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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:32:54 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bob)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1680 KHz
Date: 2 Mar 1996 02:54:57 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4h8da1$[e-mail]>
References: <4gler0$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>
>Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
>From: [e-mail]
>"mail sometimes bounces here, please resend if needed!"
>
>Yes, I heard the carrier on 1680 kHz last time I was listening on the
>car radio, and wondered what it was.
>I think this was like Wednesday afternoon.
>
>EK>    Has anyone heard a strong carrier on 1680 KHz? Have been checking
>EK>the expanded band, and saw a strong unmodulated carrier on at 0530,
>EK>until I tuned out at 0715 this AM. No ID, announcements, etc, just
>EK>carrier. It was sky wave here in N. Virginia, and as strong as OZ on
>EK>1660. Is this the Nashville station, testing? 73. Ed K3PRE

I've heard this for quite some time and I'm wondering when they plan to add au
dio! Might be another station
for the upcomming NAB show in Las Vegas.


>
> * SLMR 2.1a * I'm donating my body to science fiction!
>



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:32:55 1996
From: [e-mail] (RKram51)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 3/3/96 Ham Radio & More on 5.065mhz
Date: 4 Mar 1996 23:33:30 -0500
Message-ID: <4hgg6q$[e-mail]>
References: <4h9v9t$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (RKram51)

Oh boy!  I hope the professor gives us some more details on all the
expensive
stuff he owns again!  Your listeners can really identify with that.  And
everyone
loves his pretentious attitude.  Now he can be a boor worldwide!


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:32:56 1996
From: [e-mail] (Len Winkler)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: 3/3/96 Ham Radio & More on 5.065mhz
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 96 17:08:12 GMT
Message-ID: <4h9v9t$[e-mail]>

If all goes as planned, the Ham Radio & More Show will be broadcast live this
sunday, 3/3/96, on WWCR, on 5.065mhz, at 6:00pm ET, 2300utc.

The producers of the show wish to thank WWCR Shortwave for their support on
the airing of the show.

Be aware that with shortwave radio, frequencies are known to change often, so
always check other frequencies if the show is not on 5.065. Check 7.435 and
9.475.

Also, check out our home pages as listed below courtesy of BARC (Scott
Ehrlich) and our RealAudio page, courtesy of TAPR (Greg Jones).

Give us a call on the live show.......this sunday is RagChew Sunday with Host
Len Winkler, KB7LPW, and ....The Professor, Ned Stearns AA7A. The toll
free United States number is 1-800-293-5366 and worldwide at 1-602-230-2755.

73,
Len



Len Winkler, KB7LPW                           [e-mail]
P.O. Box 9219                                   [e-mail]
Phoenix, Az. 85068-9219
Ham Radio & More Show info at:
http://www.barc.org/barc/ham-more.html
RealAudio site: www.tapr.org/hrm/hrm.html

The show airs LIVE at 6:00pm ET on many stations throughout the country.

The show also airs on WWCR shortwave, tape delayed at 1000utc on 7.435, on Mon
days, and Saturdays at 1700utc on 12.160.
LIVE ON WWCR, 5.065 mhz.....also check 7.435mhz, 2300utc

Support "WOG". Written only General!!!






From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:32:58 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Wishner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AFRTS on 6739.5 USB - Sunday 0058
Date: 4 Mar 1996 05:26:55 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4hduuv$[e-mail]>
References: <4hdfn7$[e-mail]>

same report from minnesota.  05:13 UTC monday, twin cities USA, icom 745
w/dipole 30', 6939.4 USB (my rig tends to drift a bit, could be point-
five)

currently playing "hotel california"

comment:  i hope AFRTS is back!  for those who may not have monitored
during the 80's, before AFRTS went satellite, they ran a series of high-
powered SW stations...6.030 Mhz was one frequency, i recall, that ran
network news and sports, live, 24 hours a day (plus a few "base notes"
and military items).  a typical half hour would be:  :00-:05 cbs news
06:00-11:00 nbc news 12:00-17:00 abc news 18:00-23:00 mutual news 24:00-
29:00 A.P.   at  :30 they'd pick up another ABC network newscast.  for
the rest of the hour they ran newscalls, or programming notes, or sound
bites or fixtures (like "chip talk" from A.P.) for the affiliates.

logging: 05:20 UTC monday music ends, program "community calendar", with
announcements about the need for crossing guards at roosevelt roads
school, red cross operations on the second deck, and security department
ride alongs. Female rock DJ, then more PSA's.  Naval rules about using
seat belts.  PSA for navy ship noise control.  PSA from the 'answer lady"
 about weight loss, PSA  about bicycle safety, PSA about legal rights of
military personnel,female rock D-J.  music.

no specific station location given.  good S-9 signal.  wonder if they use
other frequencies during different dayparts.

dejim...monitoring in minnesota, where it's always winter...it's in the
constitution



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:32:59 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Schaeffer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AFRTS on 6739.5 USB - Sunday 0058
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 20:59:18 GMT
Message-ID: <4hfb6n$[e-mail]>
References: <4hdfn7$[e-mail]> <4hdvpn$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (David Alpert) wrote:

>On Mar 04, 1996 01:06:47 in article <AFRTS on 6739.5 USB - Sunday 0058>,
>'[e-mail] (Peter Costello)' wrote:
>
>
>>Just picked up AFRTS on 6739.5 USB  (Monday 00:58 UTC).
>>Male reporting info on Navy base, events, exams, housing, comissary, etc.
>
>0530 4 March and still going strong as heard here in NYC on 6739.5 USB with
>mainly rock music.
>
>Based on content of some of the PSAs, this seems to be coming from
>Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station, Puerto Rico.
>--
>David R. Alpert, KB2LUM
>ABC News
>[e-mail] - home
>[e-mail] - work

I thought AFRTS ceased all shortwave transmissions? Are there any
other AFRTS stations broadcating via shortwave? As an old G.I. I'm
interested in this.


Jim



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:01 1996
From: [e-mail] (David Alpert)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AFRTS on 6739.5 USB - Sunday 0058
Date: 4 Mar 1996 00:41:11 -0500
Message-ID: <4hdvpn$[e-mail]>
References: <4hdfn7$[e-mail]>

On Mar 04, 1996 01:06:47 in article <AFRTS on 6739.5 USB - Sunday 0058>,
'[e-mail] (Peter Costello)' wrote:


>Just picked up AFRTS on 6739.5 USB  (Monday 00:58 UTC).
>Male reporting info on Navy base, events, exams, housing, comissary, etc.

0530 4 March and still going strong as heard here in NYC on 6739.5 USB with
mainly rock music.

Based on content of some of the PSAs, this seems to be coming from
Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station, Puerto Rico.
--
David R. Alpert, KB2LUM
ABC News
[e-mail] - home
[e-mail] - work












From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:01 1996
From: [e-mail] (JBerszoner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AFRTS on 6739.5 USB - Sunday 0058
Date: 6 Mar 1996 01:03:34 -0500
Message-ID: <4hj9rm$[e-mail]>
References: <4hiivt$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (JBerszoner)

Marie Lamb. I was surprised to see your name here. I ALWAYS see your name
in Pop Comm and am very envious of your DXing skills. BTW could you give
me your general location and equipment. Thanks for your listening efforts.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:02 1996
From: [e-mail] (Marie A. Lamb)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AFRTS on 6739.5 USB - Sunday 0058
Date: 5 Mar 1996 23:33:17 GMT
Message-ID: <4hiivt$[e-mail]>
References: <4hdfn7$[e-mail]> <4hdvpn$[e-mail]> <4hfb6n$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Jim Schaeffer ([e-mail]) wrote:
: [e-mail] (David Alpert) wrote:

: >On Mar 04, 1996 01:06:47 in article <AFRTS on 6739.5 USB - Sunday 0058>,
: >'[e-mail] (Peter Costello)' wrote:
: >
: >
: >>Just picked up AFRTS on 6739.5 USB  (Monday 00:58 UTC).
: >>Male reporting info on Navy base, events, exams, housing, comissary, etc.
: >
: >0530 4 March and still going strong as heard here in NYC on 6739.5 USB with
: >mainly rock music.
: >
: >Based on content of some of the PSAs, this seems to be coming from
: >Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station, Puerto Rico.
: >--
: >David R. Alpert, KB2LUM
: >ABC News
: >[e-mail] - home
: >[e-mail] - work

: I thought AFRTS ceased all shortwave transmissions? Are there any
: other AFRTS stations broadcating via shortwave? As an old G.I. I'm
: interested in this.


Yes, AFRTS ceased SW transmissions some years back, and they use satellites
now.  However, every so often, I believe, they may test feeders to see if
they are still usable in case of satellite problems, sunspot interference
and such.  These are not regular transmissions, and when I tried to QSL one,
all I got was literature telling me about the satellite equipment for hearing
AFRTS off the bird.  I can't say for sure exactly what you heard, but my
guess is that they were testing a feeder, or perhaps relaying a signal from
Roosevelt Roads for internal Navy use.  They certainly were not
intentionally broadcasting to the public on SW...although that doesn't mean
you can't hear them! :-)

73--
Marie Lamb
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:04 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Wishner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AFRTS on 6739.5 USB - Sunday 0058
Date: 6 Mar 1996 04:52:09 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4hj5lp$[e-mail]>
References: <4hdfn7$[e-mail]> <4hdvpn$[e-mail]> <4hfb6n$[e-mail]> <4hiivt$[e-mail]>

i think marie lamb is right...it was a one-time deal.  have been unable
to pick up AFRTS since the original broadcast i posted info on.  nothing
but static on 6739.5 USB   too bad.  good signal, and this old geezer
liked the music

dejim in minnesota, land of 10,000 frozen lakes



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:04 1996
From: [e-mail] (john p. sumner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: American Dissident Voices
Date: 4 Mar 1996 13:29:20 GMT
Message-ID: <4her7g$[e-mail]>
References: <337cc$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] wrote:
: One of the best programs that I have found on shortwave, has been American
: Disssident Voices, hosted by Kevin Strom.  They broadcast weekly on WRNO, an
d
: are always interesting.  Why not give it a try?

   Kevin strom is boring i listen to it to put me asleep, and i am sick
and tired of hearing this guy, he should get a life








John P. Sumner
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:05 1996
From: [e-mail] (Charlene Vickers)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: American Dissident Voices
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 96 17:04:25 GMT
Message-ID: <4hf7ri$[e-mail]>
References: <327cc$[e-mail]>

In article <327cc$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] wrote:
>One of the best programs that I have found on shortwave, has been American
>Disssident Voices, hosted by Kevin Strom.  They broadcast weekly on WRNO, and

>are always interesting.  Why not give it a try?
>
>ADV Schedule
>
>"WRNO: This station serves North America and the world; every Friday at 11
>       P.M. Central Time on 7395 kHz, every Saturday at 11:30 A.M. Central
>       Time on 15.420 kHz, and every Saturday at 8 P.M. Central Time on
>       7.355 kHz."
>
>I am usually able to pick them up in Canada from the 7.355 kHz frequency on
>Saturdays.
>
>

Isn't this the program that insists that UN troops are gathering in the
mountains of Saskatchewan to invade the US?  (Which, geographically speaking,
would be like gathering in the glaciers of Alabama or the tropical rain
forest of northern Alaska.)

Interesting and entertaining, sure.  Factual, well, I wouldn't bet on it.

Charlene Vickers  > [e-mail]

For a laugh, check out the Yellowknife weather at
http://www.ssimicro.com/~jeremyc/weather.html


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:06 1996
From: [e-mail] (David Moisan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: ANNOUNCE:  GE Superradio FAQ now available on the Web
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 18:50:17 GMT
Message-ID: <4hi2c3$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

My GE Superradio FAQ is now available on the Web:

    http://www.shore.net/~dmoisan/faqs/superradio/gesr_faq.html

The original text version is still available at:

    ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dmoisan/faqs/gesr_faq.txt

There aren't many links there yet, but I'm expanding as fast as time
and good style permits!  Feedback's much appreciated!

Dave

| David Moisan, N1KGH                 [e-mail]             |
| 86 Essex St. Apt #204               [e-mail]               |
| Salem. MA 01970-5225                http://www.shore.net/~dmoisan |
| "Did you know there's PP on your SLIP?"--Yakko Hacker             |




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:07 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Shaffer, Jr.)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: ARMY 1670
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 96 20:07:17
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4hkdpi$[e-mail]>


In article <4hkdpi$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Michael Rivkin) wri
tes:
> I mailed verification letter first day of transmission and have not received
> QSL

Same here, second day of transmission.

--
 *  From the disk of: | [e-mail]      | "there's a hell of
 Jim Shaffer, Jr.     | NOTICE:  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  //  | a good universe
 37 Brook Street      | I've changed              //   | next door; let's go"
 Montgomery, PA 17752 | Internet providers.    \\//    |     (e.e. cummings)


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:08 1996
From: Kent Winrich <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: ARMY 1670
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 07:12:28 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Hell, I mailed a letter AND a tape on the first day, and still have not
heard back.

Kent WInrich, NI9U
Waukesha, WI
Milwaukee Broadcast Radio Homepage: http://www.execpc.com/~kwin
Under Construction!

Joe Kubasha wrote:
>
> Has anybody received a QSL from them yet?
>
> Joe
>
> --********************************************************
> *                                                        *
> *     Joe Kubasha                                        *
> *                                                        *
> *     [e-mail]                          *
> *                                                        *
> **********************************************************


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:09 1996
From: [e-mail] (Nathan Ryan Gingras)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: ATTN:DITTOHEADS
Date: 4 Mar 1996 17:51:09 GMT
Message-ID: <4hfaid$[e-mail]>
References: <Pine.BSD/[e-mail]> <4hf9hd$[e-mail]>

Everyknee ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Are any of the other "AM" talk radio guys on SW?  How about National
: Public Radio?
:

Is there any SW station that plays That Michael Feldmen program, "What Do
You Know", or "Whaddaya Know" or whatever it's called? Does this program
still exist? How about "Prarie Home Companion"? I am pretty sure "Car
Talk" is still out there, though I have not listened in a while.....

Nate.




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:10 1996
From: Bob Tarte <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: ATTN:DITTOHEADS
Date: 6 Mar 1996 00:46:13 GMT
Message-ID: <4hin8l$[e-mail]>
References: <4hfaid$[e-mail]> <4hg3se$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Everyknee) wrote:
>In article <4hfaid$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Nathan Ryan
>Gingras) writes:
>
>>Is there any SW station that plays That Michael Feldmen program, "What Do
>
>>You Know", or "Whaddaya Know" or whatever it's called? Does this program
>>still exist?

Yes, it does exist. (In fact, they're doing a show from my QTH
next month). But it's not on shortwave anywhere that I
know of...

Bob Tarte
BEAT Magazine
African + Reggae + Caribbean + World Music
(via Lowell, MI)





From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:11 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Mike Cooper)
Subject: BBC missing from 17840
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 20:21:40 GMT

Both Saturday and Sunday, March 2 and 3, BBCWS did not appear to be on
scheduled 17840 around 1800 UTC. I know some Antiguan relays were irregular
after the hurricane, but this could hardly be the explanation now.

Has this frequency changed?

Mike Cooper
Atlanta
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:12 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dipesh Navsaria)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC progam - 1540 (?) kHz
Date: 4 Mar 1996 12:53:48 GMT
Message-ID: <4hep4s$[e-mail]>
References: <4hcl3d$[e-mail]>

Anty em ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Last Tuesday night at about 2010 Central time, I picked up a news
: broadcast on, I believe, 1540 kHz (I'm using a SRIII).  Assumed that it
: was CNN, but a few minutes later announcer stated that it was the BBC.  It
: then had a short science feature, something about good beetles getting rid
: of bad beetles (this made me chuckle, as the announcer sounded like a
: slightly higher pitched George Harrison).  Station then faded out, and I
: haven't been able to hear it since.

: (What complicates it for me is that a SS local at that frequency has been
: lately staying on at night.)

: Any help as to what N. American MW station broadcasts BBC stuff at night
: would be greatly appreciated.  Once again, 73s.

WADN in Concord, MA, on 1550 kHz relays BBC stuff from 9pm-6am EST.

Dipesh
Brookline,MA


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:13 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Scott D Fybush)
Subject: Re: BBC progam - 1540 (?) kHz
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hcl3d$[e-mail]> <4hep4s$[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 17:08:10 GMT

[e-mail] (Dipesh Navsaria) writes:

>WADN in Concord, MA, on 1550 kHz relays BBC stuff from 9pm-6am EST.

Nice try but way off base.  WADN is on 1120, not 1550, and anyway,
WADN cancelled the BBC broadcasts last month because they were unable
to afford a new satellite receiver.

-=Scott Fybush - [e-mail] - Waltham MA USA=-


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:14 1996
From: [e-mail] (Pyewacket1)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC progam - 1540 (?) kHz
Date: 5 Mar 1996 00:25:01 -0500
Message-ID: <4hgj7d$[e-mail]>
References: <4hcl3d$[e-mail]>

In article <4hcl3d$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Anty em)
writes:

>Last Tuesday night at about 2010 Central time, I picked up a news
>broadcast on, I believe, 1540 kHz (I'm using a SRIII).  Assumed that it
>was CNN, but a few minutes later announcer stated that it was the BBC.

How about ZNS-1 in Nassau, Bahamas? I don't have my WRTH handy, but I
understand they carry BBC programming...

Lynn.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:14 1996
From: [e-mail] (Anty em)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC progam - 1540 (?) kHz
Date: 5 Mar 1996 11:09:45 -0500
Message-ID: <4hhp09$[e-mail]>
References: <4hgj7d$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Anty em)

I tried again last night, since our local SS, KGLA, decided not to stay on
the air.  Didn't hear anything at 2000.  Did, however, hear classical
music from about 2215 until 2255 at that same spot (which is probably
actually 1550, not 1540).  Of course, wondered if a station that carries
BBC would also do classical (both formats are unusual on  U.S. MW). I'll
keep checking; as someone suggested, perhaps it's a Carribbean.

Elizabeth
New Orleans
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:15 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bill Matthews)
Subject: RE: BBC progam - 1540 (?) kHz
Date: 6 Mar 96 03:30:48 -0800
References: <4hcl3d$[e-mail]>
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

Sorry I don't know the call sign, but I often hear a station in
Ontario on 1540 mixing with KXEL's signal.   Might be them.

Bill Matthews

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[e-mail]
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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:16 1996
From: [e-mail] (Anty em)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: RE: BBC progam - 1540 (?) kHz
Date: 6 Mar 1996 10:29:09 -0500
Message-ID: <4hkb05$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Anty em)

Around 1915 last night, I picked up a British/Caribbean sounding voice.
Hard to make out what he was saying; however he did mention the Bahamas.
Didn't hear ID, so I shouldn't make any assumptions, but it could possibly
be the Bahamas station located at 1540.

At 2000 picked up some news from the BBC (concerning the Presidential
primaries).  But it appeared that this station was different from the
other station (not sure though).

I won't be able to get back to listening until next week (yes, I do have a
life outside of DX'ing).  Hopefully the atmospheric conditions won't have
changed and I can resume my quest to ID the station (is it Bahamas or
Canada?), along with others I heard last night, such as:  What station
would be playing Bulgarian bagpipe music on 1540 at 1900 Central time...

A DX'ers job is never done.  Sigh.   :-)

Elizabeth
New Orleans
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:17 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mario Westphal)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BBC schedule
Date: 4 Mar 1996 03:45:20 GMT
Message-ID: <4hdp0g$[e-mail]>

Hi, Where can I get the BBC schedule for March? Thanks!

--
Mario Westphal
Montreal, Canada
    O Recanto do Gauderio
   http://www.cam.org/~guri/



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:18 1996
From: Colin M Wilding <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC Waveguide to end
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 12:58:28 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <G$[e-mail]>
References: <4gkd7j$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: Colin M Wilding <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, Colin Mahoney
<[e-mail]> writes
>"Mark J. Fine" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>[...]
>|
>|One has to wonder how their listenership skyrocketed to 144M.  Are they
>|giving us the real poop here?
>
>One is tempted ot conclude that most of the world *like* listening to
>crass trivia and poppy nonsense. But no, it couldn't be that bad....
>could it?
>
That's your considered judgement on over 1,000 hours per week of BBC
World Service broadcasts, is it?

Colin M Wilding
International Broadcasting Audience Research
BBC World Service
Personal email (ONLY) to: [e-mail]
General World Service email to: [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:19 1996
From: Richard Buckby <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BBC World Service to "split"
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 07:50:26 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <HCvb$BACJ$[e-mail]>

Hello Folks,

        A report in todays British "Daily Telegraph" says that the BBC
World Service is to be split up into 2 channels, one carrying all news
and sport and the other carrying programmes suitable for those learning
English and whose grasp of the language is not so good!

        It seems that there will be an official announcement later
today. Watch this space for more information!.........

        Richard Buckby,  Ambergate, Derbyshire, England
--
Richard Buckby


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:20 1996
From: "Mark J. Fine" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC World Service to "split"
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 21:03:16 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
To: Richard Buckby <[e-mail]>

Richard Buckby wrote:
> World Service is to be split up into 2 channels, one carrying all news
> and sport and the other carrying programmes suitable for those learning
> English and whose grasp of the language is not so good!

On shortwave, I thought the BBC was doing this already (BBC WS vs. BBC
English programming).  Are you sure this is being done to the BBCWS, or
just the domestic services?  Having been to Europe many times (Bavaria,
in fact), I've often caught the MW and LW stations intermixing the
regular and special English programming (i.e., "Pop Words" on 198 and/or
648kHz).

Colin W., any insight?

73,


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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:25 1996
From: Colin M Wilding <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BBC WS Eng Progs - Africa
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 13:16:01 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: Colin M Wilding <[e-mail]>

Here is the programme guide for the BBC World Service
English stream for (sub-Saharan) Africa for April 1996.
Please note that the programmes shown are not necessarily
all available on shortwave.
If you have any comments or queries, BBC World Service's
address for email correspondence is
        [e-mail]


PLEASE NOTE: Programme
information for Sunday 31st March
is included in this month's listings.


AFRICA
APRIL


SATURDAY      6, 13, 20, 27

0000 NEWSDESK
  30  Seven Days
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook
  55 Words of Faith

0200 NEWSDAY
   30 Meridian

0300 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 African News
  31 African Quiz - 6
  31 This Week In Africa - 13, 20, 27

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 African News
  31 African Quiz - 6
  31 This Week And Africa - 13, 20, 27

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 African News
  31 Talkabout Africa

0600 WORLD NEWS
  30 African News
  31 African Quiz - 6
  31 This Week And Africa - 13, 20, 27

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 From The Weeklies
  30 People And Politics

0800 WORLD NEWS
  10 Words Of Faith
  15 A Jolly Good Show

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 The Medicine Cabinet
  30 Artyfacts
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 BBC English
  45 Letter From America

1100 NEWSDESK
  30 Focus On Faith

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Review
  15 Britain Today
  30 Seven Days
  45 The Insider's Guide
  55 Book Choice

1300 NEWSHOUR

1400 WORLD NEWS
   05 Sportsworld

1500 WORLD NEWS
  05 Sportsworld

1600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sportsworld

1700 WORLD NEWS
  05 Focus On Africa
  40 African News
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 African News Summary
  31 Music Review

1900 NEWS SUMMARY
  01 Jive Zone
  30 Meridian

2000 NEWSHOUR

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Review
  15 Britain Today
  30 Jazz For The Asking

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 Play Of The Week; The Woman Who Laughed - 6
  30 Play Of The Week; Rukulibam - 13
  30 Play Of The Week; The Fire That Consumes - 20
  30 Play Of The Week; Make And Break - 27

2300 Play Of The Week - cont....
  30 Anything Goes - 6, 13, 20
  30 Make And Break - cont.... - 27


                        31 MARCH
SUNDAY        7, 14, 21, 28

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 Letter From America
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 People And Politics

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 Music Review

0300 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 African News
  35 Postmark Africa

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 African News
  31 The Art House

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 African News
  35 Postmark Africa

0600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Development '96
  30 African News
  31 African Perspective

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Seeing Stars - 7
  15 Short Story - 31 March, 14, 21, 28
  30 From Our Own Correspondent
  50 Write On

0800 WORLD NEWS
  10 Words Of Faith
  15 The Greenfield Collection

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Review
  15 In Praise Of God
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 BBC English
  45 Seeing Stars - 7
  45 Short Story - 31 March, 14, 21, 28

1100 NEWSDESK
  30 Globe Theatre: Play Of The Week - 2004 - 31 March
  30 Globe Theatre: Play Of The Week - The Woman Who Laughed - 7
  30 Globe Theatre: Play Of The Week - Rukulibam - 14
  30 Globe Theatre: Play Of The Week - The Fire that Consumes - 21
  30 Globe Theatre: Play Of The Week - Make And Break - 28

1200 Play of the Week - cont......
  30 Jazz Now And Then - 31 March, 7, 14, 21
  30 Make And Break - cont.... - 28
  45 Sports Roundup

1300 NEWSHOUR

1400 NEWS SUMMARY
  01 Fine Tuning
  31 Mastersingers
  45 Letter From America

1500 WORLD NEWS
  01 The Art house
  30 BBC English

1600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Jazz Score
  45 Soundbyte

1700 WORLD NEWS
  05 Focus On Africa
  40 African News
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 African News
  31 A Jolly Good Show

1900 WORLD NEWS
  05 Postmark Africa
  30 Blues World

2000 NEWSHOUR

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Brief
  15 Britain Today
  30 John Peel

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 Letter From America
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Invitation To The Dance - 31 March
  10 Words And Music - 7, 14, 21, 28
  15 The Learning World
  30 In Praise Of God

MONDAY           1, 8, 15, 22, 29

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 Development '96
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 Short Story - 1, 15, 22, 29
  30 Seeing Stars - 8
  45 On The Move

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 UFOs - 1, 8, 15
  30 About Face - 22, 29

0300 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Network Africa

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Network Africa

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Network Africa

0600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Network Africa

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Off The Shelf
  30 The Vintage Chart Show

0800 WORLD NEWS
  10 Words Of Faith
  15 Fine Tuning
  45 Mastersingers

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Anything Goes
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 BBC English
  45 Off The Shelf

1100 NEWSDESK
  30 Meridian

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 Global Concerns
  45 Sports Roundup

1300 NEWSHOUR (W & S Africa, Cyprus)
1300 The Medicine Cabinet (E Africa)
  15 BBC English (E Africa)
  30 John Peel

1400 NEWS SUMMARY
  01 Omnibus
  30 Off The Shelf
  30 The Medicine Cabinet (W & S Africa)
  45 The Farming World
  45 BBC English (W & S Africa)

1500 WORLD NEWS
1500 John Peel
  05 Focus On Africa
  30 Outlook
  45 Words Of Faith

1600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Fast Track
  45 The World Today

1700 WORLD NEWS
  05 Focus On Africa
  40 African News
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Focus On Africa

1900 NEWS SUMMARY
  01 Fast Track
  30 30' Drama: Ties - 1
  30 30' Drama: Murder In Mesopotamia - 8, 15, 22, 29

2000 NEWSHOUR

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 Multitrack Hit-List

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 The World Today
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Take Five
  15 Record News
  30 Multitrack Hit-List

TUESDAY         2, 9, 16, 23, 30

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 Global Concerns
  45 Britain Today

0100 WORLD NEWS
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 Meridian

0300 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Network Africa

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Network Africa

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Network Africa

0600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Network Africa

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Off The Shelf
  30 New Ideas
  50 Songs For Children

0800 WORLD NEWS
  10 Words Of Faith
  15 30' Drama: Ties - 2
  15 Murder In Mesopotamia - 9, 16, 23, 30
  45 Good Books

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 In Good Voice
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 BBC English
  45 Off The Shelf

1100 NEWSDESK
  30 Meridian

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 Folk Routes
  45 Sports Roundup

1300 NEWSHOUR (W & S Africa, Cyprus)
1300 BBC English (E Africa)
  30 Multitrack Hit-List

1400 NEWS SUMMARY
  01 On Screen
  30 Off The Shelf
  30 College Of The Air (W and S Africa)
  45 The Learning World

1500 WORLD NEWS
1500 Multitrack Hit-List (W & S Africa)
  05 Focus On Africa
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

1600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Money Focus
  45 The World Today

1700 WORLD NEWS
  05 Focus On Africa
  40 African News
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Focus On Africa

1900 NEWS SUMMARY
  01 Money Focus
  30 Meridian

2000 NEWSHOUR

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 Megamix

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 The World Today
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Voicebox
  15 Let's Go
  30 Megamix

WEDNESDAY           3, 10, 17, 24

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 Folk Routes
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 On Screen

0300 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Network Africa

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Network Africa

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Network Africa

0600 NEWSDAY
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Network Africa

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Off The Shelf
  30 Discovery

0800 WORLD NEWS
  10 Words Of Faith
  15 Concert Hall

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Andy Kershaw's World Of Music
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 BBC English
  45 Off The Shelf

1100 NEWSDESK
  30 30' Drama: Ties - 3
  30 30' Drama: Murder In Mesopotamia - 10, 17, 24

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 Let's Go
  45 Sports Roundup

1300 NEWSHOUR (W & S Africa, Cyprus)
1300 BBC English (E Africa)
  30 Megamix

1400 NEWS SUMMARY
  01 Discovery
  30 Off The Shelf
  30 BBC English (W & S Africa)
  45 Good Books

1500 WORLD NEWS
1500 Megamix (W & S Africa)
  05 Focus On Africa
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

1600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Talkabout Africa
  45 The World Today

1700 WORLD NEWS
  05 Focus On Africa
  40 African News
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Focus On Africa

1900 NEWS SUMMARY
  01 Talkabout Africa
  30 Assignment

2000 NEWSHOUR

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 Multitrack X-Press

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 The World Today
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Science View
  15 Country Style
  30 Multitrack X-Press

THURSDAY            4, 11, 18, 25

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 From Our Own Correspondent
  45 Britain Today

0100 WORLD NEWS
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 Meridian

0300 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Network Africa

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Network Africa

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Network Africa

0600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Network Africa

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Off The Shelf
  30 Network U.K.

0800 WORLD NEWS
  10 Words Of Faith
  15 Composer Of The Month
  45 Health Matters

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Sports International
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 BBC English
  45 Off The Shelf

1100 NEWSDESK
  30 On Screen

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 From Our Own Correspondent
  45 Sports Roundup

1300 NEWSHOUR (W & S Africa, Cyprus)
1300 Artyfacts (E Africa)
  15 BBC English (E Africa)
  30 Multitrack X-Press

1400 NEWS SUMMARY
  01 Health Matters
  15 Record News
  30 Off The Shelf
  30 Artyfacts (W and S Africa)
  45 BBC English (W and S Africa)
  45 Country Style (E Africa)

1500 WORLD NEWS
1500 Multitrack X-Press (W & S Africa)
  05 Focus On Africa
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

1600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Jive Zone
  45 The World Today

1700 WORLD NEWS
  05 Focus On Africa
  40 African News
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Focus On Africa

1900 WORLD NEWS
  01 The Art House
  30 Meridian

2000 NEWSHOUR

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 Andy Kershaw's World Of Music

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 The World Today
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Take Five
  15 Soundbyte
  35 Blues World

FRIDAY           5, 12, 19, 26

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 Good Books
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 30' Drama: Ties - 5
  30 30' Drama: Murder In Mesopotamia - 12, 19, 26

0300 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Network Africa

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Network Africa

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Network Africa

0600 NEWSDAY
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Network Africa

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Off The Shelf
  30 UFOs - 5, 12, 19
  30 About Face - 26

0800 WORLD NEWS
  10 Words Of Faith
  15 Music Review
  45 Soundbyte

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Focus On Faith
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 BBC English
  45 Off The Shelf

1100 NEWSDESK
  30 Meridian

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 The Farming World
  45 Sports Roundup

1300 NEWSHOUR (W & S Africa, Cyprus)
1300 BBC English (E Africa)
1330 Multitrack Alternative

1400 NEWS SUMMARY
  01 Science In Action
  30 Off The Shelf
  30 BBC English (W and  S Africa)
  45 On The Move (E Africa)

1500 WORLD NEWS
1500 Multitrack Alternative (W & S Africa)
  05 Focus On Africa
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

1600 WORLD NEWS
  15 African Perspective
  45 The World Today

1700 WORLD NEWS
  05 Focus On Africa
  40 African News
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Focus On Africa

1900 NEWS SUMMARY
  01 African Quiz - 5
  01 African Perspective - 12, 19, 26
  30 UFOs - 5, 12, 19
  30 About Face - 26

2000 NEWSHOUR

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 Multitrack Alternative

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 The World Today - 5, 12, 19
  30 The New Europe - 26
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Spotlight
  15 The Insider's Guide
  20 Book Choice
  30 Multitrack Alternative




Copyright British Broadcasting Corporation


Colin M Wilding
International Broadcasting Audience Research
BBC World Service
Personal email (ONLY) to: [e-mail]
General World Service email to: [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:30 1996
From: Colin M Wilding <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BBC WS Eng Progs - Americas
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 13:20:12 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: Colin M Wilding <[e-mail]>

Here is the programme guide for the BBC World Service
English stream for the Americas for April 1996.
Please note that the programmes shown are not necessarily
all available on shortwave.
If you have any comments or queries, BBC World Service's
address for email correspondence is
        [e-mail]

PLEASE NOTE: The schedule includes
the programmes for Sat 30th and Sun
31st March which were not confirmed
at last month's press date.


AMERICA
APRIL

                               30 MARCH,
SATURDAY       6,  13, 20, 27

0000 NEWSDESK
  30  Seven Days
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30  Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

0200 NEWSDAY
  30  Science In Action - 30 March
  30 Meridian (ex 30 March 0330) 6, 13, 20, 27

0300 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 The World Today (ex 30 March 0430)
  45 Off The Shelf (ex 30 March 0445)

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook (ex 30 March 0530)
  55 Press Review (ex 30 March 0555)

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Music Review

0600 NEWSDAY
  15 Newsday - cont... - 30 March
  15 From The Weeklies - 6, 13, 20, 27
  30 Multitrack Alternative - 30 March
  30 Science In Action - 6, 13, 20, 27

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Short Story -  30 March
  15 Letter From America - 6, 13, 20, 27
  30 Andy Kershaw's World Of Music - 30 March
  30 Multitrack Alternative - 6, 13, 20, 27

0800 WORLD NEWS
  05 Words Of Faith
  10 Spotlight
  15 Music Review  - 30 March
  15 Folk Routes - 6, 13, 20, 27
  30 UFOs - Fact, Fiction Or Fantasy?
  30 About Face - 20, 27

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 The World Today
  30 Seven Days
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 From The Weeklies
  45 Letter From America

1100 NEWSDESK
   30 People And Politics

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Review
  15 A Jolly Good Show

1300 NEWSHOUR

1400 WORLD NEWS
  05 Sportsworld

1500 WORLD NEWS
  05 Sportsworld

1600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sportsworld

1700 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Review
  15 Jazz For The Asking
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Multitrack Alternative

1900 WORLD NEWS - 30 March
1900 NEWSHOUR - 30 March, 6, 13, 20, 27
  15 Fine Tuning - 30 March
  45 Mastersingers - 30 March

2000 WORLD NEWS (ex 30 March)
  05 Write On  (ex 30 March 1905)
  15 A Jolly Good Show (ex 30 March)

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Review
  15 From The Weeklies
  30 Global Concerns
  45 Letter From America

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 Globe Theatre - Play Of The Week; 2004 - March 30
  30 Globe Theatre - Play Of The Week; The Woman Who Laughed - 6
  30 Globe Theatre - Play Of The Week; Rukulibam - 13
  30 Globe Theatre - Play Of The Week; The Fire That Consumes - 20
  30 Globe Theatre - Play Of The Week; Make Or Break - 27

2300 Globe Theatre - Play Of The Week; cont
  30 Anything Goes

                           31 MARCH,
SUNDAY           7, 14, 21, 28

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 Letter From America
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 The Vintage Chart Show - 31 March
  30 People And Politics - (31 March 0230) 7, 14, 21, 28

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 Music Review - 7, 14, 21,.28

0300 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Review
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Fine Tuning - 31 March
  30 From Our Own Correspondent (31 March 0430) 7, 14, 21, 28
  50 Write On (ex 31 March 0450)

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Science In Action - (ex 31 March 0530)

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Play Of The Week; The Woman Who Laughed - 7
  30 Play Of The Week; Rukulibam - 14
  30 Play Of The Week; The Fire That Consumes - 21
  30 Play Of The Week; Make Or Break - 28

0600 Play Of The Week - cont... (ex 31 March NEWSDAY)
  30 Jazz For The Asking

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Global Concerns
  30 In Praise Of God

0800 WORLD NEWS
  05 Words Of Faith
  10 From Our Own Correspondent
  30 UFOs - Fact, Fiction Or Fantasy - 31 March, 7
  30 The Vintage Chart Show - 14, 21, 28

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Review
  15 Omnibus
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 In Praise Of God

1100 NEWSDESK
  30 UFOs - Fact, Fiction Or Fantasy? - 31 March, 7, 14
  30 About Face - 21, 28

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Brief
  15 Anything Goes
  45 Sports Roundup

1300 NEWSHOUR

1400 NEWS SUMMARY
  01 Songs For Children - 31 March
  01 Fine Tuning - 7, 14, 21, 28
  15 Music Review - 31 March
  30 Mastersingers - 7, 14, 21, 28
  45 Seeing Stars - 7
  45 Short Story - 14, 21, 28

1500 WORLD NEWS
  05 From Our Own Correspondent
  25 Book Choice
  30 UFOs - Fact, Fiction Or Fantasy? - 31 March, 7, 14
  30 About Face - 21, 28

1600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Meridian - 31 March
  15 Jazz Zcore - 7, 14, 21, 28
  45 Britain Today

1700 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Brief
  15 Record News
  30 On The Move
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 John Peel

1900 WORLD NEWS - 31 March
1900 NEWSHOUR - (31 March 2000), 7, 14, 21, 28
  05 Songs For Children - 31 March
  15 A Jolly Good Show - 31 March

2000 WORLD NEWS - 7, 14, 21, 28
  05 Songs For Children - 7, 14, 21, 28
  15 Seeing Stars - 7
  15 Short Story - 14, 21, 28
  30 Music Review - 7, 14, 21, 28

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Brief
  15 Fine Tuning
  45 Mastersingers

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 Live From The Archive - 31 March
  30 The Farming World - 7, 14, 21, 28
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Invitation To The Dance
  15 The Learning World
  30 In Praise Of God


MONDAY        1, 8, 15, 22, 29

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 Development '96
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 Seeing Stars - 8
  30 Short Story - 1, 15, 22, 29
  45 Write On - 1
  45 On The Move - 8, 15, 22, 29
  55 Words Of Faith - 1

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 UFOs - Fact, Fiction Or Fantasy? - 1, 8, 15
  30 About Face - 22, 29

0300 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Brief
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Meridian - 1
  30 In Good Voice - 8, 15, 22, 29 (ex 1 0430)

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 The Learning World - (ex 1 0530)
  45 Health Matters (ex 1 0545)

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Anything Goes - 8, 15, 22, 29

0600 NEWSDAY - 1
0600 WORLD NEWS - 8, 15, 22, 29
  15 Fine Tuning - (ex 1 0630)
  45 Mastersingers

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Omnibus - 1
  15 A Jolly Good Show - 8, 15, 22, 29
  45 Waveguide - 1
  55 Book |Choice - 1

0800 WORLD NEWS
  05 Words Of Faith
  10 Take Five
  15 Concert Hall

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Live From The Archive - 1
  15 On The Move - 8, 15, 22, 29
  30 Off The Shelf
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 Composer Of The Month

1100 NEWSDESK/World News
  05 Caribbean Report CA; Sport;Magazine
  30 Jazz Score

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 Business; Caribbean Report
  05 World Business Report
  15 Learning Zone: The Medicine Cabinet
  30 Learning Zone: Artyfacts
  45 Sports Roundup

1300 NEWSHOUR

1400 WORLD NEWS
  05 Outlook
  30 Omnibus

1500 WORLD NEWS
  05 Sports Roundup
  15 Fine Tuning - 1
  15 The Greenfield Collection - 8, 15, 22, 29
  45 Mastersingers - 1


1600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Meridian
  45 Britain Today

1700 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Composer Of The Month
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Jazz For The Asking - 1
  30 Multitrack Hitlist - 8, 15, 22, 29

1900 NEWSHOUR (ex 2000)

2000 WORLD NEWS (ex 1 1900)
  05 Outlook (ex 1 1905)
  30 Meridian (ex 1 1930)

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 The World Today
  15 Caribbean Report
  30 Health Matters
  45 Development '96

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 Off The Shelf - 1
  30 World Business Report - 8, 15, 22, 29
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Take Five
  15 On The Move - 1
  15 Record News - 8, 15, 22, 29
  30 Multitrack Hit-List

TUESDAY            2, 9, 16, 23, 30

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 Record News - 2
  30 Global Concerns - 9, 16, 23, 30
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 Omnibus - 2
  30 Meridian - 9, 16, 23, 30

0300 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Meridian - 2
  30 The World Today (ex 2 0430)
  45 Off The Shelf (ex 2 0445)

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook - (ex 0530)
  55 Press Review (ex 2 0555)

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Omnibus - 9, 16, 23, 30

0600 NEWSDAY - 2
0600 WORLD NEWS - 9, 16, 23, 30
  15 The Greenfield Collection - 9, 16, 23, 30

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Let's Go
  30 The Farming World - 2
  30 Multitrack Hitlist (ex 2 0630)
  45 Country Style - 2

0800 WORLD NEWS
  05 Words Of Faith
  10 Voicebox
  15 The Greenfield Collection - 2
  15 30' Drama: Murder In Mesopotamia - 9, 16, 23, 30
  45 Mastersingers - 9
  45 Record News - 16, 23, 30

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 The World Today
  30 Off The Shelf
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 In Good Voice

1100 NEWSDESK/World News
  05 Caribbean Report CA
  30 Jazz Now And Then
  45 Let's Go

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 Business; Caribbean Report
  05 World Business Report
  15 John Peel
  45 Sports Roundup

1300 NEWSHOUR

1400 WORLD NEWS
  05 Outlook
  30 Health Matters
  45 Live From The Archive - 2
  45 Jazz Now And Then - 9, 16, 23, 30

1500 WORLD NEWS
  05 Sports Roundup
  15 The Greenfield Collection - 2
  15 Songs For Children - 9, 16, 23, 30
  25 Pop Short - 9, 16, 23, 30
  30 Discovery - 9, 16, 23, 30


1600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Folk Routes - 2
  15 On Screen - 9, 16, 23, 30
  30 Let's Go - 2
  45 Britain Today

1700 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Learning Zone: The Medicine Cabinet
  30 Learning Zone: Artyfacts
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Multitrack Hit List - 2
  30 Jazz Score - 9, 16, 23, 30

1900 NEWSHOUR (ex 2 2000)

2000 WORLD NEWS (ex 2 1900)
  05 Outlook (ex 2 1905)
  30 On Screen (ex 2 1930)

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 The World Today
  15 Caribbean Report
  30 Discovery
  30 Calling The Falklands

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 Off The Shelf - 2
  30 World Business Report - 9, 16, 23, 30
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Voicebox
  15 Let's Go
  30 Megamix

WEDNESDAY          3, 10, 17, 24

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 Folk Routes
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 Composer Of The Month - 3
  30 On Screen - 10, 17, 24

0300 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Discovery - 3
  30 The World Today - (3 0430) 10, 17, 24
  45 Off The Shelf - (ex 3 0445)

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook (ex 3 0530)
  55 Press Review (ex 3 0555)

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Composer Of The Month - 10, 17, 24

0600 NEWSDAY
  15 Megamix - 3
  15 John Peel - (3 0715) 10, 17, 24
  45 Development '96 (ex 3 0745)

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Book Choice - 10, 17, 24
  20 Songs For Children - 10, 17, 24
  30 Megamix - 10, 17, 24

0800 WORLD NEWS
  05 Words Of Faith
  10 Science View
  15 Health Matters
  30 Anything Goes

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 The World Today
  30 Off The Shelf
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 Andy Kershaw's World Of Music - 3
  30 Jazz For The Asking - 10, 17, 24

1100 NEWSDESK/World News
  05 Caribbean Report CA; Sport Magazine
  30 30' Drama: Ties - 3
  30 30' Drama: Murder In Mesopotamia - 10, 17, 24

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 Business; Caribbean Report
  05 World Business Report
  15 The Vintage Chart Show
  45 Sports Roundup

1300 NEWSHOUR

1400 WORLD NEWS
  05 Outlook
  30 Country Style
  45 Good Books

1500 WORLD NEWS
  05 Sports Roundup
  15 Soundbyte
  30 Blues World

1600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Meridian
  45 Britain Today

1700 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 In Good Voice
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Anything Goes

1900  NEWSHOUR - 10, 17, 24  (3 2000)

2000 WORLD NEWS  - (ex 3 1900)
  05 Outlook (ex 3 1905)
  30 Meridian (ex 3 1930)

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 The World Today
  15 Caribbean Report
  30 Assignment

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 Off The Shelf - 3
  30 (ex 3) World Business Report
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Science View
  15 Country Style
  30 Multitrack X-Press

THURSDAY            4, 11, 18, 25

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 From Our Own Correspondent
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 Assignment - 4
  30 Meridian - 11, 18, 25 (4 0330)

0300 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 The World Today - 11, 18, 25 (4 0430)
  45 Off The Shelf - 11, 18, 25 (4 0445)

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook - 11, 18, 25 (4 0530)
  55 Press Review -11, 18, 25 (4 0555)

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Assignment - 11, 18, 25

0600 NEWSDAY - 4
0600 WORLD NEWS - 11, 18, 25
  15 Jazz Now And Then - 11 ,18, 25 (4 0715)
  30 Multitrack X-Press - 4
  30 Sports International - 11, 18, 25

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 From Our Own Correspondent - 11, 18, 25
  30 Multitrack X-Press - 11, 18, 25.

0800 WORLD NEWS
  05 Words Of Faith
  10 Encore - 4
  10 Words And Music - 11, 18, 25
  15 Good Books
  30 Network UK

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 The World Today
  30 Off The Shelf
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 Assignment - 4
  30 On Screen - 11, 18, 25

1100 NEWSDESK/World News
  05 Caribbean Report CA; Sport; Magazine
  30 From Our Own Correspondent
  45 The Learning World

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 Business; Caribbean Report
  05 World Business Report
  15 On Screen - 4
  15 Assignment - 11, 18, 25
  45 Sports Roundup

1300 NEWSHOUR

1400 WORLD NEWS
  05 Outlook
  30 Network UK

1500 WORLD NEWS
  05 Sports Roundup
  15 The Learning World - 4
  15 The Farming World - 11, 18, 25
  30 Megamix

1600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports International
  45 Britain Today

1700 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Focus On Faith
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Multitrack: X-press

1900 NEWSHOURS - 11, 18, 25 (4 2000)

2000 WORLD NEWS (4 1900)
  05 Outlook (4 1905)
  30 Network UK (4 1930)

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 The World Today
  15 Caribbean Report
  30 Sports International

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 Off The Shelf - 4
  30 World Business Report - 11, 18, 25
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Take Five
  15 Soundbyte
  30 UFO's - Fact, Fiction Or Fantasy? - 4
  30 Blues World - 11, 18, 25


FRIDAY           5, 12, 19, 26

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 The Farming World - 5
  30 Good Books - 12, 19, 26
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 30' Drama: Ties - 5
  30 30' Drama: Murder In Mesopotamia - 12, 19, 26

0300 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 On Screen - 5
  30 The World Today - 12, 19, 26 (5 0430)
  45 Off The Shelf - 12, 19, 26 (5 0445)

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook - 12, 19, 26 (5 0530)
  55 Press Review - 12, 19, 26 (5 0555)

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Focus On Faith - 12, 19, 26

0600 NEWSDAY - 4
0600 WORLD NEWS - 11, 18, 25
  15 Seeing Stars - 12
  15 Short Story - 19, 26
  30 Learning Zone: The Medicine Cabinet
  45 Learning Zone: Artyfacts

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Soundbyte
  30 Science In Action - 5
  30 Andy Kershaw's World Of Music - 12, 19, 26

0800 WORLD NEWS
  05 Words Of Faith
  10 New Ideas
  30 Focus On Faith

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 The World Today
  30 Off The Shelf
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 Blues World - 5
  30 Andy Kershaw's World Of Music - 12, 19, 26

1100 NEWSDESK/World News
  05 Caribbean Report CA; Sport; Magazine
  30 Focus On Faith

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 Business; Caribbean Report
  05 World Business Report
  15 New Ideas
  35 The Insider's Guide
  45 Sports Roundup

1300 NEWSHOUR

1400 WORLD NEWS
  05 Outlook
  30 Mastersingers - 5
  30 Science In Action - 12, 19, 26
  45 The Farming World - 5

1500 WORLD NEWS
  05 Write On
  15 Concert Hall

1600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Meridian
  45 Britain Today

1700 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 The Vintage Chart Show
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Andy Kershaw's World Of Music

1900 NEWSHOUR - 12, 19, 26 (5 2000)

2000 WORLD NEWS (5 1900)
  05 Outlook (5 1905)
  30 Meridian - 12, 19, 26 (5 1930)

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 The World Today
  15 Caribbean Report
  30 People And Politics - 5
  30 Network UK - 12, 19, 26
  30 Calling The Falklands

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 Off The Shelf - 5
  30 World Business Report - 12, 19, 26
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Spotlight - 12, 19, 26
  15 The Insider's Guide - 12, 19, 26 (5 2310)
  25 Book Choice - 12, 19, 26 (5 2315)
  30 Multitrack Alternative






Copyright British Broadcasting Corporation


Colin M Wilding
International Broadcasting Audience Research
BBC World Service
Personal email (ONLY) to: [e-mail]
General World Service email to: [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:33 1996
From: Colin M Wilding <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BBC WS Eng Progs - Europe etc
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 13:14:10 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: Colin M Wilding <[e-mail]>

Here is the programme guide for the BBC World Service
English stream for Europe/Middle East/North Africa/FSU/South-West Asia
for April 1996.
Please note that the programmes shown are not necessarily
all available on shortwave.
If you have any comments or queries, BBC World Service's
address for email correspondence is
        [e-mail]


PLEASE NOTE: Programme
information for Sunday 31st March
is included in this month's listings.



