Posting-Host: ppp-1.ppp.westonia.com Organization: Westonia X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 04:52:19 GMT Lines: 13 I recently received the catlog from Amidon about their products. My interest was in there ferrite rods for making a directional loop for BC and VLF work. I've read the ARRL handbook, as well as other sources, but I'm still not clear on what formula I should use for calculating the number of turns of wire. Anyone have any formula that would be of assistance. I understand the role of the permiability of the rod, and how this affects performance. Its tying it into the general inductance (L/C) formula that I'm not making headway on. Thanks VE3FMQ From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:30 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: Joel Rubin Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Can anyone identify AM reception on 740Khz........ Date: 2 Aug 1995 04:55:42 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 23 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vn0ge$odl@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> References: <3vjv1t$768@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sf10-04.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2b4 (Windows; I; 16bit) sethspeaks@aol.com (SETHSPEAKS) wrote: >I was logging stations Monday morning at about 2:30 A.M. CST and came >across a very weak signal at AM 740. There was a rebroadcast of a Radio >Sweeden program then the next half hour a rebroadcast of a BBC program. > >The fading and interference was very intense, but I managed to hear the >call letters at the half hour.....It sounded like they announced the call >letters as CBC or something like that. > >If anyone is familiar with the AM bands enough to shed some light on the >subject (locale, exact call letters) I'd be grateful. > >Thanks I've gotten similar programming on the CBC outlets in Vancouver on 690 kHz and 6160 kHz here in San Francisco. Most likely, you're getting CBL in Toronto. (Does the CBC still use call signs like CBA, CBM, CBL, CBU, et alia? I think under ITU regs, these are really Chilean calls.) From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:31 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!CRAY.GMR.COM!fzcjh8 Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508021045.GAA91358@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 06:39:22 -0400 Reply-To: Richard Maloney Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Richard Maloney Subject: Buxx zzing Interference Lines: 28 Can anyone comment on how to prevent this interference which occurs on all my shortwave radios, only when they are used using the mains adaptors. Is there some kind of supply filter/circuit I could use to prevent this annoying buzzing. One solution seems to be to run the radios off batteries, but this seems to be an expensive solution, and also I seem to get less signal strength when using batteries. ^ | buzz | buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz A buzz buzz buzz buzz m buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz p buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz signal signal signal signal signal signal signal signal | | <------------- 10 sec -------------> | +------------------------ Time --------------------------------> ( Cycle repeats every 2 minutes ) Thanks in advance for any comments. Richard M Maloney, Michigan USA, fzcjh8@cray.gmr.com Vehicle Safety and Crashworthiness, 810-578-6432 "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - Arthur C Clarke From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:31 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!USIA.GOV!rseifert Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508021137.HAA103256@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 07:27:03 -0400 Reply-To: "Seifert, Rick" Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: "Seifert, Rick" Organization: USIA Subject: Re: W1XAL/WRUL/WNYW/WYFR Lines: 18 >You forgot that brief period of time when VOA owned it 42-46... Lou, VOA, vis a vi the US government never *owned* WRUL. They merely leased the station from Walter Lemmon, as they did all US shortwavers at the time. VOA supplied the programming, the stations supplied the technical staff to operate xmtrs. I suppose it could be argued that a "lease" is tantamount to ownership, however, the station licenses remained in the name of the original owners. All operating costs were borne by the government, paid to the stations. Regards, Rick Rick Seifert Voice of America Washington, D.C. 20016 rseifert@usia.gov (202)401-7104 From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:33 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!bt!cage.zoo.bt.co.uk!whitt_s From: Steve Whitt Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Beverage Antennae Date: 2 Aug 1995 08:34:14 GMT Organization: BT Labs, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, UK Lines: 34 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vnda6$k33@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk> References: <08011995170051um@sharpip.demon.co.uk> <3vlvs3$hi2@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: cage.zoo.bt.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Nuntius 2.0.1_PPC X-XXMessage-ID: X-XXDate: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 09:34:43 GMT In article Tim Colvin, colvin@hyrax.rand.org writes: >Where can I get information on constructing a beverage antenna? Medium Wave News regularly has features and reprints relating to beverages. These antennae are used by keen MW DXers who have space to erect them. They are cheap and very effective. I have a permanent 150m long beverage at home and can put up temporary wires between 230 & 500m in a range of directions over adjacent farmland. I use light weight hook up wire (which is cheap but stretches & breaks eventually) supported every 10m on bamboo canes pushed into the ground. The canes are cheap and flex (but don't break) in the wind. On DX-peditions in Scotland 300-600m beverages are usual with several laid out like spokes of a wheel radiating outwards from the listening post pointing to different parts of the world. There are numerous publications on Beverages (theory, design and prectical construction) but they are fairly tolerant of imperfect construction. In otherwords the type of wire you use and its height above the ground (wire works on the ground if insulated) are not very important. Even electric fence wire works as do the plastic supports used by farmers to support the fence wire. If you have the space it is criminal not to try a Beverage antenna; perhaps run the wire along a hedge or fence line or just lay it on the ground. Remember a Beverage is directional along its length and tends to reject signals and interference arriving broadside). Good luck Steve Whitt Editor Medium Wave News From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:33 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!gti.gti.net!gti.gti.net!not-for-mail From: jmac@gti.gti.net (Scott Saloway) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Clear-channel stations in US (MW) Date: 2 Aug 1995 09:21:16 -0400 Organization: GTI GlobalNet - (201) 285-9099 Lines: 44 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3vnu4c$jte@gti.gti.net> References: <3vmmib$fnc@forge.cc.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: gti.gti.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Daniel J. Galloway (dgall@cc.gatech.edu) wrote: : I got curious a couple of nights ago and tried checking out the : MW coverage on my Sony 2010 here in Atlanta.. pretty cool, I've gotten : Vermont and Texas already. Does anyone have a list of the clear channel : stations in the US? I'd like to QSL all of them. (AM 750 won't be a : challenge :) ) : -- : Daniel J Galloway | dgall@cc.gatech.edu, gt2806a@prism.gatech.edu : The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only : guardian of true liberty. : -- James Madison Try for these: (*'s are almost sure hits) WSM 650 Nashville * WFAN 660 NY WMAQ 670 Chicago WLW 700 Cincinati * WGN 720 Chicago CBL 740 Toronto WJR 760 Detroit * WABC 770 NY WBBM 780 Chicago WGY 810 Schenectady (NY State) WBAP 820 Fort Worth WHAS 840 Louisville CJBC 860 Toronto (French) WWL 870 New Orleans WCBS 880 NY WLS 890 Chicago * WMVP 1000 Chicago * KDKA 1020 Pittsburgh * WBZ 1030 Boston WHO 1040 Des Moines CBA 1070 Moncton (New Brunswick?) * WWWE 1100 Cleveland * KMOX 1120 St. Louis WHAM 1180 Rochester WOAI 1200 San Antonio WGMP 1210 Philadelphia Good Luck! --Scott-- From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:34 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!gti.gti.net!gti.gti.net!not-for-mail From: jmac@gti.gti.net (Scott Saloway) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Can anyone identify AM reception on 740Khz........ Date: 2 Aug 1995 09:25:58 -0400 Organization: GTI GlobalNet - (201) 285-9099 Lines: 30 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vnud6$kjs@gti.gti.net> References: <3vjv1t$768@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <3vn0ge$odl@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gti.gti.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Joel Rubin (jmrubin@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : sethspeaks@aol.com (SETHSPEAKS) wrote: : >I was logging stations Monday morning at about 2:30 A.M. CST and came : >across a very weak signal at AM 740. There was a rebroadcast of a Radio : >Sweeden program then the next half hour a rebroadcast of a BBC program. : > : >The fading and interference was very intense, but I managed to hear the : >call letters at the half hour.....It sounded like they announced the call : >letters as CBC or something like that. : > : >If anyone is familiar with the AM bands enough to shed some light on the : >subject (locale, exact call letters) I'd be grateful. : > : >Thanks : I've gotten similar programming on the CBC outlets in Vancouver on 690 kHz : and 6160 kHz here in San Francisco. : Most likely, you're getting CBL in Toronto. (Does the CBC still use call : signs like CBA, CBM, CBL, CBU, et alia? I think under ITU regs, these are : really Chilean calls.) Those are the Canadian Domestic calls. An agreement between Canada, the US, and Mexico set their call signs to be C, W & K, and X respectively. Yes, they still use those as their call signs, but they very rarely identify themselves (Canadian regulations do not require you to identify yourself on the hour as they do in the US.) --Scott-- From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:35 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!phoebe.jpl.nasa.gov!NewsWatcher!user From: mciocca@issac.span.nasa.gov (marco) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Shortwave Retail Outlets in Southern Calif. Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 09:41:57 -0800 Organization: jpl Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 137.78.22.119 In article , srbhfco@primenet.com (Steve Barnes) wrote: > Hi, > > I live in Southern California, and have only found 2 places that carry > shortwave radios. Henerys Radio and the Ham Shack. Are there other > retail stores where I can see the different choices and make comparisons? > > Thanks, > Steve Try "Affordable Portables", at the corner of Colorado and Rosemead (which is hwy 19 if I'm not mystaken) in Pasadena. They, as the name implies, only carry sony and grundig portables, but it's a start... Marco From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:36 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.duke.edu!bio3.acpub.duke.edu!djohnson From: David Johnson Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: (almost) free swl journals - SPOKEN FOR! Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 09:52:20 -0400 Organization: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <3ujcfv$bs4@nnrp1.primenet.com> <3ukbg0$4e2@canyon.sr.hp.com> <3v618g$su4@atheria.europa.com> <3vccf1$45d@bigboote.WPI.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: bio3.acpub.duke.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <3vccf1$45d@bigboote.WPI.EDU> Hi all: There have already been two respondents to my post about swl journals, so please hold further responses for now. I will post again if the arrangements fall through with those on the current list. Thanks! Best wishes to all, and to all, good DX! Dave David W. Johnson QRP ARCI 6546 Amateur Extra WA4NID. Low power enthusiast! G-QRP 4864 email: djohnson@acpub.duke.edu NorCal 355 packet: WA4NID@KB4WGA.#DUR.NC.USA.NOAM TSRAC 3482 From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:36 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.iaf.nl!bitbike!schaay From: schaay@bitbike.iaf.nl (Michiel Schaay) Date: 02 Aug 95 10:02:26 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Spanish Broadcasts directed to Europe Message-ID: <224_9508031458@bitbike.iaf.nl> X-FTN-To: Markus Mock Organization: FidoNet: schaay@bitbike.iaf.nl References: <3vl401$9el@euas20.eua.ericsson.se> Lines: 11 Hello Markus, MM> Does anybody know of a list of Spanish broadcasts? Or like to start MM> one? The Spanish department of Radio Netherlands used to publish La Lista, a list of Spanish broadcasts. I'm not sure if they still do, but you can drop a line to the autor Jaime Baguena Garcia at Radio Netherlands. Greetings, Michiel. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:39 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.eng.convex.com!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!auvm!NIOZ.NL!nieuw Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508020829.EAA68153@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 10:26:00 +0100 Reply-To: Jan Nieuwenhuis Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Jan Nieuwenhuis Subject: DX-Hotline (31/7/95) Lines: 93 ====================================================================== | This info for Radio-LISTENING amateurs is presented to you by the: | | BENELUX DX-CLUB, A. van Ostadelaan 106, NL-7944 XT Meppel, Holland | | | | SHORTWAVE BROADCASTING NEWS ("DX-Hotline") - compiled by: | | JAN NIEUWENHUIS, Vloedlyn 12, NL-1791 HH Den Burg (Texel), Holland | | | | Echomail (FIDO) : 'Shortwave Listeners' | | Net-mail (FIDO) : 2:500/202 | | Mail (FIDO) : Scoop BBS = Tel. 03499-96366 | | Email (Internet) : nieuw@nioz.nl | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | PART 1 of 1 Date: 30th July 1995 | ====================================================================== ALGERIA ======= * RADIO ALGIERS, Alger; summer schedule: 1600-1800 (Channel 1) to M.East on 15205 kHz, 1600-1900 (Channel 1) to E.Africa on 17745 kHz, 1700-1800 (Channel 3) to C.Europe on 11715 kHz, 1800-1900 in English to C.Europe on 11715 and 15160 kHz, 1800-1900 in English to M.East on 15205 kHz, 1900-2000 in Spanish to C.Europe on 11715 and 15160 kHz, 2000-2100 in English to C.Europe on 15160 kHz, 2000-2200 (Channel 1) to S.America on 15215 kHz, 2200-2300 (Polisario Front) to S.America on 15215 kHz. Addr: 21 Boulevard des Martyrs, Alger. (DXA via HB, 19/7/95) CHINA ====== * CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL, Beijing; schedule in English: To N.America (East coast): 0000-0100 on 9710(M) and 11715(M) kHz, 0300-0400 on 9690(E), 9710(M) and 11715(M) kHz, 0400-0500 on 9730(G) kHz, To N.America (West coast): 0000-0100 and 0300-0400 on 9710(M) and 11715(M) kHz, 0400-0500 on 9730(G) kHz, 0500-0600 on 9595(C) kHz, 1400-1600 on 7405 kHz. To EUROPE: 2000-2200 on 6950 and 9920 kHz, 2200-2230 on 3985(S) kHz, 2200-2300 on 7170(R) kHz. To SE.Asia: 1200-1400 on 1341, 9715 and 11660 kHz. To S.Asia: 1400-1600 on 9535 and 9785 kHz. To S.Pacific: 0900-1100 on 11755 and 15440 kHz, 1200-1300 on 11795 and 15440 kHz, 1300-1400 on 15440 kHz. To E.& S.Africa: 1600-1700 on 11575, 15110(M) and 15130(M) kHz, 1700-1800 on 7405, 9535 and 11575 kHz, 2000-2130 on 11715(M) and 15110(M) kHz. To W.& N.Africa: 1900-2000 on 6955 and 9440 kHz, 2000-2100 on 9440, 11715(M) and 15110(M) kHz. (C) = Relay from Canada, (E) = Relay from Spain, (G) = Relay from French Guyana, (M) = Relay from Mali, (R) = Relay from Russia, (S) = Relay from Switzerland. Schedule was copied from their magazine "The Messenger" and tends to be not completely correct at times! (CRI, 7/95) CROATIA ======= * CROATIAN RADIO [Craotian: Hrvatski Radio, Kratki Val], Zagreb; has a transmission at 2200-2300 on 5895, 7370, 11635 and 13830 kHz. English news is transmitted at around 2200-2210 and 2250-2300 (see also BDXC-bulletin, 7/95). (MAL, 24/7/95) According to recent monitoring obeservations, the station has a 7 minute English news broadcast at 0603 (Sun), 0803 (Exc. Sun), 0903 (Sun) and 1203 (Sun) on 5920, 7370, 9830 (exc. 1203) and 13830 kHz. (RWo via CJO, 30/7/95) WITH THANKS TO (in alphabetic order): (CJO) = Cees van Oudheusden, Roosendaal - Holland. (CRI) = China Radio International, Beijing - China. (DXA) = DX-Antwerp - Belgium [via FIDO-net]. (HB) = Herman Boel - Belgium [via FIDO-net]. (MAL) = Marie Lamb - U.S.A. [via Bitnet/Internet]. (RWo) = 'Radio World' (BRTN) - Belgium. ====================================================================== | All times mentioned are in GMT/UTC. | | All data may be copied and reproduced without permission by non- | | profit organizations and individuals on condition that credit is | | given to: (Source) & JAN NIEUWENHUIS (editor BDXC-bulletin). | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | BDXC info now also available via WORLD WIDE WEB on INTERNET at: | | http://promet12.cineca.it/htdx/swls/bdxc.html | ====================================================================== | = 73's from TEXEL Island [53.04 N, 04.48 E], The Netherlands = | ====================================================================== From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:40 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!friedan.rutgers.edu!not-for-mail From: friedan@friedan.rutgers.edu (Daniel Friedan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Current Schedule of RUV Iceland Date: 2 Aug 1995 10:40:05 -0400 Organization: Rutgers University Lines: 23 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vo2o5$1oo@friedan.rutgers.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: friedan.rutgers.edu [Somebody requested this a week or two ago. I've lost that posting.] As of August 2, 1995, the shortwave broadcast schedule of Rikisutvarpid (RUV), the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, is: TARGET AREA TIME (UTC) FREQUENCY Scandinavia, 1215-1300 13860, 15775 Great Britain, 1855-1930 7870, 11402 mainland Europe Canada, 1410-1440 13860, 15770 United States 1935-2010 13860, 15770 2300-2335 11402, 13860 All broadcasts are in Icelandic 7 days a week. Address to write to: Rikisutvarpid, Efstaleiti 1, Reykjavik 150 Iceland. Telephone: +354-5153000. -- Daniel Friedan friedan@physics.rutgers.edu From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:41 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!ftpbox!mothost!lmpsbbs!juergenb From: juergenb@ecs.comm.mot.com (Juergen Bartels) Subject: Radio Warsaw soon on internet Organization: eng Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 11:02:14 GMT Message-ID: <1995Aug2.110214.29379@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> Sender: news@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com (LMPSBBS News Account) Nntp-Posting-Host: 145.6.1.17 Lines: 11 Yesterday Radio Warsaw (Poland) announced that they will be on Internet very soon. In September they intend to have Web pages. Later on they will have audio transmission of its external service. -- Jurgen Bartels, Motorola, Taunusstein near Wiesbaden Germany juergenb@comm.mot.com cjb021@email.mot.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:41 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!voa3!usenet From: ck@VOA.GOV (Chris Kern) Subject: Re: Need Voice of America Freqs.. X-Nntp-Posting-Host: hawthorne Message-ID: Sender: usenet@VOA.GOV (Network News User) Reply-To: ck@VOA.GOV Organization: Voice of America References: <3vc6fl$njt@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 11:12:50 GMT Lines: 28 Excerpts from Joel Rubin (jmrubin@ix.netcom.com) replying to Jeff Cullinan (jeffc@ozemail.com.au): >>Can anyone help me with voa freqs...I do listen to voa in Australia in >>the mornings on 17735khz they romp in well...2300--0100 utc... >>my books are out of date, and the freqs have changed... >Try > >ftp://ftp.voa.gov/pub/radio/schedules/comprehensive-transmission-list > >If you prefer, you can probably get the same stuff off their gopher >which, I assume, is gopher.voa.gov > >They don't have web pages, to the best of my knowledge. Not at this time. However, if you have a Web browser, you can connect to our public Internet server by inserting the URL gopher://gopher.voa.gov and get all the same materials (program and frequency schedules, the NEB radio newswire, VOA Internet Audio, etc.) with a point-and-clicky user interface. -- Chris Kern ck@voa.gov ...uunet!voa3!ck +1 202-619-2020 From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:42 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!bbc-ibar.demon.co.uk!cmw From: "Colin M. Wilding" Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: BBC E-Mail Help Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 12:12:29 GMT Organization: BBCWS Lines: 18 Message-ID: <787634056wnr@bbc-ibar.demon.co.uk> References: <3vkn5r$ltc@status.gen.nz> Reply-To: cmw@bbc-ibar.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: bbc-ibar.demon.co.uk X-Broken-Date: Wednesday, Aug 02, 1995 12.12.29 X-Newsreader: Newswin Alpha 0.7 In article: <3vkn5r$ltc@status.gen.nz> gillen@iconz.co.nz (Scott Gillen) writes: > > I am looking for a general e-mail address for the BBC > If it's BBC World Service you want then the address is worldservice.letters@bbc.co.uk -- Colin M Wilding IBAR, BBC World Service Personal email to: Colin.Wilding@bbc.co.uk Please don't send general World Service correspondence to me. The address for that is worldservice.letters@bbc.co.uk From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:43 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!uunet!in1.uu.net!gail.ripco.com!glr From: glr@ripco.com (Glen Roberts) Subject: Re: Phone line as SW antenna X-Nntp-Posting-Host: golden.ripco.com Message-ID: Sender: usenet@rci.ripco.com (Net News Admin) Organization: Ripco Internet BBS, Chicago X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3vkjh7$9f5@news.tv.tek.com> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 13:51:16 GMT X-Ident-Sender: glr Lines: 15 Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX (caf@omen.com) wrote: : If any of your phones were made in the last 10 years or so chances are : the phone line will not make a very quiet antenna. The same goes : for your neighbors' phones. I think that was the essence of the posting... building a filter to eliminate interferece and isolate the shortwave from the phone line. -- -------------------------------------- Glen L. Roberts, Editor, Full Disclosure Host Full Disclosure Live (WWCR 5065 khz - Sundays 8pm eastern) (WOYL AM-1340, Oil City, PA) Tech Talk Network: Telstar 302 (T2), Ch 21, 5.8 audio http://pages.ripco.com:8080/~glr/glr.html ------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:44 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!penllyn.penllyn.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: geraint@penllyn.demon.co.uk (Geraint Evans) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: For Sale Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 14:02:05 GMT Lines: 13 Distribution: world Message-ID: <19950802.140205.80@penllyn.penllyn.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: geraint@penllyn.demon.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: penllyn.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: penllyn.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Archimedes TTFN Version 0.36 I have a Sony ICF SW77 for sale : (UK) Boxed, as new condition, in origional packing, used for around 10 hours only. Complete with SW Compact Antenna, Adapter, Stereo Earphones, Carry Strap, SW guide and new batteries! Cost new 399 (uk pounds) I'm asking only £210 (I'll cover postage). e-mail me if interested. geraint@penllyn.demon.co.uk From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:44 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!nntp.crl.com!pacbell.com!usenet From: jcscott@pacbell.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave,alt.radio.scanner Subject: Phone Number for EBB Date: Wed, 02 Aug 95 14:57:42 PDT Organization: Pacific Bell Lines: 11 Message-ID: <3vot7h$jdn@gw.PacBell.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: jcscott.srv.pacbell.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.swap:40643 rec.radio.shortwave:56467 alt.radio.scanner:20416 Hi Folks, Anyone have the telephone number (800 or otherwise) for EBB? I believe that they are located in Virginia. Thanks, Jon Please respond via email to jcscott@pacbell.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:45 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!convex!darwin.sura.net!ua1ix!news From: Steve Hebbler Subject: Re: Emerson 10 Band Portable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Message-ID: <1995Aug02.151118.126588@ua1ix.ua.edu> Sender: news@ua1ix.ua.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: sl03.bamaed.ua.edu Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Organization: The University of Alabama References: <3v864e$mvb@eccdb1.pms.ford.com> <3v9bv5$5ps@panix3.panix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 15:11:18 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Lines: 28 schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) wrote: >In article <3v864e$mvb@eccdb1.pms.ford.com>, >Greg Wagnitz (R) wrote: >> I'm not sure about the make of this radio...but... >> I purchased an Emerson (model PS-4010) 10 band shortwave receiver >> at a garage sale for $5 and it works just fine. It covers from 2.3 MHz >> to 21 MHz with only a couple of skips and AM & FM stereo broadcast. >> My question is this: Does anyone know who manufactured this radio for >> Emerson, or do they make their own - And who I'd contact to get a copy >> of the manual for it. I'm not even sure how old it is. >> Anybody have any ideas??? Thanks... It was the same radio as the Sangean SG-789 (sold under several other names as well - Diplomat 4950...). List price was about $80US, but the non-Sangean models usually discounted for $50-60. I bought one at a closeout (new) in early 1989 for $35. My son took it with him to Pittsburgh that summer and lost it. The units were probably produced from the mid-80's through early-90's. It was still in the Universal Radio catalog a couple of years ago. Although it was a decent inexpensive radio with moderate sensitivity, the single conversion circuit design gave it poor selectivity (could't tune a weak signal close to another signal - especially a very strong one). Sounds like a real bargain for $5.00 :-) Steve From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:46 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!parsifal.nando.net!usenet From: btw@nando.net (B Wills Esq) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio shack dx sw Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 15:15:12 GMT Organization: Chronic Town Lines: 11 Message-ID: <3vo4th$jme@parsifal.nando.net> References: <3vmqvi$8j5@central.server.swt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: grail415.nando.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 jw21727@nyssa.swt.edu wrote: >Im a newbie at shortwave and no very little about it! how can I get info >on the stations and when they broadcast in english, when to listen, >and tips, etc?? Pick up a copy of "Passport to World Band Radio" at any large bookstore. It is what you need. Analog tuning makes it a challenge though! From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:46 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!parsifal.nando.net!usenet From: btw@nando.net (B Wills Esq) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Review discrepancies Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 15:20:23 GMT Organization: Chronic Town Lines: 10 Message-ID: <3vo579$jme@parsifal.nando.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: grail415.nando.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 The '95 PWBR review of the Grundig Satellit 700 says nothing about the lack of sensitivity that is mentioned prominently in the review I read on the WWW, posted by Radio Netherlands... The RN posted review also complains loudly about synthesizer noise in the new Drake SW8, the PWBR review talks of how great it pulls in the faint signals... From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:47 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!parsifal.nando.net!usenet From: btw@nando.net (B Wills Esq) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Gilfer pricing Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 15:20:26 GMT Organization: Chronic Town Lines: 4 Message-ID: <3vo57b$jme@parsifal.nando.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: grail415.nando.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Looking at the Gilfer catalog (still under const) on the WWW, the prices seem a little over the top. Or is this my imagination? From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:47 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!parsifal.nando.net!usenet From: btw@nando.net (B Wills Esq) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Sony needs new model! Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 15:20:27 GMT Organization: Chronic Town Lines: 13 Message-ID: <3vo57d$jme@parsifal.nando.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: grail415.nando.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Sony needs a FULL sized portable with sync detection, above average sensitivity, wide/narrow filtering, decent audio, alpha-numeric channel memories (at least 100), quiet synthesizer, no chugging, all controls frontside, and a worldwide AC adapter. Street price should be between US$300-400. From what I've read, this does not describe the SW77, but could describe the 2010 successor (if they ever retire it). Do I want TOO, TOO much? From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:49 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!delmarva.com!udel!rochester!cornellcs!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!newsserver.sdsc.edu!news.cerf.net!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!mgate.arrl.org!news From: dnewkirk@arrl.org (David Newkirk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: difference single vs dual conversion Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 15:34:25 GMT Organization: American Radio Relay League Lines: 46 Message-ID: <3vo5tu$sls@mgate.arrl.org> References: <199507311840.OAA107417@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dpn.arrl.org X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Tim Manwell wrote: >I've been listening to SW for a few years now, but am not too up on the >technicalities of radio. Can someone give me a brief explanation of the >difference between single and dual conversion designs.......and also, are >most, all or few digital portables 'dual' conversion? What would be examples >of low priced digital dual conversion models? Thanks y'all. Most radio receivers make use of the *superheterodyne* (sometimes just called *superhet* for short) principle in converting radio signals into useful information (audio, data to drive a computer, etc). The superheterodyne principle involves shifting the incoming radio signal (which can be at any frequency within a band or bands) to another, *single* radio frequency (the *intermediate freqsuency* or *IF*) at which it is further amplified, filtered and processed for best reception. Because some signal-processing activities are better handled some radio frequencies than others, and because the superheterodyne conversions can introduce spurious, "ghost" or *image* signals in addition to capturing and providing output from only the desired signals, it's become common for modern superhets to do *multiple* conversions--two, three, maybe even four or more--before the desired information emerges as audio, data, etc. It's now common, for instance, for shortwave receivers to first convert signals *up* to an IF *higher* than the signal frequency (this pretty handily does away with images) and then to convert again from the first, very high IF down to a lower IF for amplification, filtering, automatic gain control and *detection* (the recovery of the information in the signal from the signal). For example, a shortwave radio's first IF might be 70.455 MHz, and its second IF might be 455 kHz (0.455 MHz, a long-standard IF for which many components and filters are available off-the-shelf). The thing to keep in mind is the the number of conversions, much as the number of tubes or transistors was hyped in older days, is unrelated to performance. Ad hype that mentions the number of conversions in a receiver is giving you information that makes no difference in how well the set will work. Regards, David Newkirk (Amateur Radio WJ1Z) Senior Assistant Technical Editor American Radio Relay League email: dnewkirk@arrl.org From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:49 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: Michael Miladin Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Can anyone identify AM reception on 740Khz........ Date: 2 Aug 1995 15:43:56 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 9 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vo6fs$168@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <3vjv1t$768@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <3vn0ge$odl@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-syr2-19.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2b3 (Windows; I; 16bit) 740 is CBC Toronto. I listen often but don't believe they use call letters very often, if at all. -- mmiladin@pcusa.org mdmiladin@aol.com mmiladin@ix.netcom.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:50 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!news.rmii.com!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: robn0295@aol.com (ROBN0295) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: WACO COIN ? Date: 2 Aug 1995 16:20:05 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 2 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3vomll$h3j@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: robn0295@aol.com (ROBN0295) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com One ounce pure silver call 1-800-451-4452 ROBN0295@AOL.COM From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:51 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.ios.com!news From: Paul Lannuier Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.autos.sport.f1 Subject: Re: German Grand Prix to be broadcast on shortwave? Date: 2 Aug 1995 17:34:34 GMT Organization: Gilfer Associates, Inc. Lines: 52 Message-ID: <3vocva$8t6@news.ios.com> References: <3vbh7t$3bb@news.vcd.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-hck-2-25.ios.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-URL: news:3vbh7t$3bb@news.vcd.hp.com Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:56458 rec.autos.sport.f1:28673 dmunroe@vcd.hp.com (Mbutu Nguni) wrote: >Does anyone know if the BBC, Deutsche Welle, or someone else will be >broadcasting this Sunday's race on shortwave? I don't have cable, so >I can't watch it on ESPN. > >Thanks, > >-Dave > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "I quickly stopped seeing F1 as the ultimate goal. There are too many > technical gizmos, there's no driving anymore. Soon the drivers will sit > behind the pit wall and race radio-controlled cars. The cars are too > efficient and the tracks are too safe. There must be some kind of risk > in racing, it's got to be dangerous and exhilarating. When you look at > the number of jerks racing in F1 today, it is no longer the best in the > world. I would never bring money to race in F1." > - Jacques Villeneuve >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Well, it is a little late, since the German GP has long been history, but... I don't know of any SW station that broadcasts entire Formula One races live. Most countries have news items about their home race, although I didn't listen to Deutsche Welle on Sunday night. BBC also has great coverage of qualifying on Saturday afternoons, and of F1 in general in their Nightly "Sports Roundup" program. For example, I heard a report about Jacques Villeneuve testing for Williams this Tuesday thru Thursday. (Thought you might enjoy this, since you are obviously a fellow Villeneuve fan :-) ) Forza Senna! Best 73! Paul Lannuier President Gilfer Shortwave ---------------------------------------------------------- GILFER SHORTWAVE | Tech & NJ: (201) 391-7887 52 Park Avenue | Orders/Quotes: (800) GILFER-1 Park Ridge, NJ 07656 | Facsimile: (201) 391-7433 United States of America | Internet: gilfersw@aol.com | http://www.pics.com/gilfer ---------------------------------------------------------- Authorized Dealer for: GRUNDIG SONY JAPAN RADIO CO KENWOOD ICOM YAESU LOWE RF SYSTEMS JPS COMMUNICATIONS WATKINS-JOHNSON ...and exclusive distributor for TRS CONSULTANTS SWBC ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHEDULES SOFTWARE ---------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:52 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!sharpip.demon.co.uk!Ian From: Ian Sharp Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Millennium 3-Hour Chargers? Any good? Or EveryReady's Charger? Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 18:03:22 GMT Organization: QTHR Lines: 18 Message-ID: <08011995195112um@sharpip.demon.co.uk> References: <199507311506.LAA80298@atlanta.american.edu> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: sharpip.demon.co.uk X-Broken-Date: 01 Aug 1995 19:51 BST X-Mailer: Umail 1.50h Forgive my ignorance, but a Millennium is ... a rechargable alkaline? (never come across the brand here in the UK) ..if so, how well do they perform, and what's the price like compared with NiCad's? I've tried recharging common branded alkaline's here with a recharger supposedly made for the purpose with very mixed results. -- 73, de : Ian Sharp, QTH: Bath, QRA: IO81tj Home : Ian@sharpip.demon.co.uk Office : ian.sharp@bgcos.gold-400.gb AMPR-Net : g7mzy@g7mzy.ampr.org AX25-Net : G7MZY @ GB7IMB.#41.GBR.EU PGP 2.6 : key available on request From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:52 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!HARPO.TNSTATE.EDU!DYBKAJ Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508022317.TAA49127@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 18:17:11 -0600 Reply-To: Jill Dybka Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Jill Dybka Subject: HD210A Ecuador address? Lines: 4 Hey, does anyone have the address for HD210A the Ecuadorian time signal station? I couldn't find the address in the most recent WRTH. Thanks for your help. Jill dybkaj@harpo.tnstate.edu From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:53 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Piran Mohazzabi Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: BBC E-Mail Help Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 19:19:25 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 1 Message-ID: References: <3vkn5r$ltc@status.gen.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1e.delphi.com X-To: Scott Gillen Try http://www.bbcnc.org.uk From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!interlog.com!brat From: brat@interlog.com (Bernie Rataj) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Sony needs new model! Date: Wed, 02 Aug 95 19:29:20 GMT Organization: InterLog Internet Services Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3vojmg$bmg_001@brat.interlog.com> References: <3vo57d$jme@parsifal.nando.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: brat.interlog.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 In article <3vo57d$jme@parsifal.nando.net>, btw@nando.net (B Wills Esq) wrote: >Sony needs a FULL sized portable with sync detection, above average >sensitivity, wide/narrow filtering, decent audio, alpha-numeric >channel memories (at least 100), quiet synthesizer, no chugging, all >controls frontside, and a worldwide AC adapter. Street price should >be between US$300-400. > >From what I've read, this does not describe the SW77, but could >describe the 2010 successor (if they ever retire it). > >Do I want TOO, TOO much? > Not at all. They could add a computer interface to it as well. And of course, support the new digital radio standards, etc. -------------------------------------------------------- Bernie Rataj brat@interlog.com qth://toronto.on.ca -------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.delphi.com!usenet From: John Killian Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Nacional da Amazonia Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 19:45:13 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <199507311505.LAA35422@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1e.delphi.com X-To: David Rovinsky I heard Radio Nacional da Amazonia on the customary frequency (11780khz) at 1445 utc 31 July 1995 with sinpo of 34443. I was quite surprised to hear it. I'm trying to learn portugese and it helps to hear it. John M. Killian email: JMK2415@Delphi.com 2415 Oregon Avenue, SW Roanoke, Virginia 24015-4244 United States of America 37 deg 16 min N. Lat. tel 540-774-8652 (home) 79 deg 55 min. W. Long. 540-857-7326 (office) From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:55 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.math.psu.edu!ra.nrl.navy.mil!lamarck.sura.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Rick Lail <73704.1246@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: REALISTIC DX 390 Date: 2 Aug 1995 20:12:24 GMT Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736) Lines: 5 Message-ID: <3vom78$1rn$3@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> I have a DX 390. It stopped picking up AM and SW. A gentlemen from PA said that his problem was caused by a bad AM/SW antenna transitor. I just took mine back to Radio Shack to have it fixed. I would like to know who all out there has this type of radio and it you have encountered this problem. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:56 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mid.net!news.dra.com!indigo.dra.com!news.starnet.net!wupost!news.utdallas.edu!corpgate!bcarh189.bnr.ca!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!aw367 From: aw367@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Mark Boudreau) Subject: Icom R9000 vs R1 Message-ID: Sender: aw367@freenet3.carleton.ca (Mark Boudreau) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 20:23:14 GMT Lines: 8 What is the difference between the Icom R9000 and the R1? Is the R9000 still available or is the R1 an updated version? Finally, what is the e-mail address of Icom? Please reply by e-mail as I don't get to this sig as often as I would like. Thanks for the help in advance! -- "The human mind is like an umbrella, it functions better when open." aw367@freenet.carleton.ca From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:56 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!not-for-mail From: boz@bozcomm.co.uk (Russell Manhire) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Offenbach Met (FAX) Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 20:43:44 GMT Lines: 10 Message-ID: <807396198.1009@bozcomm.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: bozcomm.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: bozcomm.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Does Anybody have an E.Mail Address for Offenbach Met? I was under the impression that the station was going of the Air in July, but even as I speak she is still Transmitting (2110 020895 BST) Thanks RLBM From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:57 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newsflash.concordia.ca!sunqbc.risq.net!athena.ulaval.ca!SAPHIR.ULAVAL.CA!AVARGAS From: avargas@SAPHIR.ULAVAL.CA Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: SW55 Problems ? Date: 2 Aug 1995 21:23:22 GMT Organization: Universite Laval Lines: 10 Message-ID: <3voqca$8ju@athena.ulaval.ca> References: <3vj6ns$j24@transfer.stratus.com> Reply-To: avargas@SAPHIR.ULAVAL.CA NNTP-Posting-Host: saphir.ulaval.ca In article <3vj6ns$j24@transfer.stratus.com>, vin_kane@vos.stratus.com (Vin_kane) writes: >My SW55 quit last Friday. No radio, timer, clock etc. Unless SONY admits to a >design fault I'll have to pay the $100.00 flat rate repair charge. >Any SW55 owners with similar failure modes ? > >TIA yes I got the same problem. But... the problem was the 110/120v adaptor... Be sure that the 110/120 volt adaptor is in the right position. I mean right infront the 110 volt... From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:58 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!spool.mu.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!news.ecn.bgu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!cicero!stdausti From: stdausti@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu (Austin Kelly) Subject: Re: WACO COIN ? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: cicero.spc.uchicago.edu Message-ID: Originator: stdausti@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: /usr/local/lib/organization References: <3vomll$h3j@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 21:30:38 GMT Lines: 13 In article <3vomll$h3j@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, ROBN0295 wrote: >One ounce pure silver call 1-800-451-4452 >ROBN0295@AOL.COM If you don't like being charged to receive inappropriate commercial postings why not give Viking Intl. a call at the above 800 # and complain. Let them get hit with some charges for a change. Remember, Caller ID may give them your #, and multiple calls could constitute harassment. But, a simple clear message of complaint is probably quite appropriate. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:58 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: toddb2@aol.com (ToddB2) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: VOA Transmitter's 1942-1945 Date: 2 Aug 1995 21:43:13 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 19 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3vp9jh$njo@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <199508011309.JAA85505@atlanta.american.edu> Reply-To: toddb2@aol.com (ToddB2) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com In a very interesting message, Rick Seifert says: >>The Voice of America began full scale broadcasts in November of >>1942, at >>which time all independent shortwave stations in the United States >>were >>leased to the government by their owners. [Rest of post deleted] WRNO has been called the first of the "modern" domestic US SWBC stations. Would someone like to elaborate on how WINB fits into this history? I thought that WINB started up in 1962. Was this a new license, or was this simply a transfer of an existing SWBC transmitter to a new owner? If so, where did the transmitter come from? Todd Burleson ToddB2@aol.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:55:59 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: IS THE CANADIAN CALLSIGN From: werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com (Werner Funkenhauser) Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!werner.funkenhauser Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.11022.4230.0N1EE0FB@canrem.com> References: Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 21:47:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 19 In Message: , mbramwel@ardsley.business.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell) wrote: >I know that the US callbook can be downloaded from its source but I was >wondering if Industry Canada is online with their database also? >I don't mean callsign.cs.buffalo.edu. The canadian portion of that service >tends to be very old. I am looking for recent data. I've attached the Canadian portion of the FCC Western Hemispher Database that I recently modified. It contains a comprehensive and reasonably up-to-date Canadian list. Let me know that you got it OK. Regards... Werner * RM 1.3 03054 * From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:03 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.azstarnet.com!sun.cais.com!grouper.Exis.Net!news From: loweusa@exis.net (Lowe Technical Services, USA) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Tropical loggings - with NEW Bolivian Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 21:59:00 GMT Organization: Exchange Information Systems Networks Lines: 73 Message-ID: <3votc0$4m@grouper.Exis.Net> References: <3valbr$60f@nic.tip.net> Reply-To: loweusa@exis.net NNTP-Posting-Host: 50.exis.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.46 hermod@sds.se (Hermod Pedersen) wrote: >Some tropical bands loggings made in Huarod, southern Sweden, using >a NRD525 receiver and a beverage antenna (800 meters directed due west >- which means towards the northern parts of South America). >Freq. UTC Date Station and comments >------ ---- ---- ---------------------------------------------- >4409,1 0120 18.7 R Eco, Q3, Bolivia, with and ID that shouldn't > surprise: "Radio Eco, Eco, Eco" >4510,1 0155 18.7 TENT. R Paucartambo, Q1-2, Peru >4600 0145 often R Perla del Acre, Q3, Bolivia, and the program > Nuestro Mensajero, with of course lots of > messages from-to their remote listeners >4702,27 -0211 25.7 R Eco Amor, Q2-3, is a new Bolivian station, > transmitting from San Borja, Beni, Bolivia > ID something like: > "Radio Eco(s?) Amor, (es su programa?) todo el > di'a. 4700, banda internacional de 60 metros, > onda corta" > Close down-ID something like this: > "Oyentes de Radio Eco Amor /.../ trabajando > por radiofo'nicas por /.../ 4700 banda inter- > nacional de 60 metros, onda corta. Radio Eco > Amor, San Borja, Beni, Bolivia" >4712,6 -0200 25.7 R Abaroa, Bolivia, Q2, with Noche de amor. A > wonder that their signals gets this far. You > should see their studio and transmitter. Not > to mention isolated Riberalta... All announ- > ments was made with flute song in background >4799,8 -0228 often R Buenas Nuevas, Q3, Guatemala >4960,5 0130 19.7 R HRET, Q2, Honduras, and, as so very often, a > program by "El doctor Luis Palau" >4990,9 0205 19.7 R Animas, Q1-2, Bolivia, very hard squeezed >5010,3 0230 25.7 ERPE, Q3, Ecuador. Mostly local indian langauge, > but also some Spanish items, such as a message > from La Federacio'n de Familias Indi'genas. > Also reminds us about their "30 an~os de > radiofo'nicas" >5522,3 0035 18.7 R Sudame'rica, Q3, with Noche de Amor, a > program consisting of mostly nonstop huaynos >5620,9 0035 often R Iluca'n, Q3, Peru with info about the big > "feria de Santo Domingo" on July 28, with its > huge "baile social". > Later lots of comercials with constant eco > effects, making the lot impossible to under- > stand in spite of clear signal. Guess one > ought to write and complain, as one of their > faithful foreign listeners... >5981,2 0200 26.7 Unio'n Radio, La Voz Evangelista", Q3, Guatemala >6014,8 0200 18.7 R El Mundo, Q4, sports and add for Coca Cola >Regards, >Hermod Pedersen >Malmo, Sweden Your Radio Abaroa on 4.712 is a good catch even here in N.AM. Do you hear it often? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chuck Rippel Lowe Technical Services, USA (804) 340-0109 E-Mail: loweusa@exis.net Home Page: http://www.exis.net/lowe/zts1.htm Location: Cornland, VA (farm on VA/NC line) Receivers: Drake R8, Lowe HF-225/EUROPA, R-390A, SP-600, FT-1000D Antennas: 160M Windom, 80M Carolina Beam, Sloper System ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:03 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Paul Richards <72212.441@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Last week on Spectrum Date: 2 Aug 1995 22:23:41 GMT Organization: DecalcoMania Lines: 13 Message-ID: <3vottd$2rk$2@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> On 7/29/95 on Spectrum (WWCR 5065 10pm ELT) the radio club DecalcoMania was featured. This is a group of collectors of promotional material , airchecks and even jingles. There is a bulletin issued 10x annually. The contact information was given only once. Here it is: email to 72212.441@compuserve.com your postal address for a free sample of the publication. Since you are reading this by email, the phone number will not be repeated. P.s. Why does someone always have to call up and ask why radio programs are so different from the way they were 50 years ago? It's happened both times DecalcoMania was on. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:04 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Paul Richards <72212.441@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: This week on Spectrum Date: 2 Aug 1995 22:24:15 GMT Organization: DecalcoMania Lines: 2 Message-ID: <3votuf$2rk$3@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> First week in August: I don't know, they didn't say, but it would be a good idea to post! From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:05 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!ames!news.tulane.edu!dunham From: dunham@cs.tulane.edu (Andrea Dunham) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: newbie AM/FM/TV/Weather/shortwave radio Date: 2 Aug 1995 23:09:45 GMT Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA Lines: 12 Message-ID: <3vp0jp$kde@rs10.tcs.tulane.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: rex.cs.tulane.edu Hi Shortwavers, Is the General Electric AM/FM/TV Sound Radio with Weather Band a "good" radio? I need to purchase my first short/medium wave radio and this is the first radio I've seen with TV and weather band. The faq HIGHLY recommends the GE Superadio III. Please forgive a newbie, but I want AM/FM and TV and Weather (New Orleans during hurricane season). Does the GE Superadio III have TV, Weather, AM/FM, and shortwave capabilities. Thanks for you assistance, * AndREa * (dunham@cs.tulane.edu) From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:05 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.ixl.net!usenet From: Lou Josephs Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: W1XAL/WRUL/WNYW/WYFR Date: 3 Aug 1995 01:07:19 GMT Organization: Internet Exchange Limited (IXL) Lines: 7 Message-ID: <3vp7g7$ekh@fuji.ixl.net> References: <199508021137.HAA103256@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: louj.ixl.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1PE (Windows; I; 16bit) To: rseifert@USIA.GOV There's a great but long read out that chronicles the last days of WWII. It features a lot of transcripts of programs that were broadcast from the West Coast,and Hawaii via sw, and from one of the Pacific islands via MW... Owned in this case did mean lease...but when you don't have control over the programming these days it's an lma... From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:06 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!simtel!news1.oakland.edu!vtc.tacom.army.mil!wx8l.tacom.army.mil!q From: q@wx8l.tacom.army.mil (Sean McCarthy) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Sony SW-100S again... Date: 3 Aug 1995 01:31:57 GMT Organization: yet another personal Linux box Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3vp8ud$63t@VTC.TACOM.Army.Mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: wx8l.tacom.army.mil X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I know this has been beat to death here, but I wasn't paying attention, and now I'm in the market.... Whats the word on the SW-100S? I own many vintage communications recievers and have owned several late model general coverage transievers, but only one portable (Sangean 803) Having said that, what can I expect from it in relation to the above units? I'm hoping it will work well for ssb amateur stuff. Is their a better choice, in it's price class, if size (it's obvious forte) is not a factor? Is $369 (AES) high? Whats the best youv'e seen? -- Sean McCarthy smccarth@macomb.lib.mi.us From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:07 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!ins.net!usenet From: wp.loehndorf@essen.netsurf.de (W. P. Loehndorf) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: BBC on Internet??? Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 01:42:16 GMT Organization: INS - Informationstechnik, Netzwerke und Systeme Vertriebs-GmbH Lines: 7 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vp9ej$i2n@ra.ins.de> Reply-To: wp.loehndorf@essen.netsurf.de NNTP-Posting-Host: modem1.essen.netsurf.de X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Hello out there, I should like to get the iNet-address(es) of BBC. Thanks for your work. Peter wp.loehndorf@essen.netsurf.de From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:07 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.u.washington.edu!teryking From: teryking@u.washington.edu (Terrance King) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: ham maritime mobile net freqs Date: 3 Aug 1995 02:06:36 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 6 Sender: teryking@u.washington.edu Message-ID: <3vpavc$it3@nntp4.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: homer08.u.washington.edu NNTP-Posting-User: teryking I have surfed the net and not found any list of ham maritime mobile net freqs. Can anyone help? Thanks. Terry King From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:08 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!usenet From: user007@teleport.com (Jamison White Productions) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: National Radio Show Wants to get on shortwave...HOW??? Date: 3 Aug 1995 02:24:47 GMT Organization: Jamison White Productions Lines: 12 Message-ID: <3vpc1f$3pd@maureen.teleport.com> Reply-To: user007@mail.teleport.com NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-vanc1-15.teleport.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.2 I have a show that i work with that would like to be on shortwave, the shows name is The Jamison White and Robert Birdwell shoe if anyone knows how to get on E-mail me at user007@teleport.com or call us at Jamison White Productions 1-800-JWP-1789 597 Please do contact me, I would really like to get on short wave so let me Know. We have over 40 stations across the country broadcastedon the Talk America radio network. Thank you in advance, David. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:09 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!Rezonet.net!mixnews2!qbc-clic!clic1.qbc.clic.net!geo From: geo@clic1.qbc.clic.net (George Petryk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Anyone in Montreal or Toronto ? Date: 3 Aug 1995 02:52:18 GMT Organization: ClicNet Telecommunications Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3vpdl3$rr6@clic2.qbc.clic.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: clic1.qbc.clic.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hello, Anyone out there living in Montreal or Toronto ? I called my local 'Sony retailer' and they told me the 'Sony ICF-7600G' was in back-order in all the province (Quebec). Now I'm trying to find a store either in Montreal or Toronto. I thought about buying from the states but I won't have any warranties, and so on. thanks for any help. -- George Petryk geo@qbc.clic.net From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:09 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!pipeline!not-for-mail From: dra@nyc.pipeline.com (David Alpert) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: More SW trivia(Wolfman Jack) Date: 3 Aug 1995 03:52:06 -0400 Organization: ABC News Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3vpv76$lo6@pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.1.1 Lou - I stand corrected. Guess my time with Metromedia just didn't coincide with the period during which they owned WRUL. Steve - you're right, this does require still more research. BTW, the WRFM/WNYW move to 485 Madison Av. explains why at least one book, by a well-known author in our hobby, inaccurately claims the station was owned by CBS for a time. That one's DEFINTELY not true - tho they were a CBS Radio Network affiliate for a while (and were an ABC affiliate during their WNYW 'heyday'). --- David R. Alpert, KB2LUM ABC News dra@pipeline.com - home alpertd@ccabc.com - work From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:10 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: ulis@ix.netcom.com (Ulis R. Fleming ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: RADIO MISKUT? Date: 3 Aug 1995 04:39:28 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 21 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vpju0$8h9@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> References: <3v6i85$cs1@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-bal2-22.ix.netcom.com >You've actually heard a numbers station! You're pretty lucky, as most SWLs >never are lucky enough to stumble across one. If you have a copy of _The >Complete Shortwave Listener's Handbook_, printed in 1983, it tells you >about numbers stations. (Basically, for those who don't know, a numbers >station was supposedly run by Soviet spies who fed numbers to operatives >via SW who would decode them with one time pads. I had assumed that the >stations had died out with the USSR, but obviously they haven't.) Thanks for the info on # stations. I am well aware of them. But what made this so unusual was that it was in USB mode (not AM) male voice (most of them are of female's) and that it sounded live (most I have heard sounded like computer generated or recordings. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:11 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jmrubin@ix.netcom.com (Joel Rubin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Jamming on 11775? Date: 3 Aug 1995 06:17:17 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 4 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vppld$ptr@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> References: <199508021045.GAA91358@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-al12-01.ix.netcom.com Is there some kind of jamming (probably from China) on this fx around 1530? (I'm trying to get BBC from, I think, the CBC facility in Sackville.) From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:12 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!solaris.cc.vt.edu!swiss.ans.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: JALM65A@prodigy.com (Jim Wishner) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Can anyone identify AM reception on 740Khz........ Date: 3 Aug 1995 06:28:05 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 24 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vpq9l$1qkq@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> References: <3vjv1t$768@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap2.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 re: the question about international programming on 740 AM... yes, that is the CBC. several months ago, the canadian broadcasting corporation began overnight programming of english-language international broadcasts (tape delayed)...rather than signing off. a good service, in my view. up north here, we can get the service on several frequencies. on 740 am, you have: CBX EDMONTON, AB 50,000/5000 DA-2 CHCM MARYSTOWN NF 10000/10000W DA-N CBL TORONTO, ON 50000/50000W DA-1 (above from the M STREET RADIO DIRECTORY) my guess is you picked up the toronto station, as i do other good CBC AM-DX frequencies are 540, 860 (french) and 990. also check out all-news 1010 KHZ repeated on 6070 MHZ shortwave (CFRB AND CFRX) the shortwave being a service of the ontario DX ASSOCOATION (and they QSL). despite funding cutbacks, the CBC still does good radio, in my opinion jim From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:12 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jec95@aol.com (JEC95) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: WACO COIN ? Date: 3 Aug 1995 07:24:07 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 4 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3vqbkn$2d1@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: Reply-To: jec95@aol.com (JEC95) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com >>why not give Viking Intl. a call at the above 800 # and complain.<< I doubt that any org which memorializes pedarests & cop killers would be particularly responsive to a complaint! From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:13 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!sun4nl!news.euro.net!news From: andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: HD210A Ecuador address? Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 08:35:41 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3vq1sf$7t@news.euro.net> References: <199508022317.TAA49127@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: p18.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Jill Dybka wrote: >Hey, does anyone have the address for HD210A the Ecuadorian time >signal station? I couldn't find the address in the most recent WRTH. Sorry, me culpa. it's: Instituto Oceanografico de la Armada Casilla 5940 Guayaquil Ecuador From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:13 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.cs.utah.edu!news.cc.utah.edu!cc.weber.edu!jberenyi From: jberenyi@cc.weber.edu (John) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Who's better...Grundig 700 or Sony 2010 Date: 3 Aug 1995 08:46 MST Organization: The Flying Elvises... Utah chapter! Lines: 13 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3AUG199508460704@cc.weber.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cc.weber.edu News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.50 --------------------------------------------------------------- Any experiences would be greatly appreciated. John Berenyi (jberenyi@cc.weber.edu) 2648 Deer Run Dr. Ogden, Utah 84405 From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:14 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.cs.utah.edu!news.cc.utah.edu!cc.weber.edu!jberenyi From: jberenyi@cc.weber.edu (John) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Who still makes communications type knobs? Date: 3 Aug 1995 08:51 MST Organization: The Flying Elvises... Utah chapter! Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3AUG199508511240@cc.weber.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cc.weber.edu News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.50 --------------------------------------------------------------- I've been trying to find a good supplier or manufacturer thats carries different versions...aluminum or plastic knobs. Alco used to make them but they have since been bought out by a firm in MA. Any ideas? John Berenyi (jberenyi@cc.weber.edu) 2648 Deer Run Dr. Ogden, Utah 84405 From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:14 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!gti.gti.net!gti.gti.net!not-for-mail From: jmac@gti.gti.net (Scott Saloway) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: CFCX 6005? Where is it? Date: 3 Aug 1995 08:52:17 -0400 Organization: GTI GlobalNet - (201) 285-9099 Lines: 6 Message-ID: <3vqgq1$1s3@gti.gti.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: gti.gti.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I've been trying to listen to CFCX (6005) recently, and all I've been getting is dead air. Yes, a signal is present, and a very strong one at that, but it is as if the transmitter is only transmitting dead air. Anyone have any ideas? --Scott-- From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:15 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!mcshub!informer1.cis.McMaster.CA!PC-Hudak1-J.imr.McMaster.CA!hudakjm From: hudakjm@mcmaster.ca (John Hudak) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: REALISTIC DX 390 Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 10:22:53 Organization: Institute for Materials Research Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <3vom78$1rn$3@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc-hudak1-j.imr.mcmaster.ca X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <3vom78$1rn$3@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> Rick Lail <73704.1246@CompuServe.COM> writes: >From: Rick Lail <73704.1246@CompuServe.COM> >I have a DX 390. It stopped picking up AM and SW. A gentlemen >from PA said that his problem was caused by a bad AM/SW antenna >transitor. That's exactly what happened. Static electricity zapped your FET. It usually happens when you leave a long wire connected your radio. However mine was taken out with only the whip antenna when I had a nearby lightning strike. The best thing to do is to put a shorting plug into the antenna socket when you're not using the radio. ____________________________________________________________________________ John Hudak hudakjm@mcmaster.ca Electron Optics Institute for Materials Research McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:16 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!mcshub!informer1.cis.McMaster.CA!PC-Hudak1-J.imr.McMaster.CA!hudakjm From: hudakjm@mcmaster.ca (John Hudak) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Ham callsign prefix allocations Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 10:25:01 Organization: Institute for Materials Research Lines: 12 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pc-hudak1-j.imr.mcmaster.ca X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Can anyone post or tell me where to get a list of worlwide ham callsign prefix allocations? Thanks in advance. ____________________________________________________________________________ John Hudak hudakjm@mcmaster.ca Electron Optics Institute for Materials Research McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:16 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.gate.net!not-for-mail From: burgessk@news.gate.net (Ken Burgess) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: automotive sw radio Date: 3 Aug 1995 10:44:13 -0400 Lines: 10 Message-ID: <3vqnbt$tjo@seminole.gate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: seminole.gate.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi, Does anyone know of a sw radio designed for automotive use that is presently available. I have a Philips DC777 that unfortunately decided to quit working. Thanks in advance!! ...Ken... -- Ken Burgess burgessk@gate.net From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:17 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.aero.org!shawaero.aero.org!user From: shaw@courier3.aero.org (Brian Shaw) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: What ever happened to... Followup-To: rec.radio.shortwave Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 13:22:17 -0800 Organization: The Aerospace Corporation Lines: 18 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: shawaero.aero.org Greetings r.r.s folks, My schedule is too busy to spend much time listening to shortwave, but i have had some time available recently to reminisce with a friend about some of my favorite SW program hosts over the years. Does anyone know what's become of: David Monson (Belgium) Tom Meyers (Happy Station Show, Radio Nederland) Jerry and Dodi Cowan (His and Hers, Radio Nederland) I used to really enjoy listening to, and interacting with via letters, these people. -- Regards, Brian (shaw@courier3.aero.org) ** My opinions only; not those of my employer ** From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:18 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave,alt.radio.scanner Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!newsserver.sdsc.edu!news.cerf.net!nntp-server.caltech.edu!news.ridgecrest.ca.us!annex026.ridgecrest.ca.us!user From: burr@ridgecrest.ca.us (Burr) Subject: Re: Phone Number for EBB X-Nntp-Posting-Host: annex026 Message-ID: Sender: usenet@ridgecrest.ca.us (Ridgenet Usenet admin) Organization: PIT References: <3vot7h$jdn@gw.PacBell.COM> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 13:26:13 GMT Lines: 8 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.swap:40684 rec.radio.shortwave:56497 alt.radio.scanner:20436 In article <3vot7h$jdn@gw.PacBell.COM>, jcscott@pacbell.com wrote: > Anyone have the telephone number (800 or otherwise) for EBB? > I believe that they are located in Virginia. Please respond via email to jcscott@pacbell.com 1 800-368-3270 9-5 EST M-Sat 10-4 From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:18 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news1.digex.net!news3.digex.net!usenet From: Allen Hansen Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave,alt.radio.scanner Subject: Re: Phone Number for EBB Date: 3 Aug 1995 13:29:43 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3vqj07$9ah@news3.digex.net> References: <3vot7h$jdn@gw.PacBell.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcc05226.slip.digex.net Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.swap:40680 rec.radio.shortwave:56494 alt.radio.scanner:20432 jcscott@pacbell.com wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > Anyone have the telephone number (800 or otherwise) for EBB? > I believe that they are located in Virginia. > > Thanks, > Jon > > Please respond via email to jcscott@pacbell.com > The sales desk is 800 368 3270 Technical Information is 703 938 3350 Fax is 703 938 6911 BBS is 703 938 3781 Allen ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT BANK From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:19 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!pacbell.com!gw2.att.com!nntpa!not-for-mail From: wrh@cbemg.cb.att.com (-) Subject: Re: Old SWRs Message-ID: Followup-To: Old SWRs Summary: Books - SWR Keywords: no key words Sender: B.huckins Nntp-Posting-Host: cbemg.cb.att.com Organization: AT&T References: <3supmn$6h1@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <3t9kr2$h3g@news.iadfw.net> <3td4qs$27o@Sierra.onr.com> <3tepnd$go3@vanbc.wimsey.com> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 13:32:12 GMT Lines: 20 Try calling: Universal Radio 6830 Americana Pkwy. Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 Orders: (800) 431-3939 Info: (614) 866-4267 I got a free $2 catalog (about 100 pgs) when I put myself on their mailing list. It has lot's o' stuff including about 15 pages of available books and manuals. Most of them they carry in their store. Oh yeah, they have lots of radios too! -> bh From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:20 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news1.digex.net!news3.digex.net!usenet From: Allen Hansen Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Gilfer pricing Date: 3 Aug 1995 13:42:42 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Lines: 12 Message-ID: <3vqjoi$9b8@news3.digex.net> References: <3vo57b$jme@parsifal.nando.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcc05226.slip.digex.net btw@nando.net (B Wills Esq) wrote: > > Looking at the Gilfer catalog (still under const) on the WWW, the > prices seem a little over the top. Or is this my imagination? > > There have been some price increases industry wide. Their prices seem to be dead on spot (although I only checked a few). ALLEN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT BANK From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:20 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.cais.com!lockman.cais.com!user From: lockman@cais.com (Abe D. Lockman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Millennium 3-Hour Chargers? Any good? Or EveryReady's Charger? Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 14:48:51 -0500 Organization: tanstaafo Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <199507311506.LAA80298@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lockman.cais.com > bscott@cftnet.com asks: > > > I was wondering if anyone has used the Millennium 3-Hour charger, > > Millennium 1-Hour charger or Millennium batteries? > > > > Or has anyone used the Everready 3-Hour charger or Everyready batteries? I've been using the Eveready for a while with excellent results. 3 hours suffices (except 9-V) and the (Eveready) batteries last longer than Panasonic reachargables (which also work with this charger). adl From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:21 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!lamarck.sura.net!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!nntp-hub.barrnet.net!inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com!cmylod From: cmylod@uk.oracle.com (Manager) Newsgroups: alt.radio.uk,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: R4 in France (Re: Archers newsgroup: proposal) Followup-To: alt.radio.uk Date: 3 Aug 1995 14:49:15 GMT Organization: Oracle Corporation. Redwood Shores, CA Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3vqnlb$ac4@inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com> References: <3uir4b$7n2@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> <3vi5vf$b5p@miranda.gmrc.gecm.com> <3vis0a$31p@is.bbsrc.ac.uk> Reply-To: cmylod@uk.oracle.com NNTP-Posting-Host: uks274.uk.oracle.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: grape.epix.net alt.radio.uk:3297 rec.radio.shortwave:56504 rnh@gmrc.gecm.com (Richard Herring) wrote: > Ah. Isn't the WRTH wonderful. One of the least user-friendly reference > works I have ever had to wrestle with. > Indeed, when I look under "Poland", it shows that Polskie Radio has > transmitters on 198 and 225 kHz; the former is not listed under "198". The tx on 198 doesn't reach very far. In Gdansk it was inaudible whie 225 roared in. Kim Niendorf (KIM.NIENDORF@BBSRC.AC.UK) wrote: > This is interesting as I've not heard it before. It would be > quite silly to utilise a LF freq when there is a (relatively) close > powerful one in Russia. Methinks a geography lesson is needed. Poland is quite big. Russia is even bigger. "close" is not quite the word for such huge distances... From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:22 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jmrubin@ix.netcom.com (Joel Rubin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Gilfer pricing Date: 3 Aug 1995 15:04:33 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 19 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vqoi1$e7@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <3vo57b$jme@parsifal.nando.net> <3vqjoi$9b8@news3.digex.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-al6-01.ix.netcom.com In <3vqjoi$9b8@news3.digex.net> Allen Hansen writes: > >btw@nando.net (B Wills Esq) wrote: >> >> Looking at the Gilfer catalog (still under const) on the WWW, the >> prices seem a little over the top. Or is this my imagination? >> >> >There have been some price increases industry wide. > >Their prices seem to be dead on spot (although I only checked a few). > >ALLEN >ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT BANK Probably a lot of it is trying to pay for Japanese products with 80-yen dollars. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:23 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!cs.umd.edu!news.coop.net!news.den.mmc.com!iplmail.orl.mmc.com!theopolis From: ken_a_ailsworth@ccmail.orl.mmc.com (Ken Ailsworth) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Test Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 15:07:16 -0500 Organization: Martin Marietta Information Group Lines: 14 Message-ID: <9508031507.AA16430@theopolis> Reply-To: ken_a_ailsworth@ccmail.orl.mmc.com (Ken Ailsworth) NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.240.37.70 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: InterCon TCP/Connect II 2.0.2 Hope no-one minds my posting this to a friendly group. I've ben off the net due to technical difficulties and wanted to see if I can now post. Ken Ken_A_Ailsworth@ccmail.orl.mmc.com For a hairy sig I don't give a fig For hairy sigs Are much too big. Burma Shave. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:24 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsflash.concordia.ca!CC.UMontreal.CA!news.uqam.ca!hobbit.ireq.hydro.qc.ca!news From: vaillan@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Clement Vaillancourt) Subject: Re: Is the Canadian callsign database online somewhere? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: barde.ireq.hydro.qc.ca Message-ID: Sender: news@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Netnews Admin) Reply-To: vaillan@ireq.hydro.qc.ca Organization: Hydro-Quebec (IREQ) References: <3vlhrt$1ev2@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 15:20:19 GMT Lines: 40 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:9890 rec.radio.shortwave:56518 In article <3vlhrt$1ev2@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca>, garyb@psych.ualberta.ca (Gary Burchett) writes: >In article , > mbramwel@ardsley.business.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell) wrote: >>I know that the US callbook can be downloaded from its source but I was >>wondering if Industry Canada is online with their database also? >> >>I don't mean callsign.cs.buffalo.edu. The canadian portion of that service >>tends to be very old. I am looking for recent data. >> >>Is there a better place to ask? > > > You betcha! You can go directly to > >http://www.com-west.com/com-west/b-dx.htm > > or a better place to start browsing for ham radio stuff with a Canadian >flavour is: > >http://ve7tcp.ampr.org/ > >which will get you to Com-West services also. (Com-West being a commercial >outfit with links to other web services) > >73, Gary VE6BBD Sorry Gary, but the hamflat7.zip file is outdated now, the date is Mar 12. I have not found anywhere a newer version. May be you can help... Regards, Clem. -- Clement Vaillancourt, _/_/ Institut de Recherche d'Hydro-Quebec Analyste, _/_/ 1800 Montee Ste-Julie, Varennes Informatique scientifique _/_/ P. Quebec, Canada, J3X 1S1 Internet: vaillan@ireq.hydro.qc.ca _/_/ Tel:+1 514 652 8238 Radio-Amateur: VE2HQJ@VE2CRL.#MTL.PQ.CAN.NA _/_/ Fax:+1 514 652 8309 http://dori.ireq.hydro.qc.ca:8080/home/vaillan/vaillan.html _/_/ From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:24 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!news.bctel.net!holly.softwords.bc.ca!news From: kscott@pinc.com (K. Scott) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: FM Microbroadcast transmitter. Date: 3 Aug 1995 16:19:23 GMT Organization: Pacific Interconnect Lines: 2 Message-ID: <3vqsub$onk@holly.softwords.bc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: garfield.pinc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.14 Info e-mail to kscott@pinc.com Thank's. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:25 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!chsun!usenet From: Giovanni D'Amico Subject: Re: HD210A Ecuador address? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: Sender: usenet@eunet.ch Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: EUnet AG, Switzerland References: <199508022317.TAA49127@atlanta.american.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 16:59:53 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (Windows; I; 32bit) Lines: 13 The address of HD2IOA should be: Instituto Oceanografico de la Armada Casilla 5940 Guayaquil ECUADOR Fax: +593 (4) 442151 From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:26 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!noc.near.net!news3.near.net!bigboote.WPI.EDU!bigwpi.WPI.EDU!gkd From: gkd@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Gregory K Doerschler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Phone Number for EBB Date: 3 Aug 1995 17:02:05 GMT Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3vqved$ngr@bigboote.WPI.EDU> References: <3vot7h$jdn@gw.PacBell.COM> <3vqj07$9ah@news3.digex.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: bigwpi.wpi.edu Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.swap:40703 rec.radio.shortwave:56508 In article <3vqj07$9ah@news3.digex.net>, Allen Hansen wrote: >jcscott@pacbell.com wrote: >> Anyone have the telephone number (800 or otherwise) for EBB? >> I believe that they are located in Virginia. ^^^ > ||| >The sales desk is 800 368 3270 >Technical Information is 703 938 3350 >Fax is 703 938 6911 >BBS is 703 938 3781 > >Allen >ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT BANK Just to set the record straight, that should be EEB, not EBB. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:26 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!alfa02.medio.net!netnews.nwnet.net!serval.net.wsu.edu!iammac.arl.mil!abrant From: Andy Brant Subject: Lafayette Radio Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (News) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 18:11:48 GMT X-Xxdate: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 18:10:08 GMT X-Xxmessage-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Organization: ARL X-Newsreader: Nuntius 2.0.3_68K Lines: 51 I need some help using a old tube shortwave receiver I got, it's a Lafayette Model KT-320. The front of the receiver has these knobs: Function: Rec AM, Send, Q-Mult AF Gain Selectivity BFO-Q-Mult Freq Band Select: .55-1.6, 1.6-4.8, 4.8-10.5, 10.5-30 IF Gain Ant Trim Main tuning Band Spread tuning and two switches MVC - AVC ANL OFF - ON I've used the unit with the function switch on Rec. AM to get non-SB broadcasts. Both the AF Gain and IF Gain knobs adjust the volume, what's the difference? I guess the Q-Mult is for receiving side band. But I have no idea what the send position on the function knob is for? Also what are the MVC/AVC and ANL switches for? On the back there is: three terminals for hooking up the antenna: A1, A2, and E (there is a jumper between A2 and E). a zero adjust knob for the signal meter and three output terminals 0, 4, and 8 which I think is for 4 or 8 ohm speakers. What terminals to I use to hook up a dipole with coax cable or a long wire antenna? On the bottom there is a bunch of adjustment screws: A band 55-1.6MC: Ant, RF trim, OSC Trim B,C and D band all have: Core and 2 Core trim screws What are these for? I assume if it's working I don't need to mess with these. Thank, Andy From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:27 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!xnet!xnet!powerbook.xnet.com!user From: cmaddox@xnet.com (Chuck Maddox) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Sony needs new model! Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 18:16:13 -0500 Organization: MOI Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <3vo57d$jme@parsifal.nando.net> <3vojmg$bmg_001@brat.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: powerbook.xnet.com In article <3vojmg$bmg_001@brat.interlog.com>, brat@interlog.com (Bernie Rataj) wrote: > In article <3vo57d$jme@parsifal.nando.net>, > btw@nando.net (B Wills Esq) wrote: > >Sony needs a FULL sized portable with sync detection, above average > >sensitivity, wide/narrow filtering, decent audio, alpha-numeric > >channel memories (at least 100), quiet synthesizer, no chugging, all > >controls frontside, and a worldwide AC adapter. Street price should > >be between US$300-400. > > > >From what I've read, this does not describe the SW77, but could > >describe the 2010 successor (if they ever retire it). > > > >Do I want TOO, TOO much? > > > Not at all. They could add a computer interface to it as well. And of > course, support the new digital radio standards, etc. How 'bout a PCMCIA Interface slot for memory cards, complete with schedules, etc... _____________________________________________________________________ ___/ / __ / Chuck Maddox /// -- N9NON / / / / __ / cmaddox@xnet.com _____/ __/__/__/ _____/ From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:28 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!eon.ecco.com!ip36 From: tatiner@ifu.net (Peter Tatiner) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Philips DC777 SW Car Radios & VW Passats Date: Thu, 03 Aug 95 18:51:14 GMT Organization: Internet For "U" Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3vr33p$b3f@eon.ecco.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip45.ifu.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 I've posted a similar query earlier this year without much response. I have a DC777 installed in my 1991 VW Passat and have had hell to pay in squelching engine noise. Since last fall, I've installed two chokes on the radio, one on the ignition input, and have replaced a suspect distributor cap, but still and although reduced, I continue to suffer from the noise on MW and SW. I think now that some of the remaining noise is attributable to the air conditioner. So, my questions: how do I dampen AC noise in the car; what other elements of the car should be looked at. VW in Germany has been less than worthless and the local dealer evidently needs heavy-duty hand holding ("Don't get up until all the static is gone." Maybe that might work, hmmmnn. Please e-mail me at tatiner@ifu.net or post your replies here. They can include particularly good tech reps or mechanics in New Jersey. Many thanks. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:29 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!pc1019.nmus.pwf.cam.ac.uk!agd12 From: agd12@phx.cam.ac.uk (A.G. Davies) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Shipping Forecast (was Interval Signals and sign-on music) Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 19:03:39 Organization: University of Cambridge Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <3vffro$d9j@news.euro.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc1019.nmus.pwf.cam.ac.uk In article <3vffro$d9j@news.euro.net> andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) writes: >That means it has taken the BBC over 30 years to catch up with >Screaming Lord Sutch, who did the same thing on Radio Sutch in 1964, >when they read "Lady Chatterley's Lover" on their late-night >transmission. This isn't the first time that Screaming Lord Sutch has >done or proposed something years before it was eventually adopted by >the establishment :-) To be fair, I seem to recall that the BBC chose "Lady Chatterley's Lover" as a Book at Bedtime several years ago, when it was always preceded by health warnings for those of a prudish disposition. The readings were as unintentionally hilarious as the very daft original novel, IMHO. Meanwhile the additional reading at 0030 local time (now christened "A Bonk at Bedtime" by the press) will definitely be going ahead, according to today's Guardian which also carries an editorial on the storm which has blown up over the Shipping Forecast. The silly season must have started early this year... Alan Davies, Cambridge, UK. [Please note that all e-mail addresses @phx.cam.ac.uk will die after August 31st 1995 -- including mine.] From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:30 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!panix!not-for-mail From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: What ever happened to... Date: 3 Aug 1995 19:59:10 -0400 Organization: Public Access Internet & UNIX Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3vrnse$gpl@panix.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com In article , Brian Shaw wrote: >Greetings r.r.s folks, > >My schedule is too busy to spend much time listening to shortwave, but i >have had some time available recently to reminisce with a friend about some >of my favorite SW program hosts over the years. Does anyone know what's >become of: > >Tom Meyers (Happy Station Show, Radio Nederland) Tom Meijer left RN to pursue a stage career a few years ago as I remember. -- Mike Schuster | schuster@panix.com | 70346.1745@CompuServe.COM ------------------- | schuster@shell.portal.com | GEnie: MSCHUSTER From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:30 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!qns3.qns.com!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!yfn.ysu.edu!al911 From: al911@yfn.ysu.edu (Don Moore) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: HD210A Ecuador address? Date: 3 Aug 1995 20:33:34 GMT Organization: Youngstown State/Youngstown Free-Net Lines: 7 Message-ID: <3vrbqu$46d@news.ysu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: yfn2.ysu.edu Well, I seee someone else has already posted the address, which I don't have here anyways. But you should note thatt the call is HD2IOA - not 1OA. That is I as in Instituto , not the number one. Don Moore MOORE@ACC.MCREST.EDU From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:31 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!ac742 From: ac742@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Greg Danylchenko) Subject: Re: Anyone in Montreal or Toronto ? Message-ID: Sender: ac742@freenet3.carleton.ca (Greg Danylchenko) Reply-To: ac742@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Greg Danylchenko) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet References: <3vpdl3$rr6@clic2.qbc.clic.net> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 20:46:35 GMT Lines: 21 George Petryk (geo@clic1.qbc.clic.net) writes: > Hello, > > Anyone out there living in Montreal or Toronto ? > I called my local 'Sony retailer' and they told me the 'Sony ICF-7600G' > was in back-order in all the province (Quebec). > Now I'm trying to find a store either in Montreal or Toronto. > I thought about buying from the states but I won't have any warranties, and > so on. > > thanks for any help. > > -- > George Petryk > geo@qbc.clic.net Though not in Montreal or Toronto, I saw one in the Sony Store in the Rideau Centre in Ottawa only about a week or two ago. -- Greg Danylchenko ac742@FreeNet.Carleton.CA VE3YTZ From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:32 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!news.rmii.com!newsjunkie.ans.net!netnews.lightside.com!user56.lightside.com!user From: wb6siv@lightside.com (Raymond J. Sarrio) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: **SUPPORTERS OF CODE REQ. FOR HAM LICENSE LEADING IN WEB POLL** Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 21:30:45 +0100 Organization: Raymond Sarrio Co. Lines: 11 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: user56.lightside.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit With over 200 votes in, the "don't drop code" votes are ahead by a 2 to 1 margin. The poll will last through August 11th. at web sit------> http://www.csz.com/sarrio.html. All results posted in real time, and they can be cross tabulated by age and license class. 73's Ray -- Ray Sarrio Co. http://www.csz.com/sarrio.html From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:32 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news1.digex.net!news3.digex.net!digex.net!not-for-mail From: kodis@access4.digex.net (John Kodis) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: AM DATABASE Date: 3 Aug 1995 21:50:56 -0400 Organization: Organization? Surely you jest! Lines: 13 Message-ID: <3vrue0$hrk@access4.digex.net> References: <60.10806.4230.0N1ED827@canrem.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: access4.digex.net In article <60.10806.4230.0N1ED827@canrem.com>, Werner Funkenhauser wrote: >The FCC maintains a mediumwave database from foreign government reports and >from its own records. It is available via anonymous ftp at FTP.FCC.GOV, but >the file is huge and unwieldy (over 17 Meg). I does however list just about >every Western Hemisphere mediumwave station from 540 to 1610 kHz. I went browsing through the archives at ftp.fcc.gov, but couldn't find anything that looked like this data. Do you have a complete URL available for this, and any other interesting data that they may have available? -- John Kodis. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:33 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: biolgst@aol.com (BIOLGST) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: New age or african music frequencies for NE US? Date: 3 Aug 1995 22:44:44 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 5 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3vs1is$i3t@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: biolgst@aol.com (BIOLGST) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Does anyone know of any New Age or African frequencies that can be recieved in the north eastern US?? Thanks in advance. Chris From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:34 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!lfsserv1.lfs.loral.com!news-owego.endicott.ibm.com!news.manassas.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com!news From: EEHOWARD@eehoward.bocaraton.ibm.com (Ed) Subject: test Sender: news@bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com (News Admin ID) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 23:54:24 GMT X-Nntp-Posting-Host: eehoward.bocaraton.ibm.com Reply-To: NO@NO Organization: IBM, Boca Raton, FL X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 Lines: 2 Sorry! From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:34 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gol2!gol1!gol1!not-for-mail From: sea2sea@gol.com (Peter Mansour) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Frequencies for CBC Radio received in Japan -- enquiry. Date: 3 Aug 1995 23:55:37 +0900 Organization: Global Online Japan Lines: 10 Sender: sea2sea@gol1.gol.com Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: gol1.gol.com Hello everyone, I'm new to this NG, so forgive me if this question has been asked before... I'm living in Japan and I would like to know where to tune in for CBC shortwave broadcasts. Please use everyday terms, since I am not a "techie" (no offense, for all those who are) -- thanx. --- Peter Mansour - 202 Greenhill Hannan | sea2sea@gol.com 766-1 Izumi Tottori | Hannan City, Osaka, 599-02 | From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:35 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!luna!massive!netsrv1.cmdl.noaa.gov!boulder!rintintin.Colorado.EDU!keivom From: keivom@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Jimmy) Newsgroups: alt.consumers.experiences,misc.consumers,sci.electronics.repair,rec.radio.scanner,alt.radio.scanner,sci.engr.advanced-tv,misc.consumers.house,alt.home.repair,rec.radio.shortwave,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,sci.electronics.cad Subject: Re: Millennium 3-Hour Chargers? Any good? Or EveryReady's Charger? Date: 3 Aug 1995 23:58:20 GMT Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 35 Message-ID: <3vrnqs$joe@CUBoulder.Colorado.EDU> References: <3vlim9$o12@news.rain.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: rintintin.colorado.edu Xref: grape.epix.net misc.consumers:16851 sci.electronics.repair:11383 rec.radio.scanner:29812 alt.radio.scanner:20448 sci.engr.advanced-tv:3133 misc.consumers.house:12929 alt.home.repair:7504 rec.radio.shortwave:56524 alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt:10120 sci.electronics.cad:3047 In article <3vlim9$o12@news.rain.org>, John Flavin wrote: >Scott (bscott@cftnet.com) wrote: >: I was wondering if anyone has used the Millennium 3-Hour charger, >: Millennium 1-Hour charger or Millennium batteries? > >: Or has anyone used the Everready 3-Hour charger or Everyready batteries? > >: I see the Millennium charger has a one year warrenty and the Everyready >: charger has a lifetime warrenty. I like the ideal of the lifetime >: warrenty of the Everyready but thought maybe I should get the Millennium >: charger since maybe their charger was enginnered for their batteries(I >: have Millennium Batteries). > >: Thanks for any info!! > >: Scott >: bscott@cftnet.com > >My Millennium died after a year. just wondering if the rapid charging has a negative effect on the life of ni-cads? how long do the normal chargers from everyready take? also, how much longer do the heavy duty batteries from radio shack last? do they last longer than everready's? should i get those instead of evereadys? i use the batteries on camera gear/flash, and a scanner. please reply by email as i dont access the other group.s -- ______________________________________________________________________ "With considerable soul searching, that to the utmost of my ability, I have let truth be the prejudice." - W. Eugene Smith From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:37 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: admbrd@aol.com (AdmBrd) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Antenna Recommendations for Apt. Deweller Date: 4 Aug 1995 00:10:29 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 39 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3vs6jl$k5k@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <3vmtoe$jp2@wpg-01.escape.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <3vmtoe$jp2@wpg-01.escape.ca>, phancock@escape.ca (Paul Hancock) writes: >After being out of the shortwave hobby for 15 years I finally found a >used version of my original receiver (an SX-190) which I picked up on >the weekend. I now live in an apartment and am unfamiliar with >antenna setups for apartment dewellers. I can not put up an external >antenna on my balcony or outside my window. > >I'd appreciate any recommendations on what would be the best setup for >me -active antenna, whip, wire strung on my ceiling? > >Thanks in advance. > >Paul At least as a preliminary to shelling out money on an active antenna, preamlifier, or other equipment, it is always worthwhile to do some experimenting. Get a roll of speaker wire (50 - 75 feet) and string it around the ceiling of your radio room. Try running it in different configurations: down the hallway, into other rooms, etc. Get an alligator clip and attach it to the end of your wire not connected to the radio. Then try clipping the wire to different metal objects. Window screens, bed frames, metal shelves, whatever is handy. Some of the results look weird, but might just bring in signals. Another thing to try is to get some very thin wire, attach one end to your radio, and just dangle the other end secretly out the window as far as you can when you listen. Reel it back in when you are done. Usually works best at night. I've done this for years, with pretty acceptable results. The idea is to experiment endlessly. My experience with active antennas (and I've bought and tried every low to mid-end one there is) is that for the most part they amplify the noise more than the signals, and in general cause more trouble than they are worth. Good luck Jim From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:37 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!noc.netcom.net!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uucp3.netcom.com!lafn.org!lafn.org!ab415 From: ab415@lafn.org (charles hobbs) Subject: Re: Non 530/1610 E.I.S. X-Nntp-Posting-Host: lafn.org Message-ID: <1995Aug4.005716.3142@lafn.org> Sender: news@lafn.org Reply-To: ab415@lafn.org (charles hobbs) Organization: The Los Angeles Free-Net References: <3vg9fo$d8a@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> <3ver5v$bn6@news.ios.com> <3vg654$2u5@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 00:57:16 GMT Lines: 29 In a previous article, jmrubin@ix.netcom.com (Joel Rubin) says: >I notice that the city of Belvedere, California (north of the Golden >Gate Bridge) has their Emergency Information Service station on 840 >kHz. We know, of course, that 1610-1700 are going to become new MW BC >channels. Will 530 still be reserved for T.I.S./E.I.S. stations? I know of no plans to use 530 for broadcasting in the US (at least one Canadian station is there . . .) > >Here is another question about marginal services on medium wave >channels. When I was at M.I.T., back when their 10-watt student station >was WTBS (I wonder what happened to that call ) they had a service >in the dorms on 640 kHz. But, apparently, Emerson College, in Boston, >had a far stronger service on 640 which could be heard all over >downtown Boston and even about 20 feet away from the M.I.T. dorms. I've >never seen a listing for the Emerson station. Is it still on, and what >was its F.C.C. status? > The 10 watt station was most likely an unlicensed "carrier current" station, which uses a building's wiring (usually a college dorm) as a restricted-range broadcasting system. Normally, these stations cannot be heard outside of the building they're broadcasting to. Supposedly, newer FCC rules allow colleges to operate low powered transmitters, as long as the radiation does not leave campus . .. > From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:39 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.zeitgeist.net!mycogen.terminus.com!usenet From: dhayes@seldon.terminus.com (Dave Hayes) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Buxx zzing Interference Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1995 01:06:19 GMT Organization: Second Foundation Internet, Lompoc, CA (805) 733-1849 Lines: 48 Message-ID: <3vrs10$b4g@mycogen.terminus.com> References: <199508021045.GAA91358@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm-lo-1.terminus.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99.82 Richard Maloney wrote: >Can anyone comment on how to prevent this interference which occurs on all >my shortwave radios, only when they are used using the mains adaptors. >Is there some kind of supply filter/circuit I could use to prevent this >annoying buzzing. One solution seems to be to run the radios off batteries, >but this seems to be an expensive solution, and also I seem to get less signal >strength when using batteries. >^ >| buzz >| buzz buzz > buzz buzz buzz >A buzz buzz buzz buzz >m buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz >p buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz > signal signal signal signal signal signal signal signal >| >| <------------- 10 sec -------------> >| >+------------------------ Time --------------------------------> > ( Cycle repeats every 2 minutes ) >Thanks in advance for any comments. >Richard M Maloney, Michigan USA, fzcjh8@cray.gmr.com >Vehicle Safety and Crashworthiness, 810-578-6432 >"Any sufficiently advanced technology is > indistinguishable from magic" - Arthur C Clarke You don't say what kind of radio you are using. I assume it is one that uses a small jack to supply power from the wall converter to the radio. A simple solution that may -help- is to add a toriod to the line going to the radio. Radio Shack may still offer these. You need one large enough to pass the jack through and several turns of the power feed wire. Install the toriod near the converter by passing the jack through the hole as many times as you can before the opening becomes too filled with wire. This makes a RF choke that will reject the interference coming up the line. You probably are getting less signal strength with the batteries. This is because the radio does not have the needed RF ground return. One solution is to place the radio on an aluminum plate that has a wire running off to ground. Sometimes it doesnot need the ground, just a wire running for a few feet. Since you have a signal indicator, you can experiment for best signal. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:39 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jaymarv@ix.netcom.com (Jay Marvin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: WACO COIN ? Date: 4 Aug 1995 01:11:21 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 21 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vrs3p$9dp@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> References: <3vqbkn$2d1@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-chi9-16.ix.netcom.com In <3vqbkn$2d1@newsbf02.news.aol.com> jec95@aol.com (JEC95) writes: > >>>why not give Viking Intl. a call at the above 800 # and complain.<< > >I doubt that any org which memorializes pedarests & cop killers would be >particularly responsive to a complaint! OK! I DID NOT POST THIS!!!! :) jay -- The Helms-Burton Bill Bad For People Bad For Business Bad For America! Jay Marvin WLS AM890/94.7 FM Jmarvin@IGC.APC.ORG Jaymarv@ix.netcom.com http://www.mcs.net/~marvin/ From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:40 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!fonorola!news.compulink.com!news2.compulink.com!meyer Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave From: meyer@idirect.com (meyer toole) Subject: Re: Anyone in Montreal or Toronto ? X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: ComputerLink Internet Direct. X-Client-Port: 3862 Message-ID: References: <3vpdl3$rr6@clic2.qbc.clic.net> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: fate.idirect.com Date: 4 Aug 95 01:40:03 GMT Sender: meyer@fate.idirect.com Lines: 18 George Petryk (geo@clic1.qbc.clic.net) wrote: : Hello, : Anyone out there living in Montreal or Toronto ? : I called my local 'Sony retailer' and they told me the 'Sony ICF-7600G' : was in back-order in all the province (Quebec). : Now I'm trying to find a store either in Montreal or Toronto. : I thought about buying from the states but I won't have any warranties, and : so on. : thanks for any help. : -- : George Petryk : geo@qbc.clic.net They had them at Norham Radio in Toronto last Saturday. They are at 416-667-1000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- : Stop on by the Internet TeleCafe! telnet://telecafe.com:9000 : ---------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:41 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.dacom.co.kr!news.netins.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!swiss.ans.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: TLQG49A@prodigy.com (Morgan Lambert) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Is Don Imus on SW? Date: 4 Aug 1995 06:01:43 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 5 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vsd47$23vo@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap2.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 is the Imus in he Morning show found anywhere on SW, and Howard Stern, is he on SW? -Morgan From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:41 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!uunet!in2.uu.net!li.net!hoflink.com!oedwards From: oedwards@hoflink.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave,alt.radio.scanner Subject: Re: Phone Number for EBB Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 06:11:11 -0400 Organization: LI Net (Long Island Network) Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <3vot7h$jdn@gw.PacBell.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: hoflink.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <3vot7h$jdn@gw.PacBell.COM> Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.swap:40758 rec.radio.shortwave:56544 alt.radio.scanner:20465 On Wed, 2 Aug 1995 jcscott@pacbell.com wrote: > > Anyone have the telephone number (800 or otherwise) for EBB? > I believe that they are located in Virginia. > You can get them on 1-800-368-3270 or 1-703-938-3350 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Orrin - Long Island, NY orrin.edwards@hofbbs.hoflink.com (or) 70641,2173 on CompuServe ---------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:42 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: dlatimer@ix.netcom.com (Don Latimer) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: WANTED - USCG Freqs in Tampa Bay Area Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1995 06:41:08 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 13 Sender: dlatimer@ix.netcom.com Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vs4rm$vt@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: dlatimer@ix.netcom.com NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-stp-fl2-17.ix.netcom.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Can anyone tell me the freqs used by the Coast Gaurd out of St Petersburg/Clearwater (i.e. during SAR operations)? HF or VHF/UHF? If they use the 156-157 MHz marine band, which channels? I am most interested in air to sea (or land) communications. Thanks. Don DLatimer@ix.netcom.com "Megadittos" from Flordia... and for those of you that have not yet discovered the truth, have faith, some day you will... Rush IS Right! From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:43 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.euro.net!news From: andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Classical Music to Europe Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1995 09:00:54 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3vsnq2$762@news.euro.net> References: <199508022105.RAA47916@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: p20.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 "MacHarg, Ken" wrote: >Interesting question since someone just wrote and asked why we >program classical music on HCJB shortwave. Anyhow, we offer two >programs per week: Ken, just as a matter of interest, do you use audio compression on these classical music programs ? I remember when I visited TWR Bonaire some years ago (when they still had shortwave) they showed us a home-built equivalent of an optimod processor, and told us that their presenters had been taught to adjust the level of compression according to the material being broadcast. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:44 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.euro.net!news From: andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: What ever happened to... Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1995 09:00:56 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 26 Message-ID: <3vsnq4$762@news.euro.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: p20.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 >My schedule is too busy to spend much time listening to shortwave, but i >have had some time available recently to reminisce with a friend about some >of my favorite SW program hosts over the years. Does anyone know what's >become of: >David Monson (Belgium) David is now living and working in Taiwan, and is involved in various media-related activities. We hear from David from time to time, but nothing in recent months. The last time he was due to visit The Nethelands, his trip was cancelled at the last minute. >Tom Meyers (Happy Station Show, Radio Nederland) Tom Meyer (not Meyers) retired from regular work a few years ago. As far as I know he is still living in The Netherlands. >Jerry and Dodi Cowan (His and Hers, Radio Nederland) Not such good news, I'm afraid. Dodi was very sick for many years after His and Hers ended, and she passed away a few years ago. Jerry remained at Radio Netherlands as an announcer until his retirement. I don't know where he is now. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:45 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!Rezonet.net!titane!comback!nntphost!absint!mbarry From: mbarry@absint.login.qc.ca (Martin Barry) Date: 04 Aug 95 09:04:44 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Anyone in Montreal or Toronto ? Message-ID: <0d3_9508041002@absint.login.qc.ca> X-FTN-To: geo@clic1.qbc.clic.net Organization: ABS International Newscenter, Montreal, Canada Lines: 22 -=> Quoting geo@clic1.qbc.clic.net to All <=- ge> Anyone out there living in Montreal or Toronto ? ge> I called my local 'Sony retailer' and they told me the 'Sony ge> ICF-7600G' was in back-order in all the province (Quebec). ge> Now I'm trying to find a store either in Montreal or Toronto. ge> I thought about buying from the states but I won't have any ge> warranties, and so on. I just priced one recently at Magic Touch electronics in Montreal. They want $289. They didn't seem to be out of this model, but mentioned that the ICF-2010 was no longer available. ... This tagline is SHAREWARE! To Register, send me $10 -- ./\. _|\| |/|_ InterNet: mbarry@absint.login.qc.ca \ / ABS International, Montreal, Quebec, Canada >______< FAX/Data: 514.937.7451 / From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:45 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!oleane!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!INbe.net!usenet From: dxa@innet.be (Pierre Beicht) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: DX-Antwerp @ WWW Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1995 10:02:32 GMT Organization: INnet NV (post doesn't reflect views of INnet NV) Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3vsro0$eci@news.INbe.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pool03-23.innet.be X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 Hello, DX-Antwerp on the World Wide Web DX-Antwerp has introduced a new service. It has now a WWW-page where you can find information about the club and the latest tips about radio broadcasting and utility information. The URL is : http://www.innet.net/~dxa Please note also that our e-mail address changed a few monts ago to dxa@innet.be Greetings Pierre Beicht Secretary DX-Antwerp From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:46 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.gate.net!ftmfl-22.gate.net!seven77 From: seven77@gate.net (777) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Wanted SONY SW100 Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 11:35:46 Organization: partly Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <3vt68s$4fb@uucp.intac.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ftmfl-22.gate.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] >I would like to buy an SW100 SONY shortwave (mini) radio. I want it to >replace a SW1S that was stolen from me. If anyone has one for sale, >please email me with your best price. Thanks! almach5@intac.com No, I won't sell you my SW100, but I will sell you MY SW1S. What'll you offer me for it. I have all the kit for it: active antenna et al. It is sitting in my RV in a drawer. I use it infrequently. I thought I would save it as a collector item and sell it to finance my kids college in a few years. It is absolutely in mint condition. 777 From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:46 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Charles Wilson <102005.3715@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Drake Date: 4 Aug 1995 12:14:02 GMT Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736) Lines: 11 Message-ID: <3vt2ua$dk5$1@mhadg.production.compuserve.com> References: R.L. Drake Company P.O. Box 3006 Miamisburgs, Ohio. 45343 Sales:513-866-2421 Service and Parts: 513-746-6990 -- Charles Wilson Jr. KD4EKG From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:47 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Charles Wilson <102005.3715@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: IS DRAKE R8A RELEASED? Date: 4 Aug 1995 12:17:29 GMT Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736) Lines: 6 Message-ID: <3vt34p$dk5$2@mhadg.production.compuserve.com> References: <60.9585.4230.0N1E9759@canrem.com> Yep... They are ready to ship. Call 1-800-568-3795 to order yours. -- Charles Wilson Jr. KD4EKG From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:48 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!news.kei.com!intac!almach5 From: almach5@intac.com (Alan Machbitz) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Wanted SONY SW100 Date: 4 Aug 1995 13:10:52 GMT Organization: INTAC Access Corportation - An Internet Service Provider Lines: 4 Message-ID: <3vt68s$4fb@uucp.intac.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nile.intac.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I would like to buy an SW100 SONY shortwave (mini) radio. I want it to replace a SW1S that was stolen from me. If anyone has one for sale, please email me with your best price. Thanks! almach5@intac.com From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:48 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!news-server.ncren.net!concert!bigblue.oit.unc.edu!not-for-mail From: Neil Batson Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Antenna Recommendations for Apt. Deweller Date: 4 Aug 1995 13:38:32 GMT Organization: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3vt7so$14fo@bigblue.oit.unc.edu> References: <3vmtoe$jp2@wpg-01.escape.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: empc-01.med.unc.edu phancock@escape.ca (Paul Hancock) wrote: the weekend. I now live in an apartment and am unfamiliar with > antenna setups for apartment dewellers. I can not put up an external > antenna on my balcony or outside my window. > > I'd appreciate any recommendations on what would be the best setup for > me -active antenna, whip, wire strung on my ceiling? Paul, The ARRL has a file on their Web server related to to your problem. Neil From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:49 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.ios.com!pec From: pec@ios.com (Peter Costello) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: DX-392 Date: 4 Aug 1995 14:09:38 GMT Organization: You gotta be kidding Lines: 27 Message-ID: <3vt9n2$sgh@news.ios.com> References: <3vehak$p3q@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ios.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Rob110178 (rob110178@aol.com) wrote: : Hello : I Got The Radio Shack DX-392 Today And Want To Know If Someone Can Tell Me : If It Is A Decent Radio : I Would Also Like To Get Some SWL Tips Because I Am Relatively New To SWL : And Havent Been Able To Find Anything : I Live In Bronx NY Close To City Island (If Anyone Knows The Area) : Thanks For Any Help You Can Give : Robert A. Wukich -- I think it is a decent first shortwave SWL radio. Check out the Radio Netherlands WWW page (or request hard copy from them) on their (WRTH) radio reviews. You can also get a copy of the World Radio TV Handbook or Passport to Worldband Radio from a bookstore or local library for reviews. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pete Costello - Shortwave/Radio Catalog http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/ E-mail: pec@ios.com ^^^^ "In the future everyone will be famous for 15 Megabytes" - Rocktopolis Inc. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:50 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.ios.com!pec From: pec@ios.com (Peter Costello) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: AM DATABASE Date: 4 Aug 1995 14:11:52 GMT Organization: You gotta be kidding Lines: 14 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vt9r8$sgh@news.ios.com> References: <60.10806.4230.0N1ED827@canrem.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ios.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Werner Funkenhauser (werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com) wrote: : From time to time there are posts here that request information about lists of : AM stations in the USA and Canada. : The FCC maintains a mediumwave database from foreign government reports and : from its own records. It is available via anonymous ftp at FTP.FCC.GOV, but : the file is huge and unwieldy (over 17 Meg). I does however list just about : every Western Hemisphere mediumwave station from 540 to 1610 kHz. I have : written software to reduce the content to just over 2 Meg. I removed duplicate : historical records and most dummy or blank info. I also stripped each record : of some unnecessary (non DX) information. ... That is a great bit of info, Werner. Thanks! From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:50 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!attila.dow.com!NewsWatcher!user From: stevec@dow.com (Steve Christensen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Antenna Splitters Date: 4 Aug 1995 16:15:25 GMT Organization: The Dow Chemical Company Lines: 11 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: na1.dow.com On my sailboat I have a base loaded VFH antenna at the top of my 55 foot mast for use with my marine radio, but no way to receive FM or MW or SW signals short of running a wire up the rigging. Shakespeare sells an antenna splitter to allow one to run VFH on one output of a VFF antenna, and AM/FM on the other. Anyone have any experience with one of these? Do they work well enough on SW to be worth the trouble? -- Steve Christensen Ericson 38 "Rag Doll" Bay City, MI From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:51 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: GSTT30B@prodigy.com (Perry Baer) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: newbie AM/FM/TV/Weather/shortwave radio Date: 4 Aug 1995 16:22:05 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 10 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vthfd$1cc4@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> References: <3vp0jp$kde@rs10.tcs.tulane.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap3.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 Andrea, The GE Superadio III is only AM/FM. It is popular because it is good for long distance (DX) AM or medium wave reception. It has a built- in ferrite antenna that is over 7" in length, hence it's reception capabilities. Overall, it is a pretty flimsy radio - the dial calibration has been a notorious problem with them. But, hey for $50, what can ya say. Perry From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:53 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.ios.com!news From: Paul Lannuier Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Gilfer pricing Date: 4 Aug 1995 16:32:18 GMT Organization: Gilfer Associates, Inc. Lines: 44 Message-ID: <3vti2i$52t@news.ios.com> References: <3vo57b$jme@parsifal.nando.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-hck-2-19.ios.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-URL: news:3vo57b$jme@parsifal.nando.net btw@nando.net (B Wills Esq) wrote: >Looking at the Gilfer catalog (still under const) on the WWW, the >prices seem a little over the top. Or is this my imagination? > > Mr. Wills, Sorry if you feel this way. We try to be competitive with other SWL/amateur dealers, and I think that we are in most cases. Unlike huge appliance stores, where the same salesman sells shortwave radios and refrigerators, we specialize in the products we sell, can give you honest advice and are available to do the kind of hand- holding that is often required in order to get new SWLs started in this sometimes bewildering hobby. In other words, we provide _service_ for the few extra dollars we may get, something you dont get at the consumer electronics whorehouses that sell the stuff for cost. If price were the only measure of a good deal, Gilfer (and EEB, and Universal, and Grove, etc.) would have been out of business long ago. Our customers come back because they know that we take care of them. Best 73! Paul Lannuier President Gilfer Shortwave ---------------------------------------------------------- GILFER SHORTWAVE | Tech & NJ: (201) 391-7887 52 Park Avenue | Orders/Quotes: (800) GILFER-1 Park Ridge, NJ 07656 | Facsimile: (201) 391-7433 United States of America | Internet: gilfersw@aol.com | http://www.pics.com/gilfer ---------------------------------------------------------- Authorized Dealer for: GRUNDIG SONY JAPAN RADIO CO KENWOOD ICOM YAESU LOWE RF SYSTEMS JPS COMMUNICATIONS WATKINS-JOHNSON ...and exclusive distributor for TRS CONSULTANTS SWBC ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHEDULES SOFTWARE ---------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:53 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!ncar!noao!stsci!usenet From: hodge@bowline.stsci.edu (Phil Hodge) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Lafayette Radio Date: 4 Aug 1995 16:51:16 GMT Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3vtj64$sfp@marvel.stsci.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: bowline.stsci.edu From Andy Brant : > I need some help using a old tube shortwave receiver I got, > it's a Lafayette Model KT-320. > > ... > > I've used the unit with the function switch on Rec. AM to get non-SB > broadcasts. Both the AF Gain and IF Gain knobs adjust the volume, what's > the difference? I guess the Q-Mult is for receiving side band. But I have > no idea what the send position on the function knob is for? Also what > are > the MVC/AVC and ANL switches for? The BFO is for receiving sideband. The Q multiplier is used to sharpen the bandwidth at IF. MVC/AVC means "manual volume control / automatic volume control" ANL means "automatic noise limiter" > On the bottom there is a bunch of adjustment screws: > A band 55-1.6MC: Ant, RF trim, OSC Trim > B,C and D band all have: Core and 2 Core trim screws > > What are these for? I assume if it's working I don't need to mess with > these. These are probably for adjusting the front-end filters. (I'm guessing.) Try adjusting these and see if it affects the signal strength. A second adjustment may be for the frequency of the local oscillator so that the dial will read the frequency that you're actually receiving. From amsoft@epix.net Fri Aug 04 17:56:55 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.sas.ab.ca!fn1.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca!jatzeck From: jatzeck@fn1.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca () Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Can anyone identify AM reception on 740Khz........ Date: 4 Aug 1995 18:39:48 GMT Organization: Edmonton Freenet, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3vtphk$ma4@news.sas.ab.ca> References: <3vjv1t$768@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <1995Aug1.184640.40261@ac.dal.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: fn1.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2.3] giddy@ac.dal.ca wrote: : In article <3vjv1t$768@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, sethspeaks@aol.com (SETHSPEAKS) writes: : > I was logging stations Monday morning at about 2:30 A.M. CST and came : > across a very weak signal at AM 740. There was a rebroadcast of a Radio : > Sweeden program then the next half hour a rebroadcast of a BBC program. : > : > The fading and interference was very intense, but I managed to hear the : > call letters at the half hour.....It sounded like they announced the call : > letters as CBC or something like that. : > : > If anyone is familiar with the AM bands enough to shed some light on the : > subject (locale, exact call letters) I'd be grateful. : > : > Thanks : My guess is that you heard CBL Toronto. The CBC outlet in that city : I'm not sure if any other canadian city uses 740 or not. I think : Toronto is the only one. : CBC has recently started broadcasting programming from a number : of international radio stations throughout the night. : I am sure there are others with more details. It could also be CBX Edmonton, also on 740, but judging from the times and programming mentioned, it's likely that Toronto would be the one. -- ******************************************************************************* * * * Bernhard Michael Jatzeck email: jatzeck@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca * * * ******************************************************************************* From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:25 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.misc Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!hypnos!dcoller From: dcoller@norden1.com (David Coller) Subject: Re: "Subcarrier" Radio Anyone? Message-ID: <1995Aug6.041449.14953@norden1.com> Lines: 14 Organization: Norden 1 Communications References: <3ggikg$k9d@yrkpa.kias.com> <3gmnlg$lid@news1.delphi.com> <020495170828Rnf0.79b6@ham.island.net> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 04:14:49 GMT Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:56614 rec.radio.amateur.misc:84392 }Subcarrier radio has another FM carrier multiplexed onto the standard }broadcast, usually at about 67 KHz. This signal can then be detected and }received with what is sometimes called an SCA adaptor. Some stations, for SCA data systems offer up to 12 different"SCA'S" on space above a standard stereo FM radio stereo codes. Dave says-Jail the ones altering blacks' gov applications tagged below. PS: BG's KKK bats a 1000 against Toledo's blacks entering nd.edu land! * TLX v3.10 * U of Notre Dame falls to KKK info against Toledo Blacks? * SLMR 2.1a * Blade faxed to stop BLACK scholarships??Ref OSU,Notre Dame -- dcoller@norden1.com From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:27 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.isl.net!usenet From: gbaron@sparc.isl.net (Gilbert Baron) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: "Subcarrier" Radio Anyone? Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 23:01:38 GMT Organization: Information Superhighways Limited Lines: 28 Message-ID: <403ii0$9k5@news.isl.net> References: <3ggikg$k9d@yrkpa.kias.com> <3gmnlg$lid@news1.delphi.com> <020495170828Rnf0.79b6@ham.island.net> <1995Aug6.041449.14953@norden1.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sparc.isl.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99.82 dcoller@norden1.com (David Coller) wrote: >}Subcarrier radio has another FM carrier multiplexed onto the standard >}broadcast, usually at about 67 KHz. This signal can then be detected and >}received with what is sometimes called an SCA adaptor. Some stations, for >SCA data systems offer up to 12 different"SCA'S" on space above a >standard stereo FM radio stereo codes. >Dave says-Jail the ones altering blacks' gov applications tagged below. >PS: BG's KKK bats a 1000 against Toledo's blacks entering nd.edu land! > * TLX v3.10 * U of Notre Dame falls to KKK info against Toledo Blacks? > * SLMR 2.1a * Blade faxed to stop BLACK scholarships??Ref OSU,Notre Dame >-- >dcoller@norden1.com Has anyone actually received the file that he said he could send? He sent me two messages and neither had a file attached although he seemed to think it did. If you have, could you email it to me. Thanks. Gil Baron W0MN gbaron@sparc.isl.net, finger for my pgp key "Bailar es vivir" pgp2.6 key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html "Cuatro caminos hay en mi vida. Cual de los cuatro sera el mejor" [Posted with Agent .99. For info, email agent-info@forteinc.com.] From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:27 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!parsifal.nando.net!usenet From: btw@nando.net (B Wills Esq) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: 12V adap for ICF-2010? Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 06:04:48 GMT Organization: Chronic Town Lines: 7 Message-ID: <401m5k$bi9@parsifal.nando.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: grail908.nando.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 How much do these cost? I'm almost scared to ask.. --- Benson Wills, north central NC, USA. Stogies: Breakfast of Champions. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:28 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!caen!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!baxter From: baxter@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: 12V adap for ICF-2010? Message-ID: <1995Aug6.101823.100244@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Date: 6 Aug 95 10:18:23 CDT References: <401m5k$bi9@parsifal.nando.net> Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services Lines: 20 In article <401m5k$bi9@parsifal.nando.net>, btw@nando.net (B Wills Esq) writes: > How much do these cost? I'm almost scared to ask.. > > > --- > Benson Wills, north central NC, USA. > Stogies: Breakfast of Champions. The DCC-127A is the DC adapter for the 2010. It also works on quite a few of the other Sony portable radios. New, their cost is $28.95 plus shipping, etc... from most stores (I am quoting the price from Universal on this one.) I have one for sale, which I used once. I've got the original box, papers, etc... and would sell it for $20. Kirk, N0FPZ From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:29 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.deltanet.com!news.deltanet.com!jlundgre From: jlundgre@delta1.deltanet.com (John Lundgren) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: 1620 AM RECEPTION Date: 5 Aug 1995 14:12:44 GMT Organization: Delta Internet Services, Anaheim, CA Lines: 37 Message-ID: <3vvu8s$if7@news2.deltanet.com> References: <60.10775.4230.0N1ED767@canrem.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: delta1.deltanet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Bryan Cowan (loquismo@aimnet.com) penned: : In article , : JBARNARD@CHEMISTRY.watstar.uwaterloo.ca (JB) wrote: : (snip) : > I have finally managed to identify the station on 1620 kHz that I : > have been hearing at nights in Waterloo and it turns out to be a TIS station : > broadcasting from Connecticut. Last night between 0600-0700 UTC they were : > playing a loop tape concerning the Special Olympics that are to be held in : > New Haven and had mention of I-91 and I-95 as approach routes to New Haven. : > : > Good DX : > : > 73 de John Barnard : > : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Nevertheless, that's quite a DX achievement, IMHO. Such stations usually : are low watt, local coverage only. For example, when I lived in : Sacramento, Sacramento Metro Airport broadcast general info on 540 or : thereabouts. It was only with great difficulty that this could be heard in : my apartment in downtown Sacramento, 15 miles away. San Francisco : International Airport has an info station on 1610, but I haven't tried to : DX this one yet. (SFO is 14 miles from my downtown SF apartment.) The SFO : station reception is further complicated by the fact that San Bruno : Mountain is between here and there; the Sacramento reception was partly : helped by flat land between my radio and the airport. Other interesting DX : targets would be the info stations at Oakland and San Jose airports : (although I don't know the frequencies) and other various low power loop : stations. : Bryan Cowan loquismo@aimnet.com San Francisco, United States It would be interesting, and a good DX catch, to hear the STL link for these guys, too. Probably HI VHF or sometimes UHF. I think that the NOAA 162.55 xmtrs use something near 408 MHz as the STL link. -- From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:30 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: 1620 AM RECEPTION From: werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com (Werner Funkenhauser) Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!simtel!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!library.ucla.edu!info.ucla.edu!unixg.ubc.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!werner.funkenhauser Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.11174.4230.0N1EE9AD@canrem.com> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 95 22:40:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 28 In Message: <10ECE6745C@tmu1.mcrest.edu>, MOORE@acc.mcrest.edu (Don Moore) writes, DM> I wouldn't be quite so quick to dismiss the classical music on 1620 DM> as a 3rd harmonic of CBEF Windsor from 300 km away. Although DM> unusual, harmonics are anything but impossible. I've logged well over DM> Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia. I have an in-depth article on DM> DXing Medium Wave harmonics coming up this fall in the NASWA Journal. Nope! I don't dismiss the possibility at all Don, but the time isn't right. I've heard Belize on 1660 kHz (at 2 x 830 kHz) and Radio Clarin on 1720 kHz (at 2 x 860 kHz) among others, but >> NEVER << during mid-afternoon. Hearing CBEF on its third harmonic is very possible over 300 Km at 0100 UTC, but at 1400 EST you've got a gnat's chance in a bonfire. Having said that, I'll qualify it by saying that the station engineer cannot have been partaking those excellent Margaritas served at Windsor's Tunnel Barbecue Restaurant during his long lunch that day! :) :) I'm looking forward to reading your NASWA article, by the way! Regards... Werner * RM 1.3 03054 * From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:31 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!airwaves!rrb From: rod@venus.hili.com (rod) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.broadcasting,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: 8874 Eimac Tubes Followup-To: rec.radio.broadcasting Date: 6 Aug 1995 21:17:33 GMT Organization: Frequency Spectrum Lines: 14 Approved: rrb@airwaves.chi.il.us Distribution: world Message-ID: <403bhd$h0h@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: clm.aiss.uiuc.edu Originator: rrb@clm.aiss.uiuc.edu Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.equipment:15458 rec.radio.broadcasting:15236 rec.radio.shortwave:56630 I have a pair of 8874 Eimac Grid Tubes. Brand New in Box. Sell the pair for $500.00 - Call: 201-797-1227 E-Mail: rod@venus.hili.com Rod N2RVM From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:32 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!SCE.COM!kazeroh Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508051919.PAA43831@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 21:05:21 LCL Reply-To: kazeroh@SCE.COM Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: kazeroh@SCE.COM Subject: <> Lines: 19 ******************************************************* Return-path: Received: From voa2.VOA.GOV(152.75.128.2) by voa6(152.75.16.6) With TCP ; 3 Aug 95 20:04:11 Received: from sce.com ([155.13.32.41]) by voa2.VOA.GOV (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA20354; Thu, 3 Aug 95 18:24:02 EDT Received: from D023866.sce.com by sce.com (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA24437; Thu, 3 Aug 1995 15:23:57 -0700 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 15:25:10 -0800 XNS-Gateway-ID: ******************************************************* info From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:33 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ns1.usa1.com!news From: mts@usa1.com (Myrton Smith) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Abnormal AM interference Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 06:57:37 GMT Organization: USAinternet, Inc. Lines: 50 Message-ID: <401p6c$gis@ns1.usa1.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dwkm121.usa1.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 andyg03@ibm.net (Andy Gardner) wrote: >In article , loquismo@aimnet.com >(Bryan Cowan) wrote: >> An update: With all external influences (lamp, fan, etc) turned off, the >> constant static is still there and is so loud it practically drains out >> all but the strongest local AM stations. I finally managed to null 90% of >> the static by placing the radio in a certain corner of the apartment. I >> don't know what is causing this QRM. Some possibilities are: hallway >> lights, the sign on the outside of the building, streetlights. The cause >> is definately external to my apartment (ie. nothing in the apartment >> affects it). Does anybody have any other ideas as to source and what I can >> do about it? >Some items that I have found eminate strong interference on AM: >1. The fluorescent display on a NRD-525 (don't try running a loop near one!). >2. The fluorescent display on some VideoRecorders (VCR). Before I switched >from a loop to a remote longwire, I use to have to unplug my VCR to stop >the noise (just switching it off isn't any good, as the fluorescent >display is still running). >3. Computer controlled burglar alarms. Very noisy! >Good luck! >-- >Andy Gardner >Whanganui-a-tara, Aotearoa (Wellington, New Zealand) >Recently upgraded from Intel/Windows to PowerMac and VERY HAPPY! Living in an apartment for many years has made swl'ing and bcb-dx'ing interesting. The easiest way for me to locate outside interference, outside being external to the apartment, was to use a portable am receiver. This method has proven itself time and time again for locating difficult to find sources of interference. One point I must stress if you choose this method, when turning the portable radio, do it slowly so you locate the null direction. Hope this helps. . . Good dx'ing. . .. Myrton T. Smith II - N1GKE - Editor for Mystic Valley Amateur Radio Group mts @ usa1.com n1gke @ amsat.org Amsat # 22044 n1gke @ n1gke-5.ampr.org n1gke @ net.wg1i.ampr.org From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:34 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!YU1.YU.EDU!glaser Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508051918.PAA61124@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 12:30:13 -0400 Reply-To: Philip Beltz Glaser Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Philip Beltz Glaser Subject: AC adapter for Sony 7600G: alternative to Sony's? Lines: 8 Is it possible to get an ac adapter for the 7600G from Radio Shack (or another source). What is the part number, if so? Thanks for your help. Regards, Philip Beltz Glaser From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:35 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.uiowa.edu!news1.icaen!thieleke From: thieleke@icaen.uiowa.edu () Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: AC adapter for Sony 7600G: alternative to Sony's? Date: 6 Aug 1995 03:02:33 GMT Organization: Iowa Computer Aided Engineering Network, University of Iowa Lines: 20 Message-ID: <401bc9$4af@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu> References: <199508051918.PAA61124@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: l-ecn028.icaen.uiowa.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 (NOV) Philip Beltz Glaser writes: >Is it possible to get an ac adapter for the 7600G from >Radio Shack (or another source). What is the part number, >if so? Radio Shack sells at least one multivoltage AC->DC converter with interchangable plugs. The one I have is Cat. # 273-1650, but it is rather old, so I don't know if they still sell it. The 273-1650 has 6 voltage settings (3V, 4.5V, *6V*, 7.5V, and 9V) as well as about 5 different adapters to fit everything from a headphone type jack to large barrel jacks. I am pretty sure it has an adapter that will fit a 7600G (I lost of mine, so I'm going to have to buy a new converter! :) --- Jeff Thieleke thieleke@icaen.uiowa.edu http://www.icaen.uiowa.edu/~thieleke From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:35 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: billv21572@aol.com (BillV21572) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: AC adapter for Sony 7600G: alternative to Sony's? Date: 6 Aug 1995 16:51:50 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 11 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <403a16$15o@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <401bc9$4af@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader Hey guys, No, Radio Shacks ac adapter _does not_ fit the Sony 7600G, I just went through this experience myself when it killed a set of batteries in 48 hours. Apparently Sony has been converting their portables to a "new" ac adapter standard, and the only compatible one I was able to find was Sonys' own, model AC E 60HG, made specifically for the 7600G (and not previous 7600 incarnations), sold by Universal Radio, at $19.95 plus $3.00 shipping. It has a yellow collar around the plug. Hope this helps. Sincerely, Bill From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:36 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!news.duke.edu!rasheed From: rasheed@galactose.mc.duke.edu (Ahmed Rasheed) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: AC adapter for Sony 7600G: alternative to Sony's? Date: 6 Aug 1995 22:42:35 GMT Organization: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Lines: 4 Message-ID: <403ggr$4v1@news.duke.edu> References: <401bc9$4af@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu> <403a16$15o@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: galactose.mc.duke.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Yep, none of the Radio Shack plugs fit snug. One comes close. I got it directly from Sony 19.95+5 S&H. Rasheed From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:37 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: drted@ix.netcom.com (Ted Viens) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: AC adapter for Sony 7600G: alternative to Sony's? Date: 7 Aug 1995 10:15:42 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 38 Message-ID: <404p4e$esm@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> References: <401bc9$4af@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu> <403a16$15o@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-hou6-14.ix.netcom.com In <403a16$15o@newsbf02.news.aol.com> billv21572@aol.com (BillV21572) writes: > >Hey guys, > >No, Radio Shacks ac adapter _does not_ fit the Sony 7600G, I just went >through this experience myself when it killed a set of batteries in 48 >hours. Apparently Sony has been converting their portables to a "new" ac >adapter standard, and the only compatible one I was able to find was >Sonys' own, model AC E 60HG, made specifically for the 7600G (and not >previous 7600 incarnations), sold by Universal Radio, at $19.95 plus >$3.00 shipping. It has a yellow collar around the plug. Hope this helps. >Sincerely, >Bill ---- Hmmm... Very strange... I am listening to my ICF-SW7600G right now as it is being powered by a new model Radio Shack power adapter. Model: 273-1655 Switchable 7.5-6.0 volts, 700 mA, interchangable power adapters. It comes with 4 adapters none of which will fit any new Sony products. You must also buy what the sales people know as the "Sony Adapter Plug Set." I have forgotten the part number for this. The power supply is working very well with no obvious noise or hum problems. The adapter plug tips must be installed for the correct polarity of the radio or you risk damaging the 7600G. My 7600G was purchased only a few months ago from EEB serial number: 51688 and I would comfortably feel represents the current model. Cost for the whole package runs near $15.00, so it is not a great savings over buying the power supply with the radio. It is of top quality and does offer some versatility in being usable with a wide variety of 6 and 7.5 volt products... -- Bye... Ted.. Deep in the Heart of the Armpits of Houston, Texas... From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:38 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.ramlink.net!usenet From: blair@mail.ramlink.net (Mike) Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Ace Radio Detective Needed Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 00:30:50 GMT Organization: RAMLink Internet Access Service Lines: 35 Message-ID: <40512h$p7u@ram.ramlink.net> References: <403oj5$19v@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ash21.ramlink.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: grape.epix.net alt.radio.pirate:9499 rec.radio.shortwave:56663 cfree@ix.netcom.com (Charles Freedberg ) wrote: > There is a discussion going on in another NG about > the claims of a certain Rev. Ron on whether he has a radio > show. He's quite a character and a supporter of the > neo-nutzi movement. If any ace radio detective has the > answer to this burning question (hehe) please E-Mail me. > I would luv to listen to this kook. > Chuck > Radio Ron writes: > Well thank you, and I do. The weekly commentary show is called > "Weekend > Magazine with Ron Schoedel". Its been airing since the first week > of > March 1994. > Okay, since we're playing a mystery game here... > I'll recap a couple of the clues: I'm on a regional clear channel > station, (there's not a whole lot of those); covers cities > including > Toledo, Indianapolis and Dayton; in case you haven't guessed, it's > a > religious radio station. WLW 700 Cincinnati? WSAI 1530 Cincinnati? Those are the only clear channel stations I know of in the area From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:40 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: cfree@ix.netcom.com (Charles Freedberg ) Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Ace Radio Detective Needed Date: 7 Aug 1995 01:00:21 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 30 Message-ID: <403oj5$19v@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-la19-20.ix.netcom.com Xref: grape.epix.net alt.radio.pirate:9502 rec.radio.shortwave:56691 There is a discussion going on in another NG about the claims of a certain Rev. Ron on whether he has a radio show. He's quite a character and a supporter of the neo-nutzi movement. If any ace radio detective has the answer to this burning question (hehe) please E-Mail me. I would luv to listen to this kook. Chuck Radio Ron writes: Well thank you, and I do. The weekly commentary show is called "Weekend Magazine with Ron Schoedel". Its been airing since the first week of March 1994. Okay, since we're playing a mystery game here... I'll recap a couple of the clues: I'm on a regional clear channel station, (there's not a whole lot of those); covers cities including Toledo, Indianapolis and Dayton; in case you haven't guessed, it's a religious radio station. Rev. Ron From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:40 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!oleane!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!gwen.pcug.co.uk!kate.ibmpcug.co.uk!sapphire!scollin Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <567@sapphire.win-uk.net> References: <60.10806.4230.0N1ED827@canrem.com><3vrue0$hrk@access4.digex.net> Reply-To: scollin@sapphire.win-uk.net (Simon Collings) From: scollin@sapphire.win-uk.net (Simon Collings) Date: Sat, 05 Aug 1995 16:29:18 GMT Subject: Re: AM DATABASE Lines: 23 In article <3vrue0$hrk@access4.digex.net>, John Kodis (kodis@access4.digex.net) writes: >In article <60.10806.4230.0N1ED827@canrem.com>, >Werner Funkenhauser wrote: >>The FCC maintains a mediumwave database from foreign government reports and >>from its own records. It is available via anonymous ftp at FTP.FCC.GOV, but >>the file is huge and unwieldy (over 17 Meg). I does however list just about >>every Western Hemisphere mediumwave station from 540 to 1610 kHz. > >I went browsing through the archives at ftp.fcc.gov, but couldn't find >anything that looked like this data. Do you have a complete URL available >for this, and any other interesting data that they may have available? > >-- John Kodis. > I found the same. It looks like this information has been withdrawn for the time being. BTW, the quality of information and presentation on the FCC server puts UK goverment material well and truely to shame. It was probably the best government server I have seen on the web. Simon ---------------------------------------------------------------- Simon Collings, G4SGI Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND ---------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:41 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: AM DATABASE From: werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com (Werner Funkenhauser) Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!unixg.ubc.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!werner.funkenhauser Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.11161.4230.0N1EE8F7@canrem.com> References: <567@sapphire.win-uk.net> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 95 14:38:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 31 In Message: <567@sapphire.win-uk.net>, scollin@sapphire.win-uk.net (Simon Collings) writes, References: <60.10806.4230.0N1ED827@canrem.com><3vrue0$hrk@access4.digex.net> SC>JK>In article <3vrue0$hrk@access4.digex.net>, John Kodis SC>JK>(kodis@access4.digex.net) writes: SC>JK>WF> In article <60.10806.4230.0N1ED827@canrem.com>, SC>JK>WF> Werner Funkenhauser wrote: SC>JK>WF> The FCC maintains a mediumwave database from foreign government SC>JK>WF> reports and From its own records. It is available via anonymous ftp SC>JK>WF> at FTP.FCC.GOV, but SC>JK> I went browsing through the archives at ftp.fcc.gov, but couldn't find SC> I found the same. It looks like this information has been SC> withdrawn for the time being. It was there when I looked on 1995/07/30. You have to dig deep :) /pup/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Databases There is also an FM one (maybe even TV) with dictionary files to help interpret the databases. Regards... Werner * RM 1.3 03054 * From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:44 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.ecrc.de!news.forth.gr!news-ath.forthnet.gr!news.compulink.gr!usenet From: zliangas@athena.compulink.gr (Zacharias Liangas) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: AM Loggings Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 22:00:08 GMT Organization: ENERGOCAL Lines: 96 Sender: zliangas@athena.compulink.gr Distribution: world Expires: 10 days Message-ID: <403gij$upa@news.compulink.gr> Reply-To: zliangas@athena.compulink.gr NNTP-Posting-Host: athena.compulink.gr X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 This is a mesage posted directly to RRS Dear friends of the list The previos week I have been ion the magnificent city of LItohoron where I was for mini-vacations wherre I have made a lin o AM QSLs due to lack of taking with me my SW radios As fr your info I have used my 6 years old AIWA HS- J150 walkman First the all day listings 567 0928 1.8 MRT ( Fyrom) reporting MK 2x2x2 703 0930 TRT- Turkey tel discussion TU 3x4x3 729 0930 ERA 1 _ Greece music GR 14141 747 0931 R BLagoevgrad _ BUL songs -60s BU 34443 810 0933 MRT-1 music -- 24242 1044 0936 Rad Statmos MAkedoniasRSM ch I- Greece old sx GR 55555 1179 0937 RSM ch II- folk music GR 55555 1404 0939 ERA Alexandr song dedications GR 2x2x2 and now somw AMLing SINFO 657 1735 1 Reshet Beth- Israds HE 23232 558 1738 TRT folks TR 24232 603 1749 RIK 3 cypros music - sx- ID GR 22222 612 1746 R Bosnia msx -- 22343 603 1752 R Romania Actualitata music -- 33443 540 1825 KOssuth R MAgya folks MG 33443 684 1746 2 R Beograd SERB operas folk SE 34343 774 1750 R CAiro chattting AR 34324 981 1753 ERA-1 Ath Greece nx- info GR 34433 1089 1756 R Tirana music AL 42422 1089 1800 V of Russia folk msx - IS RU 22332 1116 1803 RAI II Italy R onda Verde - news etc IT 24332 1152 1803 R Romania news and comm RO 44444 1161 1805 HOrizont - Bulg news BU 44344 1206 1807 Reshet Beth ISR reporting HE 24342 1215 1808 R Tirana Ext news IT 55555 1224 1808 R Bulgaria news BU 44444 1242 1812 Serbian R? hit classica SE 44323 1251 1902 Petofi R Magyar news MG 44444 1548 2102 V of Russia news ID GR 34333 783 1749 3 R DAamskus news DID @56 RU!34443 801 1758 R Amman ID AR 12241 828 1800 Chr BOtev(II) BUlg clock - BU 24422 846 1801 RAI -1 news - onda verde IT 1x1x1 864 1806 Chr Botev //828 BU 32311 909 1823 R Tirana - speakings AL 33412 That's all ! 8 bit test æá÷áñéáò ëéáãêáò ñáäéïáêñïáôçò áðï ôá äùäåêáôïõ! Zakaria Liang! (namanya hanya untuk kawan!) From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:46 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!ATHENA.COMPULINK.GR!zliangas Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508071334.JAA60288@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 00:32:36 +0400 Reply-To: Zacharias Liangas Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Zacharias Liangas Subject: AM logs Lines: 53 cc: Contact newsletter Dear friends of the list The previos week I have been ion the magnificent city of LItohoron where I was for mini-vacations wherre I have made a lin o AM QSLs due to lack of taking with me my SW radios As fr your info I have used my 6 years old AIWA HS- J150 walkman First the all day listings 567 0928 1.8 MRT ( Fyrom) reporting MK 2x2x2 703 0930 TRT- Turkey tel discussion TU 3x4x3 729 0930 ERA 1 _ Greece music GR 14141 747 0931 R BLagoevgrad _ BUL songs -60s BU 34443 810 0933 MRT-1 music -- 24242 1044 0936 Rad Statmos MAkedoniasRSM ch I- Greece old sx GR 55555 1179 0937 RSM ch II- folk music GR 55555 1404 0939 ERA Alexandr song dedications GR 2x2x2 and now somw AMLing SINFO 657 1735 1 Reshet Beth- Israds HE 23232 558 1738 TRT folks TR 24232 603 1749 RIK 3 cypros music - sx- ID GR 22222 612 1746 R Bosnia msx -- 22343 603 1752 R Romania Actualitata music -- 33443 540 1825 KOssuth R MAgya folks MG 33443 684 1746 2 R Beograd SERB operas folk SE 34343 774 1750 R CAiro chattting AR 34324 981 1753 ERA-1 Ath Greece nx- info GR 34433 1089 1756 R Tirana music AL 42422 1089 1800 V of Russia folk msx - IS RU 22332 1116 1803 RAI II Italy R onda Verde - news etc IT 24332 1152 1803 R Romania news and comm RO 44444 1161 1805 HOrizont - Bulg news BU 44344 1206 1807 Reshet Beth ISR reporting HE 24342 1215 1808 R Tirana Ext news IT 55555 1224 1808 R Bulgaria news BU 44444 1242 1812 Serbian R? hit classica SE 44323 1251 1902 Petofi R Magyar news MG 44444 1548 2102 V of Russia news ID GR 34333 783 1749 3 R DAamskus news DID @56 RU!34443 801 1758 R Amman ID AR 12241 828 1800 Chr BOtev(II) BUlg clock - BU 24422 846 1801 RAI -1 news - onda verde IT 1x1x1 864 1806 Chr Botev //828 BU 32311 909 1823 R Tirana - speakings AL 33412 That's all ! zacharias Liangas DXer since his 12s From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:48 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.deltanet.com!news.deltanet.com!jlundgre From: jlundgre@delta1.deltanet.com (John Lundgren) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: AM LOOP QUESTION Date: 5 Aug 1995 14:56:37 GMT Organization: Delta Internet Services, Anaheim, CA Lines: 47 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4000r5$if7@news2.deltanet.com> References: <60.10976.4230.0N1EDE37@canrem.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: delta1.deltanet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] First off, make sure that _both_ sections of the variable capacitor are connected together, in parallel. This should give you around 500 pF of capacitance. Then add a 220, 270, 330 pF or whatever it takes to bring the tuning range down to the range that you desire. Add a switch to the capacitor to give it wider coverage with two ranges. Werner Funkenhauser (werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com) penned: : In Message: <3vg13o$hnk@golem.wcc.govt.nz>, : gardner_a@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes: : >In article , : >"James L. Barbre" writes: : >>I recently constructed an AM loop antenna using a 29 inch square wooden : >>frame with 8 turns of coated 22 guage wire spaced one-quarter inch apart : >>and a variable capacitor I salvaged from a table model radio I acquired : >>at a local thirft store. It works great. Only problem is the antenna is : >>resonant from approx. 1100 kHz to 2000 kHz. What can I do to lower the : >>resonant freqencies of the antenna to cover the entire AM broadcast band? : >You're in desperate need of more inductance! : >Try adding more turns (quite a few, probably) or better still, go to a : >bigger diameter frame. : Addingn turns will do the trick but with the size of your frame, I'd try only : two or three at first, more only if needed and then only one turn at a time. : My air-core loop is 1 metre on the side, having 9 turns, the centre turn : wrapped with a pickup turn. The capacitor is a 500 pf unit. BTW, if after : adding turns, your antenna still doesn't quite resonate at the bottom of the : band, you can try switching in a fixed capacitor with the air-variable, giving : you two tuning ranges --- one with the fixed capacitor out (high), and another : with the fixed capacitor in (low). : Regards... : Werner : * RM 1.3 03054 * -- #==================================================================# | John Lundgren - Elec Tech - Info Tech Svcs | jlundgre@delta1 | | Rancho Santiago Community College District | .deltanet.com | | 17th St. at Bristol \ Santa Ana, CA 92706 | or @pop.rancho | | Standard Disclaimers Apply (Blah-Blah...) | .cc.ca.us | | "He who toys with the most dies, wins." | Dr. Kevorkian? | #===========PGP=key=available=upon=request=========================# From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:50 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.primenet.com!pinky From: pinky@primenet.com (Pinky) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Amateur Electronic Supply Date: 7 Aug 1995 02:36:09 GMT Organization: Primenet Lines: 71 Message-ID: <403u6p$ncc@nnrp2.primenet.com> References: <3upo3m$2a0@uwm.edu> <3utp4f$6s4@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <3veuh0$apr@news1.deltanet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: usr5.primenet.com jlundgre@delta1.deltanet.com (John Lundgren) writes: >AdmBrd (admbrd@aol.com) penned: >: In article <3upo3m$2a0@uwm.edu>, jw@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (John Clifford >: Wilke) writes: >: >Pinky (pinky@primenet.com) wrote: >: >: Guy enters a store (not a homeless person). Three guys at the >: >: counter-one engaged in social chitchat with someone, another >: >: working on the phone with a customer a third entering data into >: >: a PC. Guy waits 4-5 minutes. Store clerks don`t even recognize >: >: his presence. Guy approaches clerk working on computer. "How long >: >: will it be before someone can wait on me?" Clerk says: "I`m gonna >: >: be busy for 30 minutes". >: > >: >: This is the kind of treatment you can expect at Amateur Electronic >: >: Supply in Orlando. >: > >: >: I have received email from others who have been treated poorly by >: >: these jerks. IMO, they are a bunch of A**holes. >: > >: >: For those of you who are unhappy with these guys, there's always >: >: Ham Radio Outlet, 390 Diablo Rd., Ste 210, Danville,CA 94526 >: >: (510) 831-1771. >: > >: > >: > OH! I though you were gonna say "AES in Milwaukee"! >: > >: > They must have to go through a class in rudeness to be hired. >: > >: > I was told of a story of one customer who actually jumped up onto >: > the counter and shouted choice remarks before storming >: out! >: > >: > jw >: One should keep in mind in the above scenario that this behavior is not >: unique to radio stores; you'll find it at many commercial establishments >: of every type. >: Reminds me of a window sign I once saw many years ago in (I think) an >: appliance store: "Why go elsewhere and be ignored when you can come >: here?" >: Jim >I've been treated fairly at our local HRO. But the above description >sound like many of the local Radio Scrap stores. The 'droids don't get >paid much, and they tend to take it out on the customers. >Actually, I've had most of my bad experiences as a customer of the local >automotive parts stores. They're the ones that will get set off at the >least provocation. Probably because there's a lot of competition and if >they don't hustle, they'll lose business. Caveat Emptor. >-- >#================PGP key available upon request======================# >| John Lundgren - Elec Tech - Info Tech Svcs | jlundgre@ | >| Rancho Santiago Community College District | deltanet.com | >| 17th St. at Bristol \ Santa Ana, CA 92706 | or @pop.rancho | >| Standard Disclaimers Apply (Blah-Blah...) | .cc.ca.us | >#======"He who toys with the most dies, wins." Dr. Kevorkian? =======# Ditto on my experience with Radio Shuck. But I *expect* it from these guys; don`t shop there unless I can`t find it somewhere else. These guys at Amateur Electronic Supply in Orlando get paid pretty well I imagine, but they act like Radio Shack employees. Re the auto parts stores, I`ve found that they are better than the experiences I`ve had with Electronic Supply outfits, but the problem is more that they don`t know about things they should. Anyways I think customer service is a thing of the past, like good government.-pinky@primenet.com From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:51 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!Rezonet.net!titane!comback!nntphost!absint!mbarry From: mbarry@absint.login.qc.ca (Martin Barry) Date: 06 Aug 95 01:48:25 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: AN-61 antenna Message-ID: <1d1_9508060201@absint.login.qc.ca> Organization: ABS International Newscenter, Montreal, Canada Lines: 22 I just bought a Sony ICF-7600. I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions about the little reel-in AN-61 antenna that comes with it. I notice that the plastic sheath that fits over the extendable whip hasn't any metal surface to make contact. I have yet to try out this antenna seriously but I am not impressed with it so far. The little external antenna connector box on the other hand that also comes with the radio is fantastic. That's what I'm using to connect 50 feet of wire strung between a tree and the house to the radio. ... And on the 8th day, God switched to OLX 2.2 ! -- ./\. _|\| |/|_ InterNet: mbarry@absint.login.qc.ca \ / ABS International, Montreal, Quebec, Canada >______< FAX/Data: 514.937.7451 / From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:51 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!news.ecn.bgu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!unixg.ubc.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!fonorola!news.synapse.net!usenet From: dgonczol@synapse.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Antarctic Frequencies Date: 7 Aug 1995 01:37:33 GMT Organization: Synapse Internet [Gatineau, Quebec, Canada] Lines: 8 Distribution: world Message-ID: <403qot$aqq@sentinel.synapse.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: violin-17.synapse.net Can someone supply me with frequencies used in the Antarctic either by the bases there, tourist ships, or aircraft flying into the antarctic? email if possible Thanks very much for any help David Gonczol From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:52 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.bluesky.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: ddwyer7055@aol.com (DDwyer7055) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: automotive sw radio Date: 4 Aug 1995 22:19:31 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 4 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3vukfj$apj@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <3vqnbt$tjo@seminole.gate.net> Reply-To: ddwyer7055@aol.com (DDwyer7055) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I also have a Philips DC777, which is still working (knock on wood!). The only model I'm aware of is the Becker Mexico, which retails for around $1000 (compared to the approx. $350 I paid for my DC777). From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:53 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!bbc-sci.demon.co.uk!postmaster From: postmaster Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: BBC on Internet??? Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 14:32:04 +0100 Organization: BBC World Service Science Unit Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <3vp9ej$i2n@ra.ins.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: bbc-sci.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: bbc-sci.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Version 1.03 <$bsmv9a71yv9+ufXRtua90yx$j> In article <3vp9ej$i2n@ra.ins.de>, "W. P. Loehndorf" writes >Hello out there, >I should like to get the iNet-address(es) of BBC. >Thanks for your work. >Peter > >wp.loehndorf@essen.netsurf.de > the e-mail address for BBC World Service is worldservice.letters@bbc.co.uk the URL for the BBC is http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/ On the pages you will find a reasonably complete list of BBC e-mail addresses. Hope this is helpful -- postmaster From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!col.hp.com!csn!roper.uwyo.edu!roper.uwyo.edu!nntp Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: BBC's Hindi Service Info Message-ID: <1995Aug6.142750.13606@roper.uwyo.edu> From: bishwa@UWYO.EDU (Bishwa Shrestha, KC7JFV) Date: 6 Aug 95 14:27:50 MDT Reply-To: bishwa@UWYO.EDU Distribution: world Organization: University of Wyoming, Laramie Nntp-Posting-Host: plains.uwyo.edu Lines: 3 Heard BBC's Hindi service on 11920kHz at 08:10 MDT with the signal rating of 544. The program lasted for around 30 minutes. Hope this helps someone. Bishwa Shrestha From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!simtel!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!news.ecn.bgu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!unixg.ubc.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!news.cyberstore.ca!skypoint.com!news3.mr.net!mr.net!news.mr.net!bitstream.net!bitstream!Dex From: Dex@bitstream.mpls.mn.us (Dex) Reply-To: Dex@bitstream.mpls.mn.us Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Distribution: world Subject: BEAT OVEN (Volume 1) Date: 07 Aug 1995 03:46:23 GMT Message-ID: <1401090014.15871381@bitstream.mpls.mn.us> Organization: Bitstream Underground Lines: 14 Beat Oven (Volume 1) on Exit Records, Minneapolis is out in all indie stores in Minneapolis now, including Cheapo, Applause, Let It Be, Down In The Valley, ...... Also should be available in Best Buy, Sam Goody (and possibly Target) within the next 1-2 weeks. Beat Oven is a compilation featuring new 16 tracks by all Twin Cities elecronic dance/techno/house/ambient/etc... type acts. Listen for select tracks off this CD on Rev105 FM, 93.7 FM (The Edge) and Radio K (770AM). Check out Beat Oven!, find out what's going on with Minneapolis dance music and support the local scene. Nationally also available through mail order and select distributors. - Dex@bitstream.mpls.mn.us From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:56 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.azstarnet.com!sun.cais.com!grouper.Exis.Net!news From: crippel@exis.net (Chuck Rippel) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Best Speaker Month Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 12:42:11 GMT Organization: Exchange Information Systems Networks Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4051po$p43@grouper.Exis.Net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 48.exis.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 August is when Radio Shack typically puts their Optimus Pro-7 loudspeaker on sale for half price. The Pro-7 is the loud speaker of choice for shortwave listening due to its audio detail, fidelity and listening ease. I have 2 of them here, one connected to the Europa and one to the Drake. I have used them on my SP-600 and R390A but have been waiting till they go on sale before purchasing them. --------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Rippel, WA4HHG crippel@exis.net Location: Farm in Cornland, VA -------------------x Reply Separator x-------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:57 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: anltd@ix.netcom.com (LIN GROSVENOR) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Beverage Antennae Date: 5 Aug 1995 14:45:10 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 22 Message-ID: <40005m$e5n@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> References: <3vldbb$j4f@golem.wcc.govt.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-dc11-13.ix.netcom.com In <3vldbb$j4f@golem.wcc.govt.nz> gardner_a@ix.wcc.govt.nz writes: > >In article , colvin@hyrax.rand.org (Tim Colvin) writes: >>Where can I get information on constructing a beverage antenna? If I remember >>correctly, a beverage antenna is a very long antenna run in a straight line >>just above the ground; it is used for DXing 540-1600 kHz. and is highly >>directional. References to any literature or online sources would be greatly >>appreciated. Thanks. > >Haven't found any on-line ref's so far. I've got some printed info but >not with me, so I can't give you any accurate info right now. I'm >pretty sure QST magazine ran some articles on Beverages, but quite >some time ago (>10 years). > Get ARLL's Antennae book. It has info on that Antennae. Tad G. HSNW@AOL.COM From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:58 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.itd.umich.edu!jlipchik From: jlipchik@elvis.umd.umich.edu (jeff lipchik) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.music.country.western,rec.music.country.old-time Subject: Bluegrass/country music on shortwave Date: 7 Aug 1995 01:28:55 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Lines: 14 Message-ID: <403q8n$10t@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: umdesun5.umd.umich.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL9] Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:56664 rec.music.country.western:44455 rec.music.country.old-time:2211 Hello, I just got a shortwave receiver today, and I am looking for some frequencies that play country or bluegrass music at least some of their broadcast time. I live in the Detroit area. I know of a Southern Gospel station, WJCR, in Upton, KY, but I forgot the frequencies it uses. If I hear any country or bluegrass music, is there any way to make a request for a certain song? Please reply. Jeff From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:59 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!wa2ise From: wa2ise@netcom.com (Robert Casey) Subject: Re: Can anyone identify AM reception on 740Khz........ Message-ID: Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <3vjv1t$768@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <3vk61o$1vmu@acs3.acs.ucalgary.ca> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 03:13:33 GMT Lines: 11 Sender: wa2ise@netcom17.netcom.com Is WCPR 740 AM carrier current campus radio of Steven's Tech of Hoboken NJ radiating again? :-) Apparently, an old story has it that when Stevens, a college on the Hudson river waterfront, needed extra dorm space quick, bought an old ship and docked it next to the campus. And WCPR installed a carrier current transmitter in this ship to feed the electric wires of the ship. There was this string of lights hanging from one end of the ship, up to the masts, and down to the other end of the ship, and some of WCPR's carrier current leaked onto this string. Apparently the length was rresonant and WCPR's signal could be heard in New York City. This happened sometime in the early 70's. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:26:59 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!noc.netcom.net!zippo!usenet From: bradford@ncgroup.com (Biff Devereaux) Subject: Car radio with shortwave? X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Sender: usenet@news.zippo.com (Charlie Root) Nntp-Posting-Host: cust9.max1.cleveland.oh.ms.uu.net Organization: Zippo Message-ID: Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 18:48:23 GMT Lines: 5 Has anyone seen a car radio with built in shortwave? I recall seeing one somewhere a couple of years ago (maybe many many years). Any info is appreciated From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:00 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!nstn.ns.ca!cs.dal.ca!ccn.cs.dal.ca!ai557 From: ai557@ccn.cs.dal.ca (Jeffrey A. Harvey) Subject: CBC callsigns, Chile? Message-ID: Sender: usenet@cs.dal.ca (USENET News) Nntp-Posting-Host: ccn.cs.dal.ca Organization: Chebucto Community Net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Sat, 5 Aug 1995 11:59:46 GMT Lines: 12 Hi, I remember reading something a few years ago to the effect that the Canadian government had a letter of agreement from the (very generous!) Chilian government to allow the CBC to use some CBx(x) callsigns. I can't recall where I read this; my diminutive brain does not store references with each bit of information. Chile does indeed "own" CAA to CEZ (ITU list). The local CBC in Halifax is CBHT. I hope this reassures those concerned. -Jeffy -- From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:02 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jmrubin@ix.netcom.com (Joel Rubin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: CBC callsigns, Chile? Date: 5 Aug 1995 14:10:21 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 30 Message-ID: <3vvu4d$9t9@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-al6-23.ix.netcom.com In ai557@ccn.cs.dal.ca (Jeffrey A. Harvey) writes: > >Hi, > I remember reading something a few years ago to the effect that >the Canadian government had a letter of agreement from the (very generous!) >Chilian government to allow the CBC to use some CBx(x) callsigns. > I can't recall where I read this; my diminutive brain does not >store references with each bit of information. > Chile does indeed "own" CAA to CEZ (ITU list). The local CBC in >Halifax is CBHT. > I hope this reassures those concerned. >-Jeffy > >-- So, they are still announceing these "CB" calls? It's a bit hard to get CBC Vancouver here in San Francisco, with XETRA beaming north on 690 (they're programmed as an English-language sports-talk station) and Radio Netherlands using 6165 in prime time. However, when I do hear them, mostly in the wee hours, when they rebroadcast Radio Sweden and such, I hear only the province-wide "CBC, British Columbia". I once read that they used to use CN calls. Apparently, they started out as part of the Canadian National Railroad. I suppose there was a certain ammount of "The CNR prevents Manitoba farmers from selling their grain in Minneapolis and the new radio network will prevent people from getting too attatched to Fibber McGee and forgetting that they are Canadian." From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:02 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!nstn.ns.ca!cs.dal.ca!ccn.cs.dal.ca!ai557 From: ai557@ccn.cs.dal.ca (Jeffrey A. Harvey) Subject: Re: CBC callsigns, Chile? Message-ID: Sender: usenet@cs.dal.ca (USENET News) Nntp-Posting-Host: ccn.cs.dal.ca Organization: Chebucto Community Net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3vvu4d$9t9@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> Date: Sat, 5 Aug 1995 14:46:54 GMT Lines: 11 Joel Rubin (jmrubin@ix.netcom.com) wrote [+/- snips, spelling {:)}!]: > So, they are still announcing these "CB" calls?... > ...I hear only the province-wide "CBC, British Columbia"... The best time to catch the local callsign is when they give the *local* weather report. Often this is just before the top of the hour; or just after the news (perhaps hh:12 or so). I don't know about B.C.; I'm over here in N.S. "Canada" cannot be defined without using the word "American" or "USA"; as in "Not..." or "North of...". [smile!] -Jeffy From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:04 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!newsfeed.pitt.edu!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.deltanet.com!news.deltanet.com!jlundgre From: jlundgre@delta1.deltanet.com (John Lundgren) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Clear-channel stations in US (MW) Date: 5 Aug 1995 15:04:20 GMT Organization: Delta Internet Services, Anaheim, CA Lines: 31 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <40019k$if7@news2.deltanet.com> References: <3vmmib$fnc@forge.cc.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: delta1.deltanet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Daniel J. Galloway (dgall@cc.gatech.edu) penned: : I got curious a couple of nights ago and tried checking out the : MW coverage on my Sony 2010 here in Atlanta.. pretty cool, I've gotten : Vermont and Texas already. Does anyone have a list of the clear channel : stations in the US? I'd like to QSL all of them. (AM 750 won't be a : challenge :) ) : -- : Daniel J Galloway | dgall@cc.gatech.edu, gt2806a@prism.gatech.edu : The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only : guardian of true liberty. : -- James Madison Try receiving KFI 640 clear channel, here in La La land. I could get KOMA, Ok.City, KSLC Salt Lake City, and KING 1000 Seattle, here in L.A. Maybe they are clear channel stations. When I was in Minneapolis, I used to get WOR NYC on occasion, but I don't remember the freq. You can kind of tell how far they're from you by the difference in their time announcments and your time. Remember that a good l-o-n-g wire antenna does a lot for your reception. Also, put a good ground and spark arrestor in it, too. -- #==================================================================# | John Lundgren - Elec Tech - Info Tech Svcs | jlundgre@delta1 | | Rancho Santiago Community College District | .deltanet.com | | 17th St. at Bristol \ Santa Ana, CA 92706 | or @pop.rancho | | Standard Disclaimers Apply (Blah-Blah...) | .cc.ca.us | | "He who toys with the most dies, wins." | Dr. Kevorkian? | #===========PGP=key=available=upon=request=========================# From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:05 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jec95@aol.com (JEC95) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Clear-channel stations in US (MW) Date: 6 Aug 1995 16:55:30 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 4 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <403a82$1h3@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <40019k$if7@news2.deltanet.com> Reply-To: jec95@aol.com (JEC95) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com >>I used to get WOR NYC on occasion, but I don't remember the freq. << 710 AM, but I can't imagine why *anyone* would bother with it From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:06 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!news.cerf.net!nntp-server.caltech.edu!dputnick From: dputnick@alumni.caltech.edu (Donald R. Putnick) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Communications Headphones? (was: Best Speaker Month) Date: 7 Aug 1995 15:40:18 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Alumni Association Lines: 17 Message-ID: <405c52$m2n@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <4051po$p43@grouper.exis.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: alumni.caltech.edu In article <4051po$p43@grouper.exis.net>, Chuck Rippel wrote: >August is when Radio Shack typically puts their Optimus Pro-7 >loudspeaker on sale for half price. >The Pro-7 is the loud speaker of choice for shortwave listening due to >its audio detail, fidelity and listening ease. You ain't heard nuthin till you've hooked up your shortwave receiver to an Infinity 2000A speaker (with electrostatic tweeters)! The beauty of 5K and 10K heterodynes. On a related subject, what are the best *communications* headphones on the market? No, I'm not interested in hi-fi headphones; I already have them. -- Don Putnick dputnick@alumni.caltech.edu From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:07 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!MHS.HCJB.COM.EC!rmcvicar Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508051919.PAA67905@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 20:01:20 -0500 Reply-To: "McVicar, Richard" Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: "McVicar, Richard" Organization: HCJB - Quito Subject: DX Partyline for August 5/95 In-Reply-To: <956121300256ACD1> Lines: 35 Greetings from the Andes. DX Partyline this weekend will feature: --3 hosts! Veteran Dutch DXer, Maarten van Delft is with us --Maarten brings station news from the Caribbean --EDXC Report --a noise canceller --the conclusion of a three-part article on loop antennas with Fred Vobbe Lisa, Maarten and I hope you can join us! 73 and God bless, Rich, HC1JMN ********************************************************** DX PARTYLINE is broadcast Saturday at the following times: Europe: 0739 UTC on 11615 kHz 1709 UTC on 15490 kHz, 21455 kHz USB S.Pacific:0909 UTC on 5900 kHz, 21455 kHz USB N.America:0109 UTC(Sunday) on 9745 kHz, 15540, 21455 USB 0509 UTC(Sunday) on 9745 kHz, 21455 USB ********************************************************** THE LATEST CATCH is HCJB's midweek update to the DX Partyline. It is broadcast on Wednesdays: Europe: 0700 UTC on 11615 kHz 1800 UTC on 15490 kHz, 15540 & 21455 kHz USB S.Pacific:1030 UTC on 5900 kHz, 15540 & 21455 kHz USB N.America:0200 UTC(Thursday) on 9745 kHz, 15540, 21445 USB 0600 UTC(Thursday) on 9745 kHz, 21455 kHz USB From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:07 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!AOL.COM!EdOK Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508071334.JAA70088@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 13:04:36 -0400 Reply-To: EdOK@AOL.COM Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: "Ed O'Keefe" Subject: DX-400 Lines: 8 While cleaning out the attic, I came across a DX-400 I had bought in the late 70's.(I think) At the time it was one of the first digital sw radios I had seen and of course I jumped on it, not realizing there was no tuning knob and tuning was generally a pain in the butt. Was wondering if anyone else in the world bought one and if anyone had a mod to incorporate a tuning wheel. TNX Ed O'Keefe Poughkeepsie, NY From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:09 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: cgknight@ix.netcom.com (Chris Knight ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Easy Beverage Antenna Date: 7 Aug 1995 15:02:33 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 72 Message-ID: <4059u9$jr1@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-den12-20.ix.netcom.com Recently there has been some talk on getting info on beverage antennas under the subject heading "Beverage Antennae". The two best places are the IRCA and NRC. Both have "goodie factories" that re-print articles that have appeared in their past bulletins. In fact, the NRC has a reference manual on beverages. In the July 1995 issue of Monitoring Times is a very good article called "Mediumwave Mini-DXpeditions - Take Your Radio on the Road" by Mark Connelly (WA1ION) for those interested in DXpeditions. Since many of us don't have the acreage for beverage antennas, a "mini-DXpedition" is a "must". However, the beverage antennas do not need to be elaborate and they don't need to be used only on mediumwave! They can be used on shortwave as well - especially for reception on frequencies below about 7MHz. What I did was go down to a local electronics store and buy 500 feet of 18 gauge, copper, stranded, insulated, speaker wire (speaker wire has 2 wires side by side). Then, I separated the 2 wires carefully making sure not to damage the insulation on either one, and splicing them together end to end, had one 1000 foot piece of wire! Note: use "stranded" not "solid" wire for the antenna as solid wire tends to break more easily. Next, at my parent's house (they have enough room for 750 feet of the wire), the wire was unrolled on the ground! That is correct! A beverage antenna with insulated wire does not have to be in the air to perform as I will show in a little while. But, being in the air a foot or two helps null stations off the sides a bit better. After a month with this Southwest facing beverage on the ground, I managed to log every station in Tucson and Phoenix including their 10 watt Traveler's Information stations on 530 and 1610 respectively! I also logged some Australian and New Zealand stations, the best of which was a 2kW 4XO-1206kHz in Dunedin, New Zealand! Results were a little less impressive off the back of the beverage, but I still managed to log Norway-1314kHz and 2 "Radio Comercial" stations from Portugal. Directivity was very appearant even though the antenna was on the ground. Hearing 138 stations from Mexico bore that out! Now, I've had very good results similar to this with my "Street Gutter" Beverages. They are usually smaller, and, you guessed it(!) in street gutters (preferably not full of water). I don't recommend this method, however, since cars can come along and park on your antenna, and, there is a slight chance someone could come along and trip on your wire. However, you can use your imagination! If there is a row of fences behind your house why not try that? The antenna doesn't have to be 1000 feet to work well. On some of the higher mediumwave frequencies and tropical band shortwave, 500 feet will do fine. The antenna should be laid out in as straight a line as possible pointed at the target stations. If you really want to go "all out" and can find some sloping land, make your beverage into a "sloping beverage" sloping toward your target stations. On a DXpedition to Taos, New Mexico with a sloping beverage, I logged 16 stations from Japan (I have the tapes to prove it) and my best all time catch on Mediumwave, CJYR in Whitehorse, Alberta, Canada on 1400kHz. What made this so amazing was that 1400kHz is a local channel cluttered with stations in the US using 1kW. CJYR was using 60 watts! CJYR was S9+40db on my Kenwood R1000 and the ID occurred an hour and a half before local sunset! I heard of another person who put up a sloping beverage down the north side of Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs, and logged 610 CKRW in Whitehorse, YT, Canada! I've used the sloping beverage before on Rabbit Ears Pass near Steamboat Springs, CO with above average results. So, the sloping beverage way outperforms a flat beverage, but I haven't heard of anyone else ever using that kind of antenna before! Re: the "ground" beverage: performance on shortwave is simply amazing! Extremely low noise. Nothing could be quieter! I was hearing stations on one beverage that I couldn't even detect on my 60 meter dipole! Loggings from DXers in Sweden, Norway, and Finland attest to the superior performance of a beverage on both shortwave and mediumwave. 73s and good DX, Chris N0IJK From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:10 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: FCC DATABASE From: werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com (Werner Funkenhauser) Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!unixg.ubc.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!werner.funkenhauser Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.11126.4230.0N1EE705@canrem.com> Date: Sat, 5 Aug 95 11:32:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 23 In Article: <60.10806.4230.0N1ED827@canrem.com>, kodis@access4.digex.net (John Kodis) writes, >In article <60.10806.4230.0N1ED827@canrem.com>, >Werner Funkenhauser wrote: >>The FCC maintains a mediumwave database from foreign government reports and >>from its own records. It is available via anonymous ftp at FTP.FCC.GOV, but >I went browsing through the archives at ftp.fcc.gov, but couldn't find >anything that looked like this data. Do you have a complete URL available >for this, and any other interesting data that they may have available? >-- John Kodis. You can find the original information in the directory /pub/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Databases. Regards... Werner * RM 1.3 03054 * From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:11 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!btnet!news.compulink.co.uk!cix.compulink.co.uk!usenet From: gregshaw@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Gregory Shaw") Subject: Fequency Information Required Message-ID: Organization: REMTEK Date: Sat, 5 Aug 1995 14:25:00 GMT X-News-Software: Ameol Lines: 9 Can anybody quote me any HF frequencies currently in use by the various forces in the former Yugoslavia. If this is the wrong News_Group for this sort of information could someone point me in the right direction. Thanks Greg. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:12 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: FM MICROBROADCAST BS From: werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com (Werner Funkenhauser) Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!unixg.ubc.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!werner.funkenhauser Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.11127.4230.0N1EE706@canrem.com> Date: Sat, 5 Aug 95 11:32:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 36 In Message: <3vvd1h$kfh@holly.softwords.bc.ca>, kscott@pinc.com (K. Scott) writes, >To who it may concern or care's! Mr. Werner Funkenhause tryed on two >separate occasion's to purchase a 3 watt FM broadcast transmitter from >R.Scott Communications. We did not sell to him because he reside's in >Canada! We are a legal Canadian exporting Company only of low power FM >transmitters. Because we would not break Canadian Communication law's by >selling to Mr. Funkenhause, he seem's to have mounted a vendetta/slander >campaign against our Company. Many thank's Kev, R.Scott Communications. Kevin! Aren't you ashamed for writing such a lie? You claimed in one of your posts that yours was a reputable company, but you've revealed yourself in the above message. Maybe some in the group will wonder which of us is telling the truth. Those who know me from the hobby will realize that your allegation is false, a bald-faced lie in fact! Slander? Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? For others that may be interested, I'll let the content of my posts speak for me. Point: I've never advertised the sale of "pirate radio" equipment on the net. You have! Those ads prompted me to contact Industry Canada in the first place. Point: You continue regular posts, soliciting requests for information presumably leading to sales of a product destined to illegally clutter airwaves. BTW, did you mention my alleged attempts to purchase from you to Industry Canada when they came to inspect you? I'll bet you didn't because I never tried to do so. I don't own the net but I do get on my pedestal once in a while and you are a case. I've been unkind in my posts because as a long-time DXer, I really resent what you and others and your customers, are doing to various parts of the spectrum, especially in heavily congested market areas. Having said that (and my earlier pieces), I'll leave this topic to add kscott@pinc.com to my twit-filter. * RM 1.3 03054 * From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:13 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!news.bctel.net!holly.softwords.bc.ca!news From: kscott@pinc.com (K. Scott) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: FM MICROBROADCAST BS! and FUNKENHAUSE! Date: 5 Aug 1995 09:18:41 GMT Organization: Pacific Interconnect Lines: 8 Message-ID: <3vvd1h$kfh@holly.softwords.bc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: gonzo.pinc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.14 To who it may concern or care's! Mr. Werner Funkenhause tryed on two separate occasion's to purchase a 3 watt FM broadcast transmitter from R.Scott Communications. We did not sell to him because he reside's in Canada! We are a legal Canadian exporting Company only of low power FM transmitters. Because we would not break Canadian Communication law's by selling to Mr. Funkenhause, he seem's to have mounted a vendetta/slander campaign against our Company. Many thank's Kev, R.Scott Communications. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:14 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!lamarck.sura.net!news.uky.edu!chuck From: tfugate@uklans.uky.edu (Terry Fugate) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: FM MICROBROADCAST BS! and FUNKENHAUSE! Date: 7 Aug 1995 14:33:17 GMT Organization: IT Lines: 10 Message-ID: <40587d$a17@service1.uky.edu> References: <3vvd1h$kfh@holly.softwords.bc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.163.13.56 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6 In article <3vvd1h$kfh@holly.softwords.bc.ca>, kscott@pinc.com (K. Scott) says: >snip< Why don't you find another hobby? I am more than a litle tired of seeing your posts on several different news groups. As soon as I get my killfile working I won't see any of your sad offerings. I really think that anyone who was interested in your offerings already know how to find you. Do the rest of us a favor and take out an add in qst or 73. Terry Fugate WN4ISX From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:17 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: FM MICROBROADCAST BS!!!!! From: werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com (Werner Funkenhauser) Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!werner.funkenhauser Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.11112.4230.0N1EE659@canrem.com> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 95 22:36:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 74 In Message: <3vqsub$onk@holly.softwords.bc.ca>, kscott@pinc.com (K. Scott) writes, KK>From: kscott@pinc.com (K. Scott) KK>Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave KK>Subject: FM Microbroadcast transmitter. KK> KK> KK>Info e-mail to kscott@pinc.com Thank's. In an earlier message: <3sfkbs$os9@holly.softwords.bc.ca> kscott@pinc.com (Radio nut.) wrote, ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Same guy! KK> >Industry Canada paid a visit to this company on thur.june 22/95. Their KK> >investigation found them to be a legal and reputable Canadian exporter of KK> >fm transmitting equipment. Message <3sfkbs$os9@holly.softwords.bc.can> is bull-shit, a smoke-screen to cover earlier bad press received in this newsgroup. His weekly posts continue without caveat, just like the one <3vqsub$onk@holly.softwords.bc.ca> above. Here is a snippet from Industry Canada, a response to my complaint about his "fun-just-like-CB-pirate-radio" ads that appeared earlier. Date: July 14, 1995 16:01.... I visited R. Scott Communications and talked to Richard Kevin Scott. He said he was well aware of the Rules and regulations but I gave him a current copy of BP I and III anyways. He said he was selling this 3 watt ( variable 50 mW to 3 watts) FM transmitter ( frequency agile from 88 to 108 Mhz) "offshore" only. He said he realized they were not type approved for use in Canada as he imported them from the United Kingdom : B.K. are not too happy about his advertising overzealousness...which he says he has since toned down. I asked him if the new Internet ad made it abundantly clear that these were not for sale or use in Canada and he said it was (?) or will be. He says, also , that he will not sell to a Canadian address / person...but in the next few minutes states that he has had interest from alot of amateurs. I warned / apprised him of the regs / Rules etc...and the consequences of us finding these transmitters floating around Canada and us tracing them to him. I advised him that we would follow Legal and reputable exporter indeed! Scott's little gizzmos are probably illegal to use anywhere, but most definitely in Canada! He'll sell them but you shouldn't use them. Also, he tells Industry Canada that he won't sell to Canadians. I shouldn't worry, Eh! Believe that? Well let me tell you about my southwestern Ontario swamp... er... development. I've got some nice building lots for sale. I note also from the header, that his post appears in rec.radio.shortwave only. I'm not familiar with other newsgroups. Perhaps they're moderated and won't post his stuff, or perhaps competition is just too fierce for Scott. After all there are lots of ads in electronics magazines classifieds that advertise mini FM transmitters costing MUCH LESS than his $99 kit or his $129 assembled box. Those advertisers probably know about rec.radio.amateur.swap and other such newsgroups. Why is this such a big deal for me? I already live in an RF cesspool, that's why! Microradio, FM microbroadcast, call it what you will! Scott's Tinker Toys and stuff like his sold by others, continue to add to airwave pollution. I'm not trying to act like a moderator folks, but what next? FM midibroadcast linear amps? Regards... Werner cc: KEVIN RICHARD SCOTT in 104 on CRS * RM 1.3 03054 * From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:18 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!lamarck.sura.net!news.uky.edu!chuck From: tfugate@uklans.uky.edu (Terry Fugate) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: FM MICROBROADCAST BS!!!!! Date: 7 Aug 1995 12:18:01 GMT Organization: IT Lines: 34 Message-ID: <40509p$d07@service1.uky.edu> References: <60.11112.4230.0N1EE659@canrem.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.163.13.56 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6 In article <60.11112.4230.0N1EE659@canrem.com>, werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com (Werner Funkenhauser) says: > >In Message: <3vqsub$onk@holly.softwords.bc.ca>, > kscott@pinc.com (K. Scott) writes, > >KK>From: kscott@pinc.com (K. Scott) >KK>Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave >KK>Subject: FM Microbroadcast transmitter. >KK> > >KK> >KK>Info e-mail to kscott@pinc.com Thank's. >snip< I already live in an RF cesspool, >snip< > >Regards... >Werner > I am trying to decipher the way a "kill file" can be activated for winvine. I am told that most news readers can "filter out" garbage IF you can figure it out. I live in an RF cespool, but I see no reason to put up with K Scotts ah crap. He posts this crud in every news group that has any rf connection. Oh well, maybe you radio police will lock him away and his net connection will be severed by prison. Terry Fugate WN4ISX ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ please disregard these last lines. This STUPID program insists that I have more new text than included text From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:19 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Charles R. Bernth <74752.1620@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: FM Questions Date: 6 Aug 1995 00:28:39 GMT Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736) Lines: 3 Message-ID: <4012bn$k4t$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> I am new to FM DXing & would like to know the difference between Es & trop & how to recognize them when I hear them. Also does FM propagate via groundwave? From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:19 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!ATHENA.COMPULINK.GR!zliangas Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508071422.KAA75219@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 02:40:49 +0400 Reply-To: Zacharias Liangas Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Zacharias Liangas Subject: for lost mail 2-5/8/95 Lines: 10 DEar friends These days I had a terrible problem with my lastest mail program ( eudora) which made me unable to receive any mesages betw 2-5 Aug 95 In case you have already saved you r mesages please re-send them to me Thank you in advence Zacharias Liangas ( sig disabled) From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:20 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jenhull@aol.com (Jenhull) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Frequencies for CBC Radio received in Japan -- enquiry. Date: 6 Aug 1995 19:30:31 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 38 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <403jan$8bp@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article , sea2sea@gol.com (Peter Mansour) writes: >I'm living in Japan and I would like to know where to tune in for CBC >shortwave broadcasts. Please use everyday terms, since I am not a >"techie" (no offense, for all those who are) -- thanx. From RCI (Radio Canada International)'s schedule, here are the times and frequencies for Asia. (RCI is Radio Canada on shortwave; the CBC only broadcasts domestically.) All days and times are UTC -- for Tokyo, I believe that means local time plus 9 hours. Also, UTC uses a 24-hour clock (i.e., 1:30 pm is 13:30, 11 pm is 23:00, etc.). 12:30-13:00: 9660 and 15195 kHz Mon-Fri: Spectrum Sat: Earth Watch Sun: The Mailbag 13:30-13:57: 9535 and 11795 kHz Mon-Fri: Spectrum Sat: Innovation Canada Sun: The Mailbag 16:30-16:57: 7150 and 9550 kHz Mon-Fri: Spectrum Sat: Innovation Canada Sun: The Mailbag 22:00-22:30: 11705 kHz Mon-Fri: The World at Six Sat-Sun: The World This Week-End NOTE: 9660, 11705, and 15195 broadcast from a relay in Yamata, Japan. 7150, 9535, 9550, and 11795 boradcast from a relay in Xian, China. Happy Listening, Jen Hull From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:21 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!news.kei.com!eff!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!newsfeed.pitt.edu!dsinc!news.icubed.com!usenet From: budh@infobahn.icubed.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Ham callsign prefix allocations Date: Sat, 05 Aug 95 11:50:33 PDT Organization: Infobahn International, Inc. Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: budh.icubed.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage In article , writes: > Path: news.icubed.com!dsinc!spool.mu.edu!torn!mcshub!informer1.cis.McMaster.CA!PC-Hudak1-J.imr.McMaster.CA!hudakjm > From: hudakjm@mcmaster.ca (John Hudak) > Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave > Subject: Ham callsign prefix allocations > Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 10:25:01 > Organization: Institute for Materials Research > Lines: 12 > Message-ID: > NNTP-Posting-Host: pc-hudak1-j.imr.mcmaster.ca > X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] > > Can anyone post or tell me where to get a list of worlwide ham callsign > prefix allocations? Thanks in advance. > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > John Hudak hudakjm@mcmaster.ca > Electron Optics > Institute for Materials Research > McMaster University > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada > > > > Any edition of the ARRL Amateur Radio Handbook will have that information.....You can usually find a copy in most libraries....hope that helps. 73 Bud WA3JPJ From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:22 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!emory!hubcap.clemson.edu!opusc!dasher.csd.sc.edu!aa101291 From: aa101291@dasher.csd.sc.edu (Benton StJ Bonney) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Ham callsign prefix allocations Date: 5 Aug 1995 23:54:24 GMT Organization: Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4010bg$h8e@bigbird.csd.sc.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dasher.csd.sc.edu hudakjm@mcmaster.ca (John Hudak) writes: > Can anyone post or tell me where to get a list of worlwide ham callsign > prefix allocations? Thanks in advance. > Try arrl.org ---- 73 de Benton Bonney, KO4XE@kc4gym.#col.sc.usa.na internet: aa101291@midnet.csd.sc.edu tcp-ip: 44.38.140.006 (I think) courier: Columbia South Carolina, then ask From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:23 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.ios.com!pec From: pec@ios.com (Peter Costello) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: ham maritime mobile net freqs Date: 5 Aug 1995 10:39:36 GMT Organization: You gotta be kidding Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3vvhp8$e0h@news.ios.com> References: <3vpavc$it3@nntp4.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ios.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Terrance King (teryking@u.washington.edu) wrote: : I have surfed the net and not found any list of ham maritime mobile net : freqs. Can anyone help? Thanks. : Terry King -- Try 14.313, 14.315, 14.300, or 14.310 MHz (QRM dependent assignment) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pete Costello - Shortwave/Radio Catalog http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/ E-mail: pec@ios.com ^^^^ "In the future everyone will be famous for 15 Megabytes" - Rocktopolis Inc. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:23 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!bga.com!maria-7j From: t314jrc@bga.com (John R. Cope) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: ham maritime mobile net freqs Date: 6 Aug 1995 02:45:27 GMT Organization: Real/Time Communications - Bob Gustwick and Associates Lines: 13 Message-ID: <401ac7$fa5@giga.bga.com> References: <3vpavc$it3@nntp4.u.washington.edu> <3vvhp8$e0h@news.ios.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: maria-7j.ip.realtime.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 In article <3vvhp8$e0h@news.ios.com>, pec@ios.com (Peter Costello) wrote: >Terrance King (teryking@u.washington.edu) wrote: >: I have surfed the net and not found any list of ham maritime mobile net >: freqs. Can anyone help? Thanks. > >: Terry King > The cover article of the April issue of "Monitoring Times" magazine is called "Sailing Through the HAM Bands" and has all the maritime net freqs you could want. John Cope > From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:24 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!news.sara.nl!news.pi.net!news From: cortland@pi.net (cortland) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: ham maritime mobile net freqs Date: 3 Aug 1995 20:04:01 GMT Organization: planet Lines: 10 Message-ID: <3vra3h$su6@neptunus.pi.net> References: <3vpavc$it3@nntp4.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: rot34.pi.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ In article <3vpavc$it3@nntp4.u.washington.edu>, teryking@u.washington.edu (Terrance King) says: > >I have surfed the net and not found any list of ham maritime mobile net >freqs. Can anyone help? Thanks. > >Terry King > > see my posting a few days ago (pactor and amtor maritime boxes) the last few lines of this file is a maritime list of these boxes From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:25 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!simtel!news1.oakland.edu!warp.cris.com!NewsWatcher!user From: bcarney@cris.com (Bill Carney) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: HD210A Ecuador address? Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1995 22:37:14 -0500 Organization: Altern8 Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <199508022317.TAA49127@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: crc4-fddi.cris.com In article <199508022317.TAA49127@atlanta.american.edu>, Jill Dybka wrote: > Hey, does anyone have the address for HD210A the Ecuadorian time > signal station? The callsign is actually HD2IOA (the last three digits are letters), and the address is : Instituto Oceanographico de la Armada Casilla 5490 Guayaquil Ecuador -- Bill Carney * bcarney@cris.com From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:26 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!parsifal.nando.net!usenet From: btw@nando.net (B Wills Esq) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: ICF-2010 question Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 05:47:48 GMT Organization: Chronic Town Lines: 9 Message-ID: <401l5o$97d@parsifal.nando.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: grail908.nando.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Re; the tendency of a front end transistor blowing out, can I safely use a piece of wire with an alligator clip attached to the whip antenna? Is caution only needed with the ext ant jack? Benson From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:26 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Chris DeMarco Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: ICF-2010 question Date: Mon, 7 Aug 95 01:23:55 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <401l5o$97d@parsifal.nando.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1g.delphi.com X-To: B Wills Esq B Wills Esq writes: >Re; the tendency of a front end transistor blowing out, can I safely >use a piece of wire with an alligator clip attached to the whip >antenna? > >Is caution only needed with the ext ant jack? I don't know where you're listening, but here in Michigan, I get very good results with the Radio Shack reel antenna strung up inside my listening room. This antenna has a little clip which inductively couples to the whip antenna. The benefit of this is that since the antenna is indoors, you never have to worry about electrical storms. Chris DeMarco demarcoc@delphi.com Proud 2010 owner From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:27 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!news1.digex.net!news3.digex.net!acy1.digex.net!tuandbob From: Tu and Bob Myers Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: ICF-2010 question Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 19:02:26 -0400 Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <401l5o$97d@parsifal.nando.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: acy1.digex.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <401l5o$97d@parsifal.nando.net> That's the way I connect my long wire to my 2010. Then I unconnect it when I'm done listening. I've been doing it for 5 months with no problems. ============================================================================== On Sun, 6 Aug 1995, B Wills Esq wrote: > Re; the tendency of a front end transistor blowing out, can I safely > use a piece of wire with an alligator clip attached to the whip > antenna? > > Is caution only needed with the ext ant jack? > > Benson > > > > From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:29 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.duke.edu!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!wa2ise From: wa2ise@netcom.com (Robert Casey) Subject: Improving fidelity (highs) from AM radio recievers (MW) Message-ID: Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 02:58:28 GMT Lines: 48 Sender: wa2ise@netcom17.netcom.com Getting wider audio response out of an AM radio by "loading" the IF LC circuits with resistors. R1 IF1 R2 IF2 C1 _____________ ________ | | @ / | | @ _-->|----+--+-||-----audio = R +--@ @-----K = R +-@ @ | | |__|__|__@ @__ | |_|__|_@ @___G = R | | R | | | G | AGC _______________| Getting better audio (wider range, highs) from an AM radio This article assumes you are familiar with analog radio circuits. Acquire an old portable transistor radio, the sort made about 20 years ago. What you need in this radio is an IF strip with tunable LC circuits. Look at the radio circuit board and figure out which little square can (with tunable screwdriver slug) is the oscillator coil, the 1st IF, 2nd IF and third IF, detector diode, and filter cap (marked C1 above). Well I had a cheapie that only had 2 IF cans. To widen the bandwidth (at the expense of sensitivity and next channel interference, I assume you want to improve the sound of a strong local station here), add resistors across the IF LC circuits. I found that 150K on my 1st IF was a good choice, and found 47K good on the 2nd IF. These values are found somewhat by trial and error, maybe you can use a small trimpot of about half megohm on each IF LC circuit. Tweak the 1st IF one first, then do the 2nd IF (start with the trimpots at max ohm value). You will want to feed the audio output (from the radio's volume control, or, if the radio uses a complementary or quasi-complementary pair of output transistors (not those little transformers) from the speaker jack) to a good amp and speaker while you do the above tweaks so you can hear better. You may want to reduce the value of audio filter cap C1 to around half its orginal value (so the highs don't get too filtered by that). IF response before after ___ / \ / \ ________ / \ / \ __/ \____ ____/ \______ From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:30 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: rockrap@aol.com (Rockrap) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Info on legendary Zoom Black Magic Radio Date: 6 Aug 1995 18:24:13 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 9 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <403fed$62o@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: rockrap@aol.com (Rockrap) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Zoom Black Magic was the first pirate station to broadcast openly in defiance of the FCC (in both Seaside and Fresno, California) and even showed up once in the Arbitron ratings. Zoom has had numerous run-ins with the FCC but is still on the air semi-regularly in Fresno and, from time to time, in Los Angeles. If you'd like to receive a copy of Zoomin', the official Zoom Black Magic newsletter, just email back your postal address. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:31 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!kaiwan.kaiwan.com!not-for-mail From: sgross@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com (Steven Gross) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: irc #shortwave Aug 6 0000 GMT Date: 5 Aug 1995 09:04:56 -0700 Organization: KAIWAN Internet (310-527-4279,818-756-0180,909-785-9712,714-638-4133,805-294-9338) Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4004r8$4rc@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kaiwan009.kaiwan.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Saturday night (USA) August 5, 1995. Sunday morning August 6, 1995 0000 GMT. Join us on irc channel #shortwave. Bring your radio. See you then! Steve From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:32 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!caen!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newshost.marcam.com!hookup!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!mail.megaweb.com!Drosenzw From: Drosenzw@megaweb.com (Daniel (Doni) Rosenzweig) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,soc.culture.jewish,soc.culture.israel Subject: Kol Israel broadcast on Internet NOW! Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 10:42:08 Organization: Megaweb Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4058os$e6t@news-e1a.megaweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: @www_0_128.gnn.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: GNN Messenger 1.1 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:56690 soc.culture.jewish:167938 soc.culture.israel:22884 As of today, Kol Israel is being broadcast on the Internet via WRN (World Radio Network). They are relaying the 1500 UTC domestic English broadcast via their WWW site http://www.wrn.org . You must first download the Realaudio software (info via the WRN site). At the moment, only the first 9+ minutes are being broadcast and are available at an hour delay and not on weekends. This will be improved soon. If you do not have appropriate connections etc (SLIP) to get KI via the WWW site, you can download the file via a text browser or FTP ftp://town.hall.org/radio/Mirrors/WRN/audio/230.ra If there are no size limitations, you may be able to get this via FTP by Email into your EMail box.. I'll check it out... From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:33 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.dorsai.org!n2lak From: n2lak@news.dorsai.org (Dave Hines) Subject: Re: Lafayette Radio Message-ID: Sender: news@dorsai.org (Keeper of the News) Organization: The Dorsai Embassy - New York X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3vtj64$sfp@marvel.stsci.edu> Date: Sat, 5 Aug 1995 11:27:23 GMT Lines: 13 Phil Hodge (hodge@bowline.stsci.edu) wrote: : From Andy Brant : : > I need some help using a old tube shortwave receiver I got, : > no idea what the send position on the function knob is for? Also what The send switch quiets the receiver, preventing overload while you use your seperate transmitter (no transceivers in those days! :-) ) Also works great when your spouse wants to say something. :-) Enjoy, Dave Hines - N2LAK From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:36 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ns1.usa1.com!news From: mts@usa1.com (Myrton Smith) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Lafayette Radio Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 07:15:41 GMT Organization: USAinternet, Inc. Lines: 91 Message-ID: <401q86$glq@ns1.usa1.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dwkm121.usa1.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 Andy Brant wrote: >I need some help using a old tube shortwave receiver I got, >it's a Lafayette Model KT-320. >The front of the receiver has these knobs: >Function: Rec AM, Send, Q-Mult >AF Gain >Selectivity >BFO-Q-Mult Freq >Band Select: .55-1.6, 1.6-4.8, 4.8-10.5, 10.5-30 >IF Gain >Ant Trim >Main tuning >Band Spread tuning > and two switches >MVC - AVC >ANL OFF - ON >I've used the unit with the function switch on Rec. AM to get non-SB >broadcasts. Both the AF Gain and IF Gain knobs adjust the volume, what's >the difference? I guess the Q-Mult is for receiving side band. But I have >no idea what the send position on the function knob is for? Also what >are >the MVC/AVC and ANL switches for? >On the back there is: >three terminals for hooking up the antenna: >A1, A2, and E (there is a jumper between A2 and E). >a zero adjust knob for the signal meter >and three output terminals 0, 4, and 8 which I think is for 4 or 8 ohm >speakers. >What terminals to I use to hook up a dipole with coax cable or a long >wire >antenna? Normally, if you leave the jumper on the A2-GND connection, you would connect a long or random wire to the A1 terminal. This would allow you to receive most of the bands quite well below 10 Mhz or so. For the higher bands, above 10 Mhz, you would open the connection between the A2-GND link, and connect the antenna wire to A2 and the GND would then be connected to Earth ground. >On the bottom there is a bunch of adjustment screws: >A band 55-1.6MC: Ant, RF trim, OSC Trim >B,C and D band all have: Core and 2 Core trim screws >What are these for? I assume if it's working I don't need to mess with >these. Hello Andy... Yeah, please do not turn these screw adjustments. They are used for aligning the receiver I.F. stages. Although not familiar with this particular radio, I am somewhat familiar with the vintage having build several radios during the 1960's and 1970's for the Amateur Radio service, for personal use in the hobby. This type of receiver was a 'companion' receiver and used in conjunction with other brand transmitters of the era. The Knight radio kits were very popular during this period, as were Heathkit and several other makes. >Thank, >Andy Oh yes, the send position. If it is manually switched from the front panel, then you could use this receiver in conjunction with any transmitter really. It is there to not only disable the speaker when transmitting, built it also will disable the receiver front end so as to not overload or put to much signal into the very sensitive receiver and weaken the tubes. I don't know where off hand to locate a manual for this radio, but will keep an eye peeled as I know there are several concerns that deal with manuals for old equipemnt, at least I have heard of them. I am in need of a manual for the Drake SW-4a receiver which I use daily. Many 73 and happy listening. . . Myrton T. Smith II - N1GKE - Editor for Mystic Valley Amateur Radio Group mts @ usa1.com n1gke @ amsat.org Amsat # 22044 n1gke @ n1gke-5.ampr.org n1gke @ net.wg1i.ampr.org From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:37 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: cgknight@ix.netcom.com (Chris Knight ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Logging radius Date: 7 Aug 1995 15:14:55 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 13 Message-ID: <405alf$k2h@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-den12-20.ix.netcom.com What is the average or "standard" DX radius that a person logging shortwave stations can use to count loggings? Let me explain: I recently moved from Pueblo, CO to Northglenn, CO. Can I count stations that I logged from Northglenn into my loggings from Pueblo 120 miles away or do I have to "start all over"? As far as mediumwave loggings, I would have to. The "unofficial" standard is a 25 mile radius from one's QTH. If a person goes outside of that 25 mile radius and logs a new station, they shouldn't really count it in their logbook for their base QTH. However, that is sort of a personal preference, I guess. I've heard of people who travel alot and have heard hundreds of stations that they count in one logbook as "total stations heard". So, what are your thoughts on a "logging radius" for shortwave? 73s and good DX, Chris N0IJK From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:38 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.magg.net!news From: "Terrence R. Redding" Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.antenna Subject: Looking for Crankup/foldover 50 to 70 tower Date: 6 Aug 1995 20:08:45 GMT Organization: M.A.G. Information Services (MAGG.NET) Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4037gd$ei7@grumpy.magg.net> References: <3vj2gh$o4p@news.compulink.gr> NNTP-Posting-Host: wpb-105.magg.net Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:56626 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:12625 I am looking for a crankup tower, 50 to 70 feet. If you know of a used one for sale please call me at 407 659-6062 (night) and 407 835-4446 (day). Thanks, 73 Terry From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:38 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.azstarnet.com!sun.cais.com!grouper.Exis.Net!news From: crippel@exis.net (Chuck Rippel) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Lowe Europa or Drake R8A? Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 12:42:24 GMT Organization: Exchange Information Systems Networks Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4051q5$p44@grouper.Exis.Net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 48.exis.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 jcr2@cornell.edu (fussbudget) wrote: >My choice seems to be narrowed down to these two, for world-band >news/music/variety only (no ham or utility listening). Would like to enjoy >stations in Europe, S. America, Far East. Solid performance is important, >bells and whistles are not. All opinions appreciated! >FB I have both an R8 and a Europa and if I had to do it all over again and I was a programme listener, I'd go with the Europa. You simply cannot beat either the Europa or the HF-150 for quality and recovery of audio. Get yourself a Europa and a Radio Shack Pro-7 loudspeaker and enjoy. --------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Rippel, WA4HHG crippel@exis.net Location: Farm in Cornland, VA -------------------x Reply Separator x-------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:39 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!ce369 From: ce369@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Daniel Grunberg) Subject: Lowe HF-150 Intermittent Battery Contact, How to Fix? Message-ID: Sender: ce369@freenet2.carleton.ca (Daniel Grunberg) Reply-To: ce369@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Daniel Grunberg) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 00:50:51 GMT Lines: 19 I've found that the receiver-mounted battery contacts (as opposed to the battery-tray-mounted battery contacts) of my Lowe HF-150 sometimes become intermittent. I was able to fix the problem, by reaching into the receiver with a finger and *slightly* bending the contacts. The repair worked, but after some time the contacts became intermittent, again, during a particularly interesting broadcast. Although I was able to fix the problem again, I'd really like a more reliable and permanent fix than the one I've been using. Has anyone (perhaps Lowe themselves) a better way to fix the problem than mine?  ####  -- Dan Grunberg Kensington, Maryland USA From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:41 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!unixg.ubc.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!fonorola!news.synapse.net!usenet From: dgonczol@synapse.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Marine talking frequencies Date: 7 Aug 1995 01:36:03 GMT Organization: Synapse Internet [Gatineau, Quebec, Canada] Lines: 9 Distribution: world Message-ID: <403qm3$aqq@sentinel.synapse.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: violin-17.synapse.net Can someone supply me with frequencies used for verbal communication between ships (atlantic or pacific or grat lakes) Thanks David Gonczol (email if possible) From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:42 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!ATHENA.COMPULINK.GR!zliangas Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508071334.JAA50798@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 00:32:45 +0400 Reply-To: Zacharias Liangas Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Zacharias Liangas Subject: metal mesh fences as AM antennas! Lines: 33 Dear friends In the last days I was in Litohoron on mount Olympos (the mountain of the gods!) I have experiomented in a possible very old radio technique for Am especially. I have used my small AIWA J 150 walkman close to the metal mesh fence our countryhouse so it could use the so called "skin effect" with the inner antenna coil of the radio. As in result I had various effects in the reception. However I had not any equipmentsto evaluate changes of signal strength so some of the measurements are guessings The lengthof the mesh fences,from what I have observed from the years,does not so much effect on the gain in the reception. for example I have tested in two diferent fences the one covering 4000 sqm the one and 2000 sqm the other with nearly the same results. I really do not know if the SELECT A TENNA can offer so high gains as a fence does Here the basic measurements are upon SINPO standards 549 0652 4 Pristina-Serbia- music 1x111 41412 25 db gain 540 0655 KOssuth- Magyar- ads no 34343 >20 db 648 0702 Beograd-Serbia - msx no 23342 20 db 1386 0705 Alexand ERA - GRC - ads 24242 34343 < 5 db* * It is possible that the station's transmitting point is on a dead point so that the signal is no so much amplified format of the mesh fences in Greece: rhombic of 5x5 sqcm with a gauge of nearly 1 mm thickness Zacharias Liangas DX er since his 12s From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:43 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!YU1.YU.EDU!glaser Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508051918.PAA105696@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 13:59:55 -0400 Reply-To: Philip Beltz Glaser Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Philip Beltz Glaser Subject: Millennium and Everready are the same battery now Lines: 13 I just called Millinneum, and was given the number for Everready (800-876-5789), who told me that Everready bought out Millennium and that Millennium as a brand name is being phased out. The Everready recharchables that you see on the shelf now ARE THE SAME BATTERY AS MILLENNIUM AND WILL CHARGE SAFELY IN THE MILLENNIUM CHARGER. At the end of the conversation, I was offered some coupons for the Everreadys, which I took them up on. I assume that one could just call and ask for them. Regards, Phil From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:44 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!darwin.sura.net!bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us!bcfreenet!a001784t From: a001784t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us (Michael Anderson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Monitoring Times Date: 6 Aug 1995 17:41:39 GMT Organization: SEFLIN Free-Net - Broward Lines: 6 Distribution: world Message-ID: <402usj$58v@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us> References: <3uervk$1tha@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] -- On the dirt road leading to the highway. Michael Anderson a001784t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:46 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jenhull@aol.com (Jenhull) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: New age or african music frequencies for NE US? Date: 6 Aug 1995 19:31:10 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 25 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <403jbu$8c9@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <3vs1is$i3t@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <3vs1is$i3t@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, biolgst@aol.com (BIOLGST) writes: >Does anyone know of any New Age or African frequencies that can be >recieved in the north eastern US?? The VOA's service for Africa sometimes includes African music, especially on their *Daybreak Africa* program, which broadcasts (I think) from 0300-0630 UTC. Here in SE New York state, I have better luck with reception in winter than in summer, but you can try the following freqs: 5980, 7105, 7265, 7280, 7340, 7405, 9575, and 15300 kHz. For New Age-type music, you might want to check out the Voice of Free China's *Jade Bells and Bamboo Pipes.* While not technically New Age (it's Chinese classical music), much of the program is very tranquil and zen-like. (If you catch one of their segments on the Chinese zither, you're in for a treat.) VFC uses a Florida relay, so they're an easy US catch. *Jade Bells and Bamboo Pipes* broadcasts UTC Mondays at 0215 on 5950, 9680, and 11740 kHz. The same program is repeated UTC Tuesdays at 0315 on the same frequencies. Jen Hull From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:47 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!usenet From: Jeff CHILTON Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: New age or african music frequencies for NE US? Date: 7 Aug 1995 11:12:13 GMT Organization: The Cafe Pourquoi Pas Lines: 4 Message-ID: <404sed$j6v@clarknet.clark.net> References: <3vs1is$i3t@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <403jbu$8c9@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.156.2.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; BSD/386 uname failed) X-URL: news:403jbu$8c9@newsbf02.news.aol.com You'll definatly want to check Africa No. 1 from Gabon. Often does quite well here East coast (USA) mornings on 17.630. They play a lot of music, accouncements in French. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:48 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!newsserver2.jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!dolphin.upenn.edu!gosfield From: gosfield@dolphin.upenn.edu (Edward Gosfield) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: New age or african music frequencies for NE US? Date: 7 Aug 1995 12:28:31 GMT Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 41 Message-ID: <4050tf$of4@netnews.upenn.edu> References: <3vs1is$i3t@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <403jbu$8c9@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <404sed$j6v@clarknet.clark.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dolphin.upenn.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2-upenn1.3] Jeff CHILTON (jwc@chilton.com) wrote: : You'll definatly want to check Africa No. 1 from Gabon. Often does quite : well here East coast (USA) mornings on 17.630. They play a lot of music, : accouncements in French. BBC African service stream has a show called "Jive Zone" which usually features African music, although they also play American black pop and gospel from time to time. During the summer schedule times are Sat 1901 UTC and Thurs 1615 UTC SAT 17830 has worked for me, Thurs 17830 and 15400 have worked for me in Phila,PA. These are listed as "West African" frequencies. I am unable to receive the other African frequencies listed in BBC Worldwide, except for the North African frequencies which are included in the European stream, and don't carry Jive ZOne. I hope BBC someday realize that Americans would love to hear Jive Zone, as evidenced by the success of George Collinet's Afropop Worldwide on PBS. Be sure to check out Afropop if it is on your local PBS station. I find it worth taping quite frequently (in glorious FM hifi stereo, instead of frustrating SW mediocre AM quality--o well ;^] Radio Brazil once had an excellent show on Voodoun/Santeria music, with examples of music dedicated to each of the Orishas(deities). They are receivable at 8:AM EDT (1200UTC) on 15445 KHZ, with music and news. The music varies from very syrupy pop to very African influenced music, from many parts of Brazil. It is often thematic, ie, from a particular area or in a particular style, with commentary and history concerning the music. If you are more dedicated to 'new age music' than you are to SW, check out "Hearts of Space" which is broadcast over many PBS stations overnight. I have never managed to hear Voice of Nigeria at 7255 KHz, but I believe they have some music programs. PBTWBR lists Voice of Nigeria times as (0455-0700) (1000-1100) (1500-1700) and (1900-210) UTC. good luck ted gosfield@dolphin.upenn.edu From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:49 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!NIOZ.NL!nieuw Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508071419.KAA42973@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 10:24:00 +0100 Reply-To: Jan Nieuwenhuis Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Jan Nieuwenhuis Subject: New BDXC-WWW info (2/8/95) Lines: 33 BENELUX DX-CLUB (BDXC) INFORMATION 3rd August 1995 ================================== NEW & UPDATED info available via "World Wide Web" on Internet at: http://promet12.cineca.it/htdx/swls/bdxc.html * Updated English, French, German & DX-programmes on SW to Europe. * Added "DX-Hotline 02 August 1995" * Added a new item in the miscellaneous menu. * Added some General Info about the BDXC. For those of you with no access to WWW, don't worry; the distribution via SWL-L (Shortwave Listeners List) on Bit-/Internet and echomail via 'Shortwave Listeners echo' on FIDO-net will be continued as normal. The information at the WWW-site will stay there for a longer period of time though and will be continuously updated. This means that you can look back at previous issues of, for example the "DX-Hotline" info for a period of about 1 year. 73's Jan ====================================================================== Greetings from a partly sunny/cloudy and warm, Texel island .......... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: JAN NIEUWENHUIS Location: Texel island, The Netherlands Geographical position : 53.05N / 04.50E ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor: "DX-Hotline & Publications" - Benelux DX-Club (BDXC) - Holland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Email (internet) : nieuw@nioz.nl Netmail (FIDO) : 2:500/202 WWW (Internet) : http://promet12.cineca.it/htdx/swls/bdxc.html ====================================================================== From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:50 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jec95@aol.com (JEC95) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: New radio talk show !!!!!! Date: 7 Aug 1995 08:00:03 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 10 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <404v83$iti@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <403u8e$c98@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: jec95@aol.com (JEC95) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com >>I don't know if the above is true, and what you say maybe, but the >>goverment has always taken a soft stance on right-wing crack pots in >>this country. >Assuming that you would place David Koresh in the above category, why >don't you tell the Waco survivors about that "soft stance"? As much as I abhor the so-called "right-wing crack pots", associating them with child molestors & cop killers is a *little* extreme, don't you think? (& what does this have to do with rec.radio.shortwave, anyway) From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:51 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: voiceoflib@aol.com (Voiceoflib) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: New radio talk show !!!!!! Date: 6 Aug 1995 22:37:02 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 10 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <403u8e$c98@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <3vbe64$i91@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: voiceoflib@aol.com (Voiceoflib) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com >I don't know if the above is true, and what you say maybe, but the >goverment has always taken a soft stance on right-wing crack pots in >this country. Assuming that you would place David Koresh in the above category, why don't you tell the Waco survivors about that "soft stance"? Paul Parsons Voice of Liberty America in Crisis From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:52 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!gatech!gt-news!cc.gatech.edu!not-for-mail From: dgall@cc.gatech.edu (Daniel J. Galloway) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: newbie AM/FM/TV/Weather/shortwave radio Date: 5 Aug 1995 14:39:38 -0400 Organization: College of Computing Lines: 21 Sender: dgall@cc.gatech.edu Message-ID: <400dta$i56@forge.cc.