EUROPE / MIDDLE EAST
APRIL

SATURDAY       6, 13, 20, 27

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 Seven Days
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

0200 NEWSDAY
   30 Meridian

0300 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 The Vintage Chart Show

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Jazz Now And Then
  45 Seven Days

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Science In Action

0600 WORLD NEWS
  15 The World Today
  30 Fourth Estate - 6 ,13, 20
  30 The New Europe - 27
  45 Global Concerns

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 From The Weeklies
  30 People And Politics

0800 WORLD NEWS
  10 Words Of Faith
  15 A Jolly Good Show

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 The Medicine Cabinet
  30 Artyfacts
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 BBC English
  30 Seven Days
  45 Letter From America

1100 NEWSDESK
  30 Meridian

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Review
  15 Britain Today
  30 In Good Voice

1300 NEWSHOUR

1400 WORLD NEWS
  05 Sportsworld

1500 WORLD NEWS
  05 Sportsworld

1600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sportsworld

1700 NEWS SUMMARY
  01 Weekend
  30 From The Weeklies
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Science In Action

1900 NEWSHOUR

2000 NEWS SUMMARY
  05 The Greenfield Collection
  45 Fourth Estate

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Review
  15 Britain Today
  30 Meridian

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 Globe Theatre: Play Of The Week; The Woman Who Laughed - 6
  30 Globe Theatre: Play Of The Week; Rukulibam - 13
  30 Globe Theatre: Play Of The Week; The Fire That Consumes - 20
  30 Globe Theatre: Play Of The Week; Make And Break - 27

2300 Play Of The Week - cont
  30 Anything Goes - 6, 13, 20
  30 Make And Break - cont... - 27


                           31 MARCH,
SUNDAY          7, 14, 21, 28

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 Letter From America
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 People And Politics

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 Music Review

0300 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Fourth Estate
  45 Write On
  55 Pop Short

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Weekend
  30 Seeing Stars - 7
  30 Short Story - 31 March, 14, 21, 28
  45 On The Move

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 In Praise Of God

0600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Development '96
  30 Jazz For The Asking

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Seeing Stars - 7
  15 Short Story - 31 March, 14, 21, 28
  30 From Our Own Correspondent
  50 Write On

0800 WORLD NEWS
  10 Words Of Faith
  15 The Greenfield Collection

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Review
  15 In Praise Of God
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 BBC English
  30 Development '96
  45 Seeing Stars - 7
  45 Short Story - 31 March, 14, 21, 28

1100 NEWSDESK
  30 UFOs - 31 March, 7, 14
  30 About Face - 21, 28

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Brief
  15 Britain Today
  30 Anything Goes

1300 NEWSHOUR

1400 NEWS SUMMARY
  01 Fine Tuning
  30 Mastersingers
  45 Letter From America

1500 WORLD NEWS
  05 Sports Roundup
  15 BBC English
  30 From Our Own Correspondent
  50 Songs For Children

1600 Europe Today
  30 Play Of The Week: 2004 - 31 March
  30 Play Of The Week: The Woman Who Laughed - 7
  30 Play Of The Week: Rukulibam -14
  30 Play Of The Week: The Fire That Consumes - 21
  30 Play Of The Week: Make And Break - 28

1700 Play Of The Week - cont
  30 Blues World - 31 March, 7, 14, 21
  30 Make And Break - cont.. - 28

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Global Concerns
  45 Folk Routes

1900 NEWSHOUR

2000 NEWS SUMMARY
  05 Concert Hall
  45 Write On
  55 Book Choice

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Brief
  15 Britain Today
  30 Jazz For The Asking

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 Letter From America
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Invitation To The Dance - 31 March
  10 Words And Music - 7, 14, 21, 28
  15 The Learning World
  30 In Praise Of God

MONDAY            1, 8, 15, 22, 29

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 Development '96
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 Short Story - 1, 15, 22, 29
  30 Seeing Stars - 8
  45 On The Move

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 UFOs - 1, 8, 15
  30 About Face - 22, 29

0300 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Europe Today
  30 Jazz For The Asking

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Europe Today
  30 Off The Shelf
  45 Country Style

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Europe Today
  30 Composer Of The Month

0600 WORLD NEWS
  15 Soundbyte
  30 Andy Kershaw's World Of Music

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Off The Shelf
  30 The Vintage Chart Show

0800 WORLD NEWS
  10 Words Of Faith
  15 Fine Tuning
  45 Mastersingers

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Anything Goes
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 BBC English
  30 The Farming World
  45 Off The Shelf

1100 NEWSDESK
  30 Omnibus

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 Andy Kershaw's World Of Music

1300 NEWSHOUR

1400 WORLD NEWS
  05 Outlook
  30 John Peel

1500 WORLD NEWS
  05 Sports Roundup
  15 BBC English
  30 Omnibus

1600 Europe Today
  30 World Business Report
  45 Britain Today

1700 WORLD NEWS
  10 The World Today
  25 Take Five
  30 On The Move
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 In Good Voice

1900 NEWSHOUR

2000 NEWS SUMMARY
  01 Outlook
  25 Words Of Faith
  30 Multitrack Hit-List

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 The Medicine Cabinet
  45 Artyfacts

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 The World Today
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Take Five
  15 Record News
  30 Multitrack Hit-List

TUESDAY            2, 9, 16, 23, 30

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 Global Concerns
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 Meridian

0300 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Europe Today
  30 John Peel

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Europe Today
  30 Off The Shelf
  45 Health Matters

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Europe Today
  30 Let's Go
  45 The Learning World

0600 NEWSDAY
  15 The World Today
  30 Anything Goes

 0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Off The Shelf
  30 New Ideas
  50 Songs For Children

0800 WORLD NEWS
  10 Words Of Faith
  15 30' Drama: Ties - 2
  15 30' Drama: Murder In Mesopotamia - 9, 16, 23, 30
  45 Good Books

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 In Good Voice
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 BBC English
  30 The Learning World
  45 Off The Shelf

1100 NEWSDESK
  30 Meridian

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 Jazz  Score

1300 NEWSHOUR

1400 WORLD NEWS
  05 Outlook
  30 Multitrack: Hit List

1500 WORLD NEWS
  05 Sports Roundup
  15 BBC English
  30 The Learning World
  45 Let's Go

1600 Europe Todya
  30 World Business Report
  45 Britain Today

1700 WORLD NEWS
  10 The World Today
  25 Voicebox
  30 Record News
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Jazz Score

1900 NEWSHOUR

2000 NEWS SUMMARY
  05 Outlook
  25 Words Of Faith
  30 Megamix

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 Meridian

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 The World Today
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Voicebox
  15 Let's Go
  30 Megamix

WEDNESDAY            3, 10, 17, 24

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 Folk Routes
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 On Screen

0300 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Europe Today
  30 Discovery

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Europe Today
  30 Off The Shelf
  45 The Farming World

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Europe Today (648, FM only)
  30 Omnibus

0600 WORLD NEWS
  15 The World Today
  30 Megamix

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Off The Shelf
  30 Discovery

0800 WORLD NEWS
  10 Words Of Faith
  15 Concert Hall

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Andy Kershaw's World Of Music
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 BBC English
  30 Country Style
  45 Off The Shelf

1100 NEWSDESK
  30 30' Drama: Ties - 3
  20 20' Drama: Murder In Mesopotamia - 10, 17, 24

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 Composer Of The Month

1300 NEWSHOUR

1400 WORLD NEWS
  05 Outlook
  30 Megamix

1500 WORLD NEWS
  05 Sports Roundup
  15 BBC English
  30 UFOs - 3, 10, 17
  30 About Face - 24


1600 Europe Today
  30 World Business Report
  45 Britain Today

1700 WORLD NEWS
  10 The World Today
  25 Science View
  30 Health Matters
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Discovery

1900 NEWSHOUR

2000 NEWS SUMMARY
  05 Outlook
  25 Words Of Faith
  30 Multitrack X-Press

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 On Screen

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 The World Today
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Science View
  15 Country Style
  30 Multitrack X-Press

THURSDAY          4, 11, 18, 25

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 From Our Own Correspondent
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 Meridian

0300 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Europe Today
  30 New Ideas
  50 Songs For Children

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Europe Today
  30 Off The Shelf
  45 From Our Own Correspondent

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Europe Today (648 FM only)
  30 Assignment

0600 WORLD NEWS
  15 The World Today
  30 Sports International

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Off The Shelf
  30 Network U.K.

0800 WORLD NEWS
  10 Words Of Faith
  15 Composer Of The Month
  45 Health Matters

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Sports International
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 BBC English
  30 Jazz Now And Then
  45 Off The Shelf

1100 NEWSDESK
  30 On Screen

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 Assignment

1300 NEWSHOUR

1400 WORLD NEWS
  05 Outlook
  30 Multitrack: X-press

1500 WORLD NEWS
  05 Sports Roundup
  15 BBC English
  30 Network U.K.

1600 Europe Today
  30 World Business Report
  45 Britain Today

1700 WORLD NEWS
  10 The World Today
  25 Take Five
  30 From Our Own Correspondent
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Assignment

1900 NEWSHOUR

2000 NEWS SUMMARY
  05 Outlook
  25 Words Of Faith
  30 John Peel

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 Meridian

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 The World Today
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Take Five
  15 Soundbyte
  45 Blues World

FRIDAY         5, 12, 19, 26

0000 NEWSDESK
  30 Good Books
  45 Britain Today

0100 NEWSDESK
  30 Outlook
  55 Words Of Faith

0200 NEWSDAY
  30 30' Drama: Ties - 5
  30 30' Drama: Murder In Mesopotamia - 12, 19, 26

0300 WORLD NEWS
  15 Sports Roundup
  30 Europe Today
  30 Focus On Faith

0400 NEWSDESK
  30 Europe Today
  30 Off The Shelf
  45 Folk Routes

0500 NEWSDAY
  30 Europe Today (648, FM only)
  30 Record News
  45 The Insiders Guide
  55 Invitation To The Dance - 5
  55 Words And Music - 12, 19, 26

0600 WORLD NEWS
  15 The World Today
  30 Blues World

0700 WORLD NEWS
  15 Off  The Shelf
  30 UFOs - 5, 12, 19
  30 About Face - 26

0800 WORLD NEWS
  10 Words Of Faith
  15 Music Review
  45 Soundbyte

0900 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Focus On Faith
  45 Sports Roundup

1000 NEWSDESK
  30 BBC English
  30 On The Move
  45 Off The Shelf

1100 NEWSDESK
  30 Meridian

1200 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 Science In Action

1300 NEWSHOUR

1400 WORLD NEWS
  05 Outlook
  30 Multitrack Alternative

1500 WORLD NEWS
  05 Sports Roundup
  15 BBC English
  30 Music Review

1600 Europe Today
  30 World Business Report
  45 Britain Today

1700 WORLD NEWS
  10 The World Today
  25 Spotlight
  30 The Insiders Guide
  40 Pop Short
  45 Sports Roundup

1800 NEWSDESK
  30 Focus On Faith

1900 NEWSHOUR

2000 NEWS SUMMARY
  05 Outlook
  25 Words Of Faith
  30 Multitrack Alternative

2100 WORLD NEWS
  05 World Business Report
  15 Britain Today
  30 People And Politics

2200 NEWSDESK
  30 The World Today - 5, 12, 19
  30 The New Europe - 26
  45 Sports Roundup

2300 WORLD NEWS
  10 Spotlight
  15 The Insider's Guide
  25 Book Choice
  30 Multitrack Alternative




Copyright British Broadcasting Corporation


Colin M Wilding
International Broadcasting Audience Research
BBC World Service
Personal email (ONLY) to: [e-mail]
General World Service email to: [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:34 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Jon Van Allen)
Subject: RE: Best mail order places
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 96 04:30:03 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Grove. Best of the best. (www.grove.net) awesome!


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:35 1996
From: [e-mail] (Lauren_Casey  )
Subject: Re: BEWARE OF DEALING WITH DERRICK HALL, SEAT
Date: 2 Mar 96 06:08:31 -0800
References: <4gks9a$[e-mail]> <4gm012$jm2$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4h4h35$[e-mail]>
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

Yea, I was surprised when Union Bank in California would stop payment
on a certified check. I thought certified checks were as good as
cash. Thanks for the info on UPS, I wasn't aware of that, and after I
had a bad experience with a woman misrepresenting the condition of an
old book, ( inflating it's claimed value by over $220 ) I have been
very cautious about buying anything sight unseen, Lauren


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:36 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Bristol, CT Hamfest - March 10, 1996
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 23:53:17 GMT


The Insurance City Repeater Club opens the 1996 flea season on
Sunday, March 10, 1996 at Bristol Eastern High School, Bristol, CT
(about 20 mi. SW of Hartford). Show opens at 9am. $4 admission.
VE session starts at 10 AM (pre-regis. req'd).

Talk-in on 146.88- (K1DFS repeater w/statewide coverage).

For more info, call Pete Brunelli, N1QDQ, at 203-620-0176.

Dealer info: Tables are $10 ea. for up to 3 tables; $8 for each add'l.
$15 day of show (if any remain). Dealer doors open at 7am.

See you there. 73 de N1QVE/Harry



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:37 1996
From: Charles Bolland <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: China Broadcasts - Apples or Oranges?
Date: 6 Mar 1996 21:20:22 GMT
Message-ID: <4hkvim$[e-mail]>

I was doing some research on some schedules I found for China's Minorities
Broadcasts, i.e. 4460 kHz outlet etc.  Anyway as I confirmed some of the infor
mation,
I found that the WRTH is referring to these broadcasts as China National Radio
 while
the Passport to World Band is still calling them as Central Peoples Broadcast
Station.  I tend to go with the WRTH on this, but does anyone have the real sc
oop?

I looked for a Web page for either the WRTH, PPWB, and China so that I could a
sk the
question of them, but was unable to find any page.

Last year's editions of both books had the same contradiction in names. I wond
er how
many years will pass before they get in harmony with each other.

Chuck

[e-mail]






From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:38 1996
From: [e-mail] (Andy Sennitt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: China Broadcasts - Apples or Oranges?
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 10:07:05 GMT
Message-ID: <4hmcg5$[e-mail]>
References: <4hkvim$[e-mail]>

Charles Bolland <[e-mail]> wrote:

>I was doing some research on some schedules I found for China's Minorities
>Broadcasts, i.e. 4460 kHz outlet etc.  Anyway as I confirmed some of the info
rmation,
>I found that the WRTH is referring to these broadcasts as China National Radi
o while
>the Passport to World Band is still calling them as Central Peoples Broadcast

>Station.  I tend to go with the WRTH on this, but does anyone have the real s
coop?

>I looked for a Web page for either the WRTH, PPWB, and China so that I could
ask the
>question of them, but was unable to find any page.

Well, here's a Web page that tends to support what we say in WRTH:

http://loki.stanford.edu/~ike/activities/index.html#china_nat_radio

Actually, I think we're both right. If you translate literally from
the Chinese announcements, you'll find that they still call themselves
The Central Peoples' Broadcasting Station. On the other hand, the
organization now calls itself China National Radio in English.

This isn't the only example of the English name being different from
the one used on domestic broadcasts. Islamic Republic of Iran
Broadcasting still calls itself in Farsi "The Voice and Vision of the
Islamic Republic of Iran".






From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:39 1996
From: [e-mail] (Thomas Randall)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: CW Code Practice/Fremont, CA
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 96 00:28:41 GMT
Message-ID: <4him9b$[e-mail]>
References: <4gvps3$[e-mail]>

In article <4gvps3$[e-mail]>,
   T E I X E I R A <[e-mail]> wrote:
>I am holding a code practice/class.  Every night except Saturday at
>7:45PM on 146.50 simplex.  Tuesday may be a little later. It will
>start after the Net on 147.015 ends.  This will last for 15 minutes
>and will be at 5 words per minute. The first 10 minutes will be on 3
>letters & 3 numbers or punctuation.  The last 5 minutes will be text
>at 5 wpm.  All are welcome.  Lic. amateurs are welcome to check in
>but anyone with a radio or scanner can listen in.  This net is in
>Fremont, CA. near San Francisco.
>
>Don N6FNL
>
>

   Did you post this great info to the rec.radio.amateurs groups? Great
idea! Passed my 5 WPM Feb. 23rd!

Tom - KB2SMS





   Tom Randall            Amateur Radio - KB2SMS
   [e-mail]       Mt. Beacon Amateur Radio Club / ARRL
                          Member: AAVSO Solar Division

   Opinions herein are mine and they are not that of MHV.NET!


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:40 1996
From: [e-mail] (John)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Dayton Hamfest ????
Date: 5 Mar 1996 08:25 MST
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

---------------------------------------------------------------
Anybody know the date of this huge event?  Also if you need a partner to share
expenses...hotel and all... let me know!!



John Berenyi  ([e-mail])

2648 Deer Run Dr.
Ogden, Utah 84405





From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:40 1996
From: Kent Winrich <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Does the GE Superadio lll have SW capability?
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 07:34:22 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hgall$[e-mail]>

Just MW and FM.  But worth every dime!

Kent Winrich, NI9U

Milwaukee, WI Radio homepage  http://www.execpc.com/~kwin

Robert J. Shea wrote:
>
> I'm confused by the rave reviews and the set I saw today at Best Buy.
> Is it strictly an MW receiver, and if so, what makes it so special?
> Thanks.
> RJShea
> [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:41 1996
From: Bill Crocker <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Does the GE Superadio lll have SW capability?
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 12:03:43 -0300
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hgall$[e-mail]>

Robert J. Shea wrote:
>
> I'm confused by the rave reviews and the set I saw today at Best Buy.
> Is it strictly an MW receiver, and if so, what makes it so special?
> Thanks.
> RJShea
> [e-mail]


Robert:

You're not the only one confused!  Even as a MW receiver, it's weak and sad!
I have to admit, I've never been too impressed with anything General Electric
has
made in the last ten years.  Maybe thats because "they" don't make much anymor
e.
They just put their name on someone elses stuff.

Bill Crocker


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:42 1996
From: [e-mail] (Everyknee)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Does the GE Superadio lll have SW capability?
Date: 5 Mar 1996 13:58:13 -0500
Message-ID: <4hi2s5$[e-mail]>
References: <4hhm5a$[e-mail]>

In article <4hhm5a$[e-mail]>, AC6V <[e-mail]>
writes:

> It has provision for an
>external antenna and an outdoor antenna produced excellent results.

What kind of outdoor antenna did you use?  Doesn't it have to be VERY
long?



Craig in cool but wonderful Fresno
(KD6RWW)


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:43 1996
From: [e-mail] (Marie A. Lamb)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Does the GE Superadio lll have SW capability?
Date: 5 Mar 1996 23:37:51 GMT
Message-ID: <4hij8f$[e-mail]>
References: <4hgall$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Robert J. Shea ([e-mail]) wrote:
: I'm confused by the rave reviews and the set I saw today at Best Buy.
: Is it strictly an MW receiver, and if so, what makes it so special?
: Thanks.
: RJShea
: [e-mail]

The GE Superadio III is for MW and FM only, with no SW, LW, or VHF/UHF.
However, it is very popular because it gets very good long-distance MW
reception (I find mine good on FM, too) at a reasonable price.

73--
Marie Lamb
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:44 1996
From: Tom Morse <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Does the GE Superadio lll have SW capability?
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 00:04:29 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hgall$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Bill Crocker wrote:


[stuff deleted]

> Robert:
>
> You're not the only one confused!  Even as a MW receiver, it's weak and sad!
> I have to admit, I've never been too impressed with anything General Electri
c has
> made in the last ten years.  Maybe thats because "they" don't make much anym
ore.
> They just put their name on someone elses stuff.
>
> Bill Crocker
The only thing weak and sad here is your post. If you really have tried
an SRIII then it must have been a bad sample, because the radio is not
weak or sad. It is quite sensitive and probably the best inexpensive MW
receiver currently in production. Certainly there are better receivers
but not for $40.

Tom  KE6DIO


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:45 1996
From: [e-mail] (PETER Q. GEORGE, N1GGP)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: RE: Does the GE Superadio lll have SW capability?
Date: 6 MAR 96 00:48:20 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hgall$[e-mail]> <4hhm5a$[e-mail]>

The GE Superadio III is the best AM radio I have ever bought, bar none.
The selectivity and sensitivity cannot not be matched with radios three
times its' price.  I have bought many receivers in my time, but the III
is the BEST in IMHO.  The FM section truly leaves a lot to be desired, but
look at this way....you can buy a strong FM radio anywhere.  But quality
and good performing and most of all...a powerful and selective AM radio
at a bargain price is VERY (if not, impossible) hard to come by.  I ownn
two of the III's and one of the II's (long since discontinued).  If you
happen to own a II (BTW), if you go into the radio and replace the IF
filter to a 110 kHz filter, you will have an outstanding FM and very,
very selective DX machine on you hands.  Call Digi-Key for the filters.
I modified my II five years ago and man does it pull in the weak FM's.


73's !

Peter Q. George (N1GGP)
Randolph, Massachusetts USA


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:46 1996
From: [e-mail] (Marie A. Lamb)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: DXing with Cumbre Schedule Changes
Date: 5 Mar 1996 23:07:11 GMT
Message-ID: <4hihev$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]


Hello, everyone.  I have just been notified by World Harvest Radio of changes
in the schedule for "DXing with Cumbre."  While some transmissions on both
WHRI and KWHR will stay as they were in the winter, you will note some time
and frequency changes.  All changes are effective immediately unless marked
otherwise, and all times and dates are in UTC.  Thanks for listening!

73--
Marie Lamb
Host and Producer, DXing with Cumbre


VIA WHRI, INDIANA:

Fri     2330    5760
Sat     0600    5760
Sat     2330    9495
Sun     0430    5760
Sun     1930    13760   (Last airing of this transmission will be 31
                        March 1996)

VIA KWHR, HAWAII:

Sat     0500    9930
Sat     0700    9930
Sun     0200    17510
Sun     1830    13625
Mon     0330    17510 (The Saturday 1200 and Sunday 1300 airings are gone)


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:47 1996
From: [e-mail] (Resusa)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Email address for McFarland
Date: 2 Mar 1996 17:33:26 -0500
Message-ID: <4haibm$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Resusa)

Does anyone have an email address for Ian McFarland, formerly with RCI?
Thanks,
      Reiner
      [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:48 1996
From: [e-mail] (Radiomatt)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.digital,alt.radio.pirate,alt.radio.scanner,alt.radio.scanner.uk,rec.radio,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap
Subject: Re: Employment/Edu Enhancement Custom Documen
Date: 4 Mar 1996 22:52:05 -0500
Message-ID: <4hgdp5$[e-mail]>
References: <4hebqh$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Radiomatt)

is this legal? sounds borderline fraudulent at best. how about a public
posting about your policy on veracity?


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:49 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: alt.radio.digital,alt.radio.pirate,alt.radio.scanner,alt.radio.scanner.uk,rec.radio,rec.radio.cb,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap
Subject: Employment/Edu Enhancement Custom Documents
Date: 4 Mar 1996 09:06:25 GMT
Message-ID: <4hebqh$[e-mail]>

The Matrix Group offers the following services.

        Employment history enhancement

        Educational history enhancement

        Telephone voice verification of employment
        history or other information

        Document Restoration and Correction

        Certificates and Awards

        Laminated ID Cards

        Novelty Business Cards

        Other Custom Services

For further information call, fax, write or
e-mail for an information sheet.

MATRIX GROUP
PO Box 1225
Canton, TX 75103

[phone] (Voice)
[phone] (Fax)

[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:50 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FRG-100 for sale
Date: 5 Mar 1996 23:51:55 GMT
Message-ID: <4hik2r$[e-mail]>

FOR SALE
YAESU FRG-100 COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER
One year old  (Like New)
50 Memories
SSB-CW-AM-AM Narrow  Modes
10hz resolution in SSB and CW modes
100hz resolution in AM modes
Computer controllable
Includes Manual, power supply and original box
EMAIL: [e-mail]

Stephen Eastman




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:51 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gerald Gold)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS- Sony SW-55 $175
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 06:10:12
Message-ID: <4h9ad5$[e-mail]>




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:52 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gerald Gold)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS-SONY SW-55 $175
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 06:12:18
Message-ID: <4h9ah4$[e-mail]>

For sale Sony SW-55 in mint condition in original box. This radio
is priced for quick sale. Contact K2sci via E-mail.
                         73's Jerry



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:52 1996
From: [e-mail] (Chris Dorn)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS: MFJ 959B Antenna Tuner/Preamplifier
Date: 4 Mar 1996 18:33:08 GMT
Message-ID: <4hfd14$[e-mail]>

Hi,
  MFJ RX tuner/preamp, like new. Has antenna switch and attenuator. With
AC adaptor, manual, box. Costs $100US new, willing to listen to offers.
Thanks,
Chris



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:53 1996
From: Tony Bonanno <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS: Mint Sony 7600G
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 23:35:47 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

E-mail return address on first posting in error.  Sorry!

Sony ICF-SW7600G (with sync detection), box, all accessories, manual,
etc.  Mint condition.  Looks and performs flawlessly.  A terrific SW
portable.  $140 plus shipping from Santa Fe, New Mexico.  E-mail if
interested ([e-mail]).

Tony Bonanno



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:54 1996
From: [e-mail](Robert J. Shea )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: GE Superadio lll vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Date: 6 Mar 1996 03:15:45 GMT
Message-ID: <4hj011$[e-mail]>

Someone said their YB 400 had MW reception as good as the GE SR lll. Is
this accurate? What about the Sony models? If so, I'd rather buy one
radio that two. I appreciate any comments.
RJShea
St. Louis- Gretzky town
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:55 1996
From: [e-mail] (Pyewacket1)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Superadio lll vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Date: 6 Mar 1996 19:17:47 -0500
Message-ID: <4hl9vb$[e-mail]>
References: <4hj011$[e-mail]>

I have both radios, as well as a DX-440...and after lots of side by side
comparisons of all three, I  can tell you without a doubt he SRIII is BY
FAR the best on MW. Mind you, this is with the internal antennas of all
the receivers. The YB is good for locating a station exactly...like, let's
say I want to try for a DX test on 740 kHz. Now, the dial on the SRIII is
coupled to the batteries so that as their power changes the dial position
varies, but with some tape and a fine marker, I have a general idea of
where certain frequencies are on it. So what I do is tune to 740 kHz
digitally on the YB and then tune the SRIII to what I'm hearing. And I'd
much rather listen to the SRIII and its larger speaker! The only problem I
have with this is if two very close stations are playing the same
program;overall, with its larger ferrite bar and larger speaker, the SRIII
is much better for listening to MW stations, tho it's not so great when it
comes to figuring out just what frequency you're on!

Lynn.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:56 1996
From: [e-mail] (Richard Koser)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hallicrafters S-214
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 02:04:45 GMT
Message-ID: <4h8ac5$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Michael J. Wade) wrote:

>I recently obtained a Hallicrafters S-214 reciever however I need a manual if
 anyone can tell me
>where I can get one or get a copy of one.

>Thanks

>Mike kb9kdg

Check out the newsgroup 'rec.radio.swap' if you have'nt already
cross-posted.

-RK-


Richard Koser
Croton Falls, N.Y.
[e-mail]
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:57 1996
From: [e-mail] (Len Winkler)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Ham Radio & More Show Live on 5.065 on 3/3/96
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 96 17:13:29 GMT
Message-ID: <4h9vjr$[e-mail]>

Thanks to WWCR shortwave, the Ham Radio & More Show will be live on 5.065 this

Sunday at 2300UTC, 6:00pm ET. Be sure to tune it in and even give us a call
and give us a signal report. The United States toll free number is
1-800-293-5366, and worldwide at 1-602-230-2755.

73,
Len

Len Winkler, KB7LPW                           [e-mail]
P.O. Box 9219                                   [e-mail]
Phoenix, Az. 85068-9219
Ham Radio & More Show info at:
http://www.barc.org/barc/ham-more.html
RealAudio site: www.tapr.org/hrm/hrm.html

The show airs LIVE at 6:00pm ET on many stations throughout the country.

The show also airs on WWCR shortwave, tape delayed at 1000utc on 7.435, on Mon
days, and Saturdays at 1700utc on 12.160.
LIVE ON WWCR, 5.065 mhz.....also check 7.435mhz, 2300utc

Support "WOG". Written only General!!!






From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:58 1996
From: [e-mail] (Peter Georgeu)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: HF Active Antenna Recomendations
Date: 2 Mar 1996 09:06:21 -0800
Message-ID: <4h9v6d$[e-mail]>
References: <4h8il8$[e-mail]> <4h8qg3$[e-mail]> <4h9k93$[e-mail]>

In article <4h9k93$[e-mail]>,
Charles Andrade  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>[e-mail] (Peter Georgeu) wrote:
>>In article <4h8il8$[e-mail]>,
>>Charles Andrade  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>>Does anybody have any recomendation for any of the quality active HF antenn
as
>>>available in the consumer market? Be they models manufactured by either Dat
on,
>>>Dressler, Stoner Dymek,  MFJ, RF Systems, or MFJ.
>>>
>
>I'm still kind of leaning towards the Dressler, but I'm just not sure that
>it is that much better than the model by Dymek. The RF Systems antenna cost
>upwards of US$500 in the states, which I think is rather excessive. But I
>welcome contrasting opinions.
>
>Charlie..........


Charlie, I had a look at the Gilfer page (I corrected the URL in a previous
post) and see what you mean by the RF systems price. High.

I know it is dangerous to buy on specs but the Dressler ara 60 looks like
the ticket. Assuming the specs are accurate, the 3rd order intercept point
is in the vicinity of +50dbm which is quite a fair bit higher than the
Dymek. I also don't believe that the Dressler at $269 (plus $20 for the
transformer) is that much higher than the Dymek which I guess is probably
selling now for about $180.

Anyhow, perhaps someone else here can throw in their view on the Dressler.

Peter



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:33:59 1996
From: Charles Andrade <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: HF Active Antenna Recomendations
Date: 2 Mar 1996 04:26:16 GMT
Message-ID: <4h8il8$[e-mail]>

Does anybody have any recomendation for any of the quality active HF antennas
available in the consumer market? Be they models manufactured by either Daton,

Dressler, Stoner Dymek,  MFJ, RF Systems, or MFJ.


Charlie.......



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:00 1996
From: [e-mail] (Peter Georgeu)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: HF Active Antenna Recomendations
Date: 2 Mar 1996 08:54:57 -0800
Message-ID: <4h9uh1$[e-mail]>
References: <4h8il8$[e-mail]> <4h8qg3$[e-mail]>

In article <4h8qg3$[e-mail]>,
Peter Georgeu <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>Have a look also at http://www.gilfer.com (going from memory) which, as you
>guessed, should be the Gilfer Shortwave home page. They carry both Dressler
>and RF systems (at least when I last looked).
>
>Peter

Just a follow-up to correct an error. The URL is actually
http://www.pics.com/gilfer/

Peter


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:01 1996
From: [e-mail] (Stefan Kukula)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Home Made Aerial?
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 10:11:47 +0900
Message-ID: <aa0b921-0603961011480001@133.109.74.51>

Dear all,

My apologies for posting what's almost certainly a FAQ...

I've been using a long wire stretched outside as an aerial extender,
clipped to the normal aerial,
with some success. I've now bought a new set, which came with an
aerial in socket, and a plug. The manual shows how to connect a
shielded core wire to connect a commercial SW aerial, but gives
dire warnings about connecting anything else.

The question is...what's the best way of using the 'aerial in'
socket and plug other than buying a commercial aerial, or am I
better off sticking to my long wire and crocodile clip?

Also, as a newbie to this newsgroup, can anyone point me towards
the FAQ?

Stef

--
Dr. Stefan Kukula        [These opinions are MINE, NOT Kobe Steel's.]
Kobe Steel Ltd., MERL, Kobe JAPAN   Tel:[phone]/Fax:[phone]
[e-mail]  Kobe Steel URL: http://www.kobelco.co.jp
****   Please mark all HUMAN rather than ROBOT (server) mail     ****


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:02 1996
From: "Eric E. Palmer" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: How does a Hammarlund HQ - 180 work?
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 14:48:16 -0600
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4gt29s$[e-mail]> <4h5n3l$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

I am just getting into HAM and a friend just loaned me a
Hammarlund HQ - 180.  It's old, but it seems to work.  I don't know
how to use much of it.  I did find an AM station, but there are
sure a lot of dails and stuff.

Is there anyone out there who has one that could
let me know a little about using it.

Thanks
Eric
http://www.eastnc2.coastalnet.com/~n2b8c6fv/
mailto:[e-mail]"


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:03 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dave Krieps)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: I guess nobody knows!!!
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 13:42:11 GMT
Message-ID: <4h9j6a$[e-mail]>
References: <4h8pdr$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] wrote:

>I guess nobody knows what PLL stands for. It is a term like
>DX...everybody knows about it, but not found in any dictionary.

Phase Locked Loop.





Dave Krieps

"Those who avoid decapitation leave more offspring." -Carl Sagan



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:04 1996
From: Orrin Edwards <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: I guess nobody knows!!!
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 17:34:49 -0500
Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/[e-mail]>
References: <4h8pdr$[e-mail]>

On 2 Mar 1996 [e-mail] wrote:

> I guess nobody knows what PLL stands for. It is a term like
> DX...everybody knows about it, but not found in any dictionary.

PLL stands for Phase Locked Loop.  It's the tuning method used in
all synthesized tuners, including the latest TV sets.

----
Orrin - Long Island, New York
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:06 1996
From: AC6V <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: I guess nobody knows!!!
Date: 2 Mar 1996 14:25:42 GMT
Message-ID: <4h9lp6$[e-mail]>
References: <4h8pdr$[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

From the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
ISBN 0-07-045413-2.

PLL---- PHASE-LOCKED-LOOP -- "A CIRCUIT THAT CONSISTS ESSENTIALLY OF OF A
PHASE DETECTOR WHICH COMPARES THE FREQUENCY OF A VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED
OSCILLATOR WITH THAT OF AN INCOMING CARRIER SIGNAL OR REFERENCE-FREQUENCY
GENERATOR; THE OUTPUT OF THE PHASE DETECTOR, AFTER PASSING THRU A LOOP
FILTER, IS FED BACK TO THE VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR TO KEEP IT
EXACTLY IN PHASE WITH THE INCOMING OR REFERENCE FREQUENCY".

THE BOTTOM LINE TO ALL OF THIS IS PLL RADIOS (TV'S) ARE VERY FREQUENCY
STABLE AS OPPOSED TO OLDER RADIOS THAT WOULD DRIFT AND REQUIRE RE-TUNING.
WHEN THE REFERENCE IS A CRYSTAL, IT ESSENTIALLY GIVES VARIABLE FREQUENCY
TUNING WITH CRYSTAL CONTROLLED ACCURACY. MANY OTHER APPLICATIONS AS WELL.

73 (HAM SPEAK FOR BEST REGARDS)
Rod

--
*****************************************************************
Hark! I Have Hurled My Words To The Far Reaches Of The Earth!
What King Of Old Could Do Thus ?  --- AC6V
*****************************************************************
A Man May Know Of The World Without Leaving The Shelter Of His
Own Home!
Loa-Tsze
*****************************************************************




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:06 1996
From: [e-mail] (Pyewacket1)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: I guess nobody knows!!!
Date: 2 Mar 1996 08:29:43 -0500
Message-ID: <4h9ig7$[e-mail]>
References: <4h8pdr$[e-mail]>

In article <4h8pdr$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
writes:

>I guess nobody knows what PLL stands for. It is a term like
>DX...everybody knows about it, but not found in any dictionary.

Sorry, look in a book on electronics. I learned it to mean
"Phase-locked-loop", a type of circuit/construct...

Lynn.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:08 1996
From: AC6V <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: I guess nobody knows!!!
Date: 2 Mar 1996 16:55:09 GMT
Message-ID: <4h9uhd$[e-mail]>
References: <4h8pdr$[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

RE: DX -- Just found Funk and Wagnalls definition in their Standard Desk
Dictionary - 1984 Edition. It defines as follows:

DX -- distance  On page 835.

Rod

73
Hope this helps as I had never seen a definition either. Thanks for asking
as I now have a quotable source.

DX IS!

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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:09 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: I guess nobody knows!!!
Date: 2 Mar 1996 06:21:46 GMT
Message-ID: <4h8pdr$[e-mail]>

I guess nobody knows what PLL stands for. It is a term like
DX...everybody knows about it, but not found in any dictionary.



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:10 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Julian Macassey)
Subject: Re: I guess nobody knows!!!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4h8pdr$[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 14:48:03 GMT

In article <4h8pdr$[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>I guess nobody knows what PLL stands for. It is a term like
>DX...everybody knows about it, but not found in any dictionary.
>

        PLL (Phase Lock Loop) is a term that has been around since the
1930s.

        It is found in the Radio Shack Dictionary of Electronics.

        I am sure it is also in the latest Oxford English Dictionary.


--
Julian Macassey, N6ARE  [e-mail] Voice: [phone]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:10 1996
From: Kent Winrich <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: I guess nobody knows!!!
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 09:40:38 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4h8pdr$[e-mail]>

PLL = Phased Locked Loop

I believe it is a method of locking an osillating system on a certain
frequency.

Kent Winrich, NI9U
Waukesha, WI


[e-mail] wrote:
>
> I guess nobody knows what PLL stands for. It is a term like
> DX...everybody knows about it, but not found in any dictionary.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:11 1996
From: Charles Bolland <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: I guess nobody knows!!!
Date: 6 Mar 1996 21:23:51 GMT
Message-ID: <4hkvp7$[e-mail]>
References: <4h8pdr$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Wes,

That sounds perfect to me....

Chuck




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:12 1996
From: [e-mail] (Ed Ganger)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: I'm sure a lot of postings are like this...
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 07:12:07 -0400
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4gbo6n$[e-mail]> <4gh982$[e-mail]>

In article <4gh982$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Denni
s Nuetzel) writes:
>  But Radio Shack does have a small SW radio that is selling
>for about $39.00 that doesn't look bad.  I haven't tried it out or tested it,

>but that sounds like the price and size range you are looking for.

>   Hope that helps,
>   Dennis

I kind of collect small radios...
   I have the small $39 ( soon to be off sale at aprox $50) radio &
I like it a lot.

For me the important parts are:
   Pretty good tuning due to small bands.
   Good selection of SWBC bands.
   IT ONLY NEEDS 2 (not 4) BATTERIES!
Plus-
  As it is Analog (and NOT digital) the 9Khz/10KHz AM problem is moot.
( In Europe, AM Stations are spaced 9Khz apart; in US they are spaced
  10 KHz apart. This gives Digital Tuners fits!)

It takes a "stereo" headphone that can be had for $2 many places.

Not the best radio around, by any means, but a good solid little
shirt pocket radio.
PS. The one I have the dial is pretty close!


Regards,
Ed


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:13 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Schaeffer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: I'm sure a lot of postings are like this...
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 21:04:29 GMT
Message-ID: <4hkk8l$[e-mail]>
References: <4gbo6n$[e-mail]> <4gh982$[e-mail]> <4hii93$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Marie A. Lamb) wrote:

>Dennis Nuetzel ([e-mail]) wrote:

>: > I will be working overseas in the coming years and am hoping to be able t
o
>: >pick up english or french language broadcasting from some of the more remo
te
>: >areas in South East and Central Asia.  Will this be possible and if so wha
t
>: >should I be looking for in a receiver?  I went into a Radio Shack today an
d
>: >they basically told me squat.

<snip>


>hear.  Also, certain countries (Saudi Arabia comes to my mind) tend to frown


<snip>

>73--
>Marie Lamb
>[e-mail]


I was in Saudi during the gulf war. Saudi vehicles we leased
(Mitsubisi p/u and Toyota jeeps) had sw radios (Philips) installed. I
purchased a Philips AE3805 while there. Upon traveling to Jedda, I saw
numerous portable and table top units for sale. Mostly Sangean. I
don't think Saudi will be a problem. I have been stationed all around
Asia so if you would like to e-mail me I could give you some info.


Jim



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:15 1996
From: [e-mail] (Marie A. Lamb)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: I'm sure a lot of postings are like this...
Date: 5 Mar 1996 23:21:07 GMT
Message-ID: <4hii93$[e-mail]>
References: <4gbo6n$[e-mail]> <4gh982$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Dennis Nuetzel ([e-mail]) wrote:

: > I will be working overseas in the coming years and am hoping to be able to

: >pick up english or french language broadcasting from some of the more remot
e
: >areas in South East and Central Asia.  Will this be possible and if so what

: >should I be looking for in a receiver?  I went into a Radio Shack today and

: >they basically told me squat.

:    I am sure that depends on whether there are french or english broadcasts
in
: that area.  My guess is that there are.  If Marie A. Lamb is on this
: newsgroup, she is probably the best person to answer that question.

Yes, Marie is here today! :-)

What you will need in a receiver depends upon where you will be.  I say this
for several reasons.  One is that broadcasts that may be hard to get in North
America may be much easier if you are closer to the countries you want to
hear.  Also, certain countries (Saudi Arabia comes to my mind) tend to frown
upon visitors taking communications receivers into the country, although you
might be able to get away with a good portable.  If you e-mail me with
the particulars of your situation, maybe I can suggest something, but I
don't want to answer you here because no solution works for everyone.

As for the availability of broadcasts, that depends upon the country you wish
to hear, although many countries certainly offer English, and many offer
French broadcasts as well.  I would certainly travel with both the WRTH and
Passport to World Band Radio, if your luggage permits; if you have to watch
how much you carry, decide which one you prefer before you depart.  Also,
keep an eye on this newsgroup, since it will soon be time for the spring
schedule changes; I just had to post some myself for "DXing with Cumbre."
Changes for many broadcasters should also be showing up in the club
bulletins, magazines like Monitoring Times and PopComm, and on the World
Wide Web at stations' own sites and at various radio-related sites.

73--
Marie Lamb
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:16 1996
From: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Irish Overseas Broadcasting
Date: 4 Mar 1996 10:36:15 GMT
Message-ID: <4heh2v$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)


Acording to DX Report #153 aired on Radio Koreas Shortwave Feedback
03/03/96, 11:45 UTC, 9650 kHz keep your ears open for the following
broadcasts from Irish Overseas Broadcasting:

Europe: March 17, 12:00 - 16:00 UTC on 11715 kHz

NA: March 18, 00:00 - 02:00 UTC on 7325 Khz

Address: Irish Overseas Broadcasting
         4950 Dublin 1, Ireland

--
 <<< [e-mail] >>>

 "Politicians are like diapers.  They need to be changed often...
 and for the same reason."  --- Paul Harvey


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:17 1996
From: Bill Crocker <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Kenwood TS-870, Control Program ?
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1996 14:27:23 -0300
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Alan Doherty wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>           Thanks for reading this. I have a TS-870 and I see there is a
> new computer control program available for it in the USA. Anyone know
> where I can download/obtain a copy ?
> --
> Alan Doherty, GI0OTC


Alan:

I just purchased a new Kenwood TS-870S and it came with RCP (Radio Control Pro
gram) software
for Windows.  Did you not receive this with yours, or are you looking for some
thing else?

Bill Crocker


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:18 1996
From: Alan Doherty <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Kenwood TS-870, Control Program ?
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 11:55:59 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, Bill Crocker
<[e-mail]> writes
>Alan Doherty wrote:
>>
>> Hello All,
>>           Thanks for reading this. I have a TS-870 and I see there is a
>> new computer control program available for it in the USA. Anyone know
>> where I can download/obtain a copy ?
>> --
>> Alan Doherty, GI0OTC
>
>
>Alan:
>
>I just purchased a new Kenwood TS-870S and it came with RCP (Radio Control
>Program) software
>for Windows.  Did you not receive this with yours, or are you looking for
>something else?
>
>Bill Crocker
Hi All, thanks for the replys, but I'am still no further forward. Had it
come in the box then I wouldn't be looking for a copy now !! The RCP as
far as I know has not made it to the UK as yet. Still need a copy.


73's de Alan Doherty, GI0OTC


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:19 1996
From: [e-mail](Greg Gilbert)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Lat/Long
Date: 2 Mar 1996 23:50:51 GMT
Message-ID: <4hamsr$[e-mail]>

Hi All: I am looking for a program that; on a world map allows one to
type in the Lat / Long of a station / ship and see the the correct
position (Lat/Long) on a Grid / Geo / area of the world. Thanks for
your interest.. :-) Greg


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:19 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Scott D Fybush)
Subject: Looking for tape of ARMY-1670, 6 Feb. 96
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 01:43:30 GMT

Like many of us here, I listened to most of the 1670 broadcasts
a month ago, and taped quite a bit of them, as well.  But, I
accidentally erased one of those tapes...and I'm hoping someone
else out there might have been rolling tape as well.

The tape in question was Wednesday, 6 Feb. 96, starting around
7:35pm, Eastern Time.

If you have it (or any other 1670 from the first two days, when
they were KTRK and ARMY), I'd be happy to reimburse you with
blank tape and postage, or trade you for any of the 9 or
so other hours of 1670 I taped, including the final sign-off.

Thanks!

-Scott Fybush
 [e-mail]
 Waltham MA USA



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:21 1996
From: [e-mail] (Hugh Stegman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Los Angeles 1610 kHz
Date: 5 Mar 1996 11:52:01 -0700
Message-ID: <4hi2gh$[e-mail]>
References: <4h8rjq$[e-mail]> <4hfbba$[e-mail]>
Summary: It's a TIS, but whose?
Keywords: 1610

In article <4hfbba$[e-mail]>,
   [e-mail] (Donald R. Putnick) wrote:
>In article <4h8rjq$[e-mail]>,
>AIMRUGER <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>In the San Fernando Valley I can hear on 1610 kHz a loop of four tones
>>that sound like a phone dialing, with about a two second silence before
>
>Caltrans is running an experimental low-power station for the Santa Monica
>Freeway.  You probably heard that.  Also on 1610 is the City of Lakewood's
>low-power info station.

The S.M. Freeway "smart corridor" TIS is on 1620 kHz.  1610 is the Santa
Monica Mountains Recreation Area with 1-2 transmitters, and I think it's
also Caltrans.  They used to have a loop concerning construction on the
Harbor Freeway near USC.  There's also been some testing and occasional use
of 1610 for the 405 freeway.

I'm hearing the tones here too, in west L.A..  I suspect Caltrans.

-hugh



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:21 1996
From: [e-mail] (Donald R. Putnick)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Los Angeles 1610 kHz
Date: 4 Mar 1996 18:04:26 GMT
Message-ID: <4hfbba$[e-mail]>
References: <4h8rjq$[e-mail]>

In article <4h8rjq$[e-mail]>,
AIMRUGER <[e-mail]> wrote:
>In the San Fernando Valley I can hear on 1610 kHz a loop of four tones
>that sound like a phone dialing, with about a two second silence before it
>repeats. Very crude directional-finding techniques makes me think that it
>originates from somewhere between Hollywood and Long Beach, west of
>Interstate 110. Anybody hear this or know its source?

Caltrans is running an experimental low-power station for the Santa Monica
Freeway.  You probably heard that.  Also on 1610 is the City of Lakewood's
low-power info station.

--
Don Putnick
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:22 1996
From: Allen Hunt <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: military communications monitors
Date: 5 Mar 1996 18:01:37 GMT
Message-ID: <4hhvi1$[e-mail]>
To: rec.radio.shortwave

This is for the military communication monitors out there.
Make yourself known, by posting frequency and the content of the message
received.  I have seen a decline in military communication postings of
frequencies for High Frequency (HF) range.


                Allen



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:23 1996
From: [e-mail] (Tim Tyler)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: military communications monitors
Date: 5 Mar 1996 15:59:01 -0500
Message-ID: <4hi9ul$[e-mail]>
References: <4hhvi1$[e-mail]>

In article <4hhvi1$[e-mail]>,
Allen Hunt  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>This is for the military communication monitors out there.
>Make yourself known, by posting frequency and the content of the message
>received.  I have seen a decline in military communication postings of
>frequencies for High Frequency (HF) range.

  Is that an order, Al?


 Code group for Allen:  QUID PRO QUO


 Action word:  WUN




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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:24 1996
From: [e-mail] (Radiomatt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: military communications monitors
Date: 6 Mar 1996 21:12:02 -0500
Message-ID: <4hlgli$[e-mail]>
References: <4hi9ul$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Radiomatt)

Military HF loggings can go to [e-mail] for redistribution to
monitors around the world. A great service.
To get E-Mails of such loggings, send to [e-mail]
and put in body of message:  subscribe WUN


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:25 1996
From: David Atkins <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: MW loops
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 19:53:11 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hd3oq$[e-mail]>

In article <4hd3oq$[e-mail]>, Maarten van Damme
<[e-mail]> writes
>Hi,
>
>This probably is a question that will pop up from time to time. After
>following this newsgroup for some time (and after having read the
>FAQ!) I think I can ask the question again.
>
>Everytime you read about AM or MW DX-ing you will read that loop
>antenna's are the best antennas for this purpose. Most people will say
>it is easy to make yourself and cheap. Despite the ease I still am not
>sure how I can build one. You come across many designs, shielded,
>unshielded, copper wire, one metal strip in a hoop, many designs to
>tune, amplify etc.
>
>There probably is no perfect loop, but is there a well described, easy
>to build design that even a soldering dummy like me without dipmeters
>and the lot can build?  I have limited space so a design with a 2
>meter diameter may work better, but then I have to redesign my 'shack'
>every time I want to turn the bloody thing. I am not too poor to buy
>one as well (easy way out) but find the Kiwa, despite the good
>reviews, too expensive. I heard about a British made MW loop though
>that seems to perform well for less money. Where can I get information
>about this antenna. Pointers to FTP sites or WWW sites with
>information on this subject are also very welcome.
>
>Maarten van Damme
>
>[e-mail]
>Maarten van Damme
>
>e-mail: [e-mail]
>
Try contacting the Medium Wave Circle. Their web-site is

http://www.cs.vu.nl/~gerben/mwc/

or you can e-mail me for a list of the Antenna reprints the MWC
produces. There are several loop antennas, all _VERY_ simple to build,
and also some designs for small-footprint outdoor antennas.

Best Wishes

--

David Atkins
Reprinter
Medium Wave News


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:26 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.info
Message-ID: <4h7d31$[e-mail]>
From: [e-mail] (Ralph Brandi)
Subject: NASWeb for March
Date: 1 Mar 1996 11:45:05 -0600

From: [e-mail] (Ralph Brandi)
Subject: NASWeb for March
Date: 1 Mar 1996 11:45:05 -0600
Organization: MCSNet Services
Message-ID: <4h7d31$[e-mail]>

The North American Shortwave Association has posted excerpts from
the March issue of The Journal on NASWeb.  This month's columns
are "Listener's Notebook", a compendium of the best DX tips from
around the world, and "Equipment Reviews", which this month provides
a subjective look at items you're likely to find at hamfests and
swapmeets.  NASWA posts selected columns from their monthly publication,
The Journal, each month to their site on the World Wide Web slightly
ahead of the arrival of the publication in club members' mailboxes.

NASWeb is available at <URL:http://www.mcs.com/~ralph/html/naswa/>.
--
Ralph Brandi  [e-mail]  [e-mail]  http://www.mcs.com/~ralph/

NASWA home page: http://www.mcs.com/~ralph/html/naswa/


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:27 1996
From: Christopher Golash <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: NEEDING TO FIND LYNN STOLZ
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 09:29:38 -0600
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:28 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: Curt <[e-mail]>
Subject: Porcelain Insulators
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 03:46:28 GMT

If you have an antenna project in mind for spring, i have some hard to
find Birnbach Porcelain insulators for sale. They are about 8" long &
about 1 1/2" around. These are great for SWL, Ham Hi-Power or any wire
antenna. The price is $4.00ea plus shipping. To reach me:
[e-mail] or phone [phone] before 10pm EST
or you can mail a check with approx $5.00 for shipping to
Curt Haroutunian N9INK
7835 E Southport Rd.
Indianapolis, IN. 46259
An E-Mail message to let me know your check is on the way will hold them
for you as quantity is limited to 80 at the time of this post.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:29 1996
From: [e-mail] (Everyknee)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Pretty cool analog portable SW/AM/FM tape player, FOUND! (review)
Date: 4 Mar 1996 12:36:03 -0500
Message-ID: <4hf9m3$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
writes:

>I noticed a new portable that Aiwa just released (HS-TS500).

Does it have a timer?  I've it's an analog, I would guess not but I
thought I'd ask.



Craig in cool but wonderful Fresno
(KD6RWW)


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:30 1996
From: [e-mail] (John Hadley)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: prn-1000 or dx394 how do they compare?
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 03:40:10 GMT
Message-ID: <4hj1f7$[e-mail]>

I'am in the market for a new, not super expensive radio
The prn-1000 and the dx394 are what Iam thinking about
I have seen some talk about these two and would like to
know is one better than the other?

John H.



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:31 1996
From: [e-mail] (Portland, Oregon)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: prn-1000 or dx394 how do they compare?
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 96 05:06:46 GMT
Message-ID: <4hj6h6$[e-mail]>
References: <4hj1f7$[e-mail]>

In article <4hj1f7$[e-mail]>,
   [e-mail] (John Hadley) wrote:
>I'am in the market for a new, not super expensive radio
>The prn-1000 and the dx394 are what Iam thinking about
>I have seen some talk about these two and would like to
>know is one better than the other?
>
>John H.
>
well, i think the 394 has a couple things the 1000 doesn't have. like the tape

output and 2 antena inputs. but the prn is made by drake and is very limited
stock (colectors item, shur )don't know much about the 394, but the prn has
complete shortwave coverage. i would buy the prn....oh, i did :)
still waiting too! they just said 2 more weeks :(


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:32 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.info
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
From: [e-mail] (Erik Koie)
Subject: R Denmark in English
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 96 10:47:39 MET

From: [e-mail] (Erik Koie)
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
Subject: R Denmark in English
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 96 10:47:39 MET

Copenhagen, March 1, 1996

Hello Radio Friends,

The English programme of Radio Denmark is again aired on
Sunday, March 3, in all 24 broadcasts starting at 09.30 UTC,
the last repeat beeing on Monday, Febr. 5 at 08.30 UTC.

It lasts for 15 minutes and begins approx. 8 minutes into our
broadcast. That is, for instance at 09.38 UT.

You can ALSO hear it on Sunday, March 3, repeated on Sunday
March 17, in high-quality via WORLD RADIO NETWORK, in Europe at
17.15 UT, and in North America at 15.15 EST (= 20.15 UT).

World Radio Network is transmitted to Europe via the Astra
satellite on 11.538 GHz, Vertically polarized, 7.38 MHz sound
carrier. It is also relayed in several cablenets throughout
Europe.

World Radio Network is transmitted to North America via the
Galaxy-5 satellite on 3.820 GHz, Vertically polarized, 6.80 MHz
sound carrier. It is also relayed in several cablenets
throughout North America.

For more details, please see their Web site at:
http://www.wrn.org/

The producer of 'Radio Denmark International', Julian
Isherwood, is anxious to hear from you. He can be reached at
P.O. Box 666, DK-1506 Copenhagen, Denmark, or via email:
[e-mail]

Our current schedule is posted separately on the RRS.


Good listening,

Erik Koie / Radio Denmark /
 [e-mail]  or  [e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:33 1996
From: [e-mail] (stephan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio Australia International
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 15:28:52 +0100
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In March many times and frequencies change. I have heard that Radio
Australia will change some of its frequencies especially those from West
Australia.
Can anyone inform me of the frequencies and times that i can receive in
Holland Europe.
Thanx


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:34 1996
From: [e-mail] (Andy Sennitt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio Mexico International
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 09:04:41 GMT
Message-ID: <4hjkef$[e-mail]>

This morning in the mail we received the printed schedule of Radio
Mexico International for the period March-June. The frequency schedule
is indicated as follows:

1200-1600 9705kHz
1800-2300 9705 and 5985kHz
2300-0500 5985kHz

English programming is listed at 1400-1430, 1500-1530, 1900-1930,
2000-2030, 0300-0330 (except Sundays) and 0400-0430.

NB: The schedule notes "before April 1996 UTC plus one hour".





From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:35 1996
From: Gerhard Hoehne <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio Moscow World Service
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 18:20:49 +0100
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello, Radio Moscow World Service is on the air in the Berlin area
in Germany now on AM 693 Khz with a 5 Kw transmitter situated in Berlin.
There is also the German Service on the same frequency, other times in
English.Greetings from Berlin GH...



--
DR.GERHARD HOEHNE
Dept.Masspectrometry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, TU-BERLIN,Germany
*****Phone [phone]***E-Mail [e-mail]****


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:36 1996
From: [e-mail] (Ed Ganger)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack Active Ant.
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 07:29:05 -0400
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4gnctf$[e-mail]>

In article <4gnctf$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Mark L9) writes:

>My experience (using a Sony Active Antenna, can't remember model #) is
>that not only do they increase the signal strength but also the level of
>NOISE that there is along with the signal. I sold mine to someone else.
>NOTHING beats a good longwire!

If you have room for a longwire (I do ...) consider something like a Low-Power
Transmitter-Match box ( I use an MFJ) between the longwire and your receiver.
I am using one with my FRG7 (an excellent SWBC receiver!) and it improves
reception tremendously.

There are no active components to give distortion, but it allows the receiver
to suck the signal out of the wire better.

All things considered, a larger antenna intercepts more signal and works
better tthan a smaller antenna. The problem is that at certain frequencies,
the long wire has trouble coupling into the antenna circuit. The matching unit

will solve this. The one I use, the MFJ941, is about $90 new, but can be had
used for a lot less. ( I saw one for $30 at a recent Hamfest)  It is a bit of
overkill, though. I do like the fact that it has inputs for long-wire, and for

COAX. There is a "transmit power" meter on it that is completely useless for
SWL. Consider a matching unit and even 20 or so feet of wire strung along the
corner in a hallway, and you won't even consider an active antenna again.

Just my 2cents worth, FWIW.

Regards,
Ed


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:37 1996
From: [e-mail] (Arindam Basu)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio Shack dx 392
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 00:56:30 GMT
Message-ID: <4hlcd5$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Recently I have purchased a Radio Shack DX392
short wave radio.  I usually try to tune in between
7pm and 12am est.

My problem is that I don't seem to receive the
frequencies in the 22m  and 19m bands.  That
is, I don't seem to get the higher frequencies.

Any suggestions?

Sincerely,
Arindam Basu.



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:38 1996
From: [e-mail] (Tim Jinkerson - Sun UK - Applications Engineer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack dx 392
Date: 7 Mar 1996 12:47:14 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4hmlsi$[e-mail]>
References: <4hlcd5$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Arind
am Basu) writes:
> Recently I have purchased a Radio Shack DX392
> short wave radio.  I usually try to tune in between
> 7pm and 12am est.
>
> My problem is that I don't seem to receive the
> frequencies in the 22m  and 19m bands.  That
> is, I don't seem to get the higher frequencies.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Sincerely,
> Arindam Basu.
>

The high bands deteriorate after dark, some-one else can explain the technical
details, I believe its all to do with skip.  I think, and I am no-ones expert,
not even my gran's, that high frequency transmissions are line-of-site only,
and after dark, the definition of what is high frequency drops dramatically.
If I mentioned ionzation at this point, I'd be taking out of my hat.

Try at lunch time.  Things should be better then.

regards and appologies for technical in-accuracies (and spellings)

Tim






From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:39 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: Tom Morse <[e-mail]>
Subject: Radio Shack DX302 receiver
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 02:43:48 GMT

I am looking for any information about the Radio Shack DX302 receiver
from the mid '70s, especially alignment instructions and scematic
diagram.

Thanks,

Tom  KE6DIO
[e-mail]
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:40 1996
From: Bob Tarte <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: REE on 3225 kHz?
Date: 6 Mar 1996 00:42:48 GMT
Message-ID: <4hin28$[e-mail]>

Last night around 0240 UTC I was tuning the
120m band and came across a strong station
on 3225 kHz that IDed as Radio Exterior de
Espana.

How long has thing been going on? I've never
noticed them on that frequency before.

Bob Tarte
BEAT Magazine
African + Reggae + Caribbean + World Music
(via Lowell, MI)




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:41 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bernie Rataj)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: REE on 3225 kHz?
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 96 16:35:51 GMT
Message-ID: <4hkf4b$[e-mail]>
References: <4hin28$[e-mail]>

In article <4hin28$[e-mail]>, Bob Tarte <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Last night around 0240 UTC I was tuning the
>120m band and came across a strong station
>on 3225 kHz that IDed as Radio Exterior de
>Espana.

I noticed it on March 1 0112z, with parallel 6125kHz. Anyone know where
3225kHz is relayed from?

Bernie


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Member: Ontario DX Association
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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:42 1996
From: [e-mail] (Marie A. Lamb)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: REE on 3225 kHz?
Date: 6 Mar 1996 19:25:31 GMT
Message-ID: <4hkorb$[e-mail]>
References: <4hin28$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Bob Tarte ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Last night around 0240 UTC I was tuning the
: 120m band and came across a strong station
: on 3225 kHz that IDed as Radio Exterior de
: Espana.

: How long has thing been going on? I've never
: noticed them on that frequency before.

A number of people have heard this recently.  Although I have not heard
anything official about this yet, it may be from REE's relay in Costa Rica.
This is not yet confirmed, though, to my knowledge.

73--
Marie Lamb
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:43 1996
From: [e-mail] (Arkadiusz Wdowiak)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Request: WWVH's mailing address
Date: 7 Mar 1996 05:14:50 GMT
Message-ID: <4hlrca$[e-mail]>

   I was recently able to experience a unique listening eperience: I was
able to pick up simultaneous, overlapping transmissions of WWV and WWVH
on 15 MHz. As such, I would like to send a verification report to WWHV
but so far I have been unable to find their mailing address and would
rather not have to dig through reference books. Does anyone out there
have it handy?

                        thanx and 73,

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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:44 1996
From: "Randall S. Benn" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: satellit 700
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 22:47:18 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4he7a7$[e-mail]>
To: Latha Ravisankar <[e-mail]>

Latha Ravisankar wrote:
>
>  What is a good price for a Grundig satellit 700 new? used? Also is
> this radio sensitive enough for western US (California). Thanks.

Best deal on a new one is from Gilfer Shortwave in NJ.  They are even on
the net and the proprieter hangs out here on RRS.  If I remember
correctly, it'll cost you about $450 with tax and all.  BTW, they will
put in all the memory chips for you and even load em up.  It's worth the
extra $20 they charge.  They throw one extra in for free.

I'm a satisfied customer, so I'd recommend them to anyone.  I did a lot
of comparison and they were the best deal and they seemed like they
actually appreciated my business, unlike other mail order joints I've
dealt with.

Randy Benn
Alexandria, VA  USA


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:45 1996
From: Bill Crocker <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: satellit 700
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 18:19:56 -0300
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4he7a7$[e-mail]>

Latha Ravisankar wrote:
>
>  What is a good price for a Grundig satellit 700 new? used? Also is
> this radio sensitive enough for western US (California). Thanks.


Latha:

I just read an article that reviewed the 700, then went on to announce a new "
900"
comming soon!  The 900 sounded like a really nice radio.  You might want to ch
eck
into it.

Bill Crocker


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:46 1996
From: [e-mail] (Everyknee)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: satellit 700
Date: 5 Mar 1996 13:58:28 -0500
Message-ID: <4hi2sk$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, Bill Crocker
<[e-mail]> writes:

>I just read an article that reviewed the 700, then went on to announce a
new
>"900"
>comming soon!  The 900 sounded like a really nice radio.  You might want
to
>check
>into it.

Any idea on the price of the 900?  Do you think they'll have a sale on the
700 then?



Craig in cool but wonderful Fresno
(KD6RWW)


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:47 1996
From: Ray Woodward <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Save the BBCWS
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 08:16:10 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hh5rr$[e-mail]>

In article <4hh5rr$[e-mail]>, Joel Rubin
<[e-mail]> commented :

>As if the regional streams aren't bad enough, Tuesday's web London
>Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk, News link) reports that BBC is
>planning to split the World Service into two programs. One would
>specialize in news and current affairs for an "elite" audience. The
>other will specialize in educational and cultural programs, primarily
>for those wishing to improve their English. It is unclear just where
>programs not clearly in either class, such as entertainment programs,
>would go.

This is rather old news. The BBC have talked about splitting the WS into
two seperate services for some time now, along similar lines to the tv
services. IE one news, current affairs/information and the other
entertainment/relaxation.

Far from being a cutback this split would *increase* the amount of BBC
English language output on-air ...

>Since the BBCWS is funded by tax payers rather than by license fees, any
>changes have to go through the politicians.

Given the Beeb are currently tied up with trying to live within the 10
percent reduction on funding just introduced by the government I think I
can safely say that "World Service 2" is a *very* long term plan ...

--

Ray


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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:48 1996
From: [e-mail] (Paul Mendes)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sherwood SE-3
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 04:41:03 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4gqfh4$[e-mail]>

On Sun, 25 Feb 1996 20:07:00 GMT, [e-mail] (Michael Rivkin) wrote:

>Has anyone had any experience with the Sherwood SE-3?
>I am considering one for use with an R-390A, particularly on SSB
>I recall reading about a recent DXpedition where a combo R-390A/SE3 really
>performed superbly.
>Your comments would be welcome
>Thank>Mike Rivkin
>[e-mail]

Hi Michael,
The R-390A and Sherwood SE-3 are an exellent combination for DXing
and program listening. IMHO you can't beat  the sound quality of the
R390-A and SE-3 with a decent speaker on SW and AM broadcast. With the
Colins mechanical filters and the filter offset controls of the SE-3
you can have complete control over what you want to hear. Make sure
you get a Colins or a Motorola R390A or one with at the least a Colins
VFO.
Good hunting and happy listening.
Paul Mendes
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:49 1996
From: Barbara Cooper <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Shortwave faq or book?
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1996 11:35:40 +0000
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Are there any shortwave faqs on the web or any  good books for
beginners you'd recommend?


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:50 1996
From: [e-mail] (Peter Costello)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Shortwave faq or book?
Date: 6 Mar 1996 17:00:08 GMT
Message-ID: <4hkgao$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

John Rethorst ([e-mail]) wrote:
: In article <[e-mail]>, Barbara Cooper
: <[e-mail]> wrote:

: > Are there any shortwave faqs on the web or any  good books for
: > beginners you'd recommend?

: Take a look at: http://itre.uncecs.edu/radio/ , and pick up a copy of the
: 1996 Passport to World Band Radio - many larger bookstores have it.

: John

--
   Thanks John, but tat URL is out-of-date. The new URL (since mid last year)
is:

       http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/
                   ^^^^

   Pete

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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:51 1996
From: [e-mail] (Karl Shepard)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Signal from Arusha, Tanzania in Portland OR
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 11:28:29
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Last Monday and Tuesday, Feb 26 and 27, at 7:00-7:30 Pacific Standard Time I
picked up a Swahili languge (I am fluent in the language) religious broadcast
of what I believe to be Arusha, Tanzania.  The signal was weak and faded in
and out.  It was however preaching in Swahili and I believe that they gave
Arusha as their broadcast point.  It was not an African service broadcast of
any Wetern country.

The equipment I used was (don't laugh) a Radio Shack DX 160 and a 46
foot cheap, simple Radio Shack longwire streched under the eaves of the house
and tapped at the center with a wire fed in through a sliding glass door.  It
was a around 4.0-4.5 Mhz.  (It is hard to tell with an analogue readout)  I
have not since been able to pick it up again.

I have since bought the inverted dipole Radio Shack antenna for $30.00.  This
also did not allow me to repeat the experience.

My question is this - can a more expensive unit like a Drake SW8 pick up such
stations on a regular basis with the type of antenna I have?  Would it be able

to do pick up such a station with say a Drake and better antenna?  What type
of antenna would that be?  OR - was that reception the result of infrequently
repeated atmospheric conditions?

[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:52 1996
From: [e-mail] (Everyknee)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 2010-deafness problem.
Date: 4 Mar 1996 12:37:15 -0500
Message-ID: <4hf9ob$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, Al Bolton
<[e-mail]> writes:

>
>By the way, I use radios for a living so I am rather puzzled by all this!

Cool!  What kind of job do you have and where can I sign up?



Craig in cool but wonderful Fresno
(KD6RWW)


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:53 1996
From: [e-mail] (Craig Joseph Poff)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 7600G or Grundig YB400???
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 07:11:03 GMT
Message-ID: <4h8i13$[e-mail]>
References: <4h25ma$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (G.D. Rose) wrote:

>I will be purchasing either a Sony 7600G or a Grundig YB400 in the next
>few days.  I am having an extremely hard time deciding between the two.
>Both have their advantages and disadvantages, as listed in the 96
>Passport to World Band Radio.  They are very simlar in price.
>(Universal Radio:  7600G = $189.95  YB400 = $199.95)

I can't answer regarding Sony, but I have the YB400 and love
it...performs 95% as well as my Satellit 500 with an outdoor antenna.
You can get it less than $199.95 if you shop around.

One problem, MW reception, at least on my unit, is worthless.  Imagine
a dead AM band (550-1600) at 9pm, but its true.  Is it just my unit or
a model-wide problem?





From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:54 1996
From: Orrin Edwards <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 7600G or Grundig YB400???
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 17:32:16 -0500
Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/[e-mail]>
References: <4h25ma$[e-mail]> <4h8i13$[e-mail]>

On Sat, 2 Mar 1996, Craig Joseph Poff wrote:
> One problem, MW reception, at least on my unit, is worthless.  Imagine
> a dead AM band (550-1600) at 9pm, but its true.  Is it just my unit or
> a model-wide problem?

Mine is just fine on MW!

----
Orrin - Long Island, New York
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:55 1996
From: Dan Prysby <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 7600G or Grundig YB400???
Date: 5 Mar 1996 16:23:45 GMT
Message-ID: <4hhpqh$[e-mail]>
References: <4h25ma$[e-mail]> <4h8i13$[e-mail]>

I have the Sony 7600G and I think it is very good.
One thing to consider: the Sony has the synchronous detection
feature, the Grundig does not.

Dan Prysby



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:56 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Carter)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 7600G or Grundig YB400???
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 07:04:51 GMT
Message-ID: <4hhe5g$[e-mail]>
References: <4h25ma$[e-mail]> <4h8i13$[e-mail]> <Pine.BSD/[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Steve Carter)

>
> Re: Sony 7600G or Grundig YB400???
> On Sat, 2 Mar 1996, Craig Joseph Poff wrote:
> > One problem, MW reception, at least on my unit, is worthless.
Imagine
> > a dead AM band (550-1600) at 9pm, but its true.  Is it just my unit
or
> > a model-wide problem?
> Mine is just fine on MW!
> ----
> Orrin - Long Island, New York
> [e-mail]

Mine is fine on MW also, however, this is the second report of that
problem I've heard now.  The other is a fella I know that returned it
for a Sony 7600.
Steve


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:57 1996
From: Dave Thorn <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 7600G or Grundig YB400???
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 13:06:49 -0600
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4h25ma$[e-mail]> <4h8i13$[e-mail]>
To: Craig Joseph Poff <[e-mail]>

Craig Joseph Poff wrote:
In reference to Grundig's YB400:
> One problem, MW reception, at least on my unit, is worthless.  Imagine
> a dead AM band (550-1600) at 9pm, but its true.  Is it just my unit or a mod
el-wide problem?

I also have a YB400.  Its MW performance is almost as good as my GE
SuperRadioII.  Therefore, I conclude you've got a sick rig!!


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:58 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: Paul Norder <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Sony 7600G or Grundig YB400???
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4h25ma$[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 21:27:34 GMT


In Article<4h25ma$[e-mail]>
<snip>
>
> I will be purchasing either a Sony 7600G or a Grundig YB400
in the next
> few days.  I am having an extremely hard time deciding
between the two.
<snip>

Greg ---

EEB sells the 7600G for $179.95, including a plastic table
stand and (when I bought mine a few months ago) a free set of
earphones (look like used, recycled airline variety).

My advice:  go for the 7600G.  It has a synchronous detector.
After you live with it for a while, you won't ever want to buy
a radio without it.

Paul



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:34:59 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Charles Albertson)
Subject: Re: Sony 7601
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4h22nm$[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 06:00:02 GMT

[e-mail] (Robert Barile) writes:


>       I have a Sony 7601 and recently I tried listening to 75 Meters for the
>shuttle. The reception was quite garbled. I m obviously not an expert in shor
t
>wave radios but is there something wrong with this radio ?

Probably not. You apparently tuned into ham traffic in single-sideband
which the 7601 (as I recall --- traded mine to my brother for a copy of
Excel) does not handle.

Shuttle comms on 75 meters?


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:00 1996
From: [e-mail] (Everyknee)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony Sale
Date: 5 Mar 1996 13:58:24 -0500
Message-ID: <4hi2sg$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Brian
Carling) writes:

>Hi craig - you wrote:
>
>EV>>Today only Sony has the ICF 2010 on sale for $299. Call Sony at
>EV>>312-943-3334. They also have everything else on sale but Grove or
Tucker
>EV>>seems to be cheaper on the other SW radios.
>
>EV>I called them up and they said that they wouldn't talk price on the
phone!
>EV> A lot of good that does me in California!
>
>Yeah, isn't that ANNOYING! I refuse to do business woth stores that
>will not post prices on the shelf.

Well, in this case the Sony Showroom (I think that was their name) lost a
$300 sale.

What I REALLY hate is when the price is POSTED on sale but it SCANS at the
full price.  Of course, at KMART and others, there is a long line of
impatient people  which discourages the customers from haggling over less
than $1.

I've haggled out of principle and went away so mad that I think it cost me
a lot more than $1 in medical costs for some future stress related
illness.  I've though about bringing a grease pencil and marking each item
with the posted price just to make sure they are honest!

(BUT, I think it could be argued that I have swerved off-topic!)





Craig in cool but wonderful Fresno
(KD6RWW)


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:01 1996
From: [e-mail] (alton coffey)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Stand Alone Broadcast Radio Station Database - LW,MW,SW
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 06:05:40 GMT
Message-ID: <4hdq83$[e-mail]>
References: <4gttsh$[e-mail]> <4gvda8$[e-mail]> <4haelq$[e-mail]>

Charles Bolland <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Friends,

>I still sending out the Stand Alone Broadcast Radio Station Database to
>whomever wants it.  I would like your mailing address and Email address
>for registration and possibly a future letter describing a more
>comprehensive database program for radio.  All information will be kept
>confidential..

>Just answer this posting to "[e-mail]".

>The database has more than 4,000 records already and can be edited and
>updated.

>Hope to hear from you.

>Chuck
>KA4PRF

Hi Chuck. Just wanted to let everybody know what a great database that
is. It's really helped us here at the North Texas SWL club to get
folks interested in shortwave who are otherwise somewhat put off at
trying to DX. Y'all should check it out!

P.S. Chuck, can I run some free ad copy in our newsletter?

73s de Al
K5QWW




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:02 1996
From: Charles Bolland <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space,rec.radio.noncomm,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.swap
Subject: Re: Stand Alone Broadcast Radio Station Database - LW,MW,SW
Date: 2 Mar 1996 21:35:10 GMT
Message-ID: <4haeue$[e-mail]>
References: <4gttsh$[e-mail]> <4gvda8$[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

Friends,

I'm still sending out the Stand Alone Broadcast Radio Station Database to
whomever wants it.  I would like your mailing address and Email address
for registration and possibly a future letter describing a more
comprehensive database program for radio.  All information will be kept
confidential..

Just answer this posting to "[e-mail]".

The database has more than 4,000 records already and can be edited and
updated.

Hope to hear from you.

Chuck
KA4PRF




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:03 1996
From: [e-mail] (Everyknee)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Superadio III (again)
Date: 4 Mar 1996 12:36:28 -0500
Message-ID: <4hf9ms$[e-mail]>
References: <4hcknr$[e-mail]>

In article <4hcknr$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Georgetoon) writes:

>is the Super Radio III as good as the old super Radio II?

I have the II and bought my mother the III.     If the III was better I
was going to buy one (you can't have too many!).

In an unscientific test (mostly trying to get Los Angeles radio stations
150-200 miles to the south) I couldn't tell a bit it difference.  It did
this over a couple of days, several times with multiple stations.  Not one
bit of difference!  The cosmetics and connectors looked exactly the same
too!  If you ask me, it is fraudulent for GE to release an "improved"
version that isn't improved.

But, thankfully, the radio isn't any worse either!  Some people say the II
is a step down from the original.

Craig in cool but wonderful Fresno
(KD6RWW)


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:04 1996
From: *your_username*@nkn.net (**Your_Name**)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Superadio III (again)
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 18:51:06 -0600
Message-ID: <*your_username*[e-mail]>
References: <4hc958$[e-mail]> <4hcknr$[e-mail]>

I have a SuperRadio III and am not too impressed. It was made in China and
the first one I got didn't work. I understand the older II models are
better, but do not have any direct experience. I get as good of results
with a Radio Shack DX-392 SW receiver and it has a digital readout. The
audio quality of the SRIII is great though! It has a very large speaker.
It is a unique radio though, just wish the quality was a little better.

joel Sampson / N5LXI / Dallas

joel Sampson / Dallas


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:05 1996
From: [e-mail](William M Judge )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Superadio III (again)
Date: 6 Mar 1996 00:26:38 GMT
Message-ID: <4him3u$[e-mail]>
References: <4hc958$[e-mail]> <4hcknr$[e-mail]> <*your_username*[e-mail]>

In <*your_username*[e-mail]>
*your_username*@nkn.net (**Your_Name**) writes:
>
>I have a SuperRadio III and am not too impressed. It was made in China
and
>the first one I got didn't work. I understand the older II models are
>better, but do not have any direct experience. I get as good of
results
>with a Radio Shack DX-392 SW receiver and it has a digital readout.
The
>audio quality of the SRIII is great though! It has a very large
speaker.
>It is a unique radio though, just wish the quality was a little
better.
>
>joel Sampson / N5LXI / Dallas
>
>joel Sampson / Dallas


What about battery usage on your RS DX-392 SW receiver.  I still have
my first set of batteries (6ea D cells) in my radio after three months
of use.  Most days, use the radio around six to eight hours, five days
a week, and four or more on weekends. This alone sold me on this great
radio!

Bill


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:06 1996
From: [e-mail] (George W.McRae)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SuperRadio III in Atlanta
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 21:01:54 GMT
Message-ID: <4hflsi$[e-mail]>
References: <4h9l7s$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Clint,


The company EEB in Vienne,Va(22180) has the Super Radio madel 111
listed at $59.00!


You may order from them by phone at the following number:

                         1-800-368-3270


Regards,

George W.McRae
[e-mail]




[e-mail](Clint Berry) wrote:


>I have been unable to find the GE SuperRadio III for sale anywhere
>in Atlanta.  Tried WalMart, Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, etc.
>The GE Answer line could not even help?  Has anyone seen it for sale
>here?  Help much appreciated.  -Clint

>P.S.  Will it get foreign countries too?  Like New Mexico.....





From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:07 1996
From: [e-mail] (Pyewacket1)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SuperRadio III in Atlanta
Date: 5 Mar 1996 00:15:56 -0500
Message-ID: <4hgimc$[e-mail]>
References: <4h9l7s$[e-mail]>

In article <4h9l7s$[e-mail]>, [e-mail](Clint
Berry) writes:

>I have been unable to find the GE SuperRadio III for sale anywhere
>in Atlanta.

Have you tried a Kmart or a Lowe's? I've see GE SRIIIs at Kmarts all over
North AL and GA...

>P.S.  Will it get foreign countries too?  Like New Mexico.....

I *hope* that was  a "current affairs"-type joke!

Lynn.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:08 1996
From: [e-mail] (Ed Ganger)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SW Auto Radio ???
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 17:34:13 -0400
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4gg48n$[e-mail]>

In article <4gg48n$[e-mail]> Donald Stephens <[e-mail]>
 writes:

>I have fallen for SW listening bad!  I am in search of a 12V shortwave
>auto radio ( I'm REAL tired of C & W being all I can get as I travel).
>Are there SW auto radios being made??  Who, Where.  Does anyone want to
>sell me a used one??

>Thanks.............Don

MFJ makes an outboard converter for auto radios --- I had one once and was not
real satisfied.

Popular Electronics has had construction articles on these converters at least

once every 2 years.

If there is any interest, I have a "31 Meter" (9.5-10 MHz) converter that I
designed & built with 6 MPF102's and a 78L08. I can post the schematic and
some parts lists. As I recall, I put it into a little metal box and built it
on a RadioShack perf-board.

Regards,
Ed


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:10 1996
From: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SW in Denver
Date: 3 Mar 1996 06:29:39 GMT
Message-ID: <4hbe8j$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4h81br$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)


In a previous article, [e-mail] (charles copeland) says:

>In article <4h81br$[e-mail]>,
>Thomas Orga  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>I recently traveled to Denver and took along a Grundig YB-400 to see how
>>different it would be from my normal East Coast DX'ing location. Boy was
>>I disappointed. It was very difficult to pick up ANYTHING. BBC sometimes,
>>but only with pretty poor reception. What gives ? I don't know why but I
>>thought DX'ing in the mile high city would be pretty good, closer to the
>>f layer and all that, but nothing. I'd like to hear from Denver natives
>>or any others who have attempted SW Dx from the Rockies.
>>1. Is the radio at fault, maybe more than a portable is needed.
>>2. Maybe an outboard antenna is needed.
>> I'd appreciate any thoughts from anyone.
>
>I live in Denver, recently moved from Dallas. Its a known fact that
>receiving SW is more difficult in the midwest and west relative to
>the east coast. Most SW broadcasts originate from Europe.
>
>The YB-400 has been rated as "poor" for midwest and western reception.
>It is relatively insensitive, among other things.
>
>I have a Sony 2010 and pickup all the biggies with no problem, using
>a 20 foot long wire.


I live in Phoenix and don't have any problems at all with the major
broadcasters and a few others. I use several radios including the
YB-400 which is not all it was made out to be when they first introduced
it, but still a good little portable. I have found that in this part of
the country one has to change the times in which they listen. I'll post
up some loggings as soon as I get them typed up.

Good DX

Doug
--
 <<< [e-mail] >>>

 "Politicians are like diapers.  They need to be changed often...
 and for the same reason."  --- Paul Harvey


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:11 1996
From: [e-mail] (James G. Edmondson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: SW Radio Recommendations
Date: 4 Mar 1996 02:40:47 GMT
Message-ID: <4hdl7g$[e-mail]>

I am looking to upgrade from a 10 year old Kenwood R-1000 and want to
spend less than $1,000 (including trade or sale of R-1000).  My main
listening interests are utilities and the broadcast bands.  I have been
looking at the FRG100.  However, living in Houston, I am concerned
about the filters and the potential for adjacent channel interference
from many strong Central and South American stations.

Any help is appreciated,

Jim



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:12 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: SWL Convention in Kulpsville
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 20:42:31 GMT
Message-ID: <4ha1a4$[e-mail]>

Does anyone know the place and date (I think it's in March) for the
SWL Convention, in Kulpsville, PA.

Thanks.



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:13 1996
From: [e-mail](Frank Darwiche)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: to the person I sold a Zenith Transoceanic to
Date: 2 Mar 1996 20:12:46 GMT
Message-ID: <4haa3u$[e-mail]>

I do not remember the name of a person I sold the Zenith transoceanic
to about two months ago.  I do remember he is from Oregon.  Please
contct me if you are out there.  I found three manuals that go with the
radio.  I can send them for free.  Here is my e-mail address

[e-mail].

Regards.   Frank




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:14 1996
From: [e-mail] (Everyknee)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Top Ten Bob Brown Revelations
Date: 5 Mar 1996 12:57:47 -0500
Message-ID: <4hhvar$[e-mail]>
References: <4hftse$[e-mail]>

In article <4hftse$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Mary Lee) writes:

>Subject:       Top Ten Bob Brown Revelations

Exuse my ignorance but who the heck is Bob Brown?  Also what is the NASWA?

Your post PROBABLY was hilarious but didn't make a bit of sense to me!



Craig in cool but wonderful Fresno
(KD6RWW)


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:15 1996
From: [e-mail] (PETER Q. GEORGE, N1GGP)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: RE: TV station ID's (more on channel 25)
Date: 5 MAR 96 15:25:55 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Chances are, this LPTV IS giving legal ID's but you would not normally hear
or see them.  What is done is the visual carrier is ever so softly frequency
modulated off the licensed video carrier frequency during the time of the
ID is inserted (FSK-frequency shift carrier) in CW.  This is totally legal
by FCC standards.  However, if you have a receiver capable of going to the
frequency of the specified station, and (most importantly) has a BFO...you
WILL hear the legal ID super-imposed on the carrier.  I have seen a few TBN
translators (one in particular in Upstate New York) who really inserts the
ID to the point where the picture jumps in sync with the Morse Code, NO BFO
REQUIRED TO SAY THE LEAST.  In fact, this TBN station ID's every 10 minutes.
I'm sure THAT is a pain to watch, never mind the program content :-) !
So there you have it.  GOOD LUCK !


Peter Q. George (N1GGP)
Randolph, Massachusetts USA


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:16 1996
From: [e-mail](Chuck Hopf)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,rec.roller-coaster,rec.running,rec.scouting,rec.scuba,rec.skydiving,rec.sport.baseball,rec.sport.baseball.fantasy,rec.sport.basketball.college,rec.sport.basketball.pro,rec.sport.cricket,rec.sport.disc,rec.sport.football.canadian,rec.sport.football.college,rec.sport.football.pro,rec.sport.golf,rec.sport.hockey,rec.sport.paintball,rec.sport.pro-wrestling,rec.sport.soccer,rec.sport.tennis,rec.sport.triathlon,rec.sport.volleyball,rec.travel.air,rec.video,rec.videocable-tv,rec.video.production,rec.windsurfing,rec.woodworking,sci.anthropology,sci.aquaria,sci.archaeology,sci.astro,sci.chem,sci.crypt,sci.econ,sci.energy
Subject: Re: VehiclesALL lowestPrices WORLDWIDE at Net direct from MAKERS Consults free of charge
Date: 5 Mar 1996 00:20:07 GMT
Message-ID: <4hg1bn$[e-mail]>
References: <4gipoa$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4hcsvq$[e-mail]>

In <4hcsvq$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Larry
Jaques) writes:
>
>"KAC Attack!" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>>Wierd.
>
>I think the "interesting" guys who translate all the Taiwanese
>manuals into English were responsible for writing that post.
>If a tree fell on a florist   |Larry Jaques
>  would he make a sound?      |[e-mail]
>
If you shoot a mime does it make a sound?


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:17 1996
From: Michael J Wooding <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: VHF Communications Magazine
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 18:47:47 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hi Folks,

For subscribers and interested parties:

Issue 1/1996 of VHF Communications is now at the printers and should be
shipped by March 30th.

For more information on the contents of this issue and on subscribing to
the magazine take a look at our Web site:

http://www.eolas.co.uk/ag/vhfcomm.htm

Thanks and 73 ... Mike

Michael J Wooding   [e-mail] - CompuServe: 100441,377
Web Pages: http://www.eolas.co.uk/ag/vhfcomm.htm (hambits.htm & hamclip.htm)
Tel: [phone]   Fax: [phone]
KM Publications, 5 Ware Orchard, Barby, Nr.Rugby, CV23 8UF, UK
VHF Communications Magazine - Especially Covering VHF, UHF and Microwaves


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:18 1996
From: [e-mail] (Werner Freundlich)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: VOA & BBC freq. for recept. in Australia & NZ
Date: 6 Mar 1996 22:49:30 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4hl4pq$[e-mail]>

What are the are frequencies and Utimes for receiving news broadcasts
from the Voice of Amercia and BBC in Australia and New Zealand? Many
thanks for response.

Werner in NJ




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:19 1996
From: Piran Mohazzabi <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: VOA BBS problem???
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 96 12:01:24 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

If you are using script file for it from your communication software, after
connection wate until script connect you to your bbs. If you are not using
script file wait at least about 15 seconds befre pushingf the return,
this way works for me so far. good luck.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:20 1996
From: [e-mail] (Lars Bergstrom)
Newsgroups: alt.ham-radio.rtty,alt.ham-radio.ssb,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.ham-radio
Subject: Re: WEFAX on Mac
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 02:19:46 +0100
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4g9t9v$[e-mail]>

In article <4g9t9v$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Frank Boddeke) wrote:

> Is there a PD package available to decode WEFAX (or other) on a Mac?

Yes. I have tested RADFAX that can be ftp:d from funet (Finnish university
network). Use Anarchie to get the full ftp address. Radfax uses the Mac:s
internal (or external) microphone input  to decode the wefax signal
directly. No add-ons is needed but to get a crisp image I recommend some
Audio filtering.

/Lars Bergstrom


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:21 1996
From: [e-mail] (Alexander D McLeod)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Welcome to rec.radio.shortwave (Shortwave)
Date: 1 Mar 1996 15:21:40 GMT
Message-ID: <4h74m4$[e-mail]>

Great info, Ralph.  Thanks much!
Sandy


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:22 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Ron Bloom)
Subject: Where are SW scheds:  power & location
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 01:20:25 GMT


I need references from which I can get the station-location and
power for a given International broadcast at given UT and frequency.

The World Radio TV handbook has about 90% of the info. I need, but
it is deficient in the following (crucial) sense:

     The station locations and powers are listed separately from
     the schedule entries, so you do not know which station site
     (or sites) transmitter power(s) is actually broadcasting for a given
     schedule entry.

Is there a reference which untangles this issue, and makes precise
the SOURCE power & transmitter location for each schedule entry?

-r.b.



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:22 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bill Matthews)
Subject: RE: Where are SW scheds:  power & location
Date: 6 Mar 96 03:26:48 -0800
References: <[e-mail]>
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

Given the information you desire, I think that the IFRB
(International Frequency Registration Bureau) in Geneva would have
the date.  Even then, the info is subject to change as broadcasters
make frequency adjustments due to propagation conditions,
interference, etc.   Still, your percentage of accuracy will rise...

I believe when broadcasters register their intended schedules, they
do NOT register languages to be used - merely such and such frequency
from so and so time - along with accompanying data like site,
direction of the antenna, target area, angle of radiation.

The FCC Home Page has a link to Geneva.  I believe access to this
data is not without charge - but am not certain.  (The charge is made
by the International Telecommunications Union in Geneva.)

Anyway, I think it might be worth your time to check it out as I
believe my memory is accurate on this...

Bill Matthews

-----------------------
[e-mail]
-----------------------


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:23 1996
From: [e-mail] (Rob Peterson)
Subject: Worldwide Marine Weather Broadcasts?
Date: 1 Mar 96 21:29:05 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

I have a 1984 publication from NOAA with this title.  Most of the
listings are not current.
Does anyone know if there is a more current list of these times and
frequencies on the HF bands?  I am mainly interested in cw
transmissions.  Any leads appreciated.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:24 1996
From: [e-mail] (Randyc3)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WTB: Drake SPR-4
Date: 6 Mar 1996 22:53:32 -0500
Message-ID: <4hlmjs$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Randyc3)

Looking for a clean, un-modified one.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:25 1996
From: "Mark S. Conway" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WTB: FRG-100
Date: 5 Mar 1996 17:47:54 GMT
Message-ID: <4hhuoa$[e-mail]>

please e-mail



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:26 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WTB: JRC Receiver...
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 01:48:21
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I am doing my preliminary "trolling" for a used JRC NRD-515 / 525 / 535 HF
receiver.  If you have one you are considering selling or trading, send me
particulars via E-Mail.

Thanks,


Steve
WB7PSD


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:27 1996
From: [e-mail] (Marc DePaul)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WTB: SW8 OR R8...
Date: 6 Mar 1996 02:07:42 GMT
Message-ID: <4his1e$[e-mail]>



Hello.

Well if you want to offload yours, please name your lowest price!


I may be interested...


Marc

[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:27 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jeremy Boot)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WWW Pages Update
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 19:18:16 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Updated and improved for March:

        http://www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/

Still going strong. SWL Pages included. Lots of visitors worldwide to
date. Keep 'em coming. Support your pages!

73 de
Jeremy G4NJH
[e-mail]
[Home, Am Radio, SWL pages: http://www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/ ]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 07 10:35:28 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (John Dooley Cradock)
Subject: Zenith Trans-Oceanic A600!
Message-ID: <dooley-0503961314550001@10.0.2.15>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 18:14:55 GMT

I just want to say that I just got a Zenith Trans-Oceanic model A600, and
I just can't believe how great it sounds!  I recommend these radios to
anyone out there who is as unimpressed as I am with the tinny solid-state
sound of the dinky little speakers on some contemporary portables (e.g.,
Sony, Grundig, etc.).

--
John Dooley Cradock ... [e-mail]
HERMENAUT: The Digest of Heady Philosophy
Boston, Massachusetts, USA


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:22 1996
From: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: - Any Kol Israel listeners from Western US???
Date: 10 Mar 1996 09:24:02 GMT
Message-ID: <4hu73i$[e-mail]>
References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960309221757.15507B-100000@itsop2>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)


In a previous article, [e-mail] ("Daniel  Rosenzweig") s
ays:

>KI wants to know how reception is out there! Please tell me what you have
>found in terms of general receptions and which frequencies are good/bad
>and when. Thanks.
>

Live in Phoenix and have never heard them. Send some times and frequecies.

73's

Doug
--
 <<< [e-mail] >>>

 S&W LadySmith: The Ultimate in feminine protection


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:23 1996
From: [e-mail] (Wes Shull)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: [FS/T] MT: Need Jan 96, Have Oct, Nov, 2x Dec 95
Date: 5 Mar 1996 18:59:56 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <shul9478-0503961105350001@129.101.126.241>
Reply-To: Wes Shull <[e-mail]>

I need one issue of Monitoring Times to complete my collection--January
96.  I have a few extra copies of other issues that I'm willing to trade
for it, or else sell outright:  Oct 95, Nov 95, and two copies of Dec 95.

--
Wes Shull - [e-mail] - http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~shul9478/
Cows 'n stuff.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:24 1996
From: "Mark J. Fine" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AFRTS on 6739.5 USB - Sunday 0058
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 12:53:38 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hiivt$[e-mail]> <4hjhv1$[e-mail]>
To: David Alpert <[e-mail]>

Big mistake on my part.  I was reminded by Rick Baker via WUN, that the
FPOs have changed.  I may have these two reversed, but..

>   FPO New York  09503

Should now be "FPO AA  09503", and I believe

>   FPO Miami  34051

should now be "FPO AE  34051".

AA - meaning Atlantic, AE - meaning Eastern, and just for completeness
AP - meaning Pacific.

73,

[ Mark J. Fine -- FineWare * Smart R8 Control * TTY Reader ]
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From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:26 1996
From: [e-mail] (Tim Tyler)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AFRTS on 6739.5 USB - Sunday 0058
Date: 6 Mar 1996 00:30:43 -0500
Message-ID: <4hj7u3$[e-mail]>
References: <4hdfn7$[e-mail]> <4hdvpn$[e-mail]> <4hfb6n$[e-mail]> <4hiivt$[e-mail]>

In article <4hiivt$[e-mail]>,
Marie A. Lamb <[e-mail]> wrote:
>AFRTS off the bird.  I can't say for sure exactly what you heard, but my
>guess is that they were testing a feeder, or perhaps relaying a signal from
>Roosevelt Roads for internal Navy use.  They certainly were not


  My problem with the "feeder test: theory is two-fold:

1.  Everyone says that they've gone to SATCOM based feeds, so then why
maintain HF feeders?  The transmission system broadcasting the AFRN with
a few Rosie-Roads NB specifics injected was a BIG system, based on signal
strength/quality reports from all over the USA.  Is there a need to "test"
the emitter for several hours?

2.  Incredibly poor --even negligent-- frequency coordination. 500Hz down
from the freq this broadcast was using is an established, well-known,
globally used military voice communications channel, part of the Global
High Frequency System.  If they needed to "test" a stand-by HF feeder
syetem, I think they'd do it on one of their allocated channels, just to
ensure the antenna tunes well to it, etc.  I sure doubt 6739.5 is one of
the USN's allocated channels!


    I forget what the software is called, but the DOD has some great
software they use for freq. management purposes, and 6739 is on the list
as a protected channel.



   Tim


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Ypsilanti, MI
48197-0443              In cyberspace, no one can hear you scream.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:27 1996
From: [e-mail] (Peter Costello)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AFRTS on 6739.5 USB - Sunday 0058
Date: 8 Mar 1996 05:53:36 GMT
Message-ID: <4hoi10$[e-mail]>
References: <4hiivt$[e-mail]> <4hjhv1$[e-mail]>

David R. Alpert, KB2LUM wrote:
: I suspect the Roosevelt Roads relay =may= have had something to do
: with the Cuban situation.
: --
: David R. Alpert, KB2LUM
--

    I thought it may be related to the Cuban situation too. Perhaps it could
be broadcasts to the ships invloved. In particular maybe targeting the ships
based at the Naval Station Roosvelt Roads; like a bit of home on the seas.


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From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:28 1996
From: [e-mail] (john p. sumner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AFRTS on 6739.5 USB - Sunday 0058
Date: 6 Mar 1996 14:43:02 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4hk89m$[e-mail]>
References: <4hdfn7$[e-mail]> <4hdvpn$[e-mail]> <4hfb6n$[e-mail]> <4hiivt$[e-mail]> <4hj5lp$[e-mail]>

Jim Wishner ([e-mail]) wrote:
: i think marie lamb is right...it was a one-time deal.  have been unable
: to pick up AFRTS since the original broadcast i posted info on.  nothing
: but static on 6739.5 USB   too bad.  good signal, and this old geezer
: liked the music

: dejim in minnesota, land of 10,000 frozen lakes


 Yes leave it to marie the goddess of short wave dxing to set us all
straight.










John P. Sumner
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:29 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (SCN User)
Subject: Aircraft Nav Beacons.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (SCN User)
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 00:37:08 GMT


Can anyone tell me if there is a Web site with beacons listed by frequency?

I am looking for beacons between 100 and 520 khz.

There is a Navaid site but it is listed by the NAME of the beacon.....
I am more interested in being able to look up by frequency so that I can
find what the name and location is.

Kerwin

--
*****************************************************************************
                                     *    They know who you are...
         [e-mail]               *     They know where you live...
                                     *      And there's no doubt about it!


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:29 1996
From: [e-mail] (cupajoe)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: AM BCB hi-fidelity tuner FS
Date: 10 Mar 1996 17:37:54 GMT
Message-ID: <4hv41i$[e-mail]>

Both of these items sold as package for $350 + s/h:

1. McKay-Dymek  AM5 high-fidelity, high sensitivity tuner
    -dual bandwidths
    -analog tuning dial
    -3 microvolt sensitivity
    -shottky diode detector for low distortion detection
    -black anodized cabinet with teak end panels
    -audio out via RCA jack with potentiometer level control

2. McKay-Dymek DA9 matching antenna unit for tuner above
    -ferrite loop design, can be rotated in az/el
    -front panel: tuning adjustment, sensitivity and on/off switch
    -rear panel: RCA connector for cable attach to tuner
                 accessory AC outlet
    -AC line cord
    -black anodized antenna unit with chrome neck that attaches antenna
     base unit to ferrite rod assembly
    -teak end panels match those of the tuner's case

Both for $350 + s/h

Thanks


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:30 1996
From: [e-mail] (David M Retzik)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: AM DXing
Date: 7 Mar 1996 02:37:31 GMT
Message-ID: <4hli5b$[e-mail]>


In the past I have seen a great article in this group about am dxing.  If
someone has it could they please mail it to me?

Thanks in advance

Dave


[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:31 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (John Dunlevy)
Subject: Re: AM/FM database online ..!!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 22:17:58 GMT

In article <[e-mail]>, Chas <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Hello,
>I've just discovered a great online database for all U.S.
>licensed AM/FM radio station. Its frquently updated
>and has various search criteria.
>
>http://www.radiostation.com
>
>
>Give it a try !!!
>

Thanks!

People might also be intersted in two similar resources at:

http://radio.aiss.uiuc.edu/~airwaves/fccdb.html

(AM)

and

http://khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/query-fccdb

(FM)


--
John Dunlevy
[e-mail]
http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/dunl/


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:32 1996
From: [e-mail] (John Rethorst)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AM/FM database online ..!!
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 14:27:31 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Chas) wrote:

> Hello,
> I've just discovered a great online database for all U.S.
> licensed AM/FM radio station. Its frquently updated
> and has various search criteria.
>
> http://www.radiostation.com
>
This is nice. Thanks!
John


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:33 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Chas)
Subject: AM/FM database online ..!!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 11:44:42 GMT

Hello,
I've just discovered a great online database for all U.S.
licensed AM/FM radio station. Its frquently updated
and has various search criteria.

http://www.radiostation.com


Give it a try !!!