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: forge.cc.gatech.edu NNTP-Posting-User: dgall Jeff Greenwald wrote: *Hi Shortwavers, * Is the General Electric AM/FM/TV Sound Radio with Weather Band a *"good" radio? I need to purchase my first short/medium wave radio and *this is the first radio I've seen with TV and weather band. * The faq HIGHLY recommends the GE Superadio III. Please forgive a *newbie, but I want AM/FM and TV and Weather (New Orleans during *hurricane season). Does the GE Superadio III have TV, Weather, AM/FM, *and shortwave capabilities. The only radio I've encountered that will pull in all those types of broadcast is the AOR AR1500. It got nailed by the 800 MHz ban, though. I'm not sure if they retooled it to pass the ban. If you can get one of those on the used market, have a look. I warn you that it is very complicated. You have to be technically-minded to use it with any degree of satisfaction. -- Daniel J Galloway | dgall@cc.gatech.edu, gt2806a@prism.gatech.edu The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. -- James Madison From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:53 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!southwind.net!usenet From: Charles Andrade Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Palomar AM Loop Antenna Date: 5 Aug 1995 18:38:28 GMT Organization: SouthWind Internet Access, Inc. Lines: 8 Message-ID: <400dr5$mc4@opal.southwind.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: onyx.southwind.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1PE (Windows; I; 16bit) I live in Kansas and I'm interested in picking up commercial AM broadcast stations from the metropoliatan New York area. Does anybody have any experience with the Palomar loop antenna in picking up distant longwave stations? If so, please let me know about it. Charlie...... From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.deltanet.com!news.deltanet.com!jlundgre From: jlundgre@delta1.deltanet.com (John Lundgren) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Phone line as SW antenna Date: 5 Aug 1995 14:33:40 GMT Organization: Delta Internet Services, Anaheim, CA Lines: 41 Message-ID: <3vvvg4$if7@news2.deltanet.com> References: <3vkjh7$9f5@news.tv.tek.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: delta1.deltanet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX (caf@omen.com) penned: : If any of your phones were made in the last 10 years or so chances are : the phone line will not make a very quiet antenna. The same goes : for your neighbors' phones. : -- : Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX caf@omen.COM 503-621-3406 FAX:-3735 : Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" : Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, GSZ and DSZ : TeleGodzilla BBS: 503-621-3746 FTP: ftp.cs.pdx.edu pub/zmodem I agree. It used to be that there was only analog equipment connected at both ends of the line. The old 500 and 2500 phones were mostly just resistive and capacitive components with some nonlinear voltage variable resistors. Now the telephones have diodes on the input that make great mixers, so this is almost a certain creator of intermod. And the chips, transistors and other active parts in the phone are great makers of RFI. Some of the chips use a crystal to generate an accurate clock so that the chip can generate accurate touch tones. This can be a 3.58 MHz color TV xtal, or maybe some other freq. But there is an excellent probability that this freq will be going back up the phone line and into your receiver, and that freq will be unlistenable, along with a number of harmonics. Oh, yeah, the subharmonics, too, since the chip divides the freq down to get the tones. Then we haven't discussed the other end of the line, at the central office. Now the incoming signal is digitized there. So there is probably some more RFI that is generated. I work in our main switch room where the PBX and incoming phone lines are located. I've found out from experience that this is the place to be if I don't want my pager to go off. ;-)) Just plain too much RFI, but I think a lot is from the PBX. It's digital. -- #==================================================================# | John Lundgren - Elec Tech - Info Tech Svcs | jlundgre@delta1 | | Rancho Santiago Community College District | .deltanet.com | | 17th St. at Bristol \ Santa Ana, CA 92706 | or @pop.rancho | | Standard Disclaimers Apply (Blah-Blah...) | .cc.ca.us | | "He who toys with the most dies, wins." | Dr. Kevorkian? | #===========PGP=key=available=upon=request=========================# From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:55 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.duke.edu!agate!tcsi.tcs.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.deltanet.com!news.deltanet.com!jlundgre From: jlundgre@delta1.deltanet.com (John Lundgren) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Phone line as SW antenna Date: 5 Aug 1995 14:48:37 GMT Organization: Delta Internet Services, Anaheim, CA Lines: 41 Message-ID: <4000c5$if7@news2.deltanet.com> References: <3vkjh7$9f5@news.tv.tek.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: delta1.deltanet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Glen Roberts (glr@ripco.com) penned: : Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX (caf@omen.com) wrote: : : If any of your phones were made in the last 10 years or so chances are : : the phone line will not make a very quiet antenna. The same goes : : for your neighbors' phones. : I think that was the essence of the posting... building a filter to : eliminate interferece and isolate the shortwave from the phone line. : -- : -------------------------------------- : Glen L. Roberts, Editor, Full Disclosure : Host Full Disclosure Live (WWCR 5065 khz - Sundays 8pm eastern) : (WOYL AM-1340, Oil City, PA) : Tech Talk Network: Telstar 302 (T2), Ch 21, 5.8 audio : http://pages.ripco.com:8080/~glr/glr.html : ------------------------------------- Installing the filter will not reduce the amount of interference that the SW receiver will get from the phone line. What the problem is, is that the RFI generated by newer telephones is right in the middle of the short wave bands. Some telephone chips use the color TV crystal or similar freq to generate the acccurate touch tones. This may generate both harmonics and subharmonics that interfere with reception. And then the diode bridge on the incoming line acts as an excellent mixer, creating lots of intermod. Filters won't get rid of either of these problems. And there is also the RFI coming from the outside such as switching transients from the CO, RFI from electrical equipment, especially light dimmers, and other sources. It's probably better to use an antenna that is outdoors, and away from these RFI sources. You will get a lot better reception if you do. -- #==================================================================# | John Lundgren - Elec Tech - Info Tech Svcs | jlundgre@delta1 | | Rancho Santiago Community College District | .deltanet.com | | 17th St. at Bristol \ Santa Ana, CA 92706 | or @pop.rancho | | Standard Disclaimers Apply (Blah-Blah...) | .cc.ca.us | | "He who toys with the most dies, wins." | Dr. Kevorkian? | #===========PGP=key=available=upon=request=========================# From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:56 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!hookup!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!news.cerf.net!nntp2.cerf.net!pelican.com!news.interworld.net!news.net99.net!ns.wsnet.com!news From: zielasko@wsnet.com (Lawrence Zielasko) Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave,alt.radio.scanner Subject: Re: Phone Number for EBB Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 02:17:14 GMT Organization: WSNetwork Communications Services, Inc., Montgomery, AL USA Lines: 23 Message-ID: <403u1d$1m0@ns.wsnet.com> References: <3vot7h$jdn@gw.PacBell.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip36.b2.wsnet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.swap:40913 rec.radio.shortwave:56652 alt.radio.scanner:20529 jcscott@pacbell.com wrote: >Hi Folks, >Anyone have the telephone number (800 or otherwise) for EBB? >I believe that they are located in Virginia. >Thanks, >Jon >Please respond via email to jcscott@pacbell.com If you mean Electronic Equipment Bank (EEB), their order number is (800) 368-3270. They are located in Vienna, VA. _________________________________________________________________ Lawrence Zielasko Home: zielasko@wsnet.com Work: lzielasko@b888s2.ssc.af.mil _________________________________________________________________ From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:57 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!news1.oakland.edu!vtc.tacom.army.mil!wx8l.tacom.army.mil!q From: q@wx8l.tacom.army.mil (Sean McCarthy) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Portable, what should I get? Date: 5 Aug 1995 10:07:47 GMT Organization: yet another personal Linux box Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3vvftj$n49@VTC.TACOM.Army.Mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: wx8l.tacom.army.mil X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hello all, I've tooled around the net, collected reviews and faq's, and yet I still fell compelled to ask... Which portable SW RXer would you recommend for me? I own several high quality vintage (tube) recievers and find that I have plenty of good listening choices when I'm home, *in the shack*. What I would like to add is a single portable, that won't terribly diappoint me, so I can listen at work or otherwise away from home. I would also use it around the house, while not in the radio room. I would like this reciever to preform reasonably well on sideband, as I listen to several amateur nets on 75, 40 and 20 meters. FM is a must, and I have problems with a very strong local station about 3-4 miles away. Classic SW broadcast listening is usually limited to the "biggies" so almost any reciever will fill that requirement. I guess I'm looking at yb-400/sw7600g on the low end and sw-77/Satellit 700 on the upper, but I've got to admit, if the sw100s would do what I want well, I'd lean real heavy in that direction. And I may be overlooking a few. What do you recommend? Thanks for taking the time to answer this, as I'm sure these questions get asked hundreds of times a year on this group. -- Sean McCarthy q@wx8l.tacom.army.mil From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:58 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news1.digex.net!news3.digex.net!bab00110.slip.digex.net!user From: cps@access.digex.net (Chris Smolinski) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,alt.radio.pirate Subject: Program available to read FCC DATABASE Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 18:56:35 -0400 Organization: Smolinski Scientific Systems, Inc. Lines: 23 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <567@sapphire.win-uk.net> <60.11161.4230.0N1EE8F7@canrem.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bab00110.slip.digex.net Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:56649 alt.radio.pirate:9490 I've written a program to help decipher the FCC's AM, FM, and TV databases. You can enter search parameters, and the program searches though the selected database, displaying the matching results. Check out my WWW page, where you can download a copy. http://www.access.digex.net/~cps/sss.html Macintosh only. Chris -- "Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither." -Ben Franklin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Check out my WWW page at http://www.access.digex.net/~cps/ for scientific | |software for the Mac, Free Radio, Shortwave Radio, and Spy Numbers Stations | |information. | |Finger me (cps@access.digex.net) for my PGP Public Key | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:59 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.azstarnet.com!sun.cais.com!grouper.Exis.Net!news From: crippel@exis.net (Chuck Rippel) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: R71A vs. R8(?)...R5000(?),... etc.? Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 12:46:04 GMT Organization: Exchange Information Systems Networks Lines: 30 Message-ID: <405211$p48@grouper.Exis.Net> References: <3vh8h9$ogq@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 48.exis.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 cdsol@ix.netcom.com (Carl Solomon) wrote: >There's been some frequent discussion comparing the Drake R8 with some >other radios, and also some stuff concerning Kenwood's R5000. >I've had an R71A for just under a year and am generally pretty pleased. >Just curious though, about the "word on the street" about the R71A and >how it compares with some of the other radios of that class. Is it >basically a matter of preference when comparing these, or are there >appreciable differences? >Thanks...Carl (W5SXU) I think you would like the R8(A). For the money, its the best bang for the buck. The R71 has the usual terrible Japanese audio and the design is very long in the tooth. Depending on what you are doing, the Lowe Europa also might be a contender due to its excellent audio recovery. The down side to the Lowe is no PBT, notch or noise blanker. The Lowe JRC NRD-535D is quite nice also but a bit on the pricey side. --------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Rippel, WA4HHG crippel@exis.net Location: Farm in Cornland, VA -------------------x Reply Separator x-------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:27:59 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!lantana.singnet.com.sg!jrider From: jrider@merlion.singnet.com.sg (Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Radio Canada International Date: 7 Aug 1995 04:21:00 GMT Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4044bc$830@lantana.singnet.com.sg> NNTP-Posting-Host: merlion.singnet.com.sg X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I live in Singapore at the moment and cannot obtain RCI on my Grundig 700 sat. Is this unusual? From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:00 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!sunic!sunic.sunet.se!newsfeed.tip.net!usenet From: hermod@sds.se (Hermod Pedersen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Radio Eco, San Borja, Bolivia Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 21:52:09 GMT Organization: Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Malmo, Sweden Lines: 17 Message-ID: <403do7$n84@stella.tip.net> Reply-To: hermod@sds.se NNTP-Posting-Host: a3119.dial.tip.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 A fortnight ago I reported my tropical loggings, amongst them the new Bolivia station Radio Eco. Having received them fairly regularly during these last weeks, I want to correct that the name of the station is Radio Eco (and not as I stated earlier Radio Eco Amor, which seems to have been some program title), transmitting on 4792.27 kHz, but announcing 4700 khz. Location is San Borja, in Departameto Beni. Station ID's as follows: "Informativa, deportiva, amena y cultura: San Borja, su radio" And: "En la provincia de Ballivia'n, Departamento de Beni, Repu'blica de Bolivia, transmite Radio Eco, San Borja" Regards, Hermod Pedersen Malmo, Sweden From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:01 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!soap.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!INbe.net!usenet From: dxa@innet.be (Pierre Beicht) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Radio Related Internet Sites Date: Sat, 05 Aug 1995 17:22:32 GMT Organization: INnet NV (post doesn't reflect views of INnet NV) Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4009t0$h6v@news.INbe.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pool03-47.innet.be X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 Hello Brett, -=> On 07-25-95 Brett Miller - N7OLQ wrote to All <=- BM-N> World Wide Web (URLS) BM-N> ---------------------- BM-N> http://dice.dac.neu.edu/Homepages/paul/al.html - FAQs, Freqs, Mods BM-N> http://www.mcc.ac.uk/OtherPages/AmateurRadio.html Add the URL : http://www.innet.net/~dxa DX-Antwerp has introduced this new service a few weeks ago. You can find here information about the club and the latest tips about radio broadcasting and utility information. Please note also that our e-mail address changed a few months ago to dxa@innet.be 73 de Guido From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:02 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!nwfocus.wa.com!calvino.alaska.net!anc-p1-50.alaska.net!user From: dboss@alaska.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio shack dx sw Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1995 21:47:07 -0800 Organization: Internet Alaska, Inc. Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <3vmqvi$8j5@central.server.swt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: anc-p1-50.alaska.net In article <3vmqvi$8j5@central.server.swt.edu>, jw21727@nyssa.swt.edu wrote: Hello! about 6 months ago, i bought a radio shack dx something or other portable shortwave radio. It dosent have a digital tuner.. I just have the antenna that came with it, my question, is, i usually get the first 3 bands (1-3) but the others never come in at all! Im a newbie at shortwave and no very little about it! how can I get info on the stations and when they broadcast in english, when to listen, and tips, etc?? is there any stuff on the net? thanks again! Jamie jw21727@academia.swt.edy (edu) not edy sorry!! :) Look for a book called Passport to Worldband Radio. There's a new edition every year. Also The World Radio and TV Handbook. Another good source of info is Popular Communications magazine Dave From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:03 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!wsjenks From: wsjenks@iastate.edu (William S Jenks) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: re-NEWBIE needs purchasing advice Date: 6 Aug 1995 19:09:39 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA Lines: 27 Message-ID: <40341j$gnv@news.iastate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pv7014.vincent.iastate.edu Hello all, and thanks for looking at this post, given the tedious subject heading. :-) As of a few weeks ago, I was a happy user of a Sony 7600 (not "g"), but it met, shall we say, and unfortunate end. And, OK, I'll admit it...I haven't been looking at this newsgroup much for the last few months, at least til the last couple weeks. I was hoping to see exactly my question posted by someone else, but no such luck. I'm looking around for a new receiver. I'm prepared to spend $200 or so, perhaps as much as $250. The FAQ suggests Sangean 803A, Yachtboy 400, and Sony 7600G. Is that still the consensus? I'm going to have to get this by mail order, so I won't get to handle them...is there a consensus over which is the best? Are there other models I should consider? And if these are the best choices, but there are significant differences in capabilities, could you give me a brief rundown? Thanks ever so much! William -- /---------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | William Jenks Photons from Heaven | | wsjenks@iastate.edu (515) 294-4711 | \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:04 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!pmms.cam.ac.uk!andrew From: andrew@pmms.cam.ac.uk (Andrew Thomason) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,uk.radio.amateur,sci.electronics Subject: Rotary encoders Date: 7 Aug 1995 12:35:47 GMT Organization: DPMMS (Cambridge University - Pure Maths and Mathematical Statistics) Lines: 10 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4051b3$hf6@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: owl.pmms.cam.ac.uk Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:8783 rec.radio.shortwave:56662 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:9922 sci.electronics:138624 Do rotary encoders "go off" after a year or so? Can they be repaired? Do they lose their magnetism or is it just dust which gets inside? I have a couple of digital radios which can be tuned by a knob, one cheap, one expensive. In both cases, after a year's use, the frequency started to dither around slightly whilst I smoothly turned the knob. I had thought this was due to a brain-damaged chip but now think it must be the rotary encoder. Many thanks, Andrew Thomason (andrew@dpmms.cam.ac.uk) From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:05 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!hookup!multiverse!199.218.112.130!sam From: sam@colossus (Sam Goldwasser) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,uk.radio.amateur,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Rotary encoders Date: 07 Aug 1995 13:35:02 GMT Organization: Multiverse Lines: 19 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4051b3$hf6@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: central.picker.com In-reply-to: andrew@pmms.cam.ac.uk's message of 7 Aug 1995 12:35:47 GMT Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:8785 rec.radio.shortwave:56672 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:9924 sci.electronics:138630 In article <4051b3$hf6@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> andrew@pmms.cam.ac.uk (Andrew Thomason) writes: > Do rotary encoders "go off" after a year or so? Can they be repaired? Do they lose > their magnetism or is it just dust which gets inside? > I have a couple of digital radios which can be tuned by a knob, one cheap, one > expensive. In both cases, after a year's use, the frequency started to dither > around slightly whilst I smoothly turned the knob. I had thought this was due > to a brain-damaged chip but now think it must be the rotary encoder. > Many thanks, > Andrew Thomason (andrew@dpmms.cam.ac.uk) They should not. You may have really cheap encoders - mechanical contacts rather than optical or magnetic design. These can be cleaned if you can get at them. The other types should last a long time. --- sam From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:06 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news3.digex.net!bab00110.slip.digex.net!user From: cps@access.digex.net (Chris Smolinski) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,alt.radio.pirate Subject: SCA (FM Subcarrier) WWW Page Date: Sat, 05 Aug 1995 17:10:46 -0400 Organization: Smolinski Scientific Systems, Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: bab00110.slip.digex.net Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:56602 alt.radio.pirate:9478 I've created a WWW page with some basic SCA info. You can get to it from my Radio Page, or directly at: http://www.access.digex.net/~cps/sca.html Chris -- "Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither." -Ben Franklin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Check out my WWW page at http://www.access.digex.net/~cps/ for scientific | |software for the Mac, Free Radio, Shortwave Radio, and Spy Numbers Stations | |information. | |Finger me (cps@access.digex.net) for my PGP Public Key | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:06 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!news.kei.com!nntp.et.byu.edu!news.provo.novell.com!news.cs.utah.edu!news.cc.utah.edu!cc.weber.edu!jberenyi From: jberenyi@cc.weber.edu (John) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Slinky antenna... is it good? Date: 7 Aug 1995 09:23 MST Organization: The Flying Elvises... Utah chapter! Lines: 16 Distribution: world Message-ID: <7AUG199509231059@cc.weber.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cc.weber.edu News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.50 --------------------------------------------------------------- I remember owning one years ago but forgot if it ever amounted to anything worth using. Any memories worth mentioning is greatly appreciated. John Berenyi (jberenyi@cc.weber.edu) 2648 Deer Run Dr. Ogden, Utah 84405 From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:08 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.ios.com!news From: Paul Lannuier Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Sony needs new model! Date: 5 Aug 1995 03:14:41 GMT Organization: Gilfer Associates, Inc. Lines: 42 Message-ID: <3vunn1$5c1@news.ios.com> References: <3vo57d$jme@parsifal.nando.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-hck-1-36.ios.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-URL: news:3vo57d$jme@parsifal.nando.net btw@nando.net (B Wills Esq) wrote: >Sony needs a FULL sized portable with sync detection, above average >sensitivity, wide/narrow filtering, decent audio, alpha-numeric >channel memories (at least 100), quiet synthesizer, no chugging, all >controls frontside, and a worldwide AC adapter. Street price should >be between US$300-400. > >From what I've read, this does not describe the SW77, but could >describe the 2010 successor (if they ever retire it). > >Do I want TOO, TOO much? > > > No, that's not too much to ask for. If Sony were to ask me for advice, I would tell them to just take the SW55, add synchronous detection and improve the battery consumption. That would be an awesome replacement for the '2010. But I doubt it could be done for much less than $400, the way the yen rate is going. Unfortunately, Sony doesn't ask me for advice... :-) Best 73! Paul Lannuier President Gilfer Shortwave ---------------------------------------------------------- GILFER SHORTWAVE | Tech & NJ: (201) 391-7887 52 Park Avenue | Orders/Quotes: (800) GILFER-1 Park Ridge, NJ 07656 | Facsimile: (201) 391-7433 United States of America | Internet: gilfersw@aol.com | http://www.pics.com/gilfer ---------------------------------------------------------- Authorized Dealer for: GRUNDIG SONY JAPAN RADIO CO KENWOOD ICOM YAESU LOWE RF SYSTEMS JPS COMMUNICATIONS WATKINS-JOHNSON ...and exclusive distributor for TRS CONSULTANTS SWBC ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHEDULES SOFTWARE ---------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:09 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news1.digex.net!news3.digex.net!acy1.digex.net!tuandbob From: Tu and Bob Myers Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Sony needs new model! Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 18:42:38 -0400 Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <3vo57d$jme@parsifal.nando.net> <3vojmg$bmg_001@brat.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: acy1.digex.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: As long as we (I'm) wishing: I don't mind the chuging. Would like: - 10 Hz resoulution or a +/- 150 Hz variable control. - Squelch - A back to previous frequency button to toggle between the current and previously eneterd frequencies. - Better Shape factor fileters. I think these are doable within the 2010 platform. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:09 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!URIACC.URI.EDU!IQC109 Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508071420.KAA48984@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 11:24:20 EDT Reply-To: IQC109@URIACC.URI.EDU Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: IQC109@URIACC.URI.EDU Subject: Sony TR-814 Lines: 8 For those who want to sample SWL without a big outlay of cash, I once again recommend the flea market track. I recently purchased a Sony TR-814. It covers 3 bands (BC and SW 2-6MC and 6-18MC or 75m, 60m, 49m, 41m, 31m, 25m, 19m, & 16m). It has a rotary dial (analog), band selector, and fine tuning dial. I just had to clean out the battery compartment where someone had left a battery that exploded. It works great and cost $2. PS..Does anyone know when this was made? I suspect 1965-1970. It is a "8 transistor" model. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:10 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!usenet From: cmahony@ibm.net (Colin Mahoney) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Spanish Broadcasts directed to Europe Date: Sat, 05 Aug 1995 18:34:28 GMT Lines: 21 Message-ID: <400cdk$2qtl@news-s02.ny.us.ibm.net> References: <3vl401$9el@euas20.eua.ericsson.se> <224_9508031458@bitbike.iaf.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip145-251.ut.nl.ibm.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 schaay@bitbike.iaf.nl (Michiel Schaay) wrote: >Hello Markus, > MM> Does anybody know of a list of Spanish broadcasts? Or like to start > MM> one? >The Spanish department of Radio Netherlands used to publish La Lista, a list of >Spanish broadcasts. I'm not sure if they still do, but you can drop a line to >the autor Jaime Baguena Garcia at Radio Netherlands. >Greetings, >Michiel. I'd be interested in that - if you get a copy, would there be any chance of posting it? -- Colin Mahoney ( cmahony@ibm.net ) Sabadell, Barcelona -- From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:11 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!MHS.HCJB.COM.EC!kmacharg Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508071512.LAA54143@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 10:07:30 -0500 Reply-To: "MacHarg, Ken" Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: "MacHarg, Ken" Organization: HCJB - Quito Subject: Spanish to Europe In-Reply-To: <961526300256ACD1> Lines: 26 ------------------------------ Does anybody know of a list of Spanish broadcasts? Or like to start one? ------------------------------ ************************************************ HCJB INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE J95E (effective July 13, 1995) Language Time (UTC) Fqy Target Power Azimuth SPANISH 10:30-15:00 11960 N/S America 50/50 330/150 10:30-05:04 690 Ecuador 050 000/180 10:30-05:04 6050 Andes 050 18/172 12:00-13:00 9415 Cent.America 250 320 15:00-05:00 15140 N/S America 50/50 330/150 22:00-23:00 15520 Europe 250 050 **HCJB also broadcasts 24 hours per day in upper sideband on 15540 (30 kw) and 21455 kHz (1.5 kw) both at 35/225 degrees in a variety of languages. Frequency Management FAX: +593 2 447 263 HCJB E-mail: rmcvicar@mhs.hcjb.com.ec Casilla 17-17-691 Quito, Ecuador From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:12 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!interlog.com!io.org!wink.io.org!shearman From: shearman@wink.io.org (DAVID SHEARMAN) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Status of CFCX Date: 6 Aug 1995 01:14:41 GMT Organization: Internex Online, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (416 363 3783) Lines: 13 Message-ID: <401522$3ug@ionews.io.org> References: <3v2qsc$f54@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: wink.io.org X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] RiderGuy (riderguy@aol.com) wrote: : I was in Montreal the other day (Saturday night, 7/22) and tuned to 6005 : khz. Instead of radio signals, all I got was static. Anyone know the : status of CFCX? I just spent the last week in the Quebec Laurentiens, near Mont Laurier. I had my DX-440 and could log CFRX on 6070 and CBC St. John's on 6130 w/o difficulty, but likewise, no CFCX on 6005. -- (Rev.) David Shearman, Blackstock, Ontario, Canada From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:13 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: STATUS OF CFCX From: werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com (Werner Funkenhauser) Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!news.ucdavis.edu!library.ucla.edu!info.ucla.edu!unixg.ubc.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!werner.funkenhauser Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.11169.4230.0N1EE963@canrem.com> References: <401522$3ug@ionews.io.org> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 95 20:12:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 29 In Message: <401522$3ug@ionews.io.org>, shearman@wink.io.org (DAVID SHEARMAN) writes, References: <3v2qsc$f54@newsbf02.news.aol.com> DS>RG>: RiderGuy (riderguy@aol.com) wrote: DS>RG>: I was in Montreal the other day (Saturday night, 7/22) and tuned to DS>RG>: 6005 khz. Instead of radio signals, all I got was static. Anyone know DS>RG>: the status of CFCX? DS>: I just spent the last week in the Quebec Laurentiens, near Mont Laurier. DS>: I had my DX-440 and could log CFRX on 6070 and CBC St. John's on 6130 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ DS>: w/o difficulty, but likewise, no CFCX on 6005. DS>: (Rev.) David Shearman, CFCX was off the air but according to ODXA's World Radio Report editor Dave Clark, it may be back on although irregularly and maybe even just testing. For what it's worth, I checked at 2315 UTC on 95/08/05. I heard what sounded like RIAS with a discussion of minorities in Germany. Sudwestfunk on 7265 was being heard with a better signal at the same time. Incidentally, 6130 is the frequency of CHNX in Halifax (Nova Scotia) rather than the CBC's CKZN in St. John's (Newfoundland) which is on 6160. Regards.. Werner * RM 1.3 03054 * From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:14 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.gmi.edu!msunews!netnews.upenn.edu!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.caren.net!news.join.ad.jp!wnoc-tyo-news!infoweb-news!news.tokyo.infoweb.or.jp!fgwnews!fdmnews!flabnews!meridian!news From: entiendo@akashi.flab.fujitsu.co.jp (Toshiya Miyazaki) Subject: Re: SW100 How is sensitivity? Message-ID: Sender: news@akashi.flab.fujitsu.co.jp Nntp-Posting-Host: sybeliz.akashi.flab.fujitsu.co.jp Organization: Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6J References: <3vk4se$1ta@warp.cris.com> Date: Sat, 5 Aug 1995 08:01:59 GMT Lines: 13 In article <3vk4se$1ta@warp.cris.com>, Brian00@cris.com (Brian Jones) says: >synthesizer noise or something like that. What can anyone tell me from So far, I could listen Mexico's Brodcasting from Japan with SW100. It was impossible to do if I use over 10 years old big radio. I love this one. regards, -- Thanx Toshi (entiendo@flab.fujitsu.co.jp) From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:15 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!unixg.ubc.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!fonorola!news.synapse.net!usenet From: dgonczol@synapse.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: TransAtlantic or TransPacific Aircraft Freqs? Date: 7 Aug 1995 01:34:30 GMT Organization: Synapse Internet [Gatineau, Quebec, Canada] Lines: 9 Distribution: world Message-ID: <403qj6$aqq@sentinel.synapse.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: violin-17.synapse.net Can anyone supply me with some frequencies that I can use to monitor trans atlantic ro transpacific flights? If possible, please email Thx very much David Gonczol From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:16 1995 Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.radio.shortwave,alt.radio.pirate Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uop!pacbell.com!gw2.att.com!nntpa!ssbunews!not-for-mail From: parnass@radioman.ih.att.com (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) Subject: Re: Tuning R71A below 100 kHz Message-ID: Sender: news@ssbunews.ih.att.com (Netnews Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: radioman.ih.att.com Reply-To: parnass@att.com Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, IL References: Date: Sat, 5 Aug 1995 03:36:23 GMT Lines: 63 Xref: grape.epix.net sci.electronics:138382 rec.radio.shortwave:56572 alt.radio.pirate:9474 In article , Chris Smolinski wrote: >I've forgotten the technique for tricking an R71A to tune below 100 kHz. I >seem to remember it involves rapidly turning a knob or two to fool the CPU >into loading 0.0 kHz into the VFO. Anyone remember how this is done? I published this article back in April 1985 Monitoring Times. TRICKING THE ICOM R71A TO TUNE BELOW 100 KHZ Copyright 1984, 1985, Bob Parnass, AJ9S The ICOM R71A general coverage receiver is designed for VLF reception down to about 97 kHz. The following steps will confuse the microprocessor-based controller sufficiently to permit reception down to 0.0 kHz: 1. If all 32 memory channels contain frequencies, use the FUNC and CLEAR buttons to clear a memory channel. 2. Place VFO/M switch into the M (Memory) position. 3. Using all the manual dexterity you can muster, rock the MAIN TUNING knob back and forth, while simultaneously rocking the MEMORY-CH rotary control to switch back and forth between a memory channel with a frequency in it and a clear memory channel. Continue rocking both the controls until a frequency of 0.000.0 appears on the digital display. 4. Depress the WRITE button. This stores the 0.000 MHz frequency in a memory channel. You can now rotate the MAIN TUNING knob clockwise to tune up from 0.000 MHz to the frequency you want. Be careful: if you rotate the MAIN TUNING knob counterclockwise, the radio will immediately revert to 29.999 MHz. To tune below 100 kHz in the future, just recall the 0.000 MHz frequency from the memory channel and use the tuning knob to tune upward. That way, you don't have to use two hands every time you tune to a VLF frequency. I used a Wavetek 180 sweep/function generator to verify that the R71A is indeed receptive to signals below 100 kHz. -- ============================================================================== Copyright 1995, Bob Parnass, AJ9S parnass@att.com Locate transmitter sites with RadioMap(tm) From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:17 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!EXT.STEP.ES!jdorta Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508051919.PAA28762@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 02:34:10 LCL Reply-To: jdorta@EXT.STEP.ES Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Julio Gonzalez Dorta Subject: Updated databases of transmission schedules Lines: 10 Hi, everyone: I'm looking for a 'place' in Internet where I can find updated data about transmission schedules in Shortwave, from all around the world, no matter the language. I find this list may be a little generic for my purposes, although interesting questions arises from time to time. E-mail me at jdorta@ext.step.es Greetings from the Canary Islands. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:18 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uop!csus.edu!netcom.com!genef From: genef@netcom.com (Gene Fornario) Subject: Voice of Russia current schedules? Message-ID: Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 16:13:26 GMT Lines: 9 Sender: genef@netcom8.netcom.com I wonder if anyone has current Voice of Russia english-language schedules for all target areas? The latest I can get are from 1994, and there has been many frequency changes since then. Thanks... Gene-- -- genef@netcom.com From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:19 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: pillera@aol.com (Pillera) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: What Happened To The Prophecy Club? Date: 5 Aug 1995 15:07:58 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 8 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <400fie$nub@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: pillera@aol.com (Pillera) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com There were on 5.745 MHz (WHRI, I think) M-F evenings - but not any more. Where did they go? Thanks in advance, Joe Joe Pillera, N8QYO Ann Arbor, MI USA pillera@aol.com From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:19 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!pc1010.nmus.pwf.cam.ac.uk!agd12 From: agd12@phx.cam.ac.uk (A.G. Davies) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: What Happened To The Prophecy Club? Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 18:20:01 Organization: University of Cambridge Lines: 9 Message-ID: References: <400fie$nub@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc1010.nmus.pwf.cam.ac.uk In article <400fie$nub@newsbf02.news.aol.com> pillera@aol.com (Pillera) writes: >There were on 5.745 MHz (WHRI, I think) M-F evenings - but not any more. >Where did they go? Presumably closed due to unforeseen circumstances? :) Alan Davies, Cambridge, UK. [Please don't e-mail me at this address after Aug 31 1995!] From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:21 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: WHITE'S RADIO LOG From: werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com (Werner Funkenhauser) Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!werner.funkenhauser Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.11113.4230.0N1EE65A@canrem.com> References: <3vu8o7$ou0@redstone.interpath.net> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 95 22:36:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 15 In Message: <3vu8o7$ou0@redstone.interpath.net>, willy@mercury.interpath.net (William Callis - Personal Account) writes, Anybody remember White's Radio Log? They used to among other things publish all the AM FM and TV stations in the U.S. and Canada. Are they still publishing? I remember it Willy. Is it still being published? In a word, no! Send me private e-mail, and I'll send you a workable copy of the FCC western hemishpehere mediumwave database. Regards... Werner * RM 1.3 03054 * From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:21 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!noc.netcom.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jmrubin@ix.netcom.com (Joel Rubin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: White's Radio Log Date: 5 Aug 1995 04:31:39 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 21 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vus7b$jho@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> References: <3vu8o7$ou0@redstone.interpath.net> <3vuaff$43q@panix3.panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-al12-03.ix.netcom.com In <3vuaff$43q@panix3.panix.com> schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) writes: > >In article <3vu8o7$ou0@redstone.interpath.net>, >William Callis - Personal Account wrote: >>Anybody remember White's Radio Log? They used to among other things >>publish all the AM FM and TV stations in the U.S. and Canada. Are they >>still publishing? > >Nope. Not for many years. > >-- >Mike Schuster | schuster@panix.com | 70346.1745@CompuServe.COM >------------------- | schuster@shell.portal.com | GEnie: MSCHUSTER And, now let us have a moment of silence for Vane A. Jones of the North American Radio/Television Guide, published, before Mr. Jones' death, by Howard W. Sams. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:23 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!USIA.GOV!rseifert Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508071334.JAA50820@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 16:37:34 -0400 Reply-To: "Seifert, Rick" Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: "Seifert, Rick" Organization: USIA Subject: WINB shortwave Lines: 52 Todd Burleson wrote: >WRNO has been called the first of the "modern" domestic US SWBC stations. Would someone like >to elaborate on how WINB fits into this history? I thought that WINB started up in 1962. Was this a >new license, or was this simply a transfer of an existing SWBC transmitter to a new owner? If so, >where did the transmitter come from? WINB, Red Lion, Pennsylvania, USA, was granted a license by the FCC in 1960 to broadcast to the Mediterranean Sea area. However, the station did not actually begin broadcasts until 1963. This was an original license application, not a resurrection of a past operation. Private shortwave stations already in operation in 1960 were KGEI, Belmont, California and WRUL, Scituate, Mass. KGEI "La Voz de la Amistad" (the voice of friendship) programmed to Central and South America a mix of informational and religous programs. WRUL (World Radio University) programmed mainly to Europe and South America with a mix of instructional, educational and informational programs until it's sale to MetroMedia in 1962. Interestingly, 1960 saw the granting of another shortwave license to a private US broadcaster. Global Broadcasting Co of Forney, Texas was granted a license for KFRN to operate with 50kw. Programs were to be beamed to Central and South America. This station however, never made it on the air. Back to WINB. The station was/is co-owned with WGCB AM/FM in Red Lion, owned by Rev. John Norris et. al. Perhaps it's biggest claim to fame is the now (in)famous "Red Lion" case, in which the FCC "Fairness Doctrine" was challenged and upheld. Briefly, station WGCB broadcast a program which made disparaging remarks against author Fred Cook for his book "Goldwater, Extremist on the Right". For those outside the US, Barry Goldwater was a US presidential candidate in the 1960's, and a US Senator from Arizona. Cook invoked the FCC Fairness Doctrine in an attempt to gain access to WGCB to present his views. All this relates to WINB only obliquely since the station was/is co-owned. However, WINB often broadcast controverial individuals during the 60's and 70's, including Dr.Carl MacIntyre. It is my understanding that WINB will remain off the air for several more months due to internal/techncial problems. It has been suggested in this newsgroup that the station is not a "happy" place at this time, with the Norris's upset at the direction the station was taking with respect to brokered programming. Regards, Rick Seifert Voice of America Washington, D.C. 20016 rseifert@usia.gov (202)401-7104 From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:24 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!uunet!in1.uu.net!peanuts.nacamar.de!danews!hearthfire.nacamar.de!ethan Date: 05 Aug 1995 10:29:00 +0100 From: ethan@hearthfire.nacamar.de (Ethan Arnold) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <5rIoWlW8I3B@hearthfire.nacamar.de> Subject: Wireless 64kbps Data transfer over 100km X-Newsreader: XP v3.02 X-Charset: ISO-8859-1 Organization: Hearthfire Research Lines: 19 Hi folks, I'm looking for a way to transceive (full duplex) data at ISDN speed (64kbps) (or at least 38.4) over a distance of 100km or 70 miles. Point A is quite high up on a hill, the highest point around except for another hill 80 meters higher. Point B is in the city. I've thought about using satellite dishes with microwave transceivers but I don't think I can set up a line of sight. Laser also won't work. Packet radio at 400Mhz doesn't have nearly enough bandwidth. Does anybody have any ideas? Ethan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hearthfire Research West Germany | Ethan Arnold (Fido: 2:2464/4.5) Postfach 1150 D-63881 Miltenberg | ethan@hearthfire.nacamar.de ## CrossPoint v3.02 ## From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:25 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!mail.megaweb.com!Drosenzw From: Drosenzw@megaweb.com (Daniel (Doni) Rosenzweig) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: WRN broadcast on Internet NOW! Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 10:37:55 Organization: Megaweb Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4058gv$e61@news-e1a.megaweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: @www_0_128.gnn.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: GNN Messenger 1.1 WRN is now testing Realaudio on the Internet. They should be in full swing later this month. New broadcasters are being added to the service at http://www.wrn.org (you must first download the Realaudio software). Radio Australia, Israel Radio (Kol Israel) among about 4 others are currently on-line. Check it out! From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:25 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: caschwark@aol.com (CASchwark) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: WTB: Heathkit GD-1B manual... Date: 6 Aug 1995 20:27:35 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 16 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <403mln$9fb@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: caschwark@aol.com (CASchwark) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Recently acquired a Heathkit GD-1B grid-dip meter with coils. The only coil missing is the 100-250 MC "hair-pin" coil. I have two old tube base pins, but need the dimensions, wire gauge and radius for the coil. Also would like to obtain a photocopy of schematic and any other reference info on the unit. It's working finenow, but always like to have docs on all my test equipment. E-mail direct to: caschwark@aol.com Thanks, Chuck Schwark Chuck Schwark, Chicago, IL Antique Radio Club of Illinois (Elgin) From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:26 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!hookup!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!swiss.ans.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: JALM65A@prodigy.com (Jim Wishner) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: WWCR WAS OFF AIR Date: 7 Aug 1995 08:03:31 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 5 Distribution: world Message-ID: <404hcj$bic@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap2.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 glen...will there be a make-good time for the program? (also, is there a repeat of the 00:00 UTC monday 5.065 Mhz bdcast?) de jim... From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:27 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.itd.umich.edu!jlipchik From: jlipchik@elvis.umd.umich.edu (jeff lipchik) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: WWCR WAS OFF AIR Date: 7 Aug 1995 13:46:15 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Lines: 10 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4055f7$8sp@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> References: <404hcj$bic@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: umdesun5.umd.umich.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL9] I just caught the tail end of a "Country Crossroads" program on a station that instructed me to tune to 5065 because it was switching frequencies at 7PM eastern. Was this WWCR? If so, what is the exact frequency of the station as used before it goes to 5065 at 7PM eastern? I just have an analog tuning SW receiver. Also, how often does this station play country music, and where does it broadcast from? From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:28 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!gail.ripco.com!glr From: glr@ripco.com (Glen Roberts) Subject: Re: WWCR WAS OFF AIR X-Nntp-Posting-Host: foley.ripco.com Message-ID: Sender: usenet@rci.ripco.com (Net News Admin) Organization: Ripco Internet BBS, Chicago X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <404hcj$bic@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 13:53:46 GMT X-Ident-Sender: glr Lines: 19 Jim Wishner (JALM65A@prodigy.com) wrote: : glen...will there be a make-good time for the program? : (also, is there a repeat of the 00:00 UTC monday 5.065 Mhz bdcast?) There is no regular repeat of the program. We did the program, it was an interview with Robert James, author of The Informant Files. He came out from Cleveland for the internet (it was broadcast on the Tech Talk Network and WOYL). I taped it. We may air that on WWCR, or do a phone internet in the next week or two. -- -------------------------------------- Glen L. Roberts Host Full Disclosure Live (WWCR 5065 khz - Sundays 8pm eastern) (WOYL AM-1340, Oil City, PA) Tech Talk Network: Telstar 302 (T2), Ch 21, 5.8 audio http://pages.ripco.com:8080/~glr/glr.html ------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:29 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsboy.utelfla.com!news.iag.net!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!solaris.cc.vt.edu!uunet!in1.uu.net!gail.ripco.com!glr From: glr@ripco.com (Glen Roberts) Subject: Re: WWCR WAS OFF AIR X-Nntp-Posting-Host: foley.ripco.com Message-ID: Sender: usenet@rci.ripco.com (Net News Admin) Organization: Ripco Internet BBS, Chicago X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <404hcj$bic@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> <4055f7$8sp@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 15:56:47 GMT X-Ident-Sender: glr Lines: 29 jeff lipchik (jlipchik@elvis.umd.umich.edu) wrote: : I just caught the tail end of a "Country Crossroads" program on a station : that instructed me to tune to 5065 because it was switching frequencies at : 7PM eastern. Was this WWCR? If so, what is the exact frequency of the station : as used before it goes to 5065 at 7PM eastern? I just have an analog tuning : SW receiver. : Also, how often does this station play country music, and where does it : broadcast from? They broadcast from Nashville, TN... WWCR, 1300 WWCR Ave, Nashville, TN 37218 They are on 12.160 until 7pm central. Then, they switch to 5065. They are also on 15.685 and 7435 and 9xxx which I don't know off hand. I think the country music is mostly afternoons. -- -------------------------------------- Glen L. Roberts Host Full Disclosure Live (WWCR 5065 khz - Sundays 8pm eastern) (WOYL AM-1340, Oil City, PA) Tech Talk Network: Telstar 302 (T2), Ch 21, 5.8 audio http://pages.ripco.com:8080/~glr/glr.html ------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:30 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!gail.ripco.com!glr From: glr@ripco.com (Glen Roberts) Subject: WWCR WAS OFF AIR X-Nntp-Posting-Host: golden.ripco.com Message-ID: Sender: usenet@rci.ripco.com (Net News Admin) Organization: Ripco Internet BBS, Chicago X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 01:40:48 GMT X-Ident-Sender: glr Lines: 13 For those who were wondering... WWCR had transmitter problems on 5,065 this sunday night... they were off until after Full Disclosure Live. They got it working now. -- -------------------------------------- Glen L. Roberts Host Full Disclosure Live (WWCR 5065 khz - Sundays 8pm eastern) (WOYL AM-1340, Oil City, PA) Tech Talk Network: Telstar 302 (T2), Ch 21, 5.8 audio http://pages.ripco.com:8080/~glr/glr.html ------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:31 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!hypnos!dcoller From: dcoller@norden1.com (David Coller) Subject: WWV,WWVB, WWVH, and VOA to be pulled off air. Message-ID: <1995Aug6.041515.15046@norden1.com> Lines: 10 Organization: Norden 1 Communications References: <31JAN95.16195865@sallie.wellesley.edu> <3gtffl$mrk@gatekeeper.ddp.state.me.us> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 04:15:15 GMT The new congress it to pull VOA and WWV(*) off the air to save the tax payers money. Bill is almost through committee? Dave says-Jail the ones altering blacks' gov applications tagged below. PS: BG's KKK bats a 1000 against Toledo's blacks entering nd.edu land! * TLX v3.10 * U of Notre Dame falls to KKK info against Toledo Blacks? * SLMR 2.1a * Blade faxed to stop BLACK scholarships??Ref OSU,Notre Dame -- dcoller@norden1.com From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:32 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ralph.vnet.net!news From: David Crawford Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: WWV,WWVB, WWVH, and VOA to be pulled off air. Date: 6 Aug 1995 16:01:04 GMT Organization: Vnet Internet Access, Charlotte, NC - info@char.vnet.net Lines: 8 Message-ID: <402p00$s1m@ralph.vnet.net> References: <31JAN95.16195865@sallie.wellesley.edu> <3gtffl$mrk@gatekeeper.ddp.state.me.us> <1995Aug6.041515.15046@norden1.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: davidcrawford.vnet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: dcoller@norden1.com dcoller@norden1.com (David Coller) wrote: >The new congress it to pull VOA and WWV(*) off the air to save the tax >payers money. Bill is almost through committee? > Could you please post your sources for this? From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 07 18:28:32 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu!miavx1!news.muohio.edu!miavx1!vgblackwell Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: WWV,WWVB, WWVH, and VOA to be pulled off air. Message-ID: <1995Aug6.161745@miavx1> From: vgblackwell@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (George Blackwell) Date: 6 Aug 95 16:17:45 -0500 References: <31JAN95.16195865@sallie.wellesley.edu> <1995Aug6.041515.15046@norden1.com> Organization: Miami University NNTP-Posting-Host: miavx1.acs.muohio.edu Lines: 17 In article <1995Aug6.041515.15046@norden1.com>, dcoller@norden1.com (David Coller) writes: > The new congress it to pull VOA and WWV(*) off the air to save the tax > payers money. Bill is almost through committee? > > Dave says-Jail the ones altering blacks' gov applications tagged below. > > PS: BG's KKK bats a 1000 against Toledo's blacks entering nd.edu land! > > * TLX v3.10 * U of Notre Dame falls to KKK info against Toledo Blacks? > > * SLMR 2.1a * Blade faxed to stop BLACK scholarships??Ref OSU,Notre Dame > -- > dcoller@norden1.com You are living in a country that s going out of business. Get use to it! From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:01:57 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!intac!hobbs!dominic.post From: dominic.post@hobbs.com (DOMINIC POST) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: ** SWL ** Message-ID: <8AED477.002D001562.uuout@hobbs.com> Date: Wed, 09 Aug 95 19:03:00 -0400 Distribution: world Organization: _T_H_E__R_O_Y__H_O_B_B_S__BBS Moonachie NJ 201-641-7307 Reply-To: dominic.post@hobbs.com (DOMINIC POST) References: <403qot$aqq@sentinel.synapse.net> X-Newsreader: PCBoard Version 15.22 X-Mailer: PCBoard/UUOUT Version 1.20 Lines: 14 What is the best short wave antenna. 60 ft. long is the longest I can go. How about one of the 60' slopers??? They any good??? I have a 50 ft tower, to attached it to. Any help appreciated Thank you all, * e-mail == dominic.post@hobbs.com * * "I don't belive the world's random" *** Ridgefield,NJ * * e-mail == dominic.post@the-boss.com * --- OLX 2.1 TD Is That all There Is. -=DgP=- Ridgefield, NJ. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:01:57 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!USIA.GOV!rseifert Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508081906.PAA51041@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 14:51:40 -0400 Reply-To: "Seifert, Rick" Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: "Seifert, Rick" Organization: USIA Subject: 1670khz DX opportunity Lines: 14 An article in this weeks "Radio World" magazine reports that the Army broadcasting service will test a new "mobile radio station" in the coming months. It expects to broadcast for a week and perform signal tests. A spokesman said the signal could travel over 2000 miles at night. The army is hoping to hear from DX'ers, according to the article. No report on power or dates/times of the testing. However, judging from the many reception reports of the recent KUSA tests from Las Vegas, this station could be widely heard. Rick Seifert Voice of America Washington, D.C. 20016 rseifert@usia.gov (202)401-7104 From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:01:59 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!ftpbox!mothost!lmpsbbs!juergenb From: juergenb@ecs.comm.mot.com (Jurgen Bartels) Subject: re: 1670khz DX opportunity Reply-To: juergenb@comm.mot.com Organization: Motorola Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 14:02:39 GMT Message-ID: <1995Aug9.140239.2178@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> Sender: news@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com (LMPSBBS News Account) Nntp-Posting-Host: 145.6.1.17 Lines: 20 > An article in this weeks "Radio World" magazine reports that the Army > broadcasting service will test a new "mobile radio station" in the coming > months. It expects to broadcast for a week and perform signal tests. A > spokesman said the signal could travel over 2000 miles at night. The > army is hoping to hear from DX'ers, according to the article. > > No report on power or dates/times of the testing. However, judging from > the many reception reports of the recent KUSA tests from Las Vegas, this > station could be widely heard. Do you know what location will be used, East coast or west coast? Jurgen -- Jurgen Bartels, Motorola, Taunusstein near Wiesbaden Germany juergenb@comm.mot.com cjb021@email.mot.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:01:59 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!paperboy.amoco.com!tabloid!usenet From: aplongo@amoco.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: AC adapter for Sony 7600G Date: 10 Aug 1995 13:35:25 GMT Organization: Amoco Lines: 22 Message-ID: <40d1ut$el@tabloid.amoco.com> Reply-To: aplongo@amoco.com I bought one from Tucker Electronics P.O. Box 551419 Dallas, Tx 75355-1419 800-559-7388 fax 214-348-0367 page 7 item DCC E60HG 19.95 It is rather expensive, but it carries the sony trademark. The only one at Radio Shack that would work, because of the size of the input jack, is their model which has varying voltages(slide switch on the transformer) and adapters for the input jack. The sony model is rather large and heavy. I am not certain that it implies higher quality. cheers, Andy Longo From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:00 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!unixg.ubc.ca!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!kwong From: kwong@ee.ualberta.ca (Kevin Mark Wong) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: AC adapter for Sony 7600G Date: 10 Aug 1995 16:33:56 GMT Organization: University of Alberta Electrical Engineering Lines: 16 Message-ID: <40dcdk$9ik@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <40d1ut$el@tabloid.amoco.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nyquist.ee.ualberta.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] > It is rather expensive, but it carries the sony > trademark. The only one at Radio Shack that > would work, because of the size of the input jack, > is their model which has varying voltages(slide switch > on the transformer) and adapters for the input jack. Can you tell me the catalog number for the Radio Shack adapter please? I have an adapter from Radio Shack which has adjustable voltage, polarity, and six or so plugs for the input jack. None of the plugs fit my 7600G. You must have used a different model or one that is not available here in Canada. Why did you get a Sony adapter if the Radio Shack one worked? If I could find the right Radio Shack adapter or any other alternative, it would save me from paying $30 CDN for a Sony adapter. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:01 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!not-for-mail From: gfoley@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Gerard Foley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: AC adapter for Sony 7600G: alternative to Sony's? Date: 8 Aug 1995 00:12:23 -0400 Organization: The Greater Columbus FreeNet Lines: 14 Message-ID: <406o77$k67@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: <199508051918.PAA61124@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Philip Beltz Glaser (glaser@YU1.YU.EDU) wrote: : Is it possible to get an ac adapter for the 7600G from : Radio Shack (or another source). What is the part number, : if so? : Thanks for your help. : Regards, : Philip Beltz Glaser I use 273-1454B, but had to get the right connector from Universal Radio. Gerry K8EF From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:02 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!solaris.cc.vt.edu!homer.alpha.net!usenet From: scott@execpc.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: AC adapter for Sony 7600G: alternative to Sony's? Date: 10 Aug 1995 15:23:40 GMT Organization: Alpha.net -- Milwaukee, WI Lines: 8 Message-ID: <40d89s$gp6@homer.alpha.net> References: <199508051918.PAA61124@atlanta.american.edu> Reply-To: scott@execpc.com NNTP-Posting-Host: pleiades.execpc.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.09 In <199508051918.PAA61124@atlanta.american.edu>, Philip Beltz Glaser writes: >Is it possible to get an ac adapter for the 7600G from >Radio Shack (or another source). What is the part number, >if so? Yes, there is a RS adapter that does have the right plug. It is not in the current catalog, however. The part number is16-2018. It works fine here. --scott From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:02 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: billh33047@aol.com (BillH33047) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: active antenna recomendations (datong) Date: 8 Aug 1995 19:38:31 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 10 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <408shn$lct@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: billh33047@aol.com (BillH33047) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I have experimented with various antennas here in my apartment in san franciscocto improve reception on my grundig sat 700. 40 ft wire Indoor) attached to whip did improve reception a bit but even evening major broadcasts are much noisier than listening back home in the chicago. Any west coast listeners have a solution. the datong active seems to be rated well-- anyone have any expierence with this or other quality products. i bought and returned the radio shack model it made my reception worse. Would a drake or other top line radio make much of a difference over my grundig? any help would be appreciated i just want to listen to the majors- esp bbc i love there programming. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:03 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!hookup!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Charles Wilson <102005.3715@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: AR303 or Drake R8A or Kenwood R5000 Date: 9 Aug 1995 12:31:48 GMT Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736) Lines: 9 Message-ID: <40a9rk$5qh$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.scanner:30185 rec.radio.shortwave:56791 I am interested in buying a good shortwave radio but I can't decide on which one to purchase. I would appreciate any opions on any of the three radios listed. Thanks Chuck Wilson -- Charles Wilson Jr. KD4EKG From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:04 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!news.compulink.co.uk!cix.compulink.co.uk!usenet From: rhunt@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Richard Hunt") Subject: BayGen wind-up radio Message-ID: Organization: Richard Hunt Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 06:59:06 GMT X-News-Software: Ameol Lines: 21 The Bayliss wind-up radio has gone into mass production in South Africa. There was a tv programme ("QED") on it on BBC1 on 8/8/95 in the UK. Considerable modifications have been made to the original concept to make it practical: to increase the energy which can be stored, the coil spring which drives the dynamo is now much larger, and the metal gearing has been replaced by cheaper plastic mouldings rather than machined steel. In appearance, the radio looks about the size of the well known GE Superadio. It has a black plastic case, with BAYGEN in big white letters by the speaker grille. The speaker looks about six inches in diameter - big enough to fill a room, or carry in a village compound. The foldin winding handle is on the right-hand end, where you might usually expect a tuning knob, and the actual tuning scales are on the left of the set. I believe it covers FM, MW and selected SW bands. The set is made by BayGen Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd in Capetown. The plant employs diabled workers, and so it is helping them to make a living. There's no welfare down there, and without projects like BayGen, there's a real danger they, or their families, would go hungry. Richard Hunt - rhunt@cix.compulink.co.uk From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:04 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Mike Precious <102454.3043@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: BBC on Internet??? Date: 10 Aug 1995 01:47:46 GMT Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736) Lines: 11 Message-ID: <40bog2$g2b$2@mhafm.production.compuserve.com> References: <3vp9ej$i2n@ra.ins.de> The BBC has the following WWW addresses (If you have a browser, you can get the Email address from below): BBC Radio & TV: http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/bbc/tv/sched.html and BBC Web Server: http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/ I believe the BBC will begin satellite TV broadcasts to North America (for cable TV) soon. Thus the TV schedules are incl. Also if your interested the Deutsche Welle web page is: http://www-dw.gmd.de/index.html I hope I got this right. Mike From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:05 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jmrubin@ix.netcom.com (Joel Rubin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: BBC on Internet??? Date: 10 Aug 1995 06:35:50 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 28 Message-ID: <40c9c6$m2k@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> References: <3vp9ej$i2n@ra.ins.de> <40bog2$g2b$2@mhafm.production.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sf16-06.ix.netcom.com In <40bog2$g2b$2@mhafm.production.compuserve.com> Mike Precious <102454.3043@CompuServe.COM> writes: > >The BBC has the following WWW addresses (If you have a browser, you >can get the Email address from below): >BBC Radio & TV: http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/bbc/tv/sched.html >and >BBC Web Server: http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/ >I believe the BBC will begin satellite TV broadcasts to North >America (for cable TV) soon. Thus the TV schedules are incl. >Also if your interested the Deutsche Welle web page is: >http://www-dw.gmd.de/index.html >I hope I got this right. >Mike There's also another BBC server: http://www.bbc.co.uk Strangely, this has the Hungarian schedule below it. I think the most relevant address for this group is: http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/worldservice They have August and September schedules for all streams below that as well as frequency schedules. (but only in GIF graphics chart format) However, letters to BBCWS go through bbc.co.uk (worldservice.letters@bbc.co.uk, outlook@bbc.co.uk, writeon@bbc.co.uk, et alia) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:06 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!clue.callamer.com!fact.tcf.com!kwyatt From: kwyatt@fact.tcf.com (Keith Wyatt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: BBC to cancel shortwave BC! Date: 10 Aug 1995 08:10:25 GMT Organization: The Computer Factory BBS +1 (805) 528-4919 Lines: 2 Message-ID: <40ceth$ops@clue.callamer.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fact.tcf.com NNTP-Posting-User: kwyatt X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] x From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:07 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!news.bc.net!newsserver.sfu.ca!sfu.ca!say From: say@newsserver.sfu.ca (Daniel Say) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: BBC's Hindi Service Info Date: 7 Aug 1995 18:46:48 -0700 Organization: Simon Fraser University Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <1995Aug6.142750.13606@roper.uwyo.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: say@monashee.sfu.ca bishwa@UWYO.EDU (Bishwa Shrestha, KC7JFV) writes: >Heard BBC's Hindi service on 11920kHz at 08:10 MDT with the signal rating of >544. The program lasted for around 30 minutes. Hope this helps someone. >Bishwa Shrestha ----------- and BBCs (English-language) South Asia Report at 10 pdt (17:00 GMT) on 9740 SIO=343 which is a weekday summary of news (and repeats) of BBC reports and correspondents in the India, Pakistan etc. area. This is the Singapore relay which we hear loud on the coast earlier NOw where is AIR? Vancouver, Canada From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:07 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!torn!news.bc.net!newsserver.sfu.ca!sfu.ca!say From: say@newsserver.sfu.ca (Daniel Say) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: BBC's Hindi Service Info Date: 8 Aug 1995 12:44:36 -0700 Organization: Simon Fraser University Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <1995Aug6.142750.13606@roper.uwyo.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: say@monashee.sfu.ca say@newsserver.sfu.ca (Daniel Say) writes: >bishwa@UWYO.EDU (Bishwa Shrestha, KC7JFV) writes: >>Heard BBC's Hindi service on 11920kHz at 08:10 MDT with the signal rating of >>544. The program lasted for around 30 minutes. Hope this helps someone. >>Bishwa Shrestha >----------- >and BBCs (English-language) South Asia Report at 10 pdt (17:00 GMT) >on 9740 SIO=343 which is a weekday summary of news (and repeats) >of BBC reports and correspondents in the India, Pakistan etc. area. > This is the Singapore relay which we hear loud on the coast earlier > NOw where is AIR? > Vancouver, Canada From BISHWA@UWYO.EDU Tue Aug 8 11:07:05 1995 Subject: Re: BBC's Hindi Service Info I was using Sony ICF-2010 with the 5 meter long wire antenna hung outside the window. Thanks for the info on South Asia report. BTW, I also listen to BBC's Nepalese Service on 11720 kHz at 1500 UTC to get news from my home. -- Bishwa Shrestha, KC7JFV University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming bishwa@uwyo.edu From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:08 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!news.bu.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: ferraro@ix.netcom.com (Michael Ferraro ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: best rcvr 4 sightless swl? Date: 10 Aug 1995 02:08:46 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 7 Message-ID: <40bpne$4r@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sb1-18.ix.netcom.com A good friend of mine is confined to a wheelchair and is sightless. Could anyone recommend a good swl receiver for him. I have checked out an Icom receiver that has voice synthesis but is way above his budget. Any help would be appreciated... Mike From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:09 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!homer.alpha.net!usenet From: scott@execpc.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: best rcvr 4 sightless swl? Date: 10 Aug 1995 15:36:07 GMT Organization: Alpha.net -- Milwaukee, WI Lines: 17 Message-ID: <40d917$gp6@homer.alpha.net> References: <40bpne$4r@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: scott@execpc.com NNTP-Posting-Host: pleiades.execpc.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.09 In <40bpne$4r@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com>, ferraro@ix.netcom.com (Michael Ferraro ) writes: >A good friend of mine is confined to a wheelchair and is sightless. >Could anyone recommend a good swl receiver for him. I have checked out >an Icom receiver that has voice synthesis but is way above his budget. Amongst portables, the Sony family of fine radios seems to have the easiest logic to use without looking. For a tabletop, we have a Kenwood TS-440 that we like a lot. It is a ham rig similar in operation to the R-5000, and sometimes found for less. (While yo Also, if he has a "talking" computer, any rig with a computer control option is a great solution. Good luck in your search. --scott scott@execpc.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:10 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!news1.digex.net!news3.digex.net!usenet From: Allen Hansen Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: best rcvr 4 sightless swl? Date: 10 Aug 1995 15:33:57 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Lines: 31 Message-ID: <40d8t5$pns@news4.digex.net> References: <40bpne$4r@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcc05226.slip.digex.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) ferraro@ix.netcom.com (Michael Ferraro ) wrote: >A good friend of mine is confined to a wheelchair and is sightless. >Could anyone recommend a good swl receiver for him. I have checked out >an Icom receiver that has voice synthesis but is way above his budget. > >Any help would be appreciated... > >Mike I have received good feedback from users of the Sony ICF2010 and the Drake SW8. The Sony has all of the memory buttons on the front panel in a 4 row x 8 column configuration. The keypad is well layed out and its operation is fairly logical. A blind friend of mine has the Drake SW8. This is a most confusing radio to operate even for a sighted person but if one can get used to it the incredible audio is its best feature. Unfortunately it costs almost twice as much at the Sony. If you have anymore questions please ask. Allen -- ********************************************************************* *ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT BANK Sales- 800 368 3270* *323 Mill St. N.E. Fax- 703 938 6911* *Vienna, VA 22180 BBS- 703 938 3781* * Internet: eeb@access.digex.net * * Compuserve: 73424,1345 * ********************************************************************* From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:10 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jeffpmil@aol.com (JeffPMil) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Car radio with shortwave? Date: 7 Aug 1995 17:07:36 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 8 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <405vao$r39@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: Reply-To: jeffpmil@aol.com (JeffPMil) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com The Phillips company makes one as well as an Icom Scanner/SW receiver. The Phillips I think has a tape deck in it. Be seeing you, Number 6 From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:11 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.sandia.gov!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!news.zynet.com!mtpelion.zynet.com!chiron From: chiron@zynet.com (Sri Billy Bob) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Car radio with shortwave? Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 01:16:41 UNDEFINED Organization: Centaur Systems Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: mtpelion.zynet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #1] In article bradford@ncgroup.com (Biff Devereaux) writes: >From: bradford@ncgroup.com (Biff Devereaux) >Subject: Car radio with shortwave? >Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 18:48:23 GMT >Has anyone seen a car radio with built in shortwave? I recall seeing >one somewhere a couple of years ago (maybe many many years). >Any info is appreciated Kenwood made a 100kHz to 900?Mhz model a bout 4 or 5 years ago. Bout all I know Chi From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:12 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.itd.umich.edu!jlipchik From: jlipchik@elvis.umd.umich.edu (jeff lipchik) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Car radio with shortwave? Date: 8 Aug 1995 15:24:36 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Lines: 14 Message-ID: <407vjk$8ga@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: umdesun5.umd.umich.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL9] Biff Devereaux (bradford@ncgroup.com) wrote: : Has anyone seen a car radio with built in shortwave? I recall seeing : one somewhere a couple of years ago (maybe many many years). That is a good idea. I have wondered for years why Ford Motor Company doesn't include SW in their digital tuning radios. They should offer full coverage from 1700 to 29,995 kHz on Shortwave. With seek and scan, too. I plan to start working at Saturn as an electrcial engineer in a couple years. Maybe I will make it my project to design car radios with shortwave. :) Jeff From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:13 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!sharpip.demon.co.uk!Ian From: Ian Sharp Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Car radio with shortwave? Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 18:33:29 GMT Organization: QTHR Lines: 46 Message-ID: <08081995183703um@sharpip.demon.co.uk> References: X-NNTP-Posting-Host: sharpip.demon.co.uk X-Broken-Date: 08 Aug 1995 18:37 BST X-Mailer: Umail 1.50h On Mon, 7 Aug 1995 18:48:23 GMT, in bradford@ncgroup.com (Biff Devereaux) wrote..... >Has anyone seen a car radio with built in shortwave? I recall seeing >one somewhere a couple of years ago (maybe many many years). > >Any info is appreciated Hi Bill, Philips once did a model DC777 Short Wave Car Radio. I don't have one of these, but it is reviewed in an article in the UK's `Short Wave Magazine', April 1991, by John Waite. The receiver includes a Cassette player, and appears to be aimed squarely at the Shortwave broadcast bands, having vhf/fm, lw & mw bands, plus 11 shortwave bands between the 90m & 13m bands - there's _not_ continuous reception! There's no evidence either from the article or the photo of the receiver in the article that either the Cassette player, or the vhf/fm section of the radio supports stereo (or, for that matter, mw, since the radio appears to be designed for the European market where mw stereo doesn't exist). The tail end of the article talks about Performance & Test Results, and quotes the SW bands as having best sensitivity of 0.5uV for 12dB SINAD @ 9.5MHz with MW & LW being equally sensitive. VHF/FM is quoted as having a sensitivity of 1.0uV for 12dB SINAD. The overall appraisal of the set was fairly complimentary. The (April 1991) price was quoted as GBP 299.99. I suspect very strongly that this set had a fairly short life in Philips catalogue, and I doubt if it is currently available. If you need more info, e-mail me... -- 73, de : Ian Sharp, QTH: Bath, QRA: IO81tj Home : Ian@sharpip.demon.co.uk Office : ian.sharp@bgcos.gold-400.gb AMPR-Net : g7mzy@g7mzy.ampr.org AX25-Net : G7MZY @ GB7IMB.#41.GBR.EU PGP 2.6 : key available on request From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:14 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!ns1.win.net!dorsea!nehager Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <206@dorsea.win.net> References: <407vjk$8ga@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> Reply-To: nehager@dorsea.win.net (Nat Hager III) From: nehager@dorsea.win.net (Nat Hager III) Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 19:32:08 GMT Subject: Re: Car radio with shortwave? Lines: 20 In article <407vjk$8ga@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>, jeff lipchik (jlipchik@elvis.umd.umich.edu) writes: >Biff Devereaux (bradford@ncgroup.com) wrote: >: Has anyone seen a car radio with built in shortwave? I recall seeing >: one somewhere a couple of years ago (maybe many many years). > >That is a good idea. I have wondered for years why Ford Motor Company >doesn't include SW in their digital tuning radios. They should offer >full coverage from 1700 to 29,995 kHz on Shortwave. With seek and scan, too. > >I plan to start working at Saturn as an electrcial engineer in a couple years. >Maybe I will make it my project to design car radios with shortwave. :) > Why doesn't someone design a good SW car *converter* , similar to the FM car converters of 20 years ago? I don't mean something that just heterodynes a particular SW band down onto the AM band, but tuner with a real full-fledge digital SW front end, that remodulates the signal to a fixed frequency on the AM or FM band, and then feeds it to the conventional car radio. Nat Hager III nehager@dorsea.win.net 772 Dorsea Rd. 71552.513@compuserve.com Lancaster, PA 17601 hagerne@vax.etown.edu (717) 898-3053 (717) 361-1377 From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:14 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!ns1.win.net!dorsea!nehager Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <1331@dorsea.win.net> References: <08081995183703um@sharpip.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: nehager@dorsea.win.net (Nat Hager III) From: nehager@dorsea.win.net (Nat Hager III) Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 03:08:21 GMT Subject: Re: Car radio with shortwave? Lines: 24 > >Has anyone seen a car radio with built in shortwave? I recall seeing > >one somewhere a couple of years ago (maybe many many years). > > > >Any info is appreciated > >Hi Bill, > >Philips once did a model DC777 Short Wave Car Radio. >I don't have one of these, but it is reviewed in an article in the UK's >`Short Wave Magazine', April 1991, by John Waite. > >The receiver includes a Cassette player, and appears to be aimed squarely >at the Shortwave broadcast bands, having vhf/fm, lw & mw bands, plus >11 shortwave bands between the 90m & 13m bands - there's _not_ >continuous reception! Don't mean to argue, but you *can* receive any frequency between about 3 and 21 MHz. You have to manually tune outside the standard meter bands,(the autoscan doesn't work) but you *can* receive any frequency. I've had a DC777 for about 4 years, and listen to Monitor Radio outside the standard meter bands all the time. Nat Hager Nat Hager III nehager@dorsea.win.net 772 Dorsea Rd. 71552.513@compuserve.com Lancaster, PA 17601 hagerne@vax.etown.edu (717) 898-3053 (717) 361-1377 From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:15 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!news.ptd.net!news From: John Chic Subject: Re: Car radio with shortwave? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: cs1-07.str.ptd.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: To: bradford@ncgroup.com Sender: news@postoffice.ptd.net (News Master) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: ProLog - PenTeleData, Inc. References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 03:25:38 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Lines: 13 The PHILIPS DC777 is the only one I have run into, I have one in my old Pontaic Stationwagon. Run it there for the last three years on a std fendermount antenna.. The cassette is acceptable/autoreverse non DOLBY. -- ================================================ E-mail: johnchic@postoffice.ptd.net Date: @date@ Time: @time@ //*** ***// ***/*/ /** * */// /// **** /* ================================================ From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:16 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.woodtech.com!news From: fgilmore@woodtech.com (Frank Gilmore) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Car radio with shortwave? Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 15:11:57 GMT Organization: Woodtech Information Systems, Inc. Lines: 48 Message-ID: <40d924$jk3@news.woodtech.com> References: <407vjk$8ga@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> <206@dorsea.win.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup16.woodtech.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 nehager@dorsea.win.net (Nat Hager III) wrote: >Why doesn't someone design a good SW car *converter* , similar to >the FM car converters of 20 years ago? I don't mean something that >just heterodynes a particular SW band down onto the AM band, but >tuner with a real full-fledge digital SW front end, that remodulates >the signal to a fixed frequency on the AM or FM band, and then feeds >it to the conventional car radio. >Nat Hager III nehager@dorsea.win.net >772 Dorsea Rd. 71552.513@compuserve.com >Lancaster, PA 17601 hagerne@vax.etown.edu >(717) 898-3053 (717) 361-1377 Nat there have been some excellent SW car converters over the years, I used to run a ham store and sold several lines. The Gonset Super !2 was the most common in this country. While it covered the ham bands it and it's various older models did a great job on the 49 and 31 meter bands. I also sold the Blaupunkt, Becker, and Nordmande converters. I still have a couple of Beckers....they were normally sold only by Mercedes and BMW dealerships and I had aheck of a time getting the franchise. Currently the only reasonable offering is the MFJ series. I have their top of the line model that have been using the past few weeks in my rebuilt RX-7... it got creamed twice this year... but think I am going to put a Becker in. They are a bit more sensitive. There have been countless home brew articles, some I built in the 50's that worked great....later ones that didn't do so hot. The 777 that was mentioned is something I found unsuitable for my uses, too much money for too little performance. Phillips has a fine reputation but it seems they cut some corners. Same for the Kenwood offering of similar nature. It was much worse than the Phillips. Back to the work bench.... just wanted to pass along a few brands to watch for. 73, Frank K0JPJ ex-W5PVX ...-.- From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:17 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!vanbc!mfraser From: mfraser@vanbc.wimsey.com (Mark Fraser) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Car radio with shortwave? Date: 10 Aug 1995 15:29:49 GMT Organization: Wimsey Information Services Lines: 25 Message-ID: <40d8ld$gev@wolfe.wimsey.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: vanbc.wimsey.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] The DC777 DOES do stereo, and a nice job. And as has been noted, coverage on swl bands is the default, but any frequency can be tuned. Sold mine in a weak moment. Philips discontinued them for the N. American market, not very many buyers. They were clearing out of AutoSound or something like that in Minneapolis [Entec?] but as of about a year ago, they know nothing about them any more. Pity. /mark John Chic (johnchic@postoffice.ptd.net) wrote: : The PHILIPS DC777 is the only one I have run into, I have one in my old : Pontaic Stationwagon. Run it there for the last three years on a std : fendermount antenna.. The cassette is acceptable/autoreverse non DOLBY. : -- : ================================================ : E-mail: johnchic@postoffice.ptd.net : Date: @date@ : Time: @time@ : //*** ***// ***/*/ /** * */// /// **** /* : ================================================ From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:18 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: aldocp@ix.netcom.com (Matthew J. Pomilio ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: charging batteries... Date: 8 Aug 1995 03:31:42 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 7 Message-ID: <406lqu$qm9@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-li3-27.ix.netcom.com Rayovac has a system called "Renewal". They are alkeline batteries. They can be recharged about twenty five times, and come ready to use. The advantages are several: they do not lose their charge if you don't use them; nicads lose about 1% per day when not in use. Alkelines perform better and longer, with better voltage regulation. I own Millenium system as well as Radio Shack. I find that Renewals work better. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:18 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!hookup!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!col.hp.com!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!mjj From: mjj@netcom.com Subject: DX-392 VS ICF-SW7600G Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 02:06:57 GMT Lines: 32 Sender: mjj@netcom18.netcom.com I was looking at the Radio Shack series and the sony ICF-SW7600G and I was wondering how they compare as far as drifting and adjacent channel noise. In the scanning world 30Mhz on up, I ended up splurging for the Pro-2006 and I am happy I did because of it's triple conversion and sensitivity. I would like something similar in the Shortwave Radio area to take me from the 29.999 on down so that I have full coverage. I hate to say it but the most tempting from the Radio Shack DX-392 is that cassete because it would eliminate hooking up a tape deck to it. I don't want to get something I won't be happy with down the road. My main reason for upgrading is that I have 2 of those cheap multiban radios and listening to shortwave is near impossible because of drift, bleed over from other channels and also what sounds like harmonics from other freqs. I would like to be able to tune in a signal and lock in without tuning back and forth and have a clear signal. I know the fading in and out is normal but if I could eliminate drift and noise and at the same time have good sensitivity that would be ideal. If I end up with a cassete attached, that would be cool too. I am hoping to stay under $300.00 but my mind is open. Is this too much to ask for that price range? Thanks in advance. Best regards, Michael Jones mjj@netcom.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:19 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!redstone.interpath.net!mercury!willy From: willy@mercury.interpath.net (William Callis - Personal Account) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: DX-400 Date: 8 Aug 1995 16:56:17 GMT Organization: Interpath -- Providing Internet access to North Carolina Lines: 16 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4084vh$ros@redstone.interpath.net> References: <199508071334.JAA70088@atlanta.american.edu> <60.11201.4230.0N1EEA9C@canrem.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.interpath.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Werner Funkenhauser (werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com) wrote: : In Message: <199508071334.JAA70088@atlanta.american.edu> : "Ed O'Keefe" writes, : >While cleaning out the attic, I came across a DX-400 I had bought in the late : >70's.(I think) At the time it was one of the first digital sw radios I had : >seen and of course I jumped on it, not realizing there was no tuning knob and : >tuning was generally a pain in the butt. Was wondering if anyone else in the : >world bought one and if anyone had a mod to incorporate a tuning wheel. I have a DX-400. I've never really missed not having a tuning knob. What really disturbs me, is that its very succeptible to outside electrical interference, making it immpossible to use when my computer is on. Is there a filter I can make for this? From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:20 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!parsifal.nando.net!usenet From: btw@nando.net (B Wills Esq) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: DX-400 Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 18:51:51 GMT Organization: Chronic Town Lines: 21 Message-ID: <408bgc$r7t@parsifal.nando.net> References: <199508071334.JAA70088@atlanta.american.edu> <60.11201.4230.0N1EEA9C@canrem.com> <4084vh$ros@redstone.interpath.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: grail412.nando.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 willy@mercury.interpath.net (William Callis - Personal Account) wrote: >I have a DX-400. I've never really missed not having a tuning knob. What >really disturbs me, is that its very succeptible to outside electrical >interference, making it immpossible to use when my computer is on. Is >there a filter I can make for this? I don't know about MAKING one, but JPS, located in Raleigh, NC USA (my hometown) makes something for local noise elimination. It is tested briefly in the current "Monitoring Times" magazine. The photo is not of the unit tested, however. Benson --- Benson Wills, north central NC, USA. Stogies: Breakfast of Champions. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:21 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.u.washington.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!nntp.umt.edu!not-for-mail From: csdfg@selway.umt.edu (David F Glass) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: DX-400 Date: 8 Aug 1995 22:22:52 -0600 Organization: University of Montana, Missoula Lines: 20 Message-ID: <409d6s$82n@selway.umt.edu> References: <199508071334.JAA70088@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: selway.umt.edu I bought a DX-400 in 1984 as a present to myself for quitting a 2-pack-a-day cigarette habit. It was my reintroduction to SWL after 25 years away. In 1992 I sold the DX-400 when I bought an NRD-535D. In some ways (notably audio quality) I liked the DX-400 better. I searched high and low for another one. Then earlier this year, I got hold of a mint condition DX-400 from someone on the 'Net. In addition to my JRC, I now own what I consider to be the best table-top and best portable. The 400 seems a bit klunky, whay with its awkward size, and yes, I did miss a tuning dial and a more appropriate 1-khz tuning step, but I wouldn't sell either radio at this point. I know that's a bit unrelated to your question, but I hope the opinion helps. 73. -- David F. Glass, KB7ZGX csdfg@selway.umt.edu P.O. Box 9034, Missoula, MT 59807 406-543-8485 From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:24 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!gatech!newsfeed.pitt.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!NIOZ.NL!nieuw Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508101333.JAA70454@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 09:24:00 +0100 Reply-To: Jan Nieuwenhuis Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Jan Nieuwenhuis Subject: DX-Hotline (9/8/95) Lines: 67 ====================================================================== | This info for Radio-LISTENING amateurs is presented to you by the: | | BENELUX DX-CLUB, A. van Ostadelaan 106, NL-7944 XT Meppel, Holland | | | | SHORTWAVE BROADCASTING NEWS ("DX-Hotline") - compiled by: | | JAN NIEUWENHUIS, Vloedlyn 12, NL-1791 HH Den Burg (Texel), Holland | | | | Echomail (FIDO) : 'Shortwave Listeners' | | Net-mail (FIDO) : 2:500/202 | | Mail (FIDO) : Scoop BBS = Tel. 03499-96366 | | Email (Internet) : nieuw@nioz.nl | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | PART 1 of 1 Date: 8th August 1995 | ====================================================================== LITHUANIA ========= * RADIO VILNIUS, Vilnius; is now using 7360 kHz (ex 9530) for their 2300-2400 (Sat/Sun) transmission to N.America in English. (RWo via CJO, 6/8/95) MOROCCO ======= * RADIODIFFUSION-TELEVISION MAROCAINE, Tanger; has been heard in English at 1400-1500 on 17595 kHz. (RWo via CJO, 6/8/95) VATICAN CITY STATE ================== * VATICAN RADIO (EUROPEAN 1st program); schedule valid as from 1st July: In English: 0500-0520 on 527, 1530, 4005 and 5860 kHz, 0600-0610(Exc. Sun) on 527, 1530, 4005, 5860, 7250, 9645, 11740 and 15215 kHz, 1000-1015(Exc. Sun) on 527, 1530, 6245, 11740, 15210 and 17550 kHz, 1615-1630 on 527, 1530, 6245, 7250, 9645 and 11810 kHz, 1950-2010 on 527, 1530, 4005, 5885 and 7250 kHz. In French: 0440-0500, 0600-0610(Exc. Sun), 1000-1015(Exc. Sun), 1600-1615 and 1930-1950 (frequencies: see English transmissions). In German: 0420-0440 on 1530, 4005 and 5860 kHz, 1400-1415 on 1530, 6245, 7250 and 9645 kHz, 1820-1840 on 1530, 4005 and 6245 kHz. In Portuguese: 1315-1330 on 1530, 6245, 11740 and 15210 kHz, 1415-1430 on 1530, 6245, 7250 and 9645 kHz, 2030-2045 on 1530, 4005, 5885 and 7250 kHz. In Spanish: 1300-1315 on 1530, 6245, 11740 and 15210 kHz, 2010-2030 on 527, 1530, 4005, 5885 and 7250 kHz (Direct via CSt, 3/8/95) WITH THANKS TO (in alphabetic order): (CJO) = Cees van Oudheusden, Roosendaal - Holland. (CSt) = Chris Stacey, Eastbourne - United Kingdom. (RWo) = "Radio World" (BRTN) - Belgium. ====================================================================== | All times mentioned are in GMT/UTC. | | All data may be copied and reproduced without permission by non- | | profit organizations and individuals on condition that credit is | | given to: (Source) & JAN NIEUWENHUIS (editor BDXC-bulletin). | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | BDXC info now also available via WORLD WIDE WEB on INTERNET at: | | http://promet12.cineca.it/htdx/swls/bdxc.html | ====================================================================== | = 73's from TEXEL Island [53.04 N, 04.48 E], The Netherlands = | ====================================================================== From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:25 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: EASY BEVERAGE ANTENNA From: werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com (Werner Funkenhauser) Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!torn!news.bc.net!unixg.ubc.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!werner.funkenhauser Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.11216.4230.0N1EEC35@canrem.com> References: <4059u9$jr1@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 95 00:32:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 34 In Message: <4059u9$jr1@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>, cgknight@ix.netcom.com (Chris Knight ) writes, Recently there has been some talk on getting info on beverage antennas under the subject heading "Beverage Antennae". The two best places are I read your post Beverage antennas with interest. I've never considered running a gutter antenna. Good one! The gist of what you write, "keep it simple", is true. During the Spring Newfoundland DXpedition, we strung our antennas as straight as possible, without much regard for height on stretches that ran along the ocean shore. One inland antenna had to be hung as high as possible and we poked the wire up into the branches of scrub bush 7-12 feet because we had a moose problem. On two occasions, the critters walked off with our wire. When I DX at my cottage, I often pull 1000 feet or more of antenna. I simply reel it out, allowing it to hang on convenient scrub and tree branches, even the odd weed. If it falls to the earth, it's no big deal. In one direction, I have to cross a lengthy stretch of open rocky shore, with little to support the wire. I'll just lay it on the ground, stretching it as far as I can until I hit the water. Sometimes I use insulated wire attached to floating/anchored empty bleach bottles to run the wire right over/in the water for more length on that stretch. My boating neigbours have learned to give my beach area a wide berth at night, when they see my winking lights (little led flashers waterproofed and mounted atop the bleach containers) floating every 100 feet. Regards... Werner * RM 1.3 03054 * From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:27 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: cgknight@ix.netcom.com (Chris Knight ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: EASY BEVERAGE ANTENNA Date: 8 Aug 1995 15:12:29 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 55 Message-ID: <407ust$9c7@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <4059u9$jr1@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> <60.11216.4230.0N1EEC35@canrem.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-den12-29.ix.netcom.com In <60.11216.4230.0N1EEC35@canrem.com> werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com (Werner Funkenhauser) writes: > >I read your post Beverage antennas with interest. I've never considered >running a gutter antenna. Good one! The gist of what you write, "keep it >simple", is true. During the Spring Newfoundland DXpedition, we strung our >antennas as straight as possible, without much regard for height on stretches >that ran along the ocean shore. One inland antenna had to be hung as high as >possible and we poked the wire up into the branches of scrub bush 7-12 feet >because we had a moose problem. On two occasions, the critters walked >off with our wire. With the "On-The-Ground" Beverage antenna there's no "moose" problem here, but rather a "mouse" problem. Every now and then a mouse will chew through the wire. When stringing the beverage out, I look for signs of mice. If there are mouse signs, I usually look around for nearby sticks and raise it up a little as a precaution. > >When I DX at my cottage, I often pull 1000 feet or more of antenna. I simply >reel it out, allowing it to hang on convenient scrub and tree branches, even >the odd weed. If it falls to the earth, it's no big deal. In one Tumbleweeds make good stand-offs as long as the wind isn't blowing! Otherwise, sagebrush does fine. One of the better ideas that was posted here recently was the use of garden stakes or bamboo - excellent!! direction, I >have to cross a lengthy stretch of open rocky shore, with little to support >the wire. I'll just lay it on the ground, stretching it as far as I can until >I hit the water. Sometimes I use insulated wire attached to floating/anchored >empty bleach bottles to run the wire right over/in the water for more length >on that stretch. My boating neigbours have learned to give my beach area a >wide berth at night, when they see my winking lights (little led flashers >waterproofed and mounted atop the bleach containers) floating every 100 feet. Have you ever "put up" a beverage on just the water only? Am curious. 73s, Chris From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:28 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!sunic!sunic.sunet.se!newsfeed.tip.net!usenet From: hermod@sds.se (Hermod Pedersen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: EASY BEVERAGE ANTENNA Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 21:23:51 GMT Organization: Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Malmo, Sweden Lines: 21 Message-ID: <40b97d$1be@stella.tip.net> References: <4059u9$jr1@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> <60.11216.4230.0N1EEC35@canrem.com> Reply-To: hermod@sds.se NNTP-Posting-Host: a3119.dial.tip.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com (Werner Funkenhauser) wrote: >When I DX at my cottage, I often pull 1000 feet or more of antenna. I simply >reel it out, allowing it to hang on convenient scrub and tree branches, even >the odd weed. If it falls to the earth, it's no big deal. In one direction, I >have to cross a lengthy stretch of open rocky shore, with little to support >the wire. I'll just lay it on the ground, stretching it as far as I can until >I hit the water. Sometimes I use insulated wire attached to floating/anchored >empty bleach bottles to run the wire right over/in the water for more length >on that stretch. My boating neigbours have learned to give my beach area a >wide berth at night, when they see my winking lights (little led flashers >waterproofed and mounted atop the bleach containers) floating every 100 feet. Swedes DXing above the Polar circle have occasionally put out long stretches of wire on, and below, the snow. This is often necessary when wishing to use/cross huge lakes. One problem is all those scooter drivers. They do not mix well with copper wire... Regards, Hermod Pedersen Malmo, Sweden From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:28 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!convex!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: ddwyer7055@aol.com (DDwyer7055) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: European Longwave DXing in North America Date: 9 Aug 1995 22:52:17 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 16 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <40bs91$k88@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: ddwyer7055@aol.com (DDwyer7055) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I have a Grundig Satellit 700 and use the built-in antenna for all the bands. I occasionally like to stray from the normal AM/MW, FM, and, of course, shortwave and attempt to listen to European-based Longwave stations. The only two stations I've had any luck in receiving (here in Massachusetts) are Radio France, 162khz and Radio Monte Carlo, 216khz, both with a SINPO of less than 1-1-1-1-1. I would like to buy an antenna to help enhance reception of all bands, but particularly LW. Has anyone in the US/Canada had any luck in normally receiving Longwave with external antenna on a regular basis, or would a powerful antenna only *enhance* Trans-Atlantic interference/propogation? I'm particularly interested, if possible, in receiving BBC Radio 4 on 198khz. Thank you in advance for any advice on this matter. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:30 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!equalizer!timbuk.cray.com!news3.mr.net!mr.net!news.mr.net!dawn.mmm.com!news From: pjdurkin@mmm.com (Pat Durkin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: FM Questions Date: 8 Aug 1995 16:35:08 GMT Organization: 3M Company - PI&C Engineering Lines: 47 Message-ID: <4083ns$oct@dawn.mmm.com> References: <4012bn$k4t$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2b4 (Windows; I; 16bit) Charles R. Bernth <74752.1620@CompuServe.COM> wrote: >I am new to FM DXing & would like to know the difference between >Es & trop & how to recognize them when I hear them. Also does FM >propagate via groundwave? Es (sporadic E-skip) occurs most frequently during the early summer months, May, June, and July, usually between 11AM-2PM and 5PM-9PM local time. The E-layer of the ionosphere occasionally becomes ionized enough (some people think it's caused by thunderstorm activity) to reflect FM & TV signals, sometimes as high as 170 MHz, TV channel 7. On FM you'll hear a signal with rapid changes in strength. It'll be as strong as a local for 5 seconds, completely disappear for a few seconds, and then return. They're strong enough to overpower a weak semi-local station on the same frequency. If you have a signal strength meter on your receiver it will move wildly. An E-skip opening usually lasts anywhere from 1-4 hours, and usually will bring in signals that are 600-1200 miles distant Trop, or tropospheric bending, can happen anytime but is best in the late summer/early fall (July-September). It's dependent on moisture in the air, so the best time to check for them is late at night or early in the morning (10PM to 8AM the next day). Another good time to check is when there is a humid, stagnant air mass sitting over your part of the country. If you have a local TV station that broadcasts weather radar, look for false echoes on the display. If your entire region is covered with them, chances are trop is happening. Trop signals are much steadier than E-skip, don't fade as rapidly and usually last all day or for several days. Most of the time trop signals can be heard up to 600 miles away, although I did hear a Washington, D.C. station via trops in Milwaukee, WI once, and I've heard of people receiving Florida UHF TV in Massachusetts occasionally. A water path helps: when living in Milwaukee it was no problem receiving most western Michigan FM and TV stations regularly, across Lake Michigan, with no special antennas. To answer your last question - FM only travels line-of-sight, unless E-skip or tropo conditions exist, or if the signal reflects off a tower or building. That's why FM reception is poor in mountainous areas - no line-of-sight. There's a club that specializes in FM & TV DXing, the Worldwide TV-FM DX Association. I think they're mentioned in one of the FAQ's. They put out a monthly bulletin in which contributors send in their loggings, and there are other articles as well. Good luck with your DXing! Pat From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:30 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!ulowell.uml.edu!aspen.uml.edu!agarwalln From: agarwalln@aspen.uml.edu (Niraj Agarwalla) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: FOR SALE: GRUNDIG YB 500 Date: 7 Aug 95 23:34:05 -0500 Organization: University of Massachusetts Lowell Lines: 16 Message-ID: <1995Aug7.233405.1@aspen.uml.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: aspen.uml.edu FOR SALE: GRUNDIG YB500 INCLUDES AC/DC CORD, CARRYING CASE, AND MANUAL PRACTIACLLY BRAND NEW. $200/BO IF INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT ME BY E-MAIL -- Niraj Agarwalla -- E-Mail: agarwalln@woods.uml.edu - nagarwal@cs.uml.edu University of Massachusetts-Lowell -- Accounting/Finance -- Class of '96 From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:31 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: rhys@ix.netcom.com (Philip Williams ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: FS: ICOM R70. A Steal!!!!!!! Date: 8 Aug 1995 04:08:38 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 21 Message-ID: <406o06$p4i@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-dc9-15.ix.netcom.com A STEAL - Compare to Drake, Lowe, Sony, etc... ICOM R70 -- Quad Conversion Lab Quality Receiver 0.1-50 KHz Superb reception of weak hard to hear signals alongside powerful competing ones. Filters: AM: 6KHz, SSB: 2.3 KHz, CW: 500Hz Exceptionally effective PBT, Notch, & N.B. Tunes in 10 Hz steps (displays 100Hz). Nearly identical to R71A except no memories (2 VFO's) I.F. Out & Record Jacks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !$375 -- O.B.O ! !--------------! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Call L. Wolken @ 2022919303 or write to rhys@ix.netcom.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:31 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.kei.com!world!blanket.mitre.org!linus.mitre.org!mwvm.mitre.org!M21714 From: M21714@mwvm.mitre.org Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: GMDSS Licenses Date: Wed, 09 Aug 95 07:42:33 EDT Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean VA 22102 Lines: 2 Message-ID: <173F56C69S85.M21714@mwvm.mitre.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: mwvm.mitre.org Can anyone provide information concerning licensing, examinations, and study guides for the GMDSS licenses? From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:32 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: rickt72267@aol.com (RickT72267) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Grundig Sat. 700 for Sale Date: 8 Aug 1995 12:43:42 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 2 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <40847u$dj7@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: rickt72267@aol.com (RickT72267) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Perfect condition. Original owner. 4 months old. $300.00 with NiCads. Will pay domestic COD shipping. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:32 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!Kaos.deepcove.com!Kaos.deepcove.com!not-for-mail From: keviiang@deepcove.com (Kevin F Liang) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Grundig Traveller 2 Date: 3 Aug 1995 16:34:27 -0700 Organization: DeepCove BBS Lines: 5 Message-ID: <3vrme3$n9l@Kaos.deepcove.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.deepcove.com Summary: Grundig Traveller 2 Keywords: Grundig Traveller 2 X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) Hi, can anyone tell me if this one is any good? Thanks Kevin Liang From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:33 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!cs.umd.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.u.washington.edu!mead1.u.washington.edu!cams From: H Scott Cameron Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Grundig Traveller 2 Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 22:33:35 -0700 Organization: University of Washington Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <3vrme3$n9l@Kaos.deepcove.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mead1.u.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-User: cams In-Reply-To: <3vrme3$n9l@Kaos.deepcove.com> I had this radio for about one week. It is an expensive world time clock. On 3 Aug 1995, Kevin F Liang wrote: > Hi, can anyone tell me if this one is any good? > Thanks > > Kevin Liang > > > From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:34 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!news.erinet.com!en.com!wariat.org!cannet!news From: jbowman@cannet.com (Jeff Bowman) Subject: Re: Grundig Traveller 2 Organization: Office Of Naval Intelligence Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 15:17:29 GMT Message-ID: X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 References: (none) <3vrme3$n9l@Kaos.deepcove.com> Sender: news@cannet.com (News User) Lines: 11 keviiang@deepcove.com (Kevin F Liang) wrote: >Hi, can anyone tell me if this one is any good? >Thanks >Kevin Liang everything that I have bought from Grundig has been an excelent product From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:34 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: mak5@ix.netcom.com (Mitchell A. Kaufman ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Grundig Traveller 2 Date: 10 Aug 1995 04:37:35 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 9 Message-ID: <40c2ef$hl2@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> References: <3vrme3$n9l@Kaos.deepcove.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-pit1-28.ix.netcom.com Kevin F Liang wrote: > >> Hi, can anyone tell me if this one is any good? >> Thanks >> >> Kevin Liang Save the money...it works no better than a cheaper Sony or Radio Shack model. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:35 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!globe.indirect.com!s29 From: lenwink@indirect.com (Len Winkler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Ham Radio & More Show Times Date: Thu, 10 Aug 95 04:42:53 GMT Organization: Ham Radio & More Show Lines: 19 Message-ID: <40c3u3$kiq@globe.indirect.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip182.indirect.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 The Ham Radio & More Show will air, starting this Saturday, tape delayed, on 12.160, at 1600utc. The show also airs, for now, on WWCR, 7.435, Mondays, tape delayed, at 0400utc and 0900utc. 73, Len, KB7LPW Len Winkler, KB7LPW lenwink@indirect.com P.O. Box 9219 kb7lpw@n7mrp.az.usa.na Phoenix, Az. 85068-9219 Ham Radio & More Show info at: http://www.acs.oakland.edu/barc/ham-more.html Show also airs on WWCR shortwave, 7.435mhz, tape delayed, Monday at midnight ET (0400utc), and again at 5:00am ET (0900utc), and Saturdays at noon ET (1600utc) on 12.160. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:36 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb,comp.bbs.misc,alt.bbs.ads,alt.bbs.lists,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,alt.bbs, Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!hookup!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!kb6axk From: kb6axk@netcom.com (Joe Cira) Subject: HAM*INFO*LINK*SOURCE BBS Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 23:48:27 GMT Lines: 45 Sender: kb6axk@netcom17.netcom.com Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.cb:21758 comp.bbs.misc:22399 alt.bbs.ads:21223 alt.bbs.lists:12885 rec.radio.scanner:30130 rec.radio.shortwave:56775 alt.bbs:47224 Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Summary: Keywords: HELLO FELLOW HAMS:and FUTURE HAMS !!!!!!! re: HAM BBS dedicated to amateur radio !!!! There is a DEVOTED AMATEUR RADIO BBS in town ,from your ARRL/LAX affiliated club coordinator , JOE CIRA , KB6AXK ........... Everything and anything about AMATEUR RADIO will be found here, IF NOT ? Let me know and we will post it and file it !!!!!!!! HAM*INFO*LINK*SOURCE BBS at 1-818-584-1952.... 24 hrs,8-n-1,anyspeed....... running 486/66 with 2.1 gig of space !!! cd/rom's soon and tnc/modem door soon !! qsl route database,clubs,newsletters,bulletins,shareware,utility mods,programs,test ques,lists,and more.... VEC/VE exam & class list for all So.Cal. sample exam tests and answers for all class's.. ARRL mirror of all there files ! Using Wildcat v4.11 software.. easy to log in and no FEE's it's FREE ! 5,000 FILES IN 113 FILE AREA'S..so far ! 73's & 88's de kb6axk,joe cira,ARRL/LAX/ACC. INTERNET E-MAIL ADDRESS:> kb6axk@netcom.com /EX S -- US AMATEUR RADIO |sysop of the HAM*INFO*LINK*SOURCE BBS| KB6AXK | at 1-818-584-1952,joe cira | PASADENA,CAL,91107| kb6axk@netcom.com | From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:37 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: evilandi@ability.org.uk Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Help! English SW schedule by email Date: 8 Aug 1995 13:23:25 -0500 Organization: ability bbs run by the disabled for the disabled Lines: 22 Sender: nobody@cs.utexas.edu Message-ID: <9508081900.D7478FU@ability.org.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.cs.utexas.edu Hello folks; sorry to be a newbie but... I have email only access to the Internet. No UseNet, no FTP. I wish to obtain the latest guide to English Language broadcasts on Shortwave- which I believe is/used to be posted to this newsgroup regularly. I would be exceptionally grateful if somebody could either email me with this text, or, explain how I can get this file by email- for instance, I have heard of something called "FTP by mail"; how do I use this and what site/path/filename do I require? In return I shall post the results of my DXing from here in Cheltenham near Bristol in the UK, and during my fast approaching holiday in the Brittany region of France (the most westerly point of Europe- should be good for trans-atlantic signals). I use a Sangean ATS808a with 20m random wire. Much thanks to anyone who can help. Andrew Oakley From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:38 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!simtel!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!MONTANA.COM!kmcgra Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508091257.IAA63592@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 20:03:48 -0600 Reply-To: Kevin McGrath Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Kevin McGrath Subject: Re: Help! English SW schedule by email In-Reply-To: <9508082147.AB08560@ montana.com> Lines: 25 On Tue, 8 Aug 1995 evilandi@ABILITY.ORG.UK wrote: > Hello folks; sorry to be a newbie but... > > I have email only access to the Internet. No UseNet, no FTP. > > I wish to obtain the latest guide to English Language broadcasts on > Shortwave- which I believe is/used to be posted to this newsgroup > regularly. you can also subscribe to this newsgroup by e-mail...by doing the following... send an e-mail to the following... listserv@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu with the message... sub swl-l you will then get info...etc on how to post to the newsgroup...as well as other things... ...or maybe you already know this? -kevin From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:38 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.primenet.com!denwa.info.com!news.alegria.com!not-for-mail From: rob@xyzoom.alegria.com (Rob Lingelbach) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: help: Denmark? Date: 10 Aug 1995 09:08:51 -0700 Organization: Altruistic Intentions, Hollywood, CA Lines: 11 Message-ID: <40dauj$dsg@xyzoom.alegria.