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:34 1996
From: [e-mail] (David Moisan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: ANNOUNCE:  Carpet Loop Article now on WWW
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 22:31:07 GMT
Message-ID: <4hvl6q$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

At the suggestion of a reader of rec.radio.shortwave, I've posted my
Carpet Loop antenna plans on my web page.  The Carpet Loop is an
indoor antenna of mine that offers great performance at minimal
inconveinence and cost.

The Carpet Loop plans are at:
 http://www.shore.net/~dmoisan/faqs/carpetloop.html

I'll put up a plaintext version at my FTP site sometime this week.

Of course, my GE Superradio FAQ is still accessible and going strong
at http://www.shore.net/~dmoisan/faqs/superradio/gesr_faq.html.

I see from my server logs that lots of you have checked this out.
Thanks and stay tuned for further updates!

Dave

| David Moisan, N1KGH                 [e-mail]             |
| 86 Essex #204                       [e-mail]               |
| Salem. MA 01970-5225                http://www.shore.net/~dmoisan |
| "Did you know there's PP on your SLIP?"--Yakko Hacker             |




From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:35 1996
From: [e-mail] (Maarten van Damme)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Antipodes
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 15:10:36 GMT
Message-ID: <4hs6ui$[e-mail]>

Hi,

In order to establish if I can hear whistlers/natural radio in my
country I learned that you need to know if the area exactly opposite
on the globe is a thunderstorm rich area.

1. What is my exact antipodes when my coordinates are 52.04 North  en
4.30 East?

2. How can you calculate this (you can of course take a globe and try
to find out)?

3. How do I know if this antipodes location is thunderstorm 'rich'?
Are there any resources on the Net from which I could find out?

Maarten van Damme

[e-mail]
Maarten van Damme

e-mail: [e-mail]



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:36 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Antipodes
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 16:18:37 GMT
Message-ID: <4huoaq$[e-mail]>
References: <4hs6ui$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Maarten van Damme) wrote:

>Hi,


>1. What is my exact antipodes when my coordinates are 52.04 North  en
>4.30 East?

Your antipode is at 52.04 South and 175.7 West.  Therefore it is in
the south Pacific, south and east of the Chatham Islands.

>2. How can you calculate this (you can of course take a globe and try
>to find out)?

The Latitude is calculated as equal but opposite to your own location.
That is, if you are 50 deg. north. then the opposite is 50 deg south.
The longitude is likewise 180 degrees opposite but here the opposite
is the difference between your long and 180 and in the opposite sense.
For example, you are 4.3 deg east therefore 180 - 4.3 = 175.7 and it
must be on the east side of the dateline or 175.7 deg west longitude.

I know this is confusing but run a string around a globe to this point
and you will see it is correct.

>3. How do I know if this antipodes location is thunderstorm 'rich'?
>Are there any resources on the Net from which I could find out?

can't help you here.

>Maarten van Damme


           C. Dean Norris
      Amateur Radio Station K7NO
      e-mail to [e-mail]



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:37 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Joe Kubasha)
Subject: ARMY 1670
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 13:44:06 GMT

Has anybody received a QSL from them yet?

Joe







--********************************************************
*                                                        *
*     Joe Kubasha                                        *
*                                                        *
*     [e-mail]                          *
*                                                        *
**********************************************************



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:38 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Michael Rivkin)
Subject: Re: ARMY 1670
Message-ID: <4hkdpi$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 16:16:50 GMT

I mailed verification letter first day of transmission and have not received
QSL
Mike Rivkin
[e-mail]





In article <[e-mail]>,
   [e-mail] (Joe Kubasha) wrote:
>Has anybody received a QSL from them yet?
>
>Joe
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>--********************************************************
>*                                                        *
>*     Joe Kubasha                                        *
>*                                                        *
>*     [e-mail]                          *
>*                                                        *
>**********************************************************
>


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:39 1996
From: [e-mail] (Pyewacket1)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: ARMY 1670
Date: 7 Mar 1996 20:41:06 -0500
Message-ID: <4ho37i$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Jim Shaffer, Jr.) writes:

>In article <4hkdpi$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Michael
Rivkin)
>writes:
>> I mailed verification letter first day of transmission and have not
>received
>> QSL
>
>Same here, second day of transmission.

Count me in, too...guess they're busy or something...

Lynn.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:39 1996
Distribution: world
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Brian Carling)
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 07:13:00 -0500
Subject: ATTN:DITTOHEADS
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

JS>I was wondering,
JS>Is Rush Limbaugh still on Shortwave??
JS>If so, where??
JS>Thanks!
JS>Jim

15420 kHz WRNO every afternoon from 12-3p.m. EST

 * SLMR 2.1a * I dreamt I was a muffler, and woke up exhausted!



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:40 1996
Distribution: world
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Brian Carling)
References: <4hfaid$[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 07:36:00 -0500
Subject: Re: ATTN:DITTOHEADS
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail]
"mail sometimes bounces here, please resend if needed!"

NRG>Everyknee ([e-mail]) wrote:
NRG>: Are any of the other "AM" talk radio guys on SW?  How about National
NRG>: Public Radio?

NRG>Is there any SW station that plays That Michael Feldmen program, "What Do
NRG>You Know", or "Whaddaya Know" or whatever it's called? Does this program
NRG>still exist? How about "Prarie Home Companion"? I am pretty sure "Car
NRG>Talk" is still out there, though I have not listened in a while.....

NRG>Nate.

Nathan, you are talking about NPR programs. Yes they are still on.
CLick and Clack air every Saturday morning, but NOT on SW.
You will only find them on the FM/VHF dial!

 * SLMR 2.1a * Chain tagline stolen <<21>> times. Steal, add 1, pass on


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:41 1996
From: "Daniel (Doni) Rosenzweig" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BBC and VOA summer 96 schedules???
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 11:15:08 -0500
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960310111352.14934B-100000@itsop2>

Are the BBC and VOA summer 96 schedules avialable yet? I especially want
the MW aimed to the Middle East schedule as I'm going to Israel in three
weeks (right at the start of the Summer schedules!). Thanks alot.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:42 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC on 540 KHZ near Pittsburgh?
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 23:49:54
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hnk8s$[e-mail]>

In article <4hnk8s$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Nickwb4sqi)
writes:
>From: [e-mail] (Nickwb4sqi)
>Subject: BBC on 540 KHZ near Pittsburgh?
>Date: 7 Mar 1996 16:25:48 -0500

>When I travel to Pittsburgh I usually scan the mw freqs looking for Rush
>or G-man and recently I have heard a strong signal that first appears in
>northern WV on 540 KHZ.

>Is this a repeated broadcast by VOA or another broadcaster or am I hearing
>BBC direct?

>TIA

>Nick
>WB4SQI


I couldn't say for sure in your location, but the local PBS AM station in my
area rebroadcasts BBC evenings and weekends for periods of time.

Steve


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:43 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bill Matthews)
Subject: RE: BBC on 540 KHZ near Pittsburgh?
Date: 9 Mar 96 14:14:04 -0800
References: <4hnk8s$[e-mail]>
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

The station you are receiving on 540 is a small station in
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, located about 15 miles south of the city of
Pittsburgh.   It features a variety of programming - including some
BBC programming.

Bill Matthews

------------------
[e-mail]
------------------


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:44 1996
From: [e-mail](S. & L. MCHENRY )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC on 540 KHZ near Pittsburgh?
Date: 9 Mar 1996 15:41:55 GMT
Message-ID: <4hs8s3$[e-mail]>
References: <4hnk8s$[e-mail]> <4hoqih$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (Charles D. Reader) writes:
>
>In article <4hoqih$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
>(Wilmac291) wrote:
>
>> It's via Canadian B.C. rebroadcasting SW programs overnight.  Maybe
wait
>> to the top of the hour for an I.D.?
>
>I've also wondered about this station. I've listened to it every time
I go
>home to visit my family, but I've never heard it identify itself. It
does
>seem to be located somewhere in the southwest corner of Pennsylvania.

   Here's the info: Your listening to WWCS 540Am  out of Canonsburg,
PA. (a few miles SW of Pittsburgh.)
Their logo is "Station of the Nations".
They rebroadcast the BBC World Service (largest time segment), Arab
Network of America, Radio Televisione Italiana, and various musical
programs from Ukraine, Ireland, and other misc countries.
They put out a directional 5000 day/500 night watt signal. More info
can be found in the AM Radio Log.

Larry   from Pittsburgh.



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:45 1996
From: [e-mail] (Anty em)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC progam - 1540 (?) kHz
Date: 4 Mar 1996 14:01:50 -0500
Message-ID: <4hfemu$[e-mail]>
References: <4hep4s$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Anty em)

Dipesh  Brookline,MA wrote:

>WADN in Concord, MA, on 1550 kHz relays BBC stuff from 9pm-6am EST.

Hmm.  Perhaps that's it.  I'll keep trying to hear it again (that would be
my first Massachusetts logging.)

Elizabeth
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:46 1996
From: "Mark Herson, N2MH" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC progam - 1540 (?) kHz
Date: 10 Mar 1996 18:30:03 GMT
Message-ID: <4hv73b$[e-mail]>
References: <4hcl3d$[e-mail]> <4hn4kv$[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Gregory Gilmore) wrote:

>[e-mail] (Anty em) wrote:
>
>>Last Tuesday night at about 2010 Central time, I picked up a news
>>broadcast on, I believe, 1540 kHz (I'm using a SRIII).  Assumed that it
>>was CNN, but a few minutes later announcer stated that it was the BBC.  It
>>then had a short science feature, something about good beetles getting rid
>>of bad beetles (this made me chuckle, as the announcer sounded like a
>>slightly higher pitched George Harrison).  Station then faded out, and I
>>haven't been able to hear it since.
>
>>(What complicates it for me is that a SS local at that frequency has been
>>lately staying on at night.)
>
>>Any help as to what N. American MW station broadcasts BBC stuff at night
>>would be greatly appreciated.  Once again, 73s.
>
>>Elizabeth
>>New Orleans
>>[e-mail]
>
>       It could have been the Cayman Islands on 1555.
>
>                                       Greg
>

My guess is that you're hearing CBE, in Windsor, Ontario on 1550 KHz. The
CBC runs BBC programming at night and given the inaccuracy of a SR dial,
this is probably them.

--
Regards, Mark

http://www.intac.com/~mherson/




From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:47 1996
From: Ilkka Suni <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: RE: BBC progam - 1540 (?) kHz
Date: 10 Mar 1996 14:52:27 GMT
Message-ID: <4huqbb$[e-mail]>
References: <4hcl3d$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

My guess is as good as anybody's... I believe the station in question
could be Bahamas. ZNS1 Nassau has been quite well audible even here in
Finland ever since they raised the transmitter power up to 50 kW.

Anyway, sending a reception report would most likely be waste of time.
According to various DX-publications they don't bother to QSL (so far the
station has QSLed to Finland just once).


-73s de IS-



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:47 1996
From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC Waveguide to end
Date: 5 Mar 1996 18:44:07 -0800
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4hiu5n$[e-mail]>
References: <4gkd7j$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <E$[e-mail]>

Colin M Wilding wrote the quoted material below:

" Well now you can get it from the horse's mouth.  Most BBC World Service
" listeners still use shortwave.
" Are you sure the person concerned was not talking about the U.S.A.?

Considering that the BBC is actively pushing the "Americas stream" and
was asking for any feedback about networking cues, etc, maybe he was
talking only about the USA or North America.  I had thought the world.

--
(c) 1996         Unions once made America the richest country of the world.
David Kaye



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:49 1996
Distribution: world
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Brian Carling)
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 10:34:00 -0500
Subject: Re: Best mail order place
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail]
"mail sometimes bounces here, please resend if needed!"

Yet these three are, of course, some of the most EXPENSIVE places
from whom you can buy SW receivers!

If price is any object, then I suggest the (800) nuimber retailers
listed in the back of the PHOTOGRAPHY magazines at  your local book shop
or drug store!!!

Happy SW listening! - [e-mail]

DG>in a posting to rec.radio.shortwave
DG>        Subject: Best mail order places
DG>           Date: Mon Mar 04 18:03:26 MST 1996

DG>[e-mail] (Everyknee) said:

DG>> What are the best mail order places for radios?


DG>TWO US MAIL ORDER RETAILERS

DG>I have been pleased in my dealings with Electronic Equipment Bank
DG>(EEB) of Vienna VA.  EEB's telephone number is [phone].

DG>I have been pleased in my dealings with Grove Enterprises of
DG>Brasstown NC.  Grove's telephone number is [phone].  Grove's
DG>web address is http://www.grove.net.

DG>Both EEB and Grove have free catalogs that are well worth asking
DG>for.  Both firms have knowledgeable sales people.


DG>RADIO SHACK

DG>Your local Radio Shack store is a source of shortwave equipment.
DG>Radio Shack has a liberal return policy, that you might want to ask
DG>about.


DG>--
DG>Dan Grunberg    Kensington, Maryland   USA

DG>--
DG>Dan Grunberg    Kensington, Maryland   USA

 * SLMR 2.1a * A Religion is a Cult with Real Estate


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:50 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Daniel Grunberg)
Subject: Re: Best mail order places
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Daniel Grunberg)
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 15:11:39 GMT


in a posting to rec.radio.shortwave
        Subject: Best mail order places
           Date: Mon Mar 04 18:03:26 MST 1996

[e-mail] (Everyknee) said:

> What are the best mail order places for radios?


TWO US MAIL ORDER RETAILERS

I have been pleased in my dealings with Electronic Equipment Bank
(EEB) of Vienna VA.  EEB's telephone number is [phone].

I have been pleased in my dealings with Grove Enterprises of
Brasstown NC.  Grove's telephone number is [phone].  Grove's
web address is http://www.grove.net.

Both EEB and Grove have free catalogs that are well worth asking
for.  Both firms have knowledgeable sales people.


RADIO SHACK

Your local Radio Shack store is a source of shortwave equipment.
Radio Shack has a liberal return policy, that you might want to ask
about.


--
Dan Grunberg    Kensington, Maryland   USA

--
Dan Grunberg    Kensington, Maryland   USA


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:51 1996
From: [e-mail](J. LeQuesne)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Best mail order places
Date: 5 Mar 1996 03:35:43 GMT
Message-ID: <4hgcqf$[e-mail]>
References: <4hg3su$[e-mail]>

Craig:  Ive never had any trouble w/Universal Radio--i find them fast and
knowledgable.
J. LeQuesne
On Mar 04, 1996 20:03:26 in article <Best mail order places>,
'[e-mail] (Everyknee)' wrote:


>What are the best mail order places for radios?


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:52 1996
From: Bob Tarte <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Best mail order places
Date: 9 Mar 1996 22:16:40 GMT
Message-ID: <4ht008$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Daniel Grunberg) wrote:
>
>What are the best mail order places for radios?


EEB once *talked me out of* buying a piece of equipment,
so I give them big points for wanting to do more than
just make the sale.

Also, I can't recommend Universal Radio, Inc. enough.
Same great service as EEB, but prices are generally a
bit lower.

Bob Tarte
BEAT Magazine
African + Reggae + Caribbean + World Music
(via Lowell, MI)





From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:54 1996
From: [e-mail] (Drew Commins)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: BEWARE OF DEALING WITH DERRICK HALL, SEAT
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 22:08:18 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail] <4gks9a$[e-mail]> <4gon7k$[e-mail]> <4hnu68$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Jack Harper) wrote:

>In article <4hnu68$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>> [e-mail] (jd) wrote:
>>
>> >Everyknee wrote:
>> >: I'm sorry to hear of your bad experience with Derrick Hall.
>> >:
>> >: I've always wondered how to buy expensive stuff from private parties I'v
e
>> >: never met.
...

>> >Ship it C.O.D. with a stipulation of "cash only" on the receipt.  That
>> >way the buyer doesn't pay until he gets the goods, and the seller knows
>> >his property will not be delivered in exchange for a rubber check.
>>
>> What happens if the sender simply packages up couple of bricks in a
>> nice box?
>
>Its called Mail Fraud -- a federal crime...
>

Ah but the USPS won't let you stipulate "cash only" or "certified
funds" like UPS and can it still be considered Mail Fraud if the US
Mail didn't even touch the package?

Drew

------------------------------------------------------------
Drew Commins                   | They can have my banjo when
Windswept Photo Services       | they pry my cold, dead,
e-mail: [e-mail] | pick-clad fingers from it.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:56 1996
From: "Ronald P. Cain" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: BEWARE OF DEALING WITH DERRICK HALL, SEAT
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 15:09:10 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail] <4gks9a$[e-mail]> <4gon7k$[e-mail]> <4hnu68$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> [e-mail] (jd) wrote:
>
> >Everyknee wrote:
> >: I'm sorry to hear of your bad experience with Derrick Hall.
> >:
> >: I've always wondered how to buy expensive stuff from private parties I've
> >: never met.
> >:
> >: Is there a more secure way to do it?
> >:
>
> >Ship it C.O.D. with a stipulation of "cash only" on the receipt.  That
> >way the buyer doesn't pay until he gets the goods, and the seller knows
> >his property will not be delivered in exchange for a rubber check.
>
> What happens if the sender simply packages up couple of bricks in a
> nice box?Stop payment on the check/cheque. If enough honest people know to h
andle
a sale like this, then the crook will have to move on to another scam.
Cheers,Ron Cain


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:57 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: BEWARE OF DEALING WITH DERRICK HALL, SEAT
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 03:15:43 GMT
Message-ID: <4hnu68$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail] <4gks9a$[e-mail]> <4gon7k$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (jd) wrote:

>Everyknee wrote:
>: I'm sorry to hear of your bad experience with Derrick Hall.
>:
>: I've always wondered how to buy expensive stuff from private parties I've
>: never met.
>:
>: Is there a more secure way to do it?
>:

>Ship it C.O.D. with a stipulation of "cash only" on the receipt.  That
>way the buyer doesn't pay until he gets the goods, and the seller knows
>his property will not be delivered in exchange for a rubber check.

What happens if the sender simply packages up couple of bricks in a
nice box?



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:04:58 1996
From: Jim Dillon <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Bill Gates Apologizes......
Date: 10 Mar 1996 06:12:49 GMT
Message-ID: <4htrt1$[e-mail]>

.....for the fact that anytime you hit enter key in the address
block of Win 95 Internet Explorer Posts an empty message.
O.K....WTB: Yaesu FRG-7000/7700 or similar digital (Oh,I'll
consider a FRG-7 if Price Is Right) SState Receiver
Also looking for DSP-9    Old Tube Tuning Eye Radios
Jim Dillon   WL7CMQ  [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:00 1996
From: Bruno Masala <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Broadcasts in Esperanto for Europe
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 17:15:25 +0300
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

INTERNACIAJ elsendoj Euxropo - Okcidenta Azio - Norda Afriko


time CET (laux vintra MezEuxropaTempo, CET, horo de Parizo

Everyday
15h30 - 16h     Pola R. Varsovio        7145  7285  9525  6000  SAT(1)
19h25 - 19h30   Pola R. Varsovio        SAT(2) [WRN 1]
21h - 21h30     Cxina R. Internacia     7405  7470  9965
22h30 - 23h     Pola R. Varsovio        6035  6095  SAT(1)
23h30 - 0h      Cxina R. Internacia     6950 [Latin Ameriko]

Sunday
5h30 - 5h55     R. Auxstria Internacia  6155  13730 (3)
12h30 - 13h     Pola R. Varsovio        SAT(1)
13h30 - 13h55   R. Auxstria Internacia  6155  13730 (3)
¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡              ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡        9665  [Okcidenta Azio]
15h30 - 15h55   R. Auxstria Internacia  6155  13730 (3)
20h30 - 21h     R. Havano Kubo  9550  [Euxropo/Mediteraneo]
21h20 - 21h30   R. Vatikana     1530  527  4005  5882 SAT(4)
23h - 23h30     R. Havano Kubo  9550  [Euxropo/Mediteraneo]

Other days
mer 21h20 - 21h35       R. Vatikana     1611  6185
jxaux 22h15 - 22h30     Estona R.       1035  5925
sab 21h - 21h20 RAI internacia  7235  6030

(1) Eutelsat II F6 13░ E, 11.476 GHz Hpol (TVPolonia), 7.56 MHz
(2) Astra, 11.538 GHz Vpol (VH1), 7.38 MHz (World Radio Network 1, 4
minuta reelsendo de la programo de 15h30; disauxdigita tra multaj
urbaj kablo-retoj)
(3) [baldaux per Astra Digxita Radio, en Euxropo: Astra 19.2 ░E,
11.141 Hpol, 8.10 MHz]
(4) Eutelsat II F1 13░ E, 10.987 GHz Vpol (NBC), 7.38 MHz (en
Euxropo). Tiu dimancxa programo de Radio Vatikana okazas ankaux dum
kristanaj festotagoj, samhore.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:01 1996
From: [e-mail](Jonathan Stapp )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Buy a Home ...How to STOP this CRAP
Date: 9 Mar 1996 14:22:00 GMT
Message-ID: <4hs468$[e-mail]>
References: <4hrglv$[e-mail]> <4hrq0k$[e-mail]>

In <4hrq0k$[e-mail]> [e-mail](Robert Searfoss
) writes:
>
>Is there really no way to stop non-shortwave crap from getting
>into/onto this newsgroup????
>
>
>In <4hrglv$[e-mail]> [e-mail](aveMiramar
>Associates) writes:
>>
>>WOULD YOU CONVERT YOUR CURRENT RENTAL PAYMENTS INTO MORTGAGE PAYMENTS
>>ON A NEW HOME IF THE DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COSTS WERE TAKEN CARE
>>OF FOR YOU?....

Yeah, maybe there's a way to filter out posts by header?
For example, the late (hopefully) & great no code = cb... crap.
Of course, I guess the header could just be changed slightly &
you would still get it.  Well, just a thought...
How 'bout filtering out by the poster's url?


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:02 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (David Feustel)
Subject: Re: Buy a Home ...How to STOP this CRAP
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hrglv$[e-mail]> <4hrq0k$[e-mail]> <4hs468$[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 00:05:35 GMT

Jonathan Stapp ([e-mail]) wrote:
: In <4hrq0k$[e-mail]> [e-mail](Robert Searfoss
: ) writes:
: >
: >Is there really no way to stop non-shortwave crap from getting
: >into/onto this newsgroup????
: >
: >
: >In <4hrglv$[e-mail]> [e-mail](aveMiramar
: >Associates) writes:
: >>
: >>WOULD YOU CONVERT YOUR CURRENT RENTAL PAYMENTS INTO MORTGAGE PAYMENTS
: >>ON A NEW HOME IF THE DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COSTS WERE TAKEN CARE
: >>OF FOR YOU?....

: Yeah, maybe there's a way to filter out posts by header?
: For example, the late (hopefully) & great no code = cb... crap.
: Of course, I guess the header could just be changed slightly &
: you would still get it.  Well, just a thought...
: How 'bout filtering out by the poster's url?

The DNS administrator for the poster of this message has
received about 50 copies of the message (and counting)
--
[e-mail]
Dave Feustel N9MYI      For PGP Public Key, finger [e-mail]
Fort Wayne, IN          Or else access http://www.mixi.net/~feustel/
219-483-1857


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:03 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bryan Cowan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Channel 25 IDENTIFIED!
Date: 11 Mar 1996 04:38:03 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Yep, thanks to Rick Matthews ([e-mail]) I have finally
identified the mysterious channel 25 as K25EL, Apogee Broadcasting,
Sacramento. A phone call to the station confirmed this. They have promised
to QSL with a program listing. Turns out their ID IS on a subcarrier-the
Morse IDs that somebody else mentioned. Thanks to everybody.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:03 1996
From: [e-mail] (I. Vollmer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Compact World Radio
Date: 6 Mar 1996 22:04:00 -0500
Message-ID: <4hljn0$[e-mail]>

I am planning a trip abroad and would like to bring along a radio capable
of monitering worldwide transmissions, entertainment, news, etc.

The catch:  Must be compact, battery operated and very tough.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,  I. Vollmer

Recoil


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:04 1996
From: [e-mail] (George W.McRae)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Does the GE Superadio lll have SW capability?
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 21:29:34 GMT
Message-ID: <4hnkkn$[e-mail]>
References: <4hgall$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

I am using the GE Super Radio 11 and it is GREAT!

WSM from Nashville, comes into Montreal like a local station and with
a steady signal..one could not ask for more from a radio.


George W.McRae
[e-mail]


Tom Morse <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Bill Crocker wrote:


>[stuff deleted]

>> Robert:
>>
>> You're not the only one confused!  Even as a MW receiver, it's weak and sad
!
>> I have to admit, I've never been too impressed with anything General Electr
ic has
>> made in the last ten years.  Maybe thats because "they" don't make much any
more.
>> They just put their name on someone elses stuff.
>>
>> Bill Crocker
>The only thing weak and sad here is your post. If you really have tried
>an SRIII then it must have been a bad sample, because the radio is not
>weak or sad. It is quite sensitive and probably the best inexpensive MW
>receiver currently in production. Certainly there are better receivers
>but not for $40.

>Tom  KE6DIO




From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:05 1996
From: [e-mail] (JBerszoner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Does the GE Superadio lll have SW capability?
Date: 7 Mar 1996 13:18:36 -0500
Message-ID: <4hn99s$[e-mail]>
References: <4hij8f$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (JBerszoner)

Have owned a GE SRIII for about a year now and it's terrific for MW DXing
here in the midwest.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:06 1996
From: AC6V <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Does the GE Superadio lll have SW capability?
Date: 6 Mar 1996 14:04:44 GMT
Message-ID: <4hk61s$[e-mail]>
References: <4hhm5a$[e-mail]> <4hi2s5$[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

RE: Super Radio III and Outdoor antenna. I jury rigged a 50 foot chunk of
small gauged wire from the top of my 2 story sloping to the fence level.
Worked quite well, but intend to build some antennas from the following
book.

For a good book on antennas -- see "Easy-Up Antennas for Radio Listeners
and Hams" by Edward M. Knoll, Howard Sams & Company. ISBN 0-672-22495-X.
Chapter 8 covers MW and LW antennas including AM BC Band. Some
very interesting plans.

73
Rod
--
*****************************************************************
Hark! I Have Hurled My Words To The Far Reaches Of The Earth!
What King Of Old Could Do Thus ?  --- AC6V
*****************************************************************
A Man May Know Of The World Without Leaving The Shelter Of His
Own Home!
Loa-Tsze
*****************************************************************




From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:07 1996
From: AC6V <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: DX Definition Query
Date: 3 Mar 1996 17:48:45 GMT
Message-ID: <4hcm1t$[e-mail]>
References: <4h8pdr$[e-mail]> <4h9uhd$[e-mail]>

In response to a query for definition of DX:

>RE: DX -- Just found Funk and Wagnalls definition in their Standard Desk
>Dictionary - 1984 Edition. It defines as follows:
>
>DX -- distance  On page 835.
>
>73
Rod
>
>
>--
>*****************************************************************
>Hark! I Have Hurled My Words To The Far Reaches Of The Earth!
>What King Of Old Could Do Thus ?  --- AC6V
>*****************************************************************
>A Man May Know Of The World Without Leaving The Shelter Of His
>Own Home!
>Loa-Tsze
>*****************************************************************




From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:09 1996
From: [e-mail] (Ircacpc)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: DX test Results
Date: 7 Mar 1996 22:12:56 -0500
Message-ID: <4ho8jo$[e-mail]>

Here's the results I've received so far of the most recent DX tests:

KBRT-740 Avalon, CA tested 3/1/96 from 3:00-3:30 am EST:

Bill McClintock in Minneapolis, MN reports hearing some clear CW from
this test at 3:30 EST, and Jim Leder in Cincinnatti, OH heard them from
3:10-3:20 also with code.

HCJB-690 Quito, Ecuador tested 3/2/96 from 1:00-1:15 am EST:

Gerry Bishop in Niceville, FL reports no luck in hearing this test, as
does Bill McClintock in Minneapolis, MN. However, Jean Burnell of St.
John's, NF reports he WAS able to hear this test, though only
the CW, but his reception was confirmed by Rich McVicar of HCJB!

KBSU-730 Boise, ID tested 3/3/96 from 2:00-3:00 am EST:

This test seemed to get out well! Park Barton in Tuscaloosa, AL reports
he heard 4 code segments from them, and Rusty in Hilo, HI, using a Sony
ICF-7600G and a 4 foot spiral loop, says he heard "Test KBSU" at 10, 18,
26, 34, and 52 minutes after the hour, and then the frequency was taken
over by a Canadian station. In Boulder, CO, George Scott reports that
he, too, heard the test from about 2:18 to 2:30 with marches, polkas,
and code IDs on his SRIII. Bill Dvorak in Madison, WI also heard the
test, for his first ID AM, for over 30 minutes with CW and march music.
Finally, Jim Leder in Cincinnatti, OH also got a new state with this DX
test, as he reports hearing several clear CW IDs from the test!

That's all for now...

Lynn.
([e-mail])


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:11 1996
From: Bruno Masala <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Esperanto broadcasts for Europe
Date: 10 Mar 1996 11:44:22 GMT
Message-ID: <4hufam$[e-mail]>


INTERNACIAJ elsendoj en
Euxropo - Okcidenta Azio - Norda Afriko

time CET (laux vintra MezEuxropaTempo, CET, horo de Parizo)

Everyday
15h30 - 16h     Pola R. Varsovio        7145  7285  9525  6000  SAT(1)
19h25 - 19h30   Pola R. Varsovio        SAT(2) [WRN 1]
21h - 21h30*    Cxina R. Internacia     7405  7470  9965
22h30 - 23h     Pola R. Varsovio        6035  6095  SAT(1)
23h30 - 0h*     Cxina R. Internacia     6950 [Latin Ameriko]

Sunday only
5h30 - 5h55*    R. Auxstria Internacia  6155  13730 (3)
12h30 - 13h     Pola R. Varsovio        SAT(1)
13h30 - 13h55*  R. Auxstria Internacia  6155  13730 (3)
  ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡          ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡  9665  [Okcidenta Azio]
15h30 - 15h55*  R. Auxstria Internacia  6155  13730 (3)
20h30 - 21h*    R. Havano Kubo  9550  [Euxropo/Mediteraneo]
21h20 - 21h30   R. Vatikana     1530  527  4005  5882 SAT(4)
23h - 23h30*    R. Havano Kubo  9550  [Euxropo/Mediteraneo]

Other days
mer 21h20 - 21h35       R. Vatikana     1611  6185
jxaux 22h15 - 22h30     Estona R.       1035  5925
sab 21h - 21h20*        RAI internacia  7235  6030

(1) Eutelsat II F6 13░ E, 11.476 GHz Hpol (TVPolonia), 7.56 MHz
(2) Astra, 11.538 GHz Vpol (VH1), 7.38 MHz (World Radio Network 1, 4 minuta re
elsendo de la programo
de 15h30; disauxdigita tra multaj urbaj kablo-retoj)
(3) [baldaux per Astra Digxita Radio, en Euxropo: Astra 19.2 ░E, 11.141 Hpol,
8.10 MHz]
(4) Eutelsat II F1 13░ E, 10.987 GHz Vpol (NBC), 7.38 MHz (en Euxropo). Tiu di
mancxa programo de
Radio Vatikana okazas ankaux dum kristanaj festotagoj, samhore.







From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:12 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mark S. Roberts)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: FM "94 Rock" on AM 610???
Date: 7 Mar 1996 18:47:39 -0800
Message-ID: <4ho74b$[e-mail]>
References: <4hnlro$[e-mail]>

On 7 Mar 1996 21:52:56 GMT Hank Tyler ([e-mail]) wrote:
| I occasionally hear a station that id's itself as "94 Rock" on my GE SR
| III at AM 610. Anyone know what this is? Thanks!

Strong chance that it's....
KZSS Albuquerque, simulcasting KZRR at 94.1. KZSS's nighttime is a figure-8
with one lobe to the ENE, which you'd be on the edge of.
--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mark Roberts | Kansas City, Missouri (USA) | http://www.crl.com/~transvox/
  The Mid-America Radio Page is also at http://www.littleblue.com/kcradio
==============================================================================


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:13 1996
From: Hank Tyler <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FM "94 Rock" on AM 610???
Date: 7 Mar 1996 21:52:56 GMT
Message-ID: <4hnlro$[e-mail]>

I occasionally hear a station that id's itself as "94 Rock" on my GE SR
III at AM 610. Anyone know what this is? Thanks!



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:15 1996
From: [e-mail] (destiny admin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap
Subject: Free Radio Program
Date: 7 Mar 1996 00:42:13 GMT
Message-ID: <4hlbd5$[e-mail]>

Destiny Software is a developer of video games like JAM! (shareware),
Darkseed II and Blood Bowl.  You can check out our WEB site at:

http://www.destiny-software.com/destiny

Now we're experimenting with RADIO!

We have just successfully broadcast good quality music and speech over
the internet (receiving with a 28 800 modem).  (Our compression
algorithm is much faster and better quality than others we've tried.)
We plan to allow non-commercial users to broadcast for free,
encouraging a wide variety of viewpoints in this new medium.
Commercial users are welcome to participate in BETA testing.

The compression is in real time on a 486, so we will support live
broadcasts as soon as we finish the initial testing.

So here's the scoop - we're looking for BETA testers.  If you would
like to become a broadcaster, you need:

1. A permanent IP address.
2. A dedicated machine (or permission to run background tasks)
3. You are either linked to the MBONE or you have a fast connection
4. If you are using a non-windows server, we may need access to your
account to compile for your particular machine.

Basically, you fill your hard drive with samples and a script file to
organize playback.  (The player will repeat the script when it
finishes).  Later we will upgrade so that broadcasters can go live by
plugging a signal into a PC sound card.

Listeners will enter your address into the radio program and voila,
your broadcast will begin playing.  The radio feature will be built
into our soon to be released freeware browser.

If you're interested, send email.

Thanks!








From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:15 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FRG-100 for sale
Date: 5 Mar 1996 23:59:39 GMT
Message-ID: <4hikhb$[e-mail]>

FOR SALE
YAESU FRG-100 COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER
One year old  (Like New)
50 Memories
SSB-CW-AM-AM Narrow  Modes
10hz resolution in SSB and CW modes
100hz resolution in AM modes
Computer controllable
Includes Manual, power supply and original box
EMAIL: [e-mail]
$375.00 plus shipping
I am located in Seattle, WA

Stephen Eastman






From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:16 1996
From: Tony Bonanno <"[e-mail]"@popd.ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS: Mint Sony 7600G
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 23:15:25 -0800
Message-ID: <4hgm75$[e-mail]>

Sony ICF-SW7600G, with box, all accessories, manual, etc.  Mint
condition.  Looks and performs flawlessly.  A terrific SW portable with
sync detection, SSB, etc.  $140 plus shipping from Santa Fe, New Mexico.
E-mail if interested..

Tony Bonanno



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:17 1996
From: [e-mail] (Nickwb4sqi)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: GE SUPER RADIO III in KY
Date: 7 Mar 1996 13:26:35 -0500
Message-ID: <4hn9or$[e-mail]>

K-Mart in KY is carrying the Superadio III for $49.95.

Nick
WB4SQI


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:18 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (David Feustel)
Subject: Re: GE Superadio lll vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4ho2oc$[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 11:50:14 GMT

Pyewacket1 ([e-mail]) wrote:
: In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
: writes:

: >I've heard a lot about the SRIII and its older sister, the SRII, but this
: is
: >the first I've heard this.  The tuning dial changes as batteries go down?
:
: >What about the AC? :)

: It was explained to me by an engineer who has one, after I'd complained
: about how badly calibrated the dial on my SRIII was.  I wish I could give
: you a better, more specific explanation, but I'm afraid I can't. It
: basically has something to do with the calibration of the dial being tied
: to the voltage of the batteries. I have never tried my unit with AC, as
: there's a terrible hum on ANY radio I use at my house with AC unless I
: tune to a strong local; plus I like the unit to be as portable as possible
: - I take it to my kids' sports games or practices and listen there if I'm
: bored!

: Lynn.
Why not ask GE to upgrade the radio with a digital tuning display?
--
[e-mail]
Dave Feustel N9MYI      For PGP Public Key, finger [e-mail]
Fort Wayne, IN          Or else access http://www.mixi.net/~feustel/
219-483-1857


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:19 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Karen Greene)
Subject: Re: GE Superadio lll vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hj011$[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 09:10:15 GMT

Hi

I have both radios & the GE III is the KING OF MW





Karen





Robert J. Shea ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Someone said their YB 400 had MW reception as good as the GE SR lll. Is
: this accurate? What about the Sony models? If so, I'd rather buy one
: radio that two. I appreciate any comments.
: RJShea
: St. Louis- Gretzky town
: [e-mail]
--
                                             [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:20 1996
From: Dave Thorn <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Superadio lll vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 12:39:49 -0600
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hj011$[e-mail]> <4hl9vb$[e-mail]>

Someone has misread my comment concerning the YB400 and the GE
Superradio!!  The comparison was to the II (two) series - NOT the III
(three) series!!  Not having a III, I can't compare the YB400 to the
SuperradioIII.

My comment is still valid though.  The YB400 is ALMOST as good.  The
sound quality is obviously MUCH better with the GE.  I guess it boils
down to what you really want to do - listen to good sound or DX.

Anyone done a sensitivity comparison of the new YB305 to the
Superradios yet?

Happy listening!!


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:21 1996
From: [e-mail] (David Moisan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Superadio lll vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 22:16:02 GMT
Message-ID: <4hsvuk$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4ho2oc$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Pyewacket1) wrote:

>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
>writes:

>It was explained to me by an engineer who has one, after I'd complained
>about how badly calibrated the dial on my SRIII was.  I wish I could give
>you a better, more specific explanation, but I'm afraid I can't. It
>basically has something to do with the calibration of the dial being tied
>to the voltage of the batteries. I have never tried my unit with AC, as

Did the designers forget a zener or two?  I did once have a radio
whose dial calibration did go to pot as the batteries wore out, but
this was a much junkier radio than the SR.

My SR II has always been on AC since I've had it, so I can't speak
from experience.  It's one of the few radios I own that *doesn't*
suffer from AC hum (my old DX-400 being the other, and that only
because of the external antenna I use with it.)

Dave

| David Moisan, N1KGH                 [e-mail]             |
| 86 Essex St. Apt #204               [e-mail]               |
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From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:22 1996
From: [e-mail] (David Moisan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Superadio lll vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 22:16:03 GMT
Message-ID: <4hsvum$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4ho2oc$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (David Feustel) wrote:

>Why not ask GE to upgrade the radio with a digital tuning display?

I'd love this.  But it'd be just our luck we'd have synthesizer noise
and microprocessor RFI that'd offset the benefits.  And what if the
tuner's hardcoded for North American 10 kHz spacing?  More than a few
of us would b****, surely.

Remember that the SR is not intended to be an "expensive" (read:
sophisticated) radio though it is the best performer in its class.
I'd compare it with cheap digital-display walkperson radios, since GE
would use that example, if anything, if they decide to do this.

Actually, I'd really like AM stereo.  Sony has a walkperson like this
I'm tempted to buy (since the SR's rather big to carry around);  it
was written up in MT a few months back.

Dave

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From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:24 1996
From: [e-mail] (Ronald Hands)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Superadio lll vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Date: 6 Mar 1996 14:49:14 GMT
Message-ID: <4hk8la$[e-mail]>
References: <4hj011$[e-mail]>

Robert J. Shea ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Someone said their YB 400 had MW reception as good as the GE SR lll. Is
: this accurate? What about the Sony models? If so, I'd rather buy one
: radio that two. I appreciate any comments.

  I have both a YB400 and a SR III.  Although the sensitivity of the
YB400 on MW is quite good, I find there are certain stations I can hear
clearly with the SR III that are lost to interference in the YB400.
  Rather than being a difference in sensitivity, I think this is simply
because the SR III has a much longer ferrite antenna and, by turning the
set, I can null out interfering stations and allow a wanted station to
predominate.
  In my case, this means I can hear the NPR station in Buffalo, N.Y., WNED
on 970 khz on the SR III (during daylight hours, anyway).  ON the YB400 I
can't pick it up well enough to distinguish it from the two or three
competitors on the frequency.
  On the other hand, it's handy to have the YB400 available to check
frequencies -- the calibration on the SR III dial is dreadful,
particularly in the middle of its range.  I often have to tune a strong
station on both receivers to find out where, exactly, I'm at on the SR III.
  One advantage of the SR III no one has mentioned: it makes a great
radio for use in a darkroom.  No dial lights to fog the paper!

-- Ron
[e-mail]
[e-mail]




From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:25 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Superadio lll vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 00:59:56 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hj011$[e-mail]> <4hl9vb$[e-mail]>

In article <4hl9vb$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Pyewacket1)
writes:

>Now, the dial on the SRIII is
>coupled to the batteries so that as their power changes the dial position
>varies, but with some tape and a fine marker, I have a general idea of
>where certain frequencies are on it.

I've heard a lot about the SRIII and its older sister, the SRII, but this is
the first I've heard this.  The tuning dial changes as batteries go down?
What about the AC? :)

I must echo sentiments in favor of the SRIII.  I owned an SRII that didn't
make the trip out from my old hometown in Ohio...and have always wanted to
pick up a replacement.  I've heard varying reports about the SRIII...so I was
a bit hesitant to get one, but I just did the other day.

Though the actual calibration with the dial is as bad as the SRII was, the
actual performance of the thing is *incredible*.  I am able to clearly pick
out small AM stations all over Northern California, even in the daytime.  And
at night, it shines as well.  I'm able to regularly pick out 50 KWer KFI/640
out of Los Angeles under the shadow of an immediately adjacent local station
(a competitor of my employer's ;).

And all of this is using nothing more than the internal ferrite rod antenna.

If you're looking to improve your MW reception, this is definitely the place
to go!  A definite Thumbs Up for the SRIII!

Mike/Sacramento, CA


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:27 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Superadio lll vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 01:00:31 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4ho2oc$[e-mail]>

On 7 Mar 1996 20:33:00 -0500, [e-mail] (Pyewacket1) said
something kinda like:

>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
>writes:
>
>>I've heard a lot about the SRIII and its older sister, the SRII, but this
>is
>>the first I've heard this.  The tuning dial changes as batteries go down?
>
>>What about the AC? :)
>
>It was explained to me by an engineer who has one, after I'd complained
>about how badly calibrated the dial on my SRIII was.  I wish I could give
>you a better, more specific explanation, but I'm afraid I can't. It
>basically has something to do with the calibration of the dial being tied
>to the voltage of the batteries. I have never tried my unit with AC, as
>there's a terrible hum on ANY radio I use at my house with AC unless I
>tune to a strong local; plus I like the unit to be as portable as possible
>- I take it to my kids' sports games or practices and listen there if I'm
>bored!
>
>Lynn.
Re: the hum: I once spent about a month trying to eliminate a hum in
my AC powered radios, using all types of filters.  I then found the
source(s): a recharger for my beard trimmer and the dimmer on a lamp.
If the lamp attatched to the dimmer was off, and the beard trimmer
recharger unplugged, the hum went away.

FWIW,

[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:27 1996
From: [e-mail] (Pyewacket1)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Superadio lll vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Date: 7 Mar 1996 20:33:00 -0500
Message-ID: <4ho2oc$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
writes:

>I've heard a lot about the SRIII and its older sister, the SRII, but this
is
>the first I've heard this.  The tuning dial changes as batteries go down?

>What about the AC? :)

It was explained to me by an engineer who has one, after I'd complained
about how badly calibrated the dial on my SRIII was.  I wish I could give
you a better, more specific explanation, but I'm afraid I can't. It
basically has something to do with the calibration of the dial being tied
to the voltage of the batteries. I have never tried my unit with AC, as
there's a terrible hum on ANY radio I use at my house with AC unless I
tune to a strong local; plus I like the unit to be as portable as possible
- I take it to my kids' sports games or practices and listen there if I'm
bored!

Lynn.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:28 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Michael J. Wade)
Subject: Grundig Sat. 700
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 11:29:49 GMT

I have a Sat 700 I would like to sell. It is in new condiction with the origin
al box and manual.
This radio is over $400 new I will sell it for $300 or trade for a 6 meter rig
 of approximate value.

Mike kb9kdg


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:29 1996
From: [e-mail] (Asher Stern)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Grundig Satellit 400
Date: 9 Mar 1996 07:22:29 GMT
Message-ID: <4hrbjl$[e-mail]>


I have a Grundig Satellit 400 which is dated but fine for a beginner such
as myself.Reception is fine under open sky with whip antenna and not
terribly bad indoors,but could be a lot better.I live in 2d floor apt.
and cannot dangle anything from windows.The radio came with a coax antenna
jack.Please indulge me this stupid question:What could i Possibly connect
coax wire to in apt. to improve reception?


I have a Grundig Satellit 400 which is dated but fine for a beginner such
as myself.Reception is fine under open sky with whip antenna and not
terribly bad indoors,but could be a lot better.I live in 2d floor apt.
and cannot dangle anything from windows.The radio came with a coax antenna
jack.Please indulge me this stupid question:What could i Possibly connect
coax wire to in apt. to improve reception?

--


Asher Stern
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:30 1996
Distribution: world
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Brian Carling)
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 10:34:00 -0500
Subject: HAMMARLUND RADIO INFO NEE
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail]
"mail sometimes bounces here, please resend if needed!"

Please reply to: [e-mail]

Keith try the Hammarlund Guy as follows:

KS>     I've been looking for a comprehensive source on the history
KS>of Hammarlund Radios, complete with a model listing (illustra-
KS>tions if possible).  Is is published?  How may I get a copy?

From: ROBERT FOWLE
[e-mail]

>RF>thank you robert [e-mail]

>Robert Fowle                  [phone]
>The Hammarlund guy
>[e-mail]
>1215 Winifred                 Hammarlund & Collins manuals etc.
>Jackson, Mich.  49202-1946    sales catalogs, Sams etc.

Bry

 * SLMR 2.1a * I dreamt I was a muffler, and woke up exhausted!



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:34 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Keith Simon)
Subject: HAMMARLUND RADIO INFO NEEDED
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 12:29:45 GMT


     I've been looking for a comprehensive source on the history
of Hammarlund Radios, complete with a model listing (illustra-
tions if possible).  Is is published?  How may I get a copy?

     Any information you may provide would be greatly
appreciated!  Thank you.

     Keith
     [e-mail]




From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:34 1996
From: Michael Simone <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Help: Installing SW In Car
Date: 8 Mar 1996 01:43:21 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4ho3bp$[e-mail]>

I'll be putting a DC777 into my vehicle. Any tips to minimize noise?

Michael Simone
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:35 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Help: Installing SW In Car
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 23:41:49
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4ho3bp$[e-mail]>

In article <4ho3bp$[e-mail]> Michael Simone <[e-mail]>
 writes:
>From: Michael Simone <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Help: Installing SW In Car
>Date: 8 Mar 1996 01:43:21 GMT

>I'll be putting a DC777 into my vehicle. Any tips to minimize noise?

>Michael Simone
>[e-mail]


Forgot to mention... mount the antenna as far away from the engine compartment

as possible, make sure you have a GREAT ground for the antenna,  and only
listen with the engine off! <grin>

With as much plastic as is contained in most automobiles today, it is amazing
if you can find a good ground at all, short of connecting EVERYTHING to a
single point!

Steve


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:36 1996
From: TAKASHI KURODA <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: HF Active Antenna Recomendations
Date: 5 Mar 1996 13:53:41 GMT
Message-ID: <4hhh15$[e-mail]>
References: <4h8il8$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Re: HF Active Antenna Recomendations

I use the RF System's the DX-One Pro. for about a half
year now and am very pleased with its performance.

It is very quiet antenna and is also strong against
MW interferences with its built in MW suppression
circuitry.  It is also sensitive in LW band so that I
use it for NAVTEX reception as well.

Takashi Kuroda




From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:37 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Subject: Re: HF Active Antenna Recomendations
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 12:46:02 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4h8il8$[e-mail]> <4hf1in$[e-mail]>

I've used active antennas over the years.

The first was the McKay Dymek 100.  When placed up in the clear there
was a slight cross mod from Loran-C on 100 kHz.  Otherwise the antenna
worked well up to 6 mHz, less so to 15 or higher.  It regularly blew
its inout FET which is a special type that can't be ordered from
Radio Shack etc..  I never noticed cross mod from VHF stations.

I've used a Datong and others with fair to good results after
adding series chokes to the antenna leads to keep VHF stations
from leaving droppings across the HF spectrum.  The Datong is a dipole,
which could be mounted on a rotor.

Ramsey now advertise an active loop antenna remotely tunable which
could be interesting for MW DX.

--
Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX     [e-mail]     http://www.omen.com
   Omen Technology Inc      "The High Reliability Software"
Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, RZ, SZ, Pro-YAM, ZCOMM, GSZ, and DSZ
TeleGodzilla BBS: 503-617-1698  FTP: ftp.cs.pdx.edu pub/zmodem


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:38 1996
From: John Dooms <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Home Made Aerial?
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 18:46:55 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <aa0b921-0603961011480001@133.109.74.51>
To: Stefan Kukula <[e-mail]>

Stefen,

Not sure what kind of connector your new radio uses for the "aerial in",
but I suspect its designed to use coaxial cable (center conductor with a
braided shield).  Should work fine if you use a piece of coax with the
proper connector for your radio on one end and attach the center
conductor to your long wire and attach the shield to a good "earth" or
ground.  disconnect during storms.  You may wish to make or buy a simple
dipole with a connector for your cable..

Tony


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:39 1996
From: Wes Padilla <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Honduras and Central America
Date: 8 Mar 1996 01:30:44 GMT
Message-ID: <4ho2k4$[e-mail]>

     Can someone please direct me to where I can get Utility station
frequencies for Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, Belize and Paname. Please email directly to my email address.



Thank you and God Bless you,
Wesley Padilla



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:40 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Benkoski)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: How does a Hammarlund HQ - 180 work?
Date: 6 Mar 1996 04:18:30 GMT
Message-ID: <4hj3mm$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4gt29s$[e-mail]> <4h5n3l$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4hct8e$[e-mail]>

John Kolb ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Eric E. Palmer ([e-mail]) wrote:
: : I am just getting into HAM and a friend just loaned me a
: : Hammarlund HQ - 180.  It's old, but it seems to work.  I don't know
: : how to use much of it.  I did find an AM station, but there are
: : sure a lot of dails and stuff.

: Yes, there are very few radios that have as many knobs as the HQ-180.
: Not an ideal radio to start with, perhaps. Band switch, main tuning
: and bandspread tuning are used to select the desired station. For the
: ham bands, if the main tuning is set to the correct postion, then
: the bandspread dial freqs can be read directly as the correct freq.
: On other freqs, the bandspread knob is used for fine tune only.

: Most of the controls are used as part of the IF section for avoiding
: interference. There is a notch filter, called Slot Frequency control
: which is tuned to null out a carrier near the desired freq. Leave
: turned all the way to one side or the other when not required.
: The Vernier tuning control is used for very fine tuning. This controls
: the conversion from the second IF, 455 kHz to the 3rd IF, 60 kHz,
: so tuning this does not affect the setting of the notch filter.
: Bandwidth and sideband selector controls are used to select the
: bandwidth you receive with and vary depending on the mode of the
: received station, AM or sideband, as well as how much noise and
: interference is on the station.

: I can provide a 3rd generation copy of the manual for $6.00 -
: rather poor pictures, which will have much greater detail.

: John Kolb
: 540 S. Kalbaugh St.
: Ramona, CA 92065

How does my HQ-180 work? .......... just fine thank you!


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:41 1996
From: [e-mail] (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: ICOM R1 with SSB?
Date: 7 Mar 1996 15:58:59 -0500
Message-ID: <4hnimj$[e-mail]>
References: <4hnfe1$[e-mail]>

In article <4hnfe1$[e-mail]>,
Carl Hodder <[e-mail]> wrote:
>I just seen on the UK ICOM site that the UK version of the IC-R1
>has SSB. Can the US version be modified for SSB by installing and/or
>removing a diode? It says on the Icom site the radio is the smallest
>SSB receiver and has a 10 dB S/N for SSB. If you want to see for your
>self check it out at URL http://www.easynet.co.uk/icomuk/r1.htm.
>Is the UK version a different radio?

It sounds like what some London radio shop (forgot their name, begins with
an A) was doing a few years ago - remove the internal bettery pack, and
put an SSB board in its place.




--
Mike Schuster       |        [e-mail] | [e-mail]
------------------- | [e-mail] | [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:42 1996
From: [e-mail] (Carl Hodder)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: ICOM R1 with SSB?
Date: 7 Mar 1996 20:03:13 GMT
Message-ID: <4hnfe1$[e-mail]>

I just seen on the UK ICOM site that the UK version of the IC-R1
has SSB. Can the US version be modified for SSB by installing and/or
removing a diode? It says on the Icom site the radio is the smallest
SSB receiver and has a 10 dB S/N for SSB. If you want to see for your
self check it out at URL http://www.easynet.co.uk/icomuk/r1.htm.
Is the UK version a different radio?




From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:43 1996
From: [e-mail] (Scott Gillen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Inspirational Classics on the WWW
Date: 5 Mar 1996 05:34:25 GMT
Message-ID: <4hgjp1$[e-mail]>

Inspirational Classics is now on the World Wide Web.   Please stop
by our Web page to get information about Inspirational Classics and
up coming programs.

http://iconz.co.nz/~gillen/ic.html

Inspirational Classics is a weekly 30 minute program heard on HCJB
World Radio, a ShortWave station broadcasting from Quito Ecuador.
Inspirational Classics is presented by Judy Gillen.  The program
focuses on Christian composers and music dedicated to giving glory
to God.

If you are in the South Pacific try listening to Inspirational
Classics on 5900KHz on Thursday evenings at 1030UTC, 11:30pm New
Zealand Daylight Time.  If you are in North America try 9745KHz at
0230UTC, 9:30pm EST or 0630UTC, 1:30am EST Friday morning.  We have
also had good reception reports from Japan on this frequency and
time.  For those of you in Europe you can catch Inspirational
Classics at 1830UTC, 6:30pm London Standard Time on 15490KHz.  And
in Central and South America listen in on 6080KHz at 1830UTC,
12:30pm EST


Best regards and good DXing.


Scott
[e-mail]
http://iconz.co.nz/~gillen/ic.html


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:44 1996
From: [e-mail] (Chuck Rippel)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Kenwood TS-870, Control Program ?
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 03:02:37 GMT
Message-ID: <4hdmkp$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Alan Doherty <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Hello All,
>          Thanks for reading this. I have a TS-870 and I see there is a
>new computer control program available for it in the USA. Anyone know
>where I can download/obtain a copy ?
>--
>Alan Doherty, GI0OTC

It comes in the box with the radio for free.
---------------------------------------------------------------

Chuck Rippel, WA4HHG
[e-mail]

Is there Life After 5 mHz?

-------------------x Reply Separator x--------------------------



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:45 1996
From: "Daniel (Doni) Rosenzweig" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,soc.culture.jewish,soc.culture.israel
Subject: Kol Israel Summer 96 - addendum
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 08:33:03 -0500
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960311083122.21549D-100000@itsop2>


re 7465 at 0400 . The US station will not use this frequency at
this time. No more co-channel interference.

From 15th March all broadcasts will be one hour earlier, but new
frequencies start Sunday 31 March


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:46 1996
Distribution: world
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Brian Carling)
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 16:27:00 -0500
Subject: Kulpsville - Anyone going
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail]
"mail sometimes bounces here, please resend if needed!"

ST>I wondering if anyone is planning to go to the SWL get together in
ST>Kulpsville, PA next weekend?

Nope Steve... no one is planning to go!

 * SLMR 2.1a * One to transport, Jesus!


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:46 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve_Coletti)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Kulpsville - Anyone going?
Date: 9 Mar 1996 23:05:36 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I wondering if anyone is planning to go to the SWL get together in
Kulpsville, PA next weekend?  I had planned to go but my new work
assignment involves weekend work, so I guess I'm not gonna make it again
this year.  GRRRR!

--
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 <                         "Big Steve" Coletti                         >
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 <     Internet: [e-mail] ==== [e-mail]    >
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From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:47 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dan Ferguson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Kulpsville - Anyone going?
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 22:56:33 GMT
Message-ID: <4hvmik$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Steve_Coletti) wrote:

>I wondering if anyone is planning to go to the SWL get together in
>Kulpsville, PA next weekend?  I had planned to go but my new work
>assignment involves weekend work, so I guess I'm not gonna make it again
>this year.  GRRRR!

I had sort of planned on going, but it now looks like I'll be
arttending a conference Friday, so don't know if I'll make it up there
or not.

df


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From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:48 1996
From: [e-mail] (cleve e massey)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: LOWE 150...WOW
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 12:31:25 -0600
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have been thru dozens of receivers in the past 30 years or so...but just
the other day got a new LOWE 150 and it is GREAT!!!

The small compact size is terrific...the ease of tuning and mode selection
is outstanding...it is a terrific radio...

Yea around $500 is a bit pricey, but I honestly don't believe you need all
the bells and whistles and other stuff they put on receivers today...

If you see one and want to get something that you will hold onto for a
long time, snap it up!!!

VERY SATISFIED!!!

cleve


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:49 1996
From: "Denes S. Varady" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: LOWE 150...WOW
Date: 10 Mar 1996 00:41:31 GMT
Message-ID: <4ht8fr$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

I've tryed some also..

Does your one has a "digital whine" centered at 15.000 and 27.000 MHz??

If it does not - what is the ser.#  ??

Thanks: Denes

--


Denes S. Varady,  N3NV




From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:50 1996
From: Tom Gray <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Lowe HF-150
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 17:25:15 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Any one have source code for serial port routine
written in VB 4.0 for control of Lowe HF-150

Tom Gray


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:50 1996
From: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: MFJ-959 Tuner
Date: 8 Mar 1996 01:29:39 GMT
Message-ID: <4ho2i3$[e-mail]>


Chris,

I saw your posting on the MFJ tuner.  Got a few questions:
How long have you owned it?  What kind of shape is it in?
What sort of improvement did it give you?
How reliable is it?
What sort of DXing did you use it for?

Bernie Graham
Mpls, MN


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:52 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Dean W. Armstrong)
Subject: Re: Natural Radio / Whistlers
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
References: <4hd3ot$[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 21:55:37 GMT

In article <4hd3ot$[e-mail]>,
Maarten van Damme <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>A certain Mr. Stephen McCreevy sells special radios that cover the ELF
>spectrum (0.1kHz-10kHz). They are specially designed for hearing
>whistlers. Natural radio signals generated by the earth. See his very
>interesting and readable articles on his homepage (Search any search
>tool for his name).
>
>Does anyone have experiences with this natural radio phenomena and the
>radio Mr. McGreevy designed? Are there other designs or radios for
>sale that cover this ELF area?

        All of those frequencies are within the realm of audio--i.e.,
all you have to do is convert the EM wave to a sound wave and listen.
The problem is, of course, getting enough power to drive your speaker.
        The way I've done it is by using a long antenna.  1100 ft.
long, and making a large loop, with one end grounded and the other
connected to a high-impedance earphone.  Amplification is another
option to boost signals with a short antenna (that's what I suspect
Mr. McGreevy is doing, to save hassle & space).
        What you can hear depends on what's nearby.  Navigational
signals higher up have a beat frequency that is annoyingly loud.  The
U.S. Navy broadcasts very slow CW on 45 and 76 Hz to its submarines.
While there's the claim that power lines create quite a buzz, a FFT of
the spectrum indicated that wasn't very significant.  The buzz were
the beats from the navigational signals.
        Find out what's at the opposite magnetic pole to your
location.  If it's near a continent with T-storms, you'll get
whistlers.
--
Dean W. Armstrong                        Ryerson Astronomical Society
http://astro.uchicago.edu/home/web/RAS/  Cheese.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:53 1996
From: Woody Harper <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Need Opinions on Yacht Boy 400
Date: 6 Mar 1996 08:00:02 -0700
Message-ID: <4hk99i$[e-mail]>

I've been doing some catalog shopping for a SW receiver and so far the
Grundig Yacht Boy 400 seems to be the best in the <$200 price group. I
would like to hear any and all first hand experience with this radio.
I'mm looking to buy at the beginning of next month (gotta love those tax
returns). Thanks!

--
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-
KC7NKE                             Home Page: http://www.primenet.com/~lager


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:55 1996
From: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Need Opinions on Yacht Boy 400
Date: 10 Mar 1996 09:21:45 GMT
Message-ID: <4hu6v9$[e-mail]>
References: <4ho3p8$[e-mail]> <4hlei2$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)


In a previous article, [e-mail] (Pyewacket1) says:

>>I have had a YB-400 for about a year now. It's a good small portable.
>>The only problem I see with it is that it's not sensitive to weak
>>signals, thus I haven't used it as much as I would have liked. I do
>>believe it's probably the best buy in the $200 price range. You just
>>have to remember it's a portable. Actually that's kind of hard to forget
>>as it's so small.

>I have to agree there...but it's as sensitive as I'd like...but I don't do
>a lot of hard-core DXing much anymore, just listening for broadcasts I
>*know* are supposed to be at a given date and time, and they usually come
>in great on the YB-400. The one complaint I *do* have with it involves
>SSB. I believe the "Fine Tuning" dial is  supposed to be a BFO of sorts
>for SSB, right? Well, it's the pickiest one I've ever seen! Got to get it
>JUST right or any SSB transmission sounds awful!

Yes, the little knob on the side is for tuning SSB. I haven't really had
any problems with it though. I wasn't really knocking the radio as there
isn't really anything wrong with it, I was just comparing reception of
weak signals to that of my Samsung analog radio which really pulls in weak
signals well. Problem is it only covers part of the spectrum. Anyway, I
find that at the times I listen most here (08:00 - 13:00 UT) the stations
I listen to require a receiver that will pull in weak signals fairly well.

Doug

--
 <<< [e-mail] >>>

 S&W LadySmith: The Ultimate in feminine protection


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:55 1996
From: [e-mail] (Rick Williams)
Subject: Re: Need Opinions on Yacht Boy 400
Date: 10 Mar 96 20:35:28 -0800
References: <4ho3p8$[e-mail]> <4hlei2$[e-mail]> <4hu6v9$[e-mail]>
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

( 1ST posting to this BBS)  I've had great luck with YB-400!  I've
used it on business trips around usa and while yachting (really?) in
Long Island Sound.  Agree that BFO is touchy but the radio sounds
like Twice its size. If I have a complaint, it's that the pushbutton
tuning can be a pain when DXing for unknown stations. An
old-fashioned Knob would've been better. The radio works Great on the
stock antenna - sometimes I have a tough time convincing friends that
we're listening to Tennessee on 1 length of antenna! i will stay
tuned for other impressions of YB-400.

Also looking for on-line freq. listings, as i just located this BBS,
along with rec.radio.scanner.

thx,

Rick


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:56 1996
From: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Need Opinions on Yacht Boy 400
Date: 7 Mar 1996 01:36:02 GMT
Message-ID: <4hlei2$[e-mail]>
References: <4hk99i$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)


In a previous article, [e-mail] (Woody Harper) says:

>I've been doing some catalog shopping for a SW receiver and so far the
>Grundig Yacht Boy 400 seems to be the best in the <$200 price group. I
>would like to hear any and all first hand experience with this radio.
>I'mm looking to buy at the beginning of next month (gotta love those tax
>returns). Thanks!

I have had a YB-400 for about a year now. It's a good small portable.
The only problem I see with it is that it's not sensitive to weak
signals, thus I haven't used it as much as I would have liked. I do
believe it's probably the best buy in the $200 price range. You just
have to remember it's a portable. Actually that's kind of hard to forget
as it's so small.

Doug



--
 <<< [e-mail] >>>

 "Politicians are like diapers.  They need to be changed often...
 and for the same reason."  --- Paul Harvey


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:57 1996
From: Parker Kent <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Need Radio Clock Info.
Date: 6 Mar 1996 22:00:19 GMT
Message-ID: <4hl1tj$90r$[e-mail]>

I need any information I can get in
reguards to the radio signals sent from Germany
across Europe giving time information for
Radio Clocks.

Thanks,

Parker Kent


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:58 1996
From: "Randall S. Benn" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: NEEDING TO FIND LYNN STOLZ
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 22:10:39 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
To: Christopher Golash <[e-mail]>

You can find people pretty easy here if they have a listing in a phone
directory in the US:

        http://www.switchboard.com

Randy Benn


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:05:59 1996
From: [e-mail] (Lou Schneider)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: NEW 1640 STATION
Date: 9 Mar 1996 18:52:24 -0800
Message-ID: <4htg58$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]>

David Alpert ([e-mail]) wrote:
: This from the rec.radio.briadcasting newsgroup:
:
: Subject: KXBT/San Francisco #2 on expanded band
: From: [e-mail]
: Organization: Bitstream Underground
:
: Reply-To: [e-mail]
:
: Just got notice from ABC Radio that their recently-affiliated Urban Gold
: station KXBT/1190 will begin operation on 1640 starting March 12.
:

I visited the station yesterday.  The official start date has been pushed
back to March 19, but they will probably be on intermittantly testing
between now and then.  Transmitter is a used Continental mounted in a
cargo container at the tower base.  Antenna is a 220 ft. guyed tower
carrying a pair of folded unipoles - one for the existing 1190 Khz
kilowatt daytimer, the second for 1660.  At the top of the tower is a 3
bay vertically polarized antenna that's a 150 watt on-channel booster for
their co-owned FM.

Written QSLs are requested and will be responded to.  Address is:

 KXBT
 3267 Sonoma Blvd.
 Vallejo, CA  94590
 attn: Alan McCarthy (AA6GM - chief engineer)

Lou Schneider
N6YMQ
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:00 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 08:08:30 +0000
Reply-To: [e-mail]
From: Jan Nieuwenhuis <[e-mail]>
Subject: New BDXC-WWW data available

BENELUX DX-CLUB (BDXC) INFORMATION
==================================

NEW & UPDATED info available via "World Wide Web" on Internet at:

  http://www-dx.deis.unibo.it/htdx/swls/bdxc.html

* UPDATED - "English transmissions to EUROPE (5/3/96)"
* NEW     - "Voice of America - W95 ShortWave schedule"

73's   Jan

======================================================================
Greetings from a partly cloudy, 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)  :  [e-mail]
Netmail (FIDO)    :  2:500/202
WWW (Internet)    :  http://www-dx.deis.unibo.it/htdx/swls/bdxc.html
======================================================================


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:02 1996
From: Dale Vanderpoel <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: NEW shortwave web page!
Date: 10 Mar 1996 20:50:41 GMT
Message-ID: <4hvfb1$[e-mail]>

I have brought together some of the most popular shortwave radio websites in o
ne site.
Take a look at my new shortwave page, check out the links.
Please let me know of any links I don't have listed, I will add them to the pa
ge.
Can you send me addresses of any website you may have?
Thanks!
Visit this site at: http://www.net-link.net/~dalev/swl.htm


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:02 1996
From: [e-mail] (colin newell)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: New Sound File Archive
Date: 8 Mar 1996 17:11:55 GMT
Message-ID: <4hppor$[e-mail]>

http://espresso.ts.uvic.ca

Hot DX Catches on the tropical bands!
Courtesy of Thomas Sundstrom!
Wav files!
On-line SW LogBook!

--
victoria resident and coffee expert


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:03 1996
From: "Daniel (Doni) Rosenzweig" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish,soc.culture.israel,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: NEW SUMMER 96 Kol Israel schedule! - As of Mar 15th.
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 21:51:25 -0500
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960309214903.14352B-100000@itsop2>

Here is the new Kol Israel ENGLISH schedule (I should be getting the
entire schedule on Monday- I'll post it then) . It will go into effect
Friday Mar 15th 1996.


ENGLISH
0400-0415 7465, 9435
1400-1430 15615, 12077
1900-1930 7465, 9435, 11605

All Times UTC


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:05 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bryan Cowan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Newbie - highrise reception?
Date: 7 Mar 1996 20:48:42 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hks26$[e-mail]>

In article <4hks26$[e-mail]>, jms wrote:

-> Recently picked up a small portable unit, an analog Sony 7600.  My
-> first SW radio.
->
-> Problem: living in highrise apt. seems to limit reception to very few
-> stations. Whip antenna (reel type) supplied with unit seems to add very
-> little in terms of signal performance, and in fact seems to cause
-> signals to degrade at times.  Suggestions?  I was contemplating hanging
-> whip (reel) out the window.

Well, what I usually do is take a length of Radio Shack antenna wire, tape
one end to the whip, and tape the rest around the ceiling in a loop. (I
use duct tape.) That seems to work fine.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:08 1996
From: Kent Winrich <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Newbie - highrise reception?
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 07:19:24 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hks26$[e-mail]>

JS:

I think that you will find that the people here are very patient.  Thats what
this whole thing is all about.  PLEASE DO ask all of your questions!!

You best bet is to get ANYTHING outside.  Typically in highrises, you will
have a lot of metal around you.  So if you can get a wire outside, that will
help you a lot.  One thing somepeople have been talking about here is the
Radio Shack Active antenna.  You may want to look at some of those posts for
more info.

Indonesia or Phillipines are possible.  You wil have better luck (in my
humble opinion) on the higher bands (higher in frequency).  I believe higher
than 15MHz would be your best bet.  Then you will need to listen in the
afternoon USA time.

If you have any further questions, feel free to EMail me.

Kent Winrich, NI9U
Waukesha, WI
Milwaukee Broadcast Radio Homepage http://www.execpc.com/~kwin

jms wrote:
>
> Recently picked up a small portable unit, an analog Sony 7600.  My
> first SW radio.
>
> Problem: living in highrise apt. seems to limit reception to very few
> stations. Whip antenna (reel type) supplied with unit seems to add very
> little in terms of signal performance, and in fact seems to cause
> signals to degrade at times.  Suggestions?  I was contemplating hanging
> whip (reel) out the window.
>
> Two misc. and unrelated items:
> 1) Interesting that in Singapore BBC World Service is broadcast on FM
> band all day long.  Crystal clear.
>
> 2) Is it possible to get stations from places such as Indonesia and/or
> Philippines in N. America?  SW or DXing?
>
> Thank you for your patience.
> JS


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:09 1996
From: jms
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Newbie - highrise reception?
Date: 6 Mar 1996 20:20:21 GMT
Message-ID: <4hks26$[e-mail]>

Recently picked up a small portable unit, an analog Sony 7600.  My
first SW radio.

Problem: living in highrise apt. seems to limit reception to very few
stations. Whip antenna (reel type) supplied with unit seems to add very
little in terms of signal performance, and in fact seems to cause
signals to degrade at times.  Suggestions?  I was contemplating hanging
whip (reel) out the window.

Two misc. and unrelated items:
1) Interesting that in Singapore BBC World Service is broadcast on FM
band all day long.  Crystal clear.

2) Is it possible to get stations from places such as Indonesia and/or
Philippines in N. America?  SW or DXing?

Thank you for your patience.
JS




From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:09 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Ron Hardin <9289-11216> 0112110)
Subject: NHK english announcer
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 02:04:01 GMT

What has happened to my favorite news announcer, Takahito Kobiash?

He's by far the most interesting to listen to, but hasn't been on
for a while, at least for the 2200 EST 5960kHz broadcast.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:10 1996
From: [e-mail] (SeahawkMJK)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Novice needs listings
Date: 10 Mar 1996 13:58:41 -0500
Message-ID: <4hv8p1$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (SeahawkMJK)

Looking for listings for active frequencies for North America (Fla).
Suggestions appreciated, headed to bookstore in a few days


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:11 1996
From: Brian <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: NRD515 receiver Keypad
Date: 10 Mar 1996 22:21:59 GMT
Message-ID: <4hvkm7$sn2$[e-mail]>

Does anyone have or know of where I could locate a keypad
for my NRD515 receiver.
                          Please help

                                        Brian GI8DGB


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:12 1996
From: [e-mail](CI )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,alt.radio.pirate
Subject: Re: numbers in spanish on 6955 @ 0200 zulu
Date: 3 Mar 1996 08:34:37 GMT
Message-ID: <4hblit$[e-mail]>
References: <4h5m98$[e-mail]> <4h880m$[e-mail]> <4h896p$[e-mail]>

In <4h896p$[e-mail]> [e-mail](Jonathan
Stapp ) writes:
>
>In <4h880m$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (John
>Lundgren) writes:
>>
>>Jonathan Stapp ([e-mail]) penned:
>>: At 0154 (GMT) I started hearing a woman's voice in Spanish calling
>out
>>: a series of numbers, five numbers per group.
>>: example:
>>: tres siete siete cero ocho
>>: _? tres uno tres quatro
>>: cuatro cuatro cuatro nueve tres
>>: etc.
>>: Now and again, the word "atencion", then more numbers.
>>: It's now 0208 GMT & she's still going.
>>: What gives?
>>
>>: thanks,
>>: Jon
>>
>>Yeah, it's a Numbers station, a Spanish numbers station.  Nothing
>>unusual about that, they're always out there lurking.
>>
>>--
>>#======P=G=P==k=e=y==a=v=a=i=l=a=b=l=e==u=p=o=n==r=e=q=u=e=s=t======#
>>|    John Lundgren - Elec Tech - Info Tech Svcs. | jlundgre@delta1  |
>>|    Rancho Santiago Community College District  | .deltanet.com    |
>>|     17th St at Bristol \ Santa Ana, CA 92706   | http://rsc.rancho|
>>| My opinions are my own, and not my employer's. |    .cc.ca.us     |
>>|   Most FAQs are available through Thomas Fine's WWW FAQ archive:  |
>>|http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu:80/hypertext/faq/usenet/FAQ-List.html|
>>|      "You can flame your brains out -- it won't take long."       |
>>#===T=u=z=l=a==C=o=m=p=a=n=y=.=.===t=h=r=e=e='=s==L=e==C=r=o=w=d=!==#
>
>****************************************************************
>OK, but what are they doing?  Clandestine activity?  DX testing?
>What?
>****************************************************************
>thanx,
>jon

Sending out instructions to agents.



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:14 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: PC Speaker Audio
Date: 11 Mar 1996 09:51:14 GMT
Message-ID: <4i0t2i$[e-mail]>
References: <4hvd22$[e-mail]>

If you're running Windows, Microsoft has a speaker driver. (Probably
somewhere at ftp.microsoft.com) It doesn't work all that well but it
will do for some purposes.

I'm not sure just where you would get this and the drivers currently
(you might start looking at the well-known shareware ftp sites like
ftp.coast.net [SimTel], ftp.winsite.com [CICA] and garbo.uwasa.fi and
their mirrors) but there is a cheap device that you can construct and
run between a parallel port and an amplifier and there do exist things
like drivers for Windows and other software which supports this
connection. This has appeared in several electronics mags.

In article <4hvd22$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>
>Most of my computing is done on a laptop that does not have the space
for
>an internal sound card. An external PCMCIA sound card or similar device
>costs several hundred dollars.
>
>Before I make that kind of an investment, does anyone know of any
software
>that could enable my laptop to use its regular PC speaker to hear sound
>files? I'd love to take advantage of those great sound files on
people's
>shortwave homepages.
>
>Any help greatly appreciated.
>Thanks,
>Sergio
>[e-mail]

--
*******
WARNING
*******
The following lines violate the indecency provisions of the U.S.
Telecommunications Act of 1996:
Henry Hyde
James Exon
Slade Gorton.
William Clinton



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:15 1996
From: [e-mail](Jonathan Stapp )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Pretty cool analog portable SW/AM/FM tape player, FOUND! (review)
Date: 9 Mar 1996 13:20:58 GMT
Message-ID: <4hs0jq$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>
>For a while now I've been looking for an all-purpose portable that
could do
>full-coverage SW, FM and AM.  Well, while checking in at EEB in
Vienna, VA,
>I noticed a new portable that Aiwa just released (HS-TS500).  Until
<<snip>>
<<snip>>
>more people looking for continuous-coverage SW portables than myself
out
>there!
>
>Enjoy,
>
>Kris (who won't get bitten by RadioShack again!)
>
>----
>[e-mail]

Great!  I hafta have one!
I bought a Grundig YB 220 yesterday & I'm taking it back Monday --
it's junk.
I just wanted a small portable for use @ the office, & they had the
Grundig; I figured Grundig had to be decent, right?  Wrong.
Has the worst sound quality I've ever heard.  The tuning is about 100
kHz off.  It has big holes in it -- doesn't tune between 4 & 5.95 MHz,
6.2 & 7.1, 7.4 & 9.5, etc.
Yeah, yeah; I know - get what you pay for...blah blah.
But IMHO, if I was Grundig, I wouldn't put my name on this piece of
crap.
BTW, it wasn't all that cheap, either.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:16 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Keith Simon)
Subject: Re: QSL Card from RCI
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 12:18:42 GMT

     Yes, I received something a few weeks ago from RCI, but I'll
have to check.  I know a sticker and a program guide was there,
and possibly a QSL.




From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:17 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bernie Rataj)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: QSL Card from RCI
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 96 16:32:42 GMT
Message-ID: <4hkeuf$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, Keng-Hwee Chiam <[e-mail]
ch.edu> wrote:
>the "stamp block" on
>the top right corner of the card says "RCI 40th
>Anniversary, 1945-1985".

Yup, mine says that too, so it probably isn't rare...

Bernie


--------------------------------------------------------
Bernie Rataj    [e-mail]    qth://toronto.on.ca
Member: Ontario DX Association
--------------------------------------------------------


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:17 1996
From: Dagan <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: question
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 23:23:45 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I am new in this business and am interested in buying a SW
receiver able to receive broadcasts from Israel. Is it possible
and if so what hardware do I need to get a reasonable
receiption quality?
My E-mail address is [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:19 1996
From: [e-mail] (Charles P. Crawford)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Mexico International
Date: 10 Mar 1996 19:45:44 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hjkef$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Burr Patterson, Jr.) wrote:

> In article <4hjkef$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Andy Sennitt) wrote
:
>
> > This morning in the mail we received the printed schedule of Radio
> > Mexico International for the period March-June. The frequency schedule
> > is indicated as follows:
> >
> > 1200-1600 9705kHz
> > 1800-2300 9705 and 5985kHz
> > 2300-0500 5985kHz
> >
> > English programming is listed at 1400-1430, 1500-1530, 1900-1930,
> > 2000-2030, 0300-0330 (except Sundays) and 0400-0430.
> >
> > NB: The schedule notes "before April 1996 UTC plus one hour".
>
>
> Just tried 9705kHz and didn't get a thing. Have you had any luck with them?
>
> Burr

Burr,

Back on Feb. 18th I had them on 9705 from 1542 - 1635 UTC in Spansih with
English IDs

Sent them a Report and am waiting on a QSL

Charlie

--
   "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
                                          B. Dylan


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:20 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Clifford Allan Maxwell)
Subject: Radio Nepal
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 23:39:05 GMT

When I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal I had a shortwave
radio and really enjoyed the local stations.  I am now living
in Virginia and have some questions for anyone who might know.
Is it possible to receive Radio Nepal here in Virginia or other
South Asian broadcasts?  If so, what kind of equipment do I
need and how much might it cost?

Thanks,
Cliff Maxwell
[e-mail]
--
                                        "Men are born ignorant, not stupid;
                                         They are made stupid by education."

                                                Bertrand Russell


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:21 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Shaffer, Jr.)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack dx 392
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 96 10:45:21
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hlcd5$[e-mail]>


In article <4hlcd5$[e-mail]> [e-mail]
m (Arindam Basu) writes:
> Recently I have purchased a Radio Shack DX392
> short wave radio.  I usually try to tune in between
> 7pm and 12am est.
>
> My problem is that I don't seem to receive the
> frequencies in the 22m  and 19m bands.  That
> is, I don't seem to get the higher frequencies.

At night, you won't get much on those bands.

Sometimes during the day you won't either, at this point in the solar cycle,
but you should get enough to know that the radio is working.

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From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:22 1996
From: [e-mail] (Michael Lee)
Subject: Radio Shack DX-394
Date: 9 Mar 96 20:31:34 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

Hi:

I'm shopping around for a table top SW Receiver.  I'm looking at the
Radio Shack DX-394.  Does anyone have one?  Are they any good?  The
catalog says that it doesn't include FM.  Do I need FM?

Any help would be appreciated.


Thanks in advance.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:23 1996
From: [e-mail] (Karl Shepard)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio Shack DX-394?
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 08:46:42
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Has anyone had any experience with the DX-394?  Are there any reviews of it
available.  How does it compare with the Sony 7600G or the Grundig Satellit
700?

[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:24 1996
From: Doug Luckey <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack DX-394?
Date: 9 Mar 1996 19:34:44 GMT
Message-ID: <4hsmgk$30u$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

I have experience with both the RS-394 and the Grundig 700, and
in my opinion the Grundig is the better deal by far.  I owned the
DX-394 for a few days before taking it back and buying the
Satellit 700 and that was the smartest thing I have ever done.
The RS-394 is a sensitive reciever with some nice features, but
it is virtually worthless as a radio.  If I was listening to a
station with a stronger station nearby, say 10 or even 20 khz
away the stronger station would render the weaker one
unlistenable.  And there is no way to remedy this problem, the
bandwidth is tied to whatever mode the radio is in, and in AM
mode it is too wide for program listening.  If they had a way to
change the bandwidth in AM it could be a fine radio.  It also
lacks synch detection and a host of other features that are
standard on the Grundig, such as 500 plus memories, RDS, station
name display, preselector, ect.

The Grundig on the other hand is in another class altogether.  I
have owned this reciever for a few months now and am still in awe
of how nice of a radio it is.  For the price and I believe they
are about the same price (I paid $399 new for mine), the Grundig
is hands down the best choice.

DL


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:25 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joe Buch)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: RCI Programs This Weekend
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 04:22:33 GMT
Message-ID: <4hocla$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Here are program details for March 9/10 for four of CBC's
best programs.  If you haven't heard these programs before
you owe yourself a treat.

1. BASIC BLACK:

Saturday morning in Hour One of Basic Black, skin diseases
of the rich and famous. In hour two, the humline. More
musical mysteries solved by YOU, Danny Marks, Shelagh Rogers
and Arthur Black. That's on Basic Black, Saturday at 1505
UTC on the Quebec Northern Service, 9.625 MHz.

2. DOUBLE EXPOSURE

Specific details not available.  Programs typically provide
a satirical look at Canadian and US politics with an
occasional jab at the royal family.  This show takes my vote
for the best comedy on radio today on any network, anywhere
with the possible exception of Click and Clack the Tappet
brothers on NPR.  You can find it on the Quebec Northern
Service on Saturday at 1630 UTC on 9.625 MHz.

3. QUIRKS AND QUARKS:

This week on Quirks and Quarks, Pain and Placebos...Is it
all really in your head?  A look at how "dummy" drugs have
real effects. Also...the right whales in the wrong
place...helping cetaceans and ships avoid each other
in the Bay of Fundy.  That's on Quirks and Quarks,
Saturday at 1709 UTC on the Quebec Northern Service on 9.625
MHz.  The show is repeated on Sunday morning at 1309 UTC on
9.640 and 11.855 MHz.  The Sunday delayed broadcast is
beamed to the USA and generally heard much better than the
Saturday release which is beamed northwest from Sackville,
NB.

4. SUNDAY MORNING:

This weekend on Sunday Morning,  "Return to Innocence" was
a hit all around the world for the German band Enigma,
largely because of the distinctive chant featured throughout
the song. Sunday Morning Producer Frank Koller visited the
Taiwanese rice farmer whose voice made millions for someone
else without his permission or knowledge. That's on Sunday
Morning, from 1400 to 1700 UTC on 9.640 and 11.855 MHz.
This feed is beamed to the USA.
Joe Buch
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:26 1996
From: [e-mail] (Naren Arcot)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: REQ: Freq/Band of AUS/NZ world cup cricket
Date: 10 Mar 1996 16:54:56 GMT
Message-ID: <4hv1h0$[e-mail]>
References: <4hv1cs$[e-mail]>

Naren Arcot ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Hi,

: I wish to know what frequency the match between Australia and South Africa
: and the other one between NZ and West Indies would be broadcast in tonight.

Correction!

The match is between NZ and Australia. Sorry for the mix up.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:27 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mark L9)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Request: WWVH's mailing address
Date: 7 Mar 1996 04:07:03 -0500
Message-ID: <4hm8vn$[e-mail]>
References: <4hlrca$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Mark L9)

No, don't have it handy, but I'm pretty sure that it's on the island of
Kauai.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:28 1996
From: [e-mail] (Marie A. Lamb)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Revised (again) DXing with Cumbre sked
Date: 7 Mar 1996 19:58:21 GMT
Message-ID: <4hnf4t$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Hello, everyone.  I posted the new DXing with Cumbre schedule yesterday,
but I missed one frequency.  Here it is again, this time with the missing
frequency for 0600 via WHRI.  Thanks for your patience!

73--
Marie Lamb
Host and Producer
DXing with Cumbre

VIA WHRI, INDIANA:

DAY     UTC TIME        FREQUENCY (kHz)
Fri     2330            5760
Sat     0600            5760, 7315 (added)
Sat     2330            9495
Sun     0430            5760
Sun     1930            13760 (this transmission will cease after 31 March)


VIA KWHR, HAWAII:

Sat     0500            9930
Sat     0700            9930
Sun     0200            17510
Sun     1830            13625
Mon     0330            17510  (Sat 1200 and Sun 1300 airings are gone)

Marie Lamb
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:29 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Sangean 818-CS questions
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 00:15:31 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I'm looking to purchase a Sangean 818 CS.  I already have a Sony
SW-77; what I'm looking for is a bedside radio that can record and
play cassettes.  It would be nice if it had a backlight that one could
turn on and leave on at night; also, it has to have an alarm.

Does anyone know how well the 818 CS would fit this bill? Plus's and
minus's?

TIA,
-+jeff+-

[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:29 1996
From: [e-mail] (anonymous)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: SANGEAN ATS 606...any good?
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 03:50:22 GMT
Message-ID: <4hqgtq$[e-mail]>

Has anyone had any experience with the Sangean portable called the
606?  EEB out of Vienna VA gives it thumbs up for broadcast reception,
but I'd like to hear something from the horse's mouth.  Also, I have
an opportumity to pick up a JRC 525, barely used.  Kinda pricey;  any
feedback on this unit? [e-mail]



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:30 1996
From: [e-mail] (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SANGEAN ATS 606...any good?
Date: 10 Mar 1996 13:00:16 -0500
Message-ID: <4hv5bg$[e-mail]>
References: <4hqgtq$[e-mail]>

In article <4hqgtq$[e-mail]>, anonymous <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Has anyone had any experience with the Sangean portable called the
>606?  EEB out of Vienna VA gives it thumbs up for broadcast reception,
>but I'd like to hear something from the horse's mouth.

I owned a 606 for a while. It's a decent performer but a little bit of a
battery hog; and I've always been biased against radios that use an odd
number (3) of batteries.

Sensitivity and selectivity are fine; and the speaker is larger than the
pocket radios so the audio is a bit better.





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From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:31 1996
From: [e-mail](Latha Ravisankar)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: satellit 700
Date: 4 Mar 1996 07:49:27 GMT
Message-ID: <4he7a7$[e-mail]>

 What is a good price for a Grundig satellit 700 new? used? Also is
this radio sensitive enough for western US (California). Thanks.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:32 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Save the BBCWS
Date: 5 Mar 1996 10:43:07 GMT
Message-ID: <4hh5rr$[e-mail]>

As if the regional streams aren't bad enough, Tuesday's web London
Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk, News link) reports that BBC is
planning to split the World Service into two programs. One would
specialize in news and current affairs for an "elite" audience. The
other will specialize in educational and cultural programs, primarily
for those wishing to improve their English. It is unclear just where
programs not clearly in either class, such as entertainment programs,
would go.

Since the BBCWS is funded by tax payers rather than by license fees, any
changes have to go through the politicians.
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From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:33 1996
From: [e-mail](J. LeQuesne)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Shortwave faq or book?
Date: 5 Mar 1996 03:27:26 GMT
Message-ID: <4hgcau$[e-mail]>
References: <4hdlvk$[e-mail]>

I also like "Passport."

J. LeQuesne
On Mar 04, 1996 02:53:40 in article <Re: Shortwave faq or book?>, 'AC6V
<[e-mail]>' wrote:


>My favorite is "Passport To World Band Radio" by IBS (International
>Broadcasting Services


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:34 1996
From: Kent Winrich <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Shortwave for internet questions
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 06:38:40 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <1996Mar8.003801.735@hal>

Forgive me for beig naive but what does "big brother" have to do with
short wave?

Kent, NI9U

Darwin wrote:
>
> This is my first post in rec.radio -
>
> Due to big  brother - Is shortwave
> making headway in internet technology?
>
> Thanks
> eric


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:35 1996
From: "Denes S. Varady" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Shortwave for internet questions
Date: 10 Mar 1996 00:50:23 GMT
Message-ID: <4ht90f$[e-mail]>
References: <1996Mar8.003801.735@hal> <[e-mail]>

Jamm It, BOMB it [Iraq], LIE on it.... [VoA, RFE and Radio Liberty..]

Even the word "Liberty" is fake.. [In russian the official name was "R. Libera
tion"]

Promise false HELP to Hungarian Freedom fighters.. [in 1956]

Restrict / discourage the use of it by Americans..
--


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From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:36 1996
From: Kent Winrich <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Shortwave for internet questions
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 06:42:13 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <1996Mar8.003801.735@hal>

Forgive me for beig naive but what does "big brother" have to do with
short wave?

Kent, NI9U

Darwin wrote:
>
> This is my first post in rec.radio -
>
> Due to big  brother - Is shortwave
> making headway in internet technology?
>
> Thanks
> eric


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:37 1996
From: Kent Winrich <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Shortwave for internet questions
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 06:37:43 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <1996Mar8.003801.735@hal>

Forgive me for beig niave but what does "big brother" have to do with
short wave?

Kent, NI9U

Darwin wrote:
>
> This is my first post in rec.radio -
>
> Due to big  brother - Is shortwave
> making headway in internet technology?
>
> Thanks
> eric


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:38 1996
From: [e-mail] (Paul Benjamin Dwerryhouse)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: shortWWWave address change...
Date: 10 Mar 96 10:21:54 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]


"shortWWWave", the International and Shortwave radio page from Australia
has changed addresses. The new address is:


          http://ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au/~pbd/SW/index.html


Please change all your links and bookmarks to the new address.


shortWWWave contains:

        - an updated list of English radio broadcasts to the world
        - links to international broadcasters' pages
        - shortwave radio station schedules
        - links to other shortwave pages across the world.

Coming soon:

        - lists of German & French radio broadcasts.



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From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:38 1996
From: [e-mail] (Radiomatt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: SIEMENS SW RECEIVER WANTED
Date: 8 Mar 1996 22:49:24 -0500
Message-ID: <4hqv44$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Radiomatt)

Any Siemens SW radio; various models like E-566   445e311 etc. Also parts,
manuals, accessories
Email please


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:39 1996
From: [e-mail] (Kenneth V. Zichi)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Sony 2010/2001d "FAQ" update
Date: 11 Mar 1996 00:45:00 GMT
Message-ID: <4hvt2c$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Kenneth V. Zichi)


Since the 2010 maillist seems to be kaput -- I'll post notice here.

I'm in the process of updating the 2010/2001d FAQ and would GREATLY appreciate
any input you might have on how to improve on the old one.

If you don't have a copy of the one produced last year, telnet to

detroit.freenet.org  (log in as a visitor)

and grab it from the Radio Special Interest Group (SIG).  If you have
any suggestions, comments or a neat idea for a mod or fix PLEASE let me
know, either at this address, or at [e-mail]

Thanks -- look for the updated Resource file (it isn't in Q/A format so
it really isn't a 'faq' ....) sometime in April.

  73  //kvz

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  [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:41 1996
From: [e-mail] ()
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 7600G
Date: 7 Mar 1996 16:20:37 GMT
Message-ID: <4hn2cl$[e-mail]>
References: <4hlib1$[e-mail]>

In article <4hlib1$[e-mail]>,
David M Retzik <[e-mail]> wrote:
:
:Can anybody comment on this radio?
:
:Is it a good one?  How much should I expect to pay here in Ontario?  Are
:there others I should be looking at too that do about the same things?
:Any comments would be helpful and appreciated.
:
:Thanks in advance.
:
:Dave
:
Dave,

The 7600G is probably one of the best radio in that price range. In Canada,
you can get one for CAN$300 - $350 depneding on where you go. If you are in
Toronto, the best places to check are Atlantic Ham Radio or Norham radio,
the Sony dealers are a bit more expensive, of course if you're lucky you
may catch one of those sales in big HiFi Stereo stores on Young st.

You also may want to look at the YB400 which I believe is in the same
price range. According to WRTH, the Grundig has better audio but the Sony
has an edge on synch. technique and as a result better selectivty.

Enjoy,

Minhhuy Ho
PS. Both AHR and NR have web sites with price list. Email me if you need them.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:42 1996
From: [e-mail] (David M Retzik)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Sony 7600G
Date: 7 Mar 1996 02:40:33 GMT
Message-ID: <4hlib1$[e-mail]>


Can anybody comment on this radio?

Is it a good one?  How much should I expect to pay here in Ontario?  Are
there others I should be looking at too that do about the same things?
Any comments would be helpful and appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Dave

[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:43 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mark L9)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony Active Antennas: Any Good???
Date: 9 Mar 1996 19:14:37 -0500
Message-ID: <4ht6td$[e-mail]>
References: <4hsrvu$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Mark L9)

My experience with this antenna coupled to a 2010 is that not only did it
increase the signal strength coming in BUT also increased the NOISE! I got
rid of it.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:44 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steven Fritts)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony Active Antennas: Any Good???
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 21:06:21 GMT
Message-ID: <4hsrvu$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4a7e7t$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Bobhill73) wrote:

>I use the AN-1 with my Sony 2010. It's extremely sensitive on SW, but
>unfortunately it has no preselection capabilities. This means that it's
>only suitable in this area for daytime DXing, because as soon as the RF
>level gets high (i.e., as soon as stations start beaming to North
>America), you'll get all kinds of intermodulation and other spurious junk
>all over the dial. As soon as I obtain the necessary adapter, I'm going to
>try running the antenna through an outboard tuner to see if that solves
>the problem.

>The AM (BCB) module hardly seems to work at all, I don't know why.

>Good luck!

I am using the ANT-1 and am VERY happy with the results! Works
especially well in the vlf area.

Steve



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:45 1996
From: Aarne Haas <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Sony schematic needed
Date: 8 Mar 1996 20:05:52 GMT
Message-ID: <4hq3v0$[e-mail]>

I need a schematic or even a good block diagram for the original (15 yr
old) Sony ICF-2001 receiver. I anyone has any info it would be greatly
appreciated; any diagram copying costs could be covered.

Thanks,

please e-mail reply

A. Haas

[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:46 1996
Distribution: world
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Brian Carling)
References: <4hq3v0$[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 10:34:00 -0500
Subject: Sony schematic needed
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail]
"mail sometimes bounces here, please resend if needed!"

If anyone needs it, I have a complete manual for a SONY ICF-2010 in
mint condition, that I will sell very reasonably to anyone who can use
it!

Reply to [e-mail]

AH>I need a schematic or even a good block diagram for the original (15 yr
AH>old) Sony ICF-2001 receiver. I anyone has any info it would be greatly
AH>appreciated; any diagram copying costs could be covered.
AH>[e-mail]

 * SLMR 2.1a * I dreamt I was a muffler, and woke up exhausted!


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:47 1996
From: Wes Padilla <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Southern California SW logs
Date: 8 Mar 1996 01:34:02 GMT
Message-ID: <4ho2qa$[e-mail]>

    Please post any logs if you live in the Orange, Los Angeles,
Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Diego or Imperial
counties. Please email direclty to my email address.



Thank You and God Bless you,

Wesley Padilla



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:48 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Charles McWilliams)
Subject: Superadio FAQ
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 00:18:06 GMT

Anybody know where I can get my hands on one??

Thanks!

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From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:49 1996
From: Tom Morse <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Superadio III (again)
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 07:48:29 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hcknr$[e-mail]> <4hf9ms$[e-mail]>

Everyknee wrote:
>

[stuff deleted]

> In an unscientific test (mostly trying to get Los Angeles radio stations
> 150-200 miles to the south) I couldn't tell a bit it difference.  It did
> this over a couple of days, several times with multiple stations.  Not one
> bit of difference!  The cosmetics and connectors looked exactly the same
> too!  If you ask me, it is fraudulent for GE to release an "improved"
> version that isn't improved.
>
> But, thankfully, the radio isn't any worse either!  Some people say the II
> is a step down from the original.
>
> Craig in cool but wonderful Fresno
> (KD6RWW)

I don't understand how you can say that cosmetically the II and III look the
same, they don't. Further they are NOT even similar electronically. The III is

varactor tuned and the II has a traditional tuning capacitor. The varactor
tuning is a contributing factor to the III's tuning inaccuracy, as the supply
voltage (vcc) changes the tuning changes.

The performance of the two radios may be similar, but they are certainly quite

different internally. Whether or not the III is an improvement is debatable,
but it is different. They are both excellent radios for the price.

Tom  KE6DIO


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:50 1996
From: [e-mail] (Christopher A. King)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SuperRadio  Where?? at J&R
Date: 7 Mar 1996 21:52:15 GMT
Message-ID: <4hnlqf$[e-mail]>
References: <4h9l7s$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4hmjrc$[e-mail]>

In article <4hmjrc$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...

>I have ordered from them too.  Fast, good service.  Pretty good prices.
>
>I would like the case for the radio to be smaller, with same great
>performance on radio...

...but then where would you fit that wonderful sounding 6" woofer...?
:^)

C.K.











From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:51 1996
From: [e-mail] (Commander Straker)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SuperRadio III in Atlanta
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 01:52:39 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4h9l7s$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

On Sun, 03 Mar 1996 22:07:46 GMT, [e-mail] (Commander
Straker) wrote:


>Don't know where in Atlanta you are at, but the K-mart in Acworth had
>one or two for.. oh... I'm thinking around 50 bucks, which isn't a
>terribly good price.  But better than nothing.


Also check the Best Buy in Kennesaw, they had one left and the price
was around 45 bucks.  That's I-75 north, exit 116.  Then take a left.
That's oh...  20 minutes or so north of Atlanta...

Marietta Kmart and Walmart had nothing.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:52 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Chas)
Subject: SuperRadioIII and Scantenna - a great combo!!!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 11:36:05 GMT

I'm a longtime listener (since the mid 50's) and for BCB DX I'm
currently using  the GESRadioIII and a Scantenna (this unit sits
behind the radio and has a tuning dial- no electrial connection
is made to the receiver)  .
This combo is the best I've seen (especially for the price under $100
for both). Daytime I can receive NYC stations (about 200 miles)
almost as clear as locals. I live in a first floor apartment.
I fully agree with everyone regarding this fine AM/FM radio!!!!

I also want to thank those who have written me regarding my
query about building a good low noise indoor SW antenna.

Most of my listening activity is now BCBDX and utility SW
using a Lowe HF150 and AEAFAXIII for decoding WEFAX,
RTTY and CW.

Regard to all..this is a great group!!
Charlie



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:53 1996
From: [e-mail] (Peter Tatiner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: SW Car Radio Installation and Trouble Shooting
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 96 17:18:11 GMT
Message-ID: <4hrscc$[e-mail]>

Can anyone recommend anyone in NJ or New York boroughs who
can trouble shoot noice from a DC777?

So many to sell, so few to service.

Cheers,

[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:54 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.scanner
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: SW Frequencies for ConEd, LILCO
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 23:46:36 GMT
References: <4h0grh$[e-mail]>


Jeff, I am the Electronic and Communications supervisor for the New York Power

Pool in Guilderland ( Albany ) NY. and I actually work for Lilco. The freqs
you mentioned are used for the New York Power Pools HF SSB Emergency
communications Network. All Power Company Control centers in NYS are part of
the Network. CE,LILCO,OR,RGE,CH,NMP,NYSEG, and NYPPA. tests are usually
conducted Tuesday evenings about 1900 Hrs. The Network is about to be
dismantled with a diverse land line set up. (HA HA HA ).

All radios are Motorola Micoms running aprx 125 watts PEP and Long wire ants
with Auto Ant tuners.

Well, Need anymore info?... Ernie ko2e@ capital.net



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:55 1996
Distribution: world
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Brian Carling)
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 10:34:00 -0500
Subject: Re: sw radio, mail order
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail]
"mail sometimes bounces here, please resend if needed!"