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: xyzoom.alegria.com My girlfriend is here from Denmark and would love to hear SW broadcasts in Danish. Does anyone know where and when I could find them? thanks. --Rob (who is without access to a current Passport to WBR/WRTVH) -- Rob Lingelbach KB6CUN | 2660 Hollyridge Dr LA CA 90068 213 464 6266 (voice) rob@xyzoom.alegria.com | "I care not much for a man's religion whose dog or rob@sun.alegria.com | cat are not the better for it." --Abraham Lincoln http://www.alegria.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:39 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.u.washington.edu!mead2.u.washington.edu!cams From: H Scott Cameron Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: How to stop spamming Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 10:50:44 -0700 Organization: University of Washington Lines: 4 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: mead2.u.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-User: cams If everyone responds to a spammer, then he will have to sort out which messages are flames and which are interested responders. This will increase the cost of spamming. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:40 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!lamarck.sura.net!news.uky.edu!chuck From: tfugate@uklans.uky.edu (Terry Fugate) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: How to stop spamming Date: 10 Aug 1995 12:55:31 GMT Organization: IT Lines: 19 Message-ID: <40cvk3$6bn@service1.uky.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.163.13.56 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6 In article , H Scott Cameron says: > > >If everyone responds to a spammer, then he will have to sort out which >messages are flames and which are interested responders. This will >increase the cost of spamming. From what I have been told, system admin types frown on, but the recipient cringes from "mail bombs". I have a nameless freind that who made a dumb comment on another ng and the resulting "mail bombs" shut down his server. He will not make that mistake again. The idea is for everyone to send alot of replys to the "target". Just a thought. While not advocating this type of crude, thoughtless etc, It might stop Mr FM himself(k.scott). Just a thought Terry From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:40 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!emory!darwin.sura.net!bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us!pbfreenet!p003115b From: p003115b@pbfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us (Kenneth R Simon) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: hro-60 Date: 8 Aug 1995 16:34:48 GMT Organization: SEFLIN Free-Net - Broward Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4083n8$1lu@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: pbfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] -- Kenneth "Ken" R Simon p003115b@pbfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:41 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: billv21572@aol.com (BillV21572) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: I'm Going to Hang Date: 8 Aug 1995 15:40:54 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 2 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <408ek6$grq@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <9508071624.AA55643@theopolis> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader This title scared me for a moment, I thought we had a jumper on the newsgroup.... From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:42 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Icom Technical Support From: werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com (Werner Funkenhauser) Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!werner.funkenhauser Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.11251.4230.0N1EEDB2@canrem.com> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 95 18:52:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 6 Does anyone have an e-mail address for Icom? Thanks in advance Regards... Werner From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:42 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!usenet From: user007@teleport.com (Jamison White Productions) Newsgroups: alt.business.multi-level,rec.radio.shortwave,alt.hypnosis,alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater,wash.politics,alt.airline.schedules,alt.internet.talk-radio,rec.skydiving,alt.best.of.internet Subject: Infiant Long distan..........SORRY!!! Date: 8 Aug 1995 22:00:44 GMT Organization: Jamison White Productions Lines: 7 Message-ID: <408mqc$44s@maureen.teleport.com> Reply-To: user007@mail.teleport.com NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-vanc1-26.teleport.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.2 Xref: grape.epix.net alt.business.multi-level:41079 rec.radio.shortwave:56769 alt.hypnosis:8959 alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater:11024 wash.politics:4452 alt.internet.talk-radio:1658 rec.skydiving:31439 alt.best.of.internet:12611 Everyone who saw my posts regaurding phone services...I apologize for interuppting your newsgroup. (I am sending this post at my own will i am somewhat new to newsgroups and not familiar with the rules!) Regards, Dave. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:43 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!usenet From: user007@teleport.com (Jamison White Productions) Newsgroups: alt.business.multi-level,rec.radio.shortwave,alt.hypnosis,alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater,wash.politics,alt.airline.schedules,alt.internet.talk-radio,rec.skydiving,alt.best.of.internet Subject: Infiant Long distance, 11.9 cents/min for 800#'s 6 sec. billing!!!!!!!!!!! Date: 8 Aug 1995 03:28:20 GMT Organization: Jamison White Productions Lines: 29 Message-ID: <406lkk$398@maureen.teleport.com> Reply-To: user007@mail.teleport.com NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-vanc1-09.teleport.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.2 Xref: grape.epix.net alt.business.multi-level:40966 rec.radio.shortwave:56728 alt.hypnosis:8934 alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater:10979 wash.politics:4449 alt.internet.talk-radio:1653 rec.skydiving:31395 alt.best.of.internet:12592 STRAIGHT UP!!! NO GIMMICKS!!! For all of you who are involved in any type of business the use of the phone is a major tool. So for all of you I think I can help you save a little money... I know of a company that I use for my long distance and other telecommunication services. The company offers 11.9 cents for 800 number services and once your a member of what they call their club you get access to a wide range of services. This company also has what they call a long distance pipeline. With the pipeline you pay $295 a month for INFINANT min. of long distance that right INFINANT long distance for only $295. They’ll even analyze your phone bill to see how you can save even MORE money...you can’t beat that! If you want more info E-mail me at user007@teleport.com and I’ll get you more info! Later, Dave. This is NOT a MLM or networking type company! From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:44 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!uunet.ca!news.uunet.ca!guildnet!hal.jones From: hal.jones@guildnet.org (Hal Jones) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Info Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 02:44:36 GMT Message-ID: <95080722455420542@guildnet.org> Organization: The GuildNet BBS þ Canadian Media Guild þ (416) 269-2734 Lines: 15 Does anyone know of a recent academic study or article dealing with the likely future direction of short-wave radio? Governments are cutting back on their flag-carrying services, mainly for budgetary reasons, but also because there is no longer the "urgency" for idological messaging that characterized much of the short-wave broadcasting during the Cold War. At the same time technological advances are nibbling away at the advantages SW enjoyed over Tv for so many years. I'd appreciate any pointers you can provide. Hal Jones Internet: hal.jones@guildnet.org From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:45 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!sun4nl!news.euro.net!news From: andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Info Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 11:51:25 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 13 Message-ID: <40crqh$jc0@news.euro.net> References: <95080722455420542@guildnet.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: p82.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 hal.jones@guildnet.org (Hal Jones) wrote: >Does anyone know of a recent academic study or article dealing with the >likely future direction of short-wave radio? Not as such (to quote Basil Fawlty) but the professional broadcasting conference Towards 2000, being held in Amsterdam next month, will address this and many other questions. Following the conference you can be sure that there will be a lot of written and broadcast coverage. IMHO, this will be more enlightening than an academic study because the people attending the conference are the people who will actually be involved in making and implementing the policies... From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:46 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!news.rmii.com!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: rockrap@aol.com (Rockrap) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Info on legendary Zoom Black Magic Radio Date: 10 Aug 1995 09:02:53 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 9 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <40d01t$rjn@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: rockrap@aol.com (Rockrap) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Zoom Black Magic was the first pirate station to broadcast openly in defiance of the FCC (in both Seaside and Fresno, California) and even showed up once in the Arbitron ratings. Zoom has had numerous run-ins with the FCC but is still on the air semi-regularly in Fresno and, from time to time, in Los Angeles. If you'd like to receive a copy of Zoomin', the official Zoom Black Magic newsletter, just email back your postal address. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:47 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!pacbell.com!gw2.att.com!nntpa!news From: "54732-P.COSTELLO(HOP777)644" Subject: Re: INternet sw info?!?! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: Sender: news@nntpa.cb.att.com (Netnews Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: hoft276.ho.att.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: AT&T References: <405mki$vv3@central.server.swt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 16:28:52 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) X-Url: news:405mki$vv3@central.server.swt.edu Lines: 23 jw21727@nyssa.swt.edu wrote: >HEllo! > >many people have given me alot of info conerning great intro books for a >newbie to get with the shortwave topic.. Does anyoneknow if there is any >faq's or other net stuff that would help in the same way? thanks! > > >please email any info! > >Jamie >jw21727@academia.swt.edu > Try http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/ -- Peter Costello - pec@ios.com All comments that have caused negative outcomes were either done under duress or when temporarily insane, so I'm not responsible for them (or this). Add usual private and corporate disclaimers here: ____________________________ From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:47 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: KMRP10A@prodigy.com (John Monaghan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Irish SW radio Date: 9 Aug 1995 23:29:24 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 4 Distribution: world Message-ID: <40bgck$25es@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap3.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 Last week there was a meeting in Ireland (in Mayo, I think) about establishing a short wave station in Ireland. Does anyone the outcome of the meeting? From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:48 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newstand.syr.edu!malamb From: malamb@mailbox.syr.edu (Marie A. Lamb) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Is Don Imus on SW? Date: 7 Aug 1995 18:14:05 GMT Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse NY, USA Lines: 11 Distribution: world Message-ID: <405l5d$6sr@newstand.syr.edu> References: <3vsd47$23vo@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> Reply-To: malamb@mailbox.syr.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: kong.syr.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Morgan Lambert (TLQG49A@prodigy.com) wrote: : is the Imus in he Morning show found anywhere on SW, and Howard Stern, is : he on SW? : -Morgan Last I knew, neither Imus nor Stern can be found on shortwave. 73-- Marie Lamb malamb@mailbox.syr.edu From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:49 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!skidder.demon.co.uk!tonyb From: Tony Blake Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: JVFAX v7.0 Date: Wed, 09 Aug 95 18:24:51 GMT Organization: home by the fire Lines: 10 Message-ID: <807992691snz@skidder.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: tonyb@skidder.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: skidder.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.30 Hi All Can anyone point me in the right direction for a FAQ/help file for using the above prog to d/l weather faxes from Bracknell meteo or just a list of current weather fax stations would be handy. The doc file with the prog is ok BUT being a newbie to faxes its gibberish. All the best.....TB -- Tony Blake From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:49 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: hamkb8uum@aol.com (HAMKB8UUM) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Latin American DXing Date: 9 Aug 1995 12:09:57 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 8 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <40amkl$7l0@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: hamkb8uum@aol.com (HAMKB8UUM) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I frequently listen to Latin American AM stations. They usually require you to send the reception report in Spanish. Is there anyone out there that could giveme some info or even make a simple reception report in Spanish for me I would really appreciate it. E-Mail address: HAMKB8UUM@aol.com Thanks From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:51 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!caen!news.tc.cornell.edu!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newstand.syr.edu!malamb From: malamb@mailbox.syr.edu (Marie A. Lamb) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Latin American DXing Date: 9 Aug 1995 19:12:12 GMT Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse NY, USA Lines: 21 Message-ID: <40b1ac$ns3@newstand.syr.edu> References: <40amkl$7l0@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: malamb@mailbox.syr.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: kong.syr.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] HAMKB8UUM (hamkb8uum@aol.com) wrote: : I frequently listen to Latin American AM stations. They usually require : you to send the reception report in Spanish. Is there anyone out there : that could giveme some info or even make a simple reception report in : Spanish for me I would really appreciate it. : E-Mail address: HAMKB8UUM@aol.com : Thanks Tiare Publications in Lake Geneva, WI sells "Language Lab" books in Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Indonesian that give you many useful words and phrases to help you write correct reception reports. These books are available direct from Tiare (I don't know the present price, since I bought mine years ago), or from Universal Radio and other sources. Also, I believe Radio Netherlands still has a free booklet that should help you write a simple report in Spanish, French or Portuguese. Good luck! 73-- Marie Lamb malamb@mailbox.syr.edu From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:52 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech!paladin.american.edu!auvm!MHS.HCJB.COM.EC!kmacharg Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508101333.JAA88902@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 19:13:05 -0500 Reply-To: "MacHarg, Ken" Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: "MacHarg, Ken" Organization: HCJB - Quito Subject: Latin American Travel Advisor In-Reply-To: Lines: 47 HCJB, the Voice of the Andes, is pleased to announce the addition of a new travel feature, produced by the publishers and editors of "The Latin American Travel Advisor." These monthly programs on Latin America's most powerful shortwave radio station will help business and holiday travelers obtain the latest information on travel conditions, health, safety, the economy and other details regarding Latin America. Robert and Daisy Kunstaetter publish the informative quarterly newsletter "The Latin American Travel Advisor" designed for the busy, discriminating traveler. Now their experience and insights are available to HCJB listeners on a monthly basis. Tune in for "The Latin American Travel Advisor" on the third Friday of each month during the "Studio 9" program at 7:30 and 17:00 UTC in Europe, 9:00 UTC in the South Pacific, and 1:00 and 5:00 UTC (8 p.m. and 12 a.m. (Saturday) Eastern Standard Time) in the Americas. On other Fridays of the month, hear HCJB's "Travel Latin America" feature. For a complete HCJB English Language Service program schedule, write to: HCJB, Casilla 17-17-691, Quito, Ecuador, or send e-mail to "english@mhs.hcjb.com.ec" For more information on the Latin American Travel Advisor, write to: Box 17-17-908, Quito, Ecuador, or e-mail to "rku@pi.pro.ec". Frequencies: (effective September 1) North America 11:30-14:30 UTC on 15115 kHz 00:30-7:00 UTC on 9745 kHz South America 11:30-16:00 UTC on 15115 kHz Caribbean 11:00-14:30 UTC on 12005 kHz Europe 07:00-08:30 UTC on 6050 kHz 17:00-20:00 UTC on 15490 kHz South Pacific 07:00-11:30 UTC on 5900 kHz From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:52 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!ftpbox!mothost!schbbs!epur01.comm.mot.com!user From: epur01@email.mot.com (Don Burns) Subject: LF Beacon List? Organization: MOTOROLA Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 16:21:12 -0400 Message-ID: Sender: news@schbbs.mot.com (SCHBBS News Account) Nntp-Posting-Host: 145.2.100.52 Lines: 16 Some months back (possibly March) I picked up the address of a FTP site that has a list of LF beacons. The address may have been mentioned on rec.radio.shortwave. I have lost the address. Does anyone have the address I am looking for? Thanks. Don Burns K4GHD -- Don Burns \ Motorola E-Mail: epur01 Motorola Inc. \ Internet:epur01@email.mot.com North American Radio Systems Divn \ Voice: 305-723-5518 Plantation, FL U.S.A. \ Fax: 305-723-4343 X.400: /c=us/admd=attmail/prmd=motorola/g=don/s=burns/ddt=id/ddv=epur01/ From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:53 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!equalizer!timbuk.cray.com!news3.mr.net!mr.net!news.mr.net!dawn.mmm.com!news From: Pat Durkin Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Logging radius Date: 8 Aug 1995 15:55:02 GMT Organization: 3M Company - PI&C Engineering Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4081cm$oct@dawn.mmm.com> References: <405alf$k2h@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eispjb.mmm.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2b4 (Windows; I; 16bit) cgknight@ix.netcom.com (Chris Knight ) wrote: >What is the average or "standard" DX radius that a person logging >shortwave stations can use to count loggings? When I was a member of WTFDA (Worldwide TV-FM DX Assn.) we used a similar standard for TV & FM DX, I think it was a 35-mile radius. But I think for shortwave one could use a much larger radius as a basis for loggings, since the stations are located far apart and are intended to travel thousands of miles. Therefore conditions are not much different for two locations 120 miles apart. For example, I live in Minnesota but travel often to Missouri on business. The locations are about 500 miles apart. I've used my DX-370 in both locations and there doesn't seem to be a difference in what I hear in either location. However, during a recent trip to San Francisco, conditions are radically different there. European stations are much harder to get in the evenings, and it's a cinch to hear Asian stations (including VOA and BBC relays in the Far East) in the morning. I would say you could use the same log you've been using for shortwave, since you've only moved 120 miles. A 500-750 mile radius for shortwave loggings seems reasonable to me. Good luck with your DXing! Pat From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!sunic!sunic.sunet.se!newsfeed.tip.net!usenet From: hermod@sds.se (Hermod Pedersen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Logging radius Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 21:23:30 GMT Organization: Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Malmo, Sweden Lines: 30 Message-ID: <40b976$1be@stella.tip.net> References: <405alf$k2h@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: hermod@sds.se NNTP-Posting-Host: a3119.dial.tip.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 cgknight@ix.netcom.com (Chris Knight ) wrote: >What is the average or "standard" DX radius that a person logging >shortwave stations can use to count loggings? /.../ I've >heard of people who travel alot and have heard hundreds of stations >that they count in one logbook as "total stations heard". So, what are >your thoughts on a "logging radius" for shortwave? 73s and good DX, In Sweden, and Scandinavia for that matter, the official way of counting stations is that anything logged within your own country are considered OK. As counting is want you want to make of it personally, as is this whole business of DXing, I suppose we have to make some easy rules that are acceptable to most of those who want to compare counts. In the case of the Swedish official method, it sure can result in some stupid effects. 1. If a Swedish DXer living way south, say in the city of Malmo, travels 24 hour to the very northern parts of Sweden, way above the Polar circle, all those rare medium wave DX catches are all OK to count. 2. If the same Swedish DXer take the ferry across the Strait of Oresund (40 minuter, 20 kilometers) to Copenhagen, capital of Denmark, anything logged is not OK anymore. Still, the DXer remains within the same territory when looking at reception conditions... Regards, Hermod Pedersen Malmo, Sweden From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:55 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jscottmac@aol.com (Jscottmac) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Looking for Vacuum Tube Date: 8 Aug 1995 12:31:13 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 9 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4083gh$dai@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: jscottmac@aol.com (Jscottmac) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I have a Knight receiver kit from Allied Radio Corp. that is 20+ years old. I need to replace one of the tubes, but I can't seem to find the tube or a reference for a substitute. The tube number is 6HR6. Can anyone tell me where I might find the tube or its equivalent? Thanks. ----Jason From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:55 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!benz!jpd From: jpd@space.mit.edu (John Doty) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Looking for Vacuum Tube Date: 8 Aug 1995 17:28:14 GMT Organization: MIT Center for Space Research Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4086re$glr@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> References: <4083gh$dai@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: jpd@space.mit.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: benz.mit.edu Originator: jpd@benz In article <4083gh$dai@newsbf02.news.aol.com> jscottmac@aol.com (Jscottmac) writes: >I have a Knight receiver kit from Allied Radio Corp. that is 20+ years >old. >I need to replace one of the tubes, but I can't seem to find the tube or a Try Antique Electronic Supply at (602) 820-5411. -- John Doty "You can't confuse me, that's my job." jpd@space.mit.edu From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:56 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!omen!caf From: caf@omen.com (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Subject: Re: Looking for Vacuum Tube Organization: Omen Technology INC Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 01:35:20 GMT Message-ID: References: <4083gh$dai@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Lines: 20 In article <4083gh$dai@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, Jscottmac wrote: >I have a Knight receiver kit from Allied Radio Corp. that is 20+ years >old. >I need to replace one of the tubes, but I can't seem to find the tube or a >reference for a substitute. > >The tube number is 6HR6. > >Can anyone tell me where I might find the tube or its equivalent? Thanks. >----Jason There are a number of pentodes that can be substituted with little or no rewiring, ilcluding 6ba6, 6ag5, etc. depending on your junk box. -- Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX caf@omen.COM 503-621-3406 FAX:-3735 Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, GSZ and DSZ TeleGodzilla BBS: 503-621-3746 FTP: ftp.cs.pdx.edu pub/zmodem From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:57 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!boulder!usenet From: mcduffee@wiche.edu (Bob McDuffee) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: metal mesh fences as AM antennas! Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 21:40:17 GMT Organization: WICHE Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4060ss$4g7@CUBoulder.Colorado.EDU> References: <199508071334.JAA50798@atlanta.american.edu> Reply-To: mcduffee@wiche.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.131.208.5 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 On a computer screen far far away, Zacharias Liangas wrote: >Dear friends >In the last days I was in Litohoron on mount Olympos (the mountain of the >gods!) I have experiomented in a possible very old radio technique for Am >especially. >I have used my small AIWA J 150 walkman close to the metal mesh fence our >countryhouse so it could use the so called "skin effect" with the inner >antenna coil of the radio. As in result I had various effects in the Where can I find out more about this "skin effect" as it sounds like a possible solution to my antenna problems? Bob McDuffee Network Services Manager, WICHE Office:303.541.0299 Fax:303.541.0291 eMail:mcduffee@sierra.wiche.edu From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:58 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!etna.demon.co.uk!dwadsw From: David Wadsworth Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: metal mesh fences as AM antennas! Date: Mon, 07 Aug 95 20:48:56 GMT Organization: Submersible Leather Omnibus Company Lines: 41 Message-ID: <807828536snz@etna.demon.co.uk> References: <199508071334.JAA50798@atlanta.american.edu> Reply-To: dwadsw@etna.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: etna.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.30 In article <199508071334.JAA50798@atlanta.american.edu> zliangas@ATHENA.COMPULINK.GR writes: .... >I have used my small AIWA J 150 walkman close to the metal mesh fence our > countryhouse so it could use the so called "skin effect" with the inner > antenna coil of the radio. As in result I had various effects in the > reception. However I had not any equipmentsto evaluate changes of signal > strength so some of the measurements are guessings > > The lengthof the mesh fences,from what I have observed from the years,does > not so much effect on the gain in the reception. for example I have tested > in two diferent fences the one covering 4000 sqm the one and 2000 sqm > the other with nearly the same results. I really do not know if the SELECT > A TENNA can offer so high gains as a fence does > > * It is possible that the station's transmitting point is on a dead point > so that the signal is no so much amplified > format of the mesh fences in Greece: rhombic of 5x5 sqcm with a gauge of > nearly 1 mm thickness > > Hi Zacharias, I believe that with this size of mesh these fences would normally behave as a sheet of metal at short wave frequencies. The problem is that corrosion, particularly on steel fences, gives a non-linear joint everywhere wherever two wires cross (assuming that they are not welded at each joint). This means that any two or more strong signals will generate sum and difference freqs, plus harmonics at these joints, and you may receive lots of spurious signals. This problem is well-known, particularly at transmitter sites which are commonly surrounded by security fences, and which are quite often the source of signals on strange frequencies, which come and go according to the prevailing wind, and the weather! -- David Wadsworth | The Moving Finger writes, and having writ, dwadsw@etna.demon.co.uk | Moves on, and writes another bit! From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:02:59 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!YU1.YU.EDU!glaser Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508081818.OAA76971@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 13:33:21 -0400 Reply-To: Philip Beltz Glaser Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Philip Beltz Glaser Subject: Need rec. for random wire antenna tuner In-Reply-To: <9508081253.AA26035@yu1.yu.edu> Lines: 8 I am using the recipe for a random wire antenna in Harry Helms' Handbook. Can anyone recommend a good but cheap random wire antenna tuner? Also, where can I buy it? Thanks for your help. Regards, Phil From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:00 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!MHS.HCJB.COM.EC!kmacharg Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508072113.RAA28535@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 13:46:37 -0500 Reply-To: "MacHarg, Ken" Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: "MacHarg, Ken" Organization: HCJB - Quito Subject: New Age Music on Shortwave In-Reply-To: <114E26300256ACD1> Lines: 45 ******************* Start of Forwarded Message ***************** If you are more dedicated to 'new age music' than you are to SW, check out "Hearts of Space" which is broadcast over many PBS stations overnight. ******************* End of Forwarded Message ******************* Since we are not talking about pure new age music here, I have heard some of the Andean music on new age programs in the U.S. Thus, I would be remiss if I failed to mention HCJB's "Musica del Ecuador" broadcast each Friday at 8:00, 9:30, and 17:30, and Saturday UTC at 1:30 and 6:30 UTC. You will also hear Andean/Latin American music occasionally on our daily Studio Nine program and on other features as well. --Ken MacHarg --------------------------------------------------------------- ENGLISH FREQUENCY SCHEDULE : Effective 10 July 1995 at 1600 UTC Revised 6 July 1995 by ACG --------------------------------------------------------------- THE AMERICAS: 0030-0500 UTC on 9745 kHz eastern North America 0500-0700 UTC on 9745 kHz western North America 1100-1500 UTC on 12005 kHz to The Caribbean 1130-1430 UTC on 15115 kHz to North America 1130-1600 UTC on 15115 kHz to South America 1330-2100 UTC on 6080 kHz to the Andean Region EUROPE: 0700-0830 UTC on 11615 kHz 1700-2000 UTC on 15490 kHz SOUTH PACIFIC: 0700-1130 UTC on 5900 kHz GENERAL NOTES: All English releases are also carried on 21455 kHz USB in 13 meters. English is also broadcast on the USB frequency of 15540 kHz in 19 meters at the following times: 0030-0500, 0700-0930, 1000-1130, 1200-1600, and 1800-1830 UTC. ================================================================ =Kenneth D. MacHarg Radio HCJB = =Director, English Language Service Casilla 17-17-691 = =Kmacharg@mhs.hcjb.com.ec Quito, Ecuador = =FAX: 593-2-447-263 Phone: 593-2-466-808= = = = HCJB - The Voice of the Andes +++ La Voz de Los Andes = = Heralding Christ Jesus' Blessings = ================================================================ From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:01 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: biolgst@aol.com (BIOLGST) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: New age or african music frequencies for NE US? Date: 7 Aug 1995 19:49:02 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 9 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4068pe$10k@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <403jbu$8c9@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: biolgst@aol.com (BIOLGST) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Thanks for the response Jen, You listed some great suggestions, especially the Jade bells program. I look forward to tuning in. My hope is that my YB 400 will be able to receive. Cordially, Chris From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:01 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: grenner@ix.netcom.com (Greg Renner) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: New Radio Shack tabletop SW Radio Date: 9 Aug 1995 20:28:37 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 6 Message-ID: <40b5pl$eud@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-min1-20.ix.netcom.com Radio Shack has announced a new table top general coverage radio due out in November of 1995. Does anyone know who is making this radio for RS. I know Drake is not. I have heard that Sangean is not. Who is? Greg Renner Secretary of the Minnesota DX Club From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:02 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.primenet.com!ip209.msp.primenet.com!berg From: berg@primenet.com (david berg) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: NEW WEB SITE Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 06:48:50 MST Organization: Primenet Lines: 2 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ip209.msp.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] Check out the new web site at: www.primenet.com/~berg "THE HAM TRADER" list an ad for free.!!! From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:03 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newstand.syr.edu!malamb From: malamb@mailbox.syr.edu (Marie A. Lamb) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: newbie AM/FM/TV/Weather/shortwave radio Date: 7 Aug 1995 18:07:28 GMT Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse NY, USA Lines: 22 Message-ID: <405kp0$6sr@newstand.syr.edu> References: <3vp0jp$kde@rs10.tcs.tulane.edu> Reply-To: malamb@mailbox.syr.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: kong.syr.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Andrea Dunham (dunham@cs.tulane.edu) wrote: : Hi Shortwavers, : Is the General Electric AM/FM/TV Sound Radio with Weather Band a : "good" radio? I need to purchase my first short/medium wave radio and : this is the first radio I've seen with TV and weather band. : The faq HIGHLY recommends the GE Superadio III. Please forgive a : newbie, but I want AM/FM and TV and Weather (New Orleans during : hurricane season). Does the GE Superadio III have TV, Weather, AM/FM, : and shortwave capabilities. : Thanks for you assistance, : * AndREa * (dunham@cs.tulane.edu) No; the Superadio III is an AM/FM radio only. However, for the money, it is a good radio, especially if you listen to AM stations from far away, and that's why it's recommended so highly in the FAQ. Sorry, but I can't comment on what you have, as I've never used one. Anyone else out there familiar with her radio? 73-- Marie Lamb malamb@mailbox.syr.edu From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:04 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!ames!agate!news.mindlink.net!vanbc.wimsey.com!sanjuan.amtsgi.bc.ca!usenet From: harveyg@islandnet.com (Harvey Groberman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: newbie AM/FM/TV/Weather/shortwave radio Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 03:14:54 GMT Organization: Island Net in Victoria, B.C. Canada Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4090ve$3bj@sanjuan.amtsgi.bc.ca> References: <400dta$i56@forge.cc.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: coal.islandnet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Jeff Greenwald wrote: >Hi Shortwavers, > Is the General Electric AM/FM/TV Sound Radio with Weather Band a >"good" radio? I need to purchase my first short/medium wave radio and >this is the first radio I've seen with TV and weather band. I have one of these; it's an interesting curiousity, but in my experience a poor performer on AM, FM and TV sound (I've never actually received anything on the weather band). If yours is like mine, the best that can be said for it is that it's very cheap (I think mine was about $CAN20. Harvey From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:04 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!cc.iu.net!news From: blombard@iu.net (Bob Lombardi) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Phone number for Grundig? Date: 8 Aug 1995 01:32:37 GMT Organization: Organized? I can't even find my car keys Lines: 18 Message-ID: <406erl$kuu@cc.iu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: netport-10.iu.net Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.14 I hope this isn't a terribly common faq, but is there a US phone number for Grundig? I just bought a Grundig SW portable, YB 235, and it came without a manual. The store I bought it from doesn't have any others. Email appreciated, as I don't think there's too much interest in this... 73, Bob -- Bob Lombardi WB4EHS in Melbourne, FL (>)))|||| blombard@iu.net Mozart is too easy for beginners, but too hard for the experts. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:05 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!hookup!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.voicenet.com!news From: rickers@omni.voicenet.com (Paul Rickershauser) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Phone number for Grundig? Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 05:55:16 GMT Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4097u2$mib@news.voicenet.com> References: <406erl$kuu@cc.iu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cherryhill22.voicenet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 blombard@iu.net (Bob Lombardi) wrote: >I hope this isn't a terribly common faq, but is there a US phone number >for Grundig? Lextronix, Inc. is Grundig's US distributor. Their phone number is 415-361-1611. Hope this helps. Paul E. Rickershauser rickers@omni.voicenet.com "There is only one rule. In all matters of opinion, my adversaries are insane." - Mark Twain From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:06 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!news.bu.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!li.net!hoflink.com!oedwards From: oedwards@hoflink.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Phone number for Grundig? Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 08:49:16 -0400 Organization: LI Net (Long Island Network) Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <406erl$kuu@cc.iu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: hoflink.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <406erl$kuu@cc.iu.net> On 8 Aug 1995, Bob Lombardi wrote: > > I hope this isn't a terribly common faq, but is there a US phone number > for Grundig? > > I just bought a Grundig SW portable, YB 235, and it came without a > manual. The store I bought it from doesn't have any others. Grundig cam be reached on 800-872-2228. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Orrin - Long Island, NY orrin.edwards@hofbbs.hoflink.com (or) 70641,2173 on CompuServe ---------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:06 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!cs.umd.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!news.cerf.net!nntp-server.caltech.edu!news.ridgecrest.ca.us!annex030.ridgecrest.ca.us!user From: burr@ridgecrest.ca.us (Burr) Subject: Re: Phone number for Grundig? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: annex030 Message-ID: Sender: usenet@ridgecrest.ca.us (Ridgenet Usenet admin) Organization: PIT References: <406erl$kuu@cc.iu.net> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 14:25:59 GMT Lines: 4 Grundig Help line is 800-872-2228 9-4 m-f From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:07 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.starnet.net!wupost!news.utdallas.edu!corpgate!brtph500.bnr.ca!nrtphba6.bnr.ca!b4pph17b!wdp From: wdp@b4pph17b.bnr.ca (Wallace Pankow) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Please post FAQ Date: 9 Aug 1995 17:13:25 GMT Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada Lines: 4 Distribution: world Message-ID: <40aqbl$d7e@nrtphba6.bnr.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: b4pph17b.bnr.ca Could somebody please post the r.r.shortwave FAQ? I would really appreciate it. Thanks. WP From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:07 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!ibmmail.com From: Brian Cook Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: please respond in email: Shortwave radio recommendation?? Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 13:23:02 EDT Lines: 11 Message-ID: <9508092014.aa13398@dispatch.demon.co.uk> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: ibmmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit sorry, i posted an inquiry concerning a shortwave and things.... i do not have net access, so could you please respond in email. thanks.....bjpc Brian J. Cook Dearborn Stamping Plant - Industrial Engineering (313)-709-0297 pager - (313)-594-0269 FAX "...set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul..." :-) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:08 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!simtel!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!YU1.YU.EDU!glaser Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508091257.IAA63618@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 08:12:58 -0400 Reply-To: Philip Beltz Glaser Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Philip Beltz Glaser Subject: Questions about building a random wire antenna In-Reply-To: <9508082141.AA34896@yu1.yu.edu> Lines: 37 I am planning to build a random wire antenna based on the instructions in Harry Helms' Handbook, and have a few questions about some variations on the basic design. The basic design is to have an app. 50 ft. length of # 12 or # 14 guage stranded bare copper wire supported by a non-metalic support rope, to which it is attached via "dogbone" or "egg" insulators. Helms says that regular insulated wire may be used as well, because radio waves penetrate the insualtion. A non-coaxial lead is soldiered to the copper wire and connected to a random-wire antenna tuner. My questions are: 1. If in fact I use insulated wire (I have a 50 ft spool of speaker that has been gathering dust for years), do I still need to bother with the antenna insulators? Why are the insulators there in the first place (i.e., with bare coper wire). If I were to use bare coper wire, would I have to be certain that it never came into contact with anything else? 2. If I go the route of the speaker wire, do I need any support at all? Could I just run the speaker wire along the ledge outside of my sixth floor apartment? 4. With the insulated speaker wire, I am assuming that a separate lead-in is superfluous, so that, in effect, I can basically just throw a wire connected to the tuner out the window. Is this correct? 5. What advantage, if any, is there following the design I desribe above versus just connecting the insulated wire to the tuner and throwing it out the window? Thanks for your help! Regards, Phil From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:09 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: cgknight@ix.netcom.com (Chris Knight ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Questions about building a random wire antenna Date: 9 Aug 1995 15:30:58 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 58 Message-ID: <40akbi$q1h@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> References: <199508091257.IAA63618@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-den10-22.ix.netcom.com In <199508091257.IAA63618@atlanta.american.edu> Philip Beltz Glaser writes: > >I am planning to build a random wire antenna based on the >instructions in Harry Helms' Handbook, and have a few questions >about some variations on the basic design. > >The basic design is to have an app. 50 ft. length of # 12 or # 14 >guage stranded bare copper wire supported by a non-metalic support rope, >to which it is attached via "dogbone" or "egg" insulators. Helms >says that regular insulated wire may be used as well, because radio >waves penetrate the insualtion. A non-coaxial lead is soldiered to >the copper wire and connected to a random-wire antenna tuner. > >My questions are: > >1. If in fact I use insulated wire (I have a 50 ft spool of speaker > that has been gathering dust for years), do I still need to bother > with the antenna insulators? Why are the insulators there in the > first place (i.e., with bare coper wire). If I were to use > bare coper wire, would I have to be certain that it never came > into contact with anything else? > >2. If I go the route of the speaker wire, do I need any support at all? > Could I just run the speaker wire along the ledge outside of my > sixth floor apartment? > >4. With the insulated speaker wire, I am assuming that a separate > lead-in is superfluous, so that, in effect, I can basically just > throw a wire connected to the tuner out the window. Is this correct? > >5. What advantage, if any, is there following the design I desribe > above versus just connecting the insulated wire to the tuner > and throwing it out the window? > > >Thanks for your help! > >Regards, > >Phil Speaker wire with both wires together will drastically decrease reception as the other wire acts as a shield. Before anything else is done, you need to separate the two wires carefully to avoid breaking any insulation on both. Now that you've done that and have two single strands, you may splice them together end to end or just use one of the strands. If you already just have one strand ignore the above. Now, anything goes! You don't need any insulators since the wire is already insulated. Simply throw it out the window, tack it to the ceiling, whatever you want to do! If you use bare copper wire, you need insulators as it must not come in contact with anything else. You are right. Any lead in wire from the "antenna" is superfluous unless you make a dipole antenna in which case coaxial cable is recommended as a low impedence lead in for maximum power transfer. 73s, Chris From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:12 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!convex!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.charm.net!news.cais.net!grouper.Exis.Net!news From: buch@exis.net (Joe Buch) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Questions about building a random wire antenna Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 02:26:18 GMT Organization: Exchange Information Systems Networks Lines: 80 Message-ID: <40bqnu$hkr@grouper.Exis.Net> References: <199508091257.IAA63618@atlanta.american.edu> Reply-To: buch@exis.net NNTP-Posting-Host: 58.exis.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 Philip Beltz Glaser wrote: >I am planning to build a random wire antenna based on the >instructions in Harry Helms' Handbook, and have a few questions >about some variations on the basic design. >The basic design is to have an app. 50 ft. length of # 12 or # 14 >guage stranded bare copper wire supported by a non-metalic support rope, >to which it is attached via "dogbone" or "egg" insulators. Helms >says that regular insulated wire may be used as well, because radio >waves penetrate the insualtion. A non-coaxial lead is soldiered to >the copper wire and connected to a random-wire antenna tuner. >My questions are: >1. If in fact I use insulated wire (I have a 50 ft spool of speaker > that has been gathering dust for years), do I still need to bother > with the antenna insulators? Why are the insulators there in the > first place (i.e., with bare coper wire). If I were to use > bare coper wire, would I have to be certain that it never came > into contact with anything else? Answer: If your antenna touches another conductor, that conductor becomes a part of your antenna. If it touches intermittently, it will cause scratchy static in your reception. Insulation and insulators prevent this. >2. If I go the route of the speaker wire, do I need any support at all? > Could I just run the speaker wire along the ledge outside of my > sixth floor apartment? Answer: Yes, but. . . the farther the antenna wire is from the building, the better it will perform. The antenna picks up interference from TV sets and appliances in addition to the signals you are trying to receive. The building also attenuates the desired signals if your building is constructed with steel girders our reinforced concrete. >4. With the insulated speaker wire, I am assuming that a separate > lead-in is superfluous, so that, in effect, I can basically just > throw a wire connected to the tuner out the window. Is this correct? Answer: Yes, but try to have the other end away from the building to minimize interference pickup. 40 pound monofilament fishing line between the end of your wire and a convenient tree is a good plan. I once used such an arrangement from the 12th floor of a hotel room. I ran the fishing line all the way from my room to a tree. At night I lowered the wire using the fishing line as a carrier. In the morning I would haul the wire back in leaving the fishing line for the next night. It worked and the management never noticed during a one month stay. >5. What advantage, if any, is there following the design I desribe > above versus just connecting the insulated wire to the tuner > and throwing it out the window? Answer: The farther you get the wire from the building, the more the desired station signal level and the less the interference from sources in your building. >Thanks for your help! >Regards, >Phil You are welcome. One thing about this hobby. Don't be afraid to experiment. Everyone's situation is different. What worked for me may not work for you. Be creative. 73, Joe __________________________________________________ Joe Buch - N2JB Editor - Technical Topics - NASWA Journal Virginia Beach, Virginia ________________________________________ buch@exis.net From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:13 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!ub!freenet.buffalo.edu!ag087 From: ag087@freenet.buffalo.edu (Richard J. Kozaczka) Subject: Radio New York International Message-ID: Sender: nntp@acsu.buffalo.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: freenet.buffalo.edu Organization: Buffalo Free-Net Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 03:33:54 GMT Lines: 4 Is RNI still on SW. They used to be the greatest show on SW. -- ## From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:14 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jenhull@aol.com (Jenhull) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Canada International Date: 7 Aug 1995 17:19:11 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 23 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <40600f$rah@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4044bc$830@lantana.singnet.com.sg> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <4044bc$830@lantana.singnet.com.sg>, jrider@merlion.singnet.com.sg (Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce) writes: >I live in Singapore at the moment and cannot obtain RCI on my Grundig 700 sat. Is this unusual? If you can receive transmissions from Japan or China, you shold be able to pick up RCI. According to RCI's summer schedule, these are the times and freqs for Asia (all times UTC): 1230-1300: 9660 and 15195 kHz 1330-1357: 9535 and 11795 kHz 1630-1657: 7150 and 9550 kHz 2200-2230: 11705 kHz All freqs are via relays. From the Xian, China relay: 7150, 9535, 9550, and 11795 kHz. From the Yamata, Japan relay: 9660, 15195, 11705 kHz. Good luck, Jen Hull From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:14 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jaymarv@ix.netcom.com (Jay Marvin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Radio Free Berkley Date: 10 Aug 1995 08:13:19 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 13 Message-ID: <40cf2v$2gr@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-chi5-07.ix.netcom.com Anyone know how to get in contact with the guy involved with Radio Free Berkley? jay -- The Helms-Burton Bill Bad For People Bad For Business Bad For America! Jay Marvin WLS AM890/94.7 FM Jmarvin@IGC.APC.ORG Jaymarv@ix.netcom.com http://www.mcs.net/~marvin/ From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:15 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!news.mindlink.net!vanbc.wimsey.com!sanjuan.amtsgi.bc.ca!Sonora From: salmaniw@islandnet.com (Walter Salmaniw) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Radio Ukraine International Schedule Date: 8 Aug 1995 02:53:09 GMT Organization: Island Net in Victoria, B.C. Canada Lines: 19 Message-ID: <406jip$c5t@sanjuan.amtsgi.bc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonora.islandnet.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 The current schedule given at the end of their programs is terrible and misleading, so what's new? I've never found Radio Ukraine to be accurate with their scheds. Based on my monitoring, this is what I can hear on the West Coast of Canada (today): 2100 - 2200 (not 22 -23!!): 11780, 11950, 11825, 9750--all cochannel, but 11780 is best, though some days 11950 is best. Into Ukrainian at 2200, and then German at 2300. 0000 - 0100 (not 01 to 02): today virtually nothing readable, but again, usually the best are 11950, and 11780. 0300 - 0400 (not 04 - 05) : 9685, 9860, only heard. Some days 9860 is quite strong here, but most days its weak. I'd be interested if anyone else has a complete RUI schedule for both Ukrainian and English. Post here, or send email to salmaniw@islandnet.com. 73's... From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:16 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!newsfeed.pitt.edu!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!sun4nl!news.euro.net!dial6.nedernet.nl!bouman From: bouman@nedernet.nl (P.A. Hoogstrate) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Radio Warszawa Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 00:22:02 Organization: Boumanhuis Lines: 7 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: dial6.nedernet.nl X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Which frequencies does Radio Warszawa use for their broadcasts to Europe in Polish? At what time of the day? Could anybody possessing a WRTH help me out with this question? Thanks. Peter Hoogstrate, Rotterdam, NL. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:17 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newstand.syr.edu!malamb From: malamb@mailbox.syr.edu (Marie A. Lamb) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: REALISTIC DX 390 Date: 7 Aug 1995 18:02:42 GMT Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse NY, USA Lines: 22 Message-ID: <405kg2$6sr@newstand.syr.edu> References: <3vom78$1rn$3@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> Reply-To: malamb@mailbox.syr.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: kong.syr.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] John Hudak (hudakjm@mcmaster.ca) wrote: : In article <3vom78$1rn$3@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> Rick Lail <73704.1246@CompuServe.COM> writes: : >From: Rick Lail <73704.1246@CompuServe.COM> : >I have a DX 390. It stopped picking up AM and SW. A gentlemen : >from PA said that his problem was caused by a bad AM/SW antenna : >transitor. : That's exactly what happened. Static electricity zapped your FET. It usually : happens when you leave a long wire connected your radio. However mine was : taken out with only the whip antenna when I had a nearby lightning strike. : The best thing to do is to put a shorting plug into the antenna socket when : you're not using the radio. Yes, my DX-392 (like the DX-390, only with tape recorder) also got zapped during a recent storm under similar circumstances, so I got the FET replaced. I agree--take care with this one during stormy weather! 73-- Marie Lamb malamb@mailbox.syr.edu From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:17 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!news.sol.net!ods.ods.net!nate Subject: Realistic DX-150 fs Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave From: nate@ods.ods.net Date: Wed, 09 Aug 95 13:01:45 EST Message-ID: <05639BQSVDSJHXNXOIM@ods.ods.net> Organization: Online Data Systems - Milwaukee, WI Lines: 26 I have a Radio Shack DX-150 that i'd like to sell. It's a desktop General Coverage Reciever, with an external speaker. Performance and tuning are superb. I have used it on and off for the past year, and am now replacing it with a newer model. Features: 500khz-30mhz coverage BFO for SSB, and CW RF gain Antenna Trimmer Automatic Gain Control Extremely FINE tuning Indoor Antenna I'm looking for about $80 for the radio, but if you have an offer, I will consider it. E-mail if interested................ -- Online Data Systems - Milwaukee, WI (414) 761-5120 - 300/1200/2400 (414) 761-5133 - 9600/14400 (414) 939-4670 - SouthEastern WI From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:18 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Cheryl Hall Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Resources for New SWLers Date: Tue, 8 Aug 95 03:32:50 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 10 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1d.delphi.com This is one of my first excursion on this newsgroup. I've read a lot of the messages from the last 14 days. I've read the FAQ of my Usenet menu choices. Are there other places I should look for stuff are there mailing list aimed a beginners? I haven't done much on Usenet itself; I'm more familar with the mailing lists and gopher downloads. Any advice would be appreciated... I don;t even have a receiver at this point. cherylhall@delphi.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:21 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!caen!spool.mu.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news5.ner.bbnplanet.net!news3.near.net!inmet!corsica!gjs From: gjs@corsica.camb.inmet.com (George Snyder) Subject: Re: Resources for New SWLers X-Nntp-Posting-Host: corsica.camb.inmet.com Message-ID: Sender: news@inmet.camb.inmet.com (USENET news) Organization: Intermetrics, Inc. References: Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 11:55:58 GMT Lines: 100 ... Are there other places I should look for stuff are there mailing list aimed a beginners? ... Here are some references for getting started in SW: Books ----- These can usually be found at radio/electronics stores (not Radio Shack) and some bookstores. See "Welcome to rec.radio.shortwave (Shortwave)" below for mail order sources. Passport to World Band Radio (PWBR) 1995 The most valuable reference for any short wave program listener, and indispensable for beginners. It covers basic background information, highly respected receiver reviews, frequency schedules in several formats, program descriptions, and an hour-by-hour guide to what's on. World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH) 1995 A more detailed guide to the world's local and international radio, TV, and satellite broadcasters, with a concentration on short wave. It includes frequency schedules, background information, and reviews of new equipment, but no program information. Internet -------- All of this information is available on WWW (World-Wide-Web). Some is also available via FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Shortwave/Radio Catalog Links to nearly everything available on the World-Wide-Web about shortwave and other radio topics, including the items listed below. WWW: http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/ Welcome to rec.radio.shortwave Welcome to rec.radio.shortwave (Shortwave) Welcome to rec.radio.shortwave (AM/FM DXing) A set of introductory articles with answers to some frequently asked questions (FAQ), references, addresses, and so on. It is posted monthly in the newsgroup, and several WWW versions are available. WWW: Hypertext versions: http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/faqs/radio-faqs.html http://www.acs.ncsu.edu/HamRadio/FAQ/FAQ_Shortwave.html Plain text version: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/radio/monitoring/shortwave-faq/faq.html FTP: rtfm.mit.edu /pub/usenet/rec.radio.shortwave ftp.cs.buffalo.edu /pub/ham-radio Welcome to rec.radio.scanning An Introduction to Scanning. WWW: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/radio/monitoring/scanning/faq.html FTP: rtfm.mit.edu /pub/usenet/rec.radio.scanner Radio Netherlands Receiver Data Bank A selection of receiver reviews from the WRTH. WWW: http://www.rnw.nl/rnw/en/pub/receiver.html References You Can Use Advice from Tom Sundstrom, including recommendations on how to choose a receiver. WWW: http://picspc01.pics.com/trs/referenc.htm The Internet Guide To Shortwave Broadcasters E-mail addresses, gopher and FTP sites, newsgroups, ... WWW: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jblythe/short-wave.html http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/jblythe/Mosaic/short-wave.html http://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/~thkoch/ (Germany) What's on Shortwave? A searchable station / time / frequency database. It is not being maintained, so some items may be out of date. WWW: http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/whatson.html DX Related Information A site in Finland with lots of SW information, including the introductory articles described above, receiver reviews, and broadcast schedules. Many are obsolete, so check file dates. WWW: http://www.funet.fi/pub/dx/ FTP: ftp.funet.fi /pub/dx Shortwave Radio Schedule Guide A concise collection of SW broadcaster schedules from many sources, some of which are not on-line elsewhere. WWW: http://aloha.nmsu.edu/w5gb/swl/swl.html Monthly Shortwave Schedules A useful database of times and frequencies for selected shortwave / DX, science, and entertainment programs. WWW: ftp://thumper.bellcore.com/pub/radio/shortwave FTP: thumper.bellcore.com /pub/radio/shortwave And if you have questions, the rec.radio.shortwave community is always helpful. 73, -- George Snyder Intermetrics, Inc. Internet: gjs@inmet.com -- 733 Concord Avenue Voice: (617) 661-1840 -- Cambridge, MA 02138 USA From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:22 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!cs.umd.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.gmi.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Cheryl Hall Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Resources for New SWLers Date: Wed, 9 Aug 95 02:02:25 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 4 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1f.delphi.com X-To: George Snyder This is a GREAT response!!! Thanks so much... I will be surfing the Net and Cheryl From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:23 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!lfheller.demon.co.uk!Leon From: Leon Heller Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,uk.radio.amateur,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Rotary encoders Date: Mon, 07 Aug 95 18:32:37 GMT Organization: Home Lines: 22 Distribution: world Message-ID: <807820357snz@lfheller.demon.co.uk> References: <4051b3$hf6@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> Reply-To: Leon@lfheller.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: lfheller.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:8796 rec.radio.shortwave:56718 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:9934 sci.electronics:138724 In article <4051b3$hf6@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> andrew@pmms.cam.ac.uk "Andrew Thomason" writes: > Do rotary encoders "go off" after a year or so? Can they be repaired? Do they > lose > their magnetism or is it just dust which gets inside? > > I have a couple of digital radios which can be tuned by a knob, one cheap, one > expensive. In both cases, after a year's use, the frequency started to dither > around slightly whilst I smoothly turned the knob. I had thought this was due > to a brain-damaged chip but now think it must be the rotary encoder. According to my Cirkit catalogue, the Alps low-cost mechanical encoder has a service life of 10^6 cycles. They cost #8.95 in the UK if that is what is used in your radios. Leon -- Leon Heller, G1HSM | "Do not adjust your mind, there is E-mail leon@lfheller.demon.co.uk | a fault in reality": on a wall Phone: +44 (0)1734 266679 | many years ago in Oxford. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:23 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!rkarlqu From: rkarlqu@scd.hp.com (Richard Karlquist) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,uk.radio.amateur,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Rotary encoders Date: 8 Aug 1995 17:43:24 GMT Organization: Hewlett-Packard Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4087ns$57e@hpscit.sc.hp.com> References: <4051b3$hf6@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <807820357snz@lfheller.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: hpscrj.scd.hp.com Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:8806 rec.radio.shortwave:56755 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:9942 sci.electronics:138817 In article <807820357snz@lfheller.demon.co.uk>, Leon Heller wrote: >In article <4051b3$hf6@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> > andrew@pmms.cam.ac.uk "Andrew Thomason" writes: > >> Do rotary encoders "go off" after a year or so? Can they be repaired? Do they >> lose >> their magnetism or is it just dust which gets inside? >> >> I have a couple of digital radios which can be tuned by a knob, one cheap, one >> expensive. In both cases, after a year's use, the frequency started to dither >> around slightly whilst I smoothly turned the knob. I had thought this was due >> to a brain-damaged chip but now think it must be the rotary encoder. Yes, rotary encoders are infamous for their poor reliability. I don't know what makes them fail, I just know I have seen them go out time and time again. Rick Karlquist rkarlqu@scd.hp.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:24 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!konech.kontron.de!sun4a!tom From: tom@kontron.de (Thomas de Lellis) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,uk.radio.amateur,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Rotary encoders Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,uk.radio.amateur,sci.electronics Date: 9 Aug 1995 08:45:12 GMT Organization: Kontron Elektronik GmbH Lines: 29 Distribution: world Message-ID: <409sio$3id@Kontron.De> References: <4051b3$hf6@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: sun4a.kontron.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:8821 rec.radio.shortwave:56787 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:9946 sci.electronics:138910 Andrew Thomason (andrew@pmms.cam.ac.uk) wrote: : Do rotary encoders "go off" after a year or so? Can they be repaired? Do they lose : their magnetism or is it just dust which gets inside? : I have a couple of digital radios which can be tuned by a knob, one cheap, one : expensive. In both cases, after a year's use, the frequency started to dither : around slightly whilst I smoothly turned the knob. I had thought this was due : to a brain-damaged chip but now think it must be the rotary encoder. : Many thanks, : Andrew Thomason (andrew@dpmms.cam.ac.uk) Hi there, yes, same thing happened with my Kenwood R-5000 which used an optical rotary encoder. After talking with a local Kenwood dealer here in Munich, that was disinterested in taking the radio for service, I decided to have a go at it myself and tracked the problem down to a bad photodetector in the encoder itself. I was able to replace the detector with a detector removed from an emitter/detector module of the write protect section of a junked TEAC floppydrive. I was lucky it also fit mechancally in the R-5000 encoder. My R-5000's tuning knob has worked perfectly ever since. tom -- ________________ Thomas de Lellis KN6EI/DL5MGZ From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:25 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!bt!wally.srd.bt.co.uk!not-for-mail From: ponion@wally.srd.bt.co.uk (Peter Onion) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,uk.radio.amateur,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Rotary encoders Date: 9 Aug 1995 14:04:21 GMT Organization: BT Labs, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, UK Lines: 22 Distribution: world Message-ID: <40af95$8lo@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk> References: <4051b3$hf6@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <409sio$3id@Kontron.De> NNTP-Posting-Host: wally.srd.bt.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 941216BETA PL0] Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:8829 rec.radio.shortwave:56801 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:9949 sci.electronics:138949 Thomas de Lellis (tom@kontron.de) wrote: : Andrew Thomason (andrew@pmms.cam.ac.uk) wrote: : : Do rotary encoders "go off" after a year or so? Can they be repaired? Do they lose : : their magnetism or is it just dust which gets inside? : : I have a couple of digital radios which can be tuned by a knob, one cheap, one : : expensive. In both cases, after a year's use, the frequency started to dither : : around slightly whilst I smoothly turned the knob. I had thought this was due : : to a brain-damaged chip but now think it must be the rotary encoder. : : Many thanks, : : Andrew Thomason (andrew@dpmms.cam.ac.uk) Hi, I have a FT290 MkI that will only qsy HF, no matter which way you turn the knob! So I think I too have a faulty encoder! Anybody else had this problem? Peter Onion. G0DZB ponion@srd.bt.co.uk From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:26 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mid.net!crcnis3.unl.edu!unlinfo.unl.edu!mcduffie From: mcduffie@unlinfo.unl.edu (Gary McDuffie Sr) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,uk.radio.amateur,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Rotary encoders Date: 9 Aug 1995 15:23:49 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lines: 20 Distribution: world Message-ID: <40aju5$kde@crcnis3.unl.edu> References: <4051b3$hf6@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <807820357snz@lfheller.demon.co.uk> <4087ns$57e@hpscit.sc.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: unlinfo.unl.edu Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:8834 rec.radio.shortwave:56807 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:9951 sci.electronics:138960 rkarlqu@scd.hp.com (Richard Karlquist) writes in a followup: >Yes, rotary encoders are infamous for their poor reliability. I don't >know what makes them fail, I just know I have seen them go out time and >time again. I'm assuming :) you are talking about light coupled encoders. I would have to say that I disagree with the statement that they are not reliable. Some of the most expensive equipment in the world uses them and they work without fail as long as they are kept clean and properly aligned. If designed properly, they won't need alignment, but dust gets on the encoder wheel and the source/target leds and causes problems. Carefully cleaning an encoder wheel will keep it working for many many years. Case in point, check out the FT-2400. It is notorious for encoder wheel problems. The one they replace it with, I've been told, is better sealed so that dust can't get to it as easily. Gary - AG0N From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:27 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!col.hp.com!news.dtc.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!rkarlqu From: rkarlqu@scd.hp.com (Richard Karlquist) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,uk.radio.amateur,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Rotary encoders Date: 9 Aug 1995 16:41:11 GMT Organization: Hewlett-Packard Lines: 21 Message-ID: <40aof7$ltd@hpscit.sc.hp.com> References: <4051b3$hf6@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <807820357snz@lfheller.demon.co.uk> <4087ns$57e@hpscit.sc.hp.com> <40aju5$kde@crcnis3.unl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hpscrj.scd.hp.com Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:8839 rec.radio.shortwave:56816 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:9955 sci.electronics:138979 In article <40aju5$kde@crcnis3.unl.edu>, Gary McDuffie Sr wrote: >rkarlqu@scd.hp.com (Richard Karlquist) writes in a followup: > > >>Yes, rotary encoders are infamous for their poor reliability. I don't >>know what makes them fail, I just know I have seen them go out time and >>time again. > >I'm assuming :) you are talking about light coupled encoders. I would >have to say that I disagree with the statement that they are not >reliable. Some of the most expensive equipment in the world uses >them and they work without fail as long as they are kept clean and >properly aligned. If designed properly, they won't need alignment, Speaking of expensive equipment, the $58,000 HP 8663A is a case in point. The rotary encoder in that instrument has a relatively high failure rate. I don't know if the failed ones can be rehabilitated by cleaning out the dust. Rick Karlquist From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:28 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,uk.radio.amateur,sci.electronics Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Rotary encoders Message-ID: <1995Aug9.155141.28943@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <4051b3$hf6@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> <807820357snz@lfheller.demon.co.uk> <4087ns$57e@hpscit.sc.hp.com> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 15:51:41 GMT Lines: 34 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:8840 rec.radio.shortwave:56817 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:9956 sci.electronics:138983 In article <4087ns$57e@hpscit.sc.hp.com> rkarlqu@scd.hp.com (Richard Karlquist) writes: >In article <807820357snz@lfheller.demon.co.uk>, >Leon Heller wrote: >>In article <4051b3$hf6@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> >> andrew@pmms.cam.ac.uk "Andrew Thomason" writes: >> >>> Do rotary encoders "go off" after a year or so? Can they be repaired? Do they >>> lose >>> their magnetism or is it just dust which gets inside? >>> >>> I have a couple of digital radios which can be tuned by a knob, one cheap, one >>> expensive. In both cases, after a year's use, the frequency started to dither >>> around slightly whilst I smoothly turned the knob. I had thought this was due >>> to a brain-damaged chip but now think it must be the rotary encoder. > >Yes, rotary encoders are infamous for their poor reliability. I don't >know what makes them fail, I just know I have seen them go out time and >time again. Actually, optical shaft encoders are noted for their extreme reliability and long life. About the only things that can harm them is contamination of the optical surfaces, an electrical surge that blows the LEDs or phototransistors, or shaft bearing failure. Now unfortunately, some of the shaft encoders used in amateur equipment are mechanical rather than optical, and tarnished contacts, and ordinary contact wear, take a rapid toll. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:29 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!URIACC.URI.EDU!IQC109 Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508092338.TAA92949@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 19:31:38 EDT Reply-To: IQC109@URIACC.URI.EDU Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: IQC109@URIACC.URI.EDU Subject: Re: Rotary encoders Lines: 10 I have had a Sony 2010 for about 4 years now. The rotary encoder (and everything else including the KIWA wideband filter I installed) works just great...never a problem. I also have an Icom 737 transceiver. I have had it 1 1/2 years. The rotary encoder went flukey at 9 months..eratic increments with each touch. I sent it back to Washington (from RI). They said "can't duplicate problem". 2 months later it occured again. They replaced encoder and logic board. Now I have a problem with the fan never going on, to the point that the rig shuts down in thermal overload after 15 min. on 100 watt FM... The moral: I wish Sony made a transceiver!...Ken..KB1AWV From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:30 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,uk.radio.amateur,sci.electronics Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!hppwd!hplb!hpwin055.uksr!hpqmoea!dstock From: dstock@hpqmdla.sqf.hp.com (David Stockton) Subject: Re: Rotary encoders Sender: news@hpqmoea.sqf.hp.com (SQF News Admin) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 07:51:37 GMT References: <40aof7$ltd@hpscit.sc.hp.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: hpqmocc.sqf.hp.com Organization: Hewlett-Packard LTD, South Queensferry, Scotland X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.8] Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,uk.radio.amateur,sci.electronics Lines: 26 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.homebrew:8858 rec.radio.shortwave:56843 rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc:9968 sci.electronics:139087 Richard Karlquist (rkarlqu@scd.hp.com) wrote: : Speaking of expensive equipment, the $58,000 HP 8663A is a case in : point. The rotary encoder in that instrument has a relatively high : failure rate. I don't know if the failed ones can be rehabilitated : by cleaning out the dust. : Rick Karlquist The original RPG in that generation and earlier actually used a filament bulb as the light source, I think it was only in the mid 80's that things switched over to LED based rotary pulse generators. I'd moved into prod eng for a few years around that time and had to change everything in production at Queensferry over to the new type. I had a different problem with one... I wore out the shaft and bush in a prototype instrument doing testing (Spurious hunting) I swear one of my fingers is worn down, too. For the gross-overkill-global- domination class transceiver I keep building bits of, I think I may have to make my own RPG with proper ball races... The mechanical switch things are definitely bad news. Incidentally, how many people know that genuine Microsoft mice use nasty contact type pulse generators? I keep wearing them out playing Doom. Cheers David GM4ZNX From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:30 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!oitnews.harvard.edu!fas-news.harvard.edu!humcc13.fas.harvard.edu!user From: help@fas.harvard.edu (fas) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: schematics? Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 22:14:58 +0600 Organization: fas Lines: 8 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: humcc13.fas.harvard.edu Where can I obtain schematics to build my own shortwave radio? I'm sure I can get parts at Radio Shack or something, but I don't know where to get the plans.... I've checked all the local bookstores and the library for books that might have something, but I haven't found anything. Maybe I could order it somewhere? Thanks..... From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:31 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jmrubin@ix.netcom.com (Joel Rubin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: schematics? Date: 10 Aug 1995 06:26:18 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 27 Message-ID: <40c8qa$lsq@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sf16-06.ix.netcom.com In help@fas.harvard.edu (fas) writes: > >Where can I obtain schematics to build my own shortwave radio? I'm sure I >can get parts at Radio Shack or something, but I don't know where to get >the plans.... I've checked all the local bookstores and the library for >books that might have something, but I haven't found anything. Maybe I >could order it somewhere? > > >Thanks..... Try the ham radio clubs at Harvard and at M.I.T. I think (I haven't been around Boston for a few years) that the M.I.T. hams have a computer/radio swap meet about once a month. You might also want to look at the ARRL Ham Radio Handbook which should be sold at most large bookshops. If it isn't at the main store of the Harvard Cooperative Society (it probably is) it should be at the M.I.T. branches. This is probably impractical, though. Even if you succeed, you'll probably pay more than you would for an equivalent model. MFJ makes a kit but I think it's only a regenerative receiver. Heathkit is out of business. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:32 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!ibmmail.com From: Brian Cook Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: shortwave radio questions?? europe/NA based. Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 06:36:03 EDT Lines: 20 Message-ID: <9508091132.aa27769@dispatch.demon.co.uk> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: ibmmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit i am interested in purchasing a shortwave radio.....right now i am based in detroit, MI and will be (within a year) moving to spain or eastern europe. i am looking for a powerful and portable radio, yet is relatively easy on the batteries (because i might be in eastern europe with a relatively limited supply of batteries). though i also want to be able to use it now in detroit, MI as well. mostly interested in BBC, VOA, Radio Aussie,and RCI for news and sports. i am looking for some real advice as compared to referencing me to books, like the WRTH..... peace...bjpc Brian J. Cook Dearborn Stamping Plant - Industrial Engineering (313)-709-0297 pager - (313)-594-0269 FAX "...set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul..." :-) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:33 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!pc1006.nmus.pwf.cam.ac.uk!agd12 From: agd12@phx.cam.ac.uk (A.G. Davies) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: shortwave radio questions?? europe/NA based. Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 14:09:35 Organization: University of Cambridge Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <9508091132.aa27769@dispatch.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc1006.nmus.pwf.cam.ac.uk In article <9508091132.aa27769@dispatch.demon.co.uk> Brian Cook writes: >i am interested in purchasing a shortwave radio.....right now i am based >in detroit, MI and will be (within a year) moving to spain or eastern >europe. i am looking for a powerful and portable radio, yet is relatively >easy on the batteries (because i might be in eastern europe with a relatively >limited supply of batteries). >though i also want to be able to use it now in detroit, MI as well. >mostly interested in BBC, VOA, Radio Aussie,and RCI for news and sports. It's difficult to know what specific set to suggest without knowing how much you want to spend, Brian. BBC, VOA and RCI are heard very easily in Europe, Radio Australia is a bit less reliable. I'd suggest you look for a set with: i) Good dynamic range -- in other words, able to handle receiving a lot of very strong signals without overloading. There are many very powerful shortwave transmitters in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, which cheaper sets can have problems with, especially after dark. This is probably more important in Europe than the ability to pick up weak signals, which is more of an issue in areas such as North America. ii) Multi-voltage AC mains power supply -- this will work out much cheaper to run than batteries. Many portable sets come with plug-in adapters which work fine, but make sure they can take mains voltages in the ranges 100-130 and 200-240 volts. iii) Wide frequency coverage. You'll probably find the 75 metre-band (3950- 4000 kHz) useful on winter nights, and you'll probably want to use the 49, 41, 31, 25, 22, 19, 16 and 13 metre-bands, mediumwave, FM, and maybe even longwave (153-279 kHz). Regards, Alan Davies, Cambridge, UK. [P.S. Please don't try to e-mail me at this address after Aug 31 1995]. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:34 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!ZETA.ORG.AU!alexw Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508101329.JAA28478@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 18:25:12 +1000 Reply-To: Alex Wellner Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Alex Wellner Subject: SINPO code Lines: 5 I have seen your recent loggings,and the SINPO code you included.With radio Candip you indicated SINPO 15333 which is totally wrong. If the signal strenght was 1 (unusable)the whole of the broadcst was unusable,giving you an O value of 1.If your S value is 1 the interference value is wrong also .If you heard the broadcast at all,your SINPO value should have been :24332 From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:34 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: LAZN96A@prodigy.com (Geoffrey Steeby) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Slinky antenna... is it good? Date: 8 Aug 1995 03:28:26 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 6 Distribution: world Message-ID: <406lkq$2fnk@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> References: <7aug199509231059@cc.weber.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap1.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 It can walk down stairs, TRY IT. Geoff, Reliable TV (aka: Jeff from Grand Rapids) ************************************************ * To Err is Human, To Really Foul Things UP....* *********** YOU NEED A COMPUTER!! ************** From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:35 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!pc1016.nmus.pwf.cam.ac.uk!agd12 From: agd12@phx.cam.ac.uk (A.G. Davies) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Some logs Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 17:14:09 Organization: University of Cambridge Lines: 26 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pc1016.nmus.pwf.cam.ac.uk The following heard in the SE of England with Sony 2001D. Not very exciting, I'm afraid, but propagation has been a bit iffy lately: Armenia: Radio Intercontinental, with religious programmes in German. Opening ID in English sounds something like 'Radio ARN [?] Intercontinental'. 0900-1000 UTC Aug 9th; 15270 kHz SINPO 45543 (Modulation rather shallow, but with very wide bandwidth). Morocco: Main Arabic programme heard between 0000 and 0030 UTC, Aug 7th, on 207kHz (SINPO 21341), 540 (34443) and 612 (22442). Also Radio Mediterranee with French-language music on 171 (24453) and 9575 (44344). Russia: Voice of Russia in English with news after 1000 UTC, Aug 9th. Found after much searching on just two frequencies, 15110 and 17775 kHz, neither very strong (SINPO 22542 and 24543). Only a few years ago, almost every other station in the bands during the daytime seemed to be Radio Moscow's World Service in English -- how are the mighty fallen... The Chinese service of VoR (which still IDs as Radio Moscow) heard signing off at 0957, Aug 9th, on 15375 and 15385 kHz, announcing list of frequencies in kHz; would be nice if they did the same in English. Switzerland: Swiss Radio International in Italian, 0830-0900 UTC Aug 8th and 9th; 15240 kHz SINPO 45544 (Another transmitter with problems, strong carriers with distorted audio about 21 kHz above and below). Alan Davies, Cambridge, UK. [P.S. Please don't try to e-mail me at this address after Aug 31 1995!] From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:36 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.ios.com!news From: howie_ny@soho.ios.com (howie) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Sony S.W and scanners for sale. Date: 8 Aug 1995 23:19:47 GMT Organization: ios Lines: 32 Message-ID: <408rej$6gf@news.ios.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-nyc-5-27.ios.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.2 From howie_ny@soho.ios.com Mon 07 Aug 95 21:13:35 Path: news.ios.com!news From: howie_ny@soho.ios.com (howie) Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner Subject: S.W. and scanners for sale. Date: 8 Aug 1995 23:13:45 GMT Organization: ios Lines: 16 Message-ID: <408r39$6gf@news.ios.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-nyc-5-27.ios.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.2 Hi, I'm selling some of my personal radios. BC2500XLT not cell modifiable. Like new with extra battery. 150.00 R.S pro-43 (already cell modified) 200.00 works perfectly, some signs of use. Sony SW 55 short wave Like new 200.00 Prefer NYC buyers so we can transact in person. Email howie_ny@soho.ios.com for my phone number and other info. /Howie From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:37 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!sunic!sunic.sunet.se!erinews.ericsson.se!eua.ericsson.se!erix.ericsson.se!mock From: mock@erix.ericsson.se (Markus Mock) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Spanish to Europe Date: 8 Aug 1995 08:09:46 GMT Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 35 Sender: mock@punsch (Markus Mock) Message-ID: <40764a$jc6@euas20.eua.ericsson.se> References: <199508071512.LAA54143@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: punsch.eua.ericsson.se NNTP-Posting-User: mock Who wants to add more? SPANISH TRANSMISSIONS ON SHORTWAVE DIRECTED TO EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS (Country order ) =============================================================================== COUNTRY STATION TIME (UTC) FREQUENCY (kHz) TARGET ------- ------- ---------- --------------- ------ ECUADOR HCJB 10:30-15:00 11960 N/S Amer . . 10:30-05:04 6050 Andes . . 12:00-13:00 9415 Cent.Amer . . 15:00-05:00 15140 N/S Amer . . 22:00-23:00 15520 Europe NETHERLANDS Radio Netherlands 11:30-11:55 6020,9715 S Amer . . 12:00-12:25 6020 C Amer . . 12:00-12:25 9715 Carib., C Amer . . 22:30-23:25 9895,11715 S Amer . . . 11680,15315 . . 23:25-00:25 9895,11715 S Amer . . . 15315 . . 00:25-01:25 9895,15315 S Amer . . 02:25-04:25 9590 Mexico . . 02:25-04:25 6165 C Amer -- -- Markus U. Mock mock@erix.ericsson.se From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:38 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!interlog.com!io.org!r-node.io.org!shearman From: shearman@r-node.io.org (DAVID SHEARMAN) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: STATUS OF CFCX Date: 8 Aug 1995 12:06:54 GMT Organization: Internex Online, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (416 363 3783) Lines: 33 Distribution: world Message-ID: <407k0u$mot@ionews.io.org> References: <401522$3ug@ionews.io.org> <60.11169.4230.0N1EE963@canrem.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: r-node.io.org X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Werner Funkenhauser (werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com) wrote: : In Message: <401522$3ug@ionews.io.org>, : shearman@wink.io.org (DAVID SHEARMAN) writes, : DS>: I just spent the last week in the Quebec Laurentiens, near Mont Laurier. : DS>: I had my DX-440 and could log CFRX on 6070 and CBC St. John's on 6130 : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : DS>: w/o difficulty, but likewise, no CFCX on 6005. : DS>: (Rev.) David Shearman, : CFCX was off the air but according to ODXA's World Radio Report editor Dave : Clark, it may be back on although irregularly and maybe even just testing. For : what it's worth, I checked at 2315 UTC on 95/08/05. I heard what sounded like : RIAS with a discussion of minorities in Germany. Sudwestfunk on 7265 was being : heard with a better signal at the same time. : Incidentally, 6130 is the frequency of CHNX in Halifax (Nova Scotia) rather : than the CBC's CKZN in St. John's (Newfoundland) which is on 6160. I should know better than to write from my failing memory with fellow ODXA member Werner lurking . I was using my DX-440 and a 70 ft.longwire, about 50 km. northeast of Mont Laurier. P.Q. CHNX was barely audible in the ealy AM on 6130 and CKZN was audible all day on 6160. In that location, there was no sound of CFCX. OTOH, CFRX on 6070 boomed in all day... -- (Rev.) David Shearman, Blackstock, Ontario, Canada From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:39 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!Inter.NL.net!usenet From: Huub Streng Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Sunspot Numbers? Date: 9 Aug 1995 16:20:40 GMT Organization: Inter.NL.net, Internet Provider in The Netherlands. Lines: 5 Message-ID: <40an8o$93j@altrade.nijmegen.inter.nl.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ztm99-4.zoetermeer.nl.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Can anybody tell me if there is a mailing list that gives frequent updates on sunspot numbers or solar flux? I can use it in a program then. Huub Streng From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:39 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: ronwilensk@aol.com (RonWilensk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Sunspot Numbers? Date: 10 Aug 1995 07:24:23 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 3 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <40cq97$qrs@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <40an8o$93j@altrade.nijmegen.inter.nl.net> Reply-To: ronwilensk@aol.com (RonWilensk) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Yes. The Int'l Telecommuniations Union (ITU) in Geneva, Switzerland publishes such a list monthly. I don't have the address with me, but they have an e-mail contact which I will post later. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:40 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!MHS.HCJB.COM.EC!kmacharg Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508072113.RAA75384@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 13:41:43 -0500 Reply-To: "MacHarg, Ken" Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: "MacHarg, Ken" Organization: HCJB - Quito Subject: SWL$L Digest - 7 Aug 1995 - Spe In-Reply-To: <114E26300256ACD1> Lines: 24 *************************************************************** > I'll recap a couple of the clues: I'm on a regional clear channel > station, (there's not a whole lot of those); covers cities > including > Toledo, Indianapolis and Dayton; in case you haven't guessed, it's > a > religious radio station. WLW 700 Cincinnati? WSAI 1530 Cincinnati? Those are the only clear channel stations I know of in the area ******************* End of Forwarded Message ******************* Well, closer to Toledo than WLW or WSAI are 3WE in Cleveland, and for that matter WJR in Detroit and CKLW in Windsor. But, I suspect there is a trick here...the difference between a "national" clear-channel like those mentioned (of which WSAI is not a "national" clear) and a "regional" clear which is protected for a limited distance. Come on Ron, help us clear it up? --Ken MacHarg From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:41 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!sunic!sunic.sunet.se!seunet!mn3.swip.net!cindy!cindy.ct.se!swedx!jann.larsson From: jann.larsson@swedx.ct.se (Jann Larsson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Terrible R71A audio Message-ID: Date: Tue, 08 Aug 95 11:40:00 +0200 Sender: news@ct.se Reply-To: jann.larsson@swedx.ct.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: uugate 0.40 (SunOS 4.1.3) (Fidonet Gateway) X-Info: UUCP Dialup connection Organization: SweDX (Swedish DX Federation) +46-853034727 Lines: 13 I have an ICOM R71E wich probably has the terrible audio everyone seems to claim that it suffers from. Well, I upgraded my schack with a used R71. Before I had only my Sangean ATS803A and an old Lafayette tubereceiver. I didn't have much to compare with and the market for used commsreceivers is VERY limited in Sweden and as soon as I saw a R71E with PLAM (AM sync) and an optional FL-44A SSB-filter I bought it instantly. I almost bought a Yaesu FRG-100 but was advised not to. I have been reading this echo over the years and there are always complaints about the audi - but how can I make it better? Is it possible in any way? Electronic greetings, Jann From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:41 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.swt.edu!nyssa.swt.edu!JW21727 From: jw21727@nyssa.swt.edu Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: thanks! Date: 9 Aug 1995 02:26:31 GMT Organization: Southwest Texas State University Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4096cn$qib@central.server.swt.edu> Reply-To: jw21727@nyssa.swt.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: nyssa.swt.edu hello! thanks guys for all the help! its been fun! Jamie From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:42 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!torn!newshost.uwo.ca!newshost.icis.on.ca!news From: czeps@icis.on.ca (Charles Zeps) Subject: UN TROOP FREQS AT FT POLK ? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: ts1-10.icis.on.ca Message-ID: Sender: news@icis.on.ca (Newsie) Reply-To: czeps@icis.on.ca Organization: Arctan Consulting X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 07:42:38 GMT Lines: 32 COMMUNIST TROOPS ON US SOIL COMMANDED BY UNITED NATIONS For those with satellite dishes, the following may be of interest: Operation "Cooperative Nugget" commenced 8-6-95 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. 14 former Communist Mid/Eastern European nations are participating. 8-8-95 will see the opening ceremonies, to be attended by SecDef Perry and some senior NATO officials. The opening ceremonies will include an olympic style ceremony in which troops parade under each of their country's flag. A daily highlight will be transmitted via satellite: August 6 - 22, SpaceNet2, KU band, transponder 24, 1 PM-2PM EDT. August 23- 24, SpaceNet2, KU band, transponder 22, 1 PM-2PM EDT. I had learned that those who ||||||||||||||||||||||||||| are lying or trying to cover CI$: GO OUTFORUM SEC.8 up something generally make ||||||||||||||||||||||||||| a common mistake - they tend to overact, to overstate their PERMISSION TO case. - Richard Milhous Nixon COPY / REPOST x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x X http://www.halcyon.com/jim/ussliberty X x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:43 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!pokey!glendora!m1mbg00 From: m1mbg00@newfed.frb.gov (Michael B Gordy) Subject: Re: VOICE OF AMERICA CHINESE RADIO SCRIPTS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET Message-ID: Sender: usenet@glendora.uucp (Usenet) Reply-To: m1mbg00@frb.gov Organization: Federal Reserve Board Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 16:47:41 GMT Lines: 13 I saw this post on this newsgroup about a week ago. I called VOA to get a URL (or gopher or ftp site, if that's all they have), and was told that they are prohibited by law from diseminating any information within US borders. They do have a gopher site, but cannot tell me where it is! To bypass this stupidity, could someone please post instructions on getting to this site? As I understand it, you would not be in violation of any law. (That is, the law applies only to VOA's own actions.) -- Michael Gordy From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:44 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!ames!news.hawaii.edu!gennari From: gennari@news.Hawaii.Edu (Scott Gennari) Subject: Re: VOICE OF AMERICA CHINESE RADIO SCRIPTS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET X-Nntp-Posting-Host: odin.net.hawaii.edu Message-ID: Sender: news@news.hawaii.edu Organization: University of Hawaii X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 17:44:00 GMT Lines: 31 Michael B Gordy (m1mbg00@newfed.frb.gov) wrote: : I saw this post on this newsgroup about a week ago. I called VOA to : get a URL (or gopher or ftp site, if that's all they have), and was : told that they are prohibited by law from diseminating any information : within US borders. They do have a gopher site, but cannot tell me : where it is! : To bypass this stupidity, could someone please post instructions on : getting to this site? As I understand it, you would not be in : violation of any law. (That is, the law applies only to VOA's own : actions.) Hi Michael, HAHAHAHA - It's our tax dollars that pay for this and yet they can't even tell you where their ftp/gopher site is? Well I'm going to disclose something the goverment is forbiden to - ftp://ftp.voa.gov/. What a joke. Regards, Scott Gennari ------------------------------------------------------------------ University of Hawaii voice (808) 956 5392 Dept. of Information & Computer Sciences fax (808) 956 9399 2565 The Mall, Keller 304A Honolulu, HI 96822 email gennari@Hawaii.Edu From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:45 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.aurora.net!pagesat.net!a3bsrv.nai.net!usenet From: dnewkirk@nai.net (David Newkirk) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: VOICE OF AMERICA CHINESE RADIO SCRIPTS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 22:12:27 GMT Organization: North American Internet Company Lines: 27 Message-ID: <40bc2v$1i7@a3bsrv.nai.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dnewkirk.nai.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 m1mbg00@newfed.frb.gov (Michael B Gordy) wrote: >I saw this post on this newsgroup about a week ago. I called VOA to >get a URL (or gopher or ftp site, if that's all they have), and was >told that they are prohibited by law from diseminating any information >within US borders. They do have a gopher site, but cannot tell me >where it is! Well, there's gopher://gopher.voa.gov/11/newswire and there's also VOA FTP at ftp://ftp.voa.gov/ Also, in the tradition of a wag who must ask the equivalent whether you've tried your local library, have you tried to search via Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com/) or any of the Web search engines linked off Yahoo's pages (Lycos, Webcrawler, etc.)? Such searches can net some pretty darned interesting stuff. Regards, David Newkirk email: dnewkirk@nai.net From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:45 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.starnet.net!wupost!waikato!status.gen.nz!usenet From: gmaccers@iconz.co.nz Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: WGTG Freqs Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 10:49:44 GMT Organization: Internet Company of New Zealand Lines: 3 Message-ID: <40bhir$2ke@status.gen.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: gmaccers.internet.co.nz X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 I caught the last end of a dx show on RN last week and missed the last part. I are looking for the schedule for WGTG. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:46 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!unixg.ubc.ca!news.bc.net!torn!newshost.uwo.ca!white.lambton.on.ca!white.lambton.on.ca!not-for-mail From: 87004174@white.lambton.on.ca (C MILLER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: WGTG Freqs Date: 10 Aug 1995 12:39:25 -0400 Organization: Lambton College, Sarnia, CANADA Lines: 8 Message-ID: <40dcnt$lln@white.lambton.on.ca> References: <40bhir$2ke@status.gen.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: white.lambton.on.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] As far as I can remember, it is testing on 7355 kHz between 1300-2100 UTC. gmaccers@iconz.co.nz wrote: : I caught the last end of a dx show on RN last week and missed the last : part. I are looking for the schedule for WGTG. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:47 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!news.bc.net!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!genef From: genef@netcom.com (Gene Fornario) Subject: Re: WINB Message-ID: Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <199508071614.MAA44606@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 18:30:20 GMT Lines: 13 Sender: genef@netcom11.netcom.com In article <199508071614.MAA44606@atlanta.american.edu> "MacHarg, Ken" writes: > Because of his attacks on the U.S. government, the FCC >instituted the freeze on applications which was only broken by >the WRNO application and the constitutional challenges which >that application brought. Just an honest question here... I think WYFR bought out WNYW around 1973...wouldn't that make them the first to break the freeze? Gene-- -- genef@netcom.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:48 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!paladin.american.edu!auvm!USIA.GOV!rseifert Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508081253.IAA24045@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 08:40:39 -0400 Reply-To: "Seifert, Rick" Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: "Seifert, Rick" Organization: USIA Subject: Re: WINB & SW freeze Lines: 25 Thanks to Ken MacHarg for his additions to the WINB story. Then, Gene Fornario asked: >Just an honest question here... I think WYFR bought out WNYW around 1973...wouldn't that make >them the first to break the freeze? Technically, no, since WNYW (aka W1XAL, WRUL) had been on the air since 1931. The sale to Family Radio was merely a transfer of license, not an issue of a new license. And while we're being technical here :-), WRNO did *not* break the "freeze". Trans World Radio was able to obtain a sw license in 1975 for it's KTWR in Agana, Guam. While not an actual domestic sw station, it is/was licensed by the FCC in the United States. Then came WRNO. Just for fun, anybody know who came next????? I'll bet Ed Evans down at WSHB does:-) Regards, Rick Rick Seifert Voice of America Washington, D.C. 20016 rseifert@usia.gov (202)401-7104 From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:48 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!uw-coco!nwfocus.wa.com!golden.ncw.net!bing.ncw.net!kevinc From: Kevin Cole Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: WINB shortwave Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 19:30:29 -0700 Organization: North Central Washington Network Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <199508071334.JAA50820@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bing.ncw.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <199508071334.JAA50820@atlanta.american.edu> On Sun, 6 Aug 1995, Seifert, Rick wrote: > Private shortwave stations already in operation in 1960 were KGEI, > Belmont, California and WRUL, Scituate, Mass. KGEI "La Voz de la Amistad" > (the voice of friendship) programmed to Central and South America a mix > of informational and religous programs. WRUL (World Radio University) So Rick - maybe you're the guy to answer a question that occurred to me as I was perusing the info you posted about private shortwave history (which was fascinating, by the way - I'd like to learn more). Whatever happened to the old Radio New York Worldwide? Maybe that isn't even what it was called after all, but it seems there was one like that, pictures of which I've seen in magazines awhile back (like - YEARS back!) Or am I remembering something that never existed? (hey - it's like the third consecutive Monday in this week alone - it could happen!) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:50 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jmrubin@ix.netcom.com (Joel Rubin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: WINB shortwave Date: 9 Aug 1995 14:30:07 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 32 Message-ID: <40agpf$oqt@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> References: <199508071334.JAA50820@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sf17-06.ix.netcom.com In Kevin Cole writes: > >On Sun, 6 Aug 1995, Seifert, Rick wrote: > >> Private shortwave stations already in operation in 1960 were KGEI, >> Belmont, California and WRUL, Scituate, Mass. KGEI "La Voz de la Amistad" >> (the voice of friendship) programmed to Central and South America a mix >> of informational and religous programs. WRUL (World Radio University) > >So Rick - maybe you're the guy to answer a question that occurred to me >as I was perusing the info you posted about private shortwave history >(which was fascinating, by the way - I'd like to learn more). Whatever >happened to the old Radio New York Worldwide? Maybe that isn't even what >it was called after all, but it seems there was one like that, pictures >of which I've seen in magazines awhile back (like - YEARS back!) Or am I >remembering something that never existed? (hey - it's like the third >consecutive Monday in this week alone - it could happen!) > Wasn't that WRUL? It was sold to Harold "I can't help it if the world didn't end" Camping and his Family Radio. Eventually, they closed the Scituate, MA, xmtrs and their xmtrs are now in (spelling?) Okochobee, FL. (Their offices are near Oakland airport.) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:51 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.maz.net!GerWin.NET!mix.4thware.winnet.de!not-for-mail Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave From: hs@4thware.winnet.de (Hanno Schwalm) Subject: Re: Wireless 64kbps Data transfer over 100km Reply-To: hs@4thware.winnet.de References: <5rIoWlW8I3B@hearthfire.nacamar.de> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 18:00:18 +0200 Message-ID: <19950808.180018.43@mix.4thware.winnet.de> Organization: Forthware Distribution: world X-Newsreader: Archimedes TTFN Version 0.36 Lines: 20 In article <5rIoWlW8I3B@hearthfire.nacamar.de>, ethan@hearthfire.nacamar.de (Ethan Arnold) wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm looking for a way to transceive (full duplex) data at ISDN speed > (64kbps) (or at least 38.4) over a distance of 100km or 70 miles. Point A > is quite high up on a hill, the highest point around except for another > hill 80 meters higher. Point B is in the city. I've thought about using > satellite dishes with microwave transceivers but I don't think I can set > up a line of sight. Laser also won't work. Packet radio at 400Mhz doesn't > have nearly enough bandwidth. > > Does anybody have any ideas? You could technically use channel splitting on 400Mhz or any other frequ. But it would need many channels and as many transceivers with good enough frontends, antenna splitters ... Costs would also be high. And you would need a big part of the bands resources :-( Hanno Schwalm, Lothringer Str. 21, D-28211 Bremen, hs@4thware.winnet.de From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:51 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.itd.umich.edu!jlipchik From: jlipchik@elvis.umd.umich.edu (jeff lipchik) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: WJCR - Upton, KY Date: 8 Aug 1995 01:03:23 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Lines: 9 Message-ID: <406d4r$p63@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: umdesun5.umd.umich.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL9] Hello, Could anyone tell me the frequencies and times (UTC) used by WJCR in Upton? I know this is the Southern Gospel station. Thanks, Jeff From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:52 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!intac!usenet From: froggie@intac.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: WJCR - Upton, KY Date: Mon, 07 Aug 95 23:03:13 EDT Organization: INTAC Access Corporation - An Internet Service Provider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <406d4r$p63@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plks-s5.intac.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage In article <406d4r$p63@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>, writes: > Path: intac!news.kei.com!eff!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!newsfeed.pitt.edu!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.itd. > From: jlipchik@elvis.umd.umich.edu (jeff lipchik) > Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave > Subject: WJCR - Upton, KY > Date: 8 Aug 1995 01:03:23 GMT > Organization: University of Michigan > Lines: 9 > Message-ID: <406d4r$p63@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> > NNTP-Posting-Host: umdesun5.umd.umich.edu > X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL9] > > > Hello, > > Could anyone tell me the frequencies and times (UTC) used by WJCR in Upton? > I know this is the Southern Gospel station. > > Thanks, > Jeff > > Jeff.. Freqs: 7490, 13595 They are on All of the Time. Frank. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:53 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!pacbell.com!ames!news.hawaii.edu!gennari From: gennari@news.Hawaii.Edu (Scott Gennari) Subject: Re: WRN broadcast on Internet NOW! X-Nntp-Posting-Host: universe.net.hawaii.edu Message-ID: Sender: news@news.hawaii.edu Organization: University of Hawaii X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <4058gv$e61@news-e1a.megaweb.com> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 23:36:28 GMT Lines: 21 Daniel (Doni) Rosenzweig (Drosenzw@megaweb.com) wrote: : WRN is now testing Realaudio on the Internet. They should be in full swing later this month. New : broadcasters are being added to the service at http://www.wrn.org (you must first download the : Realaudio software). Radio Australia, Israel Radio (Kol Israel) among about 4 others are currently : on-line. Check it out! Unfortunateky RealAudio is not supported on Unix systems but I spoke with a fellow at WRN and asked if the 8 bit u-law format (.au) could be offered as well. Keep your eyes peeled for .au files in the coming weeks. Scott Gennari ------------------------------------------------------------------ University of Hawaii voice (808) 956 5392 Dept. of Information & Computer Sciences fax (808) 956 9399 2565 The Mall, Keller 304A Honolulu, HI 96822 email gennari@Hawaii.Edu From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!mail.megaweb.com!Drosenzw From: Drosenzw@megaweb.com (Daniel (Doni) Rosenzweig) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,soc.culture.israel,soc.culture.jewish Subject: WRN on Internet -more Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 10:55:01 Organization: Megaweb Lines: 23 Message-ID: <407tuk$5gr@news-e1a.megaweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: @www_4_69.gnn.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: GNN Messenger 1.1 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:56742 soc.culture.israel:22951 soc.culture.jewish:168107 To follow up to my previous posting- at the moment, the broadcasts are only updated a few hours after they are rebroadcast on WRN satelite. Therefore, some broadcasts can be about 16 hours old. This will change when they get more computers on-line soon. The advantage of listening to the files via the WWW homepage is that you can listen to the file as the file is being sent. If you use the FTP site, then you have to spend the time downloading the 1/2 Meg file- and then you play it. If you do not have a SLIP, or 14.4 modem, then FTP will be the only way to go (I'm now testing FTP by Mail)... Personally, with my base bottom machine- a 486SX-25, 4 Meg RAM, a $15 8 bit parrallel port sound 'card' (I'm holding out until I buy my multimedia kit)... I have found the following: After FTPing the file- If I keep it at 8 KHz sound, then the speed is too slow- but everything else is ok. If I enable 11 KHz sound, then I get 'skips' (very short dropouts) every few seconds- but it isn't cyclical- so I don't think that it is an interrupt or Windows time slice issue- but I 'mnot sure. If I try to use the WWW home page with my V.34 (28.8) modem, then it skips all over the place! If I slow down to 14.4 it is much better- but it still isn't good.... I'm going to try 9600- but they recommend 14.4 and above... I'm also going to try loading the file directly from the Realaudio player, instead of using Netscape to see if the reduction in overload will help. I'm waiting for an Email response from Realaudio for any more suggestions. Once again WRNs WWW site: http://www.wrn.org To ftp the file use: ftp://town.hall.org/radio/Mirrors/WRN/audio/xxxx.ra Where xxxx is the British local time of the broadcast that you want to listen to. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:55 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!espresso.internet-cafe.com!usenet From: Yosef Loschak Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,soc.culture.israel,soc.culture.jewish Subject: Re: WRN on Internet -more Date: 8 Aug 1995 17:16:48 GMT Organization: Internet Cafe Lines: 6 Message-ID: <408660$77e@espresso.internet-cafe.com> References: <407tuk$5gr@news-e1a.megaweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.118.3.153 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2b1 (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:56753 soc.culture.israel:22965 soc.culture.jewish:168133 Where do I find Kol Israel on www.wrn.org? I looked there but could not find it. Please be specific what the link is called. Thanks From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:56 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!news.clark.net!not-for-mail From: schinder@leprss.gsfc.nasa.gov (Paul J. Schinder) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,soc.culture.israel,soc.culture.jewish Subject: Re: WRN on Internet -more Date: 8 Aug 1995 15:58:49 -0400 Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD USA Lines: 27 Sender: schinder@clark.net Message-ID: <408flp$pdr@clark.net> References: <407tuk$5gr@news-e1a.megaweb.com> <408660$77e@espresso.internet-cafe.com> Reply-To: schinder@leprss.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:56758 soc.culture.israel:22967 soc.culture.jewish:168148 In <408660$77e@espresso.internet-cafe.com> Yosef Loschak writes: >Where do I find Kol Israel on www.wrn.org? >I looked there but could not find it. >Please be specific what the link is called. WRN has its pages screwed up, and you need to slightly edit the URL's you get to make them actually work. On the page you will find the Real Audio links to various international broadcasters, including Kol Israel. The ftp site is at Here you will find the actual ~ 1/2 Mb Real Audio files, but you won't be able to tell which goes with which broadcaster, since they're labeled by the UT they were put there. >Thanks -- -------- Paul J. Schinder NASA Goddard Space Flight Center schinder@leprss.gsfc.nasa.gov From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:56 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!mail.megaweb.com!Drosenzw From: Drosenzw@megaweb.com (Daniel (Doni) Rosenzweig) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: WRN on Internet -more Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 20:35:28 Organization: Megaweb Lines: 36 Message-ID: <408vtq$sed@news-e1a.megaweb.com> References: <407tuk$5gr@news-e1a.megaweb.com> <408660$77e@espresso.internet-cafe.com> <408flp$pdr@clark.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: @www_2_20.gnn.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: GNN Messenger 1.1 In article <408flp$pdr@clark.net> Paul J. Schinder wrote: >In <408660$77e@espresso.internet-cafe.com> Yosef Loschak writes: > >>Where do I find Kol Israel on www.wrn.org? >>I looked there but could not find it. >>Please be specific what the link is called. > >WRN has its pages screwed up, and you need to slightly edit the URL's >you get to make them actually work. On the page > > > >you will find the Real Audio links to various international broadcasters, >including Kol Israel. The ftp site is at > > > >Here you will find the actual ~ 1/2 Mb Real Audio files, but you won't >be able to tell which goes with which broadcaster, since they're >labeled by the UT they were put there. > >>Thanks > >-- >-------- >Paul J. Schinder >NASA Goddard Space Flight Center >schinder@leprss.gsfc.nasa.gov > The homepage is fine- it just uses the Netscape 1.1 commands, so that other browsers wont work. Also, the schedule is in British Summer time (UTC +1) -you can find the schedule (to find the filenames) on the homepage or on the FTP site. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:57 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,soc.culture.israel,soc.culture.jewish Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!ames!news.hawaii.edu!gennari From: gennari@news.Hawaii.Edu (Scott Gennari) Subject: Re: WRN on Internet -more X-Nntp-Posting-Host: universe.net.hawaii.edu Message-ID: Followup-To: rec.radio.shortwave,soc.culture.israel,soc.culture.jewish Sender: news@news.hawaii.edu Organization: University of Hawaii X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <407tuk$5gr@news-e1a.megaweb.com> <408660$77e@espresso.internet-cafe.com> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 04:20:19 GMT Lines: 16 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:56786 soc.culture.israel:22996 soc.culture.jewish:168249 Yosef Loschak (loschak@internet-cafe.com) wrote: : Where do I find Kol Israel on www.wrn.org? : I looked there but could not find it. : Please be specific what the link is called. http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/Mirrors/WRN/audio.html -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ University of Hawaii voice (808) 956 5392 Dept. of Information & Computer Sciences fax (808) 956 9399 2565 The Mall, Keller 304A Honolulu, HI 96822 email gennari@Hawaii.Edu From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:58 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!hookup!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!schinder.clark.net!user From: schinder@leprss.gsfc.nasa.gov (Paul J. Schinder) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: WRN on Internet -more Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 08:19:36 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <407tuk$5gr@news-e1a.megaweb.com> <408660$77e@espresso.internet-cafe.com> <408flp$pdr@clark.net> <408vtq$sed@news-e1a.megaweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: schinder.clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.0b30 In article <408vtq$sed@news-e1a.megaweb.com>, Drosenzw@megaweb.com (Daniel (Doni) Rosenzweig) wrote: >The homepage is fine- it just uses the Netscape 1.1 commands, so that other browsers wont work. In other words, the home page is screwed up. It generates bogus URL's in reasonable browsers. -- Paul J. Schinder NASA Goddard Space Flight Center schinder@leprss.gsfc.nasa.gov From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:58 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!emory!gatech!concert!ecsgate!newton.uncg.edu!s_mosier.uncg.edu!mosier From: mosier@fagan.uncg.edu (Stephen Mosier) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: WTB: Hallicrafters S-40A Manual Date: 8 Aug 1995 20:55:10 GMT Organization: University of North Carolina at Greensboro Lines: 3 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: s_mosier.uncg.edu Or a copy. steve From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:03:59 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: hamrlund@aol.com (HAM R LUND) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: wtb: Hammarlund Date: 8 Aug 1995 16:44:23 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 13 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <408ib7$i05@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader want items by Hammarlund. this is my SW receiver of choice. want: manuals, both factory & military parts, & parts units equipment, dead or alive sales literiture, spec sheets, sales catalogs ect. if you have anything, Please contact: robert fowle 1215 winifred jackson, mich. 49202-1946 usa From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 10 16:04:00 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!caen!zip.eecs.umich.edu!umn.edu!dialup-3-178.gw.umn.edu!juste003 From: jim justen-kb0nqb Subject: WTB: used port SW (Sony 7600, sang803, etc) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Message-ID: X-Xxmessage-Id: X-Xxdate: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 19:35:17 GMT Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: dialup-3-178.gw.umn.edu Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Organization: World Class Eurodynamical Gizmos X-Newsreader: Nuntius 2.0.4_68K Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 00:32:08 GMT Lines: 7 Hello! Subject says it..Im looking for a used Sangean 803A, Sony 7600*G*, panasonic bf65, or the like... Ive youve got one to sell, lets talk! regards jim juste003@maroon.tc.umn.edu From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:30:50 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!bman.uucom.com!ns1.iamerica.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!newsmaster From: 100116.2632@compuserve.com (Marius Rensen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: DWD Facsimile on LW Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 00:40:03 GMT Organization: CompuServe Incorporated Lines: 17 Message-ID: <40njm2$l80@dub-news-svc-3.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ad02-026.compuserve.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Hello, Recieved today a letter from the DWD (Offenbach Meteo) The start of FAX-E (Modernisation to high speed Satellite) will delay around two months. Besides it is to be foreseen, that the delivery time and installation will take some time in claim. To ensure the continuity of the provision of all customers, intends the DWD to extend the operation of the Longwave transmitters (117.4 and 134.2 kHz) up to 31.03.1996 Marius Rensen From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:30:51 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!pc1012.nmus.pwf.cam.ac.uk!agd12 From: agd12@phx.cam.ac.uk (A.G. Davies) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Cote d'Ivoire Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 14:03:59 Organization: University of Cambridge Lines: 18 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pc1012.nmus.pwf.cam.ac.uk I'm wondering whether anyone has ever heard Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) on shortwave? They are listed on several channels in the WRTH which I would expect to be audible here in Europe. Unfortunately, 4940 kHz is covered by a strong station in the Ukraine, so I have often tried listening on 11920 kHz instead, but always to no avail. Around 0800-0900 UTC this morning, propagation to West Africa was good, with strong signals from Mali on 9634.2 kHz, Niger (tentative) on 9705 and the BBC/Radio Japan from Ascension Island in the 15 and 17MHz bands. 11920 kHz was a completely clear channel at the time, but there was no sign whatever of Cote d'Ivoire. So is the 500 kilowatt transmitter on that frequency mere fantasy? Any ideas welcome ... -- Alan Davies, Cambridge, UK. [P.S. Please don't try to e-mail me at this address after Aug 31 1995!] From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:30:52 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!uknet!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!pc1012.nmus.pwf.cam.ac.uk!agd12 From: agd12@phx.cam.ac.uk (A.G. Davies) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: BBC on Internet??? Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 14:26:46 Organization: University of Cambridge Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <3vp9ej$i2n@ra.ins.de> <408fjb$9tm@news.isc.rit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc1012.nmus.pwf.cam.ac.uk In article <408fjb$9tm@news.isc.rit.edu> vxiacc@rit.edu (Vincent Incardona, Rochester, NY USA) writes: >You'll also find that they haven't updated their program schedule since >May :( Are you sure you're looking in the right place, Vincent? They seem to keep their schedules up to date; the August ones are definitely there, I've just been looking at them :) Incidentally, I notice that the www.bbcnc.org.uk server has recently added a lot of additional information about the World Service, including frequency schedules for languages other than English, and also lists of rebroadcasters around the world. -- Alan Davies, Cambridge, UK. [P.S. Please don't try to e-mail me at this address after Aug 31 1995!] From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:30:52 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!pc1019.nmus.pwf.cam.ac.uk!agd12 From: agd12@phx.cam.ac.uk (A.G. Davies) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Cote d'Ivoire Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 14:16:42 Organization: University of Cambridge Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <40kmn2$eqi@news.euro.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc1019.nmus.pwf.cam.ac.uk In article <40kmn2$eqi@news.euro.net> andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) writes: >No it is not mere fantasy. WRTH does not publish fantasy. We publish >information that has been sent to use either by broadcasters, official >sources such as BBC Monitoring. or by ordinary listeners. As much as >possible, we also try to verify the information ourselves. In the case >of Cote d'Ivoire, I have personally heard the station on 11920kHz >since the installation of the 500kW transmitter, but not recently. >Most likely, along with a great many other transmitters in Africa, it >is out of service with no funds to purchase spare parts. Thanks for the answer to my question, Andy (which wasn't meant to impugn the credibility of the WRTH -- I'm a satified customer!). -- Alan Davies, Cambridge, UK. [P.S. Please don't try to e-mail me at this address after Aug 31 1995!] From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:30:53 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!pc1031.oms.pwf.cam.ac.uk!agd12 From: agd12@phx.cam.ac.uk (A.G. Davies) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: VOA Transmitter's 1942-1945 Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 13:05:19 Organization: University of Cambridge Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <199508011309.JAA85505@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc1031.oms.pwf.cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <199508011309.JAA85505@atlanta.american.edu> "Seifert, Rick" writes: [Snip] >The Voice of America began full scale broadcasts in November of 1942, at >which time all independent shortwave stations in the United States were >leased to the government by their owners. >The transmitter sites, call letters, and their owners were: [...] > Belmont, Calif. KGEI 50kw General Electric Co. Co-incidentally, a week or two ago I came across a reference to a shortwave station at Belmont, California, operating under the callsign W6XBE with a 20kW transmitter. Presumably, this may have been a predecessor of KGEI. Prior to its official opening at Belmont, which must have been in late 1938 or very early 1939, the transmitter had reportedly been used temporarily in conjunction with some kind of fair elsewhere in California (possibly San Francisco, but unfortunately I didn't note the details). The source of this information is a Shanghai-based English-language weekly newspaper, The North China Herald, of 18th January 1939. The story mentioned that the newly opened W6XBE was the first SW station in the USA to the west of Chicago, and was therefore expected to put a better signal into East Asia. The station operated between 1600 and 0800 GMT on either 9530 or 15330 kHz, carrying NBC programming. (Incidentally, I can't vouch for these details myself!) Incidentally, the history of radio broadcasting in and to Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s is fascinating -- and was covered in quite a lot of detail in the local press at the time. The many radio-related reports and readers' correspondence cover what must have been some of the earliest examples of deliberate jamming of broadcasting stations, as military and political tensions built up in the area prior to the outbreak of World War II. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:30:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!sun4nl!news.euro.net!news From: andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: DX PARTYLINE for August 12/95 Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 12:06:05 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 7 Message-ID: <40i5ep$45s@news.euro.net> References: <199508111259.IAA23959@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: p319.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 "McVicar, Richard" wrote: >--TONS (weigh it yourself!) of DX news Rich, please don't forget HCJB's many loyal listeners outside North America, most of whom measure DX news in kilos, not tons :-) From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:30:55 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!sun4nl!news.euro.net!news From: andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: World Broadcast Information Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 12:06:06 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 17 Message-ID: <40i5er$45s@news.euro.net> References: <40ftgb$hkg@news.halcyon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p319.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 penguin@halcyon.com (Jim.Tedford) wrote: >Does anyone know if World Broadcasting Informaton from BBC Monitoring >Services is on the internet? Somebody told me recently that it can be >accessed, but didn't know where/how. I expect it would be a by-subscription >service, and a pretty expensive one at that. Yes, it is available on subscription via the Internet. For more information and access to a sample copy, you can reach their Web site at www.monitor.bbc.co.uk Plain text and tagged versions of WBI and the weekly schedules supplement are available to subscribers via FTP (special password required) or through a direct-dial BBS service. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:30:56 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.euro.net!news From: andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Cote d'Ivoire Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 11:12:51 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 37 Message-ID: <40kmn2$eqi@news.euro.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: p414.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 agd12@phx.cam.ac.uk (A.G. Davies) wrote: >I'm wondering whether anyone has ever heard Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) on >shortwave? >They are listed on several channels in the WRTH which I would expect to >be audible here in Europe. >11920 kHz was a completely clear channel at the time, but there >was no sign whatever of Cote d'Ivoire. So is the 500 kilowatt transmitter >on that frequency mere fantasy? No it is not mere fantasy. WRTH does not publish fantasy. We publish information that has been sent to use either by broadcasters, official sources such as BBC Monitoring. or by ordinary listeners. As much as possible, we also try to verify the information ourselves. In the case of Cote d'Ivoire, I have personally heard the station on 11920kHz since the installation of the 500kW transmitter, but not recently. Most likely, along with a great many other transmitters in Africa, it is out of service with no funds to purchase spare parts. I should also point out that, when checking which African stations are active, I avail myself of monitoring reports produced in the area, and quite a few of the stations which DXers in other parts of the world claim to be inactive are, in fact, regularly monitored in the region. A good example is the Moslem station in Sierra Leone, which some DXers still refuse to believe exists, even though veteran French DXer Bernard Chenal has been to the station, seen it in operation and taken photos of it. All because *they* haven't heard it. Occasionally, we get information right on deadline which we cannot verify but we include it to try and make the book as complete as possible. That's what we did with the SW station listed at AFAM McMurdo, and unfortunately it appears to have been either a hoax or a major misunderstanding. But quite a lot of DX clubs carried the same information, and had it been correct and I had not listed it, I would no doubt have been criticised for the omission. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:30:58 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!ulowell.uml.edu!vtc.tacom.army.mil!agis!ns2.mainstreet.net!ftp.netgate.net!ng31.netgate.net!user From: ans@windridge.com (Anne Szymanski) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Q about Yacht Boy 205 (Improved version) Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 11:41:30 -0700 Organization: Windridge Arts Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ng31.netgate.net Sorry - I should have been a bit clearer in my post. I have a ICF-2010 which I really love and use "just for fun" every now and again. Being on the West Coast, much of my listening is restricted. I've always wondered what it would be like to have a radio on the East Coast and have greater access to European, African, and Middle Eastern stations. For obvious reasons, I'm not willing to take my wonderful Sony with me lest something should happen to it as I cart it around (it's not terribly light either). At $40,the YB 205 seemed like a good deal. I have been able to confirm with Lextronics that the radio I purchased from Eddie Bauer is a Yacht Boy 205. Unfortunately it only has two pages of info, most of it describing which knob is volume and where the power switch is. Will I be able to get decent enough reception to satisfy my curiosity as I travel? I do realize that this is really a "beginning" radio. Is there another radio that would be better, but still at a very low cost? To PG@delphi: thanks for your response. We're going to England later this year ... I can't wait to hear what's out there. -- Anne Szymanski ans@windridge.com "Per Ardua Ad Alta" From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:30:59 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!pilot.njin.net!not-for-mail From: arcieri@pilot.njin.net (Joseph Arcieri) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: YB400 VS SW7600G ,Again Date: 13 Aug 1995 19:35:59 -0400 Organization: Rutgers University Lines: 7 Distribution: world Message-ID: <40m28v$ao3@pilot.njin.net> References: <40h6b3$7s2@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pilot.njin.net I don't think you can go wrong with either radio. They are both top quality radios. I just purchased the Sony for $169 (J & B Music in NY) Great reception, good sound (even though everyone trashes it), the sync detection is very useful. I like the selectable U/L sideband switch. While I thought I would miss not having the 40 memories and scannable memory ... not so ... more fun searching a particular meter. Anyway, just my two cents. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:30:59 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!pilot.njin.net!not-for-mail From: arcieri@pilot.njin.net (Joseph Arcieri) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Sony ICF-7600G Date: 13 Aug 1995 19:39:40 -0400 Organization: Rutgers University Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: <40m2fs$avb@pilot.njin.net> References: <40joih$mfi@ns1.usa1.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pilot.njin.net rbiswas@usa1.com (Rahul Biswas) writes: >To anyone who owns, has used, or otherwise knows about the Sony ICF-7600G, >please post about it. I was planning to get one, but I want to know a bit >more about it before I do. >Thanks, >Rahul Biswas >rbiswas@usa1.com >P.S. Please, no really technical stuff. I first learned about shortwave >radios four days ago. It's a terrific radio, I just purchased one. I'm also new to shortwave and bogged down reading all the technical stuff about the Sony and the YB-400. You can't go wrong with either radio. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:31:00 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!sc2c526a.ra.osd.mil!nova.sti.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!pilot.njin.net!not-for-mail From: arcieri@pilot.njin.net (Joseph Arcieri) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Recipe for getting Sony 7600G for $152.00 Date: 14 Aug 1995 11:42:19 -0400 Organization: Rutgers University Lines: 4 Distribution: world Message-ID: <40nqsr$h7n@pilot.njin.net> References: <199508012143.RAA27386@troy.american.edu> <40lkcb$ul5@ns1.usa1.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pilot.njin.net I purchase mine from J&B Music too. When I called, first they said $219 when I said thanks, they asked me if I got a better price elsewhere. I told them that I called EEB (which I did) and they said $179.95. They then came back with a price of $169.95 + $8.50 s/h and arrived in 2 days. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:31:01 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.sandia.gov!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!lynx.unm.edu!bubba.NMSU.Edu!aloha.nmsu.edu!blhicks From: blhicks@aloha.nmsu.edu (Byron Hicks) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: VOICE OF AMERICA CHINESE RADIO SCRIPTS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET Date: 10 Aug 1995 16:42:44 GMT Organization: New Mexico State University Lines: 16 Message-ID: <40dcu4$1tf@bubba.NMSU.Edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: aloha.nmsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Scott Gennari (gennari@news.Hawaii.Edu) wrote: : HAHAHAHA - It's our tax dollars that pay for this and : yet they can't even tell you where their ftp/gopher site is? : Well I'm going to disclose something the goverment : is forbiden to - ftp://ftp.voa.gov/. What a joke. Also try: gopher://gopher.voa.gov --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Byron L. Hicks (505) 526-9026 bhicks@nmsu.edu * * Engineering Technology Student New Mexico State University * * Southwest Technology Development Institute Shortwave Radio Listener * --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SWL Homepage: http://aloha.nmsu.edu/w5gb/swl From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:31:02 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!bman.uucom.com!ns1.iamerica.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!interlog.com!brat From: brat@interlog.com (Bernie Rataj) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Source for "Oh Canada" Date: Mon, 14 Aug 95 16:39:04 GMT Organization: InterLog Internet Services Lines: 22 Message-ID: <40nu78$bos_001@brat.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: brat.interlog.com To: Dennis X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 >By the way, do you know where can people obtain the >lyric and score of "Oh Canada"? My software seems to have lost/mangled your email address, Dennis, so I'm posting to the group as a whole... I've not come across any online sources for "Oh Canada", but if you're interested in things Canadian, the following and the links it contains may give you many hours of enjoyment: http://www.csr.ists.ca/Welcome.html A quick trip via modem to the local library revealed a number of collections of national anthems (in score form), so you might try your local library. Bernie -------------------------------------------------------- Bernie Rataj brat@interlog.com qth://toronto.on.ca -------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:31:03 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!vaxa.hofstra.edu!hofnews Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: voice of russia Message-ID: <01HU27B1FCLI9QUQSO@vaxc.hofstra.edu> From: brian.carling@acenet.com Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 12:09:00 -0500 Reply-To: Brian Carling Sender: Short Wave Listener's List Organization: =ACE= ONLINE (301)942-2218 To: IN%"HOFNEWS@vaxc.hofstra.edu" "swl$l NEWS-FEED" CC: Return-path: Return-path: SWL$L <@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU:SWL$L@CUVMB.BITNET> To: swl$l NEWS-FEED Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-To: SWL-L@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@AMERICAN.EDU Lines: 60 BRJ>i live in the northern east coast, im finding very limited reception BRJ>of the russian world service. does anyone have a broadcasting BRJ>schedule? many thanks Here ya go Bill: I got this from: mintfloss@aol.com To those who cannot seem to find the Voice of Russia World Service (yes, it's the old Radio Moscow) UTC Frequencies (kHz) 0000 9530 9720 0100 9530 15180 15425 0200 9530 15180 15425 0300 9620 0400 9620 0900 11900 1000 11900 ?11915? 1100 11900 ?11915? 1200 17780 1300 17780 1400 15320 17780 1500 11675* 15105 1600 11630 15105 1700 11630 15105 1800 11630 11675 15105 1900 11630 11675 15105 2000 11630 11675 11890 2100 9530* 11730 11750 11890 2200 9530 9720* 11750 2300 9720 * - Bcst begins on 1/2 hr. Sked effective until Sept 23, 1995. Station address: VORWS, ul. Pyatnitskaya 25, 113326 Moskva, Russia. Sent via surface mail for greater security and speed. Selected other CIS bcsts in English: R Dniester Intl, Pridnestrovye (separatist from Moldova) 2030-2100 on 11750. R Ukraine Intl noted on 9750 @ 2100 in EE; no other times noted yet. Please do not send mail to this address. ------- OK, I hope that helps ya - Brian __\/__ . / _ _ \ . |\| (@)(@) |/| ---.OOOo----oo----oOOO.--- | | | Brian Carling | | Radio AF4K | | Gaithersburg, MD | | | | brian.carling@acenet.com | | | |_______________Oooo.______| .oooO ( ) ( ) ) / \ ( (_/ \_) --- ~ SLMR 2.1a ~ Explosive bovines are abominable! From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:31:05 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!starport!brian.carling Distribution: world Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Looking for Vacuu 1/4 From: brian.carling@acenet.com (Brian Carling) Message-ID: <2a6.13698.548@acenet.com> References: <40feaf$e1a@news.ios.com> Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 06:31:00 -0500 Organization: =ACE= ONLINE (301)942-2218 Lines: 148 (For Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX = caf@omen.com:) Here's where you can buy tubes: List of suppliers and sources for finding vacuum tubes: Updated 21-MAY-95 Adkins:Charles P. N8QXP (313) 382-0272 1821 La Blanc. Lincoln Park,MI 48146 Tubes Allied Electronics: 800-433-5700 Located in 36 states, 83 branches. 7410 Pebble Drive Call for nearest branch. Call for Catalog. Fort Worth, Tx. 76118: Electronic components and tubes. Min.Prepaid order $25. Min. Credit Card order $50 as well as COD is $50. Min. Antique Audio 512-467-0304 5555 N. Lamar, Bldg. H-105 Austin, TX 78751 Tubes, parts, books, kits Antique Electronic Supply Co. 602-820-5411 6221 S. Maple Avenue Tempe, AZ 85283 (Tubes & other components) Antique Radio Classified 508-371-0512 Write for free sample. P.O. Box 802 Magazine. You'll find almost ANYTHING here Carlisle, MA 01741 for older radios, obscure parts, tubes etc. Arlen Supply Company (610) 352-9311 / -9388 = FAX 7409 W. Chester Pike Upper Darby, PA 19082 Tubes. 1 million stocked. Minimum $150.00! A.R.S. 602-820-5411 Arizona Need address Tubes ARS Electronics (818)997-6279 PO Box 7327 7110 De Celis Place (Offer matched multiples and SQ selected Van Nuys,CA 91409 tubes for many popular audio types.) David Ask No phone number given RR 2 Houston, MN 55943 Tubes 4, 5 and 6 pin tubes. Send $1 for list Behind The Times (615) 899-1058 PO Box 8683 Chattanooga, TN Billington Export Ltd. Phone number needed Unit 1E, Gillmans Industrial Estate Billingshurst,Sussex England RH14 9EZ Vacuum tubes, alias "valves" Mel Brooks, K5DJB No phone number given 932 Macklyn Lane Bartlesville, OK 74006 Tubes, parts, schematics (incl. antique) Bauman:Jeff, WB5KZW. 313-435-9922: 313-661-0202 Jeff had 1500 Tubes 6647 Stonebridge East, for sale as of December,1993 West Bloomfield, MI 48322 Cable:John, 619-258-7931 Address needed. Tubes from 1941 to 1960, new. CeCo Communications. 800-221-0860: 212-646-6300 2115 Avenue X Vacuum tubes Brooklyn, NY 11235 C & N Electronics 800-421-9397: 612-429-9397 6104 Egg Lake Road FAX 612-429-0292 Hugo, MN 55038 Buy & sell tubes Jim Cross (513) 298-5827 after 5 p.m. P.O. Box 632, Send large S.A.S.E. for list & wants Ross, OH 45061 (preferred), or E-mail to: 178896@xavier.xu.edu. My list also includes antique and collectible types. 1400 types avail. I also collect tubes. Daily Electronics 800-346-6667: 206-896-8856: FAX 206-896-5476 10914 N.E. 39th Street Vancouver, WA 98682 Tubes, all types. Data Mountain Industries 47 Hazel Dr. Mt Lebanon, PA 15228 412-344-0956 Davilyn Corp. 800-235-6222 xct.CA: 818-787-3334 CA: FAX 818-787-4732 13406 Saticoy St. Electronic Tubes. Good Prices, Call for Catalog North Hollywood, CA 91605-3475 Also Surplus Electronic Gear. DH Distributors 316-684-0050 P.O. Box 48623 Wichita, KS 67201 Tubes, radio, TV, industrial Don Diers No phone, mail only 4276 North 50th. Street Milwaukee, WI 53216-1313 All parts, tubes, misc DNF 6690 7 Mile Rd. South Lyon,MI 48178 (Over 1000 tube types. Send SASE for list.) Don Diers 4276 North 50th Street #MC5 (Mostly old radio tubes, used or NOS. Some are Milwaukee,WI 53216-1313 available only in small quantities, but if you are looking for an old tube, you might find it here. He also sells misc. parts. $2.00 for a catalog, $3.00 foreign. EF Electronics Box 326 Aurora,IL 60506 (Free catalog on request.) Electron Tube Enterprises 802-879-0611 Box 311 Essex, VT 05451 Tubes Electronic Bits 'N Pieces 303-361-6530 P.O. Box 31654 Aurora, CO 80041 Tubes, transistors, diodes, chips >>> Continued to next message --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ Gone Chopin . . . Bach in a minuet. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:31:06 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!starport!brian.carling Distribution: world Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Looking for Vacuu 2/4 From: brian.carling@acenet.com (Brian Carling) Message-ID: <2a6.13699.548@acenet.com> References: <40feaf$e1a@news.ios.com> Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 06:31:00 -0500 Organization: =ACE= ONLINE (301)942-2218 Lines: 147 >>> Continued from previous message Electronic Town (Joe Gold) (619) 560-7300 9194 Chesapeake Dr. Fax = (619) 560-7333 San Diego, CA 92123 E-mail to: goldj@ucssun1.sdsu.edu We have a large stock of tubes, as well as IC's, diodes, transistors, caps., etc. We also stock both new and surplus misc. parts and equipment. William Erickson, W4UIL No phone number given 3905 Cherrywood Lane Annandale, VA 22003-1901 Tubes, older radios etc. E.S.R.C. (407) 735-3397 P.O. Box 1192 Delray Beach, FL 33447-1192 Buy, sell, swap tubes of all kinds Fair Radio Sales. 419-227-6573:419-223-2196: FAX 419-227-1313 1016 E. Eureka Box 1105 Parts, transformers, power supplies, Lima, OH 45802 Surplus and gov't surplus radios etc. Fala Electronics (No number listed) send S.A.S.E. P.O. Box 1376-1 Milwaukee, WI 53201 Vacuum tubes MARK FRESA Phone number needed Mark Fresa 5801 North Banana River Blvd #926 Cape Canaveral, Florida 32920 E-mail to: fresaint@bb.iu.net - or - fresam@angelfire.ksc.nasa.gov Fresa International. Mostly used tubes, some NOS. I have all kinds, incl. antique & hard to find types. Email me if you want the list. Glass Audio Phone number needed Address needed Eric Barbour FAX: (408)733-6146 GLASS AUDIO, VTV NEWS Help with tube audio questions etc. ebarbour@netcom.com fax GTE Electronics Address needed New York, NY 800-874-1765 Melvin Heineken, K5MNJ No phone number given 2204 Spruce Needle Rd. N.E. Rio Rancho, NM 87124-6308 Tubes. New unboxed. Other parts. Henry Radio Co. (310) 820-1234 2050 S. Bundy Drive Los Angeles, CA 90025 New tubes Hollow State Newsletter Ralph Sanserino PO Box 1831 Perris CA 92572-1831 as of 6/4/94 International Components Corp.800-325-0101: FAX 503-336-4400 1803 NW Lincoln Way Cabinets, components & vacuum tubes Toledo, OR 97391 Jolida Tube Factory 800-783-2555 10820 Guilford Road Vacuum tubes Annapolis Junction, MD 20701 KB5QOH (No name given) No phone number given 667 Nine Mile Hill Road Fairbanks, AK 99712 Tubes, parts, used amateur gear Kirby No number listed 298 W. Carmel Drive Tubes, new up to 90% off Carmel, IN 46032 Cliff Kurtz N6ZU (209)477-1235 Hollow State Newsletter 6727 N. Pershing Ave. Stockton, CA 95207-2522 Tubes. Minimum order $10.00 Robert Lang AA2EO (212) 877-0980 120 W. 70th Street Apt. 7-A New York, NY 10023 Tubes, vacuum variables, xfmrs etc. LARRY LEMON Phone number needed llemon@mind.net Address needed Ashland, OR Older used radio tubes David Leonard WA1TLM (413) 773-5232 389 Adams Road Greenfield MA 01301-1361 6300 new, 1000 used tubes E-mail to: mdl@probe.geo.umass.edu or mdl@equinox.shaysnet.com Tube testers to check. 50% discount to licensed hams for personal use. Linear Electronics 109 Hammond St. Waltham, MA 617-894-7300 Madison Electronics (800) 231-3057 12310 Zavalla Houston, TX 77085 Tubes, meters etc. Rex Mason (704) 392-0359 100 Honeywood Avenue Charlotte, NC 28216 Tubes, antique parts, amateur, TV, VCR New Sensor Corp. 800-633-5477: 212-529-0466: FAX 212-529-0486 133 Fifth Avenue. Vacuum tubes galore! Call for list.Min.Order $50. New York, NY 10003 Std. test= $0.75/Tube. Premium Match $2/Tube 212-529-0466 800-623-5477 202-529-0846 fax No name (SHY?!) No phone number given 5150 Merritt Road Black Hawk, SD 57718 Tubes. S.A.S.E. for list The Olde Tyme Radio Co. (301) 585-8776 Suite 317 2445 Lyttonsville Road Silver Spring, MD 20910 Parts, misc used equip >>> Continued to next message --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ Gone Chopin . . . Bach in a minuet. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 14 21:31:08 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!starport!brian.carling Distribution: world Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Looking for Vacuu 3/4 From: brian.carling@acenet.com (Brian Carling) Message-ID: <2a6.13700.548@acenet.com> References: <40feaf$e1a@news.ios.com> Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 06:31:00 -0500 Organization: =ACE= ONLINE (301)942-2218 Lines: 145 >>> Continued from previous message LARRY G. PATTEN Phone number needed WHITESTONE@ins.infonet.net From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:34 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!paladin.american.edu!auvm!ATHENA.COMPULINK.GR!zliangas Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508182222.SAA41485@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 01:11:18 +0000 Reply-To: zliangas@athena.compulink.gr Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" Comments: Authenticated sender is From: Zacharias Liangas Subject: (Fwd) 9565: unID station Lines: 27 As these days I have not heared any news from anyone here Irepost it ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: Self To: swl$l Subject: 9565: unID station Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 19:35:12 Dear friends of the list As in a previous mesage here there is an unID ed staion in 9565 Below follows the related part of the mesage .R tigrinia???? - A station in 9565 heared on 8-11/8 picked on times from 1220-1300 when (1300) QRMed by R F E russian service. Language was unidentified but seemed near to arabic. Much of the time with music at a kind similar to tibetan though in a song heared the country of Rwanda.... SINPO of levels 23433 for 8/8 1256 Does anyone knows which is this station? zacharias Liangas DXer since his 12s From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:35 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!newshost.uwo.ca!white.lambton.on.ca!white.lambton.on.ca!not-for-mail From: 87004174@white.lambton.on.ca (C MILLER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: 7651 kHz Date: 18 Aug 1995 15:42:53 -0400 Organization: Lambton College, Sarnia, CANADA Lines: 21 Message-ID: <412qft$3jn@white.lambton.on.ca> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: white.lambton.on.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] This is a feeder service used by the VOA in what is called Independent Side Band (ISB). Separate programs were carried on each sideband. Before satellite communications this was one of the ways an international broadcaster fed programs to relay stations overseas. Colin Orrin Edwards (oedwards@hoflink.com) wrote: : While scanning between the bands, I found a strange transmission : on 7651 kHz between 0100 & 0200 UTC. There are two audio programs : at the same time, one of them being VOA. There was no characteristic : beat-note indicating two carriers. Has anyone else heard this? : I am listening from the East coast of the US with a YB400. : ---------------------------------------------------------------- : Orrin - Long Island, NY : orrin.edwards@hofbbs.hoflink.com (or) 70641,2173 on CompuServe : ---------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:36 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!sun4nl!news.euro.net!news From: andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: 7651 kHz Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 12:36:43 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 13 Message-ID: <414ls7$nri@news.euro.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: p30.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Orrin Edwards wrote: >While scanning between the bands, I found a strange transmission >on 7651 kHz between 0100 & 0200 UTC. There are two audio programs >at the same time, one of them being VOA. There was no characteristic >beat-note indicating two carriers. Has anyone else heard this? They're both VOA. 7651 is one of the feeder frequencies from Greenville. The reason you hear two programs at once is that they're using ISB (Independent Sideband) mode to carry two programs on the same frequency, one on each sideband. If you have a receiver which will select either USB or LSB, you'll hear each program separately. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:36 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: questusa@ix.netcom.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.antiques.radio+phono,rec.radio.equipment Subject: >>> DENVER Swapfest <<< Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 00:35:00 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 14 Message-ID: <41373m$4lp@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-den5-13.ix.netcom.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99.82 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.swap:41829 rec.radio.shortwave:57347 Ham radio, Antique radio, and computers Saturday, September 9th 9:00am to 1:00pm FREE to both buyers and sellers Quest Electronics Parking Lot 5715 W. 11th Ave. 1 block west of Sheridan If you need more information call 274-7545 From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:38 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!hoho.quake.net!hilbert.dnai.com!redstone.interpath.net!cphillips From: KD4YU@cphillips.pdial.interpath.net (Curt Phillips) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: advise for better reception Date: Sat, 19 Aug 95 05:31:03 GMT Organization: North Carolina Division of Energy Lines: 66 Distribution: world Message-ID: <413tau$ekq@redstone.interpath.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: cphillips.pdial.interpath.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #2 Jane Scales wrote: > >Hi - just this weekend I bought my first shortwave radio at a flea >market. It's an old (1964) battery powered General Electric model with a >5-foot SW antenna (sp?). I can pick up lots of different stations >depending on what time of day it is. I'm wondering if anyone can give me >any tips on bettering my reception. Thanks. For a given radio, the main thing you can do to improve reception is improve the antenna in some way. Generally, you will do better in an outside room, rather than an interior room. Generally it will do some better when the antenna is next to a window. Unless you are in a mobile home or other metal structure, these will not yield *huge* increases in reception, but can help in reception of marginal stations. Of course, you'll want to move the antenna around (I'm assuming it's on a swivel) for best reception. The next step is to add length to the antenna. If there is no antenna jack on the radio, you can attach a wire to the "whip" antenna (that's what we call the built-in antenna) with an alligator clip. You can just string 25 feet or so of wire around the room, or better yet is to string 25 to 50 feet between two trees, the eaves of the house and a tree, or other accessible supports outside (and as high as you can). With some portable radios this can 'overload' the receiver part of the time... it won't hurt it, but it may hurt reception. However on a set of this age, it is less likely. Still, when trying to receive a weak station you might try with and without the wire to see which is best. If you decide you like shortwave listening, to be honest you'll want to get a newer radio. There have been MAJOR advances since 1964 in both the sensitivity of portable sets and in features to make using them more convenient. One convenience feature is digital readout, which makes it easy to "dial up" or punch in (via a calculator-like keyboard) the exact frequency you want to listen to. For $150-$200 there are some excellent sets, including the Sony 7600G and the Grundig Yacht Boy 400, the comparitive merits of each you'll see discussed here frequently. But for now, have fun with the set you have. You can listen to news perspectives from other countries and the differences as compared to the networks here in the USA can be very interesting. You can find out about all the evils of the USA (from a right wing perspective) from WWCR (5065, 7435 KHz), WRNO (7395, 15420 KHz) and others. You can find out about the evils of the USA (from a left wing perspective) from Radio For "Peace" International (RFPI, 7385 KHz) and Radio Havana Cuba (6000 & 9820 KHz) and Radio Pyongyang (North Korea, and tough to receive unless you're on the west coast. And of course the Voice of America gives you the "official" line. All of these put pretty good signals into the USA, but if you're in Washington State (as per your ORG line indicates) you'll have a little tougher time (but you can hear Radio Japan and Radio Australia and our "buddies" at Radio Pyongyang more easily). Happy listening, =========Opinions expressed are solely those of the author============ Curt Phillips, KD4YU/AE (ex-WB4LHI) | "I don't want to achieve KD4YU@cphillips.pdial.interpath.net |immortality through my work. I Chairman, Tarheel Scanner/SWL Group |want to achieve immortality through ARRL Life; QCWA; Raleigh Am Radio Soc |NOT DYING." -- Woody Allen From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:39 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!enews.sgi.com!lll-winken.llnl.gov!noc.near.net!genrad.com!genrad.com!not-for-mail From: srk@genrad.com (Stephen R. Klein) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: AM DXing and the GE Superadio III Date: 21 Aug 1995 17:08:24 -0400 Organization: GenRad, Inc. Lines: 47 Message-ID: <41ask8INNa7u@tomcat.genrad.com> References: <3uqhbj$kc1@ns.sunbelt.net> <1995Jul24.112203.13164@roper.uwyo.edu> <41a8sv$9f7@dub-news-svc-2.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tomcat.genrad.com In article <41a8sv$9f7@dub-news-svc-2.compuserve.com> 74710.3115@compuserve.com (Herm Perez) writes: >I just got a SR III and would like to make a antenna to improve its AM >performance....can I wind up 200' of wire on a frame on the wall above >the radio?...lets say drive four screws into the wall, 1 meter square >and wind away...will this be better than the built in ferrite bar?, I think a well made loop antenna of about the dimensions you mention should definitely perform better than the built-in ferrite bar antenna. Years ago I met someone who had very good results with a similar antenna. >or should the insulated wires be spaced out and not touch each other?. If the wires are insulated, I don't know if spacing them would offer much improvement. Using litz (spelling?) wire might help though - this is wire that consists of multiple independently insulated strands of fine wire that minimizes losses due to "skin effect" by making a wire that is mostly skin(!). I.e. at high frequencies, the electrical currents tend to flow close to the surface of the wire, so with litz wire, most of the cross-section actually does carry currents. >Is an AM loop directional? Yes >perpendicular to the plane of the loop? Yes >...should it be placed on the roof? don't know, but I would guess it would help. >Herm A couple other thoughts - for best results, the antenna should be resonant. This means you will need a variable capacitor in parallel with the antenna to tune it. It might be simplest to get such a capacitor from an old AM radio since it would have the necessary range of capacitance values. I think these went up to about 360pf max. This works out to about 250 uh. of inductance for resonance at 530 khz. I don't have the formula handy for determining the correct number of turns of wire, but that could be worked out. Also, at resonance, the antenna would have a very high impedance - possibly much higher than the impedance of the external antenna input on the radio. So for good power transfer to the radio, you might need some "taps" on the antenna that span just a few turns of wire. -- Stephen Klein srk@genrad.com From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:39 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!gonix!ivgate!hawgwild!thomas.molina From: thomas.molina@hawgwild.com (Thomas Molina) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: BBC on Internet??? Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 12:15:00 GMT Message-ID: <9508181830317985@hawgwild.com> Organization: HAWG WILD! BBS (402) 597-2666 Distribution: world References: <3vp9ej$i2n@ra.ins.de> In article <408fjb$9tm@news.isc.rit.edu> vxiacc@rit.edu (Vincent AD> Incardona, Roc hester, NY USA) writes: AD> AD> >You'll also find that they haven't updated their program schedule since AD> >May :( AD> AD> Are you sure you're looking in the right place, Vincent? They seem AD> to keep their schedules up to date; the August ones are definitely AD> there, I've just been looking at them :) --- * KWQ/2 1.2i NR * If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:40 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!spcuna!eisner!lederman From: lederman@eisner.decus.org (B. Z. Lederman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: BCB converter Message-ID: <1995Aug20.140533.11000@eisner> Date: 20 Aug 95 14:05:33 -0400 References: Organization: DECUServe Lines: 14 In article , joe@westonia.com (Joseph Cooper) writes: > Would anyone have information on a Broadcast Band frequency to IF frequency > converter with an output to Ham band frequencies (such as 80M). There are a number of LF to HF converters, primarily intended to let you tune in LF and VLF with a normal radio. They would probably work in the BCB band, or it wouldn't take much to do the conversion. However, the one's I've seen all cost in the $80 plus (U.S.) range, whereas a GE SuperRadio III generally costs less than $60. Offhand, I'd guess you'd be better off buying the radio rather than the converter. -- B. Z. Lederman. My personal opinions. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:41 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jenhull@aol.com (Jenhull) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Bluegrass/country music on shortwave Date: 20 Aug 1995 17:07:17 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 20 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <418865$o5r@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <41106j$rgk@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In a message dated 17 Aug 1995 23:08:03 -0400, wwcr1@aol.com (WWCR1) wrote: >>I just got a shortwave receiver today, and I am looking for some frequencies >>that play country or bluegrass music at least some of their broadcast time. [snip] You might want to try the BBC's *Country Style,* which airs at a number of admittedly inconvenient times (all times/dates UTC): Tues 0845; Wed 1430 and 2145; Fri 0615. Although it's anot a shortwave station, WWVA (1170 AM) in Wheeling, West Virginia plays terrific bluegrass music most nights. They're an easy catch here in SE New York state. Jen Hull From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:42 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: pgjcdrom@aol.com (PGJCDROM) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Car radio with shortwave? Date: 18 Aug 1995 13:42:38 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 18 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <412jee$97a@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <40ubvq$g7b@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> Reply-To: pgjcdrom@aol.com (PGJCDROM) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Boy, this ought to be on a FAQ list, I see this so often. I haven't been in this group lately, but I've become a bit of a student on SW in the car. The Philips DC777 is a bit pesky in some setups, I understand (I'm still fiddling witht hte setup in my Jeep), but it is no longer sold, and you might try rec.radio.swap, which is where I got mine from. The Becker Mexico is supposed to be a fine performer and "comes free with every Mercedes" according to their US distributor who I spoke to recently. Unfortunately, it doesn't have the "complete" frequency coverage that the DC777 has, and it costs about $800 in this country if you don't get the Mercedes, but the junkyard idea is a good one. The DC777 and the Becker Mexico were reviewed in the BBC Worldwide magazine earlier this year, I believe. Someday I will post my complete thoughts on SW in the car, with answers to all the usual questions. Til now, that's what I have off the cuff. Patrick Jeffery. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:44 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!not-for-mail From: dmcintyr@acs.ucalgary.ca (Deane D. McIntynre) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: CBC CALLSIGNS, CHILE Date: 20 Aug 1995 12:17:05 -0600 Organization: The University of Calgary Lines: 75 Message-ID: <417u71$3s0q@acs3.acs.ucalgary.ca> References: <60.11555.4230.0N1F02D2@canrem.com> <413ccv$ji0@ionews.io.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: @acs3.acs.ucalgary.ca In article <413ccv$ji0@ionews.io.org>, DAVID SHEARMAN wrote: >Werner Funkenhauser (werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com) wrote: >: There was a thread about CBC stations using calls that are designated for use >: by another country. Muses about their historic origins led one of the message >: posters to mention a possible involvement of the Canadian National Railway >: (CNR). I received this from Jeff Miller recently. > >: *-> "CKCW",910,5000,"Burketon Junction","Ont","Canadian Broadcasting Corp." > >Werner, I wonder if "Burketon Junction" is the same Burketon that is >about 4 miles south of me in Durham Region? > It is indeed the same Burketon Junction, located about 11 miles north of my old hometown of Bowmanville. However, their is much more to this story than meets the eye. In 1926, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. was given a license for this station, which would be the most powerful station in Canada at that time. This organization is in no way related to the present day CBC. However, the station was never built by them. The lincense was purchased in 1927 by Gooderham and Worts, the distillers located in Toronto. They put the station on the air later that year, but instead of locating the transmitter at Burleton, it was built near the shore of Lake Ontario at Bowmanville. The studios were in Toronto, and the calls used were CKGW. The signal did a good job of covering Rochester, Buffalo and other thirsty cities in the NE USA. They were part of the NBC network and carried mostly American programmes and thinly veiled advertizing for their products.They also operated on shortwave, using a 1kW transmitter on 6090 kc and the call VE9GW. At the end of probhibation (sp?) in the US (1933?) the station was no longer required for this purpose, so it was leased to the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission. The calls were changed to CRCT (the medium wave station) and CRCX (the SW station). In 1936 the present day CBC came into being. They operated the station at Bowmanville for a year but in December, 1937 built the present CBL station (50 kW) at Hornby, west of Toronto, just north of Oakville, and closed down both the MW and SW operations at Bowmanville. In the Broadcasting Yearbook, CBL is stated to have started in 1927, which in fact reflects the startup date of CKGW. The CNR started its radio operations in 1923, with CNRO in Ottawa. Later CNRA Moncton and CNRV Vancouver were added. These three stations were all owned by the CNR. The other CNR stations (i.e. CNRT Toronto, CNRM Montreal, CNRE Edmonton, etc were so called "Phantom" stations. Simply, in those days it was possible to buy time on another station and use your own call letters. CNRE used the CJCA transmitter, and CNRM used the CKAC and CFCF transmitters, for example (thus two powers were listed for CNRM in the listing that was posted, CFCF being 1650 watts at that time). In 1933 when the CRCB leased CKGW they also took over the three stations owned by the CNR. CNRO became CRCO and CNRV became CRCV. However, CNRA was in such poor shape it was taken off the air, and a license was issued for a private station (CKCW, no relation to the CKCW mentioned above). In 1936 the CBC came indo being which took over the CRBC stations (CRCO became CBO and CRCV became CBR). CBO noved to FM a couple of years ago, and CBR became CBU, which is still on 690 kHz. A very good reference for Canadian broadcasting history up to 1932 is a book by Mary Ann Vipond entitled The First Decade of Canadian Broadcasting. Another good source is A. Weir's The Struggle for National Broadcasting in Canada (Weir was involved in radio for many decades, working for the CNR Radio department in the 1920's and finishing with the CBC in the early 1960's. A third source is a book, the name of the author excapes me at the moment, called The Politics of Canadian Broadcasting, which dispite its title is actually the history of Canadian Broadcasting up to 1940. The above information was taken from these books. I am very interested in the history of Canadian broadcasting, and am trying to get copies of early station listings. I have listings for 1924, 1929, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1945 and would be willing to trade photocopies with people having copies of other early listings. 73, Deane D McIntyre VE6BPO dmcintyr@acs.ucalgary.ca From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:44 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!news.wimsey.com!io.org!r-node.io.org!shearman From: shearman@r-node.io.org (DAVID SHEARMAN) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: CBC CALLSIGNS, CHILE Date: 19 Aug 1995 00:48:31 GMT Organization: Internex Online, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (416 363 3783) Lines: 29 Distribution: world Message-ID: <413ccv$ji0@ionews.io.org> References: <60.11555.4230.0N1F02D2@canrem.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: r-node.io.org X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Werner Funkenhauser (werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com) wrote: : There was a thread about CBC stations using calls that are designated for use : by another country. Muses about their historic origins led one of the message : posters to mention a possible involvement of the Canadian National Railway : (CNR). I received this from Jeff Miller recently. : *-> "CKCW",910,5000,"Burketon Junction","Ont","Canadian Broadcasting Corp." Werner, I wonder if "Burketon Junction" is the same Burketon that is about 4 miles south of me in Durham Region? Up until the 1920's there was a junction on the *CP* main line here that led north to Lindsay and Bobcaygeon. You can still see the right of way, if you know where to look. However, the CP line from Toronto and up along the Oka Ridge Moraine into Peterborough, Havelock, Marmora, Madoc and on into Perth, WAS the CP main line to Ottawa until the 1950's. The Oak Ridges Moraine is also well above the height of land, so any line of sight broadcasting would be good from here. On a clear day, i can see downtown Toronto, 60 km away. Then it could be another "Burketon Junction." Regards, -- (Rev.) David Shearman, Blackstock, Ontario, Canada From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:45 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Craig Copelan Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: CBC callsigns, Chile? Date: Sun, 20 Aug 95 01:47:31 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 4 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1f.delphi.com X-To: Jeffrey A. Harvey I noticed your reference to CBC and thought I would approach you with a question. I am interested in obtaining a list of Broadcast times a and frequencies for CBC on shortwave. If you are not able to respond perhaps you could direct me. Thanks ! From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:46 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!cadvision.com!usenet From: rmcmilla@cadvision.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: CBC Late Night Date: 20 Aug 1995 00:15:03 GMT Organization: CADVision Lines: 22 Message-ID: <415uq7$jj6@cadvision.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: cad71.cadvision.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > mikelson@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (charles mikelson) writes: > Does any one have the frequencies that CBC uses > to rebroadcast some ShortWave broadcasters? > > My Grandfather is from Sweden and some guy he knows > told him that CBC rebroadcasts R. sweden sometime > after midnight. > > If possible list all cbc transmitters in Canada. > >>>> Try the CBC home page www.cbc.ca I think you may find what you are looking for there. Rob... Robert McMillan Okotoks, Alberta, Canada. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:46 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!news.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.sas.ab.ca!freenet.edmonton.ab.ca!jatzeck From: jatzeck@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca () Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: CBC Late Night Date: 20 Aug 1995 17:27:59 GMT Organization: Edmonton Freenet, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Lines: 25 Message-ID: <417rav$e82@news.sas.ab.ca> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet.edmonton.ab.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2.3] charles mikelson (mikelson@sys6626.bison.mb.ca) wrote: : Does any one have the frequencies that CBC uses : to rebroadcast some ShortWave broadcasters? : My Grandfather is from Sweden and some guy he knows : told him that CBC rebroadcasts R. sweden sometime : after midnight. : If possible list all cbc transmitters in Canada. You might be able to get some information directly from the CBC itself. I know that it has a web site (can't remember it off-hand, I'm afraid), but there may be a few leads there). At the same time, though it's likely a bit out of date, you could try looking up the entries for Canada in the current edition of the WRTH. I'm sure many of the frequencies will still be valid, but the times will have likey changed since publication. -- ******************************************************************************* * * * Bernhard Michael Jatzeck email: jatzeck@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca * * * ******************************************************************************* From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:47 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uucp3.netcom.com!lafn.org!lafn.org!ag001 From: ag001@lafn.org (Abraham Stavsky) Subject: Cell phone as scanner? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: lafn.org Message-ID: <1995Aug20.161416.16260@lafn.org> Sender: news@lafn.org Organization: Los Angeles Free-Net Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 16:14:16 GMT Lines: 6 I read somewhere that using certain keystrokes, it's possible to turn a Motorola flip-phone into a modified scanner. Anyone know anything about this? -- A. Stavsky, P.O. Box 351222, Los Angeles, CA 90035-1222 From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:48 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.starnet.net!wupost!waikato!comp.vuw.ac.nz!newshost.wcc.govt.nz!GARDNER_A@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz From: gardner_a@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Coax attenuation specs? (for MWDX) Date: 21 Aug 1995 09:10:32 GMT Organization: Wellington City Council, Public Access Lines: 15 Message-ID: <419ii8$duc@golem.wcc.govt.nz> References: <40sgi2$31r@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk>,<40ut8p$a42@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: gardner_a@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz NNTP-Posting-Host: kosmos.wcc.govt.nz In article <40ut8p$a42@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, ronwilensk@aol.com (RonWilensk) writes: >Even an impedance mismatch wouldn't make much difference. If the VSWR is >100:1, the reflection coefficient rho is (100-1)/(100+1)=0.9802 and the >mismatch loss is >10 log10 (1-rho**2)= 14 dB. At MW frequencies even this large a mismatch >loss would not degrade the signal-to-noise ratio of the system because the >external noise (atmospheric and man-made) would be far greater at these >low frequencies. But wouldn't the mismatch affect the aerials directional characteristics, and (even worse) allow the coax cable to pick-up signal on its outer shield, thus negating the reason we are using the coax (to remove local QRM and local stations on adjacent frequencies)??? From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:48 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!INbe.net!usenet From: dxa@innet.be (Pierre Beicht) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Cote d' Ivoire Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 11:54:12 GMT Organization: INnet NV (post doesn't reflect views of INnet NV) Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4177s5$j7a@news.INbe.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pool03-31.innet.be X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 AG>From: agd12@phx.cam.ac.uk (A.G. Davies) AG>I'm wondering whether anyone has ever heard Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory AG>Coast) on shortwave? I have, and even QSL'ed it a few years back. 73 from Belgium Marc Vissers From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:49 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!gw1.att.com!news.bu.edu!jdubb From: jdubb@cs.bu.edu (jay dubb) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Digitized SW Broadcasts Date: 20 Aug 1995 21:00:33 GMT Organization: Computer Science Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4187ph$b1n@news.bu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: csa.bu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] If anyone know where exist VOA's programs in Vietnamese, please let me know the address. I'm talking about the stuffs similar to what VOA puts on their ftp site-digitized audio broadcast progs. Also, would this be an excellent alternative to SW? Instead of "tuning," one can use "ftp" to do the trick. Thanks in advance. CC From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:50 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!ieunet!HEAnet!news.ul.ie!usenet From: relihanl@ul.ie (Liam Relihan) Subject: Re: Do you have a 7600G service manual... Message-ID: Sender: usenet@ul.ie Nntp-Posting-Host: 136.201.100.11 Reply-To: relihanl@ul.ie Organization: Piercom Ltd. References: <411f7g$iad@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 15:54:58 GMT Lines: 21 In article <411f7g$iad@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu>, thieleke@icaen.uiowa.edu () writes: >So if you have a service manual handy and want to help me out, please >contact me via email. We can either discuss the procedure then, or make >arrangements to FAX the page(s). Although I'm hoping a Sony technician >was snoozing when they were tuning my radio, if other 7600G owners have >the same problem, I'll redistribute whatever I learn so others can fix it >as well. While on this topic, does anyone have any mods for the 7600g ? Liam -- Liam Relihan, PGP aware - see homepage Voice: +353-61-335322 Piercom Ltd., International [space for rent] Fax: +353-61-330876 Business Centre, Plassey [ ] E-mail: relihanl@ul.ie Tech. Park, Limerick, Ireland http://itdsrv1.ul.ie/PERSONNEL/lrelihan.html From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:50 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.gmi.edu!isclient.merit.edu!voyager.net!usenet From: "David H. Deitrick" Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: DX Software/Hardware Date: 20 Aug 1995 18:48:47 GMT Organization: Voyager Information Networks, Inc. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <41802f$pkv@vixa.voyager.net> References: <40tkm4$2bqa@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm021-06.dialip.mich.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1PE (Windows; I; 16bit) To: AVHE37A@prodigy.com AVHE37A@prodigy.com (Melvin Hunzeker) wrote: >Looking for software/hardward that will allow the interface of my . . . Melvin, Please let me know if you get any useful info, will you? Thanks, Dave ddeitrick@msms.org DavidD152@aol.com From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:51 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!rahul.net!a2i!ccnet.com!ccnet.com!not-for-mail From: dweeks@ccnet.com (David M. Weeks) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: EASY BEVERAGE ANTENNA Date: 19 Aug 1995 12:57:56 -0700 Organization: minimal Lines: 14 Message-ID: <19950819124011.RM17062@ccnet3.ccnet.com> References: <410qj1$t4l@stella.tip.net> <4059u9$jr1@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> <60.11216.4230.0N1EEC35@canrem.com> <40b97d$1 NNTP-Posting-Host: ccnet3 In <410qj1$t4l@stella.tip.net>, Hermod Pedersen wrote: º donley@audio.apana.org.au (David Onley) wrote: º >I don't know which would be worse.. putting a beverage out in freezing cold º >conditions like snow... or as we did last October, put our antenna out in º >snake infested territory in 38C.. Yeah--put down another vote for freezing cold! Yeech. -- Dave Weeks WA1VGA Pleasant Hill, California ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:51 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!sun4nl!xs4all!alex!not-for-mail From: peter@alex.xs4all.nl (Peter Van Yperen) Date: 18 Aug 95 23:40:48 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Fax-numbers Message-ID: <4e7_9508190613@alex.xs4all.nl> Organization: Alexander BBS / HCC OS/2 gg - +31-10-4565600 & 2201454 Lines: 19 Does anyone have a correct Faxnumber for the station below and does do verify???? -Radio Lebanon (96.2 Mhz) gov.station -Radio Bayrak (Northern Cyprus) 73 de peter pse E-mail to peter@alex.xs4all.nl -- | Via alex.xs4all.nl - HCC OS/2 GG Alexander BBS Rotterdam [NL] | FidoNet 2:500/158 & 2:500/285 - PO Box 8134 - 3009 AC ROTTERDAM | +31-10-4565600 (VFC) - BBS open 08:00 - 00:45 UTC+2 | +31-10-2201454 (VFC) - BBS open 24h | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:52 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: antyem@aol.com (Anty em) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: FM DXing Date: 20 Aug 1995 13:17:41 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 17 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <417qnl$jsa@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: antyem@aol.com (Anty em) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com First, let me thank those on the list who recommended the GE Superadio. I finally bought one yesterday (at Sears). I have had lots of problems with interference hampering reception of out of town stations on FM. However, with the Superadio, I'm not having those problems. What I wanted to ask is this: how far away have you all been able to pick up FM stations, using not too expensive equipment? I remember one morning a few years ago, at 7:00 a.m., picking up a Corpus Christi, Texas FM station on my radio (I live in New Orleans). They were playing Beatles music, and giving reports on beach conditions. I know that's a very unusual situation, caused by some weird atmospheric conditions (I don't know how many miles Corpus Christi is from me, but it's about a ten hour drive, I think). Have any of you had experiences such as that? Just curious. Thanks. Elizabeth in New Orleans antyem@aol.com From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:53 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mid.net!usenet From: bodoh@dakota.net (Tom Bodoh) Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: FS: Drake R8 Date: 20 Aug 1995 15:13:34 GMT Organization: MIDnet, the Midwest's Gateway to the Global Internet. Lines: 13 Message-ID: <417jeu$ht8@westie.mid.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp5.dakota.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.swap:41834 rec.radio.shortwave:57356 For sale; Drake R8 shortwave receiver. In excellent condition, with box and manual. Receives 100 Khz to 30 Mhz in AM, FM, LSB, USB, CW and RTTY. I am posting this for my brother who is frustrated by the fact that the power lines near his apartment kill reception. Please email me with offers and I will convey them to him. Terms will be payment by Postal Money Order, he pays shipping. Bye... Tom, N0YGT From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!dolphin.upenn.edu!gosfield From: gosfield@dolphin.upenn.edu (Edward Gosfield) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: FS: Sony SW77: Critical Comments Date: 18 Aug 1995 22:20:43 GMT Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4133nr$f8b@netnews.upenn.edu> References: <40o9h7$qrf@hermes.acs.ryerson.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: dolphin.upenn.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2-upenn1.3] Steve Jacobs (sjacobs@ainet.com) wrote: : In article <40o9h7$qrf@hermes.acs.ryerson.ca>, : jwolofsk@acs.ryerson.ca (Jey Wolofsky) wrote: : >Hello! Could any provide their critical comments or opinions re the Sony : >SW77? thanks! : > : > : I find it to be a wonderful radio. Some people like the way it works (I do), : some don't. : steve Check out the reviews available on the RNED web page (sorry, i don't have the address). They find that the 55 performs better than the 77 as a receiver, leaving aside the convenience features of the 77. cheers, ted From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!sun4nl!news.euro.net!news From: andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: FS: Sony SW77: Critical Comments Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 10:34:21 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 12 Message-ID: <41732p$2fo@news.euro.net> References: <40o9h7$qrf@hermes.acs.ryerson.ca> <4133nr$f8b@netnews.upenn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: p419.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 gosfield@dolphin.upenn.edu (Edward Gosfield) wrote: >Check out the reviews available on the RNED web page (sorry, i don't have >the address). They find that the 55 performs better than the 77 as a >receiver, leaving aside the convenience features of the 77. I assume that RNED is a reference to Radio Netherlands. If so, the URL is http://www.rnw.nl From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:55 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: radio0ne@aol.com (RADIO 0NE) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: HALLICRAF.S-38D Date: 19 Aug 1995 17:57:32 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <415moc$4mm@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: radio0ne@aol.com (RADIO 0NE) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com HI ALL, Can anyone give me the tube numbers for the HALLICRAFTERS MODEL S-38D. any info would help. thank u much. Feel free to e-mail radiooneaol.com honeyof39 susan55 From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:55 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!warwick!bsmail!mail!chrjt From: chrjt@mail.bris.ac.uk (RJ. Turner) Subject: Help Please Message-ID: Sender: usenet@uns.bris.ac.uk (Usenet news owner) Nntp-Posting-Host: mail.bris.ac.uk Organization: University of Bristol, England X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 14:01:37 GMT Lines: 7 Does anyone know if AFN/AFRTS broadcast on shortwave in Europe. Richard R.J.Turner@bris.ac.uk From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:56 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!globe.indirect.com!slip60.indirect.com!skiscum From: skiscum@indirect.com (JUSTIN WILSON) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: how do you set up a pirate radio station??? Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 00:02:57 UNDEFINED Organization: Internet Direct, Inc. Lines: 2 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: slip60.indirect.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #1] I WAS WONDERING IF THEIR WAS ANYONE OUT THERE WHO COULD TELL ME HOW TO SETUP A RADIO STATION LIKE CRISTIAN SLATER DID IN THE MOVIE "PUMP UP THE VOLUME"? From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:57 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!d2.tufts.edu!emerald.tufts.edu!not-for-mail From: wmerrill@emerald.tufts.edu (William Merrill) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: how do you set up a pirate radio station??? Date: 19 Aug 1995 17:36:24 -0400 Organization: Tufts University Lines: 15 Message-ID: <415lgo$igr@emerald.tufts.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: emerald.tufts.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] JUSTIN WILSON (skiscum@indirect.com) wrote: : I WAS WONDERING IF THEIR WAS ANYONE OUT THERE WHO COULD TELL ME HOW TO SETUP : A RADIO STATION LIKE CRISTIAN SLATER DID IN THE MOVIE "PUMP UP THE VOLUME"? Well Justin the first thing is if you're going to set up a pirate station you had better stop SHOUTING ABOUT IT OVER THE INTERNET! I guess the second thing you do is put a bunch of equipment in an old rustbucket and run test transmissions winthin U.S territorial waters. Sheeze. Thirds, anyone? Bill From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:57 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!wa2ise From: wa2ise@netcom.com (Robert Casey) Subject: Re: how do you set up a pirate radio station??? Message-ID: Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 03:22:09 GMT Lines: 3 Sender: wa2ise@netcom17.netcom.com Be sure to budget around $17000 for the fine the FCC will charge. For that kind of money, you probably could buy time on some starving AM station, and you would get wider coverage too. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:58 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!dputnick From: dputnick@alumni.caltech.edu (Donald R. Putnick) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: how do you set up a pirate radio station??? Date: 20 Aug 1995 17:40:23 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Alumni Association Lines: 6 Message-ID: <417s27$eep@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: alumni.caltech.edu And if you're still interested after the other follow-ups, post the same article in alt.radio.pirate (but do it in lower case, please). -- Don Putnick dputnick@alumni.caltech.edu From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:58 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!uknet!bcc.ac.uk!is.bbsrc.ac.uk!news From: Kim Niendorf Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: how do you set up a pirate radio station??? Date: 21 Aug 1995 08:08:34 GMT Organization: BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Lines: 14 Message-ID: <419eu2$cnl@is.bbsrc.ac.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pc0023.hriw.bbsrc.ac.uk skiscum@indirect.com (JUSTIN WILSON) wrote: > > I WAS WONDERING IF THEIR WAS ANYONE OUT THERE WHO COULD TELL ME HOW TO SETUP > A RADIO STATION LIKE CRISTIAN SLATER DID IN THE MOVIE "PUMP UP THE VOLUME"? Write to the FCC. They will supply you with all the details. You will find them in the Yellow Pages. Kim From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:22:59 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.azstarnet.com!news.cais.net!news.cais.com!paulot.cais.com!user From: paulot@cais.com (Paulo Teixeira,N3MGA) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Hurrican freq request Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 08:25:39 -0500 Organization: Gallery's BBS Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <199508170525.BAA47041@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: paulot.cais.com X-Newsreader: Value-Added NewsWatcher 2.0b24.0+ 8967 khz has been extremely busy with a hurricane tracking net,booming in loud here in DC.Good spot to start listening to the action :-) 73's -- "Freedom of speech is the right to shout THEATRE! in a crowded fire" a yippie proverb Paulo A Teixeira,N3MGA Sysop of Gallery's BBS at 202-333-0407. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:00 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!interramp.com!usenet From: Keith Stein Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Hurrican freq request Date: 18 Aug 1995 22:47:18 GMT Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link Lines: 6 Message-ID: <41359m$ocu@usenet1.interramp.com> References: <199508170525.BAA47041@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip57.herndon2.va.interramp.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: paulot@cais.com I've been listening to all that activity also, but my records say its AWACS traing operations. What tells you that its hurricane operations? I'm still new to this stuff and learning. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:00 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!pipeline!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!interramp.com!usenet From: Keith Stein Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Hurrican freq request Date: 18 Aug 1995 22:52:12 GMT Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4135is$ocu@usenet1.interramp.com> References: <199508170525.BAA47041@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip57.herndon2.va.interramp.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: paulot@cais.com I've been listening the 8967 kHz activity also. What makes you think its hurricane operations? According to my records its AWACS training operations. I'm still new to this and learning. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:01 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!pipeline!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!interramp.com!usenet From: Keith Stein Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Hurrican freq request Date: 18 Aug 1995 22:51:51 GMT Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4135i7$ocu@usenet1.interramp.com> References: <199508170525.BAA47041@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip57.herndon2.va.interramp.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: paulot@cais.com I've been listening the 8967 kHz activity also. What makes you think its hurricane operations? According to my records its AWACS training operations. I'm still new to this and learning. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:01 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!pipeline!not-for-mail From: dra@nyc.pipeline.com (David Alpert) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Hurricane freq request Date: 19 Aug 1995 16:21:11 -0400 Organization: ABC News Lines: 34 Message-ID: <415h3n$lk3@pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.1.1 On Wed, 16 Aug 1995 in article , 'stdausti@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu (Austin Kelly)' wrote: >If anyone has a good list of utility freqs. that would be active >during a hurricane, please post them for the entire list. I think >a lot of people on the East Coast might be interested! >Thanks. The freqs I've heard and seen reported so far this season are 6739, 11244 and 13204 kHz., all USB. Both Teal 01 (Air Force recon) and NOAA 43 (NOAA) have been heard, passing traffic to the National Hurricane Center in Miami thru MacDill and Ascension. Interestingly, the Hurricane Center - 'Miami Monitor' - has not been heard directly since the NHS moved to their new quarters from Coral Gables. -- David R. Alpert, KB2LUM ABC News dra@pipeline.com - home alpertd@ccabc.com - work From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:02 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!news.mindlink.net!mindlink.bc.ca!a19255 From: Keith_Jordan@mindlink.bc.ca (Keith Jordan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: I HAVE A KENWOOD R-1000 WHICH MY DAD HAS OWNED SINCE NEW. IT Date: Mon, 21 Aug 95 00:38:31 -0700 Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Lines: 3 Distribution: world Message-ID: <76629-808990711@mindlink.bc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: mindlink.net I have a Kenwood R-1000 for sale which my Dad bought brand new. I have no idea what it's worth. It's in excellent condition. This is a reciever only. Can somebody respond and let me know the value of this unit?? From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:03 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.interserv.net!usenet From: swango@interserv.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Icon R-1 For Sale Date: 19 Aug 1995 01:39:24 GMT Organization: InterServ News Service Lines: 5 Message-ID: <413fcc$g52@data.interserv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ad10-029.compuserve.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) Icon R-1 complete with cellular frequencies for sale. Includes all manuals, desk top rapid charger and extra battery pack. Make offer. Tom From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:03 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!voa3!ke From: ke@VOA.GOV (Kim Andrew Elliott) Subject: Re: Jamming of VOA Message-ID: Organization: Voice of America References: <199508170501.BAA71943@atlanta.american.edu> <410uni$l5s@news-e1a.megaweb.com> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 12:53:13 GMT Lines: 10 VOA English has not generally been the target of jamming by any source. Perhaps the jamming on 9645 is aimed at another station on the frequency. VOA Mandarin is still being jammed by the Chinese. Kim Elliott VOA ke@voa.gov From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:04 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwfocus1.wa.com!news.halcyon.com!usenet From: penguin@halcyon.com (J.Tedford) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Jamming of VOA Date: 20 Aug 1995 14:51:00 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <417i4k$558@news.halcyon.com> References: <199508170501.BAA71943@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: blv-pm0-ip23.halcyon.com X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) > Simon Buxton writes: > I listen to Voice of America (in English) from time to time, usually in our > evenings at about 10:00 UTC on 9645 kc/s. There always appears jamming in > the background, though not at sufficient volume to be a nuisance as VOA > is usually at S9 +20db. Does anyone know who is doing the jamming and > why, now that the cold war is over? > > Simon > The cold war may be over, but there are still plenty of countries that don't like what the VOA has to say. China is probably the main culprit of VOA jamming. Reportedly, Thailand and Burma (or are they still called Myanmar) regularly jam VOA and BBC as well. I don't know if Cuba still jams VOA, or if they save their electricity for Marti. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:04 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!homer.alpha.net!usenet From: catdaddy@execpc.com (Michael) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: KCNA N.Korean FAX Date: 20 Aug 1995 16:21:54 GMT Organization: Alpha.net -- Milwaukee, WI Lines: 9 Message-ID: <417nf2$h29@homer.alpha.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: raisinbran.execpc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Well, last weekend I was able to get again the N Korean FAX 60/288 R/L, on 11476 or thereabouts. At least they are still there, even though summer conditions are pretty poor. Anyone else getting these? And is there anyone else sending newsfax over HF? Or are these guys the last holdouts? Haven't found Argentina since about a year ago. Michael From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:05 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!news2.aimnet.com!NewsWatcher!user From: loquismo@aimnet.com (Bryan Cowan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Listening to AM radio next to a transmitter tower Date: 19 Aug 1995 08:50:08 GMT Organization: Aimnet Information Services Lines: 18 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-sf1-20.iway.aimnet.com I took my little AM radio to Mt. Sutro in the middle of San Francisco to try and determine which AM stations in SF use Mt. Sutro Tower to broadcast. (Sutro Tower is that big ugly red and white thing in the middle of the city; if you've been to San Francisco you've seen it.) I set my radio on a concrete abutment just outside the fence surrounding the tower and got quite a listening experience! I've never heard signals all over the place like that. In several places I heard THREE different signals of equal strength on the same frequency! Sutro Tower also broadcasts some FM stations; and I've never heard an FM station on AM! ;) I feel sorry for the people who live in the neighborhoods surrounding the tower. At the corner of Laguna Honda and Clarendon outside an apartment complex I was getting pretty severe interference. (That's about a half mile from the tower.) And there are houses just several hundred feet from the tower! Just a little interesting note for everybody. ;) (BTW does anybody want the results of my survey, or is the location of the transmitting tower of a station irrelevant?) Bryan Cowan loquismo@aimnet.com San Francisco, United States From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:06 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: norml@ix.netcom.com (Norm Lehfeldt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Listening to AM radio next to a transmitter tower Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 18:57:27 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 22 Distribution: world Message-ID: <415c4d$1nf@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sf17-12.ix.netcom.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 loquismo@aimnet.com (Bryan Cowan) wrote: >I took my little AM radio to Mt. Sutro in the middle of San Francisco to >try and determine which AM stations in SF use Mt. Sutro Tower to >broadcast. Sorry. There are NO AM broadcast transmitters on Mt. Sutro. Because of the wavelengths used for AM, the antennas must be much bigger than those used at TV/FM frequencies. In addition, there is no particular advantage to height for AM antennas. They do better in low, swampy areas where the ground conductivity is good. Such as the old KKHI (now KPIX) AM site next to the Bayshore freeway in San Carlos. What you were hearing is various mixing products caused by extreme overloading of the front end of your radio. You are right, the folks living around there have a terrible time with reception. Almost any audio device is bedevilled by strong TV sync buzz. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:07 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.ios.com!pec From: pec@ios.com (Peter Costello) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Logging Program Date: 20 Aug 1995 18:17:17 GMT Organization: You gotta be kidding Lines: 36 Message-ID: <417u7d$3pv@news.ios.com> References: <199508150452.AAA33812@atlanta.american.edu> <410f2i$ru9@grouper.exis.net> <415n49$ipf@godzilla.zeta.org.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: ios.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Richard Murnane (richardm@zeta.org.au) wrote: : >Tom Nieling wrote: : > : >>Does anyone know of a windows SWL program that also will print reception : >>reports? : >>Thanks, Tom : > : > : Ham Log 3.1 by Robin Gandevia VK2VN is an excellent DOS-based logging : program (which I happen to be evaluating at the moment) Demo versions are : also available - email the author or me... -- You may also want to look for SWLOGit. The Shortwave/Radio Catalog has a link to it, if you have WWW access - http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/ The WWW page is "http://www.io.org/~saturn/SWLOGit.html". The blurb read in part: David Toste (aa521@freenet.toronto.on.ca or aa521@torfree.net) has created a super IBM PC program for creating and managing shortwave radio logs called "SWLOGit". The program records and displays many log parameters beyond frequency and time. Included are utilities for MUF chart and map generation, solar terminator, time-zone map, calendar, sun rise/set, QSL addresses, and automatic QSL report generator, database export/import, printing and more. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pete Costello - Shortwave/Radio Catalog http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/ E-mail: pec@ios.com ^^^^ "In the future everyone will be famous for 15 Megabytes" - Rocktopolis Inc. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:07 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!globe.indirect.com!s131 From: lenwink@indirect.com (Len Winkler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Microwave discussion on this week's show! Date: Sun, 20 Aug 95 18:11:12 GMT Organization: Ham Radio & More Show Lines: 17 Message-ID: <417tvc$fd2@globe.indirect.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s131.phxslip4.indirect.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Kent Britain will discuss microwave communications on The Ham Radio & More Show this week, Monday, 8/21/95, on 7.435 (WWCR), at 0400utc & 0900utc, and again Saturday, 8/26/95, at 1600utc on 12.160. Len Len Winkler, KB7LPW lenwink@indirect.com P.O. Box 9219 kb7lpw@n7mrp.az.usa.na Phoenix, Az. 85068-9219 Ham Radio & More Show info at: http://www.acs.oakland.edu/barc/ham-more.html Show also airs on WWCR shortwave, 7.435mhz, tape delayed, Monday at midnight ET (0400utc), and again at 5:00am ET (0900utc), and Saturdays at noon ET (1600utc) on 12.160. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:08 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!mhv.net!bbs.mhv.net!Thomas.Randall From: Thomas.Randall@bbs.mhv.net (Thomas Randall) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Passport to World Radio out? Date: 20 Aug 1995 13:38:37 GMT Organization: MHVNet, the Mid Hudson Valley's Internet connection Lines: 17 Message-ID: <417dst$ddo@over.mhv.net> References: Reply-To: Thomas.Randall@bbs.mhv.net NNTP-Posting-Host: csbh.mhv.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Luis Nadeau (nadeaul@nbnet.nb.ca) wrote: : I haven't been following swl for a few years, but if I recall properly, : Larry Magne use to review radios in one of the annuals, _Passport to World : Radio_, or was it the other one? : Is the 1996 edition out yet? : Luis Nadeau VE9LN : NADEAUL@NBNET.NB.CA : Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada That's the book and the new one I believe comes out in September. Happy listening! Tom Randall, KB2SMS From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:09 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!globe.indirect.com!slip60.indirect.com!skiscum From: skiscum@indirect.com (JUSTIN WILSON) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: pirate radio Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 23:52:53 UNDEFINED Organization: Internet Direct, Inc. Lines: 1 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: slip60.indirect.com Keywords: how do you set up a pirate radio station X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #1] From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:09 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.delphi.com!usenet From: russfs@delphi.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Portable, what should I get? Date: Sun, 20 Aug 95 17:49:58 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 2 Message-ID: References: <3vvftj$n49@VTC.TACOM.Army.Mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1d.delphi.com X-To: Sean McCarthy Try a Radio Shack DX390 or 392. I have had good luck with mine and it was not that exspensive. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:10 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!news2.aimnet.com!NewsWatcher!user From: loquismo@aimnet.com (Bryan Cowan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: President's Saturday Morning Radio Address Date: 19 Aug 1995 08:55:44 GMT Organization: Aimnet Information Services Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <410iad$5sn@miwok.nbn.com> <410tb6$qgt@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-sf1-20.iway.aimnet.com In article <410tb6$qgt@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, wwcr1@aol.com (WWCR1) wrote: > >Does anyone know if it's possible to pick up the President's Saturday > Morning > >Radio Address via shortwave? > >Thanks! > >Sean Peisert > > Absolutely possible (complete with the Republican response as well). > Check out the following times and frequencies: > > Saturday - 2:00PM-Central (1900UT) on 15.685 Mhz > Saturday - 3:00PM-Central (2000UT) on 12.160 Mhz > Saturday - 6:00PM-Central (2300UT) on 9.475 Mhz > > Hope this is of some help to you. > > Adam W. Lock, Sr. > Operations Manager > WWCR-International > Adam W. Lock, Sr. > Operations Manager, WWCR-Shortwave > Nashville, Tennessee, USA. > > "Change is the only constant!" BTW, I'd like to know where I can listen to it on regular broadcast (AM/FM). I live in San Francisco. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:10 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.gate.net!ftmfl-23.gate.net!seven77 From: seven77@gate.net (777) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: QRM HELL or is it my radio? :( Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 13:42:47 Organization: partly Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <410d8t$3rc@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ftmfl-23.gate.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <410d8t$3rc@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> jaymarv@ix.netcom.com (Jay Marvin ) writes: >After putting up a small folding L antenna and getting preselector box >I now find I'm getting some kind of god awful sputtering QRM on my >Kenwood R-5000 Is the preselector amplified? The r-5000 is sensitive enough with an external antenna you probably are amplifying all the noise at your QST. Try turning off the preselector or turning the gain down. 777 From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:11 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jaymarv@ix.netcom.com (Jay Marvin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: QRM HELL or is it my radio? :( Date: 18 Aug 1995 18:39:37 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 27 Distribution: world Message-ID: <412mp9$d7@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> References: <410d8t$3rc@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-chi5-08.ix.netcom.com In seven77@gate.net (777) writes: > >In article <410d8t$3rc@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> jaymarv@ix.netcom.com (Jay Marvin ) writes: > >>After putting up a small folding L antenna and getting preselector box >>I now find I'm getting some kind of god awful sputtering QRM on my >>Kenwood R-5000 > >Is the preselector amplified? The r-5000 is sensitive enough with an external >antenna you probably are amplifying all the noise at your QST. Try turning off >the preselector or turning the gain down. > >777 Already did that. Thanks. Jay -- The Helms-Burton Bill Bad For People Bad For Business Bad For America! Jay Marvin WLS AM890/94.7 FM Jmarvin@IGC.APC.ORG Jaymarv@ix.netcom.com http://www.mcs.net/~marvin/ From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:12 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.maz.net!GerWin.NET!mix.4thware.winnet.de!not-for-mail Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave From: hs@4thware.winnet.de (Hanno Schwalm) Subject: Re: R-5000 IF Shift Reply-To: hs@4thware.winnet.de References: <40o038$g9o@gazette.tandem.com> <40o7q2$g0r@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 01:09:05 +0200 Message-ID: <19950819.010905.05@mix.4thware.winnet.de> Organization: Forthware Distribution: world X-Newsreader: Archimedes TTFN Version 0.36 Lines: 17 In article <40o7q2$g0r@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com>, jaymarv@ix.netcom.com (Jay Marvin ) wrote: > In <40o038$g9o@gazette.tandem.com> Tom Morse writes: > > > >Does anyone know if there is a mod to allow use of the IF shift in the > >AM mode as opposed to SSB only? > > > > I think the answer is no. At least there isn't one on my set. I've > never heard of IF Shift being used with anything other than SSB. Anyone > else??? > > Jay I don't see any reason do do so. Hanno Schwalm, Lothringer Str. 21, D-28211 Bremen, hs@4thware.winnet.de From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:12 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Craig Copelan Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Canada International Date: Sun, 20 Aug 95 01:53:45 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 6 Message-ID: References: <4044bc$830@lantana.singnet.com.sg> <40600f$rah@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1f.delphi.com X-To: Jenhull I noticed your post about radio Canada and I thought I would approach you with a question regarding radio canada. I am internested in listening to a concert scheduled on regular Canadian CBC broadcasting for the evening of September 1. Is it possible to receive this broadcast where I live in California Via shortwave or through other means. Thanks for your response.! From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:13 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!psgrain!quagga.ru.ac.za!waikato!auckland.ac.nz!i-max.co.nz!usenet From: sam@i-max.co.nz (keith fenwick) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,soc.culture.new-zealand,rec.sport.rugby Subject: Re: Radio New Zealand International Sports Schedule/18 Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 06:51:10 GMT Organization: sams publishing co Lines: 12 Message-ID: <416ps3$es9@on-ramp.i-max.co.nz> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: slip06.i-max.co.nz X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.81 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:57340 soc.culture.new-zealand:37974 rec.sport.rugby:33879 adrian@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (Adrian Sainsbury) wrote: >Updated: Wednesday, August 16, 1995 > RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL > SPORTS COVERAGE And what sort of coverage are we going to get of the cricket tour to India? From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:14 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!johnnyvw From: johnnyvw@netcom.com (John M. Bilek) Subject: Re: Radio Shack amplified indoor antenna Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <199508162303.TAA42439@atlanta.american.edu> <410d9l$dte@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <412alk$g3m@atheria.europa.com> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 04:14:11 GMT Lines: 18 Sender: johnnyvw@netcom.netcom.com Frank Adrian (franka@europa.com) wrote: : BTW, last night (8/18/95 ~0430-0600) the propagation on the 60 and 49 M : bands was excellent (relatively speaking, given the crappy spot at the : SS cycle we're at). : ___________________________________________________________________________ [snip] You noticed that too? My roommate now KNOWS I'm crazy! I was laying down on the carpet in the livingroom with the radio just out the doorway on the balcony (can you say run-on?). I had my wire antenna flung over the balcony rail down to the ground in the ivy below. What a sight I must've been! Now I know I'm hooked! -- Johnny. johnnyvw@netcom.com johnnyvw@aol.com From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:14 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: craigbrews@aol.com (Craigbrews) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Shack amplified indoor antenna Date: 19 Aug 1995 15:09:51 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 7 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <415ctv$1r7@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <40l1ev$75k@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: craigbrews@aol.com (Craigbrews) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Well, I've been playing with that Radio Shack active antenna and I like it. I think there is probably better product on the market, but for thirty bucks I'm satisfied. I found that the antenna actually interfered with AM reception, even with the antenna power OFF. Once I unplugged it from my receiver the AM came in fine. As for FM I don't know yet. But I've logged a few shortwave stations that up till now have been tough for me to snag here in El Paso. Hope this helps. Craig From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:15 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!charles1 From: charles1@netcom.com (charles copeland) Subject: Re: Radio Shack Experiences Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <199508161819.OAA80128@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 01:53:43 GMT Lines: 15 Sender: charles1@netcom20.netcom.com In article , Mark Gingrich wrote: >Harvey Spencer writes: > >> One thing that I can say for Radio Shack is that they do indeed have >> a special order warehouse in Texas where wheere they keep "hard >> to find" items like weird batteries and tubes.... > >Oh, yes...I've heard of this place. In fact, it's rather famous, having >been the subject of a Broadway play and (later) a Hollywood movie. Think >it was called "Best Little Warehouse in Texas"...or something like that. ;) Radio Shack is famous for not orphaning products for MANY years. I worked in that warehouse 15 years ago repairing TRS-80's. Its BIG!!! I'd be they still support TRS-80 model I! (done know though) From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:16 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwfocus1.wa.com!news.halcyon.com!usenet From: penguin@halcyon.com (J.Tedford) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Shack Experiences Date: 20 Aug 1995 14:46:19 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <417hrr$558@news.halcyon.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blv-pm0-ip23.halcyon.com X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) > grinch@ccnet.com (Mark Gingrich) writes: > Harvey Spencer writes: > > > One thing that I can say for Radio Shack is that they do indeed have > > a special order warehouse in Texas where wheere they keep "hard > > to find" items like weird batteries and tubes.... > In my experience RS has been a real mixed bag. The past few years they have had some decent SW equipment, unlike years past. But most of the sales people is utterly clueless when it comes to anything beyond TVs or VCRs it is frightening. Back when they were selling the (ill-fated) DX-300/302, I was in a local RS buying wire, when a man came in wanting to buy a ham transciever for his grandson's birthday. The salesman proceeded to sell him a DX-302! ("Yes, you can talk all over the world on this! You plug the microphone in here (indicates the jack where the code practice key went.) Usually I'm a MYOB type, but I just had to intervene. And I don't think they're much improved today. RS is fine, as long as you know exactly what you want, and will never, ever have need of assistance or service. That aside, any truth to the rumor they will be bringing out a table-model SW receiver for next year? From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:17 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!jaxnet.jaxnet.com!usenet From: kcusick@jax.jaxnet.com (Ken Cusick) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Shack Experiences Date: 21 Aug 1995 02:18:11 GMT Organization: Jaxnet Lines: 16 Message-ID: <418qd3$3i4@jaxnet.jaxnet.com> References: <199508161819.OAA80128@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts3-026.jaxnet.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.5++ >Radio Shack is famous for not orphaning products for MANY years. I worked I bougth a cb radio at RS two years ago. It didn;t work, so I took it back. They sold me a more expensive one, cause that was disconitued. The microphone socket was loose... and so It didn;t work. I took it back, they wiggled the socket to make it work and told me it was fixed. I put it back in the car. it didn;t work. i took it out again. and took it back.. again returned and didn;t work. (It worked if you wiggled the mike socket, "just the right way". I took it out and threw it away. 179 bucks down the crapper. Sold the car, too. 91 buick, nice car.... Still have the box as a reminder never to buy there again. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:17 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!pendragon.jsc.nasa.gov!ames!news.hawaii.edu!gennari From: gennari@news.Hawaii.Edu (Scott Gennari) Subject: Re: Radio Shack Experiences X-Nntp-Posting-Host: odin.net.hawaii.edu Message-ID: Sender: news@news.hawaii.edu Organization: University of Hawaii X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <417hrr$558@news.halcyon.com> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 09:25:31 GMT Lines: 30 J.Tedford (penguin@halcyon.com) wrote: : > grinch@ccnet.com (Mark Gingrich) writes: : > Harvey Spencer writes: : > : a local RS buying wire, when a man came in wanting to buy a ham transciever : for his grandson's birthday. The salesman proceeded to sell him a DX-302! yikes! : RS is fine, as long as you know exactly what you want, and will never, ever : have need of assistance or service. A local RS sales person asked me all type of basic questions about SW when i went to buy some coax and copper wire. At least this guy admited he knew very little about SW. You right though, it's a mixed bag of clueless to clueless-with-an-attitude sales people at RS. I usually never go to RS unless I know exactly what I'm getting before I go. Scott Gennari ------------------------------------------------------------------ University of Hawaii voice (808) 956 5392 Dept. of Information & Computer Sciences fax (808) 956 9399 2565 The Mall, Keller 304A Honolulu, HI 96822 email gennari@Hawaii.Edu From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:18 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ratty.wolfe.net!usenet From: corrigad@tempest.adsnet.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Realistic DX 300 Date: 20 Aug 1995 00:51:41 GMT Organization: Wolfe Internet Access, L.L.C. Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4160ut$ta@news1.wolfe.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: a014m.adsnet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2b4 (Windows; I; 16bit) Does anyone know how much a decent DX 300 goes for? How it performs etc? I found one for $60.00 which includes all paperwork and also the service manual. Is this a decent deal? Thanks, -Dave From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:19 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!news1.best.com!news3.net99.net!news.cais.net!grouper.Exis.Net!news From: cbrown@exis.net (Carey Brown) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: REALISTIC DX 390 Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 20:28:58 GMT Organization: Exchange Information Systems Networks Lines: 16 Message-ID: <415hjv$668@grouper.Exis.Net> References: <3vom78$1rn$3@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> <40r4pe$i2@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 44.exis.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 mcnease@aol.com (Mcnease) wrote: >I just had my dx-390 fixed and guess what it was!, a $3.20 transistor >that went out causing me to not be able to pick up AM and shortwave. Mr. McNease: I wonder if you have any idea of the designation for the transister referred to above? I have sick DX 390 myself and have no fear of venturing into it if I have a clue or two. I would assume that the transistor in question must be in the "front end" for the receiver. I'd appreciate hearing from you. Thanks and best regards... From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:19 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news5.ner.bbnplanet.net!news3.near.net!loki.novalink.com!usenet From: Jim Navary Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: RTTY / Digital Listening on HF? Date: 19 Aug 1995 10:37:05 GMT Organization: NovaLink Interactive Networks (800-274-2814) Lines: 13 Message-ID: <414esh$ppp@loki.novalink.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: sutr.novalink.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) If you would like to try monitoring ships at sea, check out the maritime RTTY bands, using AMTOR mode. The ships use SITOR but it's exactly the same as AMTOR. There are several bands. The 8 and 12 MHz bands are the best these days (lousy propagation). Try tuning between 8377 - 8396 kHz and 12477 - 12560 kHz. Good luck! Jim Navary AA4JN jnavary@novalink.com From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:20 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!i2unix!news From: mc0287@mclink.it (Carlo Gregori) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: RTTY station on 4022 kHz : who are them? Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 23:30:37 GMT Lines: 8 Message-ID: <414sg4$j58@sgi.iunet.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: ax433.mclink.it X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 Carlo Gregori from Rome, Italy: There is a loud RTTY station on 4022 kHz, 75 baud, 850 Hz shift. I have tried to decode it in Baudot, but I could obtain only garbage on the screen, with a strong and centered signal. Other demodulation modes do not appear adequate. Does anybody know what station is and what are the modulation parameters? Thank you From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:20 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!dorite!ts1-and-1 From: planck@iquest.net (Steve Planck) Subject: SELL OR TRADE Message-ID: Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: Iquest Network Services X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #2.1 Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 02:53:55 GMT Lines: 15 FOR SALE: GRUNDIG SAT 700, 3 MO OLD, $325 SHIPPED BEARCAT 9000 XLT W/GRE 800 MHZ CONV, 4 MO OLD, $375 SHIPPED KENWOOD TS440SAT EXCELL COND $750 SHIPPED AMERITRON AL80B AMP, 3 MO OLD $800 SHIPPED KENWOOD TM241A 2M, 50 WATTS, 1 YR OLD NEVER MOBILE, $250 SHIPPED SANGEAN ATS818 SHORTWAVE RECEIVER, GOOD COND $90 SHIPPED WOULD CONSIDER TRADE FOR MINT YAESU FT990 OR MINT SONY 2010, NO SCRATCHES, MUST BE LESS THAN A YR OLD PH 317-724-3178 DEWAYNE AA9AF OR WRITE TO : DEWAYNE PLANCK 1407 LINCOLN AVE, LOT 4 ALEXANDRIA, IN 46001 From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:21 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!noc.netcom.net!netcom.com!wa2ise From: wa2ise@netcom.com (Robert Casey) Subject: Shielded MW antenna loop Message-ID: Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <413rnt$m5f@uwm.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 18:15:48 GMT Lines: 19 Sender: wa2ise@netcom17.netcom.com In the Sept QST, page 96, there is a diagram showing how to make a shielded loop antenna for 1.8MHz and 3.5 MHz. I figured I could modify the capacitor values to have it work on the MW AM BC band. To make this antenna, get 20 feet of RG62. At the midpoint of the length of coax, remove about 1/4 inch of the outer shield all around. join the shields at the ends of the coax together, and join to the shield of some 5o ohm coax feedline (that feeds the radio). connect the center conductor of one end of the RG62 to the 50 ohm feedline center , and connect a 0.005 cap to this point to the shields (ground). Connect a 0.0012 cap to the other end of the RG62 loop center conductor to the shields (ground). The values aren't that critical (the AM MW band covers a lot of change (octives) and even though the hams will want to adjust them, their bands are narrower than the BC band). Worked for me. The shield keeps electric fields off the antenna, but lets thru magnetic fields. Noise tends to be mostly electric, and radio stations have more magnetic signal than the noise does, thus you get some S/N improvement. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:22 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jaymarv@ix.netcom.com (Jay Marvin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Shortwave Jazz Date: 19 Aug 1995 17:10:17 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4155tp$5vr@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> References: <413rnt$m5f@uwm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-chi9-13.ix.netcom.com In <413rnt$m5f@uwm.edu> quack@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu (Coriayn R Zillmer) writes: > >There must be some jazz programs broadcasting -- I just haven't found any >yet... Any good ones beamed to the east coast? > > Try the Jazz Place on Radio Habana Cuba on Sunday nights. Also I've heard jazz music on the BBC, VOA, and Radio Moscow. jay -- The Helms-Burton Bill Bad For People Bad For Business Bad For America! Jay Marvin WLS AM890/94.7 FM Jmarvin@IGC.APC.ORG Jaymarv@ix.netcom.com http://www.mcs.net/~marvin/ From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:22 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!voa3!ke From: ke@VOA.GOV (Kim Andrew Elliott) Subject: Re: Shortwave Jazz Message-ID: Organization: Voice of America References: <413rnt$m5f@uwm.edu> <413t3r$drn@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 11:09:04 GMT Lines: 18 VOA's Music USA (Jazz) (Only VOA could come up with a program name with parentheses in it! :-) ) To the Middle East, North Africa, Europe 2010-2055 Monday through Friday 6040, 9760, 9770, 15205 To East Asia 1410-1455 Saturday 1143, 6110, 9760, 15160, 15425 Kim Elliott VOA ke@voa.gov From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:23 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: rdsmyrna@aol.com (RDsmyrna) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Shortwave Jazz Date: 20 Aug 1995 11:52:47 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 2 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <417lof$ig3@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: Reply-To: rdsmyrna@aol.com (RDsmyrna) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Radio New Zealand usually has a good jazz half hour just before their sign off at about 8am Eastern Daylight Time here in the US. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:24 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jmrubin@ix.netcom.com (Joel Rubin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Shortwave Jazz Date: 19 Aug 1995 05:33:47 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 26 Message-ID: <413t3r$drn@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <413rnt$m5f@uwm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-al3-17.ix.netcom.com In <413rnt$m5f@uwm.edu> quack@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu (Coriayn R Zillmer) writes: > >There must be some jazz programs broadcasting -- I just haven't found any >yet... Any good ones beamed to the east coast? > > You might want to look at the BBC World Service schedule--they have Jazz for the Asking and, I think, Jazz Now and Then. I know the former is on Sunday at 0730 which isn't a good time if you're only 4 hours behind Greenwich. Anyway, they should be audible then on 9640. The BBC World Service schedules are available at: http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/worldservice/ You might also want to look at the VOA. I don't think they have a web page but they do have gopher.voa.gov and ftp.voa.gov I think WRNO, New Orleans might have one or two Jazz programs. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:24 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!spool.mu.edu!news.sol.net!ods.ods.net!nate Subject: Shortwave radios for sale Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave From: nate@ods.ods.net Date: Fri, 18 Aug 95 23:40:59 EST Message-ID: <23883LMDXHPJQGGCPRI@ods.ods.net> Organization: Online Data Systems - Milwaukee, WI Lines: 16 DX-380..................................................$75 DX-390.................................................$145 ACTIVE ANTENNA..........................................$20 Shipping charges extra. Email nate@ods.ods.net for additional info. NOTE: DX-380 is missing Battery covers. -- Online Data Systems - Milwaukee, WI (414) 761-5120 - 300/1200/2400 (414) 761-5133 - 9600/14400 (414) 939-4670 - SouthEastern WI From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:25 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: strika10@ix.netcom.com (Michael Wigg ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Soccer on Shortwave Date: 21 Aug 1995 16:26:10 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 11 Message-ID: <41ac32$anl@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-pit1-22.ix.netcom.com After following the debate on SW Radios on this newsgroup I purchased a YB400. I think I am happy with it although I do find the signal on BBC comes and goes. However, the reason I purchased the set was to listen to the English Football (soccer) result. I am however, very interested in listening to english broadcasts of soccer matches, English or otherwise. Does anyone know of times and frequencies where games are broadcasted or any suggestions where I can look. Thanks Michael From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:26 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!not-for-mail From: gfoley@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Gerard Foley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Sony ICF-7600G Date: 21 Aug 1995 11:04:42 -0400 Organization: The Greater Columbus FreeNet Lines: 16 Message-ID: <41a7aa$gug@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: <5cb_9508150600@absint.login.qc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Martin Barry (mbarry@absint.login.qc.ca) wrote: : -=> Quoting rbiswas@usa1.com to All <=- : rb> To anyone who owns, has used, or otherwise knows about the Sony : rb> ICF-7600G, please post about it. I was planning to get one, but I : rb> want to know a bit more about it before I do. ,SNIP> : I bought a Sony ICF-7600 (without the G, but probably very similar) : about ten days ago. The 7600 and 7600D are quite different from the 7600G. All are about the same size and look somewhat alike, but otherwise the 7600G has many desirable features that the others lack. I have had them all. The G is very much the best among them. Gerry K8EF From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:26 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: kc7gmr@aol.com (KC7GMR) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Soon to be Okinawa SWL Date: 20 Aug 1995 13:27:52 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 5 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <417rao$k1u@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: kc7gmr@aol.com (KC7GMR) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Gents, I've got orders to Kadena on the island of Okinawa and was wondering how the SWL is on "the rock". I've got a Grundig 700. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks & 73! Rick, KC7GMR@AOL.COM From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:27 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.sas.ab.ca!freenet.edmonton.ab.ca!jatzeck From: jatzeck@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca () Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Source for "Oh Canada" Date: 18 Aug 1995 19:00:39 GMT Organization: Edmonton Freenet, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Lines: 50 Message-ID: <412o0n$2du@news.sas.ab.ca> References: <40nu78$bos_001@brat.interlog.com> <40otbs$nvq@gti.gti.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet.edmonton.ab.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2.3] Scott Saloway (jmac@gti.gti.net) wrote: : : -------------------------------------------------------- : : Bernie Rataj brat@interlog.com qth://toronto.on.ca : : -------------------------------------------------------- : O Canada! : Our home and native land, : True patriot love, : In all thy sons command. : With glowing hearts we see thee rise : The True North strong and free, : From far and wide, O Canada, : We stand on guard for thee. : God keep our land : Glorious and free, : O Canada! We stand on guard for thee. (repeat) : O Canada! : Where pines and maples grow, : Great prairies spread : And lordly rivers flow, : How dear to us thy broad domain, : From East to Western Sea, : Thou land of hope, for all who toil! : Thou True North strong and free! : God keep our land : Glorious and free! : O Canada! We stand on guard for thee! (repeat) : O Canada! : Beneath thy shining skies : May stalwart sons : And gentle maidens rise, : To keep thee steadfast through the years : From East to Western Sea, : Our own beloved native land! : Our True North strong and free! : God leep our land, : Glorious and free! : O Canada! We stand on guard for thee! (repeat) How about the original lyrics en francais? I much prefer them. -- ******************************************************************************* * * * Bernhard Michael Jatzeck email: jatzeck@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca * * * ******************************************************************************* From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:28 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwfocus1.wa.com!news.halcyon.com!usenet From: penguin@halcyon.com (J.Tedford) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Source for "Oh Canada" Date: 20 Aug 1995 14:36:12 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Lines: 5 Message-ID: <417h8s$558@news.halcyon.com> References: <40otbs$nvq@gti.gti.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blv-pm0-ip23.halcyon.com X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) If you spend much time at all DXing, it's probably a good idea to familiarize yourself with the national anthems. Larger public libraries usually will have a record/tape/CD of national anthems. This makes a good additon to your radio reference library. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:29 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: grenner@ix.netcom.com (Greg Renner) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: SW radio Date: 21 Aug 1995 14:06:47 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 27 Message-ID: <41a3tn$smi@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-min1-05.ix.netcom.com In tlaz@riker.neoucom.edu (Tony Lazcano) writes: > > >I would like to upgrade my SWL radio. I was thinking of purchasing a Drake >R8a. Are there any others I should consider? I don't do any utility work. > >I am especially interested in picking up South American station. If you are not interested in utilities I would very seriously consider the Lowe HF 225 Europa. It is an excellent SW broadcast radio an is very quiet. I am primarily a tropical band DXer and love the 225E for that puropse. The Drake R8 is also a good choice. I would wait until the R8A has hit the market for awhile and you can get some opinions as to the merit of it's price increase over the R8. You may be able to get a good price on a used R8. Greg Renner Secretary of the Minnesota DX Club 612-653-5962 club hotline From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:29 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ratty.wolfe.net!usenet From: Lee Hsieh Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: SW Radio Adaptor connection broken Date: 21 Aug 1995 03:15:16 GMT Organization: Wolfe Internet Access, L.L.C. Lines: 12 Message-ID: <418to4$s5q@news1.wolfe.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sea-ts2-p04.wolfe.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-URL: news:rec.radio.shortwave/61045-61145 The other day I accidentally dropped my Panasonic SW while the adaptor was still plugged in. The radio's fine and works with batteries but not the adaptor. Apparently the adptor connection(metal housing) cracked when it was dropped. How easy is this to fix? Would the costs be more than the value of the radio($200)? Lee From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:30 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!intac!hobbs!dominic.post From: dominic.post@hobbs.com (DOMINIC POST) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: SWL antenna Message-ID: <8AF7255.002D001776.uuout@hobbs.com> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 95 09:57:00 -0400 Distribution: world Organization: _T_H_E__R_O_Y__H_O_B_B_S__BBS Moonachie NJ 201-641-7307 Reply-To: dominic.post@hobbs.com (DOMINIC POST) X-Newsreader: PCBoard Version 15.22 X-Mailer: PCBoard/UUOUT Version 1.20 Lines: 30 Help, Help, Help!!!! Anyone have any opinion's about a short wave antenna??? How are 1-"Alpha Delta", Dx-SWL Sloper. A 60' long sloper. $67.95 or 2-"Antenna Supermarket", Eavesdropper SWL Sloper 67.5' long. $74.95 Are these antenna's any good? If so which one is best? Or does someone have a better one to recommend. It will hang from a 50' tower. Thank you one and all. ** e-mail == dominic.post@the-boss.com ** ** Now and Forever, The Past is Prologue *** Ridgefield,NJ ** --- * OLX 2.1 TD * Is That all There Is. -=DgP=- Ridgefield, NJ. --- QScan/PCB v1.17b / 01-0287 * Origin: B.F.W.K. BBS Home of Amateur Radio USR DS 28.8K (1:2604/143) +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ The Roy Hobbs BBS (201)-641-7307 Moonachie NJ.USENET Internet:Fidonet:N2UTO'S BBS List:Telnet198.6.114.80 cono@hobbs.com // Running PCBoard 15.22 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:31 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: haroldr989@aol.com (HaroldR989) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Sync Detection 7600G Date: 20 Aug 1995 15:24:49 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 47 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <418261$m76@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: haroldr989@aol.com (HaroldR989) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I think I finally have this synchronous detection (SD) thing figured out, thanks to all who e-mailed me and/or posted to this newsgroup. Thought I would share my latest experience for those still interested. Using SD to eliminate adjacent channel inteference or hetrodynes is rather straight forward, and the dramatic improvement is obvious. I had trouble understanding and appreciating the improvement that occurs when selective fading is the problem. For those who don't know, as I didn't, selective fading happens when the two audio sidebands and the carrier get screwed up because the ionosphere is shifting about and reflecting these three slightly-different frequencies differently. The result is a rather sudden distortion of the audio, which might get louder or softer, followed by a rapid return to normal. Selective fading is different from general fading in which the entire signal becomes weaker or stronger, but not distorted. (I suppose you could have both at the same time.) This morning (10:00 AM CDST) I was listening to BBC on 11865, and the signal in Alabama was good, but not overly strong. Selective fading was occuring. I was listening on a Grundig YB400 which does not have SD. I got my Sony 7600G and turned it on without using SD. It, too, was experiencing the distorted audio of selective fading in sync with the Grundig as you might expect. Then I switched the Sony to SD and turned the volume down. When the Grundig went into distorted audio, I immediately flipped the volume up on the Sony. No distortion! The audio was clear as a bell. Beautiful. The effect is more subtle than killing a hetrodyne, but very impressive nonetheless. I switched off the SD and sure enough, the Sony audio was distorting again. Did this several times to get the sense of it. One thing that threw me off in the beginning in trying to understand all this is that the SD on the 7600G I have cannot handle selective fading with a strong signal. It goes right on distorting as if the SD were not there. In fact, the distortion gets worse. Switching from DX to Local does not affect it. Maybe my 7600G is just off specs or defective, although I noticed someone else reported 7600G distortion using SD with a strong signal. Also, my 2010 with SD handles selective fading on strong signals with no problem, which further added to my earlier confusion. Well, I'm going to lay this to rest and stop fighting the problem. Maybe this will help someone else. Many thanks to all who responded to my inquiry, and if I got some of this wrong, well, please right my wrongs. :-} Cheers... Harold Rodriguez From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:32 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwfocus1.wa.com!news.halcyon.com!usenet From: penguin@halcyon.com (J.Tedford) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: There ought to be a law Date: 20 Aug 1995 15:21:25 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <417jtl$558@news.halcyon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blv-pm0-ip23.halcyon.com X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) One thing that becomes noticeable when reading all the posts on antennas and antenna adivce in this group is how many people are plauged with noisy reception. All the electronic junk we surround ourselves with: computers, TVs, microwaves, etc : buzz, buzz, buzz, day and night. And it gets worse every year, with the introduction of new gadgets. (I just can't wait for the "wireless computer revolution" to get going...) I suppose this falls under the heading of "progress", but it cheeses me that so much stuff is manufactured without ANY regard to the electrical interference it produces, despite supposed FCC regulations. I've had some very specific, identifiable instances where QRN has completely obliterated any listening on AM/SW, and no amount of complaining to local, state, or federal "authorities" has produced anything. I don't expect the FCC to be able to do anything about the RF pollution in general, but when I have a specific interference complaint, it would be nice to get some kind of response. Of course, let me put a pirate station on the air, and then watch them all mobilize. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:33 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!svc.portal.com!news1.best.com!fredu From: fred@urrutia.com (Fred Urrutia) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: There ought to be a law Date: Sun, 20 Aug 95 18:36:30 GMT Organization: BEST Internet (415) 964-2378 Lines: 57 Message-ID: <417s4b$eds@news1.best.com> References: <417jtl$558@news.halcyon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fredu.vip.best.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article <417jtl$558@news.halcyon.com>, penguin@halcyon.com (J.Tedford) wrote: >One thing that becomes noticeable when reading all the posts on antennas >and antenna adivce in this group is how many people are plauged with noisy >reception. All the electronic junk we surround ourselves with: computers, >TVs, microwaves, etc : buzz, buzz, buzz, day and night. And it gets worse >every year, with the introduction of new gadgets. (I just can't wait for the >"wireless computer revolution" to get going...) > >I suppose this falls under the heading of "progress", but it cheeses me that so >much stuff is manufactured without ANY regard to the electrical interference >it produces, despite supposed FCC regulations. I've had some very specific, >identifiable instances where QRN has completely obliterated any listening on >AM/SW, and no amount of complaining to local, state, or federal >"authorities" has produced anything. I don't expect the FCC to be able to do >anything about the RF pollution in general, but when I have a specific >interference complaint, it would be nice to get some kind of response. > > Of course, let me put a pirate station on the air, and then watch them all >mobilize. > RFI drives me *NUTS* here in Livermore CA. There are very noisy powerlines and transformers all over the area. I think one problem is the lack of FCC funding (I even read recently of a proposal to eliminate the FCC). I've never taken the time to complain to either the FCC or local public service. I'm no expert (perhaps this comment will prompt some inputs from some of you who are), but I think it is partly the responsibility of the manufacturer of a receiver (TV, radio) to design some level of immunity to RFI. Most devices will emit some level of RFI, and these manufacturers are also responsible for come level of minimizing such radiation as well. You can try the WWW for info & solutions for minimizing RFI at: http://www.acs.oakland.edu/barc/arrl.html I find using wideband SW antennas amplifies tons of manmade RFI, but still use them under certain circumstances (mostly because I've been too lazy to put up my DX Sloper antenna!) I've heard you can walk around the neighborhood with a portable receiver, identify a light pole with a noisy transformer, and pound on it with a hammer to try to "shake" mechanical connections generating noise and report the locations to local power companies (who are supposed to check them out), but I have not tried this myself. The idea is to give them specifics rather than general complaints. This supposedly makes it easier for them to respond. In closing, I'm not disagreeiong with you, just trying to pass on some stuff I read about. ------------ Fred Urrutia fred@urrutia.com Livermore, CA From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:34 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!dputnick From: dputnick@alumni.caltech.edu (Donald R. Putnick) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: There ought to be a law Date: 20 Aug 1995 18:31:40 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Alumni Association Lines: 30 Message-ID: <417v2c$ggh@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <417jtl$558@news.halcyon.com> <417s4b$eds@news1.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: alumni.caltech.edu In article <417s4b$eds@news1.best.com>, Fred Urrutia wrote: >[snip] >I'm no expert (perhaps this comment will prompt some inputs from some of you >who are), but I think it is partly the responsibility of the manufacturer of a >receiver (TV, radio) to design some level of immunity to RFI. Most devices >will emit some level of RFI, and these manufacturers are also responsible for >come level of minimizing such radiation as well. >[snip] >I find using wideband SW antennas amplifies tons of manmade RFI, but still use >them under certain circumstances (mostly because I've been too lazy to put up >my DX Sloper antenna!) >[snip] I'm going through an RFI hunt and my local power company, Southern California Edison, has been most helpful. I've learned from them and from lots of RFI reading that compliance with RFI standards doesn't preclude RFI. An amateur radio operator's transmitter may meet spec and a person's television may meet spec, but the spec on the TV wasn't derived considering a transmitter next door. Same thing with touch-lamps and table-top receivers (my situation). If appliances had to emit NO rfi and be shielded from ALL rfi, we'd be paying a bundle for appliances. We just happen to be participating in one of the two hobbies that weren't included when appliance RFI standards were created. And I don't want to discourage you, but I didn't hear the touch-lamp with a short antenna. I started hearing it when I installed my Eavesdropper. The Sloper may help, but it might not cure things. -- Don Putnick dputnick@alumni.caltech.edu From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:35 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.gate.net!ftmfl-23.gate.net!seven77 From: seven77@gate.net (777) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Tiny-Tenna Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 13:56:47 Organization: partly Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <410vod$jlg@pilot.njin.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ftmfl-23.gate.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <410vod$jlg@pilot.njin.net> arcieri@pilot.njin.net (Joseph Arcieri) writes: >I need a little antenna help. I have a Sony 7600G and an using the Radio >Shack amplified antenna (I live in a condo). Is the Tiny-Tenna a better >solution and (I'm sure this was probably asked a zillion times before) but >what is an "active" antenna? An active antenna is an antenna, usually short, usually vertical, in combination with an amplifier (hence active). Marketed for those unable/unwilling to install an outdoor antenna, these systems work to varying degrees at different locations. Usually, they tend to amplify the noise and QRM at your site since most noise is vertically polarized. I suspect, since you are still looking, that your active antenna is overloading the radio and you are getting all sort of spurious signals on your radio. Go to Wallmart and buy a steel slinky. Get a length of hookup wire and solder an alligator clip to each end. Try to orient the slinky over a large window, horizontally if possible, by running it on a length of monofilament like a curtain rod. Clip one end of your wire to the slinky and the other to the retracted antenna. I use such an antenna whenever I travel with my Sony SW100S, and it outperforms the active antenna included with the radio. I hope this helps! 777 From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:36 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwfocus1.wa.com!news.halcyon.com!usenet From: penguin@halcyon.com (J.Tedford) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Tiny-Tenna Date: 20 Aug 1995 15:06:48 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Lines: 33 Message-ID: <417j28$558@news.halcyon.com> References: <410vod$jlg@pilot.njin.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blv-pm0-ip23.halcyon.com X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) > arcieri@pilot.njin.net (Joseph Arcieri) writes: > I need a little antenna help. I have a Sony 7600G and an using the Radio > Shack amplified antenna (I live in a condo). Is the Tiny-Tenna a better > solution and (I'm sure this was probably asked a zillion times before) but > what is an "active" antenna? > > Thanks, Joe > >>>> An "active antenna" simply means that the antenna has an RF amplifier, either a tunable one (like the RS unit) or untunable (like the Tiny-tenna) to make up for the fact that the antenna itself is very short. For all the hoopla about them, fact is they don't work as well as an outdoor antenna: 50-75 feet of wire in the clear is just about always superior. But, if you live where you can't have an outdoor antenna, an active antenna may mean the difference between hearing SW or not. As for the Tiny-antenna, I was very skeptical when I bought it: it's just a little tiny circuit board without so much as a case. But the performance was suprising: every bit as good as the RS model, and produced less electrical noise. For $10, it's a good value. Whatever you do, I'd suggest stringing up as much wire indoors as you can: around the perimeter of the ceiling, down the hallway, out the balcony if you have one. Experiment, experiment, experiment! Or, if you live above the 1st floor, you can make a stealth (well, sort of) antenna out of thin, light wire, and dangle it out the window when you're listening. Basically, the more wire you can attach to these active antenna, the more likely you'll be able to get some decent reception. Good luck From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:36 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!news2.aimnet.com!NewsWatcher!user From: loquismo@aimnet.com (Bryan Cowan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: TV DXing in San Francisco Date: 19 Aug 1995 08:29:43 GMT Organization: Aimnet Information Services Lines: 13 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-sf1-20.iway.aimnet.com Lately it seems that even though the conditions would be excellent for TV DXing here, it seems that all I can get are the usual Bay Area stations (with the occasional exception of Channel 64 in Stockton). I remember that when I was living in Sacramento all the DX I got was from low powered Bay Area stations. So I was hoping that somebody in San Francisco could answer the following: What is the usual TV DX that is recievable in San Francisco? What are the best conditions to recieve it? I figure if I know the optimum weather conditions for TV DX and the most common DX recieved in San Francisco then I can have a starting point with something to look for, and then I can go from there. Bryan Cowan loquismo@aimnet.com San Francisco, United States From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:37 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!usenet From: valenta@ibm.net Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Value of old SW receivers? Date: 20 Aug 1995 17:36:35 GMT Lines: 9 Message-ID: <417rr3$sgv@news-s02.ny.us.ibm.net> References: <1995Aug15.223054.1@spcvxb.spc.edu> Reply-To: valenta@ibm.net NNTP-Posting-Host: slip84-94.co.us.ibm.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.swap:41848 rec.radio.shortwave:57362 In <1995Aug15.223054.1@spcvxb.spc.edu>, 5leitgeb_c@spcvxb.spc.edu writes: > > I have a few old tube shortwave receivers in my basement, and >I was wondering if they may have any value. One of them is a Hammarlund I have seen the helicrafter go for about $100 in antique stores. I think you may get more money from the survivalist type of people. they like tube gear becuase it will work after a nuke attack. I heard on one show a whole program about this. From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:38 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!lrk From: lrk@netcom.com (Lyn R. Kennedy) Subject: Re: what am i hearing Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <40t5rb$39a2@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> <4128sf$nsh@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 18:52:23 GMT Lines: 30 Sender: lrk@netcom2.netcom.com In article <4128sf$nsh@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, WILLIAM CLAY JONES wrote: >In <40t5rb$39a2@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> BDGT10B@prodigy.com (Bill >Rock jr) writes: >> >>im getting what sounds like sideband communications >>on 5600,5619 although i cant seem to tune them in. is it >>possible to be using speech scrambling on a sideband mode. >>does anyone think this may be military communications? >> >> >More than likely, what you're hearing is speech inversion scrambling, a >very simple (and not very secure) encryption method employed in the >private sector. Secure military comms are digitally encrypted and are >indecypherable (you wouldn't even know they're there). There are >numerous kits on the market which allow you to decode (and encode) >speech inversion, which sounds a great deal like SSB. WRONG! If you used speech inversion on SSB, you would only need to switch to the other sideband to hear it. There are schemes which invert or switch portions of the audio range which would sound like the signals described. I doubt there are any simple kits to unscramble those. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | 73, internet | lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org | | Lyn Kennedy | lrk@netcom.com | | pony express = P.O. Box 5133, Ovilla, TX, USA 75154 | ---Livin' on an information dirt road a few miles off the superhighway--- From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:38 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!spool.mu.edu!news.sol.net!ods.ods.net!nate Subject: Where to get 0-360pF variable capacitors Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave From: nate@ods.ods.net Date: Sat, 19 Aug 95 10:29:40 EST Message-ID: <02732BIXAPBSDVRECRX@ods.ods.net> Organization: Online Data Systems - Milwaukee, WI Lines: 17 I have also been looking for such a device, and have had no luck...:( I'd be interested in the same information as well, If you recieve a response, could you please post it? Thanks, and Good Luck! Nate Gingras. -- Online Data Systems - Milwaukee, WI (414) 761-5120 - 300/1200/2400 (414) 761-5133 - 9600/14400 (414) 939-4670 - SouthEastern WI From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:39 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: norml@ix.netcom.com (Norm Lehfeldt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Where to get 0-360pF variable capacitors Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 17:23:20 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4156jr$687@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> References: <02732BIXAPBSDVRECRX@ods.ods.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sf9-12.ix.netcom.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 nate@ods.ods.net wrote: >I have also been looking for such a device, and have had no luck...:( >I'd be interested in the same information as well, If you recieve a >response, could you please post it? Page 15 of the AES catalogue has this listing: VARIABLE CAPACITORS Single section 365 pf, 1 3/16" long frame, 1/4" dia. shaft 9/16 long. CCW rotation. 3 oz. No. CV-231 $7.95 Antique Electronic Supply 6221 S. Maple Ave. Tempe, AZ 85283 (602) 820-5411 (voice) (800) 706-6789 (toll-free FAX) From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:39 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!d2.tufts.edu!emerald.tufts.edu!not-for-mail From: wmerrill@emerald.tufts.edu (William Merrill) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: WJJD 1120 kHz side-band oddity Date: 18 Aug 1995 20:29:11 -0400 Organization: Tufts University Lines: 8 Message-ID: <413b8n$jrd@emerald.tufts.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: emerald.tufts.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I read on r.r.s. that HCJB mixes (if that was the word) its ssb signal with an am carrier a certain percentage. So if WJJD's signal has dropped out of the lower sideband, but appears mid/upper sideband, (intentionally or not) does that accomplish a similar effect? Whatever effect that may be.... Bill "a little learning is a dangerous thing" Merrill From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:40 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!athos.itribe.net!global.gc.net!sourcebbs!ron.hauger From: ron.hauger@sourcebbs.com (RON HAUGER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: World of Radio Times/Fx? Message-ID: <8AF7021.03370063DA.uuout@sourcebbs.com> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 95 00:33:00 -0500 Distribution: world Organization: SelectiveSourceBBS VirginiaBeach (804)471 6776 Reply-To: ron.hauger@sourcebbs.com (RON HAUGER) X-Newsreader: PCBoard Version 15.21 X-Mailer: PCBoard/UUOUT Version 1.10 Lines: 21 On 08/18/95 JOEL RUBIN wrote to ALL... JR> Could someone please post the current times/fx for Glen Hauser's World JR> of Radio? It has become difficult to hear now that he's off World JR> Harvest Radio and WWCR is using 9475 at 2115. (The best reception here JR> in S.F. was Mon 0330 on KHWR or WWCR and both of these are off.) If you get a sat. dish, you can hear him in cd quality sound at 7:30pm. Fri. E.D.T. on T2 tr. 21 5.8 audio. I just taped it. RON.HAUGER@WARPDRV.COM*KC4KNA*WATCHER OF THE SKIES* VBARC*AMSAT*RTTY*PACKET*SWL*ATV*TVRO*EXTRATERRESTRIAL --- * OFFLINE 1.58 --- This message originated from: ---------- Selective Source BBS ------- Virginia Beach, Virginia ----- (804) 471 6776 From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:41 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: prkeith@ix.netcom.com (Peter Keith ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: WTB: Sony 2010 Date: 19 Aug 1995 12:56:00 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 8 Message-ID: <414n10$lo@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> References: <009950B3.5B7ABA8B@netins.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-buf-ny2-07.ix.netcom.com In <009950B3.5B7ABA8B@netins.net> boblucas@netins.net writes: > >Looking for Sony 2010 or equiv...must have external antenna connector. >What is comparable to it? Thanks... Bob Bob, I have a 2010. Please reply prkeith@ix.netcom.com From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:41 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: nihan@ix.netcom.com (Robert J. Shea ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: YB500 vs. $20 radio. Guess which wins? Date: 20 Aug 1995 14:32:11 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 10 Message-ID: <417h1b$gnk@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-stl4-07.ix.netcom.com I hate to say it, but I'm currently enjoying a radio that I bought from a street vendor in Istanbul for $20 more that I enjoy my expensive YB500. Sure the YB500 has a lot more features, but it doesn't pick up basic German and English broadcasts like the piece of junk radio. THat radio is literally falling apart, it's not much bigger than a cigarette carton and it's been banged around and abused for 3 years. It's a World Multi-Band MT-800, if that means anything. How frustrating to spend so much money and get so little performance. Wish I had bought a YB400. RObert Shea nihan@ix.netcom From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:43 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!news1.best.com!fredu From: fred@urrutia.com (Fred Urrutia) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: YB500 vs. $20 radio. Guess which wins? Date: Sun, 20 Aug 95 18:22:13 GMT Organization: BEST Internet (415) 964-2378 Lines: 40 Message-ID: <417r9h$eds@news1.best.com> References: <417h1b$gnk@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fredu.vip.best.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article <417h1b$gnk@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>, nihan@ix.netcom.com (Robert J. Shea ) wrote: >I hate to say it, but I'm currently enjoying a radio that I bought from >a street vendor in Istanbul for $20 more that I enjoy my expensive >YB500. Sure the YB500 has a lot more features, but it doesn't pick up >basic German and English broadcasts like the piece of junk radio. THat >radio is literally falling apart, it's not much bigger than a cigarette >carton and it's been banged around and abused for 3 years. It's a World >Multi-Band MT-800, if that means anything. How frustrating to spend so >much money and get so little performance. Wish I had bought a YB400. >RObert Shea >nihan@ix.netcom Fortunately, I read about the performance differences between the YB400 and 500 in places like Monitoring Times and on various newsgroups BEFORE I purchased. Sorry to hear you got burned by purchasing the 500. I have been very pleased with the 400. I also have a Grundig Traveller II, a Satellit 700 and a Sony 2010. The Traveller II is analog dial, but has very nice audio and decent performance for a small radio. The 400 travels with me on business trips, packs nicely and is used for AM & FN bcst as well as shortwave. The 700 sits at bedside and is used for everything. I bought some Gilfer Shortwave pre-programmed ICs to plug into the 700 to save time and they work well. I really like the audio "listenability" of the Grundigs. I purchased the 400 and 700 second-hand from internet postings and got real good buys on them. Keep yer' eyes posted and you might find a good deal, however the recent prices I've seen for a new 400 look very attractive...I'd recommend it. I've not tried the newert Sonys but hear they are really good, so you might want to look at them as well. I have too many hobbies (computers, music, shortwave and scanners) so my wife won't let me buy radios these days...oh well! ------------ Fred Urrutia fred@urrutia.com Livermore, CA From amsoft@epix.net Mon Aug 21 18:23:43 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!svc.portal.com!news1.best.com!fredu From: fred@urrutia.com (Fred Urrutia) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: YB500 vs. $20 radio. Guess which wins? Date: Sun, 20 Aug 95 18:50:25 GMT Organization: BEST Internet (415) 964-2378 Lines: 8 Message-ID: <417sud$eds@news1.best.com> References: <417h1b$gnk@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> <417r9h$eds@news1.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fredu.vip.best.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 There's another thread going here re: the 400 vs. the Sony 7600G you should check out. I didn't see this until after I replied to the original message. ------------ Fred Urrutia fred@urrutia.com Livermore, CA From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:29 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!netnews.lightside.com!user35.lightside.com!user From: wb6siv@lightside.com (Raymond J. Sarrio) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: **LOOP ANTENNA FOR VLF TO 15 MHZ AVAILABLE** Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 10:24:05 +0100 Organization: Raymond Sarrio Co. Lines: 12 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: user35.lightside.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The HF-1 is a unique low noise loop ant. that can be placed on your operating table.This ant. will null out interference, and it covers 5000 to 16000 KHz. It is now available at below retail prices at URL: http://www.csz.com/sarrio.html At this site you will find a discount catalog covering hundreds of radio related products. -- Ray Sarrio Co. http://www.csz.com/sarrio.html From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:30 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!crash!blade From: blade@cts.com (robert Sweeton) Subject: **TRADE MY GEAR FOR TINY SW UNIT** Organization: CTSNET Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 14:32:26 GMT Message-ID: X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #2 Keywords: TRADE Sender: news@crash.cts.com (news subsystem) Nntp-Posting-Host: blade.cts.com Lines: 8 I am seeking a tiny SW unit to use while backpacking. I have the following articals that I would be willing to trade, depending on the model offered. 1. SANGEAN 803 2. Realistic 20 ch programmable scanner (base unit) 3. Bearcat 100 xlt hand held programmable scanner 4. Sony 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Robert From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:31 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!lfsserv1.lfs.loral.com!news-owego.endicott.ibm.com!news.manassas.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com!news From: no@no Subject: Re: A new user Sender: news@bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com (News Admin ID) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 22:30:05 GMT X-Nntp-Posting-Host: eehoward.bocaraton.ibm.com References: <41iil3$le7@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Organization: IBM, Boca Raton, FL X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Lines: 3 Justin. You have a graet radio. Keep an eye on this group and soon you will see all kinds of interesting frequencies posted. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:32 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.cuny.edu!acc6!elik From: Eli Kizhnerman Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Antenna Question Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 11:53:50 -0400 Organization: City University of New York/University Computer Center Lines: 29 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: elik@acc6 Hi, I live in s pretty low area, between many private residential homes. I have set up a random wire antenna. Here is a description: The dashes are the inverted V made of wire, the 2 lines are also wires. - | | - | | _ | | - - | - | | - | - - | | This is basically is hanging under a wooden deck and is pointed in the direction where I figure Israel is located(I am trying 2 recieve kol-israel). The only problem is that the yard is surrounded by houses and the antenna is really pointing into a nearby house. I don't understand much about antennas so can someobdy tell me if this setup is good and/or how to improve it. I am getting pretty decent reception with this, but it could be better. From the antenna I have an isulated wire going into my room and I wrap it around my radio's(Panasonic RF-B45) telescopic antenna. In the best reception hours(3-5:30PM) I can even get clear reception when my computer is turned on. Any advice appriciated! Eli. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:33 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.cic.net!condor.ic.net!hal9k!jim.agar From: jim.agar@hal9k.com (Jim Agar) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: AST memory simms Message-ID: <31699.204.uupcb@hal9k.com> Date: 25 Aug 95 21:11:00 GMT Distribution: world Organization: HAL 9000 BBS, telnet hal9k.com or dial +1 313 663 4173, 28.8K Reply-To: jim.agar@hal9k.com (Jim Agar) Lines: 16 Hello, I have an AST Premium Exec 386sx/20-25 4mb SIMM that I'm selling or will trade for a good portable shortwave radio (sony, grundig, or ?). I'm looking for $120 + s&h costs for this working SIMM. The numbers on the simm are AST-4M-02 with 8 chips (v53c404bk60), 5 on one side and 3 on the flip. Jim A. Jim Agar 313 971 4706 jim.agar@hal9k.com 3420 Fernwood st. Ann Arbor, Mi. 48108 * SLMR 2.1a * Intercepts WELCOME!!! From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:33 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!atlas.axiom.net!atlas.axiom.net!jamiew From: jamiew@atlas.axiom.net (Jamie Walker) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Baha'i swl'ers Date: 26 Aug 1995 03:20:26 GMT Organization: Axiom Communications Lines: 21 Message-ID: <41m3tq$ldu@atlas.axiom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: atlas.axiom.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] HEllo! I am looking for any Bahai's who are into the shortwave hobby to talk to! Im sure they are out there somewhere! it would be fun to talk to others and get their' perspective and comments about this wonderfull hobby! I could see Bahai's into this hobby, because it is a hobby that in many ways fits right into the Baha'i teachings etc,,,, anyone who is please respond!! I will post this from time to time to see if I get any results!! Jamie jamiew@axiom.net :)  From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:34 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Susan Shepard <76703.4326@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: BayGen wind-up radio Date: 27 Aug 1995 08:57:46 GMT Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736) Lines: 9 Message-ID: <41pc2a$nkf$1@mhadg.production.compuserve.com> References: I can't find the original post about the wind-up radio, but there is one coming out or just out in South Africa. It was profiled briefly in BBC Worldwide a couple of months ago. Will look up if anybody is interested. - Susan -- -Susan From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:35 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!wariat.org!pcohio!mike.balistreri Distribution: world Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: building an outdoor anten From: mike.balistreri@pcohio.com (Mike Balistreri) Message-ID: <24.25914.2810@pcohio.com> References: <41i4p6$ccr@stellar.comnet.com> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 21:01:00 -0500 Organization: PC-OHIO PCBOARD - Cleveland, OH - 216-381-3320 Lines: 25 => in a posting to ALL ptj@stellar.comnet.com asked: P>I am building an outdoor antenna to be used with a Grundig YB400. Should the >single antenna wire be soldered to the inner/tip connector on the plug? >Should >the ground be soldered to the outer connector? Good question. I would like to know the answer myself - I hope we see a good response. In fact, I would like to expand the question: Why does a whip antenna on a battery operated portable work? Where is the earth reference? Does it depend on the the radio coupling capacitively to earth? . . . to its surroundings? Can the efficiency of a whip be improved by supplying the radio with a good ground? Curious in Cleveland, - MAB --- þ OLXWin 1.00 þ mike.balistreri@pcohio.com FIDO (1:157/200) _ _ -------------------------------------------------------------- |_|_| PC-Ohio PCBoard OLS pcohio.com HST 16.8: 216-381-3320 |_|_| The Best BBS in America Cleveland, OH V34 28.8: 216-691-3030 -------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:36 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!swrinde!sun2.ccf.swri.edu!usenet From: ABurzynski@swri.edu (Al Burzynski) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: building an outdoor antenna Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 17:10:17 GMT Organization: Southwest Research Institute Lines: 17 Message-ID: <41ibin$mo1@sun2.ccf.swri.edu> References: <41i4p6$ccr@stellar.comnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.162.160.222 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 ptj@stellar.comnet.com (Paul Johnson) wrote: >I am building an outdoor antenna to be used with a Grundig YB400. Should the >single antenna wire be soldered to the inner/tip connector on the plug? Should >the ground be soldered to the outer connector? >-- >ptj@execusoft.com Experiment. I have had situations where a ground helped and other situations where the signal was poorer with a ground. In a receive only situation, things are not as critical as they are when you are transmitting. Therefore, experiment and see which situation gives you the best results. Al From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:37 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!interlog.com!news From: algollom@interlog.com (Alan Gollom) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Can't e-mail Radio Netherlands Date: 27 Aug 1995 04:01:54 GMT Organization: InterLog Internet Services Lines: 14 Message-ID: <41oqni$5kf@steel.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: algollom.interlog.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6 I recently checked out Radio Netherlands on the Web, and it's fabulous. I've tried to send mail to them via the address they give on the Web (letters@rnw.nl) but they keep being returned. The mail server cites it as 'transient failure' , 'unknown address', or 'undeliverable'. Has anyone else had any problems getting through to R.N. via Internet? Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. Alan algollom@interlog.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:38 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!vanbc.wimsey.com!io.org!gvc.com!tor250!odxabbs!werner.funkenhauser From: Werner.Funkenhauser@odxabbs.tor250.org (Werner Funkenhauser) Date: 23 Aug 95 22:21:11 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: CBC CALLSIGNS, CHILE----- Message-ID: Organization: Gateway: The ODXA Listening Post, Aurora, Ontario 905 841-6490 Lines: 39 In Message: <417u71$3s0q@acs3.acs.ucalgary.ca>, dmcintyr@acs.ucalgary.ca (Deane D. McIntynre) wrote: References: <60.11555.4230.0N1F02D2#canrem.com> <413ccv$ji0@ionews.io.org> DD> In article <413ccv$ji0@ionews.io.org>, DD> DAVID SHEARMAN wrote: DD> >Werner Funkenhauser (werner.funkenhauser@canrem.com) wrote: DD> >: There was a thread about CBC stations using calls that are designated f DD> >Werner, I wonder if "Burketon Junction" is the same Burketon that is DD> >about 4 miles south of me in Durham Region? DD> > DD> It is indeed the same Burketon Junction, located about 11 miles DD> north of my old hometown of Bowmanville. However, their is much more WOW! What a great bit of Canadian radio history. A Distiller's Radio station. I believe it. A lot of folks on the north shore of The Lakes were blatant in supplying booze during the great thirst known as the US Prohibition. When I was young, I lived near Leamington and Kingsville -- at the west end of Lake Erie. There were a couple of old guys in the area, obviously very well off. Whispered talk was that they made their lot by zooming out nightly, to places like Put-In-Bay Ohio, in speedboats loaded with Walkerville's Pride, `Johny Walker' during Prohibition days. Don't know if they ran a radio station, but I'll bet they used radio! When we were on the Newfoundland DXpedition, Jean Burnell took us down to a place called Trepassy, well past the Cape Race Loran station. He told us that `smuggling' from St. Pierre and Miquelon was still a way of life in parts of the area. Regards... Werner * RM 1.3 03054 * -- | Fidonet : Werner Funkenhauser 1:250/930 | Internet: Werner.Funkenhauser@odxabbs.tor250.org From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:39 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: pyewacket1@aol.com (Pyewacket1) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Clear-channel stations in US (MW) Date: 26 Aug 1995 22:10:32 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 14 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <41ok6o$qkn@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <41o8hg$n5b@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <41o8hg$n5b@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, mikedajja@aol.com (MikeDajja) writes: > 50,0000 watt AM Stations > > (Information taken in part from the AM Journal, coming out >in September 1995) Could you mention a little something about this AM Journal, as I've never heard of a publication by that exact name lately, and answer why your list stopped at 1050 kHz? I know there's a few more higher in the band... Lynn. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:40 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Susan Shepard <76703.4326@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Cote d'Ivoire Date: 27 Aug 1995 09:05:45 GMT Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736) Lines: 13 Message-ID: <41pch9$nkf$2@mhadg.production.compuserve.com> References: <40kmn2$eqi@news.euro.net> Andy - What a nice statement from you on WRTH's efforts to provide tx/skd information...and the unfortunate arrogance of some, albeit few, members of the DX community . Fortunately, this community is largely characterized by persons such as the WRTH gang who really do their best at all times and are straightforward in sharing the best information they have! - Susan -- -Susan From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:41 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!news.eunet.fi!KremlSun!kiae!relcom!newsserv From: "Fedor G. Babanine" Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Digitized SW Broadcasts Date: Fri, 25 Aug 95 18:00:31 +0400 Distribution: world Organization: PRIVATE Message-ID: Sender: news-service@kiae.su Reply-To: root@tugr.irkutsk.su Keywords: VOA References: <4187ph$b1n@news.bu.edu> Summary: Public server of VOA X-Return-Path: cpuv1.net.kiae.su!icc.ru!icc.ru!tugr!tugr.irkutsk.su!root Lines: 23 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1018 > If anyone know where exist VOA's programs in Vietnamese, please > let me know the address. I'm talking about the stuffs similar to > what VOA puts on their ftp site-digitized audio broadcast progs. > Also, would this be an excellent alternative to SW? Instead of > "tuning," one can use "ftp" to do the trick. > Thanks in advance. > > CC You can read any information about VOA from the Public mailserver VOA. Send HELP in the body of your message to info@voa.gov Sincerely Fedor /\_____/\ ==-=-/ o o \=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-== == ( == ^ == ) Fedor Babanine == == ) ( E-mail: root@tugr.irkutsk.su == == ( ) 664033 Irkutsk,Lermontova,275A-63 Russia == ==-( ( ) ( ) )=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-== (__(__)___(__)__) From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:42 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!noc.netcom.net!simtel!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!core.apana.org.au!audio.apana.org.au!not-for-mail From: donley@audio.apana.org.au (David Onley) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: EASY BEVERAGE ANTENNA Date: 27 Aug 1995 09:38:38 +1000 Organization: South Pacific Union Of DX'ers Inc. Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <410qj1$t4l@stella.tip.net> <4059u9$jr1@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> <60.11216.4230.0N1EEC35@canrem.com> <40b97d$1 <19950819124011.RM17062@ccnet3.ccnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: audio.apana.org.au In article <19950819124011.RM17062@ccnet3.ccnet.com>, dweeks@ccnet.com (David M. Weeks) wrote: > In <410qj1$t4l@stella.tip.net>, Hermod Pedersen wrote: > > º donley@audio.apana.org.au (David Onley) wrote: > > º >I don't know which would be worse.. putting a beverage out in freezing cold > º >conditions like snow... or as we did last October, put our antenna out in > º >snake infested territory in 38C.. > > Yeah--put down another vote for freezing cold! Yeech. > Hi Dave Anything under 20C in Oz is FREEZING... Give me thongs, zinc cream & a hat anytime.. plus a big stick for the snakes d.o David Onley. E-Mail (Internet) donley@audio.apana.org.au FidoNet 3:635/725 Postal: P.O. Box 1163, Thornbury, Victoria, 3071, AUSTRALIA From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:43 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.euro.net!news From: pa0mjr@euronet.nl (Martin de Radder) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,uk.amateur.radio,rec.radio.amateur.space,alt.radio.digital Subject: Re: Email by radio from Yacht - HELP? Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 14:27:06 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 61 Message-ID: <41kmjt$lkb@news.euro.net> References: <41cmgg$dmg@etech.aladdin.co.uk> <41d5t9$44j@superb.csc.ti.com> Reply-To: pa0mjr@euronet.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: z029.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99.82 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:57564 rec.radio.amateur.space:4662 alt.radio.digital:987 On 22 Aug 1995 17:59:05 GMT mbv@ti.com (ken) wrote about Re: Email by radio from Yacht - HELP? >In article <41cmgg$dmg@etech.aladdin.co.uk>, geoff@aladdin.co.uk (Geoff Lynch) says: >> >Probably not by Amateur satellite, but by Inmarsat, which is a commercial >system. I don't have any information on how to get started using the >system except that it uses a frequency of around 2Ghz and you need a >small (2-3ft) dish to access it. I believe the system is intended to be >used primarily by underdeveloped countries for emergency medical communications. Freq.s up/downlink for the vessel are in 1.5Ghz/1.6GHz, duplex distance 100Mhz. Best for ur purpose is Inmarsat C. wich can run completely from 24V DC. Antenna is small and not a dish but a Qudrifiller type antenna. The Inmarsat C system is using a 600Bps up down link and is a store and forward system. You can send/receive Msgs frm INT telex network, PSTN, AX25 etc. You can also send an ASCII datafile to a fax machine ashore. Best sold unit is from Thrane & Thrane in Denmark. Unit is sold worldwide. Sending receiving MSG's to the Internet is possible on some coaststations, but is quit experimental on the moment of writing using the X400 network. >There are some systems designed to be used by ships for telephone >traffic that could be used by individuals if they were willing to pay >the price. Contact a marine radio salesman through a local marina for >information. If your friends are in range of the Japanese digital cellular >satellites, they could use them for worldwide communications. I don't think >the US has its system in place yet. There is also INMARSAT-M terminal, especial disigned for Portable work and/or use ab a high sea going small vessel. Usage Telephony and low speed FAX (2400 Bd), later on 2400Bd data will be added. 24V DC working possible. No gyro compass needed. For larger vessels there is a full size INMARSAT-B including full duplex telephony, Telex, FAX at 9600Bd and DATA at 9600Bd. The INMARSAT-B will replace the older INMARSAT-A. For this equipment an AC supply (220V or 110V 50/60Hz) is needed aswel as a good functioning gyro compass. 24V Emergency supply also available for distres puposes. INMARSAT has a worldwide coverage with 4 Stationairy satelites. _ /\// __ __ __ |internet: pa0mjr@euronet.nl / / / / /_/ / / /\ / |ampr.net: pa0mjr@pa0mjr.ampr.org / / / / /\ / / / \/ |Martin de Radder,Schiedam,Holland ----------------------------------------------------------- [Posted with Agent .99. For info, email agent-info@forteinc.com.] From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:44 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.gate.net!ftmfl2-1.gate.net!seven77 From: seven77@gate.net (777) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,uk.amateur.radio,rec.radio.amateur.space,alt.radio.digital Subject: Re: Email by radio from Yacht - HELP? Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 14:52:18 Organization: partly Lines: 9 Message-ID: References: <41cmgg$dmg@etech.aladdin.co.uk> <41d5t9$44j@superb.csc.ti.com> <41kmjt$lkb@news.euro.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ftmfl2-1.gate.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:57576 rec.radio.amateur.space:4664 alt.radio.digital:989 I use a program called Notify! to take my e-mail messages, paginate them, and send out through an alphanumeric paging company. I put in an SMTP gateway between the Internet and Microsoft Mail. When you send a message to my other address, it ends up on my pager. I know there are now global alphapagers where the signal comes from a sattelite. This COULD be a viable solution to your problem. Mike (777) From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:45 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,uk.amateur.radio,rec.radio.amateur.space,alt.radio.digital Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!tcsi.tcs.com!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!news.scruz.net!cruzio!davew From: davew@cruzio.com Subject: Re: Email by radio from Yacht - HELP? Reply-To: davew@cruzio.com Organization: Cruzio Community Networking System, Santa Cruz, CA Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 23:45:24 GMT Message-ID: References: <41cmgg$dmg@etech.aladdin.co.uk> Sender: davew@cruzio.com (David Wells) Lines: 31 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:57620 rec.radio.amateur.space:4673 alt.radio.digital:991 In article <41cmgg$dmg@etech.aladdin.co.uk>, geoff@aladdin.co.uk (Geoff Lynch) writes: > I am not an amateur radio person, but have some understanding of > technology, unlike my friends. They are retired and sailing slowly > round the world on 37' yacht (currently ashore for winter in N.Z.) > > I am informed that there is the possibility of sending email via radio > to amateur satellites which then can connect into good old > internet/compuserve......from a laptop or similar on board. The have a > radio which from N.Z. they could "talk" to mid USA and as far west as > Austria, so presumably it is quite powerful. They want this facility > to be able to leave email for their agent in UK so they can get spares > ordered before they get into port....... > > Anyone any ideas if this is so , and if so, how do they go about it? > > Any info gratefully recieved. Please email me as well as posting any > response for the education of others. > > Thanks a bunch in advance, geoff@aladdin.net This is possible over HF radio but I do not know how well it would work using satellites. Amateur radio messages must be non-commercial and he may have problems with third party messages but that would depend on where he is and where he is licensed. If you would like some info on how to send Internet e-mail over ham radio let me know and I will e-mail it to you. . -- Dave Wells KD6TO; INTERNET: davew@cruzio.com Packet:KD6TO@K6LY.#CENCAL.CA.USA.NOAM; COMPUSERVE:74067,1755 (WA4UQQ Worldwide Amateur Radio Directory III KD6TO) . From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:46 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news1.digital.com!ames!news.hawaii.edu!gennari From: gennari@news.Hawaii.Edu (Scott Gennari) Subject: Re: English broadcasts to west coast USA? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: odin.net.hawaii.edu Message-ID: Sender: news@news.hawaii.edu Organization: University of Hawaii X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <1995Aug22.042002.8395@lafn.org> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 20:36:26 GMT Lines: 29 Brian Shaw (shaw@courier3.aero.org) wrote: : In article <1995Aug22.042002.8395@lafn.org>, ap927@lafn.org (chris morley) : wrote: : > : > HI....can someone E-mail me some frequancys to try from Los Angeles area. :would like to listen earlier and also in the morning 14:00-17:00 GMT. also other : > english broadcasts. thanks...Chris : Hi Chris, : There are a couple of books to also consider for this kind of information: : Passport to Worldband Listening (I think that's the correct title) and the It's "Passport to World Band Radio". :) Scott Gennari -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ University of Hawaii voice (808) 956 5392 Dept. of Information & Computer Sciences fax (808) 956 9399 2565 The Mall, Keller 304A Honolulu, HI 96822 email gennari@Hawaii.Edu From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:47 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!newsflash.concordia.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!hamlin From: hamlin@access.mbnet.mb.ca (Bill Hamlin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Equipment Recommendations? Date: 25 Aug 1995 18:45:11 GMT Organization: The University of Manitoba Lines: 9 Message-ID: <41l5nn$774@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: access.mbnet.mb.ca My friend is interested in getting a good shortwave radio at a reasonable price. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Bill Hamlin hamlin@mbnet.mb.ca Winnipeg, Manitoba From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:48 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!vanbc.wimsey.com!vanbc.wimsey.com!not-for-mail From: pgeorgeu@vanbc.wimsey.com (Peter Georgeu) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Equipment Recommendations? Date: 25 Aug 1995 12:57:10 -0700 Organization: Online at Wimsey Information Services Inc - Vancouver, Canada Lines: 30 Message-ID: <41l9um$ejq@vanbc.wimsey.com> References: <41l5nn$774@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: vanbc.wimsey.com In article <41l5nn$774@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>, Bill Hamlin wrote: > >My friend is interested in getting a good shortwave radio at a reasonable >price. Do you have any suggestions? > >Thanks in advance. > This type of question can really only be answered properly if your friend would provide the following basic information: 1) What is his budget? 2) Does he want a portable or will a tabletop model be fine? 3) What type of listening does he wish to do? a) Listening to major broadcasters b) Chasing after rare distant stations c) Will he wish to listen in to hams, utilities stations etc? d) Is he interested in just the shortwave band or is the medium wave band also of interest? This ties in with b) above e) Is he able to put up a decent outdoor antenna? And as a final "catch all" is this going to be a really serious hobby, something quite casual, or in between the two. Peter From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:49 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!redstone.interpath.net!mercury!willy From: willy@mercury.interpath.net (William Callis - Personal Account) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: FM DX Date: 26 Aug 1995 22:55:29 GMT Organization: Interpath -- Providing Internet access to North Carolina Lines: 10 Message-ID: <41o8p1$chc@redstone.interpath.net> References: <41aof8$ae0_001@pm37.ilhawaii.net> <41b9br$t52@jobes.sierra.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.interpath.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] joewo (joewo@sierra.net) wrote: : cb@ilhawaii.net (Charles Boehnke) wrote: : >Here in Hawaii I have heard FM DX from California, Oregon, Washington, What kind of antenna is good for FM DX Willy From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:50 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!newsdist.tc.umn.edu!dawn.mmm.com!news From: pjdurkin@mmm.com (Pat Durkin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Folk music on SW? Date: 25 Aug 1995 14:24:05 GMT Organization: 3M Company - PI&C Engineering Lines: 26 Message-ID: <41kme5$pdh@dawn.mmm.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2b4 (Windows; I; 16bit) jcr2@cornell.edu (John Rethorst) wrote: >Is there a publication or web site that specializes in schedules of ethnic >music broadcasts? The 1995 "Passport" has a nice article on Radio >Romania's Skylark program. Other SW guides don't discuss folk music, and I >haven't seen it on the Shortwave Catalog on the web. I've found a little >music from Budapest and Athens, but bet there's lots more out there. > >Thanks! >John I don't know of a list of ethnic music programs anywhere, but if you like South Pacific/Polynesian music, try listening to Radio New Zealand International between 0400-0500 UTC Monday-Friday on 15115 kHz, when they present their "Calling..." programs (Calling Tonga, Calling Cook Islands, etc.) I don't understand the languages but the music is very soothing to listen to at bedtime (0400 UTC is 11 PM local time). It reminds me of the music I heard in Hawaii on a trip there a few years ago. -- Pat Durkin, Sr. Systems Engineer EMAIL: pjdurkin@mmm.com 3M Company - PI&C Engineering Opinions expressed are my own 900 Bush Ave., Bldg. 42-6E-08 and may not reflect those of St. Paul, MN 55144 3M Company. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:51 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Daniel D. Van Hoy <76407.1640@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: FS: Radio Shack DX-440 SW RX/803A Date: 27 Aug 1995 02:38:33 GMT Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736) Lines: 8 Message-ID: <41olr9$23b$2@mhafm.production.compuserve.com> Radio Shack DX-440 portable, 150kHz to 30mHz with FM band (stereo), AM/SSB/CW digital. Excellent medium wave reception. Clone of Sangean ATS-803A, one of the best SWL receivers for the money. Comes with manual and AC adaptor. $120 Contact: Dan, NV7L EMAIL: 76407.1640@COMPUSERVE.COM Phone 206-564-4956 or 531-2142 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:51 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.intergate.net!usenet From: Kenny West Newsgroups: alt.irc,alt.2600,alt.privacy,alt.security,alt.radio.pirate,comp.org.eff.talk,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.video.satellite.tvro,alt.radio.scanner.uk,ab.general,bc.general,can.general,ont.general,alt.radio.uk,nlnet.media.radio,alt.radio.uk.talk-radio,uk.media,uk.misc,alt.wired,misc.entrepreneurs Subject: Re: Full Disclosure Live -- IRC eets Shortwave & Satellite... Date: 26 Aug 1995 22:54:12 GMT Organization: Media One Lines: 40 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <41o8mk$u4b@keystone.intergate.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: p15.intergate.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: glr@ripco.com Xref: grape.epix.net alt.irc:39980 alt.2600:67495 alt.privacy:26425 alt.security:26952 alt.radio.pirate:9832 comp.org.eff.talk:60367 rec.radio.shortwave:57618 rec.video.satellite.tvro:10897 alt.radio.uk:3484 alt.wired:19954 misc.entrepreneurs:58936 glr@ripco.com (Glen Roberts) wrote: >Full Disclosure Live is going to try its IRC channel during the program, >again this sunday. Full Disclosure Live is a live radio program carried >on World Wide Shortwave as well as the Tech Talk Network. It begins at >8pm (eastern) (Midnight UTC) every Sunday. > >In addition to taking calls via phone, listeners can participate by joining >IRC channel #fulldisclosure. > >Previous use of the IRC channel has resulted in overseas participation in >Full Disclosure Live... we'd be delighted to have more participation... > >So, join our live discussion on privacy, surveillance, technology and >government... > >-- >-------------------------------------- >Glen L. Roberts, Host Full Disclosure Live (WWCR 5065khz - Sundays 8pm eastern) >(WOYL AM-1340, Oil City, PA). Tech Talk Network; Telstar 302, Ch 21, 5.8 Audio > >Look for articles, catalog, downloadable programs and great links on: >http://pages.ripco.com:8080/~glr/glr.html >------------------------------------- -- Glen, I sure am glad to hear that, i will be listening by tape delay, can you comment on your show sunday about the story that the fcc monitoring stations will be shutting down, i also heard that a company is ready to ship 5 watt fm transmitters, heard about this ?? thanks, and thatks for your show ! Wanna See My Web Page ?? Ok, Go To www.intergate.net/uhtml/kens.html From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:52 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.rio.com!usenet From: molsen@rio.com (Monte Olsen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: GE Super Radio Date: 26 Aug 1995 14:00:39 GMT Organization: Northwest Internet Services, Inc. Lines: 7 Message-ID: <41n9e7$sp3@wave.rio.com> References: <41e04s$ief@wave.rio.com> Reply-To: molsen@rio.com NNTP-Posting-Host: p06.t0.rio.com X-Newsreader: News for Windows NT X1.0-68 Chuck, Thanks very much for the info and also to the others who wrote bc. Monte N7FF0 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:53 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: hansen64@aol.com (Hansen64) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: GE Super Radio Date: 26 Aug 1995 03:31:36 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 15 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <41miko$bkt@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: Reply-To: hansen64@aol.com (Hansen64) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I have owned a Super Radio 3 for about 4 months now. I bought it at Payless Drug Stores new for about $55 as I recall. It works ok. Selectivity is great. From Portland, OR I can tune in KGO in San Francisco on 810 even though there is a local station at 800. The only problem I have with the radio is that it is cheaply made. It is one of those "Made in China" plastic, light duty items. For this reason, I avoid stuff made in China, but the SR III radios all seem to be made over there. The knobs feel cheap and the first time I bump it off the table, I know it will be broken. They sure do not make them like they used to. .....m.h. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!newsmaster From: 74710.3115@compuserve.com (Herm Perez) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: GE Super Radio Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 17:35:15 GMT Organization: not organized in Miami, Florida Lines: 12 Message-ID: <41q3d7$16a@dub-news-svc-2.compuserve.com> References: <41e04s$ief@wave.rio.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ad13-042.compuserve.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Chuck Hodell wrote: >I have seen the SR IIIs at Famous Brand Electronics in St. Augustine, >FL. They are refurbished and I think they are in the $39 price range. >Their phone number is 904/823-3303. I purchased mine in the local electronics superstore, for only $47 (including tax), so why buy a refurbished model for $39.. Herm From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: KQTE08A@prodigy.com (Andrea Bonilla) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Grundig Satellit-700 and Antennas Date: 25 Aug 1995 18:43:10 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 11 Distribution: world Message-ID: <41l5ju$qne@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap3.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 If you have the Satellit 700 I am interested in your suggestions relating to antennas that I could buy for my radio. I doesn't matter what the price range is or the size of the antenna. Replies only to this Post not to my email address please. - WesleyPadillaKQTE08A@prodigy.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:55 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jaymarv@ix.netcom.com (Jay Marvin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Grundig Satellit-700 and Antennas Date: 25 Aug 1995 20:06:09 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 23 Message-ID: <41lafh$8si@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> References: <41l5ju$qne@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-chi6-23.ix.netcom.com In <41l5ju$qne@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> KQTE08A@prodigy.com (Andrea Bonilla) writes: > > If you have the Satellit 700 I am interested in your suggestions >relating to antennas that I could buy for my radio. I doesn't matter what >the price range is or the size of the antenna. Replies only to this Post >not to my email address please. I had a 700 and used regular hook up wire wrapped around the telescopic antenna and it worked great. jay -- The Helms-Burton Bill Bad For People Bad For Business Bad For America! Jay Marvin WLS AM890/94.7 FM Jmarvin@IGC.APC.ORG Jaymarv@ix.netcom.com http://www.mcs.net/~marvin/ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:56 1995 Newsgroups: alt.bbs.ads,alt.bbs.lists,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.shortwave,alt.bbs, Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!kb6axk From: kb6axk@netcom.com (Joe Cira) Subject: HAM*INFO*LINK*SOURCE BBS Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 04:55:42 GMT Lines: 45 Sender: kb6axk@netcom18.netcom.com Xref: grape.epix.net alt.bbs.ads:22024 alt.bbs.lists:13165 rec.radio.scanner:31246 rec.radio.cb:22085 rec.radio.shortwave:57635 alt.bbs:48000 Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Summary: Keywords: HELLO FELLOW HAMS:and FUTURE HAMS !!!!!!! re: HAM BBS dedicated to amateur radio !!!! 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INTERNET E-MAIL ADDRESS:> kb6axk@netcom.com /EX S -- US AMATEUR RADIO |sysop of the HAM*INFO*LINK*SOURCE BBS| KB6AXK | at 1-818-584-1952,joe cira | PASADENA,CAL,91107| kb6axk@netcom.com | From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:57 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!MHS.HCJB.COM.EC!kmacharg Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508251925.PAA67461@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 14:07:57 -0500 Reply-To: "MacHarg, Ken" Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: "MacHarg, Ken" Organization: HCJB - Quito Subject: HCJB Radio Special In-Reply-To: <008332300256ACD1> Lines: 38 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "Light In the Darkness," the story of the world-renowned Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir will be aired by HCJB, the Voice of the Andes on Sunday, August 27. Join us for the inspiring story of this interracial group whose music is known around the globe. Hear moving stories of choir members and how they have turned their lives around through their faith in Jesus Christ, and thrill to their music as they share some of their best known performances. "Light in the Darkness" is a different type of program which will interest listeners from all backgrounds. This special will be heard on August 27 following the news at 7:30 and 17:00 UTC in Europe, 9:00 UTC in the South Pacific, 16:00 UTC in the Andean region, and at 1:00 and 5:00 UTC (Monday) in the Americas. --------------------------------------------------------------- ENGLISH FREQUENCY SCHEDULE : Effective 10 July 1995 at 1600 UTC Revised 6 July 1995 by ACG --------------------------------------------------------------- THE AMERICAS: 0030-0500 UTC on 9745 kHz eastern North America 0500-0700 UTC on 9745 kHz western North America 1100-1500 UTC on 12005 kHz to The Caribbean 1130-1430 UTC on 15115 kHz to North America 1130-1600 UTC on 15115 kHz to South America 1330-2100 UTC on 6080 kHz to the Andean Region EUROPE: 0700-0830 UTC on 11615 kHz 1700-2000 UTC on 15490 kHz SOUTH PACIFIC: 0700-1130 UTC on 5900 kHz GENERAL NOTES: All English releases are also carried on 21455 kHz USB in 13 meters. English is also broadcast on the USB frequency of 15540 kHz in 19 meters at the following times: 0030-0500, 0700-0930, 1000-1130, 1200-1600, and 1800-1830 UTC. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:58 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!MCLINK.IT!MC3626 Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508252243.SAA111122@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 00:43:09 CEST Reply-To: Giovanni Mazzola Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Giovanni Mazzola Subject: Help About Sony Icf-Sw7600G Lines: 5 Please help me removing the frequency limits of my italian version of the Sony ICF-SW7600G. Thanks in advance ! Giovanni, IT9XXS. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:16:59 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!cadvision.com!usenet From: John Fallows Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: HF Propagation Software Date: 26 Aug 1995 22:07:12 GMT Organization: CADVision Lines: 5 Message-ID: <41o5ug$lie@cadvision.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cad148.cadvision.com I am interested in communicating with anyone who experiments with or uses HF Propagation evaluation software. In particular, I am looking for information about how to use geomagnetic index information to adjust MUF calculations during ionospheric storms, etc. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:00 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!btnet!news.compulink.co.uk!cix.compulink.co.uk!usenet From: rhunt@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Richard Hunt") Subject: IFA Berlin WWW pages Message-ID: Organization: Compulink Information eXchange Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 14:44:21 GMT X-News-Software: Ameol32 Lines: 5 IFA (the Internationale Funkausstellung, broadcast trade fair, in Berlin) takes place from August 26 to mid-September. The press releases can be found at http://www.dtag.de/ifa - probably only in German. Richard Hunt - rhunt@cix.compulink.co.uk From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:01 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Joel Dark <72622.2161@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: internet address for German shortwave Date: 26 Aug 1995 04:43:37 GMT Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736) Lines: 7 Message-ID: <41m8pp$i82$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> Is there anyone here who listens to German shortwave (Deutsche Welle) and could tell me how to write them over e-mail? I think that they probably have an internet address, but I'm not sure how one goes about researching this sort of thing. Thanks. -- Joel Dark 72622.2161@compuserve.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:01 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!vanbc.wimsey.com!vanbc.wimsey.com!not-for-mail From: pgeorgeu@vanbc.wimsey.com (Peter Georgeu) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: internet address for German shortwave Date: 25 Aug 1995 22:24:14 -0700 Organization: Online at Wimsey Information Services Inc - Vancouver, Canada Lines: 21 Message-ID: <41mb5u$bt0@vanbc.wimsey.com> References: <41m8pp$i82$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vanbc.wimsey.com In article <41m8pp$i82$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com>, Joel Dark <72622.2161@CompuServe.COM> wrote: >Is there anyone here who listens to German shortwave >(Deutsche Welle) and could tell me how to write them >over e-mail? I think that they probably have an >internet address, but I'm not sure how one goes about >researching this sort of thing. Thanks. >-- The Deutsche Welle's email address is dw@dw.gmd.de They also have a Web page. The URL for it is: http://www-dw.gmd.de/english/index.html If you wish to send email via a form on their page the URL is: http://www-dw.gmd.de/english/infos/mailforms.html Peter From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:02 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.io.com!monro From: monro@io.com (James Monro) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Is there a shortwave car radio Date: 27 Aug 1995 08:56:43 GMT Organization: Illuminati Online Lines: 10 Message-ID: <41pc0b$dee@anarchy.io.com> References: <1995Jul20.093711.54671@msuvx2.memphis.edu> <3umaoj$ip3@adam.spu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bermuda.io.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I see that this thread is a bit old, but here's some info that might help. The C. Crane Co. has an AM/FM/Cassette Tape/11 band shortwave auto radio. It's a Phillips DC777 for $399.95. C. Crane's order # is 1-800-522-8863(TUNE). James Monro -- monro@io.com -- Austin, TX From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:03 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ns1.win.net!dorsea!nehager Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <1354@dorsea.win.net> References: <1995Jul20.093711.54671@msuvx2.memphis.edu> <3umaoj$ip3@adam.spu.edu><41pc0b$dee@anarchy.io.com> Reply-To: nehager@dorsea.win.net (Nat Hager III) From: nehager@dorsea.win.net (Nat Hager III) Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 16:01:31 GMT Subject: Re: Is there a shortwave car radio Lines: 16 In article <41pc0b$dee@anarchy.io.com>, James Monro (monro@io.com) writes: >I see that this thread is a bit old, but here's some info that might help. > >The C. Crane Co. has an AM/FM/Cassette Tape/11 band shortwave auto >radio. It's a Phillips DC777 for $399.95. > >C. Crane's order # is 1-800-522-8863(TUNE). > >James Monro -- monro@io.com -- Austin, TX > > > Really?? Are they selling them again? Last I heard they'd discontinued they radio (at least in North America). Nat Hager III nehager@dorsea.win.net 772 Dorsea Rd. 71552.513@compuserve.com Lancaster, PA 17601 hagerne@vax.etown.edu (717) 898-3053 (717) 361-1377 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:04 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!CCF.HEALTH.NSW.GOV.AU!sbuxton Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508250718.DAA110059@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 17:16:09 +1000 Reply-To: SBUXTON@CCF.HEALTH.NSW.GOV.AU Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: Simon Buxton Subject: Jamming of VOA Lines: 26 With regard to Don's posting, the instance I was quoting was definitely a jamming type noise (as with "numbers stations" like the "Lincolnshire Poacher") and my set is a reasonable one so I don't expect images (its an IC735 ham transceiver). VOA is so powerful (I think the relay may be in the Phillipines) that I don't expect anyone else to use the frequency at the same time. Simon **************************************************************** Simon Buxton VK2EII Sydney, Australia E-mail : sbuxton@ccf.health.nsw.gov.au Compuserve :100352,1612 **************************************************************** < Just because there is odd noise of the frequency does NNTP-Posting-Host: mindlink.net Kenwood R-1000 for sale. Has had very little use since brand new. comes with original box and owner's manual. Radio is in excellent condition. Digital display. Asking $700 Cdn. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:05 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!starport!brian.carling Distribution: world Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Let's face to the 2/2 From: brian.carling@acenet.com (Brian Carling) Message-ID: <2a6.14502.548@acenet.com> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 09:16:00 -0500 Organization: =ACE= ONLINE (301)942-2218 Lines: 10 >>> Continued from previous message JCY> Also comparing with my experiences in Taiwan, there are central control JCY>stations that coordinate the use of the machine in major cities of JCY>Taiwan. These control stations are connected to sensors in the JCY>streets. So, they can track down someone anywhere within the city. If JCY>Taiwan has this type of machine control station, United States should JCY>have the similiar control centers. I suspect that these station might JCY>use the "remote viewing" technology (and this technology may have been --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ Refuse novocaine - transcend dental medication! From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:05 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!starport!brian.carling Distribution: world Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Let's face to the min From: brian.carling@acenet.com (Brian Carling) Message-ID: <2a6.14504.548@acenet.com> References: <41jhgj$hm9@brahms.udel.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 09:16:00 -0500 Organization: =ACE= ONLINE (301)942-2218 Lines: 15 JCY>Since 1970s the brain reading machine had been invented. This machine JCY>can read your thoughts. Now I would like to show you this JCY> Alan Yu JCY> Do you really know yourself? JCY> The truth alway triumph over the deception & last forever. Alan, we don't CARE about your stupid brain machine fantasy. Go away! --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ He who dies with the most TAGLINES wins! From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:06 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jaymarv@ix.netcom.com (Jay Marvin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Let's face to the min Date: 26 Aug 1995 16:13:29 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 28 Message-ID: <41nh79$iph@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> References: <41jhgj$hm9@brahms.udel.edu> <2a6.14504.548@acenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-chi9-27.ix.netcom.com In <2a6.14504.548@acenet.com> brian.carling@acenet.com (Brian Carling) writes: > >JCY>Since 1970s the brain reading machine had been invented. This machine >JCY>can read your thoughts. Now I would like to show you this > >JCY> Alan Yu > >JCY> Do you really know yourself? > >JCY> The truth alway triumph over the deception & last forever. > >Alan, we don't CARE about your stupid brain machine fantasy. >Go away! Now, Brian I thought you only talked to me that way :) jay -- The Helms-Burton Bill Bad For People Bad For Business Bad For America! Jay Marvin WLS AM890/94.7 FM Jmarvin@IGC.APC.ORG Jaymarv@ix.netcom.com http://www.mcs.net/~marvin/ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:07 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!noc.netcom.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jaymarv@ix.netcom.com (Jay Marvin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Let's face to the mind machine. Date: 24 Aug 1995 15:22:57 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 18 Message-ID: <41i5gh$e14@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> References: <41dsva$590@brahms.udel.edu> <41dt1l$5b0@brahms.udel.edu> <41dt4g$5du@brahms.udel.edu> <41dt71$5hi@brahms.udel.edu> <41ghk2$nv8@brahms.udel.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-chi8-20.ix.netcom.com In <41ghk2$nv8@brahms.udel.edu> caesar@brahms.udel.edu (Johnny Chien-Min Yu) writes: > >Dear Readers, > > A victim of EMR mind machine sent me the following two articles The only victim here is you. Can you please tell us what it is like to be a brain stem and yet still be able to use a computer keyboard? -- The Helms-Burton Bill Bad For People Bad For Business Bad For America! Jay Marvin WLS AM890/94.7 FM Jmarvin@IGC.APC.ORG Jaymarv@ix.netcom.com http://www.mcs.net/~marvin/ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:08 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jrq@ix.netcom.com (James Quinby) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Let's face to the mind machine. Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 01:23:24 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 10 Message-ID: <41j8ik$ksh@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> References: <41dsva$590@brahms.udel.edu> <41dt1l$5b0@brahms.udel.edu> <41dt4g$5du@brahms.udel.edu> <41dt71$5hi@brahms.udel.edu> <41ghk2$nv8@brahms.udel.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-phi1-12.ix.netcom.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 (mierda deleted) Will someone tell me what this has to do with shortwave radio? Take this to alt.conspiracy.theories, dude. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:09 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news.udel.edu!brahms.udel.edu!not-for-mail From: caesar@brahms.udel.edu (Johnny Chien-Min Yu) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Let's face to the mind machine. Date: 24 Aug 1995 22:35:19 -0400 Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 33 Message-ID: <41jct7$fgm@brahms.udel.edu> References: <41dsva$590@brahms.udel.edu> <41dt71$5hi@brahms.udel.edu> <41ghk2$nv8@brahms.udel.edu> <41i5gh$e14@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: brahms.udel.edu In article <41i5gh$e14@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com>, Jay Marvin wrote: > >The only victim here is you. Can you please tell us what it is like to >be a brain stem and yet still be able to use a computer keyboard? >-- Since you do not try to prove or disprove the contents of the subject, but only restrict yourself to the level of personal attack. It proves that you have already closed your mind before you enter into this discussion. It shows to the rest of the readers of this groups that you have a fixed position to defend. Therefore, there's is nothing to discuss. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Alan Yu Do you really know yourself? The truth alway triumph over the deception & last forever. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:09 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jaymarv@ix.netcom.com (Jay Marvin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Let's face to the mind machine. Date: 25 Aug 1995 17:09:18 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 36 Message-ID: <41l03u$4rd@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> References: <41dsva$590@brahms.udel.edu> <41dt71$5hi@brahms.udel.edu> <41ghk2$nv8@brahms.udel.edu> <41i5gh$e14@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> <41jct7$fgm@brahms.udel.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-chi12-15.ix.netcom.com In <41jct7$fgm@brahms.udel.edu> caesar@brahms.udel.edu (Johnny Chien-Min Yu) writes: > >In article <41i5gh$e14@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com>, >Jay Marvin wrote: >> >>The only victim here is you. Can you please tell us what it is like to >>be a brain stem and yet still be able to use a computer keyboard? >>-- > > >Since you do not try to prove or disprove the contents of the subject, >but only restrict yourself to the level of personal attack. 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This and the above are aimed to Europe. Differing signal strengths, thunderstorm activity on this freq may suggest different xmitter sites. 2200-2215 4915khz Ghana GBC Radio 1. Eng ID and time check 2215 then trad. music. 4-3-4. This and following 60 metre loggings an hour before my sunset. 2217 5047khz Togo French. Afro pop. 4-3-4. 2220-2300 4783khz Mali French. Frequent ID "Radiodiff. Malienne." Good, listenable Afro pop (what is it called, Hilife?). 4-4-4 // to and better than 4835. 0315-0330 3220khz S. Africa? AWR? English. Not R. Oranje, which came in on 3230khz. Religious. Woman presenting Sunday morning program with trad. hymns, a capella. News headlines 0330, then male rel. talk, Eng. 3-2-3. 0320 3270//3290 Namibia UnID. Afro pop. 3-3-3. 0335-zzz 3306 Zimbabwe Good, listenable Afro pop w/ announcements in Afr. lg., IDs in Eng. 3-3-3 improving to 4-3-3 then fading w/ presumed local sunrise. 0925 4950 Tried for R. Baha'i, Ecuador. Nada. Woke up again at 1015, unable to copy very weak signal, music and announcements. DX440, 50' copper outside Arlington, Mass. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:12 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ratty.wolfe.net!usenet From: David Corrigan Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Looking for a Realistic DX 300/FRG 7 Date: 25 Aug 1995 15:45:15 GMT Organization: @tempest.adsnet.net Lines: 5 Message-ID: <41kr6b$pbg@news1.wolfe.net> References: <41h86l$m01@news1.wolfe.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: a011m.adsnet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2b4 (Windows; I; 16bit) Scratch the looking for the FRG 7. I am now looking for the DX 300 only. Thanks for the comments- I already own a modified DX 300 and know what to expect. SOOO.... still looking. -Dave From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:13 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ddi2.digital.net!usenet From: russ (russ@mailhost.gslink.net) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Looking for a Realistic DX 300/FRG 7 Date: 25 Aug 1995 07:49:22 GMT Organization: FLORIDA ONLINE, Florida's Premier Internet Provider Lines: 26 Message-ID: <41jva3$dr2@ddi2.digital.net> References: <41h86l$m01@news1.wolfe.net> <41i7dm$mdf@vanbc.wimsey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: @204.215.242.151 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.90.4 In article <41i7dm$mdf@vanbc.wimsey.com>, pgeorgeu@vanbc.wimsey.com (Peter Georgeu) says: > >In article <41h86l$m01@news1.wolfe.net>, wrote: >>I am looking for a Realistic DX 300 or FRG 7 to buy. >>Anyone have one to sell? >As for the DX 300 this is a complete dog, no questions about it. It has no >collector's value and really is one of the worst radios ever built. Radio >Shack tried to respond to complaints with the DX 302 but this was just a >marginal improvement. You obviously have your own reasons and it is not for >me to question them but ......It is SOOO HORRIBLE :-) Yeah, it was a lame attempt Realistic made at reintroducing a middle-class comm. receiver. If they had any brains, they would have gone back to the older SX190 design, and modernized it. But then again, that's Radio Shack for you. They're supposed to be offering a new shortwave set soon, reportedly made by Grundig, which might help boost the Satellite 700 (ooops, I meant DX??? when RS relables it), or perhaps go with the new Sangean 900 series offering. Go with the Frog instead. Russ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:14 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!interaccess!w-dyna140.net.interaccess.com!mikeku From: mikeku@interaccess.com (Mike) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: LOOKING FOR GE SUPERRADIO Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 20:32:42 -0600 Organization: InterAccess,Chicagoland's Full Service Internet Provider Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <41j4al$jb7@grid.Direct.CA> NNTP-Posting-Host: w-dyna140.net.interaccess.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <41j4al$jb7@grid.Direct.CA> kmawji@Direct.CA (Karim Mawji) writes: >From: kmawji@Direct.CA (Karim Mawji) >Subject: LOOKING FOR GE SUPERRADIO >Date: 25 Aug 1995 00:08:53 GMT >Anyone know of a company in Seattle or preferably in Bellingham that >definately carriers the GE Superradio III. Could you please either >email or post the cost, name of the company, address, and phone number >along with the area code. >Karim >kmawji@direct.ca Try K-Mart or Best Buy (if they are in the Seattle area). If this fails, you can order Superradios from some of the mail order electronic houses. Hope this helps Mike Kuna From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:15 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!li.net!hoflink.com!oedwards From: Orrin Edwards Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Looking for Rush! Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 07:35:45 -0400 Organization: LI Net (Long Island Network) Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <8AFC1B6.0092000011.uuout@freeworld.nacamar.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: hoflink.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <8AFC1B6.0092000011.uuout@freeworld.nacamar.de> On Thu, 24 Aug 1995, ROB PUCCI wrote: > I am stationed in Germany with the Armed Forces and have not been able > to pickup Rush Limbaugh on shortwave. Could someone please post the > times of is shortwave broadcast as well as the frequencies. Also, > should I be able to pick him up in Germany? For a radio I have a small > portable which I just purchased a radio shack wire antena for (one that > you can reel in). > > He is on WRNO 15420 kHz starting at 1600 UTC for three hours. He will be on vacation till September 11th, so there will probably be 'best of' shows. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Orrin - Long Island, NY orrin.edwards@hofbbs.hoflink.com (or) 70641,2173 on CompuServe ---------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:16 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!starport!brian.carling Distribution: world Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Looking for Rush! From: brian.carling@acenet.com (Brian Carling) Message-ID: <2a6.14503.548@acenet.com> References: <8AFC1B6.0092000011.uuout@freeworld.nacamar.de> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 09:16:00 -0500 Organization: =ACE= ONLINE (301)942-2218 Lines: 13 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave From: brian.carling@acenet.com Rob try WRNO, 15420 kHz between 1600 and 1900 UTC Mon-Fri RP>I am stationed in Germany with the Armed Forces and have not been able RP>to pickup Rush Limbaugh on shortwave. Could someone please post the RP>times of is shortwave broadcast as well as the frequencies. Also, RP>should I be able to pick him up in Germany? For a radio I have a small RP>portable which I just purchased a radio shack wire antena for (one that RP>you can reel in). --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ What do you mean, QWK? It took me over an hour to read! From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:16 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!newsmaster From: "Dr. Kurt Weissen" Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Native American Radio Date: 26 Aug 1995 08:16:26 GMT Organization: CompuServe Incorporated Lines: 2 Message-ID: <41ml8q$jjd@dub-news-svc-3.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dd11-003.compuserve.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2b3 (Windows; I; 16bit) Is there any native american radio on shortwave? From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:17 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: waltn@aol.com (WaltN) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Native American Radio Date: 27 Aug 1995 14:14:51 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 12 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <41qcmr$a9f@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <41ml8q$jjd@dub-news-svc-3.compuserve.com> Reply-To: waltn@aol.com (WaltN) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I ran across KTNN ("Voice of the Navajo Nation") at 0300 PDT this morning on 660 kHz. They broadcast from Window Rock, AZ, with Navajo news (in Navajo, I believe) from 1200-1900 UTC. 50KW/19hr. Good listening, Walt ======================================== Walt Novinger Real Radios Keep You Warm At Night! CI$: 73340,2015 waltn@aol.com wnovinger@shl.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:18 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: LAZN96A@prodigy.com (Geoffrey Steeby) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: New S.W. Station.... Date: 27 Aug 1995 19:45:22 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 8 Distribution: world Message-ID: <41qi0i$tam@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap1.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 WGCD, testing on 7.355 from Georga, heard at 15:30 edt (19:30 ut) requesting reception reports. 706-422-4944 From: LAZN96A@prodigy.com (Geoffrey Steeby) *** AKA: Jeff from Grand Rapids, Michigan USA To Err is Human...To Really foul things up... YOU NEED A COMPUTER !!!! From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:19 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!van-bc!vanbc.wimsey.com!vanbc.wimsey.com!not-for-mail From: pgeorgeu@vanbc.wimsey.com (Peter Georgeu) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: New Solar Cycle Date: 25 Aug 1995 10:34:04 -0700 Organization: Online at Wimsey Information Services Inc - Vancouver, Canada Lines: 28 Message-ID: <41l1ic$t6i@vanbc.wimsey.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: vanbc.wimsey.com In article , Charles Albertson wrote: >NPR ran an item Wednesday morning that solar scientists at Cal Tech had >spotted a sunspot with reversed polarity on the sun's disc a few days >ago. In the past, this sort of sighting has generally marked the >beginning of a new solar cycle. Anyone hear/know more about this? I would like someone to comment about this as from what I have read about this in, inter alia, the WRTH, this merely presages the fact that the new sunspot cycle is not too far off. To quote from the WRTH 1995 page 44 in an article by Mike Bird: "A key indicator of the approach of the new cycle is the occurrence of reverse polarity regions - regions of opposite magnetic polarity to those of the old cycle appearing at high solar latitudes than typical for current cycle regions. At the time of writing (September 1994) we are still awaiting their first appearance as an indicator that solar minimum is between 12 and 18 months away." The way I read this is that solar minimum is still at least a year off which is very much as expected with conditions returning to say March 1995 levels only occurring some time early in 1997. Overall, has anything really unexpected happened? Does not appear so. Peter From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:20 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!at738 From: at738@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (David Toste) Subject: Re: New Solar Cycle Message-ID: Sender: at738@freenet.carleton.ca (David Toste) Reply-To: at738@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (David Toste) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet References: <41l1ic$t6i@vanbc.wimsey.com> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 20:16:20 GMT Lines: 27 Peter Georgeu (pgeorgeu@vanbc.wimsey.com) writes: [stuff deleted] > of the old cycle appearing at high solar latitudes than typical for current > cycle regions. At the time of writing (September 1994) we are still > awaiting their first appearance as an indicator that solar minimum is > between 12 and 18 months away." > > > The way I read this is that solar minimum is still at least a year off > which is very much as expected with conditions returning to say March 1995 > levels only occurring some time early in 1997. > > Overall, has anything really unexpected happened? Does not appear so. > That's not to say that something has happened. You have to remember that we 'humans' have only been monitoring the sun spots for a little while and it sure isn't going to be a 100% sicence. From what I heard on Media Network. They sure think it's almost at the end of the cycle and things should start to get better sometime in the near future. -- David Toste [VE3TOS] Internet - aa521@freenet.toronto.on.ca Don Mills, Ontario. SWLOGit - The Ultimate Shortwave Listeners ftp.virginia.edu /pub/swlogit/ Software. (Fidonet: 1:250/930) http://www.io.org/~saturn/SWLOGit.html (SWLOGit Web Page) From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:21 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!mhv.net!bbs.mhv.net!Thomas.Randall From: Thomas.Randall@bbs.mhv.net (Thomas Randall) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: New Solar Cycle Date: 26 Aug 1995 03:06:21 GMT Organization: MHVNet, the Mid Hudson Valley's Internet connection Lines: 14 Message-ID: <41m33d$m66@over.mhv.net> References: Reply-To: Thomas.Randall@bbs.mhv.net NNTP-Posting-Host: csbh.mhv.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Charles Albertson (chucko@eskimo.com) wrote: : NPR ran an item Wednesday morning that solar scientists at Cal Tech had : spotted a sunspot with reversed polarity on the sun's disc a few days : ago. In the past, this sort of sighting has generally marked the : beginning of a new solar cycle. Anyone hear/know more about this? 3 such groups have been seen so far. All haveing reversed polarity. The new cycle should get really underway between May and December of next year. Sunspot activity HAS picked up from 0 in the past few days. Tom Randall Member: AAVSO Solar Division From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:22 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!mhv.net!bbs.mhv.net!Thomas.Randall From: Thomas.Randall@bbs.mhv.net (Thomas Randall) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: New Solar Cycle Date: 26 Aug 1995 03:10:59 GMT Organization: MHVNet, the Mid Hudson Valley's Internet connection Lines: 38 Message-ID: <41m3c3$m66@over.mhv.net> References: <41l1ic$t6i@vanbc.wimsey.com> Reply-To: Thomas.Randall@bbs.mhv.net NNTP-Posting-Host: csbh.mhv.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] David Toste (at738@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote: : Peter Georgeu (pgeorgeu@vanbc.wimsey.com) writes: : [stuff deleted] : > of the old cycle appearing at high solar latitudes than typical for current : > cycle regions. At the time of writing (September 1994) we are still : > awaiting their first appearance as an indicator that solar minimum is : > between 12 and 18 months away." : > : > : > The way I read this is that solar minimum is still at least a year off : > which is very much as expected with conditions returning to say March 1995 : > levels only occurring some time early in 1997. : > : > Overall, has anything really unexpected happened? Does not appear so. : > : That's not to say that something has happened. You have to remember that : we 'humans' have only been monitoring the sun spots for a little while and : it sure isn't going to be a 100% sicence. From what I heard on Media : Network. They sure think it's almost at the end of the cycle and things : should start to get better sometime in the near future. : -- : David Toste [VE3TOS] Internet - aa521@freenet.toronto.on.ca : Don Mills, Ontario. SWLOGit - The Ultimate Shortwave Listeners : ftp.virginia.edu /pub/swlogit/ Software. (Fidonet: 1:250/930) : http://www.io.org/~saturn/SWLOGit.html (SWLOGit Web Page) The sunspot cycle is not 100% predictable, that's one reason why it's so interesting to observe it. The AVERAGE cycle is 11 years. We now have seen several reversed polarity groups and we have to wait now and see what happens. Activity has increased the past few days. Tom Randall Member:AAVSO Solar Division From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:22 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!news2.aimnet.com!dial-sf1-19.iway.aimnet.com!user From: loquismo@aimnet.com (Bryan Cowan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Outdoor antenna in downtown area Date: 26 Aug 1995 00:59:16 GMT Organization: Aimnet Information Services Lines: 10 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-sf1-19.iway.aimnet.com I have seen posts about people trying to DX from their downtown offices so I thought I'd ask about this. I will be moving into a building in downtown San Francisco on Bush Street near Grant, on the boundary between the Union Square and Chinatown districts. The apartment is in the back of the building on the top (4th) floor, has a great view of the brick wall of an adjacent, slightly taller building. There is a fire escape outside the window. My question is, what would be the best outdoor antenna setup for this type of situation? Bryan Cowan loquismo@aimnet.com San Francisco, United States From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:23 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!noc.netcom.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jaymarv@ix.netcom.com (Jay Marvin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Outdoor antenna in downtown area Date: 26 Aug 1995 07:56:14 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 31 Message-ID: <41mk2u$q4b@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-chi5-26.ix.netcom.com In loquismo@aimnet.com (Bryan Cowan) writes: > >I have seen posts about people trying to DX from their downtown offices so >I thought I'd ask about this. I will be moving into a building in downtown >San Francisco on Bush Street near Grant, on the boundary between the Union >Square and Chinatown districts. The apartment is in the back of the >building on the top (4th) floor, has a great view of the brick wall of an I live in a high rise in downtown Chicago (btw I use to work at KSAN and I know where you're moving to). I would say if you don't have a little patio just get some hookup wire and hang it out the window. I have a little balcony so I built a folding L antenna with about 40 feet of wire. It works great. If you do what I did make sure the antenna does not touch the building. Get yourself some egg insulators. If I didn't spell all this right excuse me but it's late. jay -- The Helms-Burton Bill Bad For People Bad For Business Bad For America! Jay Marvin WLS AM890/94.7 FM Jmarvin@IGC.APC.ORG Jaymarv@ix.netcom.com http://www.mcs.net/~marvin/ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:25 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!news2.aimnet.com!dial-sf1-30.iway.aimnet.com!user From: loquismo@aimnet.com (Bryan Cowan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Outdoor antenna in downtown area Date: 26 Aug 1995 22:02:49 GMT Organization: Aimnet Information Services Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <41mk2u$q4b@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-sf1-30.iway.aimnet.com In article <41mk2u$q4b@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>, jaymarv@ix.netcom.com (Jay Marvin ) wrote: > In > loquismo@aimnet.com (Bryan Cowan) writes: > > > >I have seen posts about people trying to DX from their downtown > offices so > >I thought I'd ask about this. I will be moving into a building in > downtown > >San Francisco on Bush Street near Grant, on the boundary between the > Union > >Square and Chinatown districts. The apartment is in the back of the > >building on the top (4th) floor, has a great view of the brick wall of > an > > I live in a high rise in downtown Chicago (btw I use to work at KSAN > and I know where you're moving to). I would say if you don't have a > little patio just get some hookup wire and hang it out the window. I > have a little balcony so I built a folding L antenna with about 40 feet > of wire. It works great. If you do what I did make sure the antenna > does not touch the building. Get yourself some egg insulators. If I > didn't spell all this right excuse me but it's late. > > jay Actually, there is a fire escape landing outside the window, which could qualify as a patio. I'd like to know if I put an antenna out there would the metal of the fire escape interfere with my reception? From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:26 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!aimnet.com!news2.aimnet.com!dial-sf1-16.iway.aimnet.com!user From: loquismo@aimnet.com (Bryan Cowan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Outdoor antenna in downtown area Date: 27 Aug 1995 04:15:32 GMT Organization: Aimnet Information Services Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <41mk2u$q4b@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-sf1-16.iway.aimnet.com In article , loquismo@aimnet.com (Bryan Cowan) wrote: > In article <41mk2u$q4b@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>, jaymarv@ix.netcom.com (Jay > Marvin ) wrote: > > > In > > loquismo@aimnet.com (Bryan Cowan) writes: > > > > > >I have seen posts about people trying to DX from their downtown > > offices so > > >I thought I'd ask about this. I will be moving into a building in > > downtown > > >San Francisco on Bush Street near Grant, on the boundary between the > > Union > > >Square and Chinatown districts. The apartment is in the back of the > > >building on the top (4th) floor, has a great view of the brick wall of > > an > > > > I live in a high rise in downtown Chicago (btw I use to work at KSAN > > and I know where you're moving to). I would say if you don't have a > > little patio just get some hookup wire and hang it out the window. I > > have a little balcony so I built a folding L antenna with about 40 feet > > of wire. It works great. If you do what I did make sure the antenna > > does not touch the building. Get yourself some egg insulators. If I > > didn't spell all this right excuse me but it's late. > > > > jay > > Actually, there is a fire escape landing outside the window, which could > qualify as a patio. I'd like to know if I put an antenna out there would > the metal of the fire escape interfere with my reception? Also, the building itself is reinforced concrete. I'm not sure if this would have any effect on TV DX (from the steel used to reinforce the concrete) but I should ask. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:28 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news3.near.net!yale!news-mail-gateway!daemon From: ktrummel@mail.orion.org (Kevin K. Trummel) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Ozark DXing - Loggings from last week... Date: 25 Aug 1995 18:59:06 -0400 Organization: Yale CS Mail/News Gateway Lines: 63 Sender: daemon@cs.yale.edu Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: babyblue.cs.yale.edu X-Unparseable-Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 18:20:05 -0500 (CDT) Greetings from the Ozarks, The following stuff was logged from Southwestern Missouri in Springfield right next door to Bass Pro and Branson. Equipment used was a Collins R-391 and Drake R-4B receivers, Antennas are a 80 Meter Sloper, Verticals for 40 & 20 Meters, a 150' longwire, Homebrew Antenna Tuner and Preselector, a Radio Shack DSP, Sony CFS-1030 Amp & Spkrs, Sony TC-WR535 Dual Cassette Deck and a very nice pair of Headphones. Oh yes, almost forgot the MOST important piece of gear, Coffee by Mr. Coffee! BOLIVIA - Radio Panamericana - 6105 - 0700 - US Rock Music, plenty of "Panamericana" Jingles, OM ancr, Ads @ top and half of each hour, Great Signal for listed 7.5kW, Aug22 (Trummel-MO) CLANDESTINE - La Voz del CID - 6305 - 0655 - Spanish talks about Cuba and Castro, Jamming present, Good Signal, Aug19 (Trummel-MO) COSTA RICA - Faro del Caribe - 6175 - 0705 - Religious programming in SS, Good signal considering listed 2.5kW, // 5055 kHz, no trace of the 500 Watt TX on 9645, Aug19 (Trummel-MO) JAPAN - Radio Japan - 6145//6165 - 0740 - IS Repeated w/ EE ID by YL & JJ ID by OM rptd, Anthem @ 0745 into Russian Service, News by OM, 6145 Great Signal, // 6165 Barely Audible, Aug22 (Trummel-MO) NIGERIA - Voice of Nigeria - 7255 - 0650 - English Service, discussion of Nigerian current affairs, Very Good Signal, No ARO QRM, Aug19 (Trummel-MO) MEXICO - Radio Educacion - 6185 - 0700 - Music program of Mexican Folk Music, OM in EE/SS ID, Upcoming program hosted by YL in SS, this station is one of my favorite "Locals", after one night hearing the DJ playing old Black Sabbath cuts, Great Signal, Aug19 (Trummel-MO) MONACO - Trans World Radio - 7110 - 0635 - IS repeated, OM w/ ID, Freqs, upcoming programs @ 0640 into Religious programming, some ARO CW QRM, Good Signal, Aug19 (Trummel-MO) PERU - Radio Union - 6115 - 0715 - Ballads and Dance Music, OM & YL ancrs, station seems to use the "La Radio" ID alot, ads, running 24 Hour tonight, Great Signal for listed 10kW! Aug19 (Trummel-MO) RTTY - [HamComm v3.0, Homebrew Demodulator, 16MHz 386SX CPU] FUM, French Navy, Papeete, Tahiti - Reverse/77 Baud/850 Hz, 8628.8, 0800 - DE FUM VVV rptd, RY Mrkr Gd Signal, Aug22 (Trummel-MO) MTO, Royal Navy, London, England - Normal/77 Baud/850 Hz, 16920.2, 1845 - 02D 03B 04B 06C 08D 12B 16C 16D 22B 25D MTO repeated, Fair Signal, Aug22 (Trummel-MO) PWX33, Navy, Rio de Janerio, Brazil - Reverse/75 Baud/850 Hz, 15955.0, 1940, Portuguese Naval traffic, ship positions & destinations, being BCST to several other SAm Naval stations as well, Fair Signal, Aug22 (Trummel-MO) FUF, French Navy, Fort de France, Martinique - Normal/75 Baud/850 Hz, 4235.5, 0730, RY Marker, Good Signal, Aug23 (Trummel-MO) W1AW, ARRL HQ, Newington, CT - Reverse/45 Baud/170 Hz, 18103, 1515, QST to all Hams, Fair Signal, Aug23 (Trummel-MO) 6WW, French Navy, Dakar, Senegal - Normal/75 Baud/850 Hz, 12859.5, 1920, RY & TEST Marker, Fair Signal, Aug24 (Trummel-MO) Russian Ship "Blagonrawow" - Reverse/50 Baud/170 Hz, 12568.2, 1930, Cyrllic traffic, most of it to Odessa, Good, Aug24 (Trummel-MO) SOUTH AFRICA - Channel Africa - 9695 - 0530 - African News in English, Mixing w/ UNID station, Fair, Aug19 (Trummel-MO) USA - Vo America - 6873U - 0655 - English service feeder, 0700 S/Off, good signal, Aug23 (Trummel-MO) See ya next week! From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:28 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.cuny.edu!acc6!elik From: Eli Kizhnerman Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Panasonic RF-B45? Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 11:30:10 -0400 Organization: City University of New York/University Computer Center Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <41ej07$g74@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: elik@acc6 In-Reply-To: <41ej07$g74@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> On 23 Aug 1995, Geoffrey Steeby wrote: > Does anyone have any experience with the panasonic RF-B45? > please email comments to LAZN96A@prodigy.com > thanks in advance, Geoff. > > > Hi Geoff, Well, I own a Panasonic RF-B45 for a couple of months now, a couple of weeks ago I set up a random wire antenna and since then I get decent reception of Kol-Israel. I live in NY and there is plenty of noise here, but the radio seems 2 do fine most of the time. I never owned diff. SW radios so I can't compare, but I think this one is pretty decent. I got it for $155 in china town. Oh, just 2 let u know, it's REALLY usless without some kind of a wire antenna. Eli P.S: Forward me any interesting replies that you get. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:29 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!freenet.vcu.edu!freenet.vcu.edu!not-for-mail From: dsalkovi@freenet.vcu.edu Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Panasonic RF-B45? Date: 25 Aug 1995 22:16:27 -0400 Organization: Central Virginia's Free-Net Lines: 11 Distribution: world Message-ID: <41m05r$21g@freenet.vcu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet.vcu.edu I have had a RF-B45 for a couple years too. I agree with the previous comments about it except it *does* have an external antenna plug. I've got an antenna plugged into it right now. Dan S. -- ----- // ---- \\ -- // Dan Salkovitz - // dsalkovi@pen.k12.va.us - \\ dsalkovi@freenet.vcu.edu From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:30 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!mhv.net!bbs.mhv.net!Thomas.Randall From: Thomas.Randall@bbs.mhv.net (Thomas Randall) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Panasonic RF-B45? Date: 26 Aug 1995 03:04:21 GMT Organization: MHVNet, the Mid Hudson Valley's Internet connection Lines: 19 Distribution: world Message-ID: <41m2vl$m66@over.mhv.net> References: <41m05r$21g@freenet.vcu.edu> Reply-To: Thomas.Randall@bbs.mhv.net NNTP-Posting-Host: csbh.mhv.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] dsalkovi@freenet.vcu.edu wrote: : I have had a RF-B45 for a couple years too. I agree with the : previous comments about it except it *does* have an external : antenna plug. I've got an antenna plugged into it right now. : Dan S. : -- : ----- // : ---- \\ : -- // Dan Salkovitz : - // dsalkovi@pen.k12.va.us : - \\ dsalkovi@freenet.vcu.edu I have the it's "big brother" the RF-B65 and it too is a great little radio! I use the long wire with it and it does a FINE job. Tom From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:31 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!wave.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!dircon!usenet From: fartknocker@chuff.com (piss off!) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: PC + HF RX = noise, please help! Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 10:40:57 GMT Organization: The Direct Connection (Call 0181 297 2200 for info) Lines: 8 Message-ID: <41mti3$97j@newsgate.dircon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ac049.pool.dircon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 Hi there, I am plagued by inteference from my pc on my SW RX, as long as the two are in the same room I cannot use them together. Are there any docs/books that suggest ways of curing this problem, I would appreciate any help with this. Steve From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:31 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!wave.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!dircon!usenet From: s-evans@dircon.co.uk (steve evans) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: PC + HF RX = noise, please help! - (SORRY!) Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 10:54:04 GMT Organization: The Direct Connection (Call 0181 297 2200 for info) Lines: 9 Message-ID: <41muam$97j@newsgate.dircon.co.uk> References: <41mti3$97j@newsgate.dircon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ac049.pool.dircon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 fartknocker@chuff.com (piss off!) wrote: Ignore the name and E-mail address, someone's been messing with my preferences. Sorry! Steve From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:32 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.kei.com!simtel!news1.oakland.edu!jobone!ukma!asuvax!news.asu.edu!aztec.asu.edu!stoddard From: stoddard@aztec.asu.edu (PATRICK STODDARD) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Australia E-mail address Date: 27 Aug 1995 05:08:50 GMT Organization: Arizona State University Lines: 18 Message-ID: <41oul2$9uk@news.asu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: aztec.asu.edu I went poking around the Web, and found that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation has opened its own Web page and issued e-mail addresses for its various departments (including Radio Australia). The web URL I previously posted to this group is still functional, although I haven't received a recent reply to messages sent to the e-mail address. In any event, here are new e-mail and Web info for Radio Australia: e-mail: roz@radioaus.org.au Web: http://www.abc.com.au -- Patrick E. Stoddard Telephone +1 602 894-0100 x173 Glendale, Arizona, U.S.A. Facsimile +1 602 894-6316 PGP fingerprint: A1 24 FA A6 67 B2 DD D7 6C F4 98 7E B1 21 4E D5 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:33 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntpgate.primenet.com!news.asu.edu!aztec.asu.edu!jewel1 From: jewel1@aztec.asu.edu (MIKE WILLIAM TENCZAR) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Radio Australia E-mail address Date: 26 Aug 1995 22:27:27 GMT Organization: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (USA) Lines: 8 Message-ID: <41o74f$718@news.asu.edu> Reply-To: jewel1@aztec.asu.edu (MIKE WILLIAM TENCZAR) NNTP-Posting-Host: aztec.asu.edu Does anyone out there have the E-mail address for Radio Australia ? I would like to E-mail them a request for a program schedule. I would appreciate it if anyone could share the E-mail address with me. Thanx -- Life is like a box of chocolates, You never know what you will get. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:33 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.kei.com!simtel!news1.oakland.edu!jobone!ukma!asuvax!news.asu.edu!aztec.asu.edu!stoddard From: stoddard@aztec.asu.edu (PATRICK STODDARD) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Australia E-mail address Date: 27 Aug 1995 03:51:22 GMT Organization: Arizona State University Lines: 9 Message-ID: <41oq3q$9eq@news.asu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: aztec.asu.edu E-mail: raust3@ozemail.com.au Web: http://www.aussiemusic.com.au -- Patrick E. Stoddard Telephone +1 602 894-0100 x173 Glendale, Arizona, U.S.A. Facsimile +1 602 894-6316 PGP fingerprint: A1 24 FA A6 67 B2 DD D7 6C F4 98 7E B1 21 4E D5 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:34 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!gwu.edu!gringo From: gringo@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Nick Grace C.) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Baha'i Date: 25 Aug 1995 01:40:56 GMT Organization: The George Washington University, Washington DC Lines: 10 Message-ID: <41j9n8$pfl@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> References: <41j4dp$qs6@atlas.axiom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.164.127.252 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Radio Baha'i generally puts in a good signal after their sign on at 0900 UTC on 4949.86 kHz. Although programming is in Quechua, the local language of the region, they play tons of great music. The station is also a pretty reliable verifier. Reports can be sent to William Rodriguez, Coordinator, via the WRTH address. As long as you have an external antenna, you should have no problem pulling this one in with your analog radio. Just tune carefully. _______________ Nick Grace C. E-mail: gringo@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:35 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!atlas.axiom.net!atlas.axiom.net!jamiew From: jamiew@atlas.axiom.net (Jamie Walker) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Radio Baha'i Date: 25 Aug 1995 00:10:33 GMT Organization: Axiom Communications Lines: 30 Message-ID: <41j4dp$qs6@atlas.axiom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: atlas.axiom.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] hello! this new news program really sucks! i cant get it to work right and it is a big pain! if this message gets posted please send me Email tellling me that at least it got posted! I am looking for any Shortwave nuts out there that has caught or does listen to this really neat Baha'i shortwave radio station called : "radio Baha'i" it is in Ecuador, and run programs in English as well as spanish and other languages, I have a really cheap analog radio but will soon be getting a better one. is there anyone out there that would know how to tune this station in ? i have some info in the _passport_ but still im sort of a newbie! i live in texas (central time zone) and so Im wondering when the best time to catch this would be!! and what freq (also in english) is what im looking for! anyone out there i would love the info! also any Bahai's who are into shortwave i would love to email! i have another question as well. I want a nice shortwave portable with a tape deck and timer, I have seen the Sangean/realistc model is it the dx 392?? anyway, my question, is is there any others out there that offer timer and tape? the _passport_ seems to think that there is, but I have bever seen any but the sangean! thanks again! Jamie Jamiew@axiom.net :) From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:36 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!Kaos.deepcove.com!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!kwong From: kwong@ee.ualberta.ca (Kevin Mark Wong) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Baha'i Date: 25 Aug 1995 06:36:12 GMT Organization: University of Alberta Electrical Engineering Lines: 8 Message-ID: <41jr0s$19o6@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: <41j4dp$qs6@atlas.axiom.net> <41j9n8$pfl@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nyquist.ee.ualberta.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Nick Grace C. (gringo@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu) wrote: > Radio Baha'i generally puts in a good signal after their sign on at 0900 > UTC on 4949.86 kHz. Is 4949.86 kHz the official frequency? I thought all broadcast stations officially use frequencies which are a multiple of 5 kHz, or at least integer kHz. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:36 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!gwu.edu!gringo From: gringo@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Nick Grace C.) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Baha'i Date: 25 Aug 1995 17:40:33 GMT Organization: The George Washington University, Washington DC Lines: 11 Message-ID: <41l1uh$slq@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> References: <41j4dp$qs6@atlas.axiom.net> <41j9n8$pfl@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> <41jr0s$19o6@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.164.127.252 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Kevin Mark Wong (kwong@ee.ualberta.ca) wrote: : Is 4949.86 kHz the official frequency? I thought all broadcast stations : officially use frequencies which are a multiple of 5 kHz, or at least : integer kHz. Stations have "official" frequencies, of course, but many in the developing world are unable to stay put. This can be as a result of a host of reasons, including a drifty transmitter or because the crystal is off frequency. _______________ Nick Grace C. E-mail: gringo@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:37 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!news.bu.edu!acs2.bu.edu!nallen From: nallen@bu.edu (Nina Allen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Radio Nadezhda address? Date: 25 Aug 1995 02:24:50 GMT Organization: Boston University Lines: 12 Message-ID: <41jc9j$rvn@news.bu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: acs2.bu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Does anyone does the postal address of Radio Nadezha? This Moscow- based station pitched to a female audience used to be on shortwave. Now it broadcasts only on mediumwave and FM. Please post or e-mail reply. Many thanks. Nina Allen nallen@bu.edu From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:38 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!sun4nl!news.euro.net!news From: andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Nadezhda address? Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 14:59:15 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 15 Message-ID: <41kooq$lrg@news.euro.net> References: <41jc9j$rvn@news.bu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: p312.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 nallen@bu.edu (Nina Allen) wrote: >Does anyone does the postal address of Radio Nadezha? According to the most recent schedule issued by BBC Monitoring (20 June 1995) the address is: ul. Pyantnistkaya 25 Moscow 113 326 Russia Tel: +7 095 233 7905/6588 Fax: +7 095 230 2828 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:38 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!duke.usask.ca!burgess From: David Burgess Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Radio Pyongyang Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 15:24:36 -0600 Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 19 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: duke.usask.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Has anybody in norht america been having problems tuning in Radio Pyongyang. Does any body care? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ David Burgess 1509 Bradwell Avenue Ph# : (306) 249-0534 Saskatoon SK S7N 2K5 Fax : (306) 249-4703 Canada email: burgess@duke.usask.ca ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I walk down the street the street I meet Meat!? I like beef. - Brian Joseph Bobroff ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:39 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jmrubin@ix.netcom.com (Joel Rubin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Pyongyang Date: 26 Aug 1995 21:55:18 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 16 Message-ID: <41o586$8a8@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sf10-26.ix.netcom.com In David Burgess writes: > >Has anybody in norht america been having problems tuning in Radio Pyongyang. I haven't tuned in to the WWV propagation report but this morning propagation was godawful. Maybe you need to study the ideas of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung whose glory shines forth through all eternity and his glorious successor the Playb er um Dear Leader. (A few years ago, the World Radio TV Handbook reported a coastal station, meant to be heard by fishing boats, which carried weather reports and words of praise for the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung! Pyongyang is one station best listened to in a language which you do not understand.) From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:40 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!news.ridgecrest.ca.us!annex032.ridgecrest.ca.us!user From: burr@ridgecrest.ca.us (Burr) Subject: Re: Radio Pyongyang X-Nntp-Posting-Host: annex032 Message-ID: Sender: usenet@ridgecrest.ca.us (Ridgenet Usenet admin) Organization: PIT References: <41o586$8a8@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 15:28:09 GMT Lines: 22 In article <41o586$8a8@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com>, jmrubin@ix.netcom.com (Joel Rubin ) wrote: > In David > Burgess writes: > > > >Has anybody in norht america been having problems tuning in Radio > Pyongyang. > > I haven't tuned in to the WWV propagation report but this morning > propagation was godawful. Maybe you need to study the ideas of the > Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung whose glory shines forth through all > eternity and his glorious successor the Playb er um Dear Leader. (A few > years ago, the World Radio TV Handbook reported a coastal station, > meant to be heard by fishing boats, which carried weather reports and > words of praise for the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung! Pyongyang is > one station best listened to in a language which you do not > understand.) I have tried to get this station in English for years, I "don't think" I ever got it. Any info as to when, where, and how to receive them would be nice. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:41 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!duke.usask.ca!burgess From: David Burgess Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Pyongyang Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 10:23:59 -0600 Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 55 Message-ID: References: <41o586$8a8@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: duke.usask.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: On Sun, 27 Aug 1995, Burr wrote: > In article <41o586$8a8@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com>, jmrubin@ix.netcom.com (Joel > Rubin ) wrote: > > > In David > > Burgess writes: > > > > > >Has anybody in norht america been having problems tuning in Radio > > Pyongyang. > > > > I haven't tuned in to the WWV propagation report but this morning > > propagation was godawful. Maybe you need to study the ideas of the > > Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung whose glory shines forth through all > > eternity and his glorious successor the Playb er um Dear Leader. (A few > > years ago, the World Radio TV Handbook reported a coastal station, > > meant to be heard by fishing boats, which carried weather reports and > > words of praise for the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung! Pyongyang is > > one station best listened to in a language which you do not > > understand.) > > I have tried to get this station in English for years, I "don't think" > I ever got it. Any info as to when, where, and how to receive them would > be nice. > > I did get it yesterday, though the reception was not great. As of yesterday, August 26, 1995, the schedual is as follows: All times UTC blah blah blah To North America all broadcasts 50 minutes. 0000 15100 13760 16130 1100 6576 9977 11335 1300 13750 15230 2300 11700 13650 (there may be more stations but I missed them) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ David Burgess 1509 Bradwell Avenue Ph# : (306) 249-0534 Saskatoon SK S7N 2K5 Fax : (306) 249-4703 Canada email: burgess@duke.usask.ca ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I walk down the street the street I meet Meat!? I like beef. - Brian Joseph Bobroff ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:42 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.rio.com!usenet From: molsen@rio.com (Monte Olsen) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Shack DSP questions Date: 26 Aug 1995 14:02:52 GMT Organization: Northwest Internet Services, Inc. Lines: 6 Message-ID: <41n9ic$sv9@wave.rio.com> References: <41dbh5$dl9@nuclear.microserve.net> Reply-To: molsen@rio.com NNTP-Posting-Host: p06.t0.rio.com X-Newsreader: News for Windows NT X1.0-68 Does anyone know if it's possible to program the DSP and use it for other, computer-related purposes? Thanks, Monte From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:43 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.kei.com!ub!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!news.voicenet.com!bs.camba.com!crl From: crl@bs.camba.com (Cass Lewart) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Radio Shack DX-380 Date: 26 Aug 1995 12:24:41 GMT Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Lines: 1 Message-ID: <41n3q9$4o@news.voicenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bs.camba.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] adio Shack has DX-380 on clearance sale for only $70 instead of $180. It is an excellent digital receiver. If you can find it grab itadio Shack has DX-380 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:43 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!labtam!news.mel.aone.net.au!OzEmail!sb36 From: markc@sb00.sb.com.au (M Chazan) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Receive S African broadcasts in Sydney Australia? Date: Fri, 25 Aug 95 00:28:13 GMT Organization: System Builder Lines: 7 Message-ID: <41j586$h11@oznet07.ozemail.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: sb36.sb.com.au X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Hi Does anyone in Sydney tune in to South African broadcasts - if so do you know the time and frequencies. I have tried contacting the SABC but they did not reply. Thanks Mark From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:44 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.bu.edu!inmet!corsica!gjs From: gjs@corsica.camb.inmet.com (George Snyder) Subject: Reference Side of Portable's Antenna (Re: building an outdoor anten) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: corsica.camb.inmet.com Message-ID: Sender: news@inmet.camb.inmet.com (USENET news) Organization: Intermetrics, Inc. References: <41i4p6$ccr@stellar.comnet.com> <24.25914.2810@pcohio.com> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 16:31:14 GMT Lines: 51 > > I am building an outdoor antenna to be used with a Grundig YB400. > > Should the single antenna wire be soldered to the inner/tip > > connector on the plug? Should the ground be soldered to the outer > > connector? That is the way I connected mine, and it works quite well. > ... In fact, I would like to expand the question: Why does a whip > antenna on a battery operated portable work? Where is the earth > reference? Does it depend on the the radio coupling capacitively to > earth? . . . to its surroundings? Can the efficiency of a whip be > improved by supplying the radio with a good ground? In a battery-powered portable, the radio chassis acts as the antenna's "counterpoise" or "reference". Since the chassis is small, a larger reference can often improve reception. One simple method is to place the radio on a large metal object such as a cast iron radiator or a car roof, which becomes capacitively coupled to the chassis. Some authors in rec.radio.shortwave have reported success with a dipole arrangement a few meters long, where one wire is connected to the center conductor of the antenna connector and the other is connected to the outer conductor. When using an AC adapter, the adapter's wire can act as the reference (like a dipole). Unfortunately, interference from electronic appliances can propagate through the house wiring into the radio, so you may get more noise. Two frequently asked questions in this newsgroup are: Why is reception better when I connect the AC adapter? and Why is reception better when I disconnect the AC adapter? Connecting the radio's chassis to a real earth ground is difficult. For SW frequencies, a connection to earth longer than a few feet (including both wire and pipe) acts more like an antenna than a ground, so you effectively get a dipole as described above. A bad choice of ground (such as the "ground" of three-conductor house wiring), can introduce RF noise. Of course you can enlarge the other side of the antenna too, if it doesn't overload the radio's front end or pick up noise from other electronic devices. I have found that placing my YB-400 on a radiator and connecting 10 to 25 feet of wire to the whip or the antenna connector makes a dramatic improvement for weak signals. Hope this helps. -- George Snyder Intermetrics, Inc. Internet: gjs@inmet.com -- 733 Concord Avenue Voice: (617) 661-1840 -- Cambridge, MA 02138 USA From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:45 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.gate.net!clwfl2-16.gate.net!seven77 From: seven77@gate.net (777) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: remote control: which radios have one? Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 10:37:06 Organization: partly Lines: 10 Message-ID: References: <41h156$b13@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <41ihs2$cg7@alaska.nwlink.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: clwfl2-16.gate.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <41ihs2$cg7@alaska.nwlink.com> K R Jeffcoat writes: >The ICOM R71A has an optional remote (RC-11) that works well. (I >have one). It is just like a TV remote. Really! Will this work with my R7100?????? Mike (777) From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:46 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: bhall88620@aol.com (BHall88620) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Repeating morse code on longwave Date: 27 Aug 1995 08:58:40 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 26 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <41pq60$5d6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: bhall88620@aol.com (BHall88620) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Hiya y'all... Was listening to SW last night when I decided to see if I could get anything on longwave, as I had never been able to get anything on it. As I was flipping thru the frequencies, I found two frequencies with morse code that repeated. Around 2:48 UTC on 288 kHz, the following three letters kept being repeated in morse code: H U A (di-di-di-di di-di-dah di-dah) Around the same time on 351 kHz, the following three letters kept being repeated in morse code: C W H (dah-di-dah-di di-dah-dah di-di-di-di) When I awoke this morning at about 12:44 UTC BOTH WERE STILL GOING! (With the same repeated letters.) Does anyone know what these two stations are? Where are they? What is their purpose? I am really curious, becuase the signal was fairly strong, well let me qualify that: Strong enought that I heard it with just the internal ferrite rod antenna. Radio is a Sangean ATS-606. Thanks! Ben From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:47 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ralph.vnet.net!news From: David Crawford Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Repeating morse code on longwave Date: 27 Aug 1995 15:25:59 GMT Organization: Vnet Internet Access, Charlotte, NC - info@char.vnet.net Lines: 46 Message-ID: <41q2q7$dbc@ralph.vnet.net> References: <41pq60$5d6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: davidcrawford.vnet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: bhall88620@aol.com bhall88620@aol.com (BHall88620) wrote: >Hiya y'all... > >Was listening to SW last night when I decided to see if I could get >anything on longwave, as I had never been able to get anything on it. As >I was flipping thru the frequencies, I found two frequencies with morse >code that repeated. > >Around 2:48 UTC on 288 kHz, the following three letters kept being >repeated in morse code: H U A (di-di-di-di di-di-dah di-dah) > >Around the same time on 351 kHz, the following three letters kept being >repeated in morse code: C W H (dah-di-dah-di di-dah-dah di-di-di-di) > >When I awoke this morning at about 12:44 UTC BOTH WERE STILL GOING! (With >the same repeated letters.) > >Does anyone know what these two stations are? Where are they? What is >their purpose? > >I am really curious, becuase the signal was fairly strong, well let me >qualify that: Strong enought that I heard it with just the internal >ferrite rod antenna. Radio is a Sangean ATS-606. > >Thanks! > >Ben Hi Ben: What you heard were longwave aeronautical navigation beacons. They are usually non-directional in nature. You can usually pick up a NOAA sectioal Aeronautical chart for you area for a few $ at a fixed base operator at you local airport (general/small plane aviation area at larger airports). It has the locations, call signs, and frequencies of the LW beacons near you. Hope this helps. David Crawford dcrmatt@vnet.net From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:47 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: bhall88620@aol.com (BHall88620) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Repeating morse code on longwave Date: 27 Aug 1995 16:52:22 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 30 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <41qlu6$dds@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <41q2q7$dbc@ralph.vnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <41q2q7$dbc@ralph.vnet.net>, David Crawford writes: > >Hi Ben: > >What you heard were longwave aeronautical navigation >beacons. They are usually non-directional in nature. > >You can usually pick up a NOAA sectioal Aeronautical >chart for you area for a few $ at a fixed base >operator at you local airport (general/small plane >aviation area at larger airports). It has the >locations, call signs, and frequencies of the LW >beacons near you. > >Hope this helps. > >David Crawford >dcrmatt@vnet.net > > Thanks! It does help. I read another message which says that HUA is an aeronuatical beacon for Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama and CWH is a beacon for Capshaw, Alabama. My location is sandwiched in between both! Thanks for the info! Ben From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:48 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: bhall88620@aol.com (BHall88620) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: REVISED BBB-4 VLF rcvr. schematic. Date: 25 Aug 1995 20:09:36 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 9 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <41loo0$30o@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4186d9$bo3@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader Can anyone out there recomend a source for the 2N3904 and 2N5484 transistors used in the construction of this radio? I have tried my usual sources without luck (DigiKey, Mouser) and Newark Electronics will only sell me lots of 25 peices of them. Thanks! Ben From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:48 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!starport!brian.carling Distribution: world Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Shortwave Jazz From: brian.carling@acenet.com (Brian Carling) Message-ID: <2a6.14335.548@acenet.com> References: <413rnt$m5f@uwm.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 18:20:00 -0500 Organization: =ACE= ONLINE (301)942-2218 Lines: 8 CRZ>There must be some jazz programs broadcasting -- I just haven't found any CRZ>yet... Any good ones beamed to the east coast? VOA and BBC both have some good ones! --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ I'm at the corner of "Walk" and "Don't Walk". From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:49 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news1.digital.com!pa.dec.com!depot.mro.dec.com!janix.mfr.dec.com!CSSEC1.pcs.dec.com!AJK From: ajk@CSSEC1.pcs.dec.com (Dr. Anton J. Kuchelmeister) Subject: Re: Shortwave Jazz - VOA? Message-ID: <1995Aug25.090708.7949@janix.mfr.dec.com> Sender: news@janix.mfr.dec.com (SDSC USENET News System) Reply-To: ajk@pcs.dec.com Organization: PCS Systemtechnik GmbH, Munich Germany References: <199508211754.naa78300@atlanta.american.edu>,<41d6gu$1v8q@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 09:07:08 GMT Lines: 11 In article <41d6gu$1v8q@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com>, LJNF40A@prodigy.com (David allan Boucher) writes: >Does Willis Connover still do his program on VOA? > Yeah, - he still does it. I also enjoy it. -- Dr. Anton J. Kuchelmeister PCS Munich Germany ajk@pcs.dec.com Chipcard Applications From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:50 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!btnet!news.compulink.co.uk!cix.compulink.co.uk!usenet From: rhunt@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Richard Hunt") Subject: Re: Soccer on Shortwave Message-ID: Organization: Compulink Information eXchange References: Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 12:51:59 GMT X-News-Software: Ameol32 Lines: 13 wmflanagan@delphi.com wrote: > After promoting the Tottenham v Liverpool game, > the BBC gave us about five minutes of commentary, constantly > interrupted by cut-ins from other games, then apparently decided > when the score went to 3-0 that it should give us cricket; only > the last two or three minutes aired at 11:40 a.m. This is not entirely the Beeb's fault: the soccer season in Britain seems to start earlier and earlier each year. The final Test Match (cricket) has been for as long as I can recall the last full week in August. Richard Hunt - rhunt@cix.compulink.co.uk From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:51 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.uiowa.edu!news1.icaen!thieleke From: thieleke@icaen.uiowa.edu () Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Sony 7600G Experience Date: 25 Aug 1995 06:31:18 GMT Organization: Iowa Computer Aided Engineering Network, University of Iowa Lines: 29 Message-ID: <41jqnm$s1v@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu> References: <41i8m7$qa2@qualcomm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: l-ecn028.icaen.uiowa.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 (NOV) Balu Masti writes: > I recently bought a Sony 7600G for $162 + sales tax in a San Diego store. > I am happy with its reception. I live in an apt and am not using any > external wire/antenna (I use the built in telescopic antenna). Any tips > on how to improve reception - especially considering the fact that I live > in a low-lying area near canyons..? You should have received a "clothesline" antenna with the 7600G. For a dramatic performance increase, string it as close to a window as you can, then attach the other end to your 7600G's antenna. Signals that were barely were receivable before might come in loud and clear with the clothesline antenna. If you still want to get better reception, buy a good sized length (~50 ft) of insulated wire and run it out your window as far as you can. For example, I live on the 3rd floor, so I have a 30ft antenna running out the window down to the ground. Don't expect to get significant improvements over the clothesline antenna, however. At about the point where you get signal strength improvement, you reach the point where the 7600G overloads. Unless you are really DXing, this simple antenna should be good enough. --- Jeff Thieleke thieleke@icaen.uiowa.edu http://www.icaen.uiowa.edu/~thieleke From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:51 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: KQTE08A@prodigy.com (Andrea Bonilla) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Southern California SWL Date: 25 Aug 1995 18:45:02 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 7 Distribution: world Message-ID: <41l5ne$lnc@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap3.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 Can anyone give me the stations that you recieve clearly in Southern California. I live in Orange County and at this time am not recieving too many stations without substantial background noise. I will appreciate any of your suggestions. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:52 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hp-cv!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!netnews1.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!cornellcs!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!cu-dialup-0011.cit.cornell.edu!user From: jcr2@cornell.edu (John Rethorst) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Southern California SWL Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 17:43:56 -0400 Organization: Cornell University Lines: 14 Sender: jcr2@cornell.edu (Verified) Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <41l5ne$lnc@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cu-dialup-0011.cit.cornell.edu X-Newsreader: Value-Added NewsWatcher 2.0b24.0+ In article <41l5ne$lnc@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>, KQTE08A@prodigy.com (Andrea Bonilla) wrote: > Can anyone give me the stations that you recieve clearly in Southern > California. I live in Orange County and at this time am not recieving too > many stations without substantial background noise. I will appreciate any > of your suggestions. Haven't lived there in some time, but I remember radio fans used to drive to the top of Mt. Pacifico in the San Gabriel Mountains, north of Pasadena, camp overnight and get amazing DX. For some unexplained reason, reception is phenomenal at that specific place. John R. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:54 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!johnnyvw From: johnnyvw@netcom.com (John M. Bilek) Subject: Re: Southern California SWL Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <41l5ne$lnc@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 00:57:06 GMT Lines: 24 Sender: johnnyvw@netcom.netcom.com Andrea Bonilla (KQTE08A@prodigy.com) wrote: : Can anyone give me the stations that you recieve clearly in Southern : California. I live in Orange County and at this time am not recieving too : many stations without substantial background noise. I will appreciate any : of your suggestions. Where in O.C.? I'm in Santa Ana. I've had the best luck LATE at night, very early morning. For instance, at night (past midnight) I've had the best luck on the 31m band. (BBC, VOA, Radio Australia). Early, early morning I've had some luck with the 49m band. What setup are you using? I'm in an apartment with a wire antenna tacked around my room, attached to a Radio Shack amplified antenna (sometimes that just amplifies the noise, so I unhook it), then to my Grundig YB400. I've had the best luck outside. There is a huge field by me (MacArthur/Bear). If you're by that field, the reception is better. E-mail me and I can give you an incomplete O.C. log I'm working on! -- Johnny. johnnyvw@netcom.com johnnyvw@aol.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: stenzhox@ix.netcom.com (Steven Stenslie) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: SW broadcasts in Esperanto? Date: 25 Aug 1995 07:17:13 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 6 Message-ID: <41jtdp$lvt@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> References: <41jiim$g46@omnifest.uwm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-min1-05.ix.netcom.com Is anyone aware of Esperanto broadcasts of any kind that can be easily received in North America? Times/Frequencies? The stronger the better - I have a tiny analog Sony. Post here or email. Thanks! Steve Stenslie From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:55 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!atlas.axiom.net!atlas.axiom.net!jamiew From: jamiew@atlas.axiom.net (Jamie Walker) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: swl club in AUstin Date: 26 Aug 1995 03:22:37 GMT Organization: Axiom Communications Lines: 13 Message-ID: <41m41t$ldu@atlas.axiom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: atlas.axiom.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hello! I am looking for a good shortwave club to join as a newbie that is in the Austin/San antonio, san marcos TExas area! if anyone knows of one, please post or email! thanks! :) Jamie jamiew@axiom.net From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:55 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.gate.net!not-for-mail From: zsdf@news.gate.net (Rodney Herman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: test Date: 27 Aug 1995 06:56:35 -0400 Lines: 3 Message-ID: <41pj13$11ga@seminole.gate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: seminole.gate.net X-Newsreader: NewsWerthy 1.82 (unregistered) this is a test -- Rodney Herman zsdf@gate.com :-) From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:56 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!boink!cwilkins From: cwilkins@boink.clark.net (Charlie Wilkinson) Subject: Re: testing do not read X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: Bit X Bit Info Services Message-ID: References: <199508232027.QAA30161@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 17:24:36 GMT Lines: 15 Tim Manwell (TIM@SRS.USA.COM) wrote: : test. It would be much easier to "not read" if it were posted in one of the several test newsgroups where it belongs. Food for thought... Regards, Charlie -- ============================================================================= Charlie Wilkinson Maintainer - Radio For Peace International Web Site cwilkins@boink.clark.net http://www.clark.net/pub/cwilkins/rfpi N3HAZ@KA3RFE.MD.USA.NA (This space not left blank) ============================================================================= WARNING: Wrapping oneself in the Flag deprives the brain of oxygen! From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:57 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.ios.com!pec From: pec@ios.com (Peter Costello) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Thanks for FAQ's! Date: 24 Aug 1995 22:11:56 GMT Organization: You gotta be kidding Lines: 27 Message-ID: <41itfd$28n@news.ios.com> References: <41ad81$b9q@utdallas.edu> <8157cb$112f21.250@news.econonet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ios.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Harry W. Haines, III (haines@econonet.com) wrote: : pln@utdallas.edu wrote: : >Where can I get it? : > : >Patrick L. Nichols : >The University of Texas at Dallas : > : Note from the author--This article is posted monthly on the USENET groups : rec.radio.shortwave and rec.radio.info. It is also available : electronically on CompuServe, America Online, the ANARC BBS, the WELL, from : the rec.radio.shortwave ftp archive on ftp.funet.fi, the official Usenet : FAQ library rtfm.mit.edu, and from the radio archive on ftp.cs.buffalo.edu, : and in print from the ARRL. A hypertext version with links to many of the : items mentioned is available at the following URL: : : http://itre.uncecs.edu/radio/ : Make that the new URL: http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pete Costello - Shortwave/Radio Catalog http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/ E-mail: pec@ios.com ^^^^ "In the future everyone will be famous for 15 Megabytes" - Rocktopolis Inc. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:58 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!newsfeed.pitt.edu!news.pgh.net!usenet From: glidden@greene.pgh.net (Jack Glidden) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Tinted Window Question Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 19:41:11 GMT Organization: Pittsburgh OnLine, Inc. Lines: 14 Message-ID: <41l9ml$ck@dropit.pgh.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: glidden.greene.pgh.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.antenna:13296 rec.radio.shortwave:57555 I have been told told that the tinting that comes from the factory on newer model veh. is actually a metal that is inside the glass. This has the effect of really screwing up any type of thru the glass antenna. Is this true? Where or who should I call to confirm this? I have a 92 Jimmy with factory tint on all glass except the front. I need to mount some antennas and don't want to drill or use mag mounts. I am planning to mount a 2 meter and a 10 meter antenna. If you hav any answers please send e-mail. Thanks From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:17:59 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: "James A. Storm" Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Tinted Window Question Date: 26 Aug 1995 02:41:13 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 20 Message-ID: <41m1k9$hlk@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> References: <41l9ml$ck@dropit.pgh.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sf5-10.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1PE (Windows; I; 16bit) To: glidden@greene.pgh.net Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.antenna:13326 rec.radio.shortwave:57592 glidden@greene.pgh.net (Jack Glidden) wrote: >I have been told told that the tinting that comes from the factory on >newer model veh. is actually a metal that is inside the glass. This >has the effect of really screwing up any type of thru the glass >antenna. Is this true? Where or who should I call to confirm this? >I have a 92 Jimmy with factory tint on all glass except the front. I >need to mount some antennas and don't want to drill or use mag mounts. >I am planning to mount a 2 meter and a 10 meter antenna. >If you hav any answers please send e-mail. > >Thanks I was told by Larsen Antenna that oridinary factory tint should be no problem. You don't want to put it in an area where you can't even see through the glass. Mine is mounted on the tinted side window of an extra-cab truck and works quite well. 73, WB6LWS Jim in Pacifica, CA From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:18:00 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!bcm.tmc.edu!convex!cnn.exu.ericsson.se!news From: eus.eusmge@memo.ericsson.se (Mike Groves) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Tinted Window Question Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 02:41:16 GMT Organization: Ericsson North America, Inc. Lines: 14 Message-ID: <41m1ei$sjq@cnn.exu.ericsson.se> References: <41l9ml$ck@dropit.pgh.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc125011.exu.ericsson.se X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.antenna:13327 rec.radio.shortwave:57593 glidden@greene.pgh.net (Jack Glidden) wrote: >I have been told told that the tinting that comes from the factory on >newer model veh. is actually a metal that is inside the glass. This >has the effect of really screwing up any type of thru the glass >antenna. Is this true? Where or who should I call to confirm this? >I have a 92 Jimmy with factory tint on all glass except the front. I >need to mount some antennas and don't want to drill or use mag mounts. >I am planning to mount a 2 meter and a 10 meter antenna. Thru-glass on 10M? You'ld have to have a patch area the size of a door-mat. 2M is marginal at best. I like trunk-lid mounts, but in the case of a Jimmy... Good luck ---Mike From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:18:01 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.pitt.edu!news.pgh.net!usenet From: glidden@greene.pgh.net (Jack Glidden) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Tinted Window Question Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 00:27:11 GMT Organization: Pittsburgh OnLine, Inc. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <41oequ$dge@dropit.pgh.net> References: <41l9ml$ck@dropit.pgh.net> <41m1ei$sjq@cnn.exu.ericsson.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: glidden.greene.pgh.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.antenna:13350 rec.radio.shortwave:57625 eus.eusmge@memo.ericsson.se (Mike Groves) wrote: > >>need to mount some antennas and don't want to drill or use mag mounts. >>I am planning to mount a 2 meter and a 10 meter antenna. >Thru-glass on 10M? You'ld have to have a patch area the size of a >door-mat. 2M is marginal at best. I like trunk-lid mounts, but in >the case of a Jimmy... Good luck ---Mike I don't want to drill a hole, and a mag mount is out of the question due to the clearance (or lack of it) from the gararge. I am considering use a thru the glass 11 Meter and cutting/tuning for 10. The antenna for my scanner AND the AM/FM antenna already bang the gararge door, so any thing else that goes higher is really in for it. And since it's a newer vehicle, there are nor *REAL* bumpers to mount anything to. So I thought I would try this Just keep repeating, "It's only a hobby...it's only a hobby" PS, Thanks for the response. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:18:02 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ddi2.digital.net!usenet From: russ@mailhost.gslink.net (Russ Leblanc) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Top Band Dx (1600-1700KHZ) Date: 25 Aug 1995 08:54:20 GMT Organization: Hurricane DX Club Lines: 15 Message-ID: <41k33t$itd@ddi2.digital.net> References: <41g1q1$4ee@tsunami.traveller.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: @204.215.242.151 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.90.4 In article <41g1q1$4ee@tsunami.traveller.com>, ????@???????.??? (????? ????????) says: > >I'm looking for information on dxing the top band, 1610-1700Khz. Are >Les Rayburn, KCA4TSI > Les, I tried posting to the group but it failed. If you send you your e-mail address, I'll forward you a list. Russ russ@mailhost.gslink.net From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:18:03 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.netropolis.net!tty10a.netropolis.net!bratcher From: bratcher@netropolis.net (Robert M. Bratcher Jr.) Subject: TV DX'ing questions Message-ID: Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 08:56:40 LOCAL X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] Lines: 7 Whats a good brand of deep fringe VHF/UHF antennas? Where do I get the amplifier & local station traps? How do I hook 2 antennas together one above the other? I live in the Houston area & enjoyed a GREAT opening on indoor rabbit ears getting CH 3 (Bryan) Ch 7, 9, 12, 16, 36?, and one other UHF channel! I know 7 is Austin, 9 & 12 are San Antonio. I haven't had that much fun in years!!! How good is a JVC HiFi VCR's tuner for DX? Or should I come out of the tv's A/V line out jacks into the VCR's AUX input? From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:18:04 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!newsdist.tc.umn.edu!dawn.mmm.com!news From: pjdurkin@mmm.com (Pat Durkin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: TV DX'ing questions Date: 25 Aug 1995 21:45:18 GMT Organization: 3M Company - PI&C Engineering Lines: 29 Message-ID: <41lg9e$4k2@dawn.mmm.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2b4 (Windows; I; 16bit) bratcher@netropolis.net (Robert M. Bratcher Jr.) wrote: >Whats a good brand of deep fringe VHF/UHF antennas? Where do I get the >amplifier & local station traps? How do I hook 2 antennas together one above the other? >How good is a JVC HiFi VCR's tuner for DX? Or should I come >out of the tv's A/V line out jacks into the VCR's AUX input? > Try Winegard Co., Burlington, Iowa, phone no. 319-754-0600. They manufacture a full line of TV, FM, and satellite reception products, including all the items you mentioned. They can probably tell you who their distributor is in your area. Channel Master is another company that makes similar quality products, but I don't have any info on them. Then there's always Radio Shack, but their TV and FM reception products are of questionable quality. (I do like their SW radios, though.) I've used the tuner on my Panasonic HiFi VCR in the past for TV DXing, and as far as I can tell, it works as well as the TV's tuner. Haven't tried recording the signal using the AUX input, however. -- Pat Durkin, Sr. Systems Engineer EMAIL: pjdurkin@mmm.com 3M Company - PI&C Engineering Opinions expressed are my own 900 Bush Ave., Bldg. 42-6E-08 and may not reflect those of St. Paul, MN 55144 3M Company. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:18:04 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: drted@ix.netcom.com (Ted Viens) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: TV DX'ing questions Date: 26 Aug 1995 04:32:32 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 27 Message-ID: <41m850$5p0@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-hou9-02.ix.netcom.com In bratcher@netropolis.net (Robert M. Bratcher Jr.) writes: > >Whats a good brand of deep fringe VHF/UHF antennas? Where do I get the >amplifier & local station traps? How do I hook 2 antennas together one above >the other? I live in the Houston area & enjoyed a GREAT opening on indoor >rabbit ears getting CH 3 (Bryan) Ch 7, 9, 12, 16, 36?, and one other UHF >channel! I know 7 is Austin, 9 & 12 are San Antonio. I haven't had that much >fun in years!!! How good is a JVC HiFi VCR's tuner for DX? Or should I come >out of the tv's A/V line out jacks into the VCR's AUX input? > Forgive the annoying question, but have you tried EXPERIMENTING, using the tuner from both the TV and the VCR and seeing which works better??? (Oooohh, I hate my lack of self control...) Beyond that, usually (gasp...) the VCR tuner is better sheilded and more sensitive than the TV tuner. And usually, the VCR tuner will get a better picture on the video tape... -- Bye... Ted.. Deep in the Heart of the Armpits of Houston, Texas... From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:18:05 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!spcuna!eisner!lederman From: lederman@eisner.decus.org (B. Z. Lederman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: TV DX'ing questions Message-ID: <1995Aug26.073614.11054@eisner> Date: 26 Aug 95 07:36:14 -0400 References: Organization: DECUServe Lines: 26 In article , bratcher@netropolis.net (Robert M. Bratcher Jr.) writes: > Whats a good brand of deep fringe VHF/UHF antennas? Where do I get the > amplifier & local station traps? How do I hook 2 antennas together one above Good questions. Around here, which is an urban area with a lot of cable TV, the only store I could find that sold TV antennas was Radio Shack. When I tried various telephone directories and industry directories, I couldn't even find any of the 'old familiar' names of companies that used to make TV antennas (Weingard, Blonder-Tongue, Jerrold, etc.) listed. Though I don't usually like RS much, they do have a fair range of antennas, and they're probably as good as any. My biggest complaint is that they're still set for 300 ohm twinlead, and you have to use a matching transformer (usually included) for coax. I did buy a UHF preamp from them, and if it really meets the written specs it's got 20db gain and 3.5 db noise figure, which is really quite good. Since most amps don't even list the noise figure, it's a good indication that the amp is fairly well made. (By the way, you can buy commercial ICs with this gain and noise figure, so there's a good change the amplifier really does meet it's specs. It seems to work o.k. for me). -- B. Z. Lederman. My personal opinions. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:18:06 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news-1a.csn.net!p18.denver1.dialup.csn.net!user From: iant@csn.com (Ian Thompson) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: WANTED: NATO and UNPROFOR frequncies Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 03:16:42 -0800 Organization: Motif Productions Lines: 12 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.131.233.18 I will be in Germany in a few weeks and would like to eaves drop on the war in Bosnia. . . I've seen NATO and UN frequencies posted here before (I believe); If someone out there is privy to these I would appreciate a repost. many thanks Ian From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:18:06 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!bud.shadow.net!anshar.shadow.net!mikef From: mikef@anshar.shadow.net (Mike Fink) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Whats a 1yr old Sony2010 selling for? Date: 26 Aug 1995 00:57:18 GMT Organization: Shadow Information Services, Inc. Lines: 10 Message-ID: <41lrhe$5s6@bud.shadow.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: anshar.shadow.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I want to upgrade to a Drake SW8 and am thinking about selling my year old 2010,anybody know what there selling for? Thanks -- Mike Fink mikef@shadow.net Support the NRA From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:18:07 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!mjj From: mjj@netcom.com Subject: Re: Where to buy Sony 7600G? Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <40rkjq$pq@news.bu.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 05:01:28 GMT Lines: 31 Sender: mjj@netcom4.netcom.com Rahul Biswas (foogle@bu.edu) wrote: : : you are just a voice and a credit card number. : : : : Good luck : : patgibbs@delphi.com : I agree that Electronic Equipment Bank seems to be a good deal. They seem to : have one of the best prices around. I doubt I really need another pair of : headphones, or a stand, but getting a radio from a radio store might be nice. : Besides, I like that 2nd day air option. : I don't see why everyone says J&R Music World has the best prices. They : wanted $185, best offer + $8 or so shipping UPS ground. I think I'll order my : 7600G tommorow. : Thank you to everyone who told me about the 7600G. It really helped me to : choose a radio. Whom ever started this thread about JR Music World THANK YOU! Whomever replied to me about the 7600G vs RS radio either here or via email THANK YOU! JR Music sold me the 7600G for $162.00, I used to get JR's music catalogs years ago so that is another reason why I trusted them. The trick to the whole thing is to be ready to put your money where your mouth is. They didn't quote the price. I did. I told them that I was ready to purchase if I got it for that price. The radio works great and I am very happy with it. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:18:08 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!mjj From: mjj@netcom.com Subject: Where to get REAL 7600G AC Adapter Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 05:28:51 GMT Lines: 11 Sender: mjj@netcom4.netcom.com I have been following the threads re: AC Adapters for SONY 7600G and was wondering where I could get the best price and purchase a real SONY adapter for the radio. I would rather not fool with Radio Shack. Thanks. mjj@netcom.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:18:08 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cherokee!demand2.uswc.uswest.com!acsnews.uswc.uswest.com!newsadm From: ghorn@mplscsc45.uswc.uswest.com (Gary Horn) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: wire mesh in windows Date: 25 Aug 1995 08:22:15 GMT Organization: US West !nterprise Networking Systems Lines: 8 Message-ID: <41k17n$7lj@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 137.108.35.20 I work in an old downtown office building. The reception is bad enough, but to make matters worse, there's wire mesh imbedded in the window glass. Sheesh! Does this mesh interfere with the shortwave signal, even if the mesh isn't grounded? I'm wondering if rigging an antenna in front of the window is worth the effort. I'll try it anyway, but I'd like to know what I'm up against. Why wasn't I born to enjoy needlepoint?? Gary From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:18:09 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jrq@ix.netcom.com (James Quinby) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: WWW: NOAA Hurricane Hunter Skeds Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 12:22:54 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 8 Message-ID: <41pnul$4ic@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-phi2-08.ix.netcom.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Check this out: http://asp1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/text/severe/tropical/NOUS42.KNHC It lists the current schedules of the recon flights of the NOAA hurricane hunters. Ought to aid in monitoring. And even if it doesn't, it's still neat reading. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Aug 27 18:18:10 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.ultranet.com!morgan1.ultranet.com!kcarroll From: kcarroll@Morgan1.ultranet.com (kcarroll) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: YB 205 Info Needed Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 20:04:02 GMT Organization: UltraNet Communications, Inc. Lines: 21 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: morgan1.ultranet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] My mother, Bless Her, picked up a YB 205 at a discount house on a clearance rack and ended up paying US $14.50 (with tax) All she got was the radio and teh 2 AA batteries. She gave it to me and I have a few questions. Where is grundig s oI can get a manual ( HAD NO BOX or Adaptor) And what should I have expected in the box, Adaptor, Ear Plug It works great pulling AM stations I can get with my CAR radio. Also Need to follow this group to did you so good NEWS programming Does CNN Headline News have a Shortwave Feed. Thanks!!! KC From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:22 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!news.eunet.fi!news.spb.su!KremlSun!kiae!relcom!newsserv From: "Fedor G. Babanine" Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Need faxgate Date: Tue, 29 Aug 95 20:45:50 +0400 Distribution: world Organization: PRIVATE Message-ID: Sender: news-service@kiae.su Reply-To: root@tugr.irkutsk.su Keywords: fax Summary: Need faxgate in Seoul X-Return-Path: cpuv1.net.kiae.su!icc.ru!tugr!tugr.irkutsk.su!root Lines: 20 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 627 Does anybody know faxgate or any fax service in Seoul? I am a listener of shortwave Radio Korea International KBS. I wish to try to send my letters from Russia to RKI by fax via INTERNET. Thanks. :) Fedor /\_____/\ ==-=-/ o o \=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-== == ( == ^ == ) Fedor Babanine == == ) ( E-mail: root@tugr.irkutsk.su == == ( ) 664033 Irkutsk,Lermontova,275A-63 Russia == ==-( ( ) ( ) )=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-== (__(__)___(__)__) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:23 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.infi.net!usenet From: "John L. Rouse" Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Looking for Rush! Date: 29 Aug 1995 13:52:52 GMT Organization: InfiNet Lines: 22 Message-ID: <41v63k$dhu@allnews.infi.net> References: <8AFC1B6.0092000011.uuout@freeworld.nacamar.de> <41t3hs$9e0@atheria.europa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: h-benguiat.dc.infi.net johnnyvw@netcom.com (John M. Bilek) wrote: > > Frank Adrian (franka@europa.com) wrote: > : OTOH, if you remember what he was saying the last time you heard him, you > : probably don't need to hear him repeat his schtick for the 50 million'th > : time. There's a lot more interesting stuff on SW to listen to... > > I'm pretty sure he wasn't asking for your opinion on Mr. Limbaugh, just > on what frequency he can be heard on. Let's try to keep this kind of > thing out of this newsgroup, OK? > This is an excellent point! If it were followed here on a regular basis, there would be less gastric upset among newsgroup readers. A request for specific information such as the original posting contained doesn't deserve a snotty reply on Limbaugh's on-air persona. 73, John John L. Rouse, KA3DBN KA3DBN @ KA3EFE.MD.USA.NOA Capital-Gazette Communications jrouse@capaccess.org jrouse@dc.infi.net From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:24 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!MHS.HCJB.COM.EC!kmacharg Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508301548.LAA136608@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 08:13:47 -0500 Reply-To: "MacHarg, Ken" Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: "MacHarg, Ken" Organization: HCJB - Quito Subject: Unshackled In-Reply-To: <406144300256ACD1> Lines: 57 ******************* Start of Forwarded Message ***************** Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 16:32:25 GMT From: Tad Cook Subject: Unshackled! Ever heard that strange evangelical program on WWCR late at night from Pacific Garden Mission called "Unshackled!"? Each night it features a melodramatic story of Christian inspiration and redemption, accompanied by dramatic organ music. The first time I heard this I thought it was an archival recording from the early days of broadcast radio, but was suprised to hear that the program is currently being produced by Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago. This morning's (8/29/95) Wall Street Journal has an interesting page one article about Unshackled. According to the Journal this program is produced in front of a live audience at their Pacific Garden's skid road mission, and many of the actors have been on the program since the 1950s! They have a rotating cast of about 100 actors who make union scale. Tad Cook tad@ssc.com Seattle, WA ------------------------------ ******************* End of Forwarded Message ******************* If anybody has a copy of that article they could send me, I would appreciate it. It hasn't made the Spanish version of the WSJ in our local paper here in Quito. I suppose I could mention that HCJB also carries Unshackled every Tuesday evening. lt was my privilege to watch a taping of the program several years ago, then to interview Jack O'Dell who was then the writer, producer and announcer for the program. It is fun to watch them do it--one of the few places in the country where radio drama is regularly produced, and in front of a live audience at that. --Ken MacHarg ================================================================ =Kenneth D. MacHarg Radio HCJB = =Director, English Language Service Casilla 17-17-691 = =Kmacharg@mhs.hcjb.com.ec Quito, Ecuador = =FAX: 593-2-447-263 Phone: 593-2-466-808= = = = HCJB - The Voice of the Andes +++ La Voz de Los Andes = = Heralding Christ Jesus' Blessings = ================================================================ From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:26 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!newshost.uwo.ca!white.lambton.on.ca!white.lambton.on.ca!not-for-mail From: 87004174@white.lambton.on.ca (C MILLER) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: FM DXing Date: 28 Aug 1995 12:10:01 -0400 Organization: Lambton College, Sarnia, CANADA Lines: 45 Distribution: world Message-ID: <41spop$gln@white.lambton.on.ca> References: <417qnl$jsa@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <24.25846.2810@pcohio.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: white.lambton.on.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] About a week ago I was able to pick up some Toronto stations in stereo on my Realistic DX-440 and whip antenna. I live about 300 miles west of the city and this is the first time I have logged Toronto stations, most of which originate from the CN Tower. BTW the stations logged included CHUM on 104.5 and CBC Stereo on 94.1. At the time we were experiencing record high temps in SW Ontario. BTW, I also had good stereo reception from a station in Union City-Erie PA on 106.3. Colin Miller, Sarnia, ON Mike Balistreri (mike.balistreri@pcohio.com) wrote: : Subject: FM DXing : Auntie Em said . . . : A>What I wanted to ask is this: how far away have you all been : able to pick : >up FM stations, using not too expensive equipment? I remember one morning : >a few years ago, at 7:00 a.m., picking up a Corpus Christi, Texas FM : >station on my radio (I live in New Orleans). : A>Elizabeth in New Orleans : >antyem@aol.com : I live near Cleveland. This summer I have had pretty good luck : picking-up a Toronto FM station on 93.? on my '90 Honda's car : radio. What amazes me about this is that some mornings (7:00 - : 7:30 EDT) it booms in like it was local, on other mornings - : nothing but static. Toronto is not very far, maybe 200 Miles as : the crow flies. I have not been able to catch any others, : though. I have noted no correlation to the local weather : conditions, so I'm sure it must have to do with the sun's effect : on the ionosphere. : Cheers, - Mike : --- : þ OLXWin 1.00 þ mike.balistreri@pcohio.com FIDO (1:157/200) : _ _ -------------------------------------------------------------- : |_|_| PC-Ohio PCBoard OLS pcohio.com HST 16.8: 216-381-3320 : |_|_| The Best BBS in America Cleveland, OH V34 28.8: 216-691-3030 : -------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:27 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!qns3.qns.com!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!yfn.ysu.edu!aj092 From: aj092@yfn.ysu.edu (Kenneth V. Zichi) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: SW in College Dorm? Date: 31 Aug 1995 16:34:24 GMT Organization: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH Lines: 29 Message-ID: <424oag$c0i@news.ysu.edu> References: <4239ut$4o3@news2.delphi.com> <4206gd$f6u@daily-planet.execpc.com> <420mla$4nh@ralph.vnet.net> Reply-To: aj092@yfn.ysu.edu (Kenneth V. Zichi) NNTP-Posting-Host: yfn2.ysu.edu >>>I'm going to be living in those communal sweatboxes, the dorms, for the >>>next eight months or so. Unfortunately, since it's a metal structure, >>>SW reception will be next to impossible. The only alternative I have is >>>to string some cable out the window and run it down the side of the >>>building (and hope no one notices). Does anyone have any suggestions? >>>(I'll either be using a 2010 or an R-5000...) Many moons ago (so long that the statute of limitations has run! :) I too did some devious things to be able to listen to SW. The best luck I had was with some wire the same colour as the brick , run UP from my third floor room to the window of a co-operative woman on the top of the dorm immediately above me on the 7th floor. I got FEBC Seychelles with this on 19 metres -- and as I recall a very enjoyable dinner too ... but that is a story for a different newsgroup! :) I also used a phone wire antenna (again with a chewb set -- mine was a National NC-98) but I had more luck with wires hidden on the outside of the dorm than with other things. I also did a horizontal wire to a friend's room but it didn't seem to work as well despite the fact that in theory it should have been better (less artificial noise pickup with a horiz antenna) -- probably had something to do with the nature of my building. Be devious and get to know your neighbors -- that is what College is all about, no? :) 73 //kvz -- kv zichi -->PGP Public Key available upon request<-- aj092@yfn.ysu.edu From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:28 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!news3.digex.net!usenet From: Allen Hansen Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: New SONY receiver? Date: 30 Aug 1995 15:36:40 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4220i8$8fg@news4.digex.net> References: <41t4nn$22n@gate.fzi.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcc05226.slip.digex.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Joerg Bullmann wrote: >Hi Folks, > >as I could read in > > http://www.rnw.nl/en/pub/sonysw77.html , > >a successor of the SONY ICF SW77 can be expected in late '95. >As '95 slowly passes by and the IFA '95 takes place in Berlin >just now, I would like to ask, whether anybody has seen such a >new radio set. I could imagine that the IFA is the right place >for announcements of this kind. Any hints? > >So long, > >Joerg > The only thing I have heard of is a new ICF SW1000 which looks something like the ICF SW7600G with an auto-reverse cassette deck on the back. List price is $650 (?) and retail will be around mid $500's. Allen -- ********************************************************************* *ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT BANK Sales- 800 368 3270* *323 Mill St. N.E. Fax- 703 938 6911* *Vienna, VA 22180 BBS- 703 938 3781* * Internet: eeb@access.digex.net * * Compuserve: 73424,1345 * ********************************************************************* From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:31 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!news1.digex.net!news3.digex.net!usenet From: Allen Hansen Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Tinted Window Question Date: 30 Aug 1995 15:52:04 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4221f4$96g@news4.digex.net> References: <41l9ml$ck@dropit.pgh.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcc05226.slip.digex.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.antenna:13504 rec.radio.shortwave:57835 glidden@greene.pgh.net (Jack Glidden) wrote: >I have been told told that the tinting that comes from the factory on >newer model veh. is actually a metal that is inside the glass. This >has the effect of really screwing up any type of thru the glass >antenna. Is this true? Where or who should I call to confirm this? >I have a 92 Jimmy with factory tint on all glass except the front. I >need to mount some antennas and don't want to drill or use mag mounts. >I am planning to mount a 2 meter and a 10 meter antenna. >If you hav any answers please send e-mail. > >Thanks I have been told by customers who have researched this for me that GM does use metalized tinting on side windows (usually rear). Our store manager wanted to put an on glass antenna on his new mini van but the dealer told him that the tint on his vehicle is metalized. I would suggest contacting your car dealer and see what he says about your specific vehicle. Allen -- ********************************************************************* *ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT BANK Sales- 800 368 3270* *323 Mill St. N.E. Fax- 703 938 6911* *Vienna, VA 22180 BBS- 703 938 3781* * Internet: eeb@access.digex.net * * Compuserve: 73424,1345 * ********************************************************************* From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:32 1995 Message-ID: <101310Z30081995@anon.penet.fi> Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!news.eunet.fi!anon.penet.fi Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave From: an362373@anon.penet.fi (Igor-K) X-Anonymously-To: rec.radio.shortwave Organization: Anonymous forwarding service Reply-To: an362373@anon.penet.fi Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 10:03:56 UTC Subject: Need info Lines: 28 Need info about WEWN stn in US. My co-ordinates: FIDO-Net 2:5100/34.7 AKA 2:5020/271.12 Internet 1) an362373@anon.penet.fi 2) igor@trialltd.msk.su 3) Igor.Krumin%p7.f34.n5100.z2.fidonet.org@ddt.demos.su Please, reply by personal e-mail, because I'm not subscribed on this teleconference. Best rgds. Igor Krumin. Riga, Aug.30, 1995 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To find out more about the anon service, send mail to help@anon.penet.fi. If you reply to this message, your message WILL be *automatically* anonymized and you are allocated an anon id. Read the help file to prevent this. Please report any problems, inappropriate use etc. to admin@anon.penet.fi. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:33 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.euro.net!news From: andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: 5960 kHz @ 3:00 UTC: Monte Carlo or RFI? Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 09:52:27 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 20 Message-ID: <41uoak$jl0@news.euro.net> References: <199508281432.KAA86318@atlanta.american.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: p51.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Philip Beltz Glaser wrote: >This weekend I just happened upon an Arabic language >broadcast on 5960 kHz from 3:00 to 3:15 UTC. It >is virtually as clear as any local medium wave station. It is >preceded by a program in Chinese or something similar, >and is followed by a French RFI broadcast. Within >the program itself, however, it is identified as >"Radio Monte Carlo" (with an Arabic accent of course). >I cannot find this porgram in Passport or in the RFI >schedules I have downloaded. A station this clear must >be getting beamed directly to the US. Does anyone know >anything more about it? You haven't been looking in the right place :-) WRTH95 has this transmission listed on page 171, from whuch you will see that it's via the Radio Canada International transmitters at Sackville. It's listed at 0400-0415 UTC which is the winter timing. Currently due to Daylight Saving it's an hour earlier. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:34 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.euro.net!news From: andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: DX PARTYLINE for Aug----- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 09:52:49 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 11 Message-ID: <41uob9$jl0@news.euro.net> References: <809649366.AA00602@clone.his.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p51.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 dan.ferguson@his.com (Dan Ferguson) wrote: >I thought speed was measured in furlongs per fortnight!! It is if you're unfortunate enough to have to negotiate the M25, the London orbital motorway :-) And to get this almost back on topic, radio stations in the London area often give traffic reports about this....:-) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:34 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.euro.net!news From: andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: New SONY receiver? Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 09:52:50 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 10 Message-ID: <41uoba$jl0@news.euro.net> References: <41t4nn$22n@gate.fzi.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: p51.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Joerg Bullmann wrote: >As '95 slowly passes by and the IFA '95 takes place in Berlin >just now, I would like to ask, whether anybody has seen such a >new radio set. I could imagine that the IFA is the right place >for announcements of this kind. Any hints? Yes...tune into this week's Media Network. Jonathan Marks has just been to IFA and will no doubt spill the beans (if not the coffee) :-) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:36 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.euro.net!news From: andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Nadezhda address? Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 09:52:51 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 9 Message-ID: <41uobb$jl0@news.euro.net> References: <41jc9j$rvn@news.bu.edu> <41kooq$lrg@news.euro.net> <41uknp$61d@idefix.eunet.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: p51.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 jmantyla@katto.kaapeli.fi (Jorma Mantyla) wrote: >Has anyone heard them recently on SW? No, Jorma - BBC Monitoring's recently issued schedule confirms that they're not on shortwave, at least not at the moment. I expect they will return one day after we send the final pages of WRTH96 to the printer :-) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:37 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!xnews.euro.net!news.euro.net!usenet From: andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Why music on shortwave? Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 10:30:01 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 14 Message-ID: <421egs$l9j@news.euro.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: p50.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 unclebob@ripco.com (Uncle Bob) wrote: >I've seen a lot of posts requesting info on listening to music on >shortwave and it confuses me why one would want to bother. Because there are many different types of music around the world, and you won't hear most of it on your domestic stations. I have used shortwave to discover types of music which are particularly appealing to my ears. When I know some of the details there are CD stores in The Netherlands which sell imported CD's, and I can purchase one knowing that I am going to like it...in any case, good shortwave reception is not unheard of, and listening to a music program when the signal is good isn't greatly inferior to tuning in a domestic AM station. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:38 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!xnews.euro.net!news.euro.net!usenet From: andys@euronet.nl (Andy Sennitt) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Italy? Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 10:30:03 GMT Organization: Euronet Internet Lines: 21 Message-ID: <421egt$l9j@news.euro.net> References: <5sl7bx1iGYB@hit173.hit.handshake.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: p50.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 those@hit.handshake.de (Thorsten Sessler) wrote: >"Browsing" through all SW bands from 6 to 15kHz at various daytimes here >in my place in South West Germany, I meet a dozen different languages - >but never any Italian broadcast. Could it be because Italy does not >provide any SW service? If I should be wrong, could s.o. please give me >the (postal and) e-mail adress of Radio Italy? You are wrong ;-) There is an extensive External Service from Italy, though it has to be said that its reputation has not been helped by the poor quality of its foreign language programming over the years. To my ears (and with a limited knowledge of Italian) their Italian programs sound very much more lively. Their address is: RAI Viale Mazzini 14 I-00195 Roma Italy I am not aware of any E-mail address at this time. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:39 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: audi4don@ix.netcom.com (Donald W. Culpepper) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Building An Outdoor Antenna Date: 29 Aug 1995 03:06:33 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 4 Message-ID: <41u07p$cft@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-jac1-19.ix.netcom.com The line feed for the Grundig YB400 is the center pin. The outside sleeve is ground. How do I know? I called the Grundig importer about 18 months ago when I got my YB400 and asked them. By the way, it's a great radio. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:41 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!azoth From: azoth@netcom.com (Az0th) Subject: Re: Vintage equip SWL'ers Message-ID: Organization: Idoigo, Ltd. X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 17:36:20 GMT Lines: 16 Sender: azoth@netcom6.netcom.com I heard Cal Eustaquio (ceustaqu@ohm.elee.calpoly.edu) say: : Just out of question: how many folks out there still use the old tube : type equipment for serious SWL'ing? If so, what do you use? Currently, : I'm restoring my Halli SX-25 but I also have a Hammarlund HQ-120X, : SP-200, and Halli SX-100 on line. No modern digi stuff (yet). Just for my : info. 73's. Cal, N6KYR. Use it? Prefer it, unless listening conditions are so rat and static infested that digi bells and whistles can really be of use (have NRD-515 and NRD-525 big guns for such conditions) but have and use tube and hybrid gear most times: Drake R-4, R-4B, R-4C, SW-4A, Collins 75S-3, EAC R-390A and a few others. Toob gear is fun, and comprehensibly elegant. Cheers es 73 RF Buchanan From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:43 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.erinet.com!netcom.com!azoth From: azoth@netcom.com (Az0th) Subject: Re: Vintage equip SWL'ers Message-ID: Organization: Idoigo, Ltd. X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <41vm23$1ud@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 23:18:46 GMT Lines: 26 Sender: azoth@netcom14.netcom.com I heard BHall88620 (bhall88620@aol.com) say: : I have a Halicrafters SX-24 Skyrider Defiant that I use occasinally. My ... : I only use it occasionally becuase I am afraid that I am going to kill a : tube, and from what I understand, replacements are scarce! Someday I hope : to obtain a digital set with its performance and sound quality. According to Moore, your (wonderful) Skyrider Defiant uses: 3 6SK7 - $3.75 ea. new from Antique Electronic Supply 1 6SQ7 - 3.75 1 6K8 - 4.20 1 6H6 - 2.40 1 6F6 - 7.10 1 76 - 9.85 ($3.75 used) 1 80 - 9.10 ($4.55 used) So for less than $50, you could replace every tube in the SX-24, and expect several more decades of service. I'd certainly lay in a set of spares before they really _do_ become scarce, though. Cheers es 73 RF Buchanan From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:44 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: bhall88620@aol.com (BHall88620) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Vintage equip SWL'ers Date: 29 Aug 1995 14:25:07 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 24 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <41vm23$1ud@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article , Cal Eustaquio writes: >Hello: > >Just out of question: how many folks out there still use the old tube >type equipment for serious SWL'ing? If so, what do you use? Currently, >I'm restoring my Halli SX-25 but I also have a Hammarlund HQ-120X, >SP-200, and Halli SX-100 on line. No modern digi stuff (yet). Just for my >info. 73's. Cal, N6KYR. I have a Halicrafters SX-24 Skyrider Defiant that I use occasinally. My grandfather meticuosly restored it (he was a TV/Radio repairman at one time, and darn good at it!), and it is in perfect working order. Beleive it or not, the SX-24 OUTPERFORMS my Sangean ATS-606 portable. The SX-24 just has better selectivity and adjacent channel rejection. Of couse it weighs 20 pounds or so, wereas the ATS-606 fits in a large shirt pocket. I only use it occasionally becuase I am afraid that I am going to kill a tube, and from what I understand, replacements are scarce! Someday I hope to obtain a digital set with its performance and sound quality. Ben From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:45 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: bhall88620@aol.com (BHall88620) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Vintage equip SWL'ers Date: 29 Aug 1995 20:42:52 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 19 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <420c6c$9s2@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <41vnma$acj@attila.dow.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <41vnma$acj@attila.dow.com>, dhunter@dow.com (Doug Hunter) writes: >Last week, >I compared the two T-O's to my Rat Shack DX-440, all using >their whip antennas. The T-O's blew the 440 clean out of >the water!! If I were stranded on an island, I would >rather have the T-O's - after all, their whip antennas >could double as great fishing poles! Try THAT with >your DX-440. I have noticed that other people as well as myself seem to be getting better performance out of their tube sets than their digital sets. Can anyone explain why this is? How can a receive with 12 tubes (like my Halicrafters SX-24) outperform a digital radio with the equivalent of hundreds of tubes? Ben From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:46 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: bhall88620@aol.com (BHall88620) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Vintage equip SWL'ers Date: 29 Aug 1995 21:26:24 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 15 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <420eo0$b1l@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader While on the subject of old receivers, I was wondering if anyone could provide a schematic or advice on how to do the following: I want to be able to hook the headphone output from my Halicrafters SX-24 to a line input on my receiver. The SX-24 does have a speaker hooked to it, but it is small, and doesn't play loud enough to hear it more than 3 ft away from the speaker. I also would like the recording capability if I ever buy a tape deck. I remember reading something about Halicrafter's sets not being grounded properly or something, and don't want to harm either peice of equipment. Thanks! Ben From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:47 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: bhall88620@aol.com (BHall88620) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: SW in College Dorm? Date: 29 Aug 1995 21:27:00 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 43 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <420ep4$b24@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4206gd$f6u@daily-planet.execpc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <4206gd$f6u@daily-planet.execpc.com>, jerk@earth.execpc.com (Myke Weiskopf) writes: >I'm going to be living in those communal sweatboxes, the dorms, for the >next eight months or so. Unfortunately, since it's a metal structure, >SW reception will be next to impossible. The only alternative I have is >to string some cable out the window and run it down the side of the >building (and hope no one notices). Does anyone have any suggestions? >(I'll either be using a 2010 or an R-5000...) > > He he he... I am laughing becuase I remember the hi-jinxs I pulled while at the University of Connecticut dorms setting up SW antennas! I tried basically four things: 1) I lived on the second floor, so at first I just dropped an antenna straight down but not within reach of people walking along the base of the building. Worked okay. 2) Decieded to string an antenna from my window to a lampost in the quad. Again, I was on the second floor, and I attached it to the top of the lampost, about 8 ft above ground. Worked GREAT! Heard Radio Saudi Arabia first time I tried. However, I got into REAL hot water with the landscaping people (who ripped it down) and with the resident assistants. Students also ripped it down as well. Lost about 300' of wire this way. 3) I got pissed. Decided I would string it from my window to a window in the 2nd floor study of an adjacent dorm! About 200' of wire. Got it hooked up, and well, it stunk. Response was off the end of the wire, right into the building and lots of noise like everyone's cordless phones, computers, etc... 4) Just decided to run accross the ceiling. Worked okay. Used that antenna for about 7 months and then graduated. Didn't log anything unusual, but got all the major broadcasters. Conclusion: Experiment. Bigger is (usually!) better. Outside is good. Try not to irritate RA's, building staff. Give it a whirl. You'll find something that works... Ben From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:48 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!survival.demon.co.uk From: Bill Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Regulations Short-Wave Transmitter/Receiver must fullfill (help) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 19:57:10 GMT Organization: None Lines: 25 Message-ID: <199494767wnr@survival.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: Bill@survival.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: survival.demon.co.uk X-Broken-Date: Wednesday, Aug 30, 1995 19.57.10 X-Newsreader: Newswin Alpha 0.7 A UK based charity has developed a pedal powered generator to operate a short-wave transmitter/receiver working at (4.005 MHz). The use is to supply village to village communication in Tanzania Africa. A small pilot project has successfully run for the last 12 years with commercial bought in equipment. The aim is to manufacture pedal generators and short-wave transmitter/receivers locally in Tanzania both to save foreign currency and provide local employment. A transmitter/receiver has been designed and 95 per cent completed. Does anyone know what international regulations such a short-wave transmitter/receivers would have to comply with? The project is based in the UK. Thank you for any help anyone can give. Bill -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Wright London England E-Mail bill@survival.demon.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:50 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!qns3.qns.com!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!bubba.ucc.okstate.edu!news From: bjohn@okway.okstate (John Bryant) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Vintage equip SWL'ers Date: 30 Aug 1995 18:06:55 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4229bv$1qf9@bubba.ucc.okstate.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pcarch2.arch.okstate.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.14 In article , ceustaqu@ohm.elee.calpoly.edu says... > >Hello: > >Just out of question: how many folks out there still use the old tube >type equipment for serious SWL'ing? If so, what do you use? Currently, >I'm restoring my Halli SX-25 but I also have a Hammarlund HQ-120X, >SP-200, and Halli SX-100 on line. No modern digi stuff (yet). Just for my >info. 73's. Cal, N6KYR. What a happy string!!! Seem to be a buncha toobers out there! I hava Japanese NRD-525 big gun for really weak signal DX, but I NEVER use it to listen to programming. My current favorite is a 1941 Zenith 12 tube console and a 1937 RCA 12 tube console with bandspread dials and electric tuning (Model 813K(). Both have awesome audio on the powerhouses. I also use an A600 leather covered Trans-Oceanic (gen-u-wine cowhide) and a totally remanufactured Hammarlund SP-600 (that's still a good SWBC DX rig when used with the Hammarlund HC-10 accessory which gives much better IF selectivity. Someone mentioned using a Trans-Oceanic on a desert island because the whip could double as a fishing pole.... That is what Commander Eugene F. McDonald, Jr, prexy of Zenith and, basically, the inventor of the T-O CALLED the "whip" himself. Apparently the term "whip" hadn't been invented in 1941/42 when the first T-O was developed. Hollow State Forever! John Bryant. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:51 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!woodybbs!1-123-444-0!brandon.jordan From: Brandon.Jordan@f444.n123.z1.fidonet.org (Brandon Jordan) Date: 28 Aug 95 22:46:14 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Voice of the OAS sked? Message-ID: <607_9508291712@woodybbs.com> Organization: WoodyWare Software, Inc. Lines: 9 Does anyone have a current schedule for the Voice of the OAS? -- |Fidonet: Brandon Jordan 1:123/444 |Internet: Brandon.Jordan@f444.n123.z1.fidonet.org | | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:52 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!vaxa.hofstra.edu!hofnews Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Looking for Rush! Message-ID: <01HULRUXYIM49S3OZ2@vaxc.hofstra.edu> From: brian.carling@acenet.com Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 09:16:00 -0500 Reply-To: Brian Carling Sender: Short Wave Listener's List Organization: =ACE= ONLINE (301)942-2218 To: IN%"HOFNEWS@vaxc.hofstra.edu" "swl$l NEWS-FEED" CC: Return-path: Return-path: SWL$L <@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU:SWL$L@CUVMB.BITNET> To: swl$l NEWS-FEED Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-To: SWL-L@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@AMERICAN.EDU Lines: 8 Rob try WRNO, 15420 kHz between 1600 and 1900 UTC Mon-Fri RP>I am stationed in Germany with the Armed Forces and have not been able RP>to pickup Rush Limbaugh on shortwave. Could someone please post the RP>times of is shortwave broadcast as well as the frequencies. Also, RP>should I be able to pick him up in Germany? For a radio I have a small RP>portable which I just purchased a radio shack wire antena for (one that RP>you can reel in). --- ~ SLMR 2.1a ~ What do you mean, QWK? It took me over an hour to read! From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:53 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sal!brunner From: brunner@sal.cs.uiuc.edu (Robert Brunner) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Where to get REAL 7600G AC Adapter Date: 31 Aug 1995 17:08:22 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 28 Message-ID: <424qa6$bd3@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <41quan$hc3@news.duke.edu> <423053$up6@thales.nmia.com> Reply-To: brunner@cs.uiuc.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: sal.cs.uiuc.edu In <423053$up6@thales.nmia.com> dandj@nmia.com (dandj) writes: >In article <41quan$hc3@news.duke.edu>, > rasheed@galactose.mc.duke.edu (Ahmed Rasheed) wrote: >>Call Sony at 1-800-488-7669 for AC-E60HG. Costs $19.95 + $5 S&H. >>I have tried them all from Radioshack. Nothing fits. >> >>Ahmed Rasheed > >Got mine through EEB in Virgina. Also have a friend who got one from a >local sony dealer in the Minneapolis - St. Paul area, so you may try a >dealer if you have one in your region. > >Dave >Rio Rancho, NM > I just got a 7600G from EEB, and they were out of the adapters. I ordered one from Sony, and the total including shipping was $29. Then I found one locally for $23, so I bought that, and now I'm hoping that I can return the other one to Sony. Unfortunately, the one I bought locally, from a place that sells and repairs only Sony stuff, stopped working after a few hours, so I had to exchange it, but the new one seems to work ok. Robert From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!wb3ffv!news.cais.net!grouper.Exis.Net!news From: buch@exis.net (Joe Buch) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: looking for info on time broadcast service Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 02:07:09 GMT Organization: Exchange Information Systems Networks Lines: 36 Message-ID: <422nef$t79@grouper.Exis.Net> References: Reply-To: buch@exis.net NNTP-Posting-Host: 45.exis.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 fkaufman@msi.net (Frank Kaufman) wrote: >I saw a clock advertised in a mail order catalogue that has a built-in 60kHz >longwave radio receiver to keep the clock on time. The signals are derived >from an atomic clock. >I would like to find out more about this broadcast service. I would like to >build a circuit to do the above task, I am sure I can do it for much less then >the $300.00 mail order price. The receiver you are discussing receives WWVB from Fort Collins Colorado. It is operated by NIST. It runs 13 KW. Time is encoded as 10 dB binary coded decimal (BCD) level shifts. Each coded frame contains information within 12 groups which includes complete UTC time-of-year data in minutes, hours and day of year, the estimated difference of UT1 minus UTC, and the sign of that difference. Details of the code are contained in an old document "NBS frequency and time broadcast services" published by the old National Bureau of Standards in Special Publication 236 in 1973. The NBS is now the NIST. They probably have a more modern version of the document available from the government printing office. Most commercial receivers for this application are phase locked to the carrier. The time code processing logic is not trivial. You might be able to build one for less than $300 but you better be an experienced circuit designer. Good luck. __________________________________________________ Joe Buch - N2JB Editor - Technical Topics - NASWA Journal Virginia Beach, Virginia ________________________________________ buch@exis.net From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!wb3ffv!news.cais.net!grouper.Exis.Net!news From: buch@exis.net (Joe Buch) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Time signals Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 02:13:17 GMT Organization: Exchange Information Systems Networks Lines: 26 Message-ID: <422npu$tbt@grouper.Exis.Net> References: <299_9508300241@techtol.magic.mb.ca> Reply-To: buch@exis.net NNTP-Posting-Host: 60.exis.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 The World Radio and TV Handbook lists all the world's time signal stations. Your best bets,if you just want to know what time it is, are: WWV on 10MHz in the day and 5MHz at night; CHU on 7.335 MHz in the day and 3.330 MHz at night. __________________________________________________ Joe Buch - N2JB Editor - Technical Topics - NASWA Journal Virginia Beach, Virginia ________________________________________ buch@exis.net From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:56 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!sis2.softaid.net!news2.net99.net!news.cais.net!grouper.Exis.Net!news From: buch@exis.net (Joe Buch) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Weather and SW reception Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 02:28:53 GMT Organization: Exchange Information Systems Networks Lines: 47 Message-ID: <422on6$tub@grouper.Exis.Net> References: <420jdi$svc@news.halcyon.com> Reply-To: buch@exis.net NNTP-Posting-Host: 36.exis.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 penguin@halcyon.com (J.Tedford) wrote: >Is there any correlation between local weather and SW reception? I'm not talking about the >obvious effect thunderstorms have on reception, but rather more mundane weather >phenomenon: rain, clear skies, clouds, etc. I've not seen much written on this subject. In >theory there should not be any effect on HF radio signals from local weather, but sometimes >I'm not so sure. Any ideas or observations? I think there very well may be. There is a phenomenon called tropospheric refraction which has been noted to bend VHF and UHF and even microwave frequencies down toward the earth. When that refraction is just right the signal will bend to follow the earth's curvature for a long distance. This propagation mode has been responsible for successful communication between Hawaii and the mainland on VHF and UHF frequencies for example. Theory says that the tropo bending effect is independent of frequency. Thus HF signals can also be bent this way. We know that the longest DX paths arrive at the lowest elevation angles. If your receive antenna responds best at an arrival angle of 45 degrees, tropo bending could effectively lower that optimal angle thereby enhancing response to signals arriving from low angles. It also might work in reverse if the refractive index becomes so great that the elevation lobe is bent down to the ground. This would potentially add another hop to the path. There have also been studies published in QST that purport to show a correlation between thunderstorm cells and sporadic E-layer reflection. If the E-layer becomes overly ionized, signals are prevented from reaching the higher F-layer. This could disrupt normal propagation. This is an interesting subject and I intend to make it the subject of a future column in the NASWA Journal. Thanks for stimulating my thought processes. __________________________________________________ Joe Buch - N2JB Editor - Technical Topics - NASWA Journal Virginia Beach, Virginia ________________________________________ buch@exis.net From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:57 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!news.ridgecrest.ca.us!annex031.ridgecrest.ca.us!user From: burr@ridgecrest.ca.us (Burr) Subject: Re: Why music on shortwave? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: annex031 Message-ID: Sender: usenet@ridgecrest.ca.us (Ridgenet Usenet admin) Organization: PIT References: Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 14:44:08 GMT Lines: 24 In article , unclebob@ripco.com (Uncle Bob) wrote: > I've seen a lot of posts requesting info on listening to music on > shortwave and it confuses me why one would want to bother. I've found that > the quality of music from radio waves bouncing off the atmosphere just > doesn't cut it. I do have the advantage of living in a metropolitan area > with a variety of music and strong, clear FM signals. Unless you're in > some Godforsaken land away from home and the local radio stations play > music that hurts your ears, why try? I listen to shortwave for the spoken > word and rely on other sources for music. Comments? > > Bob Sprengel > > -- > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Uncle Bob..............unclebob@ripco.com Uncle Bob, I think most people are listening to hear the local music, this is one of the things I have wrote stations about, playing rock-n-roll. I love to hear the local music from far away places. Burr From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:57 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!enews.sgi.com!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!news.ridgecrest.ca.us!annex032.ridgecrest.ca.us!user From: burr@ridgecrest.ca.us (Burr) Subject: Re: Grundig Service X-Nntp-Posting-Host: annex032 Message-ID: Sender: usenet@ridgecrest.ca.us (Ridgenet Usenet admin) Organization: PIT References: <41rhf0$dno@news.voicenet.com> <41rmfs$ijg@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 14:24:21 GMT Lines: 3 Grundig: 1 800-872-2228 M-F 9a-4p Pic From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:26:58 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!omen!caf From: caf@omen.com (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Subject: Re: Sony 7600G Review Organization: Omen Technology INC Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 20:15:47 GMT Message-ID: References: <41rhf0$dno@news.voicenet.com> Lines: 12 I would not consider the 7600G a replacement for the 2010, but rather as an SW100 with a loudspeaker. I've seen some sales on Sangean radios lately. This coupled with runors of a SW77 replacement lead me to suspect we are about due for new models from some of the manufacturers. -- Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX caf@omen.COM www.omen.com Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, GSZ and DSZ TeleGodzilla BBS: 503-621-3746 FTP: ftp.cs.pdx.edu pub/zmodem From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:00 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!newsserver.sdsc.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!waldorf.csc.calpoly.edu!isnews.csc.calpoly.edu!ohm.elee.calpoly.edu!ceustaqu From: Cal Eustaquio Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Vintage equip SWL'ers Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 06:05:50 -0700 Organization: Cal Poly State University Lines: 7 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ohm.elee.calpoly.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-User: ceustaqu Hello: Just out of question: how many folks out there still use the old tube type equipment for serious SWL'ing? If so, what do you use? Currently, I'm restoring my Halli SX-25 but I also have a Hammarlund HQ-120X, SP-200, and Halli SX-100 on line. No modern digi stuff (yet). Just for my info. 73's. Cal, N6KYR. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:01 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: caschwark@aol.com (CASchwark) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: 'Homebrew' radio reciever Date: 29 Aug 1995 18:38:49 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 15 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4204tp$763@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: References: Reply-To: caschwark@aol.com (CASchwark) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I use a restored Hammarlund HQ-129-X. Chuck Schwark, Chicago, IL Antique Radio Club of Illinois (Elgin) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:03 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: caschwark@aol.com (CASchwark) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Vintage equip SWL'ers Date: 29 Aug 1995 18:42:37 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 8 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <42054t$78q@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <41vheg$fu9@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> Reply-To: caschwark@aol.com (CASchwark) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Besides the Hammarlund HQ-129-X, I also use a 1941 Zenith 10-S-567, a 1935 Philco 45L , 1935 GE model A-63. Thses are just part of my collection. Chuck Schwark, Chicago, IL Antique Radio Club of Illinois (Elgin) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:04 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!tribune.usask.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!news.magic.mb.ca!techtol!706!charles.mikelson From: Charles.Mikelson@706.techtol.magic.mb.ca (Charles Mikelson) Date: 30 Aug 95 01:33:20 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Time signals Message-ID: <299_9508300241@techtol.magic.mb.ca> Organization: techtol FidoGate Lines: 15 Hi Everyone: I am looking for a list of stations like WWV and CHU that give the time etc. that are possible to receive in Canada (Manitoba) Charles --- FusEd 0.25 -- |Fidonet: Charles Mikelson 1:348/706 |Internet: Charles.Mikelson@706.techtol.magic.mb.ca | | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:05 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!charles1 From: charles1@netcom.com (charles copeland) Subject: Re: New GE Superadio Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <41vjp8$nvm@gazette.tandem.com> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 00:35:32 GMT Lines: 10 Sender: charles1@netcom7.netcom.com In article <41vjp8$nvm@gazette.tandem.com>, Tom Morse wrote: >I was travelling in the Los Angeles area and happened to see a GE >Superadio on sale at a store called *LA Tronics*. This looks to be >identical to the SRIII, it has the same case, controls, etc., but it is >labeled Superadio no Roman numerals. > >Anyone know anything about it? My Super RAdio III doesn't have the III on it. The box it came in did. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:06 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!news.voicenet.com!bs.camba.com!crl From: crl@bs.camba.com (Cass Lewart) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Sony 7600G Review Date: 30 Aug 1995 17:34:19 GMT Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4227er$6l6@news.voicenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bs.camba.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] The ICF-SW7600G radio is for me a replacement for my 9-year old Sony ICF-2002/7600D. I am somewhat disappointed that the new radio has the same selectivity and sensitivity than the old one. It is basically the same radio as 7600D with a few minor improve- ments. Sony really skimped on the LCD display in the 7600G. The display shows either frequency, when the radio is on, or clock, when the radio is off. I always like to set the clock to WWV. This can not be done easily with 7600G because the radio has to be turned off to set or to display the clock. Also the LCD display does no longer show the shortwave band (49, 41, 31, etc.) to which I am listening. I wish the display would show signal strength like on my Radio Shack DX-380, which has a fantastic LCD display. The synchronous detection in 7600G gives a marginal improvement, when listening to a weak AM station, I would prefer a bandwidth selection. One of the best features of the 7600G is synchronous SSB detection. It is much better then the beat against CW on my old radio. I can now easily listen to SSB ham stations. 7600G has a total of 22 memories, up to 12 AM, up to 12 FM. It is better than the total of 10 memories in 7600D, but still not ade- quate. Battery consumption is quite high - 70-100 mA, which amounts to about 6 hours on a set of NiCad batteries. The DC adapter plug is somewhat unusual in size, but some universal adapters, e.g. COBY CA-969 work with it. Radio Shack will also order the Sony jack for about $5. crl@bs.camba.com :x From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:07 1995 From: dan.ferguson@his.com (Dan Ferguson) Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.azstarnet.com!news.cais.net!news.his.com!clone!UUCP Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Voice of the OAS sked? Message-ID: <809894647.AA01079@clone.his.com> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 09:46:21 X-FTN-To: Brandon Jordan Lines: 16 BJ> From: Brandon.Jordan@f444.n123.z1.fidonet.org (Brandon Jordan) BJ> Organization: WoodyWare Software, Inc. Date: 28 Aug 95 22:46:14 BJ> BJ> Does anyone have a current schedule for the Voice of the OAS? BJ> Yes. Here is the shortwave schedule for OAS: (end of schedule) Dan From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:08 1995 From: dan.ferguson@his.com (Dan Ferguson) Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.azstarnet.com!news.cais.net!news.his.com!clone!UUCP Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Voice of the OAS sked? Message-ID: <809894647.AA01081@clone.his.com> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 09:39:44 X-FTN-To: Mark Gingrich Lines: 17 MG> From: grinch@rahul.net (Mark Gingrich) Organization: UTexas MG> Mail-to-News Gateway Date: 29 Aug 1995 23:55:00 -0500 MG> MG> Brandon.Jordan@f444.n123.z1.fidonet.org (Brandon Jordan) writes: MG> > Does anyone have a current schedule for the Voice of the OAS? > MG> I believe I just heard they left the air at the end of May. (Can MG> anyone confirm this?) I last tuned them in back in March, at 22:45 - The last OAS program on shortwave was aired May 26, 1995. Dan From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:09 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ralph.vnet.net!news From: David Crawford Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: When & where can I pick up CFRB as well as the stations from Vancouver and Montreal that broadcast? Date: 29 Aug 1995 16:38:00 GMT Organization: Vnet Internet Access, Charlotte, NC - info@char.vnet.net Lines: 11 Message-ID: <41vfp8$nu@ralph.vnet.net> References: <41trd4$1riu@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: davidcrawford.vnet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) rmooney@gpu2.srv.ualberta.ca (Case) wrote: >Also MONTREAL & VANCOUVER. Merci. CFRB comes in quite well here in North Carolina via CFRX on 6.070 MHz. I believe the pattern is an omni, so you should have no problems if the skip is half decent. David Crawford dcrmatt@vnet.net From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:10 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!interlog.com!rose!news From: dbmacg@user.rose.com (Duncan MacGregor) Subject: Re: Why music on shortwave? Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Reply-To: rn.1421@rose.com Sender: news@rose.com (news) Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Message-ID: <1995Aug29.192655.15093@rose.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 19:26:55 GMT Lines: 19 In article , burr@ridgecrest.ca.us says... > >In article , unclebob@ripco.com (Uncle Bob) wrote: > >> I've seen a lot of posts requesting info on listening to music on >> shortwave and it confuses me why one would want to bother. I've found that >> the quality of music from radio waves bouncing off the atmosphere just >> doesn't cut it. Short-wave music is great! It is a delight to listen from such a distance. I support world-band music completely. A broadband receiver can improve sound quality, but *music* quality on shortwave is superb already. Local radio is very limited, whether AM or FM, and even if the sound is good, the music is not. Duncan From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:11 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.onramp.net!hou52.onramp.net!user From: ddm@onramp.net (Donn Mumma) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Sweden reception problems Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 20:07:08 -0500 Organization: Not Much Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: hou52.onramp.net In article , jborn@ti.com (Jack W. Borninski) wrote: : I've noticed reception problems with the Radio Sweden 13:30 UTC, 15240 kHz : broadcasts. I am in the Dallas area. The audio seems to flutter/quiver a lot, : and sounds like a certain frequency range was missing from it. : : Has anyone else noticed this problem, and if so what can be causing it? Yes, it's the same here in Houston, though the signal's audible. There are similar conditions on YLE Finland at 15400 kHz, same time. Don't know the source. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:12 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!news.sinet.slb.com!news From: dejesus@chesapeake.ts.slb.com (Armondo De Jesus) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Looking for Rush! Date: 31 Aug 1995 17:41:53 GMT Organization: Schlumberger - Smart Cards and Systems Lines: 19 Message-ID: <424s91$gtg@sndsu1.sedalia.sinet.slb.com> References: <8AFC1B6.0092000011.uuout@freeworld.nacamar.de> <41j12r$nja@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 163.185.93.154 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ In article <41j12r$nja@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com>, jmrubin@ix.netcom.com (Joel Rubin ) says: > >In <8AFC1B6.0092000011.uuout@freeworld.nacamar.de> >rob.pucci@freeworld.nacamar.de (ROB PUCCI) writes: >> >>I am stationed in Germany with the Armed Forces and have not been able >>to pickup Rush Limbaugh on shortwave. Could someone please post the >>times of is shortwave broadcast as well as the frequencies. Also, >>should I be able to pick him up in Germany? For a radio I have a >small >>portable which I just purchased a radio shack wire antena for (one >that >>you can reel in). > >Is he still on 15420, WRNO, at 1605 GMT? (1805 Middle European Summer >Time)? > He still is on 15420, WRNO from about 1600-1800 GMT. I pick him up ocassionally during the week. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:13 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.zeitgeist.net!mycogen.terminus.com!usenet From: dhayes@seldon.terminus.com (Dave Hayes) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: sangean ats-803a shortwave Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 00:37:27 GMT Organization: Second Foundation Internet, Lompoc, CA (805) 733-1849 Lines: 8 Message-ID: <41tnkt$729@mycogen.terminus.com> References: <40m6jt$dps@parsifal.nando.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm-lo-1.terminus.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99.82 >In article <40m6jt$dps@parsifal.nando.net>, sammie@merlin.nando.net wrote: >>if someone can let me know of a mail-order source for a replacement antenna, >to fit the existing hardware on >>my sangean model ats-803a, i will very much appreciate it. The Radio Shack part number for the antenna on the DX440 is: 2118000. This is directly from the DX440 service manual. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:14 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!attila.dow.com!dmarino From: dhunter@dow.com (Doug Hunter) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Vintage equip SWL'ers Date: 29 Aug 1995 18:52:58 GMT Organization: Dow Chemical Lines: 29 Distribution: world Message-ID: <41vnma$acj@attila.dow.com> Reply-To: dhunter@dow.com NNTP-Posting-Host: na1.dow.com Cal Eustaquio writes: >Hello: > >Just out of question: how many folks out there still use the old tube >type equipment for serious SWL'ing? If so, what do you use? Currently, >I'm restoring my Halli SX-25 but I also have a Hammarlund HQ-120X, >SP-200, and Halli SX-100 on line. No modern digi stuff (yet). Just for my >info. 73's. Cal, N6KYR. I have a Hallicrafters SX-100 with a large Hallicrafters speaker that has great fidelity for SW and BCB listening. Also, I have two Zenith Trans-Oceanics that are OK for listening to the superpower stations. One is a late 1940's model, and the other is an early 1950's model. Last week, I compared the two T-O's to my Rat Shack DX-440, all using their whip antennas. The T-O's blew the 440 clean out of the water!! If I were stranded on an island, I would rather have the T-O's - after all, their whip antennas could double as great fishing poles! Try THAT with your DX-440. ******************************************************* * Doug Hunter "My views may not represent * * dhunter@dow.com those of my employer..." * * KB8YTE * ******************************************************* From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:15 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!dl278 From: dl278@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William J. Graham) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Vintage equip SWL'ers Date: 30 Aug 1995 05:57:42 GMT Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA) Lines: 18 Message-ID: <420ukm$bgf@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> References: Reply-To: dl278@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William J. Graham) NNTP-Posting-Host: kanga.ins.cwru.edu In a previous article, ceustaqu@ohm.elee.calpoly.edu (Cal Eustaquio) says: >Hello: > >Just out of question: how many folks out there still use the old tube >type equipment for serious SWL'ing? If so, what do you use? Currently, >I'm restoring my Halli SX-25 but I also have a Hammarlund HQ-120X, >SP-200, and Halli SX-100 on line. No modern digi stuff (yet). Just for my >info. 73's. Cal, N6KYR. > Probably a lot of us. Do you get the "boatanchors" listserv? Bill -- email: bgraham@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil ampr: N5LMX@K9IU.IN.USA.NA (but I'm in Germany (DA1WG), honest!) "My head hurts, my feet stink and I don't love Jesus!"- J. Buffett From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:17 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!vanbc.wimsey.com!unixg.ubc.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!not-for-mail From: dmcintyr@acs.ucalgary.ca (Deane D. McIntynre) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: MW BOOMER list Date: 29 Aug 1995 21:36:07 -0600 Organization: The University of Calgary Lines: 47 Message-ID: <420mb7$18ci@acs3.acs.ucalgary.ca> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: @acs3.acs.ucalgary.ca In article , BRETSKI wrote: > >This list of "Boomers" was taken from the NRC AM Radio Log. >These are 128 Canadian and USA stations. I might have missed some. >If you know of any others let me know. This list was for my own >personal AM/DXing but I thought someone else might be able to use it. >I noticed that there seemed to be no USA boomers in "regional" designated >frequency assignments but there were a few in Canada. Obviously most of >them appered in the "Clear" channel assignments. I also noticed that the >regional and local assignments were grouped together as if this whole >thing were planned. :-) I also saw a lot of Canadian stations that >run 40 watts day and night. NEAT! > > 540 WGTO Pine Hills, FL (Rest of list deleted) >What do you think the smallest city is to host a boomer? Well, Drumheller, a town about 70 miles NE of Calgary and home of CKDQ-910, has a population of 6,000. However, the transmitter is in Strathmore, a town about 25 miles east of Calgary (Pop. 750,000) some one could almost consider it a Calgary station. In fact, all six Calgary AM stations (CFFR-660, CHQR-770, CFAC-960, CBR-1010, CKMX-1060 and CFXL-1140) are 50 kW day and night. Sure makes it a pain for MW DX here, at leat the band above 1140 is reasonably clear except for 10 kW semi-local CHRB-1280 High River, 50 miles to the south. Lexington, Nebraska would be a close second, and Window Rock AZ may be even smaller (do not have the figures at hand). Of course the real boomers are in Mexico, Cuba and Bonaire (PJB-800, 500 kW). Here in Calhary XEWA-540 often comes in well, however now that CBK-540 is on all night will not be quite as easy to log as it was last winter. 73, Deane D McIntyre VE6BPO dmcintyr@acs.ucalgary.ca > > >BRET A. PENNINGTON / COMPUTER TECHNICIAN /EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES >CIVL 4252 317-494-0678 / PURDUE UNIVERSITY / WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA 47907 >bap@storm.atms.purdue.edu / speaking only for myself. >/\/\/\/\/\/ __... /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ N9ZFF /\/\/\/\/\/ ...__ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ > From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:18 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.yab.com!wierius!parasol!59!doug.dine From: Doug.Dine@59.parasol.stat.com (Doug Dine) Date: 25 Aug 95 04:07:38 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Voice of Free China Message-ID: X-FTN-To: Eva Chou Organization: The Umbrella Graveyard <-> Internet Gateway Lines: 40 Quoting Eva Chou to All on 08-21-95 concerning Voice of Free China EC> From: calamari@uclink.berkeley.edu (Eva Chou) EC> Subject: Voice of Free China EC> Organization: University of California, Berkeley EC> Can anyone tell me at which frequency and time I can tune into the EC> Voice of Free China on the West Coast? EC> Eva Chou EC> calamari@uclink.berkeley.edu 5950 kHz at 07:00 UTC __ __ / ) / ) / /___ . . _, / /o ____ _ / __ / (_) (_/ (_) / __ / < / / < >> | ================================= -o- CyBCiG v1.0 -- |Fidonet: Doug Dine 1:114/59 |Internet: Doug.Dine@59.parasol.stat.com | | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:19 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!ames!lll-winken.llnl.gov!usenet From: dsf@llnl.gov (David Fisher) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Why music on shortwave? Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 06:48:14 GMT Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lines: 28 Message-ID: <42117c$7o8@lll-winken.llnl.gov> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: db-annex-b-28.llnl.gov X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 unclebob@ripco.com (Uncle Bob) wrote: >I've seen a lot of posts requesting info on listening to music on >shortwave and it confuses me why one would want to bother. I've found that >the quality of music from radio waves bouncing off the atmosphere just >doesn't cut it. I do have the advantage of living in a metropolitan area >with a variety of music and strong, clear FM signals. Unless you're in >some Godforsaken land away from home and the local radio stations play >music that hurts your ears, why try? I listen to shortwave for the spoken >word and rely on other sources for music. Comments? >Bob Sprengel >-- >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Uncle Bob..............unclebob@ripco.com I enjoy listening to "Music Time in Africa" on VOA, Sunday mornings (pacific). I usually receive 15580 pretty well. This show is produced by the africa section of VOA and its "feel" is distinctly African. Quite different from the average fare. Dave Fisher From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:20 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!cherokee!NewsWatcher!user From: dstraumf@advtech.uswest.com (Dave Straumfjord) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Email by radio from Yacht - HELP? Followup-To: rec.radio.shortwave,uk.amateur.radio,rec.radio.amateur.space,alt.radio.digital Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 13:39:36 -0700 Organization: U S WEST Technologies Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <41cmgg$dmg@etech.aladdin.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.13.18.109 In article <41cmgg$dmg@etech.aladdin.co.uk>, geoff@aladdin.co.uk (Geoff Lynch) wrote: > I am not an amateur radio person, but have some understanding of > technology, unlike my friends. They are retired and sailing slowly > round the world on 37' yacht (currently ashore for winter in N.Z.) > > I am informed that there is the possibility of sending email via radio > to amateur satellites which then can connect into good old > internet/compuserve......from a laptop or similar on board. The have a > radio which from N.Z. they could "talk" to mid USA and as far west as > Austria, so presumably it is quite powerful. They want this facility > to be able to leave email for their agent in UK so they can get spares > ordered before they get into port....... > > Anyone any ideas if this is so , and if so, how do they go about it? > > Any info gratefully recieved. Please email me as well as posting any > response for the education of others. > > Thanks a bunch in advance, geoff@aladdin.net Yes there is a way ! if you have a REGULAR PC that has an open slot, Hughes Satelite has a internet connection via a small dish and a card called DirectPC. Contact Hughes network systems, or MCI This will allow you to connect through one of their KU band Satelites. The cost is about 1,500 dollars for the complete setup plus a $40 monthly fee. I am not sure about the specs, or software interface specifics. It uses the the Galaxy5 bird, and operates about 14.4 kbps. Coverage may be limited because the bird is geostationary. Depending on the size of your boat you may have to connect during calm seas. You may have to experiment with another antenna during rough seas. Jack in! D. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:21 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.cuny.edu!acc6!elik From: Eli Kizhnerman Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Panasonic RF-B45? Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 13:54:42 -0400 Organization: City University of New York/University Computer Center Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <41m05r$21g@freenet.vcu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: elik@acc6 In-Reply-To: On 28 Aug 1995, Mauri Haikola wrote: > In article <41m05r$21g@freenet.vcu.edu> dsalkovi@freenet.vcu.edu writes: > > I have had a RF-B45 for a couple years too. I agree with the > > previous comments about it except it *does* have an external > > antenna plug. I've got an antenna plugged into it right now. > > Mine does not have it. I believe it is because I have the European > version. According to the manual, there are also some other > differences between radios sold in different parts of the world (in > Italy and Saudi-Arabia they have blocked parts of the frequency > spectrum). Why they refuse to provide us Europeans with antenna plug > is beyond me... > > Mauri > > My radio also has an antenna jack :) Anyway, I heard that the same model is actually CHEAPER in europe. Eli. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:23 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!elna.ethz.ch!usenet From: Essam Badreddin Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Yaesu FRG-100 Date: 30 Aug 1995 09:47:25 GMT Organization: Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology Lines: 4 Message-ID: <421c3d$i62@elna.ethz.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: autmac90.ethz.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-URL: news:rec.radio.shortwave/56654-56753 Who can tell me about his experience with Yaesu FRG-100? in general .. Selectivity? Intermodulation performance? .. in particular From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:23 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!noc.tor.hookup.net!jinx.msi.net!msi.net!fkaufman From: fkaufman@msi.net (Frank Kaufman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: looking for info on time broadcast service Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 00:03:29 GMT Organization: Microset Systems Inc. Lines: 9 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm037.msi.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] I saw a clock advertised in a mail order catalogue that has a built-in 60kHz longwave radio receiver to keep the clock on time. The signals are derived from an atomic clock. I would like to find out more about this broadcast service. I would like to build a circuit to do the above task, I am sure I can do it for much less then the $300.00 mail order price. fkaufman@msi.net From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:24 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!wave.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.hol.gr!prometheus.hol.gr!gbg From: gbg@hol.gr (Alexiou Dimitrios) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: 73's from Athens, GR Date: 29 Aug 1995 00:32:45 GMT Organization: Hellas On-Line SA, GREECE. Lines: 2 Message-ID: <41tn7d$9dc@newsflash.hol.gr> NNTP-Posting-Host: gbg@prometheus.hol.gr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Greetings to all DXers from sunny Athens, GREECE and Great Big Guy :) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:25 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cherokee!demand2.uswc.uswest.com!acsnews.uswc.uswest.com!newsadm From: ghorn@mplscsc45.uswc.uswest.com (Gary Horn) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Unshackled! Date: 30 Aug 1995 06:21:14 GMT Organization: US West !nterprise Networking Systems Lines: 35 Message-ID: <42100q$nqo@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 137.108.35.20 I know the show. I think it's cool. You're right, the production sounds dated, especially with the organ bridge music. The show's constituency is the reason behind the production style. Gary In article tadc@tadc.seanet.com (Tad Cook) writes: > Ever heard that strange evangelical program on WWCR late at night from Pacific > Garden Mission called "Unshackled!"? Each night it features a melodramatic > story of Christian inspiration and redemption, accompanied by dramatic organ > music. > > The first time I heard this I thought it was an archival recording from the > early days of broadcast radio, but was suprised to hear that the program is > currently being produced by Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago. > > This morning's (8/29/95) Wall Street Journal has an interesting page one > article about Unshackled. According to the Journal this program is produced > in front of a live audience at their Pacific Garden's skid road mission, and > many of the actors have been on the program since the 1950s! They have a > rotating cast of about 100 actors who make union scale. > > Tad Cook > tad@ssc.com > Seattle, WA From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:26 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!i2unix!news From: Giovanni Mazzola Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Help: Sony 7600G Coverage Date: Wed, 30 Aug 95 08:48:57 CEST Organization: MC-link - Italian Dial-Up Online Service Lines: 9 Message-ID: <809765337.MC3626@mclink.