Steve Kennedy writes:

SK>In article <4hmqjt$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (s--s
)
SK>writes:
SK>>I'm interested in buying a portable SW radio through a mail order catalog.
SK>>Can somebody suggest any dealers, and - if you know - their phone number
SK>>so that I order their catalog?

SK>Grove, Universal, and Gilfer all have web pages.  You can browse there, as
SK>well as request catalogs!

SK>Steve

But Steve, he will pay the highest prices there!
[e-mail]

 * SLMR 2.1a * Sticker seen on the Enterprise computer: MADE IN MEXICO



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:55 1996
From: [e-mail] (s--s)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: sw radio, mail order catalog ?
Date: 7 Mar 1996 14:07:57 GMT
Message-ID: <4hmqjt$[e-mail]>


I'm interested in buying a portable SW radio through a mail order catalog.
Can somebody suggest any dealers, and - if you know - their phone number
so that I order their catalog?

thanks

P.S. If you had some previous experience and would be so kind as to caution
me away from a certain establishment, I would also appreciate it.




From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:56 1996
From: Kris Field <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SWL Convention in Kulpsville
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 13:41:17 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4ha1a4$[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> Does anyone know the place and date (I think it's in March) for the
> SWL Convention, in Kulpsville, PA.
>
> Thanks.March 14-16, 1996!!


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:57 1996
From: [e-mail] (Radiomatt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SWL winterfest,no room
Date: 9 Mar 1996 06:31:34 -0500
Message-ID: <4hrq6m$[e-mail]>
References: <4hr815$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Radiomatt)

actually, the antique spark gap transmitter competition will be going
there at the same time; probably they got all the rooms. they will be
competing to see whose spark-gap transmitter has the greatest range
(output)


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:06:59 1996
From: [e-mail] (john p. sumner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: That noise
Date: 7 Mar 1996 16:21:45 GMT
Message-ID: <4hn2ep$[e-mail]>



--
  At nite on 8968 SB  i hear a scratching noise and it has been driving
  me nuts i am wondering what it is.








John P. Sumner
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:00 1996
Distribution: world
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Brian Carling)
References: <4hn2ep$[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 10:34:00 -0500
Subject: That noise
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail]
"mail sometimes bounces here, please resend if needed!"

JPS>  At nite on 8968 SB  i hear a scratching noise and it has been driving
JPS>  me nuts i am wondering what it is.

John, it's your dog!

 * SLMR 2.1a * Quark! The Alfred E. Neuman of Ferengi!


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:01 1996
From: [e-mail] (Maarten van Damme)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Thunderstorms, which frequency?
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 15:10:38 GMT
Message-ID: <4hs6uk$[e-mail]>

On the Net I found a site of a company that sells a device with which
you can register lightning impacts in a 300 miles radius. This is done
with an antenna, a receiver, innterface and computer software. This
antenna detects a hit, knows from which direction it came and also
seems to be able to calculate where it hit. The results are shown
realtime on a map and can also be recorded. I think it was less than
$500 for the complete set!

I suppose lighting strikes generate 'something' that can be picked up
by an antenna. Which frequency? How does this system work?

Maarten van Damme

[e-mail]
Maarten van Damme

e-mail: [e-mail]



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:02 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bill Matthews)
Subject: Re: Top Ten Bob Brown Revelations
Date: 9 Mar 96 14:05:45 -0800
References: <4hftse$[e-mail]> <4hhvar$[e-mail]>
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

NASWA is the North American Short Wave Association - an all SW BC DX
Club founded in 1962.   They publish "The Journal" on a monthly
basis. Older members may remember when the monthly journal was called
"FRENDX".

Well, that's at least a portion of your inquiry answered....

Bill Matthews

------------------
[e-mail]
------------------


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:03 1996
From: [e-mail] (Scott Walker)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Tuckerton Radio - WSC
Date: 7 Mar 1996 15:42:17 GMT
Message-ID: <4hn04p$[e-mail]>

I'd like to find out who operates this Marine Fixed Coastal station located in

New Jersey.  I hear them on CW in the usual maritime bands.  Can anyone
suggest a source of information about the companies/organizations who operate
this station?
Thanks.
--
************************************************
* Scott Walker                                 *
* [e-mail]                      *
*                       ***                    *
*    "Age Quod Agis." - Jerry Brown, 1992      *
************************************************



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:04 1996
From: International Audience Correspondence <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Two Cheers .. program on BBC going off the air
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 18:15:00 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4gqlep$[e-mail]>

In article <4h6bc8$[e-mail]>, Augustine Souza
<souza@wanze> writes
>Cass Lewart ([e-mail]) wrote:
>: The excellent monthly BBC satirical program "Two Cheers for ..."
>: is going off the air with its "Two Cheers for February"edition,
>: supposedly because of budget cutbacks. My feeling is that the
>: writers stepped on too many toes in the British and American
>: establishment. If you like the program e-mail a note to BBC at:
>:
>: [e-mail]
>
>Yes, BBC WS is responsive to letters and I agree with Cass that cutbacks
>may not be the principal reason. I wonder how they justify programmes
>such as International Question Time? For this programme to work
>the BBC has to call listeners at the BBC's expense.
>
>Gus Souza

Because Two Cheers was produced from extracts from the BBC domestic programme
Week Ending, intended for a UK audience, it was always difficult to find enoug
h
sketches which were relevant or even comprehensible to an overseas audience
(readers of this newsgroup excepted, in all probablility!).  In times when we
are having to make significant savings in the programmes we commission for Wor
ld
Service, we also had to review the need for Two Cheers as it was relatively
expensive.

Phoning listeners back for a live interview programme is hardly going to break
the bank.

Rupert Preston Bell
International Audience Correspondence
BBC World Service


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:05 1996
From: [e-mail] (BGK)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: US News in Japan
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 96 06:19:41 GMT
Message-ID: <4hojht$[e-mail]>

Going to Japan in a few days, got a YB 400 to go along on the trip. Havn't
gotten to play with it yet, but at least it's got an alarm on it! (I think...)

The '96 Passport to World Band Radio book I have seems to focus on broadcasts
available in the US. Any reccomendations on ENGLISH stations available while
in Japan (Tokyo, Kobe.)

Thanks,

Brian


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:07 1996
From: [e-mail] (Barry Chase-D9545/AFF I'96/Tandem Instructor)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,rec.roller-coaster,rec.running,rec.scouting,rec.scuba,rec.skydiving,rec.sport.baseball,rec.sport.baseball.fantasy,rec.sport.basketball.college,rec.sport.basketball.pro,rec.sport.cricket,rec.sport.disc,rec.sport.football.canadian,rec.sport.football.college,rec.sport.football.pro,rec.sport.golf,rec.sport.hockey,rec.sport.paintball,rec.sport.pro-wrestling,rec.sport.soccer,rec.sport.tennis,rec.sport.triathlon,rec.sport.volleyball,rec.travel.air,rec.video,rec.videocable-tv,rec.video.production,rec.windsurfing,rec.woodworking,sci.anthropology,sci.aquaria,sci.archaeology,sci.astro,sci.chem,sci.crypt,sci.econ,sci.energy
Subject: Re: VehiclesALL lowestPrices WORLDWIDE at Net direct from MAKERS Consults free of charge
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 04:17:46 GMT
Message-ID: <4hlnrg$[e-mail]>
References: <4gipoa$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4hcsvq$[e-mail]> <4hg1bn$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

On 5 Mar 1996 00:20:07 GMT, Chuck Hopf wrote in rec.skydiving:

>In <4hcsvq$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Larry
>Jaques) writes:
>>
>>"KAC Attack!" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>
>>>Wierd.
>>
>>I think the "interesting" guys who translate all the Taiwanese
>>manuals into English were responsible for writing that post.
>>If a tree fell on a florist   |Larry Jaques
>>  would he make a sound?      |[e-mail]
>>
>If you shoot a mime does it make a sound?

        It might, but you get the toaster oven either way.

...

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From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:09 1996
From: [e-mail] (Slider ([e-mail]))
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap,rec.roller-coaster,rec.running,rec.scouting,rec.scuba,rec.skydiving,rec.sport.baseball,rec.sport.baseball.fantasy,rec.sport.basketball.college,rec.sport.basketball.pro,rec.sport.cricket,rec.sport.disc,rec.sport.football.canadian,rec.sport.football.college,rec.sport.football.pro,rec.sport.golf,rec.sport.hockey,rec.sport.paintball,rec.sport.pro-wrestling,rec.sport.soccer,rec.sport.tennis,rec.sport.triathlon,rec.sport.volleyball,rec.travel.air,rec.video,rec.videocable-tv,rec.video.production,rec.windsurfing,rec.woodworking,sci.anthropology,sci.aquaria,sci.archaeology,sci.astro,sci.chem,sci.crypt,sci.econ,sci.energy
Subject: Re: VehiclesALL lowestPrices WORLDWIDE at Net direct from MAKERS Consults free of charge
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 22:14:17 -0400
Message-ID: <slider-1003962214170001@198.30.29.202>
References: <4gipoa$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4hcsvq$[e-mail]> <4hg1bn$[e-mail]>

In article <4hg1bn$[e-mail]>, [e-mail](Chuck
Hopf) wrote:

> In <4hcsvq$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Larry
> Jaques) writes:
> >If a tree fell on a florist   |Larry Jaques
> >  would he make a sound?      |[e-mail]
> >
> If you shoot a mime does it make a sound?

If a tree fell on a mime in a forest, would anyone care?

--
              *------*         14 yrs. old           JT Gloves
             *-Slider-*        Mega-Z                Diablo
              *------*         Spectra System        Combat BDUs
                               Team: Ohio Jokers     TIP #1634
           Shootin' straight and hammerin' on the trigger :)


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:10 1996
From: [e-mail] (piranm)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Wanted Radio Israel Summer 96 Schedules
Date: 9 Mar 1996 21:31:29 GMT
Message-ID: <4hstbi$[e-mail]>

Wanted Summer 96 International Schedule of Radio Israel (KOL Israel).
.
Cc




From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:11 1996
Distribution: world
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Brian Carling)
References: <4hplpe$[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 10:34:00 -0500
Subject: What does "hi" mean?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail]
"mail sometimes bounces here, please resend if needed!"

Hi Hi is telegraphic laughter!
When you are sending and receiving CW (morse code) it ACTUALLY
feels like you can really hear someone laugh in the conversation when
you hear that .... ..    .... .. come across the air waves!

Radio enthusiasts ofte use in conversation or in print to indicate
laughter too.. crazy I know, but fun!

AE>O.K.  This should be an easy one for a lot of you out there.

AE>In reading the Journals of the NRC and NASWA, an abbreviation (I assume
AE>it's that) sometimes occurs at the end of a sentence, "hi".  In the
AE>current NASWA, a reporter, I guess to emphasize, uses "hihi".

AE>I've figured out just about all the other lingo used in  radio except
AE>this.  Please clue me in. Thanks.

AE>73s, 23 skidoo and all that,
AE>Elizabeth

 * SLMR 2.1a * Coming soon to your BBS it's "Night of the Living Thread"



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:12 1996
From: Mark Schoonover <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What does "hi" mean?
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 12:40:11 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hplpe$[e-mail]>

Telegrapher's laugh. Sent in CW as .... .. or .... .. .... ..

73's

Mark


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:13 1996
From: David Atkins <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What does "hi" mean?
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 15:24:46 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hplpe$[e-mail]>

In article <4hplpe$[e-mail]>, Anty em <[e-mail]>
writes
>O.K.  This should be an easy one for a lot of you out there.
>
>In reading the Journals of the NRC and NASWA, an abbreviation (I assume
>it's that) sometimes occurs at the end of a sentence, "hi".  In the
>current NASWA, a reporter, I guess to emphasize, uses "hihi".
>
>I've figured out just about all the other lingo used in  radio except
>this.  Please clue me in. Thanks.
>
>73s, 23 skidoo and all that,
>Elizabeth
In the original telegraph code, "A" was sent as two dots with a space
between them.
So, the   ....  . .  was sent twice as HA HA. It just got corrupted over
the years to HI
--

David Atkins
Reprinter
Medium Wave News


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:14 1996
From: [e-mail] (David Moran)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What does "hi" mean?
Date: 9 Mar 1996 20:35:14 GMT
Message-ID: <4hsq22$[e-mail]>
References: <4hplpe$[e-mail]> <4hra7v$[e-mail]>

Beckford00 ([e-mail]) wrote:
: It means the words preceding should not be taken seriously.

: >Subject: What does "hi" mean?
: >From: [e-mail] (Anty em)
: >Date: 8 Mar 1996 11:03:58 -0500
: >Message-ID: <4hplpe$[e-mail]
: >
: >O.K.  This should be an easy one for a lot of you out there.
: >In reading the Journals of the NRC and NASWA, an abbreviation (I assume
: >it's that) sometimes occurs at the end of a sentence, "hi".  In the
: >current NASWA, a reporter, I guess to emphasize, uses "hihi".
: >
: >I've figured out just about all the other lingo used in  radio except
: >this.  Please clue me in. Thanks.

It is used mainly in the cw mode of Ham Radio.  Same as a " :) " here
on the "net".  Since the person copying the cw or reading the text
does not know the voice inflection of what one is sending the :) or HI
is required.

--
Dave Moran.... [e-mail]
--- The Only Problem With Instant Gratification Is That It Takes Too Long.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:15 1996
From: [e-mail] (Arthur Burke)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: What does "hi" mean?
Date: 11 Mar 1996 15:06:38 GMT
Message-ID: <4i1fhu$[e-mail]>

"hi" in morse code vernacular is laughter. I remember a guy from years
back whose call sign is/was WB1HIH. (I may have the previx wrong but the
emphasis is on the "HIH" part.) His QSL card referred to it as "a laugh
and a half."

Sometimes I guess it's easier to use "hi" or "hihi" than it is to draw a
smiley!

Art Burke
NE4F/WPE0FOJ
Lenexa, KS



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:16 1996
From: [e-mail] (John R. )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: What happened to WJCR?
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 21:36:37 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

   I haven't heard this country gospel station for quite a while. Used to
be on 7490 all the time.

Thanks,
John


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:16 1996
From: [e-mail] (George Thurman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What happened to WJCR?
Date: 7 Mar 1996 13:26:06 -0600
Message-ID: <4hnd8e$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>,
John R.  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>   I haven't heard this country gospel station for quite a while. Used to
>be on 7490 all the time.
>
>Thanks,
>John


They are still on, however the modulation is so poor, you probably can
not hear it.  Try 13595. That is a // freq.


gst


--
          GEORGE S. THURMAN                           [e-mail]

                BROTHERS TO THE RESCUE DESERVED WHAT THEY GOT
                **  Mr. Clinton, tear down that embargo !!  **

 *****  If the Republicans win in '96, I will move to Germany in '97  *****

        Limbaugh and GingRICH suck...Long live Fidel Castro   !!!!!


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:20 1996
From: [e-mail] (Charles P. Crawford)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What happened to WJCR?
Date: 7 Mar 1996 05:11:39 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (John R. ) wrote:

>    I haven't heard this country gospel station for quite a while. Used to
> be on 7490 all the time.
>
> Thanks,
> John

Their still there, although very weak to inaudible most of the evening
here in western KY (Henderson, across the river from Evansville,IN).
They often come in better here earlier in the day.
But then I'm probably too close, inside their skip.

Charlie

--
   "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
                                          B. Dylan


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:21 1996
From: Ray Woodward <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: WHATS UP WITH RCI??
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 07:32:11 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4ht69a$[e-mail]>

In article <4ht69a$[e-mail]>, Jerry Sturge <[e-mail]>
comments :

>Has anyone heard as to whats going to happen with
>Radio Canada International? I believe it is supposed to
>go off the air permanently March 31, 1996.

Last I heard they had been repreived after the cabinet reshuffle over
there back in January.


--

Ray


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                       [[e-mail]]



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:22 1996
From: [e-mail] (Arthur Burke)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Where are SW scheds: power, etc
Date: 6 Mar 1996 19:15:34 GMT
Message-ID: <4hko8m$[e-mail]>

Look in the specific country whose transmitter(s) you are interested in.
The schedules for languages, times, etc. typically identify transmitter
site/power including relay facilities. While I have found once in a while
that the relay information is missing due to nonavailability at press
time, the great majority of countries have provided the data. It makes it
disgustingly easy, for example, to identify RFI as being so strong
because they're using their relay facility in South America!

Art Burke
NE4F/WPE0FOJ
Lenexa, KS



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:23 1996
From: [e-mail] (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: WHITE'S RADIO LOG - STILL PUBLISHED ?
Date: 10 Mar 1996 13:03:05 -0500
Message-ID: <4hv5gp$[e-mail]>
References: <4hv2v4$[e-mail]>

In article <4hv2v4$[e-mail]>,
AC6V  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Years ago, I used White's Radio Log for finding AM Broadcast information.
>Seems that it listed alphabetically by call and numerically by frequency.
>
>Are they still publishing ??

Not in a GREAT many years.






--
Mike Schuster       |        [e-mail] | [e-mail]
------------------- | [e-mail] | [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:24 1996
From: AC6V <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WHITE'S RADIO LOG - STILL PUBLISHED ?
Date: 10 Mar 1996 17:19:32 GMT
Message-ID: <4hv2v4$[e-mail]>

Years ago, I used White's Radio Log for finding AM Broadcast information.
Seems that it listed alphabetically by call and numerically by frequency.

Are they still publishing ?? If not any other resources ??? I found a
AM/FM listing on WWW -- will post in a separate article.

This is all a result of buying the last GE Super Radio III in town and WOW
what a winner that little guy is on AM  -- FM is so so.

Thanks
AC6V (Ham Callsign)
--
*****************************************************************
Hark! I Have Hurled My Words To The Far Reaches Of The Earth!
What King Of Old Could Do Thus ?  --- AC6V
*****************************************************************
A Man May Know Of The World Without Leaving The Shelter Of His
Own Home!
Loa-Tsze
*****************************************************************




From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:25 1996
From: [e-mail] (JBerszoner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: WHITE'S RADIO LOG - STILL PUBLISHED ?
Date: 11 Mar 1996 00:05:12 -0500
Message-ID: <4i0ca8$[e-mail]>
References: <4hv5gp$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (JBerszoner)

Haven't seen in tons 'o years.


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:25 1996
From: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WTB Zenith Manual
Date: 6 Mar 1996 03:16:02 GMT
Message-ID: <4hj01i$[e-mail]>
Keywords: Zenith, manual, schmetic


I need a manual and/or a schematic for a Zenith M660A, tube type short wave re
ceiver.  Any help would be appreciated.

Bernie Graham
Mpls, Mn


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:26 1996
From: Vlad <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WTB: Coils for BC-AS-229 & BC-AS-230
Date: 9 Mar 1996 14:06:36 GMT
Message-ID: <4hs39c$[e-mail]>

Looking for plug-in coils for BC-AS-229 and BC-AS-230 Rx/Tx sets.
Please e-mail to Vlad at :     [e-mail]



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:27 1996
From: Jim Dillon <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WTB: Yaesu FRG-7000/7700......
Date: 10 Mar 1996 06:06:54 GMT
Message-ID: <4htrhv$[e-mail]>




From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:28 1996
From: [e-mail] (Maarten van Damme)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Yeasu FRA-7700 question
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 15:10:34 GMT
Message-ID: <4hs6ug$[e-mail]>

Hi,

A long time ago I  bought a Yeasu FRA-7700 active antenna. I used it
for a while on a non-Yeasu radio and with the arrival of my R5000
abandoned it. Only  recently I discovered this antenna again, but
forgot how the connectors worked and especially the power supply.

It needs some voltage but I don't know how much. It has these weird
Yeasu ACC1 and ACC2 connectors what do I need to do to bring it back
to life?

Maarten van Damme

[e-mail]
Maarten van Damme

e-mail: [e-mail]



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:29 1996
From: christopher kaine <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Zenith Trans-Oceanic
Date: 9 Mar 1996 14:46:45 GMT
Message-ID: <4hs5kl$[e-mail]>
References: <4hqtn5$[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

Try posting a want on rec.antiques.radio+phono.



From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 14:07:30 1996
From: [e-mail](Michael Neidich)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap
Subject: ZENITH TransOceanic Wanted
Date: 7 Mar 1996 05:38:04 GMT
Message-ID: <4hlsns$[e-mail]>

I want to buy your Zenith TransOceanic.  It must be in exc cond.
Advise the condition, model/chassis, etc.
73,
K2ENN/6


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:41 1996
From: [e-mail] (Lou Schneider)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 12 Mar 1996 10:14:22 -0800
Message-ID: <4i4etu$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]>

Stephen McGreevy ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Can't be long before many others start to hit the new freqs. now...

Don't hold your breath.  The engineering assumptions the FCC used in
compiling the list of stations elegable to migrate to the expanded band
have been challenged by several parties, the original list has been
rescinded and the whole process is pretty much back to Ground Zero.

Vallejo and Elizabeth, NJ are special cases.  Back in 1990 the owner of
the Elizabeth station lobbied congress and got a provision inserted into
the FCC appropriations bill guaranteeing an expanded band allocation to
any daytime only station licensed to a city of over 100,000 population if
that station was the only radio service licensed to that city.  At the
time it was thought that Elizabeth, NJ (across the river from New York
City) would be the only city in the country to qualify, but when the 1990
census was released Vallejo also was over the magic 100,000 mark.

Earlier this year, the owner of the New Jersey station again lobbied the
FCC and Congress for permission to begin operating his congressionally
guaranteed radio station while the FCC continued to hassle out the rest of
the expanded band plan.  His request was granted last month on a temporary
basis, as was the Vallejo license.  Both stations could be moved to
different frequencies if and when a plan is finalized for the rest of the
expanded band.

Lou Schneider
[e-mail]




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:41 1996
From: Mark Howell <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 20:36:34 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]>

KXBT on 1640 is coming in well in Bakersfield tonight.  Moderate fading,
but listenable on my SR III.  I'm anxious to find out how the Delco
radios in my car and company van pick it up here--but bedtime comes early
for morning radio people <g>.

Mark


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:43 1996
From: [e-mail](Stephen McGreevy )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 12 Mar 1996 00:58:51 GMT
Message-ID: <4i2i8b$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

I just discovered KXBT on 1640 while winding a loop antenna to get it
to tune to 1710 (for future high-end MW band DXing.  Was surprised at
this BIG signal.  I called stn. and spoke to DJ.  He says they will be
going 24 hours "next week" (that corresponds to the march 19 report in
RRS) and will be 10 kW nights, 1 kW daytime.

I have been running a 100 mW "MedFER" beacon on 1637.9 kHz nightly,m
signing "RR" with 4 sec dash after ID--I guess I better shut it off
and/or QSY now.  I'm located in north San Rafael, right across the bay
from them, so a big signal here.  Their red-marker light at the top of
their antenna mast is visible here with binoculars.  But finally, there
is an expanded-band station in the western part on North America.

BTW, I can't recall if DJ said they would be abandoning 1190 when they
go 24 hrs., but I doubt it, since many stations get to use BOTH their
old and new freqs. as a transistion.  No mentions of 1640 in
announcements yet.  They play a soul-oldies ("classic-oldies")
format--the only other station in the S.F. Bay Area besides KDIA 1310.

As expected they are slightly weaker than 1190, due of course to lesser
groundwave field-strength at 1640 than 1190, but they should skip out
FAR with 10 kW.  I can hear carrier from 1660 WJDM nightly here, but no
audio yet.  I guess a DXpedition is due...

Can't be long before many others start to hit the new freqs. now...

Good Dxin',

Steve McGreevy, N6NKS



<[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Mike Ward) writes:
>
>In article <4htg58$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Lou Schneider)
writes:
>
>>I visited the station yesterday.  The official start date has been
pushed
>>back to March 19, but they will probably be on intermittantly testing

>>between now and then.  Transmitter is a used Continental mounted in a

>>cargo container at the tower base.  Antenna is a 220 ft. guyed tower
>>carrying a pair of folded unipoles - one for the existing 1190 Khz
>>kilowatt daytimer, the second for 1660.  At the top of the tower is a
3
>>bay vertically polarized antenna that's a 150 watt on-channel booster
for
>>their co-owned FM.
>
>I'm confused...is KXBT going to be on 1660 or 1640?  I've heard a
fairly
>strong carrier (but no program) on 1640 once or twice in the past
week.
>
>Mike (in Sacramento)



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:44 1996
From: [e-mail] (Lou Schneider)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 12 Mar 1996 20:31:56 -0800
Message-ID: <4i5j3s$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Mike Ward ([e-mail]) wrote:
: In article <4i4etu$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Lou Schneider) writes:

: You have to wonder about this...both of these stations being granted this
: expanded band service because they're the only station licensed to a city ov
er
: 100,000.  Elizabeth, NJ is right next to New York City and Vallejo, CA is a
: stone's throw away radio wise from San Francisco.

: And, neither station is providing programming specifically targeted 24
: hours a day for their license city.

There's nothing to wonder about - what's going on here is no different
than the way any other AM or FM allocation has been handled over the last
20 years or so.

You play the game and collect the rewards.  It's a shame the media as a
whole has been so silent about this ongoing sham.

Lou Schneider
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:45 1996
From: "Charles P. Hobbs" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 13 Mar 1996 19:24:02 -0700
Message-ID: <4i8002$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Oops, I'm in Los Angeles, CA (near the northwest part of the
San Fernando Valley). Hearing KXBT-1640.




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:47 1996
From: "Charles P. Hobbs" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 13 Mar 1996 19:29:01 -0700
Message-ID: <4i809d$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i5j3s$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Lou Schneider) wrote:
>Mike Ward ([e-mail]) wrote:
>: In article <4i4etu$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Lou Schneider) writes:
>
>: You have to wonder about this...both of these stations being granted this
>: expanded band service because they're the only station licensed to a city o
ver
>: 100,000.  Elizabeth, NJ is right next to New York City and Vallejo, CA is a

>: stone's throw away radio wise from San Francisco.
>
>: And, neither station is providing programming specifically targeted 24
>: hours a day for their license city.
>

If I were running things, I'd have booted all of the ex-daytimers
on the so-called Clear Channels, over to the expansion band last year!

>There's nothing to wonder about - what's going on here is no different
>than the way any other AM or FM allocation has been handled over the last
>20 years or so.
>
>You play the game and collect the rewards.  It's a shame the media as a
>whole has been so silent about this ongoing sham.
>
Their response? "Who cares . . .no-one listens to *AM* anymore!"





From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:48 1996
From: [e-mail](Stephen McGreevy )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1660 signal
Date: 15 Mar 1996 02:27:53 GMT
Message-ID: <4iakj9$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

David:

That's WJDM Elizabeth, NJ.  Heard that format while on biz. trip to
Indiana in February.  I think they are (still) 1 kW at night.

WJDM finally is being heard here in S.F. Bay Area, but new 1640 KXBT
Vallejo is really causing horrible modulation splash up to and beyond
1660.

73,

Steve McGreevy (your last name kinda resembles mine...actually, we get
mispelled junk mail spelled your surname's way occasionally :-) )


In <[e-mail]> David
McCreery <[e-mail]> writes:
>
>I'm hearing a signal tonight March 14 on 1660 with pop and ID as
"Radio
>Oz." Weak but clear in Atlanta and iding as being in the "tristate
area.
>Where is this? Dave Atlanta HArris HF 505A



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:49 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bruce Herder)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: 4 sale - forsale.txt [1/1]
Date: 12 Mar 1996 02:36:25 GMT
Message-ID: <4i2nv9$[e-mail]>


From [e-mail] Mon Mar 11 06:18:26 1996
Path: netport.com!news
From: [e-mail] (Bruce Herder)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
Subject: Radio's 4 sale
Date: 12 Mar 1996 02:25:27 GMT
Organization: "netport a division of Data Services"
Lines: 25
Message-ID: <4i2nan$[e-mail]>
NNTP-Posting-Host: p06.buster.netport.com
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII
X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7

  Hello.. I have 2 rigs for sale..

1) Uniden PC76XL - As good as brand new, in the house for a couple of months-
   Probably about the BEST "AM only" mobile rig made. 120 Channels (regular
   CB freqs, plus 40 above, and 40 below) - Clarifier has been "unlocked"
   and has a 5 -10 Khz range depending on the freq being used - Has
   switchable in/out 5-tone "roger-beep" - Modulation mods as well as RF
   output mods (keys at 7, swings to 15) - Has attached Galaxy GL-350
   Frequency Counter - EVERYTHING is set up and ready to go!
                                                               $125.00
                                                               plus shipping

2) Radio Shack Pro 2026 Mobile Scanner - "House-kept" - Has been modified to
   receive entire 800 Mhz band - Programmable, 100 channels (5 banks of 20
   channels) - Pre-programmed fire, police, marine, weather, and aircraft
   freqs - GREAT little rig!

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about $5.00 - $10.00 depending where in the USA your at. USA ONLY PLEASE!!
Please e-mail if interested....
                                                  [e-mail]





From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:50 1996
From: [e-mail](Robert Searfoss )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: ???Heard: five...seventyfive...on AM dial???
Date: 14 Mar 1996 11:55:03 GMT
Message-ID: <4i91en$[e-mail]>

The day UPS delivered my GE superradio to the office I turned it on and
at about 700 to 800 on the dial I heard:
seventyfive five  seventyfive five   seventyfive five over and over and
over again.

I asked another person to listen to be sure Iwas not imagining this
unusual standard band signal.

Wonder if it is related to highway construction??

highway I-75 is nearby and so is lots of construction.

Took the radio back yesterday to listen, signal gone.

Do not recall the date of the original reception and was not a
shortwave newsgroup reader at that time, otherwize would have
postedsooner.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:51 1996
From: [e-mail] (Scott Ehrlich)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: [WANT] Country Music Shortwave stations/schedules
Date: 11 Mar 1996 23:42:52 GMT
Message-ID: <4i2dps$[e-mail]>


I'm a BIG country music fan from Boston.  I'm interested in seeing what
shortwave stations offer country music (oldies, classic, modern,
anything) any time of the day/night.

Please give frequencies, station callsign, format (if possible), time of
broadcast (if not 24 hours) in Eastern Standard Time or GMT, etc.

Thanks much.


--
Scott Ehrlich
Amateur Radio Callsign: wy1z
E-mail: [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:51 1996
From: ANDRE CORDEIRO ROMAO BORGES BRANDAO <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: African Radios
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 11:10:47 +0000
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I would like you to send me, if you have, frequencies of shortwave
african stations.
Please send me it to
[e-mail]

Thank you very much, Andre Brandao


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:52 1996
From: [e-mail] (David W. Schweikart)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AM/FM database online ..!!
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 14:30:08 GMT
Message-ID: <4i2o0a$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Chas) wrote:

>Hello,
>I've just discovered a great online database for all U.S.
>licensed AM/FM radio station. Its frquently updated
>and has various search criteria.

>http://www.radiostation.com


>Give it a try !!!

And another nice database is at
http://radio.aiss.uiuc.edu/~rrb/fccdb.html




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:53 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Chas)
Subject: AM/FM DX Info. sheet attached
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:33:11 GMT





From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:54 1996
From: [e-mail] (Charles P. Crawford)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE:  GE Superradio FAQ now available on the Web
Date: 8 Mar 1996 23:19:56 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hi2c3$[e-mail]>

In article <4hi2c3$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] wrote:

> My GE Superradio FAQ is now available on the Web:
>
>     http://www.shore.net/~dmoisan/faqs/superradio/gesr_faq.html


Dave,
   Not to get to picky, but mine says Superadio. Only one rrrrrrr.  ;-)

Charlie

--
   "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
                                          B. Dylan


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:55 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Dean W. Armstrong)
Subject: Re: Antipodes
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
References: <4hs6ui$[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 16:02:23 GMT

In article <4hs6ui$[e-mail]>,
Maarten van Damme <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>In order to establish if I can hear whistlers/natural radio in my
>country I learned that you need to know if the area exactly opposite
>on the globe is a thunderstorm rich area.
>
>2. How can you calculate this (you can of course take a globe and try
>to find out)?
        An approximate method would be to find the distance to the
north magnetic pole from your spot.  This would be your 'magnetic'
latitude, and just find the conjugate spot to the southern magnetic
pole.  Don't switch your longititude 180 degrees as others have suggested.

>3. How do I know if this antipodes location is thunderstorm 'rich'?
>Are there any resources on the Net from which I could find out?

Look at the respective satellite photo for your spot.
Try http://wxweb.msu.edu/weather/.  You should familiarize yourself
with the appearance of thunderstorms from above.  Take a look at the
Amazon, and you'll quickly learn.
--
Dean W. Armstrong                        Ryerson Astronomical Society
http://astro.uchicago.edu/home/web/RAS/  Cheese.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:56 1996
From: [e-mail] (Donald R. Putnick)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Antipodes
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 08:15:03 -0700
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hs6ui$[e-mail]>

In article <4hs6ui$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Maarten van
Damme) wrote:

> 1. What is my exact antipodes when my coordinates are 52.04 North  en
> 4.30 East?

Your antipode (you only have one) is 52.04 South and 184.30 East

> 2. How can you calculate this (you can of course take a globe and try
> to find out)?

Change your latitute from North to South (or vice versa) and add 180
degrees to your longitude.

> 3. How do I know if this antipodes location is thunderstorm 'rich'?
> Are there any resources on the Net from which I could find out?

An excellent atlas or encyclopedia might have the data.  Don't know of
anything online for free.
--
Don Putnick
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:57 1996
From: Danny Holwerda <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Any one knows modif. to Sat 700
Date: 12 Mar 1996 18:34:23 GMT
Message-ID: <4i4g3f$[e-mail]>

I got new sat 700 and wonder if somebody knows modification to it, like
filter ( there are some available for Sony ICF 2010) etc. I was hoping I
could hear any broadcasting from Indonesia. I used sony An-1 antenna.

Please help. what should I do to improve the sensitivity

Thank you

Arief

[e-mail]




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:12:59 1996
From: Steve Whitt <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: ARMY 1670
Date: 8 Mar 1996 10:42:03 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4hp2tr$[e-mail]>
References: <4hkdpi$[e-mail]> <4ho37i$[e-mail]>

In article <4ho37i$[e-mail]> Pyewacket1,
[e-mail] writes:
> I mailed verification letter first day of transmission and have not
>>received
>>> QSL

Come on guys give them a break! How fast do you expect a QSL? I QSL many
AM stations round the world and consider myself pleased if a QSL/reply
comes back in under 30 days. Many take 60-90 days. Some take years - for
a variety of reasons. I've had reply to a letter of mine that was found,
four years after it arrived at the station, behind a filing cabinet (only
found when they moved offices)! I've had several replies from new
personnel at a station who have found an enormous hoard of unanswered
mailed stuffed in some drawer by their predecessor!

Remember, for most broadcasters sending out a QSL is a favour done in a
few spare minutes between normal day jobs.

Steve

PS I'm still waiting for KTRK as well  :-)


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:02 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Jon Van Allen)
Subject: Art Bell's "Dreamland" Topics
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 96 17:06:42 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Has anyone been catching Art Bell's radio program on Sunday
evenings called "Dreamland"? Awhile back, he was talking
about a book called "Tesla's Earthquake Machine" by Dale
Pond & Walter Baumgartner (ISBN 1-57282-008-X $16.95)
This book is a real dandy, it illustrates Tesla's genious
and eccentricity, of how he made localized earthquakes
happen much to the consternation of the cops and fire
brigade that showed up at his lab to see it having it's own
little earthquake while the surrounding area was quite
normal. Anyone read this book?

On another program related to Tesla's work with harmonic
resonance, Bell had on a guest who said he knew of a U.S.
Government facility in Northern Alaska (I believe) that is
doing work utilizing Tesla's principles to literally beam a
harmonic resonance wave at an object, like a building (and
it's contents) causing it to lose it's molecular cohesion,
and it is reduced to a big pile of dust.

Sounds pretty bizarre, but (as with the Roswell UFO people)
he said that everyone involved with the project was sworn
to secrecy with threats on their lives and thier families
lives.

Anyone catch the program and have any comments?

Thanks,

Jon KF7YN



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:03 1996
From: Rodney Post <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Aural retentive?
Date: 12 Mar 1996 04:08:00 GMT
Message-ID: <4i2tb0$[e-mail]>

As much as I appreiciate all the wonderfull advantages of the digital
recievers (R8 in my case), none of even the best can come close to the
aural smoothness during bandscaning of the "old" analog sets.

Great gains have been made in our digital age but our ears remember the
delicate sounds of the past.

Rodney  (who wishes he could revive his SX190)



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:04 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dan Ferguson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Baseball on shortwave
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 00:32:58 GMT
Message-ID: <4i2gkg$[e-mail]>

I have a correspondent in the Cayman Is. who's wondering if any U.S.
baseball is available on shortwave.  I'm not aware of any, but if you
are, please let me know.  Thanks.

df



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+ Dan Ferguson                                             [e-mail]  +
+ Opinions herein expressed are not those of the donut store I patronize. +
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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:05 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Schaeffer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Baseball on shortwave
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 20:55:07 GMT
Message-ID: <4i9mnd$[e-mail]>
References: <4i2gkg$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Dan Ferguson) wrote:

>I have a correspondent in the Cayman Is. who's wondering if any U.S.
>baseball is available on shortwave.  I'm not aware of any, but if you
>are, please let me know.  Thanks.

>df



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>+ Dan Ferguson                                             [e-mail]  +
>+ Opinions herein expressed are not those of the donut store I patronize. +
>+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +


I know back in the "old days", when AFRTS broadcast on shortwave all
major sports were available. In fact, while AFRTS T.V. was tape
delayed certain people would get scores from games via sw and then
place bets before the game was shown on t.v. Many a g.i. was bilked
while serving overseas in this way!

Jim



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:06 1996
From: [e-mail] (david martin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BBC - 2 Cheers
Date: 14 Mar 1996 04:23:27 GMT
Message-ID: <4i86vv$[e-mail]>

I caught the 2 Cheers rpgram from Feb, and they were joking, I think,
that it was their last program.  Did the BBC cancel this program?  For
real?

Thanks.




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:07 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Kim Andrew Elliott)
Subject: Re: BBC and VOA summer 96 schedules???
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960310111352.14934B-100000@itsop2> <4hvn76$[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 15:10:39 GMT

In article <4hvn76$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Dan Ferguson) writes:
>>Are the BBC and VOA summer 96 schedules avialable yet? I especially want
>>the MW aimed to the Middle East schedule as I'm going to Israel in three
>>weeks (right at the start of the Summer schedules!). Thanks alot.
>
>Neither is yet available.  The final coordination was completed last
>week in London.  There remains, however, both at IBB and BBC,  a great
>deal of work to do before a final schedule can be extracted from the
>databases.
>

But you can count on 1260 kHz from Greece to be the best MW outlet
for VOA.  English at 0600-0700, 1500-1700, 2100-2200, 2230-0030.

The April-May VOA Guide has tentative frequencies for summer 1996.
Request it by sending your postal address to [e-mail]

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Kim Andrew Elliott                                Internet: [e-mail]
Producer and Presenter, Communications World
VOICE OF AMERICA
330 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20547 USA
----------------------------------------------------------------------






From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:08 1996
From: International Audience Correspondence <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC and VOA summer 96 schedules???
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 13:47:51 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960310111352.14934B-100000@itsop2>

In article <[e-mail]>, Kim Andrew Elliott <[e-mail]> writes
>In article <4hvn76$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Dan Ferguson) writes:
>>>Are the BBC and VOA summer 96 schedules avialable yet? I especially want
>>>the MW aimed to the Middle East schedule as I'm going to Israel in three
>>>weeks (right at the start of the Summer schedules!). Thanks alot.
>>
>>Neither is yet available.  The final coordination was completed last
>>week in London.  There remains, however, both at IBB and BBC,  a great
>>deal of work to do before a final schedule can be extracted from the
>>databases.
>>
>
>But you can count on 1260 kHz from Greece to be the best MW outlet
>for VOA.  English at 0600-0700, 1500-1700, 2100-2200, 2230-0030.
>
>The April-May VOA Guide has tentative frequencies for summer 1996.
>Request it by sending your postal address to [e-mail]
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Kim Andrew Elliott                                Internet: [e-mail]
>Producer and Presenter, Communications World
>VOICE OF AMERICA
>330 Independence Avenue, S.W.
>Washington, D.C. 20547 USA
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>

BBC World Service schedules are available from next week.  Send requests
to [e-mail]

--
Rupert Preston Bell
International Audience Correspondence
BBC World Service


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:09 1996
From: [e-mail] (Charles D. Reader)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC on 540 KHZ near Pittsburgh?
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 13:55:21 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hnk8s$[e-mail]> <4hoqih$[e-mail]>

In article <4hoqih$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Wilmac291) wrote:

> It's via Canadian B.C. rebroadcasting SW programs overnight.  Maybe wait
> to the top of the hour for an I.D.?

I've also wondered about this station. I've listened to it every time I go
home to visit my family, but I've never heard it identify itself. It does
seem to be located somewhere in the southwest corner of Pennsylvania.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:10 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bill Matthews)
Subject: Re: BBC on 540 KHZ near Pittsburgh?
Date: 13 Mar 96 02:46:22 -0800
References: <4hnk8s$[e-mail]> <4hoqih$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

It's located in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania - 15 miles south of
Pittsburgh - in Washington County.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:12 1996
From: Colin M Wilding <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC Waveguide to end
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 09:53:45 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4gkd7j$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: Colin M Wilding <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, Colin Mahoney
<[e-mail]> writes
>On Tue, 5 Mar 1996 12:58:28 +0000, Colin M Wilding
><[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>>In article <[e-mail]>, Colin Mahoney
>><[e-mail]> writes
>>>"Mark J. Fine" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>>
>>>[...]
>>>|
>>>|One has to wonder how their listenership skyrocketed to 144M.  Are they
>>>|giving us the real poop here?
>>>
>>>One is tempted ot conclude that most of the world *like* listening to
>>>crass trivia and poppy nonsense. But no, it couldn't be that bad....
>>>could it?
>>>
>>That's your considered judgement on over 1,000 hours per week of BBC
>>World Service broadcasts, is it?
>
>Of course not - not even those working for the International
>Broadcasting Audience Research can spend *that* much time listening to
>the radio - can they?
>
>But it is my considered judgement on the hours *I* spend listening to
>the BBC - which is from around 8 am - 2 pm  GMT, and again from 10 pm
>to 1 am GMT. It just seems to me that recently there has been some
>degree of trivialisation - as well as Mega Mix, MultiTrack etc, we
>have to put up with things like 'The Secret Life of An Insect', which
>( in my opinion ) would be a lot better without the daft comments from
>the woman pretending to be an insect.
>
>When I read here that wave guide, and other 'quality' programs (
>again, in my opinion ) are being taken off air, this only reinforces
>my conclusions.

You are, of course, welcome to hold and express your opinions on the
programmes you listen to.  But before you make broad inferences about
the likely opinions of the rest of our listeners you might like to think
about the programmes *they* hear.  In your list above you make no
mention of news and current affairs programmes, which make up a large
part of our output and are of tremendous importance to our listeners.
Are you writing these off as 'crass trivia and poppy nonsense' too?.

>
>Off course, it is nice to know that someone at the BBC is taking some
>notice of this, but personally I'll be convinced by what I hear -
>which, at the moment, doesn't seem to be what it used to be.

If you want to write to BBC World Service the address is
[e-mail]


Colin M Wilding
International Broadcasting Audience Research
BBC World Service
Personal email (ONLY) to: [e-mail]
General World Service email to: [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:13 1996
From: [e-mail] (Colin Mahoney)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC Waveguide to end
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 21:59:15 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4gkd7j$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <G$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4hpv1l$[e-mail]>

On 8 Mar 1996 10:41:57 -0800, [e-mail] (David A. Kaye) wrote:

[...]
>
>Some of these indeed are silly, but I would *not* put Megamix into that
>category.  I'm sorry to see it taken off the late night Americaa's stream
>schedule because Megamix appeals to younger college-age people.  It
>covers a wealth of serious topics in addition to the lighter ones.  Of
>course, I also like the fact that they've come to the San Francisco Bay
>Area to report on the happenings in Berkeley (body piercing, etc), which
>our media pretty much ignored, except for maybe a story on a piercing
>gone bad.

OK. As long as *all* programmes don't go that way. I have this fear
that the World Service will turn into some kind of world-wide
commercial style operation - appealing to the lowest common
denominator and all that...

>
>On the other hand, the Americas stream gets two "Sports Roundups" spaced
>only 2 or 3 hours apart, ...

On a Saturday morning I get News Day ( I think - a half-hour news
program, anyway ) at 5 am GMT, followed by the same program again at
6am.. I don't know if these are different streams, and to the BBCs
credit they are not identical programs - so recently the later program
included more details on the bombing in Israel, for example - but many
of the "features" are the same.

>and a too many "Words of Faith" and "In
>Praise of God" to suit our country.  About half the stations relaying
>the BBC in the USA are owned by local government agencies or public
>collegess.  It becomes dicey to broadcast church services.  In this
>country we have a doctrine called the "separation of Church and State"
>which prohibits government agencies to show any preference for one church
>over another, or for that matter, to be involved in religious matters at all.


So "In Praise of God" is not permissible, but it's OK to have "In God
We Trust" plastered all over the currency?:) ( Alistair Cooke covered
this a while back ). Meanwhile, my local TV station here in Sabadell,
Spain has just been taken over by a load of US (?) evangelical
types...

>
>If the "In Praise of God" series continues, stations will have to begin
>covering those hours with other programming.  Now that the NPR SOSS
>system is in place, it's simply a matter of programming in a different
>channel during the offensive broadcasts, and pick up, say, "Music Through

Now I don't much like religious programming, but "offensive"???

>the Night" or "NPR's Morning Edition" or the new jazz service from
>KJAZ during the offending hours.
>
>--
>(c) 1996         Unions once made America the richest country of the world.
>David Kaye
>

---------------------------------------
Colin Mahoney ( [e-mail] )
Sabadell, Spain
---------------------------------------


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:14 1996
From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC Waveguide to end
Date: 12 Mar 1996 00:43:34 -0800
Message-ID: <4i3dfm$[e-mail]>
References: <4gkd7j$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <G$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4hpv1l$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Colin Mahoney wrote the quoted material below:

" commercial style operation - appealing to the lowest common
" denominator and all that...

Not as long as "My Music" and similar programs are broadcast.  I listen
to the World Service several mornings a week and see no danger of it
turning into a commercial-style network.

" So "In Praise of God" is not permissible, but it's OK to have "In God
" We Trust" plastered all over the currency?:)

Believe me, there are a *lot* of people who are very annoyed at seeing
this on our currency.

" Spain has just been taken over by a load of US (?) evangelical
" types...

They'd even go to Antarctica if they thought it would pull in the money.
This kind of broadcaster not only gets money from donations from people
who want to help "spread the word" but also charge the religious program
producers for air time.  These stations can be money machines.

" Now I don't much like religious programming, but "offensive"???

Offensive in that the USA has a very strong doctrine on separation of
church and state.  Combine that with the fact that a large number of
people are not Christian, and when a public radio station runs BBC
religious programming, they get a *lot* of annoyed subscribers phoning and
writing in objection.

As I said previously, with the new computer control recently instituted at
American public radio stations, it is now possible to block out the
religious BBC programs and substitute other programs during unattended
overnight operation.

--
(c) 1996         Unions once made America the richest country of the world.
David Kaye



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:15 1996
From: [e-mail] (Marie A. Lamb)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC World Service to "split"
Date: 8 Mar 1996 22:45:24 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4hqda4$[e-mail]>
References: <HCvb$BACJ$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Richard Buckby ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Hello Folks,

:         A report in todays British "Daily Telegraph" says that the BBC
: World Service is to be split up into 2 channels, one carrying all news
: and sport and the other carrying programmes suitable for those learning
: English and whose grasp of the language is not so good!

:         It seems that there will be an official announcement later
: today. Watch this space for more information!.........

:         Richard Buckby,  Ambergate, Derbyshire, England
: --

According to last night's broadcast of Media Network on Radio Netherlands,
there is no truth to this rumor.

73--
Marie Lamb
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:17 1996
From: International Audience Correspondence <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC World Service to "split"
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 13:45:20 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <HCvb$BACJ$[e-mail]> <4hqda4$[e-mail]>

In article <4hqda4$[e-mail]>, "Marie A. Lamb"
<[e-mail]> writes
>Richard Buckby ([e-mail]) wrote:
>: Hello Folks,
>
>:         A report in todays British "Daily Telegraph" says that the BBC
>: World Service is to be split up into 2 channels, one carrying all news
>: and sport and the other carrying programmes suitable for those learning
>: English and whose grasp of the language is not so good!
>
>:         It seems that there will be an official announcement later
>: today. Watch this space for more information!.........
>
>:         Richard Buckby,  Ambergate, Derbyshire, England
>: --
>
>According to last night's broadcast of Media Network on Radio Netherlands,
>there is no truth to this rumor.
>
>73--
>Marie Lamb
>[e-mail]

The Daily Telegraph reporter confused her readers by suggesting that World
Service had plans to split into two separate channels.
Managing Director Sam Younger spoke to staff about the first stage of a major
review of WS activity, and announced a plan to reduce operational costs over t
he
next three years by at least 10%.  This will go some way to help to cover the
potential shortfall in WS Parliamentary Grant announced by the Government in
last November's budget.
Alongside savings, Sam Younger also mentioned ideas for investment in areas th
at
are vital if WS is to keep its lead in international broadcasting, currently
with a record 140 million regular listeners.
We want to strengthen key languages other than English and research viability
of
an additional service in English based on our news and current affairs output
and made available by satellite to radio stations and ultimately individual
listeners around the world.  It is this second possibility which misled the
reporter.  This is not splitting WS but rather, if feasible, supplementing it
as
we face as increasingly competitive broadcasting environment.

--
International Audience Correspondence


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:18 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:33:14 +0000
Reply-To: [e-mail]
From: Jan Nieuwenhuis <[e-mail]>
Subject: BDXC-WWW-Page Updated

BENELUX DX-CLUB (BDXC) INFORMATION
==================================

NEW & UPDATED info available via "World Wide Web" on Internet at:

  http://www-dx.deis.unibo.it/htdx/swls/bdxc.html

* NEW - "DX-Hotline (11/3/96)"
* UPDATED - 'Link' to WXFAX 3.2 software

73's   Jan

======================================================================
Greetings from a sunny, though cold, 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)  :  [e-mail]
Netmail (FIDO)    :  2:500/202
WWW (Internet)    :  http://www-dx.deis.unibo.it/htdx/swls/bdxc.html
======================================================================


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:19 1996
From: [e-mail] (Karl Shepard)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Best antenna for a Yaesu FRG 100?
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 08:31:01
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have just bought a Yaesu FRG 100.  It will replace my 21 year old DX 160.  I

am currently using a radio shack antenna that I recently bought.  It has four
strands of wire on each leg that are connected in the middle and T-fed via 50
Ohm feed to the radio.  The 8-wire-total antenna is tuned to most of the SW
bands.  The antenna is supposed to be mounted vertically and is referred to as

an inverted dipole.  I currently have it mounted horizontally under the eaves
of the house. Is it better to mount it vertically?

I know that are quite a few opinions about antennas and I am quite sure that
this has been discussed endlessly but -  could someone comment on this set up
vs a longwire (any length best?).    When I asked a salesman at Universal
Radio about this antenna, he said it was noisy.

Also, as I own my own home and have some room, I was thinking about orienting
two antennas - one north/south and the other east/west with a switch to have
one or the other active so as to target/filter out signals from various parts
of the world.  What kind of switch do I need in order shield the one antenna
from the other?

Any books that you can recommend on antennas?

[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:21 1996
From: [e-mail] (Doug)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: BEWARE OF DEALING WITH DERRICK HALL, SEAT
Date: 12 Mar 1996 00:56:46 GMT
Message-ID: <4i2i4e$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail] <4gks9a$[e-mail]> <4gon7k$[e-mail]> <4hnu68$fd3@nnt <[e-mail]>



Nope, not mail fraud when using a common carrier, ie UPS/FEDEX.

Recommend you contact them...last time I had a problem, UPS had an investigato
r
at the house the next day

Doug


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:22 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 20:11:00 EST
Reply-To: Tom Sundstrom <[e-mail]>
From: Tom Sundstrom <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bulletin: Updates

For subscribers to the SCHEDULES data files, new files were placed on the
Web site (http://www.trsc.com/dl_trs.htm) and Pics Online BBS today, March
14.

We also added a photo gallery accessible off our Intro page
(../intro.htm), and updated our "hot links" page (../trs_link.htm).

We're off to the Winter SWL Festival tomorrow morning. We'll see some of
you there...

Tom S.



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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:23 1996
From: [e-mail] (John)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Can anybody get R Budapest at 0330 GMT?
Date: 8 Mar 1996 10:17 MST
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

---------------------------------------------------------------
I can never get them at this hour yet I know they are broadcasting. Their 0200
time slot is fine for reception but forget the 0330 GMT slot. Anyone else have
this problem in the West?.

John Berenyi  ([e-mail])

2648 Deer Run Dr.
Ogden, Utah 84405





From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:24 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bill Matthews)
Subject: RE: Can anybody get R Budapest at 0330 GMT?
Date: 13 Mar 96 02:42:56 -0800
References: <[e-mail]>
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

The problem is poor propagation caused by low levels of solar
activity currently being experienced.  This state of affairs is going
to continue for a while.  Tune for the lowest frequency being used at
the particular transmission time for POSSIBLE reception.

Bill Matthews
-------------------
[e-mail]
-------------------


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:25 1996
From: Michael C Cabassa <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Can anybody get R Budapest at 0330 GMT?
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 15:45:52 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Hi
Maybe your radio is not too good 'cuz I logged Radio Budapest at 03:40 on
3/8/96 on 5965.  Sounded so clear my wife heard it in the parlor.  Maybe
you should consider upgrading to a JRC NRD 515!! SE3 synch couldn't hurt
either.
But then I'm just using a little f&*(er called the HF 150.  Some day I'll
find a Drake R7A.

Good luck
Mike

On 8 Mar 1996, John wrote:

> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> I can never get them at this hour yet I know they are broadcasting. Their 02
00
> time slot is fine for reception but forget the 0330 GMT slot. Anyone else ha
ve
> this problem in the West?.
>
> John Berenyi  ([e-mail])
>
> 2648 Deer Run Dr.
> Ogden, Utah 84405
>
>
>
>
>


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:26 1996
From: Ray Cowan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Canadian Radio Shack
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 12 Mar 1996 18:20:15 GMT
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

        Anyone know of a Canadian Radio Shack that will mail order to the
>U.S. ? Thanks....
>
>--
>
>Rusty Smith                            Division of Information Technology
>[e-mail]       O-          Network Engineering Group
>rsmith@wiscmacc                        1210 W. Dayton St. Rm 3221
>University of Wisconsin at Madison     Madison WI 53706 [phone]

Hi Rusty

I called the local Radio Shack to see if they will mail order to the U.S. but
the person I spoke to was not positive if they did.  He suggested you call the

Canadian head office @ [phone]. I asked for an "800" # but they don't
have one.

Hope this helps

Cheers

Ray


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:27 1996
From: [e-mail] (Rusty Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Canadian Radio Shack
Date: 11 Mar 1996 22:49:29 GMT
Message-ID: <4i2alp$[e-mail]>

Anyone know of a Canadian Radio Shack that will mail order to the
U.S. ? Thanks....

--

Rusty Smith                            Division of Information Technology
[e-mail]       O-          Network Engineering Group
rsmith@wiscmacc                        1210 W. Dayton St. Rm 3221
University of Wisconsin at Madison     Madison WI 53706 [phone]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:28 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Allan Brown)
Subject: Re: Canadian Radio Shack
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Allan Brown)
References:  <4i2alp$[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 13:05:31 GMT


I don't know of one, but why?

It seems to me that Canadian Radio Shack has fewer things
than the American - and usually more expensive.

They claim to be a different company, but the packaging still says
Texas.

What is it you are looking for?

Just curious.

Allan


Rusty Smith ([e-mail]) writes:
> Anyone know of a Canadian Radio Shack that will mail order to the
> U.S. ? Thanks....
>
> --
>
> Rusty Smith                            Division of Information Technology
> [e-mail]       O-          Network Engineering Group
> rsmith@wiscmacc                        1210 W. Dayton St. Rm 3221
> University of Wisconsin at Madison     Madison WI 53706 [phone]




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:29 1996
From: [e-mail] (Andy Sennitt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Central People's BS or China National Radio
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 10:00:44 GMT
Message-ID: <4hp0g1$[e-mail]>
References: <4hmh22$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] wrote:

>My guess is why WRTH calls it CNR because that is how the Chinese Radio
>People want it in the WRTH.  Have you noticed that the Communist Country
>is always listed before the free country when it comes to Korea and China.

Which, of course, is purely an alphabetical coincidence. There is no
other reason. I hope you're not implying that there is :-)



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:30 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bryan Cowan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Channel 25 IDENTIFIED!
Date: 12 Mar 1996 00:19:08 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Mike Ward) wrote:

-> In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Bryan
Cowan) writes:
->
-> >Yep, thanks to Rick Matthews ([e-mail]) I have finally
-> >identified the mysterious channel 25 as K25EL, Apogee Broadcasting,
-> >Sacramento. A phone call to the station confirmed this. They have promised
-> >to QSL with a program listing. Turns out their ID IS on a subcarrier-the
-> >Morse IDs that somebody else mentioned. Thanks to everybody.
->
-> Are my messages getting out??? :D
->
-> This station (as I mentioned before) is listed on my very own Sacramento
-> Radio/TV list on the Web, at this URL -

You mentioned this before?
->
-> http://www.crl.com/~mward/sacrlist.html
->
-> As you mention, it's K25EL.  It programs mainly a satellite feed from
an LPTV
-> network, "American Independent TV".  If Ch. 25 has any locally originated
-> programs, I have yet to see them.
->
-> It's nice to have this ID mystery cleared up, though.  I was unaware that T
V
-> stations could dispense with visual or aural legal IDs!  (Maybe it's an LPT
V
-> thing?)
->
-> Mike

The person at channel 25 told me that with their current operating status,
they were exempt from the visual/aural ID rule. They told me they
broadcast their ID on a subcarrier that a regular viewer couldn't pick up.
Go figure.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:31 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Channel 25 IDENTIFIED!
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 12:55:14 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Bryan Cowan) write
s:

>Yep, thanks to Rick Matthews ([e-mail]) I have finally
>identified the mysterious channel 25 as K25EL, Apogee Broadcasting,
>Sacramento. A phone call to the station confirmed this. They have promised
>to QSL with a program listing. Turns out their ID IS on a subcarrier-the
>Morse IDs that somebody else mentioned. Thanks to everybody.

Are my messages getting out??? :D

This station (as I mentioned before) is listed on my very own Sacramento
Radio/TV list on the Web, at this URL -

http://www.crl.com/~mward/sacrlist.html

As you mention, it's K25EL.  It programs mainly a satellite feed from an LPTV
network, "American Independent TV".  If Ch. 25 has any locally originated
programs, I have yet to see them.

It's nice to have this ID mystery cleared up, though.  I was unaware that TV
stations could dispense with visual or aural legal IDs!  (Maybe it's an LPTV
thing?)

Mike


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:32 1996
From: [e-mail] (Andy Sennitt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Correct  Address of Radio Mexico International ?
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 10:06:24 GMT
Message-ID: <4i3iap$[e-mail]>
References: <4i1f9t$[e-mail]>

Giovanni D'Amico <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Last week I was able to listen to Radio Mexico International
>on 9705kHz. They announced their address as P.O.Box 21-300. In the
>WRTH96 the given address is P.O.Box 19-737. Which address is better
>for sending reception reports? Any help is apprecciated.

You're right. I missed that when I posted the schedule we received
from them last week. Their mailing address is indeed given as P.O. Box
21-300 C.P, 04021 Mexico, D.F. Thanks for pointing that out.




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:33 1996
From: Hank <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,
Subject: Does anybody still use NRD59 rig control program?
Date: 8 Mar 1996 15:29:19 GMT
Message-ID: <4hpjof$[e-mail]>

Does anybody still use the NRD59 rig controle program for the Japan Radio Co N
RD-525/535?  And if
so, do you want to exchange ASCII databases?  I'm just getting started with th
is program and would
appriciate any info/help received.  Thanks & 73 Hank [e-mail]



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:34 1996
From: Paul Campana <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Drake R8A  Computer Control Program???
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 19:32:40 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I was wondering if anyone knows of a computer control program for the Drake
R8A? I have already tried to use Fineware's Smart R8 program with no avail.
It connects to the radio but will not control anything. I have found a couple
others that control the R8 but not the R8a. Any suggestions would be
appreciated.

                                        Thanks
                                    Paul Campana


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:35 1996
From: [e-mail] (Tim Cook)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Drake R8A  Computer Control Program???
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 20:14:47 GMT
Message-ID: <4i21r7$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Paul Campana <[e-mail]> wrote:

>I was wondering if anyone knows of a computer control program for the Drake
>R8A? I have already tried to use Fineware's Smart R8 program with no avail.
>It connects to the radio but will not control anything. I have found a couple

>others that control the R8 but not the R8a. Any suggestions would be
>appreciated.

>                                        Thanks
>                                    Paul Campana
I have used Marks new program for the R8A, and it worked absolutely
great!!! MAybe there was a glitch in the installation files, I know
there were some problems initially. Maybe if you download a new
file???  Just a vthought, I sold the R8A, but the program worked
flawlessly.....73's and good luck... Tim NZ8J



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:36 1996
From: ()
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Drake R8A  Computer Control Program???
Date: 12 Mar 1996 18:33:52 GMT
Message-ID: <4i4g2g$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

I've been using Fine's control program for the R8 (at least before I
moved to the Netherlands for the year and left the receiver behind).
Did you try a null-modem adapter for the RS232 cable connect?  The Drake
requires it.

>> I was wondering if anyone knows of a computer control program for the
Drake
R8A? I have already tried to use Fineware's Smart R8 program with no
avail.
It connects to the radio but will not control anything. I have found a
couple
others that control the R8 but not the R8a. Any suggestions would be
appreciated. <<



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:36 1996
From: [e-mail] (Perry Baer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Drake R8A  Computer Control Program???
Date: 11 Mar 1996 13:29:48 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4i19sc$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Paul,

 Like Tony I'm using Smart R8 Control Version 3 with a R8A and it works
great.  If it's not communicating with your receiver at all, you might
have an IRQ conflict.  Try a different setting and swap to another serial
port if one is available.

Perry



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:38 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dave Krenitsky)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Drake R8A  Computer Control Program???
Date: 12 Mar 1996 19:53:48 GMT
Message-ID: <4i4koc$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4i21r7$[e-mail]>

: I have used Marks new program for the R8A, and it worked absolutely
: great!!! MAybe there was a glitch in the installation files, I know
: there were some problems initially. Maybe if you download a new
: file???  Just a vthought, I sold the R8A, but the program worked
: flawlessly.....73's and good luck... Tim NZ8J

From where can I get this?  I tried http://www.lifestat.net/~mfine/
but my proxy server can't find that address.

Regards,

Dave K.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:39 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dennis)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: DX Definition Query
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 05:44:14 GMT
Message-ID: <4ialm8$[e-mail]>
References: <4h8pdr$[e-mail]> <4h9uhd$[e-mail]> <4hcm1t$[e-mail]>

AC6V <[e-mail]> wrote:

>In response to a query for definition of DX:

>>RE: DX -- Just found Funk and Wagnalls definition in their Standard Desk
>>Dictionary - 1984 Edition. It defines as follows:
>>
>>DX -- distance  On page 835.
>>
>>73
>Rod
>>
>>
>>--
>>*****************************************************************
>>Hark! I Have Hurled My Words To The Far Reaches Of The Earth!
>>What King Of Old Could Do Thus ?  --- AC6V
>>*****************************************************************
>>A Man May Know Of The World Without Leaving The Shelter Of His
>>Own Home!
>>Loa-Tsze
>>*****************************************************************
    "Wemarkable Wadio Wisdom!!    mike tyson





From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:40 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 17:22:00 PST
Reply-To: "Ryan, Jeffrey W." <[e-mail]>
From: "Ryan, Jeffrey W." <[e-mail]>
Subject: DX-390

Is there anyone else on this list who owns a Realistic DX-390? If so, what
are your impressions of it?

==========================================================
====If you need paid interns in management, please contact me!====
==========================================================
 ***************************************************************************
 Jeff Ryan - [e-mail] - http://www.ccil.org/~jryan
 301 Killinger Hall, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383-8103
 Tel. & Fax: [phone] - Ham Call: N3VMH - Steve Forbes in '96!


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:41 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bernie Rataj)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: DX/Local switch on ICF-SW7600G
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 96 16:25:16 GMT
Message-ID: <4i9ha4$[e-mail]>
References: <4hlj06$[e-mail]>

In article <4hlj06$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Neoh Khoon L
ye) wrote:
>Technically, what does this switch do?

Technically, it usually just attenuates the signal coming from the antenna
before it gets amplified in any way. I.e. it switches a resistor into the
circuit in the local setting.

Bernie


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:42 1996
From: [e-mail] (Warren Leach)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Elektro AC-100
Date: 12 Mar 1996 00:27:03 GMT
Message-ID: <4i2gcn$[e-mail]>
References: <4htkie$[e-mail]>

In article <4htkie$[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (Scott Saloway) writes:

> I recently picked up an Elektro AC-100 Shortwave/MW/FM radio at
> Woolworth's for $21.
> ...
> 1 problem, however: The sound will not get loud.

Hmm.. sounds like a defective one.  The sound on mine is fine.  The
radio does have a warranty, though (2 years?).  Contact the
manufacturer.

$21? The price went up.

Check out my page for the Elektro 10 band at:
  http://www.bluesky.com/warren/radios/cheapo.html

Warren


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:43 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 13:19:00 PST
Reply-To: "Ryan, Jeffrey W." <[e-mail]>
From: "Ryan, Jeffrey W." <[e-mail]>
Subject: FOR SALE: 10 meter rig

I have a 10 meter rig here that covers 28.3 - 28.55 MHz. The radio is a
converted Hygain CB Rig with the all crystals already installed. Be glad to
sell it with the mike, SWR meter, and antenna. I've gotten a lot of good use
out of this rig with some European contacts. The audio reception is fair,
but other than that it works great. I am selling it so I can help get money
together for a multiband HF radio. The next sunspot cycle should make prop
on 10 meters much better in the near future. So, if you are interested,
please e-mail me. Thanks!

73,
Jeff, N3VMH

*****************************************************************************
Jeff Ryan - [e-mail] - http://www.ccil.org/~jryan
301 Killinger Hall, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383-8103
Tel. & Fax: [phone] - Ham Call: N3VMH - Steve Forbes in '96!
*****************************************************************************


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:44 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Owyang)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Frog Seven rediscovered
Date: 14 Mar 1996 05:29:47 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Over the years, most of my radio time (and money) has been spent listening
above 30MHz, but I've had spurts of SWLing (never too serious
though).Years ago, during one of those spurts, I bought a Yaesu FRG-7.
When I moved out of my parents house, the FRG-7 was stored away and
forgotten. Recently, during a major bout of house cleaning my mom
uncovered the long lost "Frog Seven". Of course, she insisted that I take
it off her hands, and I was only too happy to oblige.

It now resides up on the shelf towering above my PRO-2006, PRO-43, BC250
and a Sony ICF-2002 (purchased during a minor spurt) and works as well as
it did before it was stashed away. Dialing across the bands without a
digital display has sort of a "retro" appeal (and I guess "retro" is in
these days). I suspect it will still serve well enough for casual SWL use,
and was just wondering if the ol' frog is worth hanging on to. Thanks!

--
Mike Owyang
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:44 1996
From: [e-mail](Oscar Herrera )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS: Drake R-8
Date: 10 Mar 1996 18:47:22 GMT
Message-ID: <4hv83q$[e-mail]>

In mint condition, purchased new in 1993. $550 + shipping.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:45 1996
From: "Herb A. Zite" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS: Sony ICF-2010
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 08:19:17 -0600
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Sony ICF-2010 in box with docs and some accessories. Well used but works
great. Selling cheap due to rear stand no longer locks in place.

$175 + Shipping and COD


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:46 1996
From: Vlad <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS: SX-43 receiver
Date: 8 Mar 1996 17:57:32 GMT
Message-ID: <4hpsec$[e-mail]>

This posting is for a friend.

For sale:  SX-43 is in good working condition.
All tubes checked and replaced where necessary, all caps replaced. Has been
aligned. Only performance problem is a 1 MHz error towards one end of FM band.
Cosmetically very good. Front panel, plastic, meter and knobs excellent. Case
paint a little worn. Manual included.

Also have the matching 10 inch speaker in excellent condition except for
an extra 3/8 hole added in one side of cabinet.

Asking $200 for them both
Please call Bob at 708-844-4898 any time or E-mail:

[e-mail]                  Bob, K9EUI



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:47 1996
From: Mark Howell <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Superadio lll vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 19:22:59 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4ho2oc$[e-mail]> <4hsvuk$[e-mail]>

David Moisan wrote:
>
> [e-mail] (Pyewacket1) wrote:
>
> >In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
> >writes:
>
> >It was explained to me by an engineer who has one, after I'd complained
> >about how badly calibrated the dial on my SRIII was.  I wish I could give
> >you a better, more specific explanation, but I'm afraid I can't. It
> >basically has something to do with the calibration of the dial being tied
> >to the voltage of the batteries. I have never tried my unit with AC, as
>
> Did the designers forget a zener or two?  I did once have a radio
> whose dial calibration did go to pot as the batteries wore out, but
> this was a much junkier radio than the SR.
>
> My SR II has always been on AC since I've had it, so I can't speak
> from experience.

I use my SR III almost exclusively on batteries, and I have not
experienced this phenomenon at all.  My dial calibration is off a little,
but not much.  From what I read here the radios vary a great deal in how
accurate the dial calibration is.  But to have it drift with battery
discharge makes no sense to me, and it hasn't happened to my radio.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:48 1996
From: Tom Morse <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Superadio lll vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 10:06:52 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4ho2oc$[e-mail]> <4hsvuk$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Mark Howell wrote:

> I use my SR III almost exclusively on batteries, and I have not
> experienced this phenomenon at all.  My dial calibration is off a little,
> but not much.  From what I read here the radios vary a great deal in how
> accurate the dial calibration is.  But to have it drift with battery
> discharge makes no sense to me, and it hasn't happened to my radio.

It is indeed true that the tuned frequency drifts with supply voltage
changes. (See the post by Daniel Grunberg, he does an excellent job of
explaining design tradeoffs.) Your set may be less affected than others
and that may make the change imperceptible to you, but it does happen.
the set is tuned by Varactor diode instead of a tuning capacitor.

It is a superb radio for the money the YB400 cannot touch it on MW.

Tom  KE6DIO


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:49 1996
From: [e-mail] (James Moore)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap
Subject: GrandFather left 2 Garages full of Stuff
Date: 12 Mar 1996 16:47:07 GMT
Message-ID: <4i49qb$[e-mail]>


        GrandFather passed and left 2 garages full of stuff.

        GrandMother wants rid of it.

        If interested call 1 800 996-2971

        Thank You



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:50 1996
From: Bill Funk <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap
Subject: Re: GrandFather left 2 Garages full of Stuff
Date: 16 Mar 1996 02:38:03 GMT
Message-ID: <4id9ib$[e-mail]>
References: <4i49qb$[e-mail]> <4i6l9j$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Clair Robinson) wrote:
>James Moore ([e-mail]) wrote:
>
>:      GrandFather passed and left 2 garages full of stuff.
>
>:      GrandMother wants rid of it.
>
>:      If interested call 1 800 996-2971
>
>:      Thank You
>
>
>Could you at least tell us what state its in?
=====================
What do you wanna bet this is an ongoing commercial deal?
No descriptions, an 800 number...

--
        Bill Funk - [e-mail]
        ASCIi User Group - http://www.starlink.com:80/~ascii
                User groups: More info than you can shake a CD at!
                             Try one near you!




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:53 1996
From: [e-mail] (John Rethorst)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Great radio web page - what does it all mean?
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 22:14:46 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

There's a very nice web page with FCC data on AM stations, at:

http://www.radiostation.com/cgi-bin/amcall

and I wonder if some kind soul would help me understand some of the data.
For example, the listing for KCBS, San Francisco, reads in part:

> KCBS - 0740  : license data for daytime operation
> SAN FRANCISCO , CA  Coordinates: N380823 W1223145  View location .
> Class: 2B | Nominal power: 50.00 kw | RMS: 2333.55 | Antenna: DA2
> This mode uses 04 towers. Pattern is Augmented.  (Only displaying three
> towers at this time.)
> Tower #1: Electrical height: 135.5 degrees
> Tower is top loaded (0).
> Tower #2: Electrical height: 135.5 degrees | Spacing: 0180.0 |
> Orientation: 238.00
> Tower is top loaded (0).
> Tower #3: Electrical height: 135.5 degrees | Spacing: 0090.0 |
> Orientation: 148.00 referenced to
> previous tower.
> Tower is top loaded (0).

What's an augmented pattern (the only other kind I see is "Standard")?
What's electrical height? Spacing? Orientation? Top loaded? Does this data
show what direction the station broadcasts in?

Thanks very much,
John


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:54 1996
From: [e-mail] (BROCKRADIO)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Grove and the medium waves
Date: 9 Mar 1996 22:14:28 -0500
Message-ID: <4hthek$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (BROCKRADIO)

As I was looking at the Grove March 1- April 30, 1996 Catalog I noticed an
ad for the GE Superadio on page 5. Listed among the suggested accessories
is the Realistic (Radio Shack) Amplified shortwave antenna ( listed as ANT
17, on page 11 ).
Since the Superadio only covers The medium wave, and western FM bands,
what good would an active antenna that only covers 3 to 30 Mhz be with
this radio, and why is it listed as one of the accessories?

They also list the well known Kiwa Medium Wave loop. As I understand it,
when you connect an external antenna to the Superadio, you DO NOT
dis-connect the radio's internal loop. How effective is the nulling of the
Kiwa loop ( or any external loop for that matter) when the radio's
internal loop is still in play?

Just wondering?
Brock Whaley
WH6SZ
Honolulu


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:55 1996
From: [e-mail] (Len Winkler)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: HAARP on Ham Radio & More Show
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 96 15:13:13 GMT
Message-ID: <4i1fvh$[e-mail]>

Steve Elswork of Exotic Research will be the guest this Sunday, 3/17/96, on
the Ham Radio & More Show. Steve will discuss the HAARP project in Alaska;
it's publically announced intentions, and Steve's personal beliefs. Check out
the HAARP home page on the net for more info.
The show can be heard via shortwave on WWCR, 5.065, Sunday at 6:00pm ET,
2300utc.

Len Winkler, KB7LPW                           [e-mail]
P.O. Box 9219                                   [e-mail]
Phoenix, Az. 85068-9219
Ham Radio & More Show info at:
http://www.barc.org/barc/ham-more.html
RealAudio site: www.tapr.org/hrm/hrm.html

The show airs LIVE at 6:00pm ET on many stations throughout the country.

The show also airs on WWCR shortwave, tape delayed at 1000utc on 7.435, on Mon
days, and Saturdays at 1700utc on 12.160.
LIVE ON WWCR, 5.065 mhz.....also check 7.435mhz, 2300utc

Support "WOG". Written only General!!!






From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:56 1996
From: [e-mail] (Len Winkler)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: HAARP on Ham Radio & More Show
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 96 15:05:56 GMT
Message-ID: <4i1fhs$[e-mail]>

Steve Elswork of Exotic Research will be the special guest this Sunday,
3/17/96, on the Internationally heard, Ham Radio & More Show. Steve will
discuss HARRP, it's publically stated intentions and Steve's take on the
project. Check out the HAARP home page for more info.
The show airs at 6:00pm ET, (2300utc), in many cities throughout the country
and via shortwave on WWCR, 5.065mhz.
73,
Len, KB7LPW

Len Winkler, KB7LPW                           [e-mail]
P.O. Box 9219                                   [e-mail]
Phoenix, Az. 85068-9219
Ham Radio & More Show info at:
http://www.barc.org/barc/ham-more.html
RealAudio site: www.tapr.org/hrm/hrm.html

The show airs LIVE at 6:00pm ET on many stations throughout the country.

The show also airs on WWCR shortwave, tape delayed at 1000utc on 7.435, on Mon
days, and Saturdays at 1700utc on 12.160.
LIVE ON WWCR, 5.065 mhz.....also check 7.435mhz, 2300utc

Support "WOG". Written only General!!!






From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:57 1996
From: Ed Hare <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: HAARP on Ham Radio & More Show
Date: 12 Mar 1996 20:09:32 GMT
Message-ID: <4i4lls$[e-mail]>
References: <4i1fhs$[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Len Winkler) wrote:
>Steve Elswork of Exotic Research will be the special guest this Sunday,
>3/17/96, on the Internationally heard, Ham Radio & More Show. Steve will
>discuss HARRP, it's publically stated intentions and Steve's take on the
>project. Check out the HAARP home page for more info.
>The show airs at 6:00pm ET, (2300utc), in many cities throughout the country
>and via shortwave on WWCR, 5.065mhz.
>73,
>Len, KB7LPW
>
>Len Winkler, KB7LPW                           [e-mail]
>P.O. Box 9219                                   [e-mail]
>Phoenix, Az. 85068-9219
>Ham Radio & More Show info at:
>http://www.barc.org/barc/ham-more.html
>RealAudio site: www.tapr.org/hrm/hrm.html
>
>The show airs LIVE at 6:00pm ET on many stations throughout the country.
>
>The show also airs on WWCR shortwave, tape delayed at 1000utc on 7.435, on Mo
ndays, and Saturdays at 1700utc on 12.160.
>LIVE ON WWCR, 5.065 mhz.....also check 7.435mhz, 2300utc
>
>Support "WOG". Written only General!!!
>
>
>
>




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:58 1996
From: [e-mail] (Glen L. Roberts)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Ham Radio & More Show Live on 5.065 on 3/3/96
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 19:23:20 GMT
Message-ID: <4hq4nh$[e-mail]>
References: <4h9vjr$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Len Winkler) wrote:

>Thanks to WWCR shortwave, the Ham Radio & More Show will be live on 5.065 thi
s
>Sunday at 2300UTC, 6:00pm ET. Be sure to tune it in and even give us a call
>and give us a signal report. The United States toll free number is
>1-800-293-5366, and worldwide at 1-602-230-2755.


I caught the tail end of it last week...

I'll get 5,065 cranked up a bit earlier now...

Tune into Full Disclosure Live Sundays at 8pm / est... on 5,065


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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:13:59 1996
From: T E I X E I R A <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Ham Station on SS383
Date: 13 Mar 1996 16:07:00 GMT
Message-ID: <4i6rr4$[e-mail]>

Yesterday I got a chance to operate from the radio room of the USS
Pampanito  SS 383. This is a WWII Balao class submarine tied up at
pier 45 San Francisco.  It is part of the National Maritime Museum
Asso.

We were using a Yaesu FT890 (100 Watts out) to a 115" long wire
from the tower to the stern.  I made a number of contacts on the east
coast.

You might be able to hear WA6JVZ operate from this station on
Tuesday & Thursdays from 3:30 PM to around 7:00PM west coast time
on the 17 meter ham band.  He operates on SSB & CW.

Don N6FNL




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:00 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joe Buch)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Help with Antenna Mode designations...
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 23:56:19 GMT
Message-ID: <4i2ehu$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

"Ryan, Jeffrey W." <[e-mail]> wrote:

>I would assume DAN stands for Directional Antenna and ND stands for
>Non-Directional.

The definitions are on page 516 of the 1996 World Radio and
TV Handbook.

~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'
Joe Buch N2JB
Editor, NASWA Journal Technical Topics
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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:01 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 16:12:00 PST
Reply-To: "Ryan, Jeffrey W." <[e-mail]>
From: "Ryan, Jeffrey W." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Help with Antenna Mode designations...

I would assume DAN stands for Directional Antenna and ND stands for
Non-Directional.

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>Hello,
>Could someone please send me a full list of antenna mode designators and
their
>meanings (DA1,
>DAN, ND, etc.) Personal e-mail is fine.
>
>Thanks


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:02 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dennis)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Help: Collins PROPMAN Prog.
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 09:48:53 GMT
Message-ID: <4i8flf$[e-mail]>

In the Collins Avionics Propagation Manager Program, (PROPMAN)
I have never gotten the downloaded data of  solar activity from SESC
in Boulder to consistently display in the "database" screen of the
program.  It DID display properly once, but     I've never been able
to do it again. The data must be viewed  from  the  sescdb.hf   file
and opened in MS Word.  However, I bought the program with the
understanding that it would display and incorporate downloaded data
into the current propagation calculation, and would be displayed on
screen without having to open another application. Again, it HAD
worked once successfully.  Just never again.  I've spoken with
Rockwell several times and have never gotten any real remedy from
them. At last attempt, they implied it was related to the modem speed.
I'm using a 14.4.
The message I get in the database window is:

"The file is outdated, incomplete or corrupted, it can be viewed in
the file sescdb.hf"

but the data does not auto display within the "Database" screen
itself.    (It's supposed to.)
Also:  1. Has this program ever been updated since the original

              release version shown in ads. of Passport '95?
  and  2. What is the general opinion regarding the accuracy of this

              program from successful users?

I thought it was pretty comprehensive and well done,
 except for the above mentioned snafu.

anybody..have the solution?

Thanks. DR




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:03 1996
From: John Lloyd KE4UTX <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Help: Installing SW In Car
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 10:51:52 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4ho3bp$[e-mail]>
To: Michael Simone <[e-mail]>

I put ferrite beads on the power leads to the radio and on ignition
leads when installing my HF Ham rig in my Toyota Pick-Up. However,
I got the biggest reduction in noise when I put a ferrite bead on the
power leads to the fuel pump in the gas tank. This reduced noise by
about 15dB. Ferrite Beads are available at Radio Shack.

Good Luck

--
John Lloyd
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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:04 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Help: Installing SW In Car
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 23:38:50
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4ho3bp$[e-mail]>

In article <4ho3bp$[e-mail]> Michael Simone <[e-mail]>
 writes:
>From: Michael Simone <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Help: Installing SW In Car
>Date: 8 Mar 1996 01:43:21 GMT

>I'll be putting a DC777 into my vehicle. Any tips to minimize noise?

>Michael Simone
>[e-mail]

Install a "hash filter" in series with the DC power lead at the radio.  Run a
separate DC connection as close to a direct battery connection as possible.
Make sure that you have an excellent ground, don't trust the dashboard to
carry it for you.

Most noise that is CARRIED into the radio comes in on poor ground and DC power

connections.  To solve RECEIVED noise problems, then you get into
resistor/suppression spark plugs and spark cables, double grounding your
alternator, making sure all of you alternator diodes are in good shape, etc.

Steve


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:05 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dennis)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Help: Rtty Decode Wefax 3.0
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 21:56:58 GMT
Message-ID: <4hv8l0$[e-mail]>

I have never had any luck decoding into "readable" text any rtty
transmissions using aeafax3. Are most transmissions endoded?
I "center"  signal on scope and keep switching the bits and  invert on
and off but have never gotten any sensible text display.
What mode should I be on?
rtty or usb?
What should bits be on?
What should invert be on?
Is there a de-tune offset frequency standard I'm unaware of?
Also am aware or ARRL test transmissions but am unable to catch them
at broadcast times.
Is there another standard 'easy to read" type transmission that I
could listen for?
How much "forgiveness" is there if I'm off frequency?
How much latitude is there to still get a readable message?
Any easy to grab Press Freqs. I can test system with?
Ant assistance is appreciated.
I'm using a Drake R-8 with a 70ft. dipole.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:07 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 09:57:35 +0200
Reply-To: Pertti Laine <[e-mail]>
From: Pertti Laine <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Help: rtty Decode Wefax 3.0

Unfortunately I get your message via SWL-L list, so, please
send me E-mail, if you want to know more. I am also a little
 novice in rtty -listening, but I try to answer shortly
to your questions.

>I have never had any luck decoding into "readable" text any rtty
>transmissions using aeafax3. Are most transmissions endoded?

There are many other modes, used more than Baudot, usually called
only rtty. There are of-course many weather stations using      baudot,
often using speed 50 or 75      bauds. But they quite rare send weather
messages in clear language. They do use simly coding, because of shorting
reports. They are few systems, for exp. SYNOP. So you can receive
messages like this "URS23RUMS55  TT2345 22345 33456.... They are
shareware programs also decoding SYNOP to readeble text. The
best one is HAMCOMM, and I remember, that it has SYNOP, and SHIPCODE
decoding from version 3.0.

So they are also other modes, sounding like "RTTY". In maritime
transmissons SITOR A/B are mostly used. SITOR A sounds like "chirp
 chirp chirp" when SITOR B is sounding  almost like baudot.
(They are also called in many texts AMTOR, FEC, or simply ARQ).
They are also systems like ARQ-M2, ARQ-E/E3, FEC-A, FEC-S etc,
but you can learn to hear the different from normal BAUDOT. You
can decode and understand most 10 % of all radioteletype transsmissions
althoug you have sophisticated equiments, because most of the
transmissions are really encoded,or sent by closed systems.
HAMCOMM can also decode SITOR A/B.

>I "center"  signal on scope and keep switching the bits and  invert on
>and off but have never gotten any sensible text display.

When you center the signal, be sure that you have right shift. Common
shifts (=the distance between mark and space frequence,bits) on
shortwave include 170,425 and 850 hz. Look, that you 'mark' and
'space' bits are not much below or over shift, in your scope display.
Are you using inverted of normal mode, depends also on a side
band you are listening !

>What mode should I be on?
>rtty or usb?
If you have rtty mode in your receiver, you should use it. Ofcourse
USB can work as well.

>Any easy to grab Press Freqs. I can test system with?
Try following press stations:
7959 IRNA     RTTY 50 Bauds
8050 IRNA     RTTY 50 Bauds
9797 ROMPRESS RTTY 50 Bauds
11680 XINHUA  RTTY 75 Bauds
14637 XINHUA  RTTY 75 Bauds
15462 JANA    RTTY 50
They are many english bradcasting also. Please try first XINHUA, I am
sure you will have good reception in english.

Do your receive fax boradcastings well by this "wefax 3.0"? I do not
know this program. What kind of interface you are using with it. ?

If you have more questions, please email me:
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:08 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 21:04:42 EST
Reply-To: Tom Sundstrom <[e-mail]>
From: Tom Sundstrom <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Help: Rtty Decode Wefax 3.0

>Date:    Sun, 10 Mar 1996 21:56:58 GMT
>From:    Dennis <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Help: Rtty Decode Wefax 3.0

>I have never had any luck decoding into "readable" text any rtty
>transmissions using aeafax3. Are most transmissions endoded?
>I "center"  signal on scope and keep switching the bits and  invert on
>and off but have never gotten any sensible text display.
>What mode should I be on?
>rtty or usb?
>What should bits be on?
>What should invert be on?
>Is there a de-tune offset frequency standard I'm unaware of?
>Also am aware or ARRL test transmissions but am unable to catch them
>at broadcast times.
>Is there another standard 'easy to read" type transmission that I
>could listen for?
>How much "forgiveness" is there if I'm off frequency?
>How much latitude is there to still get a readable message?
>Any easy to grab Press Freqs. I can test system with?
>Ant assistance is appreciated.
>I'm using a Drake R-8 with a 70ft. dipole.

Unfortunately I find the AEA digital decoding to be lacking compared to
the ease and capabilities of a DES M-series standalone decoder. But let's
try...

On the R8 RTTY should be tuned in the RTTY mode. For ham (45/170) use the
0.5 kHz filter, for press (50 or 75/425) use the 1.8 kHz filter. I looked
at this when writing the review of the R8A for the 1996 World Radio TV
Handbook. I had to tune lower than the nominal carrier frequency by 2.125
kHz (the mark tone). Drake tells me that the R8 and R8A are the same in
this area.

As an aside, I found the same offset was required on the new Radio Shack
DX-394. The only difference is that receiver has no RTTY mode, so the user
must set the receiver in the USB mode... and the width of the filters
preclude weak signal RTTY reception.

I have some more comments about tuning RTTY in general, press RTTY
services, and a fairly large list of frequencies and times on our Web site
at:

    http://www.trsc.com/press.htm

Depending upon your location there are a number of easy to decode strong
RTTY signals to choose from.

Otherwise, the only two controls that need adjusting is the baud rate and
perhaps the INV to compenstate for reverse and normal sense. Start with
the default settings in the AEA manual.

Hope that helps.

Tom S.

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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:09 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Daniel Grunberg)
Subject: Re: Home Made Aerial?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Daniel Grunberg)
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 16:08:10 GMT


in a posting to rec.radio.shortwave
        Subject: Home Made Aerial?
           Date: Tue Mar 05 18:11:47 MST 1996

[e-mail] (Stefan Kukula) said:

> I've been using a long wire stretched outside as an aerial
> extender, clipped to the normal aerial, with some success. I've
> now bought a new set, which came with an aerial in socket, and a
> plug.  The manual shows how to connect a shielded core wire to
> connect a commercial SW aerial, but gives dire warnings about
> connecting anything else.

> The question is...what's the best way of using the 'aerial in'
> socket and plug other than buying a commercial aerial, or am I
> better off sticking to my long wire and crocodile clip?

This _might_ be an attempt to sell you an antenna.

On the other hand, some shortwave receivers are known to have been
damaged by levels of static electricity that  are
_normally_found_around_the_home.  It is possible that the
manufacturer thinks that your receiver is likely to be damaged by
static levels sometimes found on an the usual outdoor piece of
wire.

Perhaps it would be useful if you would post your question again,
giving the manufacturer and the model of your receiver.

--
Dan Grunberg    Kensington, Maryland   USA


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:11 1996
From: Richard Buckby <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Ireland on shortwave on St. Patrick's Day
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 06:36:09 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello Folks,

        I came across the following bulletin on the amateur radio packet
network which may be of interest:-

======================

From         : EI8HO
To           : SWL   @WW
Date/Time    : 11-Mar 19:27
Bid          : 11592_EI3FI
Title        : Irish Abroad

From: EI8HO@EI3FI.#SLIGO.IRL.EU
To  : SWL@WW

        Radio History in Ireland will be made on St Patrick's Day when
Mid-West Radio in County Mayo will broadcast on Shortwave in six
languages.

        Mid-West Radio has hired airtime on two English-based, 250kw
transmitters and will broadcast from 12 noon to 16:00 on 1171 kHz in the
following languages:- English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and
Irish, in that order.

        Starting at midnight, they will broadcast for two hours in
English on 7325 kHz aimed at North America. It is hoped to have a live
"Talk-TO-Ireland" phone-in during the second hour. Reception reports
will be acknowledged  by special QSL card and should be addressed to

Michael Commins, Murneen, Claremorris, Co.Mayo.

Telephone enquiries to Michael at 094-81531.

73s De Gerry EI8HO@EI3FI

========================

That is the message as received on packet, however I suspect that the
frequency of "1171" quoted above is not correct as of course that is in
the middle of the medium wave band!  I would guess it should be either
11,710 or 11,715 kHz.  -  Richard  (G3VGW @ GB7DBY)
--
Richard Buckby
Ambergate,
Derbyshire
England


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:12 1996
From: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Ireland on SW
Date: 13 Mar 1996 20:02:51 GMT
Message-ID: <4i79lb$[e-mail]>
References: <4i6b8h$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)


In a previous article, [e-mail] (Thomas Orga) says:

>I was tuning through my old SEARS SW this AM and heard local Irish news.
>Intrigued, since there is no regular Irish shortwave broadcaster, I came
>to learn that WWCR re-broadcasts Irish Radio, which is part of something
>called "Worldwide Radio International". This all took place at 0500UTC on
>5935 kHz, WWCR. Check it out.
>
>

5935 kHz? What day were you listening? The last time I checked good
ole Dr. Gene Scott was on 5935 kHz.

Anyway, I have heard them at 19:30 UTC weekdays via WWCR on 12160 kHz
and on Sunday at 21:00 UTC on the same frequency with a rebroadcast
of the news at 6:30.

I have the following schedule for them, but can only confirm what I
have heard personally.


WWCR 12160 kHz
19:30 UTC  Weekdays
20:00 UTC  Saturday
21:00 UTC  Sunday

WWCR 5065 kHz
10:00 UTC  Weekdays
11:00 UTC  Weekends


73's and Good DX

Doug

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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:13 1996
From: Thomas Orga <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Ireland on SW
Date: 13 Mar 1996 11:24:01 GMT
Message-ID: <4i6b8h$[e-mail]>

I was tuning through my old SEARS SW this AM and heard local Irish news.
Intrigued, since there is no regular Irish shortwave broadcaster, I came
to learn that WWCR re-broadcasts Irish Radio, which is part of something
called "Worldwide Radio International". This all took place at 0500UTC on
5935 kHz, WWCR. Check it out.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:14 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: JRC NRD-525 Options
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 05:55:04
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Does anyone out there have any used options or accessories for the JRC NRD-525

that they would consider moving?  I'd potentially be interested in the UHF/VHF

tuner, RS-232 data port/software or perhaps a narrow filter.  Just fishing
right now, but serious in acquiring soon.

Steve
WB7PSD


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:15 1996
From: Tim Johnson <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: KAWN 11120.0 KHz
Date: 12 Mar 1996 19:42:56 GMT
Message-ID: <4i4k40$[e-mail]>

It's been a while since I copied KAWN RTTY/FAX on 11120.0 KHz.  Any one
know id it's still active?

Tim





From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:16 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Mayer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Kenwood 5000/Repair
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 96 11:14:35 GMT
Message-ID: <4i3mb3$[e-mail]>
References: <4i05re$[e-mail]>

In article <4i05re$[e-mail]>,
   [e-mail] (John Hartsell) wrote:
=Would anybody be able to tell me where I may get my Kenwood 5000
repaired at ?
=Thanks.
=
=-------------------------------------------
=John Hartsell  Encinitas, Ca. USA
=       [e-mail]
=--------------------------------------------
Kenwood has a web site. -- search for Kenwood.

==============================================================================
Mike Mayer         [e-mail]          http://www.athenet.net/~mmayer/
Northeast Wisconsin
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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:17 1996
From: Bill Crocker <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Kenwood R-5000
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 16:25:26 -0300
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Herb A. Zite wrote:
>
> Any comments about a Kenwood R-5000? I'm thinking of buying a used one
> and would like some feedback b/4 I do.
>
> Thanks!!


Herb:

The R-5000 was a great radio in it's day, but it's not up there with the
state'of'the'art today.  The wide band filter that comes with it is not
too great.  Adding a high quality one, adds to the price.  It doesn't
have a synchronous selectable sideband.  The ergonomics of the front panel
leave alot to be desired.  Make sure it doesn't have a bad 60Hz hum in the
audio.  Some units had bad connections to ground on the IF boards.

I currently have a Drake R8A and I've been very happy with it!  Of course,
that's only my opinion.

Bill Crocker


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:18 1996
From: [e-mail] (JBerszoner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Kenwood R-5000
Date: 8 Mar 1996 21:02:18 -0500
Message-ID: <4hqora$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (JBerszoner)

I, like others, were in the market for the Drake R8A, but couldn't wait
until they decided the who's what's where's and $$$$. I opted for the
R-5000 and am happier than a pig in slop over this rig. While I don't seem
to experience the shortcomings that the previous posters addressed, I am
somewhat pefrturbed at the dial face and the oain-in-the-ass method of
setting the stupid clock.

I've used a Kenwood R-2000 ever since they were released and this R-5000
is a quantum leap over. I think, even with the release (finally) of the
R-8A the R-5000 is a better value. The Drake people treated me like crud
when I called to get a release date from them initially......I guess they
didn't need or want my $$$$$.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:19 1996
From: Charles Andrade <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Kenwood R-5000
Date: 10 Mar 1996 19:47:35 GMT
Message-ID: <4hvbkn$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

"Herb A. Zite" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Any comments about a Kenwood R-5000? I'm thinking of buying a used one
>and would like some feedback b/4 I do.
>
>Thanks!!

Overall the Kenwood R-5000 is a very fine radio, provided the filters that you
 get
with the radio are not the stock filters. The R-5000 comes stock with 3 medioc
re
bandwidth filters that does not let you witness the R-5000's potential. If you
 don't
get good quality aftermarket filters with the price you have agreed to, then I

suggest you  negotiate a much lower price. Good filters start a one hundred do
llars
and up. I suggest you get the a 5000 hz filter, for general sw listening, and
a 2300
hz and 1800 hz filter for SSB/utility listening.

Charlie............




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:20 1996
From: [e-mail] (Harry W. Haines, III)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Kenwood R-5000
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 96 17:09:38 GMT
Message-ID: <4i4b46$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4htmrq$[e-mail]>

In article <4htmrq$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (RKDX) wrote:
>I have been using an R-5000 for 5 years I love it. I have never found a
>shortcoming ever. I use it almost exclusively for AM & longwave DX.
>Contrary to the comment posted on the newsgroup, the radio works great on
>the AM broadcast band. I have logged over 4000 stations on the AM band,
>the last 500 or so with the R-5000 from within the city limits of Chicago.
>The radio has incredible adjacent channel selectivity next to 50000 watt
>locals. My only advice would be to get the optional AM wide filter, as the
>stock one leaves a lot to be desired.
>
>73 de Robert Kramer  N9MBK

I could not agree more.  I have been using my Kenwood R5000 since
December of 1987.  I still think its one of the best.  I use mine for
AM DXing and SWL.  It has the kind of front end rejection of nearby
strong adjacent stations that you could only find on the old tube
radios.  I tried Icom & Yaesu and they just could not match up in that
area.

73's


-----
| Harry Haines, SWL'er ([e-mail]) Houston, Texas USA |
| Southwest Radio Club & Houston Hockey Hotline [phone]      |


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:21 1996
From: [e-mail] (JBerszoner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Kenwood R-5000
Date: 10 Mar 1996 23:42:31 -0500
Message-ID: <4i0avn$[e-mail]>
References: <4htmrq$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (JBerszoner)

Thanks for supporting the R-5000. Own one love it too. 4000 AM'ers!!!!
Since we live in same same region. How do you do it???????? I'm 28 miles
SW of Chicago.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:22 1996
From: Jan-Olof Bj÷rk <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Kenwood R-5000
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 11:25:41 +0100
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Does anybody know of a program to control the R-5000 from a PC and
where to get it?
Preferably share- or freeware.  A windows program would be nice, but is
not mandatory.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:22 1996
From: Jim Dillon <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Kenwood Repair
Date: 11 Mar 1996 17:18:02 GMT
Message-ID: <4i1n8a$[e-mail]>

Probably best bet is


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:23 1996
From: Jim Dillon <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Kenwood Repair
Date: 11 Mar 1996 17:21:03 GMT
Message-ID: <4i1ndv$[e-mail]>

Probably your best bet is
Universal Radio
6830 Americana Pkwy
Reynoldsburg OH 43068   614-866-4267
Kenwood themselves are notorious for the worst service/parts
in the business.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:25 1996
From: "Daniel (Doni) Rosenzweig" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,soc.culture.jewish,soc.culture.israel
Subject: Kol Israel/ Israel clock change
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 16:13:15 -0500
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960314160903.20230C-100000@itsop2>
To: Kol <[e-mail]>, [e-mail],

Just a reminder that since Israel is changing their clocks tonight, all
Kol Israel broadcasts will be one hour UTC earlier. As a result, until
our local clock is changed, all Kol Israel broadcasts will be one local
hour earlier. That is, English broadcasts, for example, will be at 0400 UTC
and 1900
UTC which is the same as 11 PM Eastern Standard Time and 2 PM EST. The
current schedule remains in effect through March 31. At that time, the
new schedule will go into effect- and since the US changes its clock by
then, the times will return - plus the additional English broadcast will
be added.  I'll send the new complete schedule as soon as I get it- I
only have the English one at the moment.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:26 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 16:43:10 EST
Reply-To: Tom Sundstrom <[e-mail]>
From: Tom Sundstrom <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Kulpsville - Anyone going

>Date:    Sun, 10 Mar 1996 16:27:00 -0500
>From:    Brian Carling <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Kulpsville - Anyone going

>ST>I wondering if anyone is planning to go to the SWL get together in
>ST>Kulpsville, PA next weekend?

>Nope Steve... no one is planning to go!