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: ax433.mclink.it Is there any modification for the SONY 7600G to cover the entire 150kHz-30MHz spectrum ? My Italian version has frequency limits and I neeed to know what hardware jumpers add/remove to make it work. Thanks in advance. Giovanni, IT9XXS mc3626@mclink.it From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:27 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ratty.wolfe.net!usenet From: glitwin@gonzo.wolfe.net (glitwin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Vintage equip SWL'ers Date: 30 Aug 1995 04:10:46 GMT Organization: Wolfe Internet Access, L.L.C. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <420oc7$o1b@news1.wolfe.net> References: <41vheg$fu9@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> Reply-To: glitwin@craysea.cray.com NNTP-Posting-Host: sea-ts1-p12.wolfe.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ I also have an SX 25 Super Defiant that I use on a regular basis, My main SWL'ing radio is a Motorola R390A/URR, but I also on occaision will fire up another of the old Hallicrafters (S38B, S38E, S120) or one of the old Nationals (NC-98, and one _AMAZING_ 2-bander in a floor standing wooden cabinet complete with all sorts of scrollwork and little curliques!). I have also been known to listen to some tabletop Zeniths and Philcos in recent times. There is nothing quite like listening to shortwave on a tube radio! (especially if there is a magic-eye involved!) Happy listening, Gary Litwin glitwin@craysea.cray.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:28 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!gazette.engr.sgi.com!mechcad3.engr.sgi.com!glusk From: glusk@mechcad3.engr.sgi.com (Mark Glusker) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Vintage equip SWL'ers Date: 30 Aug 1995 20:38:57 GMT Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Lines: 21 Distribution: world Message-ID: <422i91$8t7@gazette.engr.sgi.com> References: <4229bv$1qf9@bubba.ucc.okstate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mechcad3.engr.sgi.com Tube receivers make wonderful counterpoints to modern digital solid state receivers. You give up the convenience of knowing exactly what frequency you are tuned to, but that forces you to learn the bands and listen a bit more carefully to what you are tuned to. They are large and heavy, but they also have a quality of construction that has no modern commercial equivalent. They probably provide the best performance per dollar, with many excellent receivers selling for $100 to $150. Good tube receivers have sensitivity that is on a par with modern receivers. They do suffer a bit in the area of selectivity, so there is often a persistent heterodyne whistle in the background. However, the overall audio quality is still much better than most modern receivers. Tube receivers require much greater involvement on the part of the user, but that is much of their appeal. My favorite for program listening is an RCA AR-88. For tough DX, I use either an R390A or a Drake R7A. The Drake is the ergonomic equivalent of the most complex boatanchor even though it is a solid state design from the early '80's. -- Mark Glusker, glusk@engr.sgi.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:28 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: grinch@rahul.net (Mark Gingrich) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Voice of the OAS sked? Date: 29 Aug 1995 23:55:00 -0500 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Lines: 17 Sender: nobody@cs.utexas.edu Message-ID: <199508300454.AA02330@bolero.rahul.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.cs.utexas.edu Brandon.Jordan@f444.n123.z1.fidonet.org (Brandon Jordan) writes: > Does anyone have a current schedule for the Voice of the OAS? I believe I just heard they left the air at the end of May. (Can anyone confirm this?) I last tuned them in back in March, at 22:45 - 23:00 UTC (Monday through Friday only), in English, on 15155 kHz. They also had parallel frequencies of 9670 and 11835 kHz. With only a short 15-minute program, if you "blinked," you missed them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark Gingrich grinch@rahul.net San Leandro, California ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:30 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!gwu.edu!gringo From: gringo@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Nick Grace C.) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: SW in College Dorm? Date: 30 Aug 1995 00:27:51 GMT Organization: The George Washington University, Washington DC Lines: 21 Message-ID: <420ba7$l8l@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> References: <4206gd$f6u@daily-planet.execpc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.164.127.252 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] When I first arrived in Washington, I stayed in a dormitory and was still able to do a bit of DXing. From the eighth floor, I was able to toss about 75' of wire out the window. I had two great obstacles: electric QRN and the floor's resident assistant. The R.A. must have come to my room to yell at me at least a dozen times... With that little bit and my Kenwood TS-440S (the same receiver as the R-5000, in fact), I could DX on the tropical bands even... So at least for me, it really wasn't so bad. However, you may get thrown into one of the first couple of floors. Look for a tree or something to anchor your antenna to in that case... What's worse than a dormitory? An apartment on the first floor looking into a dank and dark rat-infested alley. It took me a month to get out of that flea-ridden hole. I live now in a basement apartment in Washington and have fitted a 75m dipole right over the sidewalk. It was considerably longer, but was impossible to maintain without getting noticed. The first storm knocked it down... And sure enough people were getting tangled up in it. Good luck! _______________ Nick Grace C. E-mail: gringo@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:31 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: haroldr989@aol.com (HaroldR989) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Sony 7600G Images Date: 30 Aug 1995 08:56:25 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 15 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <421n5p$l9i@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: haroldr989@aol.com (HaroldR989) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com On 28 Aug 1995, Fred Eatock wrote (edited): > my 7600G receiver suffers from poor 2nd IF (455KHz) image rejection > and wonder whether others have noticed this with their receivers. > I can hear KLOK (1170KHz) on 260KHz, KKSJ (1370KHz) on 460KHz, and > Has anyone else noted this behavior with their 7600G? Yes. I can hear 1360 very clealy on 450 and 1410 on 500. Don't hear 1480 on 570, however. I don't know much about images, except that you add or subtract twice the intermediate freq (2 x 455 = 910) to the station's freq and look there, for those who are even less familair with images than I am. Harold Rodriguez From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:32 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: hungary-request@Glue.umd.edu (Hungarian-American List) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,soc.culture.canada,soc.culture.europe,soc.culture.usa Subject: Magyar Radio Shortwave Broadcast (Szulofoldunk) 09/01-09/15 Date: 30 Aug 1995 09:04:17 -0500 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Lines: 76 Sender: nobody@cs.utexas.edu Message-ID: <199508301403.KAA00333@mineral.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.cs.utexas.edu Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:57799 soc.culture.canada:77820 soc.culture.europe:49184 soc.culture.usa:77991 The following information is a contribution from Andrew Vadasz , and can be found at : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Magyar Radio Shortwave broadcasts in Hungarian (Szulofoldunk) Time: One hour program daily, starting at 0:00 UTC for N.America East (8 pm EDT) and at 01:30 UTC for N.America West. (Much overlap, as West broadcasts can be heard in the East and vice versa, albeit w. reduced signal strength). Frequencies: 6000, 9835 and 11910 kHz. Of these in the East 9835 is usually the best (it changes). Reception hints. Summer is usually the best. Frequencies, times, change with the Fall equinox (when Europe changes clocks). Fall/ winter reception has varied from the difficult to the impossible. (More about that subject later). Because of the crowded spectrum, a digitally tuned receiver is best. Outside horizontal wire antenna (about 15-20 ft) generally recommended. Since the time is not generally convenient for me, I usually record the program on tape (one side of a "120 min" cassette) and play it back the next day in the car, walking, gardening, etc. Uninteresting portions can thus be scanned through, sometimes names don't come clearly: thus can be repeated Would be interested in your questions, experiences. Andy Vadasz, E-mail: avadasz@bluemoon.sma.com Programs. Mondays through Saturdays, the broadcasts start with: "A nap kronikaja- Hirek, tudositasok". Then "Joestet, itt Magyarorszag ! kozelet, gazdasag, kultura." Sundays again "a nap kronikaja" then "egyhazi hirado". Specific programs from Sept 01 '95 to Sept 15 '95. Date. 1 Pentek Film, szinhaz, kiallitas. Veteli tanacsok az Antenna Hungariatol. Ori Andras PR manager 2 Szombat Ahogyan ma latjuk: a nepbirosagi perek. Varkonyi Benedek musora 3 Vasarnap Egyhazi hirado Magyar sorsok a XX szazadban. Notaszo Devai Titanilla musora 4 Hetfo Tallozo: Szollos Istvan folyoiratszemleje 5 Kedd Zold sarok: Koszegi Abel osszeallitasa kornyezetvedoknek. Erdely Szechenyije: grof Miko Imre. Szerkeszto: Keszthelyi Gyula 6 Szerda Olvasolampa. Ahogyan ma latjuk: A nagybirtokrendszer megszuntetese. Szerkeszto: Pappa Gabor Zsigmond 7 Csutortok Postabontas: valaszol Patonai Adrienne es Vecsei Antonia 8 Pentek Film, szinhaz, kiallitas. Jogi tanacsok dr.Szego Tamastol. Ahogyan ma latjuk: Acsady Ignac. Szerkeszto: Koszegi Abel 9 Szombat Kulturalis oroksegunk: Arthur Koestler- szerkeszto: Varkonyi Benedek' 10 Vasarnap Egyhazi hirado. Magyar sorsok, eletpalyak a XX szazadban. Hallgatoink kivansagara: Patonai Adrienne osszeallitasa 11 Hetfo Tallozo: Szollos Istvan folyoiratszemleje. Arcok a tegnapbol: Juhasz Gyula tortenesz- szerkeszto: Varkonyi Benedek 12 Kedd Zold sarok: Koszegi Abel osszeallitasa kornyezetvedoknek. Tortenelmi pillanatok: az elso magyar szinieloadas a Varszinhazban zerkeszto: Cservenka Judit 13 Szerda Olvasolampa 14 Csutortok Postabontas: valaszol Patonai Adrienne es Katona Erzsebet 15 Pentek Film, szinhaz, kiallitas. Veteli tanacsok az Antenna Hungariatol: Ori Andras PR manager. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If you prefer to receive this file by email, please, send a mail to the Hungarian-American List (mailto:hungary-request@Glue.umd.edu) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:33 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!athos.cc.bellcore.com!oscar!hw From: hw@oscar.bellcore.com (Harold Winard) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: DX-400 receiver mods Date: 29 Aug 1995 15:59:04 GMT Organization: Bellcore Lines: 8 Sender: hw@oscar (Harold Winard) Distribution: world Message-ID: <41vdg8$sek@athos.cc.bellcore.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: oscar.bellcore.com Keywords: DX-440 receiver Is their a FAQ or similar collection of information on modifications or improvements for the Radio Shack DX-440 shortwave receiver? Thanks, Harold hw@oscar.bellcore.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:34 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!gatech!newsfeed.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!discg1!news From: i001126 (Raymond Labonski) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Weather and SW reception Date: 30 Aug 1995 14:11:11 GMT Organization: pmi Lines: 19 Message-ID: <421rhv$fqf@discg1.disc.dla.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: isc36pc3093.disc.dla.mil Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: how do you set up a pirate radio station??? Date: 29 Aug 1995 22:28:52 GMT Organization: Orange County Mental Health services Lines: 1 Message-ID: <4204b4$qfh$6@mhade.production.compuserve.com> References: <415lgo$igr@emerald.tufts.edu> Third, call the FCC and ask if its okay to use this frequency. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:36 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Irene P. Kelly <72212.441@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: how do you set up a pirate radio station??? Date: 29 Aug 1995 22:30:45 GMT Organization: Orange County Mental Health services Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4204el$qfh$7@mhade.production.compuserve.com> References: >>you get a notice of appararent liability. Apparently you owe us money? Well I don't see it that way and niether does my counselor. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:36 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!atlas.axiom.net!atlas.axiom.net!jamiew From: jamiew@atlas.axiom.net (Jamie Walker) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: radio bahai Date: 29 Aug 1995 08:06:05 GMT Organization: Axiom Communications Lines: 12 Message-ID: <41uhpd$1se@atlas.axiom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: atlas.axiom.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hello! a few days ago someone nicely posted alot of information about radio Baha'i in ecaudor, when to listen, what freq.. etc, i have lost the file, and was hoping that whoever that was could please repost it!!! thanks! jamiew jamiew@axiom.net  From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:37 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!gatech!paladin.american.edu!auvm!NIOZ.NL!nieuw Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508301522.LAA107113@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 15:57:06 +0000 Reply-To: nieuw@NIOZ.NL Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" Comments: Authenticated sender is Comments: W: Incorrect or incomplete address field found and ignored. From: Jan Nieuwenhuis Organization: Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Subject: TEST Lines: 0 This is a TEST; please ignore !!! From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:38 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!spool.mu.edu!daily-planet.execpc.com!earth!jerk From: jerk@earth.execpc.com (Myke Weiskopf) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: SW in College Dorm? Date: 29 Aug 1995 23:05:49 GMT Organization: Exec-PC Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4206gd$f6u@daily-planet.execpc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: earth.execpc.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I'm going to be living in those communal sweatboxes, the dorms, for the next eight months or so. Unfortunately, since it's a metal structure, SW reception will be next to impossible. The only alternative I have is to string some cable out the window and run it down the side of the building (and hope no one notices). Does anyone have any suggestions? (I'll either be using a 2010 or an R-5000...) -- "If you dare condemn my life it will come after you with a sharpened hunting knife." -- Steven Jesse Bernstein From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:39 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!dialup-4-4.gw.umn.edu!juste003 From: jj Subject: Address for Voice of Turkey?? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Message-ID: X-Xxmessage-Id: X-Xxdate: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 11:14:39 GMT Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: dialup-4-4.gw.umn.edu Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Organization: World Class Eurodynamical Gizmos X-Newsreader: Nuntius 2.0.4_68K Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 16:14:01 GMT Lines: 3 Subject says it...Im afriad my passport 1990 is a little out of date! ;-) Thanks kindly for any info 73's From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:40 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!gti.gti.net!gti.gti.net!not-for-mail From: jmac@gti.gti.net (Scott Saloway) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: MW BOOMER list Date: 30 Aug 1995 19:53:37 -0400 Organization: GTI GlobalNet - (201) 285-9099 Lines: 8 Message-ID: <422tm1$sue@gti.gti.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: gti.gti.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] BRETSKI (bap@storm.atms.purdue.edu) wrote: : 1000 WLUP Chicago, IL This is now WMVP : 1210 WOGL Philadelphia, PA This is now WGMP From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:41 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!gti.gti.net!gti.gti.net!not-for-mail From: jmac@gti.gti.net (Scott Saloway) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: When & where can I pick up CFRB as well as the stations from Vancouver and Montreal that broadcast? Date: 30 Aug 1995 19:58:31 -0400 Organization: GTI GlobalNet - (201) 285-9099 Lines: 16 Message-ID: <422tv7$7m@gti.gti.net> References: <41trd4$1riu@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> <41vfp8$nu@ralph.vnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: gti.gti.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] David Crawford (dcrmatt@vnet.net) wrote: : rmooney@gpu2.srv.ualberta.ca (Case) wrote: : >Also MONTREAL & VANCOUVER. Merci. : CFRB comes in quite well here in North Carolina : via CFRX on 6.070 MHz. I believe the pattern is : an omni, so you should have no problems if the : skip is half decent. But it only comes in well from Sunrise to Sunset (I'm in NJ). WYFR booms at 100kw from 1 GMT to about 5. (they are at 6.065, and have no qualms about overlapping every station from 6.075 to 6.055). Happy SWLing... --Scott-- From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:42 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!news.eunet.fi!katto.kaapeli.fi!jmantyla From: jmantyla@katto.kaapeli.fi (Jorma Mantyla) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: AIR 5010 kHz + "Luxembourg effect" Date: 29 Aug 1995 09:15:37 GMT Organization: Kaapelisolmu, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland Lines: 31 Message-ID: <41ulrp$61d@idefix.eunet.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: hel.fi X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Perhaps some people know what the "Luxembourg effect" means. Powerfull LW stations sometimes modulate weakly nearby AM stations so that you can hear weakly the signal of a LW stations if you listen carefully to a geographically nearby AM-station. Eg. the 2000 kW Polish LW- station was sometimes heard weakly under the old Austrian AM-station on 585 kHz. Is this same effect possible of SW, too? I have recently been listening to AIR Thiruvananthapuram on 5010 kHz and noted that AIR Madras can be heard weakly under T-puram. When I tune into the frequency around 2340Z there is a strong carrier, presumably originating from Thiruvananthapuram, locat near the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula. At 2358-> a weak and distortious signal from AIR Madras can be heard on this frequency //4990//1053 kHz (the Tamil sce of AIR external sce, see WRTH page 201). At 0023-> AIR Thiruvananthapuram has sign on with interval-signal & Vandematarama & local id (sounding like 'Trivandrum'). The meter of my Icom R71 does not indicate any change in signal strenght at 0023Z. Is it possible that the strong transmitter of AIR Madras can modulate the relatively nearby Thiruvananthapuram transmitter creating a "shadow voice" under T-puram? I can't believe that AIR uses two transmitters on the same shortwave frequency, especially as Thiruvananthapuram and Madras are not very faraway from each other. Jorma Mantyla Kangasala, Finland From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:43 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!news.eunet.fi!katto.kaapeli.fi!jmantyla From: jmantyla@katto.kaapeli.fi (Jorma Mantyla) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: New Solar Cycle Date: 29 Aug 1995 19:33:51 GMT Organization: Kaapelisolmu, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland Lines: 17 Message-ID: <41vq2v$jkv@idefix.eunet.fi> References: <41l1ic$t6i@vanbc.wimsey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hel.fi X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] David Toste (at738@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote: : Network. They sure think it's almost at the end of the cycle and things : should start to get better sometime in the near future. ======= Better? Perhaps for radio-amateurs but surely not for serious dx'ers. Hams operate their long-distance dx on bands between 14-30 MHz but for dx'ers this frequency range mainly is full of political & religious propaganda while interesting domestic lowpower stations operate on MW & tropical SW-bands (0,5-1,6 MHz and 2,2-5,9 MHz). For these bands conditions are becoming worse. Jorma Mantyla Kangasala, Finland From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:44 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!nntp208.reach.com!usenet From: jmarvinn@reach.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: TEST/CQ! Date: 29 Aug 1995 00:18:23 GMT Organization: Reach Networks Lines: 4 Message-ID: <41tmcf$ih6@nntp208.reach.com> References: <41oqni$5kf@steel.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: so0.reach.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) This is just a test! jay From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:44 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jmrubin@ix.netcom.com (Joel Rubin ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: MW BOOMER list Date: 30 Aug 1995 01:21:52 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 9 Message-ID: <420efg$cle@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sf11-29.ix.netcom.com What about WEVD, 1050 in New York? I'm pretty sure they were 50 kw day/night as WHN, WMGM and WFAN. (The call letters, by the way, stand for Eugene V. Debs who ran for [socialist] President while in jail for opposing World War I. The station is owned by the Yiddish Forvertz which used to be socialist.) What about KSFO, 560, San Francisco? Cap Cities/ABC just took this right-wing talker up to 50 kw but I'm not sure about night power. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:46 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!news3.insinc.net!cadvision.com!usenet From: John Fallows Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: looking for info on time broadcast service Date: 30 Aug 1995 14:24:50 GMT Organization: CADVision Lines: 14 Message-ID: <421sbi$un4@cadvision.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: cad144.cadvision.com fkaufman@msi.net (Frank Kaufman) wrote: > > I saw a clock advertised in a mail order catalogue that has a built-in 60kHz > longwave radio receiver to keep the clock on time. The signals are derived > from an atomic clock. > I would like to find out more about this broadcast service. I would like to > build a circuit to do the above task, I am sure I can do it for much less then > the $300.00 mail order price. The station is WWVB in Fort Collins, Colorado. I think it uses phase shifting modulation of the carrier to send its time signal. There have been numerous articles in ham magazines about WWVB and how to decode it - but I am darned if I can find one right now!! I know I have one around somewhere, and if I find it, I will post a bulletin under "WWVB Info". From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:47 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!cadvision.com!usenet From: John Fallows Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Weather and SW reception Date: 30 Aug 1995 19:07:57 GMT Organization: CADVision Lines: 31 Message-ID: <422cud$1ba8@cadvision.com> References: <421rhv$fqf@discg1.disc.dla.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: cad219.cadvision.com i001126 (Raymond Labonski) wrote: > > > I've started up the shortwave on awful days (raining & thunderstorms), and > thought that reception would be terrible. It was great > > Likewise, on sunny & clear days, I thought that reception should be good, > and it was full of static and weak. > > I don't know if there is a reasonable way to predict it. > THere is an interesting chapter in "The Handbook of SOLAR FLARE Monitoring and Propagation Forecasting" by Carl Chernan, TAB Books 1005, 1978. On page 34 there is a table purporting to show a correlation between ionospheric and atmospheric (major) events. The theory seemed to be that the solar particles which affect the ionosphere might also affect the troposphere. You might find some articles about this in the RSGB Radio Communication journal. The amateur scientist who put forward this information was "Ron Ham". I have not noticed any such relationships, certainly not to the degree which I could use for prediction. (The same may not be true for VHF, where you can see an aurora which has a relationship with certain propagation openings.) I think your best bet would be to monitor WWV for geomagnetic activity, and use "grey line" paths to predice low-noise openings. 73 From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:48 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!cadvision.com!usenet From: John Fallows Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: looking for info on time broadcast service Date: 30 Aug 1995 18:56:34 GMT Organization: CADVision Lines: 20 Message-ID: <422c92$1bdg@cadvision.com> References: <421sbi$un4@cadvision.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cad219.cadvision.com John Fallows wrote: > > fkaufman@msi.net (Frank Kaufman) wrote: > > > > I saw a clock advertised in a mail order catalogue that has a built-in 60kHz > > longwave radio receiver to keep the clock on time. The signals are derived > > from an atomic clock. > > I would like to find out more about this broadcast service. I would like to > > build a circuit to do the above task, I am sure I can do it for much less then > > the $300.00 mail order price. > The station is WWVB in Fort Collins, Colorado.. Further to this, the following articles provide some useful information. (1) Shortwave Magazine, December 1994, Joseph Carr's article on "Be A RadioScience Observer" provides some schematics for simple VLF receivers, and a bit on WWVB. (2) Ham Radio Magazine March 1976, "WWVB Signal Processor". However, there is probably a simpler way to plug in to the National Institute of Standards and Technology Atomic Clock - that is through Network Time Protocol over the internet. For more information, do a webcrawler search on "NTP" or "WWVB". 73! From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:50 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!johnnyvw From: johnnyvw@netcom.com (John M. Bilek) Subject: Re: building an outdoor anten Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <41i4p6$ccr@stellar.comnet.com> <24.25914.2810@pcohio.com> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 02:01:04 GMT Lines: 17 Sender: johnnyvw@netcom.netcom.com Mike Balistreri (mike.balistreri@pcohio.com) wrote: : Good question. I would like to know the answer myself - I hope : we see a good response. In fact, I would like to expand the : question: Why does a whip antenna on a battery operated portable : work? Where is the earth reference? Does it depend on the the : radio coupling capacitively to earth? . . . to its surroundings? : Can the efficiency of a whip be improved by supplying the radio : with a good ground? Me too, me too! I was wondering this myself. I too have the YB400 and was wondering how the heck to wire up the plug for the external antenna. -- Johnny. johnnyvw@netcom.com johnnyvw@aol.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:51 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!johnnyvw From: johnnyvw@netcom.com (John M. Bilek) Subject: Re: Why music on shortwave? Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 03:10:50 GMT Lines: 25 Sender: johnnyvw@netcom6.netcom.com Uncle Bob (unclebob@ripco.com) wrote: : I've seen a lot of posts requesting info on listening to music on : shortwave and it confuses me why one would want to bother. I've found that : the quality of music from radio waves bouncing off the atmosphere just : doesn't cut it. I do have the advantage of living in a metropolitan area : with a variety of music and strong, clear FM signals. Unless you're in : some Godforsaken land away from home and the local radio stations play : music that hurts your ears, why try? I listen to shortwave for the spoken : word and rely on other sources for music. Comments? So, why listen to shortwave at all? I live in the Los Angeles basin. There is every type of program in about every language you can think of broadcast on local TV, FM and MW. I listen for news, talk and music on shortwave to hear *different* programming. I like hearing what's going on in another country besides my own, plus the variety of music that is played "elsewhere" is very different. There's also an indescibable feeling trying to tune in a station from thousands of miles away. I get a sense of accomplishment when I can tune in, oh, Radio Netherlands and barely hear what's being said or played. I guess I'm hooked, eh? -- Johnny. johnnyvw@netcom.com johnnyvw@aol.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:52 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.ultranet.com!morgan1.ultranet.com!kcarroll From: kcarroll@Morgan1.ultranet.com (kcarroll) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: NEWBIE LOOKING FOR FAQ Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 03:16:56 GMT Organization: UltraNet Communications, Inc. Lines: 15 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: morgan1.ultranet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] When I was 7, I listened to my First BBC shortwave broadcast on the Civil War in the Belgian Congo on a Stromberg Carlson console with a 78RPM record player circa 1935. My aunt left it to me an it arrived last week, It still works but now I need to find information about stations (EnglisH language) and Outside antennas Where does one go tofind FAQs on this group. Thanks!! KC. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:53 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!voa3!ke From: ke@VOA.GOV (Kim Andrew Elliott) Subject: Re: Why music on shortwave? Message-ID: Organization: Voice of America References: Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 17:58:14 GMT Lines: 39 >I've seen a lot of posts requesting info on listening to music on >shortwave and it confuses me why one would want to bother. I've found that >the quality of music from radio waves bouncing off the atmosphere just >doesn't cut it. I do have the advantage of living in a metropolitan area >with a variety of music and strong, clear FM signals. Unless you're in >some Godforsaken land away from home and the local radio stations play >music that hurts your ears, why try? I listen to shortwave for the spoken >word and rely on other sources for music. Comments? > Many shortwave listeners delight in hearing exotic styles of music that generally can't be heard from domestic radio stations. I am certainly in that category. Sometimes flutter fading adds an enchanting tremolo to the music. This often occurs with music from Asian stations that make it to the eastern USA. Static crashes from lightning under music from African stations on 60 meters make me think of a thunderstorm in a small West African village. As a teenager in the 1960s, I could hear the similarities in the rhythm patterns of African Highlife and U.S. soul music. One tradition was definitely borrowing from the other, or co-evolving. A recent NPR feature suggested this connection was just discovered, but shortwave listeners have known about it for decades. On shortwave, you can follow the progression of music styles from Arab to Iranian to Pakistani to Indian. And then, of course, there is Andy Kershaw's World of Music on BBC. Kim Elliott ke@voa.gov speaking for ke and not for voa.gov From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!grape.epix.net!kknapp From: Ken Knapp Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Garrard 224 Rcvr at Service Merchandise? Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 21:19:13 -0400 Organization: epix.net Lines: 6 Message-ID: References: <41v9ma$huq@alphabits.shr.dec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: grape.epix.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <41v9ma$huq@alphabits.shr.dec.com> I bought one for my daughter when they were on sale for 29.95. I thought they were junky and overpriced. A more realistic price might be 19.95. Ken From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:55 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!uknet!bcc.ac.uk!is.bbsrc.ac.uk!news From: Kim Niendorf Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: QSR cards? Date: 29 Aug 1995 09:50:03 GMT Organization: BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Lines: 19 Message-ID: <41unsb$9am@is.bbsrc.ac.uk> References: <41r436$eb@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> <41tb2c$9u7@over.mhv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc0023.hriw.bbsrc.ac.uk Thomas.Randall@bbs.mhv.net (Thomas Randall) wrote: > QSL cards are cards that hams and some shortwave stations send to > confirm a conversation or reception report. Not all shortwave stations > send them out. The BBC is an example. That's not really true. They send out cards without full QSL details presumably because they cannot devote sufficient staff time to check all the reports. They do however verify many of their relays if a *direct* report is sent. Their domestic services are, incidentally, some of the best verifiers in the world IMO. The concept of a QSL card has changes quite radically in my 30 years as a DXer. The "full detail QSL" that many DXers desire is often not worth the paper (card) it's written on. Even radio hams have been known to qsl duff reports ;-) Kim From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:56 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news3.digex.net!digex.net!not-for-mail From: kodis@access1.digex.net (John Kodis) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: Extracting FM station info from FCC database Followup-To: rec.radio.shortwave Date: 28 Aug 1995 21:07:07 -0400 Organization: Organization? Surely you jest! Lines: 65 Message-ID: <41tp7r$o0v@access1.digex.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: access1.digex.net Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:57712 rec.radio.scanner:31323 rec.radio.amateur.misc:85682 As you would imagine, the FCC maintains a database of all broadcast stations licensed for operations in or near the US. This information is available from their FTP site, FTP.FCC.GOV. The file containing the FM station data contains over 8 MB of information in a 2 MB file. The information is stored in a format which is not usable directly. While few people would be interested in browsing through all of this data, many people, myself included, would be interested in getting a list of all of the nearby FM stations, with a few of the more important station parameters displayed in an easy-to-read format. Toward this goal, I developed a script which retrieves the FM database and generates a concise list of FM stations in my area. The first few lines of this list are shown below. The columns show each station's frequency, station class, callsign, effective radiated power and antenna polarization, latitude and longitude, distance and heading (useful for antenna pointing), and the state and city of the station. Freq Class Callsign Power Lat Lon Km Deg City ---- ----- -------- ----- --- --- -- --- ---- 88.1 FM B1 WJHU 10000 - N39:19:53 W076:39:28 31 326 MD Baltimore 88.1 FM D WMUCFM 10 + N38:58:59 W076:56:37 44 253 MD College Park 88.1 FM B1 WJTM 4000 + N39:25:05 W077:30:03 96 292 MD Frederick 88.1 FM D WVYC 36 - N39:56:49 W076:43:47 97 346 PA York 88.5 FM B WAMU 50000 + N38:56:09 W077:05:33 58 252 DC Washington 88.7 FM B1 NEW 10000 | N39:13:44 W075:45:15 62 77 MD Massey 88.9 FM B1 WEAA 12500 + N39:20:31 W076:35:13 29 338 MD Baltimore 89.1 FM A WXHL 1 - N39:40:38 W075:39:47 94 47 DE Christiana 89.3 FM B WPFW 50000 + N38:56:09 W077:05:33 58 252 DC Washington 89.7 FM B1 WTMD 10000 + N39:23:45 W076:36:29 35 339 MD Towson 89.9 FM A WOELFM 3000 + N39:35:35 W075:51:49 75 43 MD Elkton 90.7 FX D W214AD 30 - N38:43:12 W075:56:54 61 134 MD Easton, etc. I thought that others might find such a list of FM stations useful, and so I put the script on my FTP site. Instructions on the use and customization of this script are in the comments at the beginning of the file. It should be usable on just about any Unix box. I've also been able to run it unmodified on my PC under OS/2, using the Internet access kit for FTP access, and the GNU version of bash, gzip, awk, fold, sort, and other utility programs. The URL for the file is: ftp://ftp.digex.net/pub/access/kodis/fmx or if using ftp manually: $ ftp ftp.digex.net (log on as user anonymous) > cd pub/access/kodis > get fmx The script is well commented, and should be easy to modify if a different output format or selection of station parameters are desired. The FCC also maintains lists of all television stations within and near the US, and of all AM stations in the Western hemisphere. Generating a similar list for transmissions of these types should be a simple clone-and-hack exercise. I hope that many of you find this a useful program. I'd be interested in hearing any comments, criticisms, or suggestions that you might have, and will be happy to answer questions as time permits by e-mail at kodis@access.digex.net. -- John Kodis. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:57 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news3.digex.net!digex.net!not-for-mail From: kodis@access5.digex.net (John Kodis) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Extracting FM station info from FCC database Date: 29 Aug 1995 12:59:20 -0400 Organization: Organization? Surely you jest! Lines: 34 Message-ID: <41vh18$hhj@access5.digex.net> References: <41tp7r$o0v@access1.digex.net> <41u2lf$m5h@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: access5.digex.net In article <41u2lf$m5h@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>, Joel Rubin wrote: > >[snip...script for snipping out some useful data is at:] >> ftp://ftp.digex.net/pub/access/kodis/fmx > >I downloaded one of these databases and got gzip from >SimTel/msdos/compress so I could decompress it. One problem: the damned >thing doesn't seem to have carriage returns. No, it isn't just a Unix >file with only line feeds--the decompressed file had neither carriage >returns or linefeeds. Does someone know a simple algorithm for breaking >it into lines? Is it every 80 characters or something like that? One thing that makes this file unwieldy is that is just one big hunk-o-data. There are no line breaks or anything to break it down into managable pieces. This is the role of the "fold -342" portion of the pipeline between the gzip and the nawk commands -- to split the database file into 342 character lines, which the nawk script can then pick apart. Under Unix and OS/2, I use the GNU fold command listed in the fmx script for this. I'm less familiar with DOS, since I haven't used that for quite some time, but I believe that someone has ported the GNU fold command over to DOS. You might check the same Simtel archive in which you found the gzip program. Or just write a little program in whatever language you have access to to read 342 characters, write them out, write out a line feed, and repeat. Good luck. I hope this helps. -- John Kodis. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:58 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!southwind.net!symbios.com!news From: lloyd.harmon@symbios.com (Lloyd Harmon) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Hallicrafters R-45 Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 18:59:08 GMT Organization: Symbios Logic Lines: 9 Message-ID: <41t028$9f5@jupiter.WichitaKS.HMPD.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: lharmon.ncrmicro.ncr.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 This weekend I found a Hallicrafters R-45/ARR-7 search reciver in realy nice condition. I have no idea what it takes to power this thing up. Does anyone know what the power requirments are, or have a schematic for this rig? Thanks for any information. Lloyd From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:27:59 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!not-for-mail From: lstolz@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Lynn Stolz) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Vintage equip SWL'ers Date: 29 Aug 1995 13:06:24 -0400 Organization: The Greater Columbus FreeNet Lines: 11 Message-ID: <41vheg$fu9@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I have 3 vintage receivers that I use for swl'ing: They are the Hallicrafters SX-100, Hallicrafters SX-122 (both with matching speakers), and a Hammarlund HQ-150. I use a Grundig Satellit 700 for frequency verification. These receivers are also used to monitor ham radio AM transmissions in the 160, 80, and 40 meter AM-windows. -- Lynn Stolz N8AJ --lstolz@freenet.columbus.oh.us From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:00 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news1.digital.com!pa.dec.com!depot.mro.dec.com!alphabits.shr.dec.com!usenet From: Mark Swartwout Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Garrard 224 Rcvr at Service Merchandise? Date: 29 Aug 1995 14:54:02 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 15 Message-ID: <41v9ma$huq@alphabits.shr.dec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: endive.shr.dec.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; OSF1 V3.0 alpha) X-URL: news:rec.radio.shortwave#41tc8t$4ha@news.doit.wisc.edu Does anyone have any experience with the Garrard 224 Digital AM/FM/SW that is in the current Service Merchandise catalog for $40? (Service Merchandise is a catalog/showroom store common in parts of N America) I wouldn't use it for my primary rcvr, but for travelling due to small size and clock/alarm features. Comments anyone? Is it worth the $40? -- Cheers, Mark From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:01 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!uhog.mit.edu!news!minsky From: minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky) Subject: SW100 SSB tuning Message-ID: <1995Aug31.195602.14044@media.mit.edu> Sender: news@media.mit.edu (USENET News System) Organization: MIT Media Laboratory References: Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 19:56:02 GMT Lines: 15 When I use this receiver with SSB, there's always an annoying beat. It can be reduced by tuning down, usually, but this receiver has smallest steps of 0.1 KC. However, I have the impression that it usually always ends up "in the middle"--in the sense that there's an annoying beat that seems to be around 50 Hz. This receiver is so remarkably stable (compared to my SX-28A) that it should be possible to fine tune it to move up or down about 50 HZ, to make this beat inaudible. Anyone know if there's a trimming adjustment somewhere inside? From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:02 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.algonet.se!newsfeed.tip.net!usenet From: mni@teracom.se Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: New frequency from Radio Sweden Date: 31 Aug 1995 11:29:42 GMT Organization: Uniplus Internet Access Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4246f6$gda@stella.tip.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: a2232.dial.tip.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 32bit) Dear SW listeners, Staring on 1 of September 1995, Radio Sweden will change one frequency. The frequency 15120 kHz will be changed to 13740 kHz at 11.00 to 12.00 UTC, to 12.30 in weekends. It is directed to South East Asian and especially Australia. This will hopefully improve the reception is this target area. Please note that 13740 kHz also will be used in the same time to Japan, China and Korea. programmes in english is broadcasted 11.30 to 12.00 UTC. Magnus Nilsson From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:03 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: molsen1@ix.netcom.com (monte olsen ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: 73's from Athens, GR Date: 29 Aug 1995 19:12:00 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 10 Message-ID: <41voq0$1i7@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> References: <41tn7d$9dc@newsflash.hol.gr> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-eug-or1-18.ix.netcom.com Same to you, Alexiou! Monte In <41tn7d$9dc@newsflash.hol.gr> gbg@hol.gr (Alexiou Dimitrios) writes: > >Greetings to all DXers from sunny Athens, GREECE and Great Big Guy :) > From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:04 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: mooie@ix.netcom.com (Net Grazer) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Looking For... Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 22:36:26 GMT Organization: The Anti Cow Tippin' League Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4204k0$16v@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-dsm-ia1-13.ix.netcom.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99.82 Hello All - I own a Yaesu communications receiver; FRG-100 Looking for CAT Control System /w software. TIA.... -Michele (___) Udderly mooie@ix.netcom.com ,-------(._.) Awesome Des Moines, Iowa / | / Home of the Butter Cow! * ||WW--|| From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:05 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!news.bu.edu!acs2.bu.edu!navsaria From: navsaria@bu.edu (Dipesh Navsaria) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Radio Pyongyang Date: 30 Aug 1995 11:28:04 GMT Organization: Boston University Lines: 19 Message-ID: <421i05$5lh@news.bu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: acs2.bu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Well, after all the recent whining about not being able to get Radio Pyongyang here in the northeastern US, I tried again this morning for the first time in a while. Lo and behold, I snagged it! :-) I was listening on 11335 kHz at 1100GMT -- the same signal was audible on 9977 kHz as well. The signal was pretty good, but short bursts of static were getting in the way, making for annoying listening -- I gave up after about ten minutes because listening to voice was getting difficult. Equipment: Sony 7600G with 75' longwire hung around the perimeter of this room. I routed the sound into the SAP receiver I use for the BBC, which helped a bit, but not much. I guess propagation conditions are particularly good today? (Wednesday) 73, Dipesh (navsaria@bu.edu) From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:06 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: nihan@ix.netcom.com (Robert J. Shea ) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Unshackled! Date: 30 Aug 1995 12:54:33 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 56 Message-ID: <421n29$j2p@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> References: <42100q$nqo@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-stl3-05.ix.netcom.com In <42100q$nqo@acsnews.uswc.uswest.com> ghorn@mplscsc45.uswc.uswest.com (Gary Horn) writes: > >I know the show. I think it's cool. You're right, the production sounds >dated, especially with the organ bridge music. The show's constituency is >the reason behind the production style. > >Gary > > >In article tadc@tadc.seanet.com (Tad >Cook) writes: >> Ever heard that strange evangelical program on WWCR late at night from >Pacific >> Garden Mission called "Unshackled!"? Each night it features a >melodramatic >> story of Christian inspiration and redemption, accompanied by dramatic >organ >> music. >> >> The first time I heard this I thought it was an archival recording from >the >> early days of broadcast radio, but was suprised to hear that the program >is >> currently being produced by Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago. >> >> This morning's (8/29/95) Wall Street Journal has an interesting page one >> article about Unshackled. According to the Journal this program is >produced >> in front of a live audience at their Pacific Garden's skid road mission, >and >> many of the actors have been on the program since the 1950s! They have >a >> rotating cast of about 100 actors who make union scale. >> >> Tad Cook >> tad@ssc.com >> Seattle, WA Can someone give frequencies and times please? I haven't heard it in a few years and I used to enjoy it. Robert Shea nihan@ix.netcom.com St. Louis From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:07 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!catseye.bluemarble.net!shooter.bluemarble.net!noah From: noah@shooter.bluemarble.net (Scott Berner) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: BROADCAST STATIONS\ New Listing Date: 31 Aug 1995 13:07:02 GMT Organization: BlueMarble Network Services Lines: 1 Message-ID: <424c5m$pg4@catseye.bluemarble.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: shooter.bluemarble.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:09 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mel.aone.net.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!jolt!patrick From: patrick@jolt.mpx.com.au (Patrick McDonald) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: I HAVE A KENWOOD R-1000 WHICH MY DAD HAS OWNED SINCE NEW. IT Date: 30 Aug 1995 00:58:46 GMT Organization: Microplex Pty Ltd Lines: 23 Distribution: world Message-ID: <420d46$ht@inferno.mpx.com.au> References: <76629-808990711@mindlink.bc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: jolt.mpx.com.au X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Keith Jordan (Keith_Jordan@mindlink.bc.ca) wrote: : I have a Kenwood R-1000 for sale which my Dad bought brand new. I have no : idea what it's worth. It's in excellent condition. This is a reciever only. : Can somebody respond and let me know the value of this unit?? I own one of these nice rigs, too, Keith . . . bought used for A$250 more than ten years ago, I see them selling here in Sydney for A$300 or more these days. This would be about US$225. But I wouldn't sell my R1000, even tho I mainly listen with my Icom R71A! Best wishes, Patrick | Patrick McDonald | Internet: patrick@jolt.mpx.com.au | | PO Box 357 | Fidonet: 3:713/605 SHORTWAVE POSSUMS BBS | | Round Corner, NSW 2158 | Fax: +61-2-651-3778 | | AUSTRALIA | `I rejoice that there are owls.' | From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:10 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!jolt!patrick From: patrick@jolt.mpx.com.au (Patrick McDonald) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: WOMEN IN CHINA Date: 30 Aug 1995 01:05:41 GMT Organization: Microplex Pty Ltd Lines: 16 Message-ID: <420dh5$ht@inferno.mpx.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: jolt.mpx.com.au X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I've just received a phone call enquiring about a special radio station called RADIO FIRE (or similar) broadcasting from the site of the current conference in China. Does anyone have any information about this? Or is this a confused reference to another special program on women's issues that happened to report on this conference? Many thanks in advance for any info. Patrick | Patrick McDonald | Internet: patrick@jolt.mpx.com.au | | PO Box 357 | Fidonet: 3:713/605 SHORTWAVE POSSUMS BBS | | Round Corner, NSW 2158 | Fax: +61-2-651-3778 | | AUSTRALIA | `I rejoice that there are owls.' | From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:11 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwfocus1.wa.com!news.halcyon.com!usenet From: penguin@halcyon.com (J.Tedford) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: TINY-TENNA Date: 30 Aug 1995 02:35:17 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <420ip5$svc@news.halcyon.com> References: <60.11911.4230.0N1F195D@canrem.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blv-pm0-ip12.halcyon.com X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) > christopher.saunders@canrem.com (Christopher Saunders) writes: > I recently purchased a Tiny-Tenna from D.W.M. Enterprises; it's > an indoor amplified shortwave antenna. It has greatly increased > the reception on my Yacht Boy 400, and outperforms the > "clothes-line" antenna that comes with it! It's not very > impressive looking; it's just a circuit board with a few > components soldered on. However, it is inexpensive, and it > works! > > The Tiny-Tenna is $25.00 U.S., post-paid world-wide. Send your > order to: > > D.W.M. Enterprises > P.O. Box 66 > Hanover, MI 49241 > U.S.A. > It's true...this dorky little circuit board performs remarkably well, and is fairly quiet. I would say it's best for small-scale portables, like the Yacht Boy, Sangean ATS 803A, and similar. It's also very portable, which is plus. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:12 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Piran Mohazzabi Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: I HAVE A KENWOOD R-1000 WHICH MY DAD HAS OWNED SINCE NEW. IT Date: Wed, 30 Aug 95 18:33:55 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 4 Message-ID: References: <76629-808990711@mindlink.bc.ca> <420d46$ht@inferno.mpx.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1b.delphi.com X-To: Patrick McDonald If it is in excelent condition, means if it;s ANT anttenuter is working and makes good contact. In U.S. cost Under US$200, R-1000 NOW IS ABOUT 17 years old when first time came out around early 1979. Ris an excelent radio. I used to be owned one. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:14 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!newsdist.tc.umn.edu!dawn.mmm.com!news From: pjdurkin@mmm.com (Pat Durkin) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: WORLD OF RADIO on WRN's WWW Site Date: 30 Aug 1995 20:43:03 GMT Organization: 3M Company - PI&C Engineering Lines: 17 Message-ID: <422ign$ite@dawn.mmm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2b4 (Windows; I; 16bit) Today when visiting the World Radio Network WWW site at http://www.wrn.com/ I noticed they now have RealAudio files of the latest edition of the "World Of Radio" program. The show I heard was recorded on 8/17 and broadcast by WRN on 8/27, so they're a little old, but it's nice to listen to it when it's convenient for me. Host Glenn Hauser explained the reason for the delay is the time it takes to ship the program tapes to London where WRN is located. He also wondered during the program if anyone had heard "World Of Radio" via WRN's WWW site yet. Well, I have as of today (8/30). -- Pat Durkin, Sr. Systems Engineer EMAIL: pjdurkin@mmm.com 3M Company - PI&C Engineering Opinions expressed are my own 900 Bush Ave., Bldg. 42-6E-08 and may not reflect those of St. Paul, MN 55144 3M Company. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:14 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!dorite!ts1-and-11 From: planck@iquest.net (Steve Planck) Subject: SELL Message-ID: Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: Iquest Network Services X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #2.1 Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 21:49:49 GMT Lines: 15 FOR SALE: Grundig SAT 700, 3 mo old, $300 shipped Bearcat 9000 XLT W/GRE 800 MHZ Conv, 4 Mo old, $325 shipped Kenwood TS440SAT xcell cond ,20 million S/N $650 Shipped Ameritron AL80B amp, 3 MO OLD $725 shipped Sangean ATS818 shortwave receiver, good cond $75 shipped PH 317-724-3178 DeWayne AA9AF or write to : DeWayne Planck 1407 Lincoln Ave, Lot 4 Alexandria, IN 46001 planck@iquest.net 73 From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:16 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!ts10-56.upenn.edu!user From: politisj@libertynet.org (John V. Politis) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Why music on shortwave? Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 21:30:30 -0500 Organization: Central High School Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ts10-56.upenn.edu X-Newsreader: Value-Added NewsWatcher 2.0b24.0+ > Uncle Bob, > I think most people are listening to hear the local music, this is one > of the things I have wrote stations about, playing rock-n-roll. I love to > hear the local music from far away places. > > Burr I agree 100%. I wish there was more music. -- "I could have sent you an orchid of some kind, but that's all I had in my jeans at the time" politisj@libertynet.org From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:17 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!news1.h1.usa.pipeline.com!usenet From: popskull@usa.pipeline.com(michael t schuncke) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: scanners???? Date: 29 Aug 1995 02:48:24 GMT Organization: Pipeline USA Lines: 36 Message-ID: <41tv5o$251@news1.usa.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe2.h1.usa.pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Pipeline USA v3.1.0 hello! i am interested in buying a mobile scanner, any recommendations for a 1st timer? i'd like to check out police stuff on the highway for long commutes (one can take only so much of howard,rush,g.gordon,don/mike!!!) i'd also like to scan at concerts for wireless mikes,guitars etc. what type of features/frequencies/channels should i be looking for? any mailorder companies with good service/price? a friend recommended the uniden bear tracker bct7....has anyone used this model? any comments,suggestions,recomendations appreciated........please e mail me thanks -- michael From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:17 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!rasmas From: rasmas@netcom.com (Raster Master) Subject: Newbie seeks comparisons Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 09:59:39 GMT Lines: 33 Sender: rasmas@netcom20.netcom.com Hi, I'm mainly involved with 2 meter stuff, but am ver interested in shortwave. I've scanned this group a bit and see that the following radios are popular, but I'd like some "experienced" advice, if you're available and willing. The radios I see listed (I assume non-transmitting devices) ICOM R71A (I have an IC2SRA which I like a lot, BTW) Sony 7100G ... rats... forgot the others.. Well, you see what I need, eh ? For initial listening, I would like the most/best radio features (prefer this over LCD displays, if it makes a difference) eg. I want SSB, sync, any other "neat stuff" :-) ... anyway, is it correct to assume that a "good" listening device costs minimally around $170 ? Following that... what's the cost of a "good" transmitting device ? I live in an apartment which, for 2 meter stuff, is tolerable, and the dorks crap their pants if I hang stuff out the window, so that's also a factor... (transparent wire anyone ? :-) thanks in advance, >mag< From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:18 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: rdsmyrna@aol.com (RDsmyrna) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Nothing but preachers! Where's the jazz? Date: 30 Aug 1995 13:24:09 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 11 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4226rp$p5p@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: rdsmyrna@aol.com (RDsmyrna) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Seems like all the commercial US shortwave stations have fallen to the might buck of the cult preachers of shortwave. I have tried for nearly a year to find some listenable jazz or big band music on US shortwave stations with little success. Have I missed any programs? I would like to encourage one of these US stations to sell time to Don Kennedy's Big Band Junp (syndicated from Atlanta), or another similar jaxx/big band format music show. If anything will kill shortwave radio, as we enter digital broadcasting, it will probably an overkill of shortwave preachers broadcasting 24 hours a day. HCJB and CSM not included. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:19 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: rdsmyrna@aol.com (RDsmyrna) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Reloj Date: 30 Aug 1995 13:24:24 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 3 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4226s8$p65@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <950828225331336@hughsoft.com> Reply-To: rdsmyrna@aol.com (RDsmyrna) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Radio Reloj can be heard nights in Atlanta (winters) on 790 under a local Atlanta station WQXI. In the subburbs north of Atlanta, Reloj is actually the stronger of the two stations. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:20 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!nntpgate.primenet.com!nntpdist.primenet.com!rec From: rec@primenet.com (Rich Eagles) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Extracting FM station info from FCC database Date: 29 Aug 1995 07:01:04 GMT Organization: Primenet (602)395-1010 Lines: 17 Message-ID: <41udvg$h7i@nnrp3.primenet.com> References: <41tp7r$o0v@access1.digex.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: usr3.primenet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] John Kodis (kodis@access1.digex.net) wrote: : As you would imagine, the FCC maintains a database of all broadcast : stations licensed for operations in or near the US. This information : is available from their FTP site, FTP.FCC.GOV. The file containing : the FM station data contains over 8 MB of information in a 2 MB file. : Toward this goal, I developed a script which retrieves the FM database : and generates a concise list of FM stations in my area. The first few I have programs that read the AM, FM and TV databases. I will try to get them on FTP sometime this weekend. -- =============================================== "Opinions expressed are Richard Eyre-Eagles Radio Amateur: KJ7MU not those of this station rec@primenet.com http://www.primenet.com/~rec or it's sponsors." =============================================== From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:21 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!rgerman.clark.net!rgerman From: rgerman@clark.net (Robert J. German) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: AIR 5010 kHz + "Luxembourg effect" Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 16:57:45 GMT Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc. Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <41ulrp$61d@idefix.eunet.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: rgerman.clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B] In article <41ulrp$61d@idefix.eunet.fi> jmantyla@katto.kaapeli.fi (Jorma Mantyla) writes: >From: jmantyla@katto.kaapeli.fi (Jorma Mantyla) >Subject: AIR 5010 kHz + "Luxembourg effect" >Date: 29 Aug 1995 09:15:37 GMT >Perhaps some people know what the "Luxembourg effect" means. Powerfull >LW stations sometimes modulate weakly nearby AM stations so that you >can hear weakly the signal of a LW stations if you listen carefully >to a geographically nearby AM-station. Eg. the 2000 kW Polish LW- >station was sometimes heard weakly under the old Austrian AM-station >on 585 kHz. --snip-- Yes it is possible on shortwave. It does not happen often. Bob ****************** VIVA HF ********************** Home of the Roboscan remote HF monitoring systems and HFBC Frequency Management software reply to: rgerman@clark.net Shortwave FTP: clark.net /pub/rgerman From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:23 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!rgerman.clark.net!rgerman From: rgerman@clark.net (Robert J. German) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Kurzwellenantenne in Eigentumswohnung: Rechtslage? Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 15:35:21 GMT Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc. Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <41uinf$rt6@fu-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: rgerman.clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B] In article <41uinf$rt6@fu-berlin.de> langer@mail.grumed.fu-berlin.de writes: >From: langer@mail.grumed.fu-berlin.de >Subject: Kurzwellenantenne in Eigentumswohnung: Rechtslage? >Date: 29 Aug 1995 08:22:07 GMT >Hello, >here is a question about German law concerning the installation >of a short-wave radio antenna: --snip-- Waere eine Dachboden Antenne moeglich? Bob ****************** VIVA HF ********************** Home of the Roboscan remote HF monitoring systems and HFBC Frequency Management software reply to: rgerman@clark.net Shortwave FTP: clark.net /pub/rgerman From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:24 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!rgerman.clark.net!rgerman From: rgerman@clark.net (Robert J. German) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: New Solar Cycle Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 23:46:10 GMT Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc. Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <41l1ic$t6i@vanbc.wimsey.com> <41vq2v$jkv@idefix.eunet.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: rgerman.clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B] In article <41vq2v$jkv@idefix.eunet.fi> jmantyla@katto.kaapeli.fi (Jorma Mantyla) writes: >From: jmantyla@katto.kaapeli.fi (Jorma Mantyla) >Subject: Re: New Solar Cycle >Date: 29 Aug 1995 19:33:51 GMT >David Toste (at738@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote: >: Network. They sure think >it's almost at the end of the cycle >and things >: should start to get better sometime in the near future. > ======= >Better? Perhaps for radio-amateurs but surely not for serious dx'ers. >Hams operate their long-distance dx on bands between 14-30 MHz but >for dx'ers this frequency range mainly is full of political & >religious propaganda while interesting domestic lowpower stations >operate on MW & tropical SW-bands (0,5-1,6 MHz and 2,2-5,9 MHz). >For these bands conditions are becoming worse. >Jorma Mantyla >Kangasala, Finland Depends on what kind of dx'er you are.. *********************** VIVA HF ********************* Reply to: rgerman@clark.net Shortwave FTP: clark.net /pub/rgerman Home of the Roboscan remote HF monitoring systems and HFBC Frequency Management Software. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:25 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!news.compulink.co.uk!cix.compulink.co.uk!usenet From: rhunt@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Richard Hunt") Subject: Re: Kurzwellenantenne in Eigentumswohnung: Rechtslage? Message-ID: Organization: Compulink Information eXchange References: <41uinf$rt6@fu-berlin.de> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 11:18:44 GMT X-News-Software: Ameol32 Lines: 40 For the benefit of non-German speakers, here's a translation: "The Wohnungseigentumsgesetz (Law on Apartment Ownership) lays down that the construction of a broadcast receiving station for the benefit of the apartment owner requires permission from the local administration. [My interpretation: you need a permit to put up an external antenna.] I need a simple shortwave antenna for my world band receiver, as it is not possible to receive shortwave bands via the communal antenna. The Amtsgericht (District Court) in Berlin-Wedding refused me permission for an antenna, on the grounds that reception of shortwave broadcasts is "not usual". This is odd, as a test of usualness is not prescribed in the law, and this decision prevents me from hearing all non-local (over 99% of broadcasts which can be heard with simple means). The court refers to a judgement on statellite dishes in rented apartments, for which there is no legal regulation, although there is one in the Wohnungseigentumsgesetz. In addition, reception of (entertainment) broadcasts from satellites cannot be compared with classical radio reception; shortwave is purely informational, and cannot be replaced (legal interest etc.) Has anyone any information about whether other courts have made decisions on shortwave reception, especially regarding owne occupied flats?" Ist diese Entscheidung nicht Verfasssungswidrig? (Informationsfreiheit; es stellt eine effektive Zensur dar.) Ich schlage vor, die PostIng in folgenden Gruppen zu wiederholen: bln.medien, bln.sci.jura, de.soc.recht, fido.ger.recht, soc.culture.german, zer.z_netz.rechtswesen.urteile.mietrecht This looks like a typical German bureaucratic decision, and is more like a decision from the old DDR or the Third Reich than of a modern democracy. Richard Hunt Tadcaster UK From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:26 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!i-2000.com!usenet From: richard ulrich Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Advice Wanted: Value of Sync Detection in Western North America Date: 30 Aug 1995 17:04:56 GMT Organization: I-2000 Inc. - Internet Services Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4225no$rbv@i-2000.com> References: <41t9ge$6as@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ru.dh.i-2000.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-URL: news:41t9ge$6as@newsbf02.news.aol.com >>>I'm in the process of choosing either the Sony 7600G or the Grundig YB400. I'm leaning toward the Grundig on the basis of its audio and features, but I'd opt for the Sony if sync detection provides noticeably better performance. Thanks for the info. I don't find it does much..... From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:27 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.sandia.gov!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!news.cerf.net!pagesat.net!niia.net!usenet From: rikoski Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: TV DX'ing questions Date: 30 Aug 1995 02:29:12 GMT Organization: Northern Indiana Internet Access, Inc. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <420ido$oqj@gold.niia.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm2-13.niia.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (Macintosh; U; 68K) To: bratcher@netropolis.net X-URL: news:bratcher.32.0070581A@netropolis.net When the bands open up, it doesn't make much difference what kind of antenna that you are using as long as it is reasonably directional. For years, I used a 100 foot long wire dipole with both legs separated by 25 degrees. I picked up signals from 700-900 miles almost daily during the summers on channels 2 thru 6. Sporadic E. With UHF reception of several hundred miles with tropo ducting, especially in the early fall. Don't bother with an amp. It won't improve anything but will overload when things get hot. Your real problem will be overcoming your local stations, if you have any. I don't know that any of the available commercial tv antennas will help. If you have a pocket full of money, you could try the Create log periodic. It covers 50 mHz to 1300 mHz. Good luck and wait for meteors and the gradually increasing sunspot counts. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:27 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!gpu2!rmooney From: rmooney@gpu2.srv.ualberta.ca (Case) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: When & where can I pick up CFRB as well as the stations from Vancouver and Montreal that broadcast? Date: 29 Aug 1995 01:44:04 GMT Organization: University of Alberta Lines: 1 Message-ID: <41trd4$1riu@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: gpu2.srv.ualberta.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Also MONTREAL & VANCOUVER. Merci. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:28 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!gpu3!rmooney From: rmooney@gpu3.srv.ualberta.ca (Case) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Please tell me the time and freq. for Radio Ukraine in english & ukrainian Date: 31 Aug 1995 17:36:20 GMT Organization: University of Alberta Lines: 1 Message-ID: <424ruk$1qts@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: gpu3.srv.ualberta.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:30 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!treasure.coastalnet.com!usenet From: Robert Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: RKI Post (Test) Date: 30 Aug 1995 00:04:03 GMT Organization: Global Information Exchange Corp. 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(1-800-827-6364) Lines: 4 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <41sqq8$1ss@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: roy5715936@aol.com (ROY5715936) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Mint R390 Receiver with Miltary 600 ohm external speaker. Works perfect looks great and has all knobs and Meters. Wife insists that purchase of new requires sale of old. 300 or BO RW From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:32 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: roy5715936@aol.com (ROY5715936) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: MT-2000 UHF Date: 28 Aug 1995 12:29:29 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 5 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <41sqt9$1th@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: roy5715936@aol.com (ROY5715936) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com New Motorola MT-2000 A4 style. With Speaker microphone and charger Brand New. 790.00 or best offer. 48 Channel With Alpha ReadOut. Unit has never been used. programmed to your specs. Schematic of Prog cable included. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:33 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!night.primate.wisc.edu!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!news.doit.wisc.edu!runcible.macc.wisc.edu!rsmith From: rsmith@runcible.macc.wisc.edu (Rusty Smith) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: SONY ICF-7601 or another? Date: 28 Aug 1995 21:25:49 GMT Organization: DoIT Lines: 24 Distribution: world Message-ID: <41tc8t$4ha@news.doit.wisc.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: runcible.macc.wisc.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Steve Hunts (Hunts@cc-mail.agcomed.uiuc.edu) wrote: : Currently I own the Sony ICF-7601. Although I am very happy with it I am : considering buying another unit. Basically I'm looking for something : that's : not too expensive (say around $200). I was considering the Radio Shack 390 : or something similar. Would this be a condiderable upgrade or not? Any : other units that I should consider? I've seen lot's of comments here about : the Sony : 7600G but again am not familiar with this one. Is my receiver as good? : Your help is greatly appreciated. I don't know about the 7600G, but I have a 7601 and RS DX440. Also have a small RS analog and bought my mother-in-law the RS digital just below the 390 and played with it for several days. I use the DX440 for SSB utility reception. My favorite for everything else is still the 7601. It really is a good receiver. Unless you want special features the digitals offer stick with the 7601. It performs very well. -- Rusty Smith Division of Information Technology rsmith@macc.wisc.edu Network Engineering Group rsmith@wiscmacc 1210 W. Dayton St. Rm 3221 University of Wisconsin at Madison Madison WI 53706 (608) 263-6307 From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:34 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!ddi2.digital.net!usenet From: russ@gslink.net (Russ Leblanc) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Vintage equip SWL'ers Date: 29 Aug 1995 22:39:06 GMT Organization: Hurricane DX Club Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4204ua$10l@ddi2.digital.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: @204.215.242.155 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.90.4 In article , Cal Eustaquio says: > >Hello: > >Just out of question: how many folks out there still use the old tube >type equipment for serious SWL'ing? If so, what do you use? Currently, >I'm restoring my Halli SX-25 but I also have a Hammarlund HQ-120X, >SP-200, and Halli SX-100 on line. No modern digi stuff (yet). Just for my I'm repairing an SP600J, and used to have a Halli SX100 MKII. I sold the SX but enjoyed it while I had it. Didn't care much for the bandswitch/freq stability problem or the weak SSB response. Most of my other stuff is newer analog/digital silicon gear. Might pick up an HQ180 is I ever stumble across one. Russ From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:35 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.iaf.nl!bitbike!schaay From: schaay@bitbike.iaf.nl (Michiel Schaay) Date: 29 Aug 95 10:03:21 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Kol Israel Broadcasting Message-ID: <7ab_9508301149@bitbike.iaf.nl> References: <41s46h$ajg@news.euro.net> X-FTN-To: Andy Sennitt Organization: FidoNet: schaay@bitbike.iaf.nl Lines: 7 AS> but these days a lot of international broadcasting decisions are made by AS> accountants :-) I do hope you mean :-( :-) Michiel From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:36 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!panix!not-for-mail From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: New SONY receiver? Date: 28 Aug 1995 18:37:44 -0400 Organization: Panix Lines: 22 Message-ID: <41tgfo$2ds@panix3.panix.com> References: <41t4nn$22n@gate.fzi.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com In article <41t4nn$22n@gate.fzi.de>, Joerg Bullmann wrote: >Hi Folks, > >as I could read in > > http://www.rnw.nl/en/pub/sonysw77.html , > >a successor of the SONY ICF SW77 can be expected in late '95. >As '95 slowly passes by and the IFA '95 takes place in Berlin >just now, I would like to ask, whether anybody has seen such a >new radio set. I could imagine that the IFA is the right place >for announcements of this kind. Any hints? The place to look is in Sony's domestic (Japan) catalog. They publish pamphlets covering different product lines (radios, CD players, MiniDisc, etc). New stuff appears at least 6 months before the rest of the world. Time to ask another favor from my friend in Japan.... -- Mike Schuster | schuster@panix.com | 70346.1745@CompuServe.COM ------------------- | schuster@shell.portal.com | GEnie: MSCHUSTER From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:37 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!panix!not-for-mail From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Garrard 224 Rcvr at Service Merchandise? Date: 29 Aug 1995 19:09:30 -0400 Organization: Panix Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4206na$ha@panix3.panix.com> References: <41v9ma$huq@alphabits.shr.dec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com In article <41v9ma$huq@alphabits.shr.dec.com>, Mark Swartwout wrote: >Does anyone have any experience with the >Garrard 224 Digital AM/FM/SW that is in the current >Service Merchandise catalog for $40? (Service Merchandise >is a catalog/showroom store common in parts of N America) > >I wouldn't use it for my primary rcvr, but for travelling >due to small size and clock/alarm features. > >Comments anyone? Is it worth the $40? It looks like your typical $20 Chinese analog set. -- Mike Schuster | schuster@panix.com | 70346.1745@CompuServe.COM ------------------- | schuster@shell.portal.com | GEnie: MSCHUSTER From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:38 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!gwen.pcug.co.uk!kate.ibmpcug.co.uk!sapphire!scollin Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <610@sapphire.win-uk.net> Reply-To: scollin@sapphire.win-uk.net (Simon Collings) From: scollin@sapphire.win-uk.net (Simon Collings) Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 18:52:37 GMT Subject: Re: BULLETIN: New propagation graph Lines: 34 I hear a variety of different stories regarding the demise of solar cycle 22. The latest opinion was given recently on Media Network where a month sometime in early-mid 1996 was mentioned. That is a year later that your figure. There were some interesting comments on the latest group of sun spots in the programme. Apparently the clusters of spots are orientated magnetically with one magnetic pole in spots in the leading edge and the other pole in the following edge of each cluster. The orientation is reversed in the two solar hemispheres. So in one solar cycle all the leading spots in a group in the northern hemishere may be magnetically north orientated with the trailing spots magnetically south orientated (and vice versa for the southern hemishere). In the next solar cycle the whole lot is reversed. The significance of this is the possible presence of a sun spot group with the correct orientation for cycle 23. However the comentary on Media Network said that it is possible for spot groups to wander across the sun's equator in some circumstances. In other words, it is possible that the view that we are already in cycle 23 may be motivated by the belief that this new sun spot group belongs to the next solar cycle. It could just be a rougue group belonging to cycle 22. I obviously have no better idea as to the phase of the solar cycle as you do, The fact that cycle 22 is a bit short (somewhere around 9 and a bit years) encourages me to wait. I will certainly visit the URL you mention. Simon ---------------------------------------------------------------- Simon Collings, G4SGI Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND ---------------------------------------------------------------- From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:38 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!gatech!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!news.cs.utah.edu!news.cc.utah.edu!cwis.isu.edu!cwis.isu.edu!not-for-mail From: scotrich@cwis.isu.edu (SCOTT_RICHARD) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Radio Australia E-mail address Date: 30 Aug 1995 03:43:58 -0600 Organization: Idaho State University, Pocatello Lines: 13 Message-ID: <421bsu$2rr@cwis.isu.edu> References: <41o74f$718@news.asu.edu> <00001ff7+00001950@msn.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cwis.isu.edu When I was at their web-site it was :- roz@ not raust3@ Not sure if this is right or not, as I haven't tried either. :) -- -- Football is life. The rest is just details. Richard Scott (scotrich@cwis.isu.edu) Commissioner, Netional Football League List-person, Strat-O-Matic Sports Board Games List, email me for details. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:39 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.cs.utah.edu!news.cc.utah.edu!cwis.isu.edu!cwis.isu.edu!not-for-mail From: scotrich@cwis.isu.edu (SCOTT_RICHARD) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: NFL on shortwave? Date: 31 Aug 1995 04:26:50 -0600 Organization: Idaho State University, Pocatello Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4242pa$c16@cwis.isu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cwis.isu.edu I'm interested in any information/stations that NFL football might be on. Thanks for your help. -- -- Football is life. The rest is just details. Richard Scott (scotrich@cwis.isu.edu) Commissioner, Netional Football League List-person, Strat-O-Matic Sports Board Games List, email me for details. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:40 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!homer.alpha.net!usenet From: scott@execpc.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Advice Wanted: Value of Sync Detection in Western North America Date: 29 Aug 1995 15:22:38 GMT Organization: Alpha.net -- Milwaukee, WI Lines: 25 Message-ID: <41vbbu$75k@homer.alpha.net> References: <41t9ge$6as@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: scott@execpc.com NNTP-Posting-Host: zaphod.execpc.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <41t9ge$6as@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, johngbp@aol.com (JohnGBP) writes: >As a novice SWL, I'd like opinions on the value of sync detection for SWLs >in western North America. I'm in the process of choosing either the Sony >7600G or the Grundig YB400. I'm leaning toward the Grundig on the basis of >its audio and features, but I'd opt for the Sony if sync detection >provides noticeably better performance. Thanks for the info. I'm in North America (Milwaukee WI) and I raced the two together here and opted for the 7600G. The sync does make a marked improvement in many cases. Remember that it is also combined with selectable sideband so that when there is crud to only one side, that side of the signal can be ignored. The YB400 only has a BFO, it doesn't have selectable sideband, sync or no sync. It's my contention that sync is most valuable in a portable of this class. When you have a tabletop rig and large antennas you don't have as many of the problems to clear up in the first place. A small rig with just a whip is going to be more prone to selective fading and pumping. In the 7600G Sony did a bang up job on the sync too, I like it better than any I've seen in any radio. Good luck with your choice, whichever it is. --scott From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:41 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!ncar!uchinews!cicero!stdausti From: stdausti@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu (Austin Kelly) Subject: Vintage equip SWL'ers X-Nntp-Posting-Host: cicero.spc.uchicago.edu Message-ID: Originator: stdausti@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: Social Sciences and Public Policy Computing References: <41vheg$fu9@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 17:14:19 GMT Lines: 9 I have a National HRO-60 which features the clunkiest band-switching ever devised, a tuning knob that really makes you feel you're doing something, incredibly tight selectivity and the cleanest audio you've ever heard in your life. It also doubles as a space heater and warming plate in the winter time. It's all attached to a Radio West digital frequency display. I use my Sony 2010 for investigating parallels. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:42 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!satisfied.apocalypse.org!news2.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet From: SteveO Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: MW BOOMER list Date: Wed, 30 Aug 95 01:33:49 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 4 Message-ID: References: <420nc6$fag_001@brat.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1g.delphi.com X-To: Bernie Rataj What about WWKB/Buffalo and KOMA/Okla. City on 1520? Also, 850 in Boston is now WEEI and has been for at least a year. Steve From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:43 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.seanet.com!tadc.seanet.com!tadc From: tadc@tadc.seanet.com (Tad Cook) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Unshackled! Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 16:32:25 GMT Organization: OSD, Inc. Lines: 19 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.182.69.188 X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] Ever heard that strange evangelical program on WWCR late at night from Pacific Garden Mission called "Unshackled!"? Each night it features a melodramatic story of Christian inspiration and redemption, accompanied by dramatic organ music. The first time I heard this I thought it was an archival recording from the early days of broadcast radio, but was suprised to hear that the program is currently being produced by Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago. This morning's (8/29/95) Wall Street Journal has an interesting page one article about Unshackled. According to the Journal this program is produced in front of a live audience at their Pacific Garden's skid road mission, and many of the actors have been on the program since the 1950s! They have a rotating cast of about 100 actors who make union scale. Tad Cook tad@ssc.com Seattle, WA From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:44 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.seanet.com!tadc.seanet.com!tadc From: tadc@tadc.seanet.com (Tad Cook) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Radio Brasil? Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 17:50:01 GMT Organization: OSD, Inc. Lines: 10 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.182.69.188 X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] A friend from Brazil who lives here in Seattle just got an R388 and wants to listen to Radio Brasil, especially broadcasts in Portugese. Anyone have any time/freq suggestions? Please email me at tad@ssc.com Tad Cook Seattle, WA tad@ssc.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:45 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.Traveller.COM!adtran.com!usenet From: tgoodloe@adtran.com (Tony Goodloe) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Tinted Window Question Date: 28 Aug 1995 17:34:05 GMT Organization: Adtran Lines: 16 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <41sumd$67g@adtrn-ws02.adtran.com> References: <41l9ml$ck@dropit.pgh.net> <41m1ei$sjq@cnn.exu.ericsson.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: adtrn-ep127.adtran.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.1 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.antenna:13417 rec.radio.shortwave:57714 In article <41m1ei$sjq@cnn.exu.ericsson.se>, eus.eusmge@memo.ericsson.se (Mike Groves) says: >Thru-glass on 10M? You'ld have to have a patch area the size of a >door-mat. 2M is marginal at best. I like trunk-lid mounts, but in >the case of a Jimmy... Good luck ---Mike > I am in the market for a mobile antenna for 2M. Is the opinion about the effectiveness of thru-glass mounting concensus? (no offense intended for Mike's opinion). What about different lengths - 1/4 wave, 5/8, etc? I'm new, so any opinions are greatly appreciated. email appreciated to conserve bandwidth, unless comments are of general interest. Thanks! tony From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:46 1995 X-Mailer: CrossPoint v3.02 Message-ID: <5sl7bx1iGYB@hit173.hit.handshake.de> X-Gateway: ZCONNECT UR hit.sb.sub.de [DUUCP BETA vom 13.05.1995] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: those@hit.handshake.de (Thorsten Sessler) Subject: Radio Italy? Date: 29 Aug 1995 11:50:00 +0200 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!news.dfn.de!news.coli.uni-sb.de!hades.rz.uni-sb.de!hs-gate.handshake.de!hit.sb.sub.de!those Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Distribution: world Lines: 13 Hello, "Browsing" through all SW bands from 6 to 15kHz at various daytimes here in my place in South West Germany, I meet a dozen different languages - but never any Italian broadcast. Could it be because Italy does not provide any SW service? If I should be wrong, could s.o. please give me the (postal and) e-mail adress of Radio Italy? Thanks, -- ______ \ (__ Thorsten \|__) Seßler ## CrossPoint v3.02 ## From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:47 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!tandem!usenet From: Tom Morse Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: New GE Superadio Date: 29 Aug 1995 17:46:16 GMT Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 9 Message-ID: <41vjp8$nvm@gazette.tandem.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.252.230.149 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) I was travelling in the Los Angeles area and happened to see a GE Superadio on sale at a store called *LA Tronics*. This looks to be identical to the SRIII, it has the same case, controls, etc., but it is labeled Superadio no Roman numerals. Anyone know anything about it? Tom KE6DIO From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:48 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!taligent!tom-taylor.taligent.com!user From: tom_taylor@taligent.com (Tom Taylor) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Vintage equip SWL'ers Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 15:28:49 -0800 Organization: Taligent, Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: tom-taylor.taligent.com In article , Cal Eustaquio wrote: > Hello: > > Just out of question: how many folks out there still use the old tube > type equipment for serious SWL'ing? If so, what do you use? Currently, > I'm restoring my Halli SX-25 but I also have a Hammarlund HQ-120X, > SP-200, and Halli SX-100 on line. No modern digi stuff (yet). Just for my > info. 73's. Cal, N6KYR. I'm using a Drake SW-4 my dad bought new in 1966. He bought it when he was about the same age as I am today. Life goes in circles... -- Tom Taylor aa6br From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:49 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!paris.ics.uci.edu!not-for-mail From: turner@safety.ics.uci.edu (Clark Savage Turner) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Vintage equip SWL'ers Date: 30 Aug 1995 14:31:04 -0700 Organization: UC Irvine Department of ICS Lines: 10 Message-ID: <422lao$rur@safety.ics.uci.edu> References: <41vnma$acj@attila.dow.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: safety.ics.uci.edu Fun. Good to hear about the vintage radios. I still use a National NC-98 for SWL work on occasions, and hold an old Zenith Trans-Oceanic in reserve. They work just fine, and I enjoy the fine audio and warm red glow of the tubes at night. Clark WA3JPG From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:50 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!gail.ripco.com!unclebob From: unclebob@ripco.com (Uncle Bob) Subject: Why music on shortwave? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: golden.ripco.com Message-ID: Sender: usenet@rci.ripco.com (Net News Admin) Organization: Ripco Internet BBS, Chicago X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 04:46:16 GMT X-Ident-Sender: unclebob Lines: 16 I've seen a lot of posts requesting info on listening to music on shortwave and it confuses me why one would want to bother. I've found that the quality of music from radio waves bouncing off the atmosphere just doesn't cut it. I do have the advantage of living in a metropolitan area with a variety of music and strong, clear FM signals. Unless you're in some Godforsaken land away from home and the local radio stations play music that hurts your ears, why try? I listen to shortwave for the spoken word and rely on other sources for music. Comments? Bob Sprengel -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Uncle Bob..............unclebob@ripco.com From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:51 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!Rezonet.net!altitude!nyongwa!noether.nyongwa.montreal.qc.ca!odin From: Vlad Romascanu Subject: 'Homebrew' radio reciever Approved: odin@localhost.nyongwa.montreal.qc.ca Message-ID: Sender: news@nyongwa.montreal.qc.ca (news) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Organization: Radio Free Nyongwa, Montreal (Qc), Canada Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 01:44:22 GMT X-Nntp-Posting-Host: noether.nyongwa.montreal.qc.ca Lines: 12 Sorry, but I don't have access to ???.radio.amateur.homebrew, therefore I'm asking YOU to help me ! ;-) I want to build my own radio reciever. Actually, I want it to be a very good one. In order to build it, I needed some plans/schemes. Well, where can I find such documents ? Or can you send some to me as attachments to a message ? Thanks. Vlad. [E_O_Msg] From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:52 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.gate.net!iline.com!wa3swm Subject: Bluegrass/country music on shortwave Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave From: wa3swm@iline.com Date: Mon, 28 Aug 95 13:02:12 EST Message-ID: <7964266942401@iline.com> Organization: InterLine Lines: 33 JL>Hello, JL>I just got a shortwave receiver today, and I am looking for some frequencies JL>that play country or bluegrass music at least some of their broadcast time. JL>I live in the Detroit area. I know of a Southern Gospel station, WJCR, in JL>Upton, KY, but I forgot the frequencies it uses. JL>If I hear any country or bluegrass music, is there any way to make a request JL>for a certain song? Some shortwave stations do make provisions for calling them, one I heard was giving out a toll free 1-800 number once... this may be the long way around getting a song played though... but a lot of stations like to get Reception reports... you might include any music requests in with the reception report, in return, you may recieve a QSL card or even the program schedule of the station... if your not sure of the address of the station, they usually give it quite a few times when they log on and log off the air, be sure to have a tape recorder handy to catch that, because they sometimes give the address awful fast.... if your not lucky to get the address that way, each year there is a book published called the Radio Handbook... this is a publication that not only has Shortwave Radio station information, but a lot of other Broadcast info also.... you might look into that, it usually lists a pretty conprehensive listing of what station airs what and about when they might have an English broadcast... I hope that was of some help -- InterLine: Linking the World's Electric Utilities PO Box 3477, North Fort Myers, Florida 33918 USA Voice: 813 656-2302 Fax: 813 995-7920 BBS: 813 656-2175 From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:53 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!news.reed.edu!usenet From: warren@bluesky.com (Warren Leach) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Extracting FM station info from FCC database Date: 29 Aug 1995 19:44:25 GMT Organization: Blue Sky Research - Portland OR Lines: 13 Sender: warren@ns.bluesky.com Message-ID: <41vqmp$i9s@remus.reed.edu> References: <41tp7r$o0v@access1.digex.net> <41u2lf$m5h@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: aranet193.bluesky.com X-Posted-From: InterNews 1.0.7@aranet193.bluesky.com X-Authenticated: warren on POP host ns.bluesky.com In article <41u2lf$m5h@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> jmrubin@ix.netcom.com (Joel Rubin ) writes: > I downloaded one of these databases and got gzip from > SimTel/msdos/compress so I could decompress it. One problem: the damned > thing doesn't seem to have carriage returns. No, it isn't just a Unix > file with only line feeds--the decompressed file had neither carriage > returns or linefeeds. Does someone know a simple algorithm for breaking > it into lines? Is it every 80 characters or something like that? Uh, RTFM? The documentation files on the ftp.fcc.gov site say that it is a mag tape image file of 600 byte records. No carriage returns or linefeeds. From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:54 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: willco788@aol.com (WILLCO788) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: The Hamblaster Moon Filter Date: 31 Aug 1995 01:57:46 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 57 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <423j0q$btb@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: willco788@aol.com (WILLCO788) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com The moon filter is DOS software package that includes a binary file. A binary file is actually software that is uploaded to the Hamblaster. Once it's loaded into the DSP RAM, The DSP runs a filter program and communicates to the PC via the Hamblaster handshake port. Here's some technical data moon.doc 21:04:23 5/30/1995 The moon filter is a very narrow band linear phase filter capable of producing a 1 Hz bandwidth with a transition region of 1/2 Hz providing 60 dB attenuation. The bandwidth is adjustable in powers of 2 providing a maximum filter bandwidth of 256 Hz with 128 Hz transition region. The filter center frequency is tunable in fractional Hz increments. The filter can be phase locked to the input signal to provide variable bandwidth tracking of the input signal as the frequency drifts due to the variation in propagation delay due to atmospherics or due to receiver or transmitter instability. A "cartwheel" tuning display provides important filter tuning information at a glance and also is useful for displaying signal strength. Three oscilloscope displays are also available. The Signal to Guard is a dual trace display that shows the signal strength verses guard band. It's useful for analyzing band conditions and sweeps in real time using a 486-66 DX2 with the turbo button turned off. The Signal Vs AGC is a dual trace display for checking the AGC level. It will be used to adjust the ACG (an AGC control will be available in a future version) The Signal vs Tuning is a dual trace display for accurately tuning the filters center frequency. The tune trace indicates dc voltage level of the discriminator algorithm and when the voltage is too high or low, the filter is mis-tuned There's also a code regenerator that works very well even when a 32 Hz filter is selected. The regenerator is an oscillator that's keyed with a signal detector. When it's enabled, the background noise and filter ringing is completely removed. It's the first regenerating filter that works well with weak signals. Other controls include; volume, input gain, filter tune, filter bandwidth and display Jack Albert WA9FVP From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:55 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news1.digital.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!venus.sun.com!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!centralnews1.Central.Sun.COM!cronkite.central.sun.com!willo From: willo@youcon.central.sun.com (Doug Willoughby - Area Systems Engineer) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Best price on a YB 400 Date: 29 Aug 1995 15:20:19 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems - Southfield, Michigan Lines: 5 Distribution: usa Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: youcon.central.sun.com Who has the best price on a Grundig YB 400? Doug From amsoft@epix.net Thu Aug 31 17:28:57 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!news.dfn.de!news.belwue.de!News.Uni-Marburg.DE!news.th-darmstadt.de!fauern!lrz-muenchen.de!news.informatik.uni-muenchen.de!news.muc.de!news.space.net!news.ecrc.de!news.forth.gr!news-ath.forthnet.gr!news.compulink.gr!usenet From: zliangas@athena.compulink.gr (Zacharias Liangas) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.antenna Subject: beam antenna project: HELP Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 12:44:58 GMT Organization: ME!!!!! Lines: 62 Sender: zliangas@athena.compulink.gr Distribution: world Expires: 10 days Message-ID: <421pjo$fht@news.compulink.gr> Reply-To: zliangas@athena.compulink.gr NNTP-Posting-Host: athena.compulink.gr X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.shortwave:57827 rec.radio.amateur.antenna:13495 Dear friends I have a big doubt so I post this masage here First lemme tell you my system configuration fr the moment before I advise you my problem : I use a SONY ICF 7600D , a Lowe HF150 and a Philips Magnavox 2395 all are digital - wire antennas - of 6m sloped 60 deg paralel to az 120 deg - and a hor wire 13 m [aralel to 15 deg az .Both are TV antenna mast guides -home brewn ATU operating 2- 7 mHz for 20 - 5 dB respectively Palce of Reception ; Thessaloniki 40N 23E Due to my interest in SEA I have the particular interest for listening to the folowing radio stations and under the condidtions as below : - STM / V o Malaysia ( dir 120 dg az) in 15295 at mean levels of 2- 3 with QRMers as R Liberty fgrom 15290 at levels S4-5 ( abt 15-25 dB more) R F I from 15300 at nearly same as R L from varius hand made account-ments I understood that a great amount of signal abt 50-60% is lost due to possible reflexions coming from the city's mountains at an angle of 270-025 deg az -RRI Jakarta in 9680 at mean levels (not always receivable) of S1-2 Only V of Turkey is QRMer at 9675 but not always QRMing due to very low mod - R Singapore in 6000 at mean levels of S2to 3 with Deutschlandfunk in 6005 (S4) as the only QRMer or sometimes Radio Dubai at 6000 but at verylow level I asked the experts of my city for making a common antenna constru ction for these 3 freqs of a antenna individual per band , I also read many boks abt antennas found solutions but most of them are un- suitable for my place ( they were quad - X beam for example) as I have minimal room in the 7 level building and possibly can use only small constructions of no more than 4 x 4 sqm PLease help me , and suggest a good protype fr beam antenna(s) under the above conditions Thank you in advance zliangas@athena.compulink.forthnet.gr PLEASE ADIVSE ME YOUR OPINIONS BY EMAIL ONLY ! ====== test for 8-bit æá÷áñéáò ëéÜãêáò Zakaria Liang! (namanya untuk kawan sahaja!) From amsoft@epix.net Sun Sep 03 19:40:13 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!lfsserv1.lfs.loral.com!news-owego.endicott.ibm.com!news.manassas.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com!portal.austin.ibm.com!awdprime.austin.ibm.com!jfeng From: jfeng@vnet.ibm.com (Joseph Feng) Subject: Frequency mods for the Sony ICF-SW-7600G Sender: news@austin.ibm.com (News id) Message-ID: <19950829.130405.198@vnet.ibm.com> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 20:04:05 GMT Reply-To: jfeng@vnet.ibm.com (Joseph Feng) X-Post-Me: Yes Organization: ibm Lines: 12 There was a request for the modifications required to restore the missing frequencies on the Italian version. According to the service manual, the only crippled model was made for the Saudi Arabian market. This missing frequencies can be restored by removing a jumper. This is found on the keyboard and display side of the "KEY BOARD" near the lower left corner. In the "normal" orientation, look for the LCD display. There is a surface mounted IC ( IC 201 ) below the LCD. From the lower left corner of this IC, and to the southwest, there is a dual diode. The jumper to be removed is on the oval pair of pads just below the right side of the diodes. Hope this helps. Good luck. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Sep 03 19:40:13 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!MHS.HCJB.COM.EC!kmacharg Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508302121.RAA189081@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 16:13:05 -0500 Reply-To: "MacHarg, Ken" Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" From: "MacHarg, Ken" Organization: HCJB - Quito Subject: SWL$L Digest - 30 Aug 1995 - Sp In-Reply-To: Lines: 28 ******************* Start of Forwarded Message ***************** Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 12:54:33 GMT From: "Robert J. Shea" Subject: Re: Unshackled! Can someone give frequencies and times please? I haven't heard it in a few years and I used to enjoy it. Robert Shea nihan@ix.netcom.com St. Louis ******************* End of Forwarded Message ******************* Well, since you asked.... Unshackled can be heard on HCJB on Tuesdays at 10:30 on 5900 to the South Pacific, 18:00 to Europe on 15490, and to North America at 2:00 and 6:00 UTC (Wednesday) on 9745. --Ken MacHarg ================================================================ =Kenneth D. MacHarg Radio HCJB = =Director, English Language Service Casilla 17-17-691 = =Kmacharg@mhs.hcjb.com.ec Quito, Ecuador = =FAX: 593-2-447-263 Phone: 593-2-466-808= = = = HCJB - The Voice of the Andes +++ La Voz de Los Andes = = Heralding Christ Jesus' Blessings = ================================================================ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Sep 03 19:40:15 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.delphi.com!news2.delphi.com!not-for-mail From: DAROUNTREE@news.delphi.com (DAROUNTREE@DELPHI.COM) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: SW in College Dorm? Date: 30 Aug 1995 23:23:09 -0400 Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4239ut$4o3@news2.delphi.com> References: <4206gd$f6u@daily-planet.execpc.com> <420mla$4nh@ralph.vnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: news2.delphi.com >jerk@earth.execpc.com (Myke Weiskopf) wrote: >>I'm going to be living in those communal sweatboxes, the dorms, for the >>next eight months or so. Unfortunately, since it's a metal structure, >>SW reception will be next to impossible. The only alternative I have is >>to string some cable out the window and run it down the side of the >>building (and hope no one notices). Does anyone have any suggestions? >>(I'll either be using a 2010 or an R-5000...) >> When on the fourth floor of a brick dorm at Georgia Tech, I used the radiator in the room for a ground and the black phone wire for an antenna (note that I was using a very robust 1950's Halicrafters tube receiver...to really use the phone antenna right you have to hook it up through a simple circuit, plans for which are readily available (in the FAQ maybe?)). My best logging was Radio Bulgaria. Dave From amsoft@epix.net Sun Sep 03 19:40:15 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!vanbc.wimsey.com!unixg.ubc.ca!news.bc.net!mala.bc.ca!bbs.sd68.nanaimo.bc.ca!abyss!usenet Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: 'Homebrew' radio reciever Message-ID: From: jmz Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 00:39:51 GMT Sender: usenet@cis.net References: Organization: Basic Communications, Limited. X-Nntp-Posting-Host: hawthorn.cis.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-Url: news:4204tp$763@newsbf02.news.aol.com Lines: 7 The British publisher,Babani,has several little pocket books on radio building.Unfortunately,there is no reliable source for these over here. As well,public libraries with older books often have juvenile or young-adult titles from thirty or forty years ago and some of these cover surprisingly sophisticated (for their day) designs. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Sep 03 19:40:16 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: jmcgee@netcom.com (Jack McGee) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Sony 7600G Review Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 01:00:00 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4231b9$dok@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <41rhf0$dno@news.voicenet.com> Reply-To: jmcgee@mail.orion.org NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-spr-mo2-13.ix.netcom.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 crl@bs.camba.com (Cass Lewart) wrote: > The ICF-SW7600G radio is for me a replacement for my 9-year old > Sony ICF-2002/7600D. I am somewhat disappointed that the new > radio has the same selectivity and sensitivity than the old one. > It is basically the same radio as 7600D with a few minor improve- > ments. Hmmm. I don't know about the battery consumption on the YB400, but it wins on every other count you mentioned over the 7600G. Well, it doesn't have a sync detector at all, but I think I'd rather have the other stuff instead. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Sep 03 19:40:18 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!ATHENA.COMPULINK.GR!zliangas Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Message-ID: <199508312034.QAA126850@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 01:05:17 +0000 Reply-To: Zacharias Liangas Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" Comments: Authenticated sender is From: Zacharias Liangas Subject: Re: Why music on shortwave? Lines: 36 On 29 Aug 95 at 14:44, you wrote: > In article , unclebob@ripco.com (Uncle Bob) wrote: > > > I've seen a lot of posts requesting info on listening to music on > > shortwave and it confuses me why one would want to bother. I've found that > > the quality of music from radio waves bouncing off the atmosphere just > > doesn't cut it. I do have the advantage of living in a metropolitan area > > with a variety of music and strong, clear FM signals. Unless you're in > > some Godforsaken land away from home and the local radio stations play > > music that hurts your ears, why try? I listen to shortwave for the spoken > > word and rely on other sources for music. Comments? > > > > Bob Sprengel > > > > -- > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > > > Uncle Bob..............unclebob@ripco.com > > Uncle Bob, > I think most people are listening to hear the local music, this is one > of the things I have wrote stations about, playing rock-n-roll. I love to > hear the local music from far away places. > > Burr > I alsodo the same thing. I cold also love tohear mostly local music from all the countries , rather to hear say greek music from the V o Russia when theyare transmitting in greek language Also for me is better if they use mostly traditional sounds than the widely used modern pop kinds ( styles which are hered nearly from the most countries excl the most Asian ) zacharias langas DX er since his 12 s From amsoft@epix.net Sun Sep 03 19:40:19 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!johnnyvw From: johnnyvw@netcom.com (John M. Bilek) Subject: Re: Best price on a YB 400 Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <4217n7$l9a@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 04:45:23 GMT Lines: 18 Sender: johnnyvw@netcom.netcom.com Ted Viens (drted@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : My favorite mail order company, Damark, is selling the YB400 for $160 : plus $8.00 shipping and handling. If you join their "buyers club" you : get an additional 10% off of the selling price. : In their latest catalog, the YB400 is part number B-5461-417779. The : number for new customers is 1-800-729-9000. They are also selling the : Satellit 700 at a fairly good price. Just a moderately satisfied : customer, yadda yadda... I feel like such a gonus! Looks like I got ripped off! Oh well. I still like the radio even though I paid $40 more!!! -- Johnny. johnnyvw@netcom.com johnnyvw@aol.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Sep 03 19:40:19 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: Michael.B.Hayden@jupiter.cc.gettysburg.edu (Michael B. Hayden) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Schematic for Halli S-120 Date: 31 Aug 1995 10:56:03 -0500 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Lines: 15 Sender: nobody@cs.utexas.edu Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: news.cs.utexas.edu Can anybody help me and provide a schematic for a Hallicrafters S-120 general coverage receiver. I am trying to restore one (have three so far) and EVERY ONE has been hacked to death on the inside :-( Butchers! Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, even if it's just a pointer to a source. Mike Hayden mhayden@gettysburg.edu 717-337-0414 (fax) From amsoft@epix.net Sun Sep 03 19:40:20 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: dgoodman@aol.com (DGoodman) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Size of SW RX Market? Date: 31 Aug 1995 11:26:14 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 5 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <424kam$ghb@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: dgoodman@aol.com (DGoodman) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Does anyone have a clue about the number of shortwave receivers (portable and desktop) sold in the U.S. in recent years? The EIA doesn't break out this category. Danny Goodman AE9F/6 From amsoft@epix.net Sun Sep 03 19:40:21 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!unixg.ubc.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!tibalt.supernet.ab.ca!freddy!shaun.merrigan From: shaun.merrigan@freddy.com (SHAUN MERRIGAN) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Vintage equip SWL'ers Message-ID: <8B03304.14EC001E85.uuout@freddy.com> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 95 12:52:00 -700 Distribution: world Organization: Freddy's Place - Edmonton,Alberta Reply-To: shaun.merrigan@freddy.com (SHAUN MERRIGAN) References: <8B0116D.14EC001E37.uuout@freddy.com> X-Newsreader: PCBoard Version 15.21 X-Mailer: PCBoard/UUOUT Version 1.10 Lines: 27 On 08/29/95, CAL EUSTAQUIO spoke about Vintage equip SWL'ers; I say: CE>ÿ#FROM :ceustaqu#ohm.elee.calpoly.edu CE>ÿ#N UMSGID CE>ÿ@:ÿ@UNEWSGR:01rec.radio.shortwave N CE>Hello: CE>Just out of question: how many folks out there still use the old tube CE>type equipment for serious SWL'ing? If so, what do you use? CE>Currently, I'm restoring my Halli SX-25 but I also have a Hammarlund CE>HQ-120X, SP-200, and Halli SX-100 on line. No modern digi stuff CE>(yet). Just for my info. 73's. Cal, N6KYR. I use an R390A,R388, SP600, and CR91A all repair/restored/maintained by my own hands. The nicest audio is on the CR91A (great for program listening), and the R388, R390A are used for the utes and dx. Now, if I could just get that tube-type multicoupler......... :) Shaun P. Merrigan merrigan@nyquist.ee.ualberta.ca shaun.merrigan@freddy.com 3rd Year EE University of Alberta þ CMPQwk 1.42 856 þSwallow pride; it's non-fattening. From amsoft@epix.net Sun Sep 03 19:40:23 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!ppp112.cac.psu.edu!dlr13 From: dlr13@psu.edu (Doug Ripka) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: Vintage equip SWL'ers Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 13:10:45 GMT Organization: CAC Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp112.cac.psu.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B] >Just out of question: how many folks out there still use the old tube >type equipment for serious SWL'ing? If so, what do you use? Currently, >I'm restoring my Halli SX-25 but I also have a Hammarlund HQ-120X, >SP-200, and Halli SX-100 on line. No modern digi stuff (yet). Just for my >info. 73's. Cal, N6KYR. Hi Cal, I use use three different receivers for SWL'ing: A mil surplus R-388, a Halli S-20R, and a Drake R-4C w/ extra crystals for SW bands. 73, Doug KA3TTQ From amsoft@epix.net Sun Sep 03 19:40:23 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!dorite!ts1-and-14 From: planck@iquest.net (Steve Planck) Subject: Sony ICF 2010 Question Message-ID: Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: Iquest Network Services X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #2.1 Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 16:05:37 GMT Lines: 4 I need to know if I can use the external ant jack for a MW antenna or does the 2010 only use its internal ant for MW? AA9AF DeWayne From amsoft@epix.net Sun Sep 03 19:40:24 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!charles1 From: charles1@netcom.com (charles copeland) Subject: Anybody get any Bosnian-Serb freqs? Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 17:58:25 GMT Lines: 1 Sender: charles1@netcom13.netcom.com From amsoft@epix.net Sun Sep 03 19:40:25 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!col.hp.com!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!news1.boi.hp.com!news From: Your_Name_Here Subject: Re: Tinted Window Question Sender: news@boi.hp.com (Boise Site News Server) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 19:47:55 GMT To: eeb@access.digex.net Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <41l9ml$ck@dropit.pgh.net> <4221f4$96g@news4.digex.net> Nntp-Posting-Host: hpgreck.gr.hp.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Boise, Idaho Lines: 13 Xref: grape.epix.net rec.radio.amateur.antenna:13537 rec.radio.shortwave:57884 YES, MANY OF THESE COATINGS ARE CONDUCTIVE. SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS INVOLVED IN THE RF ELECTRONIC ID INDUSTRY, WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM GETTING RF ENERGY IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE CAB TO POWER/READ OUR TAGS. AS I REMEMBER, THE FORD VEHICLES HAD A GOLD OR YELLOW/BRONZE LOOKING COATING THAT WAS A VERY GOOD SHIELD FOR 915 MHZ AND 2450 MHZ. IN ADDITION, MANY OF THE WHOLE-GLASS DEFROSTERS ARE RESISTIVE METALLIC COATINGS WHICH HEAT WHEN A CURRENY (12 VDC) IS PASSED THROUGH THEM. CHECK BEFORE YOU SPEND MONEY ON GLASS-MOUNTED ANTENNAS! DAVE ECKHARDT W6LEV DAVEE@gr.hp.com (I think) From amsoft@epix.net Sun Sep 03 19:40:26 1995 Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!netaxs.com!usenet From: rice@netaxs.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: Re: SW in College Dorm? Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 20:38:57 GMT Organization: Net Access - Philadelphia's Internet Connection Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4256hr$jg0@netaxs.com> References: <4206gd$f6u@daily-planet.execpc.com> <420mla$4nh@ralph.vnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: wyndmoor1-14.slip.netaxs.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99.82 David Crawford wrote: >A lonk while back I got a very nice antenna how-to >book from what is now Channel Africa, and it dealt >with a very similar problem, and a very sneaky >solution... >They suggested using a very thin wire such as 30 gage >wire wrap stuff. You're not exactly carrying a lot of >current. Just get a color that hides well against >your dorm wall...;) From my experimentation, it works >well enough. >David Crawford >dcrmatt@vnet.net Any chance the book is still available? If so, where? TIA Eric From amsoft@epix.net Sun Sep 03 19:40:27 1995 Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Path: grape.epix.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!bm275 From: bm275@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Leonard Wu) Subject: Any music stations on Shortwave Message-ID: Sender: bm275@freenet2.carleton.ca (Leonard Wu) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 21:29:53 GMT Lines: 10 I like to know is there any music stations that plays just like Kool-Fm. I get a radio station in England and they only music for half an hour. I hope someone answers me back. Bye Lenny Wu -- Lenny Wu Think Smart and Stay in Peace or Happy Trails