Hmmm... have fun sitting home Brian. The count reported to me before the
ANARC SWL Net last Sunday puts the number of registrations ahead of last
year at this time. A good time will be had by all... and there about are
about 30 of us who have attended every 'fest to date. There's something
more going on than sitting in the bar.

Rooms at the hotel are sold out but there are rooms nearby. For those
coming, more info at:

    http://www.trsc.com/swl_fest.htm

Tom S.

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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:27 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dan Ferguson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Kulpsville - Anyone going
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 00:29:10 GMT
Message-ID: <4i2gdc$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Tom Sundstrom <[e-mail]> wrote:

>>Date:    Sun, 10 Mar 1996 16:27:00 -0500
>>From:    Brian Carling <[e-mail]>
>>Subject: Kulpsville - Anyone going

>>ST>I wondering if anyone is planning to go to the SWL get together in
>>ST>Kulpsville, PA next weekend?

>>Nope Steve... no one is planning to go!

>Hmmm... have fun sitting home Brian. The count reported to me before the
>ANARC SWL Net last Sunday puts the number of registrations ahead of last
>year at this time. A good time will be had by all... and there about are
>about 30 of us who have attended every 'fest to date. There's something
>more going on than sitting in the bar.

But nothing near so important!!!

>Rooms at the hotel are sold out but there are rooms nearby. For those
>coming, more info at:

>    http://www.trsc.com/swl_fest.htm

>Tom S.



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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:28 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Kim Andrew Elliott)
Subject: Re: Kulpsville - Anyone going
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4i2gdc$[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 11:19:56 GMT


I'm planning to be there Saturday, with my tape recorder!

73

Kim Elliott
Communications World
VOA






From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:29 1996
From: [e-mail] (GerryB4991)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: KXBT 1640 Heard
Date: 12 Mar 1996 00:09:39 -0500
Message-ID: <4i30uj$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (GerryB4991)

Copied with clear, if weak, signal here in Florida.  Nice ID at 2345 EST
on 3/11 as "Classic soul, KXBT".  Audible also on the car radio, parked in
the drive.  This one ought to be easy for everyone.

Cheers,
Gerry


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:30 1996
From: [e-mail] (Glenn Hansen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: KXBT 1640 Heard
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 04:14:54 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i30uj$[e-mail]>

In article <4i30uj$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (GerryB4991)
writes:


>Copied with clear, if weak, signal here in Florida.  Nice ID at 2345 EST
>on 3/11 as "Classic soul, KXBT".  Audible also on the car radio, parked in
>the drive.  This one ought to be easy for everyone.


Good S-8 signal to Tacoma, Wa using a 20 meter dipole. 80 meter antenna sends
it to +20 over.  Should be an easy shot for most anybody in the evening or
early morning hours. Right now it is 0415 UTC.


Glenn


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:31 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: KXBT 1640 Heard
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 20:35:06 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i30uj$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Glenn H
ansen) writes:

>Good S-8 signal to Tacoma, Wa using a 20 meter dipole. 80 meter antenna sends

>it to +20 over.  Should be an easy shot for most anybody in the evening or
>early morning hours. Right now it is 0415 UTC.

Hmm, they must be *off* now...I'm about 75 or 80 miles down the road in
Sacramento and don't pick up anything on 1640, either on my Superadio III or
on my DX-440.  Or perhaps I'm out of skip range?  ;)

Mike


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:32 1996
From: [e-mail] (Niel J. Wolfish)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: KXBT 1640 Heard
Date: 13 Mar 1996 08:31:41 -0500
Message-ID: <4i6int$[e-mail]>
References: <4i30uj$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>,
Glenn Hansen <[e-mail]> wrote:
>In article <4i30uj$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (GerryB4991)

writes:
>
>>Copied with clear, if weak, signal here in Florida.  Nice ID at 2345 EST
>>on 3/11 as "Classic soul, KXBT".  Audible also on the car radio, parked in
>>the drive.  This one ought to be easy for everyone.

Tentatively heard here in Toronto, Ontario on March 13, 1996 at 0820 UTC (0320
 EST) with a
couple of oldies by The Supremes.  Only listed as "tentative" as no IDs were
heard.  Signal was very weak, but clear.

--
Niel Wolfish
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:33 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dan Morisseau)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: LETS STOP THIS RACIST NEWSGROUP
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 20:09:23 PST
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i724v$[e-mail]>

In article  [e-mail] (George Thurman) writes:

>again, sorry if the above message was a little off-topic, but I
>wanted others to see this.  In fact, I encourage others to re-post this
>to thier favorite groups.


     George, I'm sure it matters not one iota to your Politically Correct
agendized mind, but what you are urging here is malicious spamming of the net.

The nobleness of your cause simply is no excuse. If it were an issue that
thsoe of the users here had been involved in they would ahve foound out about
it other than in rec.radio.shortwave. Now, why not give us some respite from
you partisan agenda. You are really no different from the right wing hate
groups you profess to condemn. You're just looking at the issue from the same
place, just looking the other direction around the circle.
                          Dan Morisseau
                             N7ZXL
                   47 17' 16"N / 122 11' 40"W
                        Elevation: 300'


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:34 1996
From: [e-mail] ()
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: LOWE 150...WOW
Date: 11 Mar 1996 15:48:24 GMT
Message-ID: <4i1i08$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Cleve e massey <[e-mail]> wrote:

:I have been thru dozens of receivers in the past 30 years or so...but just
:the other day got a new LOWE 150 and it is GREAT!!!
:
:The small compact size is terrific...the ease of tuning and mode selection
:is outstanding...it is a terrific radio...
:
:Yea around $500 is a bit pricey, but I honestly don't believe you need all
:the bells and whistles and other stuff they put on receivers today...
:
:If you see one and want to get something that you will hold onto for a
:long time, snap it up!!!
:
:VERY SATISFIED!!!
:
:cleve


Cleve,

May I ask what kind of antenna do you use for the Lowe 150 ? Since it has
only 2 filters (7 and 2.5), how did you find its selectivity ? You probably
spent sometime comparing other SW radios in the same price range (such as
the Yaesu FRG-100 and Drake SW8) before decided to go for the Lowe 150 -
I have no doubt that it was the right one - but could you tell us more in
detail ?

Thank you in advance,

Minhhuy Ho
PS. I could not contact you through [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:35 1996
From: [e-mail] (James Rimmer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: LOWE 150...WOW
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 01:43:24 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4i1i08$[e-mail]>




>Cleve,

>May I ask what kind of antenna do you use for the Lowe 150 ? Since it has
>only 2 filters (7 and 2.5), how did you find its selectivity ? You probably
>spent sometime comparing other SW radios in the same price range (such as
>the Yaesu FRG-100 and Drake SW8) before decided to go for the Lowe 150 -
>I have no doubt that it was the right one - but could you tell us more in
>detail ?

>Thank you in advance,

Cleve,
 I would also be most interested in the above-mentioned information.
                                                          Thanks,
                                                               James



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:38 1996
From: [e-mail] (Robert Wood)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Mail Fraud (Was: BEWARE OF DEALING WITH DERRICK HALL, SEAT...)
Date: 9 Mar 1996 05:43:46 GMT
Message-ID: <4hr5qi$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail] <4gks9a$[e-mail]> <4gon7k$[e-mail]> <4hnu68$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]

Distribution:

Dwayne S. Byrd ([e-mail]) wrote:
: [e-mail] (Drew Commins) wrote:

: >[e-mail] (Jack Harper) wrote:

: >>Its called Mail Fraud -- a federal crime...
: >>

When I was taken by a ham on Long Island last year, I can tell you that
yes you can write and get the Post Office involved.  You get a nice form
letter from them and bottom line a few hundred lost via US Mail ain't
big enough to make their list and don't expect any action.  They won't
even call or write the guy.   73  Robert


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:40 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dwayne S. Byrd)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Mail Fraud (Was: BEWARE OF DEALING WITH DERRICK HALL, SEAT...)
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 04:11:19 GMT
Message-ID: <4hr6v4$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail] <4gks9a$[e-mail]> <4gon7k$[e-mail]> <4hnu68$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Drew Commins) wrote:

>[e-mail] (Jack Harper) wrote:

>>Its called Mail Fraud -- a federal crime...
>>

>Ah but the USPS won't let you stipulate "cash only" or "certified
>funds" like UPS and can it still be considered Mail Fraud if the US
>Mail didn't even touch the package?

Yes.  On Sept. 13, 1994 the Mail Fraud Statute  was amended to include
"private or commercial interstate carriers".  Federal Express and
others lobbied heavily for the bill, as they did not want to be a
haven for fraudulent actors seeking to avoid mail fraud prosecution.
The full text of the relevant section is set forth below:

Dwayne

Your friendly neighborhood air cargo lawyer
and ham (KC4POI).

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------
Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or
artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of
false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to
sell, dispose of, loan, exchange,alter, give away, distribute, supply,
or furnish or procure for unlawful use any counterfeit or spurious
coin, obligation, security, or other article, or anything represented
to be or intimated or held out to be such counterfeit or spurious
article, for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or
attempting so to do, places in any post office or authorized
depository for mailmatter, any matter or thing whatever to be sent or
delivered by the Postal Service, or deposits or causes to be deposited
any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by any private or
commercial interstate carrier, or takes or receives therefrom, any
such matter or thing, or knowingly causes to be delivered by mail or
such carrier according to the direction thereon, or at the place at
which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is
addressed, any such matter or thing, shall be fined under this title
or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. If the violation
affects a financial institution, such person shall be fined not more
than $ 1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both.

(18 USC 1341)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:41 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bill Nelson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Mail Fraud (Was: BEWARE OF DEALING WITH DERRICK HALL, SEAT...)
Date: 11 Mar 1996 08:41:03 GMT
Message-ID: <4i0ouv$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail] <4gks9a$[e-mail]> <4gon7k$[e-mail]> <4hnu68$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4hr6v4$[e-mail]> <4hrdvt$[e-mail]>

WB3U ([e-mail]) wrote:

: >>Ah but the USPS won't let you stipulate "cash only" or "certified
: >>funds" like UPS and can it still be considered Mail Fraud if the US
: >>Mail didn't even touch the package?

: I missed the first part of this thread, but wanted to mention that
: USPS certainly will let you stipulate Cash Only on C.O.D.'s.  I just
: sent a large package using that method, and the receiving party was
: required to purchase a Postal Money Order as payment when the package
: was picked up.  USPS then mailed the money order to me as payment for
: the C.O.D.

They will? I make all my purchases by COD, and all of the local postmasters
have stated that the sender could NOT specify cash. They were perfectly
willing to accept a personal check, made out to the sender.

: Incidentally, there does seem to be some confusion at the Post Office
: regarding this option.  In order to be certain they don't make a
: mistake, the package (not just the form) should be clearly marked
: "Cash Only".  I wrote "_Cash_Only_or_Return_To_Sender_" on the carton
: in letters large enough not to be overlooked.

There certainly is confusion. You would have to provide a cite of the
relevant statute - or my local postal people will not believe you.

Bill


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:42 1996
From: Wes Padilla <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Military Freqs
Date: 15 Mar 1996 04:41:23 GMT
Message-ID: <4iasdj$[e-mail]>

    Can someone please post government used frequencies like USCG, USAF,
NASA, USCS, DEA and any others onto this thread.



Thank YOu



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:43 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 00:45:39 +0100
Reply-To: [e-mail]
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Nachricht defekt, zurueck

Ihre Nachricht konnte nicht an die Empf=E4ngerIn zugestellt werden. Sie e=
nth=E4lt
folgenden Formfehler:

      Absender fehlt/doppelt/ohne Box/Domain

Zur Kontrolle oder Wiederverwendung noch einmal die Nachricht, wie sie hi=
er
in der BIONIC angekommen ist.
------------------------ (elektronische Abrei=DFkante) ------------------=
-------
EMP: [e-mail]
MID: [e-mail]
WAB: SWL$[e-mail]
BET: FS: Mint Sony 7600G
EDA: 19960305061525W-8:00
U-To: Tarik Djonlagic <[e-mail]>
ROT: UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU!SWL$L%CUVMB.BITNET
ORG: Netcom
GATE: RFC1036/822 bi-node.zerberus.de [UNIX/Connect v0.74b]
U-Received: from VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM by bi-node.zerberus.de with smtp      (Smail
=
3.1.29.1 #9) id m0twG6j-0002B5C; Mon, 11 Mar 96 23:30 MET
U-Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM =
(LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id CE9E9C1C ; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 17:29:=
46 -0500
U-Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was [e-mail]
U-X-To: [e-mail]
LEN: 252

Sony ICF-SW7600G, with box, all accessories, manual, etc.  Mint
condition.  Looks and performs flawlessly.  A terrific SW portable with
sync detection, SSB, etc.  $140 plus shipping from Santa Fe, New Mexico.
E-mail if interested..

Tony Bonanno


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:45 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 23:02:01 +0100
Reply-To: [e-mail]
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Nachricht defekt, zurueck

Ihre Nachricht konnte nicht an die Empf=E4ngerIn zugestellt werden. Sie e=
nth=E4lt
folgenden Formfehler:

      Absender fehlt/doppelt/ohne Box/Domain

Zur Kontrolle oder Wiederverwendung noch einmal die Nachricht, wie sie hi=
er
in der BIONIC angekommen ist.
------------------------ (elektronische Abrei=DFkante) ------------------=
-------
EMP: [e-mail]
MID: [e-mail]
WAB: SWL$[e-mail]
BET: FS: Mint Sony 7600G
EDA: 19960305061525W-8:00
U-To: Tarik Dreca <[e-mail]>
ROT: UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU!SWL$L%CUVMB.BITNET
ORG: Netcom
GATE: RFC1036/822 bi-node.zerberus.de [UNIX/Connect v0.74b]
U-Received: from wnt.dc.lsoft.com by bi-node.zerberus.de with smtp      (Smail
=
3.1.29.1 #9) id m0twG6N-0002B4C; Mon, 11 Mar 96 23:30 MET
U-Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by wnt.dc.lsoft.com =
(LSMTP for Windows NT v1.0a) with SMTP id E07AEEC0 ; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 17:=
26:26 -0500
U-Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was [e-mail]
U-X-To: [e-mail]
LEN: 252

Sony ICF-SW7600G, with box, all accessories, manual, etc.  Mint
condition.  Looks and performs flawlessly.  A terrific SW portable with
sync detection, SSB, etc.  $140 plus shipping from Santa Fe, New Mexico.
E-mail if interested..

Tony Bonanno


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:46 1996
From: [e-mail] (Peter Costello)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Navigational Beacon - Search on Freq
Date: 10 Mar 1996 16:11:08 GMT
Message-ID: <4huuus$[e-mail]>

       I contacted the maintainer of the Aeronautical Beacon WWW page
(the URL: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/db1/fly/ ) and he agreed to update
his search engine. It now allows searching on frequency.

    Pete Costello

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pete Costello -        Shortwave/Radio Catalog  http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/
 E-mail: [e-mail]                                         ^^^^
 "In the future everyone will be famous for 15 Megabytes" - Rocktopolis Inc.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:47 1996
From: [e-mail] (Werner Freundlich)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Need freq. for reception of VOA & BBC in Australia
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 19:51:45 GMT
Message-ID: <4hq34k$[e-mail]>

What are the are frequencies and Utimes for receiving news broadcasts
from the Voice of Amercia and BBC in Australia and New Zealand? Many
thanks for response.

Werner in NJ          [e-mail]
                       [e-mail]



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:47 1996
From: Dan Prysby <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Need Opinions on Yacht Boy 400
Date: 15 Mar 1996 19:00:10 GMT
Message-ID: <4icenq$[e-mail]>
References: <4hk99i$[e-mail]>

Woody Harper <[e-mail]> wrote:
>I've been doing some catalog shopping for a SW receiver and so far the
>Grundig Yacht Boy 400 seems to be the best in the <$200 price group. I
>would like to hear any and all first hand experience with this radio.
>I'mm looking to buy at the beginning of next month (gotta love those tax
>returns). Thanks!

Well, if you haven't excluded it, another SW in the same class
is the Sony SW7600G.
There are some differences in features that might be important
to you. I know the Sony also comes with an excellent SW guide
to get you started.

Dan Prysby



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:48 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gary Saylin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: NEED TO KNOW WHEN/FREQ of RADIO FREE CHINA (TAWAIN)
Date: 14 Mar 1996 16:37:31 GMT
Message-ID: <4i9i0b$[e-mail]>
References: <4i9hpv$[e-mail]>


I mispelled Taiwan. Sorry.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:49 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: NEW 1640 STATION
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 12:43:22 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]>

In article <4htg58$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Lou Schneider) writes:

>I visited the station yesterday.  The official start date has been pushed
>back to March 19, but they will probably be on intermittantly testing
>between now and then.  Transmitter is a used Continental mounted in a
>cargo container at the tower base.  Antenna is a 220 ft. guyed tower
>carrying a pair of folded unipoles - one for the existing 1190 Khz
>kilowatt daytimer, the second for 1660.  At the top of the tower is a 3
>bay vertically polarized antenna that's a 150 watt on-channel booster for
>their co-owned FM.

I'm confused...is KXBT going to be on 1660 or 1640?  I've heard a fairly
strong carrier (but no program) on 1640 once or twice in the past week.

Mike (in Sacramento)


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:50 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,ba.broadcast
Subject: Re: NEW 1640 STATION
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 21:12:24 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2fpf$[e-mail]>

In article <4i2fpf$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Lou Schneider) writes (re:
KXBT/Vallejo, CA's upcoming expanded band signon):

>Sorry about that - it's 1640 KHz.  Too many late night transmitter
>shifts this week.

Okie, second question...are they programming 1640 separately from 1190?  Since

the original info came from ABC/SMN's "Urban Gold" newsletter, they're
programming it at least some of the day on either frequency.  But I've only
heard local people whenever I manage to pick up KXBT...

Mike


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:51 1996
From: [e-mail] (Lou Schneider)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: NEW 1640 STATION
Date: 11 Mar 1996 16:16:47 -0800
Message-ID: <4i2fpf$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Mike Ward ([e-mail]) wrote:

: I'm confused...is KXBT going to be on 1660 or 1640?  I've heard a fairly
: strong carrier (but no program) on 1640 once or twice in the past week.

Sorry about that - it's 1640 KHz.  Too many late night transmitter
shifts this week.

Lou Schneider
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:52 1996
From: [e-mail] (Andy Gardner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: NEW 1640 STATION
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 03:02:25 +1300
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2fpf$[e-mail]>

1640 heard loud and clear down here in New Zealand on Monday around 1000UTC.

Hopefully I've got enough on tape for a report.

Cheers,

Andy


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:53 1996
From: [e-mail] (Lou Schneider)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,ba.broadcast
Subject: Re: NEW 1640 STATION
Date: 12 Mar 1996 02:36:10 -0800
Message-ID: <4i3k2q$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2fpf$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Mike Ward ([e-mail]) wrote:
: In article <4i2fpf$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Lou Schneider) writes (re
:
: KXBT/Vallejo, CA's upcoming expanded band signon):

: >Sorry about that - it's 1640 KHz.  Too many late night transmitter
: >shifts this week.

: Okie, second question...are they programming 1640 separately from 1190?  Sin
ce
: the original info came from ABC/SMN's "Urban Gold" newsletter, they're
: programming it at least some of the day on either frequency.  But I've only
: heard local people whenever I manage to pick up KXBT...

I heard it's going to be simulcast except for Sundays when 1190 will
continue to run brokered church programs.  Whether it will be a mix of
live and/or satellite I don't know.  Last weekend they had Urban Gold on
1190 between the brokered programs.

Lou Schneider
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:55 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 07:03:31 EST
Reply-To: Dave Kenny <[e-mail]>
From: Dave Kenny <[e-mail]>
Subject: New UK Radio Guide

RADIO STATIONS IN THE UK - 14th edition

The 14th edition of  Radio Stations in the UK has just been published by the
British DX Club.  The 44-page booklet includes a frequency-by-frequency guide
to
all domestic AM and FM stations in the UK - both BBC, independent and some of
the regular RSL stations. It also lists transmitter powers and sites;  postal
and e-mail addresses, phone/fax numbers and background  information. A free
supplement is included listing current RDS codes and verification signers.

NEW this year for the first time are details of the low-power RSL stations at
football grounds and race circuits, UK radio via satellite and verifications
signers.

Radio Stations in the UK is available by mail order only from:

British DX Club
126 Bargery Road,
Catford, London SE6 2LR,  UK

Cost:  2.5O UK Pounds  or 6 International Reply Coupons or 4 US dollars.
(Sterling payments by cheque or UK postal order payable to British DX Club or
mint UK stamps; dollar paymets cash only please).

*** Please write or e-mail for further info about the club. A sample copy of
BDXC's monthly bulletin "Communication" is available for return postage (2 x 1
st
class stamps or 2 International Reply Coupons).

*** Check out BDXC's new home pages on the World Wide Web for further details
plus a regularly updated guide to DX/media  programmes, DX diary, lists of UK
AM/FM transmitters, ITU codes and more:
http://www.mac.co.umist.ac.uk/nww/bdxc.html

Dave Kenny
E-mail: [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:56 1996
From: Ann MacKeigan <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: News of the World in the World of Music: Global Village on Shortwave.
Date: 8 Mar 1996 15:52:58 GMT
Message-ID: <4hpl4r$[e-mail]>

Global Village: The News of the World in the World of Music
Global Village is heard on Saturday evenings on CBC Radio
at 6:05 Atlantic 6:35 in Newfoundland and at 7:05 in all other
time zones.
On Sundays Global Village is heard on CBC Stereo at 5:05 and at
1900 EST and 000UTC at 5960 or 9755 kHZ on Radio Canada International and
via Eutelsat ôHot Birdö.
Hosted by Jowi Taylor



Global Village Rundown for March 09/10, 1996

1. Report from the Northern Lights Music Festival and Conference
    in Falun, Sweden.

2. Survey of all 5 nominees in the the Best Global Recording
    category of the 25th Annual Juno Awards.

3. Story of an unlikely collaboration leading to a runaway pop
    success in Vienna, Austria.

4. Report on Arutz 7, a right-wing pirate radio station with a national
    audience off the coast of Tel Aviv, Israel.

5. Report on Inti Illimani æunpluggedÆ shows in Santiago, Chile.

6. Audio Postcard from Habib Koite - Mali via Belgium.

7. Profile of Trinidadian-Canadian reggae stars Kali & Dub.






From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:57 1996
From: [e-mail] (Marc Lamphier)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: opinions on NTR-1 unit by JPS?
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 02:52:15 +0900
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Does anyone have an NTR-1 noise and tone remover unit? I am interested in
possibly using for listening to shortwave broadcasts (VOA, BBC, etc.). I
presently have an NIR-12 unit, but it has a rather narrow audio bandwidth
and I don't like the fidelity. I think all I need for general SW listening
is an occasional digital signal processing and notch filter.

Any opinions on this unit or comparable units by other makers?

-Marc


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:14:58 1996
From: [e-mail] (John)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Panasonic RF2200....SOLD!!!!
Date: 12 Mar 1996 09:20 MST
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

---------------------------------------------------------------
John Berenyi  ([e-mail])

2648 Deer Run Dr.
Ogden, Utah 84405





From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:00 1996
From: [e-mail] (Ned Kalantar)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio Kuwait
Date: 11 Mar 1996 05:58:50 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4i0feq$[e-mail]>

Does anyone have (or know where I can get a hold of) the broadcast
frequencies and schedules for Radio Kuwait?  If so, please email me at:
[e-mail]

Thanks.




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:01 1996
From: Adi Doron <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Nepal
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 21:34:12 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
To: Clifford Allan Maxwell <[e-mail]>

Clifford Allan Maxwell wrote:
>
> When I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal I had a shortwave
> radio and really enjoyed the local stations.  I am now living
> in Virginia and have some questions for anyone who might know.
> Is it possible to receive Radio Nepal here in Virginia or other
> South Asian broadcasts?  If so, what kind of equipment do I
> need and how much might it cost?
>
> Thanks,
> Cliff Maxwell
> [e-mail]
> --
>                                         "Men are born ignorant, not stupid;
>                                          They are made stupid by education."
>
>                                                 Bertrand Russellbasicly you
need higher sun spots number !!!!
 a bit of luck want heart.

                 adi     4z4vg


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:02 1996
From: "John S. Grimmett" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Nepal
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 08:56:29 +0000
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

> Clifford Allan Maxwell wrote:
> >
> > When I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal I had a shortwave
> > radio and really enjoyed the local stations.  I am now living
> > in Virginia and have some questions for anyone who might know.
> > Is it possible to receive Radio Nepal here in Virginia or other
> > South Asian broadcasts?  If so, what kind of equipment do I
> > need and how much might it cost?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Cliff Maxwell
> > [e-mail]

I'm living in South Korea right now, so I have what you
might call a middle-row seat on South Asian stations. I can
hear R. Nepal any night on 5005 kHz, though it's often
drowned by a Russian time signal station. I listen to All
India Radio-Vividh Bharati almost everyday for the Indian
pop, which I find delightful. Their signal is consistent
though fair on 10330 kHz most of the day and well into the
night. AIR also comes in fairly well on several frequencies
in the 60 m.b. as well as on 7410, 9565, 9685, 9910, 9950,
11710 kHz. I also hear Bhutan at times, and R. Pakistan in
Urdu every evening on 11570 and 13590. Bangladesh and Sri
Lanka are considerably rarer, with R. Bangladesh only
occasionally audible on 4880 kHz late at night.

As for what you might hear in eastern North America: I doubt
any average equipment could pull in R. Nepal except on a
fluke. But you could try them on 5005 khz at or just after
dawn your time. India's a sure catch, however. Try 11620 kHz
in the mid-to-late afternoon your time. They are in English
and Hindi to Europe. I also have loggings from when I was
stateside for 15020, 9950, 15050. I used to hear R. Pakistan
in English fairly regularly at 0230 UTC in the 16 m.b. My
equipment back then was a Yaesu FRG-700 and a dipole antenna
cut for the 31-meter band.

73s

John Grimmett
Seoul, Korea
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:04 1996
From: David Torkelson <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio Prague
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:54:04
Message-ID: <4i72dp$[e-mail]>

Radio Prague E-news via [e-mail]

   The Czech Republic's international broadcast station, Radio
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   available in the US until they repeal the CDA ;)

   To subscribe, send an e-mail to the friendly Radio Prague Robot
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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:05 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Daniel Grunberg)
Subject: Re: Radio Shack dx 392
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Daniel Grunberg)
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 19:09:50 GMT


in a posting to rec.radio.shortwave
         Subject: Radio Shack dx 392
            Date: Wed Mar 06 17:56:30 MST 1996

[e-mail] (Arindam Basu) said:

> Recently I have purchased a Radio Shack DX392 short wave radio.
> I usually try to tune in between 7pm and 12am est.

> My problem is that I don't seem to receive the frequencies in the
> 22m  and 19m bands.  That is, I don't seem to get the higher
> frequencies.

> Any suggestions?

Hi Arindam,

The answer to your question is contained in the following excerpt
from the rec.radio.shortwave Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
document.  The complete Faq can be found on the Web at:

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/radio/
monitoring/shortwave-faq/faq.html

+++++++++++++++ begin excerpt from FAQ ++++++++++++++++++++

International broadcasters, for instance, are assigned to ten
frequency bands up and down the dial.  These are:

  3900-4000 kHz (75 meter band)
  5950-6200 kHz (49 meter band)
  7100-7300 kHz (41 meter band)
  9500-9900 kHz (31 meter band)
11650-12050 kHz (25 meter band)
13600-13800 kHz (22 meter band)
15100-15600 kHz (19 meter band)
17550-17900 kHz (16 meter band)
21450-21850 kHz (13 meter band)
25600-26100 kHz (11 meter band)

In general, lower frequencies (below 9000 kHz) are better received
at night and for a few hours surrounding dawn and dusk, and higher
frequencies (13000 kHz and up) are better received during the day.
The frequencies in between are transitional, with reception being
possible at most times.  In practice, these guidelines are not
absolute, with reception on high frequencies being possible at
night, and lower frequencies can provide decent medium-distance
reception during the day.  Additionally, these numbers can change
slightly with the changing of the sunspot cycle, which affects the
ionization of the upper atmosphere, and hence the propagation of
shortwave signals.  In times of lower sunspot activity, as is the
case in 1995-96, higher frequencies are generally less useful than
lower frequencies, and the range of frequencies used at any given
time of day is generally shifted slightly downward.

+++++++++++++++ end excerpt from FAQ ++++++++++++++++++++


--
Dan Grunberg    Kensington, Maryland   USA

--
Dan Grunberg    Kensington, Maryland   USA


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:06 1996
From: [e-mail] (scott jones)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: radio shack dx 394
Date: 11 Mar 1996 11:35:49 -0800
Message-ID: <4i1val$[e-mail]>

i am considering purchasing a dx 394 from radio shack swradio.  for the price,
around $400, this seems to be a rather decent radio.  has anyone had much time
 on
this radio?  how does it compare to the lowe 150 or the yeasu ft100?  any comm
ents
would be welcomed.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:07 1996
From: [e-mail] (Nathan Ryan Gingras)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: radio shack dx 394
Date: 12 Mar 1996 06:52:00 GMT
Message-ID: <4i36ug$[e-mail]>
References: <4i1val$[e-mail]>

scott jones ([e-mail]) wrote:
: i am considering purchasing a dx 394 from radio shack swradio.  for the pric
e,
: around $400, this seems to be a rather decent radio.  has anyone had much ti
me on
: this radio?  how does it compare to the lowe 150 or the yeasu ft100?  any co
mments
: would be welcomed.

Scott,


I had an chance to play with the Lowe 150, and I had a DX-394. If you
can, go with the Lowe 150. There is no compitition with this rig, it is
by far superior to the DX-394. If you can't afford the Lowe, then the
DX-392 is a good choice, performs about the same as the 394, but is a
portable. It has a tape recorder built in. The only advantages of the 394
are:

Tape out jack
SO-239 antenna connector
Smaller tuning steps
more memories
Independant LSB/USB

But otherwise, the DX-392 performs about the same at $200 less.


Nate, KB9LSX


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:08 1996
From: kmcgrat@goodguy (Kevin McGrath)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: radio shack dx 394
Date: 14 Mar 1996 15:00:40 GMT
Message-ID: <4i9cao$[e-mail]>
References: <4i1val$[e-mail]>

scott jones ([e-mail]) wrote:
: i am considering purchasing a dx 394 from radio shack swradio.  for the pric
e,
: around $400, this seems to be a rather decent radio.  has anyone had much ti
me on
: this radio?  how does it compare to the lowe 150 or the yeasu ft100?  any co
mments
: would be welcomed.


Radio Shack does have a 30 day return policy on their items...You can
buy it then check it out...if no satisfied simply return it...I am
thinking of trying this myself once I get the funds together..
From what I hear is that it is a decent little radio ...but I also hear
that it may be a bit over-priced for what it has to offer...Once RS drops
the price and puts it on sale I'll consider it...


--
Kevin & Ann (Nu-ling)
At Home: [e-mail]
At Work (Kevin): [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:10 1996
From: John Lloyd KE4UTX <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack DX-394
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:17:55 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
To: Michael Lee <[e-mail]>

Hello,
        You can find some reviews of Shortwave Radios that I collected
from this group at the following URL:

http://www.vectorbd.com/sw_review.html

I hope this is helpful

John

--
John Lloyd
Email - [e-mail]
Phone - 919-254-8021
Radio - --... ...--    -.. .   -.- . ....- ..- - -..-


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:11 1996
From: [e-mail] (Na Audiart)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack DX-394
Date: 11 Mar 1996 15:51:13 -0500
Message-ID: <4i23o1$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, John Lloyd KE4UTX
<[e-mail]> writes:

>Radio Shack DX-394

This is the cheap one I own.
What am I missing out on - I dont know much about SWave.
Na audiart


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:14 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 21:26:13 EST
Reply-To: Tom Sundstrom <[e-mail]>
From: Tom Sundstrom <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Radio Shack DX-394

>Date:    Sat, 9 Mar 1996 20:31:34 -0800
>From:    Michael Lee <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Radio Shack DX-394

>I'm shopping around for a table top SW Receiver.  I'm looking at the
>Radio Shack DX-394.  Does anyone have one?  Are they any good?  The
>catalog says that it doesn't include FM.  Do I need FM?

See the review we wrote on the DX-394 in the 1996 edition of the World
Radio TV Handbook. The radio is a reasonable value for the price. FM, by
the way, is used only in the high-end of the 10m amateur FM band. I don't
think you need FM capabilities.

Radio Netherlands also posted a shorter review on their Web site at
http://www.rnw.nl. Follow the links to the publications page and the
Receiver Data Bank pages (soon to be replaced with the Receiver Shopping
List).

Hope that helps.

---

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 TRS Consultants                  Pics OnLine BBS 609-753-2540
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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:16 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 16:23:00 PST
Reply-To: "Ryan, Jeffrey W." <[e-mail]>
From: "Ryan, Jeffrey W." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Radio Shack DX-394

Well, I have the Radio Shack DX-390 and in the two years that I've had it,
it's worked fine. I did have to get it repaired once, but the warrenty
covered it. So I'd say if the DX-394 is anything like the DX-390, go ahead
and get it. It has great FM reception and pretty good reception on SW and
MW, too... and that's just with the telescopic antenna! It's a good deal (I
think about $250) and I don't think you'll be disappointed. The only
complaint I have about it is that doesn't have a jack for taping off the
radio. But other than that, I give it a high rating.

*****************************************************************************
Jeff Ryan - [e-mail] - http://www.ccil.org/~jryan
301 Killinger Hall, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383-8103
Tel. & Fax: [phone] - Ham Call: N3VMH - Steve Forbes in '96!
*****************************************************************************


>Hi:
>
>I'm shopping around for a table top SW Receiver.  I'm looking at the
>Radio Shack DX-394.  Does anyone have one?  Are they any good?  The
>catalog says that it doesn't include FM.  Do I need FM?
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
>Thanks in advance.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:16 1996
From: [e-mail] (Na Audiart)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack DX-394
Date: 12 Mar 1996 06:05:13 -0500
Message-ID: <4i3lp9$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, "Ryan, Jeffrey
W." <[e-mail]> writes:

>
>Well, I have the Radio Shack DX-390 and in the two years that I've had
it,
>it's worked fine. I did have to get it repaired once, but the warrenty
>covered it. So I'd say if the DX-394 is anything like the DX-390,

what about the 350>?


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:17 1996
From: Kent Winrich <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio Site MW/FM Milwaukee, WI Area
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 12:41:13 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Greetings all MW DXers.  For the interest of the hobby, and so I can
learn this HTML stuff, I have created the Milwaukee Radio Pages.  In it
is a listing of all Milwaukee, WI area stations, including powers,
towers, transmitter site maps, and soon I'll have pics, and audio files.
 It can be seen at http://www.execpc.com/~kwin

Please remember it is under construction, so visit often, and offer
CONSTRUCTIVE critism.

Kent Winrich, NI9U
Waukesha, WI


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:18 1996
From: [e-mail] (Rick Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Realistic DX-440 for Sale
Date: 13 Mar 1996 00:10:03 GMT
Message-ID: <4i53or$[e-mail]>

Hello all,

I have a Realistic DX-440 for sale.  This radio covers AM/FM (stereo w/
headphones) and shortwave (150 KHz - 29.999 MHz).  Unit has digital display,
10 memory presets, clock function, standby and timer functions, BFO for CW/SSB

reception, wide and narrow filter selection and a jack for an external
antenna.

It comes in the original box with manual and arm strap.  Unit is in good
cosmetic condition and works like a charm.  Asking $80 including shipping in
the continental US.  For more info or to make an offer contact me at the
e-mail address below.   Thanks.

--
Rick Jones
Internet e-mail: [e-mail]



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:20 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: REQ: Freq/Band of AUS/NZ world cup cricket
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 12:49:53 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hv1cs$[e-mail]> <4hv1h0$[e-mail]> <4hvbrf$[e-mail]>

In article <4hvbrf$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ramprasad
 P Rao) writes:

>The commentary can be heard on Radio New Zealand Int'l on either 11.9 or
>9.7 MHz.  For Radio Australia try 9.860 MHz. I have been able to hear
>RNZI clearly in the San Francisco BAy area but I'm not sure how good the
>reception is in other parts of this country. Good luck.

For what it's worth, both Radio Australia and RNZI boom into Ohio, my former
home state, in the late night/early morning hours ET.  I used to listen all
the time on 9580 KHz (RA) and 9700 KHz (RNZI).

Oddly enough, I don't think *either* station specifically targets North
America with these frequencies.

Mike


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:21 1996
From: [e-mail] (Ramprasad P Rao)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: REQ: Freq/Band of AUS/NZ world cup cricket
Date: 10 Mar 1996 19:51:11 GMT
Message-ID: <4hvbrf$[e-mail]>
References: <4hv1cs$[e-mail]> <4hv1h0$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Naren Arcot) writes:

>Naren Arcot ([e-mail]) wrote:

>: I wish to know what frequency the match between Australia and South Africa
>: and the other one between NZ and West Indies would be broadcast in tonight.

>Correction!

>The match is between NZ and Australia. Sorry for the mix up.


The commentary can be heard on Radio New Zealand Int'l on either 11.9 or
9.7 MHz.  For Radio Australia try 9.860 MHz. I have been able to hear
RNZI clearly in the San Francisco BAy area but I'm not sure how good the
reception is in other parts of this country. Good luck. Both Rad. Aust. and
RNZI have WWW pages. Try

http://www.abc.net.au/ra/default.htm for Radio Australia
http://www.rnzi.actrix.gen.nz/

The match begins at 09:30 UTC. Good luck -



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:22 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Request: WWVH's mailing address
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 11:24:49 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hlrca$[e-mail]>

Arkadiusz Wdowiak wrote:
> but so far I have been unable to find their mailing address and would
> rather not have to dig through reference books. Does anyone out there
> have it handy?

Listen in at the top of the hour.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:23 1996
From: [e-mail] (Peter Costello)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Revised (again) DXing with Cumbre sked
Date: 9 Mar 1996 14:10:35 GMT
Message-ID: <4hs3gr$[e-mail]>
References: <4hnf4t$[e-mail]>

Marie A. Lamb ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Hello, everyone.  I posted the new DXing with Cumbre schedule yesterday,
: but I missed one frequency.  Here it is again, this time with the missing
: frequency for 0600 via WHRI.  Thanks for your patience!

: 73--
: Marie Lamb
  ...

   I noticed that the 5760 airing was not available Friday at 2330, but
was on the old 5745 frequency instead. Marie, can you provide the
dates when these changes are to become effective?

   Pete
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pete Costello -        Shortwave/Radio Catalog  http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/
 E-mail: [e-mail]                                         ^^^^
 "In the future everyone will be famous for 15 Megabytes" - Rocktopolis Inc.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:24 1996
From: [e-mail] (Marie A. Lamb)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Revised (again) DXing with Cumbre sked
Date: 13 Mar 1996 19:12:52 GMT
Message-ID: <4i76nk$[e-mail]>
References: <4hnf4t$[e-mail]> <4hs3gr$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Peter Costello ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Marie A. Lamb ([e-mail]) wrote:
: : Hello, everyone.  I posted the new DXing with Cumbre schedule yesterday,
: : but I missed one frequency.  Here it is again, this time with the missing
: : frequency for 0600 via WHRI.  Thanks for your patience!

: : 73--
: : Marie Lamb
:   ...

:    I noticed that the 5760 airing was not available Friday at 2330, but
: was on the old 5745 frequency instead. Marie, can you provide the
: dates when these changes are to become effective?

:    Pete
: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The changes were supposed to be effective immediately.  I went by the
times and frequencies that WHRI faxed to me, but I guess they meant 5745
for the 2330 Friday transmission and typed 5760 instead.  My tape for this
weekend already went out to WHRI, so I cannot correct it, but I'll run the
correct frequency next time.  Thanks, Pete, and all others who told me about
this problem, and listen on 5745 on Fridays at 2300, not any other frequency!

73--
Marie Lamb


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:26 1996
From: [e-mail] (Adrian Sainsbury)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.info,soc.culture.new-zealand
Subject: RNZI Freq SCH Mar-May 1996
Date: 14 Mar 1996 19:49:55 +1300
Message-ID: <4i8fij$[e-mail]>

              RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL
        EFFECTIVE 1900 UTC, 17 MARCH to 04 MAY  1996

                                UTC             kHz
        MON-FRI                 1650-1850       6145

        SUN-THU                 1851-1952       9810
        FRI                     1851-2006
        SAT                     1855-1958

        SUN-THU                 1953-2306       11735
        FRI                     2007-2258
        SAT                     1959-2258

        SUN-THU                 2307-0458       15115
        FRI & SAT               2259-0458

        MON-FRI                 0458-0715       9570
        SAT & SUN               0458-0758

        MON-FRI                 0716-1206       6100
        SAT & SUN               0758-1206

        USUAL CLOSEDOWN         1206-1650       6100
        Occasional Use eg Sport 1206-1650



               Adrian Sainsbury, Frequency Manager
                 Radio New Zealand International
                          P O Box 123
                     Wellington, NEW ZEALAND

                   E-mail: [e-mail]
                http://www.actrix.gen.nz/biz/rnzi

              Fax:  [phone]  OR    [phone]

                       Phone [phone]
--
                             Adrian Sainsbury
                                Wellington
                                NEW ZEALAND



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:27 1996
From: [e-mail] (Adrian Sainsbury)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.info,soc.culture.new-zealand
Subject: RNZI SPORTS SCH
Date: 14 Mar 1996 19:56:42 +1300
Message-ID: <4i8fva$[e-mail]>

                  RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL
                         MARCH SPORTS COVERAGE


MAR     UTC     kHz                                         VENUE

15      0630    11900      Wellington v Transvaal           Napier

17            World Cup Cricket Final (not available)

23            Likely start of Aussie Rugby League Competition

24      0230    15115      Wellington v Queensland Super 12 Wgton

26      1600    6145       NZ v West Indies 1st ODI         Jamaica

29      0730    6145       Canterbury v NSW Super 12        Chch

29      1600    6145       NZ v West Indies 2nd ODI         Trinidad

29-31   to be advised      Hong Kong Sevens

30      0200    15115      Otago vs Wellington Super 12     Dunedin

30      1600    6145       NZ v West Indies 3rd ODI         Trinidad

APRIL

03      1600    6145       NZ v West Indies 4th ODI         Guyana

06      0230    15115      Wellington v Natal Super 12      Wellington
06      1600    6145       NZ v West Indies 5th ODI         St Vincent

07      0230    15115      Auckland v Nth Transvaal S.12    Auckland

08      0230    15115      Canterbury v ACT Super 12        Christchurch

19-24   1600    6145       NZ v West Indies 1st Test        Barbados
rest day 22nd

27-2May 1600    6145       NZ v West Indies 2nd Test        Antigua
rest day 30th


               Adrian Sainsbury, Frequency Manager
                 Radio New Zealand International
                          P O Box 123
                     Wellington, NEW ZEALAND

                   E-mail: [e-mail]
                http://www.actrix.gen.nz/biz/rnzi

              Fax:  [phone]  OR    [phone]

                       Phone [phone]
--
                             Adrian Sainsbury
                                Wellington
                                NEW ZEALAND



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:29 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (George Snyder)
Subject: Re: SANGEAN ATS 606...any good?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hqgtq$[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 00:18:15 GMT

  > Has anyone had any experience with the Sangean portable called the
  > 606?  EEB out of Vienna VA gives it thumbs up for broadcast
  > reception, but I'd like to hear something from the horse's mouth.
  > ...

I tried out an ATS-606 for a week.  It gives good performance on SW and
FM stereo.  With earphones the FM does not sound as good as a walkman -
I think its frequency response (audio) is limited.

It tunes only in 5 kHz steps.  It does not have synchronous detection or
SSB, and (if I remember correctly) has only one bandwidth.  These in
combination make it difficult to avoid interference from a station on an
adjacent frequency.

The signal seek feature seemed to work pretty well on SW, and can be
used outside the broadcast bands (unlike the Grundig YB-400).

The ATS-606 has 18 memories for SW, and 9 each for AM and FM.

Overall I found it easy and fun to use, in spite of its limitations.

The Grundig YB-400 and Sony ICF-SW-7600G offer better features and equal
or better performance, but are slightly larger.

--  George Snyder       Intermetrics, Inc.     Internet:  [e-mail]
--                      733 Concord Avenue        Voice:  [phone]
--                      Cambridge, MA 02138 USA


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:30 1996
From: [e-mail] (Marie A. Lamb)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Save the BBCWS
Date: 13 Mar 1996 19:03:48 GMT
Message-ID: <4i766k$[e-mail]>
References: <4hh5rr$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Joel Rubin ([e-mail]) wrote:
: As if the regional streams aren't bad enough, Tuesday's web London
: Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk, News link) reports that BBC is
: planning to split the World Service into two programs. One would
: specialize in news and current affairs for an "elite" audience. The
: other will specialize in educational and cultural programs, primarily
: for those wishing to improve their English. It is unclear just where
: programs not clearly in either class, such as entertainment programs,
: would go.

: Since the BBCWS is funded by tax payers rather than by license fees, any
: changes have to go through the politicians.
: --
Someone else quoted that story a few days ago.  However, those of you who
heard Media Network on Radio Netherlands last week know that this story
was incorrect, and that there is no plan to split up the World Service.
I hope this helps a few people breathe a little easier! :-)

73--
Marie Lamb


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:31 1996
From: [e-mail] (Darwin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Shortwave for internet questions
Message-ID: <1996Mar8.003801.735@hal>
Date: 8 Mar 96 00:38:01 +1700

This is my first post in rec.radio -

Due to big  brother - Is shortwave
making headway in internet technology?

Thanks
eric


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:32 1996
From: [e-mail] (Glen L. Roberts)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Shortwave for internet questions
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 19:24:46 GMT
Message-ID: <4hq4q6$[e-mail]>
References: <1996Mar8.003801.735@hal>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Darwin) wrote:

>This is my first post in rec.radio -

>Due to big  brother - Is shortwave
>making headway in internet technology?

Well.. our internet show,
The Net Connection will
be on shortwave, when WWCR Xmiter 4
comes online weekends...

Maybe this weekend?

Try it: 9,400 khz. Sundays 2pm.


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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:33 1996
From: [e-mail] (Loren Wilken)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: shortwave novice looking for advice
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 17:27:09 GMT
Message-ID: <4i9l5l$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

I'm thinking about purchasing a shortwave radio & antenna at some
point.  Would appreciate any thoughts as to what kind of radio &
antenna one should get as to name brands, how much to spend ect. for a
beginner.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:34 1996
From: [e-mail](J. LeQuesne)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: shortwave novice looking for advice
Date: 15 Mar 1996 04:35:20 GMT
Message-ID: <4ias28$[e-mail]>

For a beginner...the cost should be no more than $200-300 (at most).
Possible sets to look for are in the Sony, Grundig, Sangaen and Panasonic
lines (I'm not going to suggest specific model numbers)   Look for:

..digital readout      ****very important****
..presets
..continuous coverage (or at least near-continuous)
..tuning knob

Go to a local bookstore or library to pick up "Passport to World Band
Radio."  It's really easy to understand...and it will tell you a lot about
radios and the quirks of this hobby.  Good lluck!!!

J. LeQuesne

On Mar 14, 1996 17:27:09 in article <shortwave novice looking for advice>,
'[e-mail] (Loren Wilken)' wrote:


>I'm thinking about purchasing a shortwave radio


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:35 1996
From: [e-mail] (Chris Smolinski)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,sci.crypt
Subject: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 19:10:42 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I've created some Web pages devoted to the "Spy Numbers Stations" that can
be heard on shortwave radio, as well as a weekly mailing list devoted to
these stations. The Web pages can be found at the following URL:

http://www.access.digex.net/~cps/numbers.html

If you'd like to be added to the mailing list, please email me.

Chris

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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:36 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bernie Rataj)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Simple question from newbie
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 96 16:34:03 GMT
Message-ID: <4ic66k$[e-mail]>
References: <4i59qt$[e-mail]>

In article <4i59qt$[e-mail]>, Jeffrey Starin <[e-mail]> wrot
e:
>... when I tune to 379 kHz (FAA
>weather broadcast out of New Jersey), or 375 kHz (out of Elmira, New
>York), I receive nothing but static.  I live in Brooklyn, New York, so I
>presume I should be able to receive the New Jersey broadcast loud and
>clear.

Try it without the external antenna, and at various times of the day, esp. at
night. Depends what kind of building you're in too, so try going outside as
well.

Bernie


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:37 1996
From: "Mark J. Fine" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SNAPPLE CAPS
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 17:58:51 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4ht44c$[e-mail]>
To: John <[e-mail]>

John wrote:
> Hi folks I"d just like to remind you to SAVE THOSE SNAPPLE BOTTLE

John,

Tell ya what.  If Spectrum provides the Snapple on Saturday night, we'll
all help pitch (pun intended) in....<G>

> cya at KULPSVILE!

K-3 Days + counting....

73,

[ Mark J. Fine -- FineWare * Smart R8 Control * TTY Reader ]
[   11252 Cardinal Drive   *     SWBC Interval Signals     ]
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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:38 1996
From: Tony Bonanno <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: SOLD:  Mint 7600G
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 18:15:55 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Thanks to everyone that responded.  It sold rather quickly, but I
was away from on-line access for a few days.

Tony


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:39 1996
From: [e-mail] (Robert Weiss)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: SONY 7600 D MINT WITH ACCESSORIES
Date: 12 Mar 1996 00:49:47 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4i2hnb$[e-mail]>

I HAVE FOR SALE ONE SONY 7600D IN MINT CONDITION IN ORIGNAL CARTON
COMPLETE WITH ALL ACESSORIES, UNIVERSAL AC ADAPTER
EARPHONE, SOFT CASE, MANUELS, SW BOOK AND LONG WIRE ANTENNA
PRICE $ 100.00 FIRM.    BOB W.     [e-mail]
PHONE [phone]   SAN  DIEGO......



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:40 1996
From: [e-mail] ()
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 7600G
Date: 11 Mar 1996 15:40:07 GMT
Message-ID: <4i1hgn$[e-mail]>
References: <4hlib1$[e-mail]> <4hn2cl$[e-mail]>

:In article <4hlib1$[e-mail]>,
:David M Retzik <[e-mail]> wrote:
::
::Can anybody comment on this radio?
::
::Is it a good one?  How much should I expect to pay here in Ontario?  Are
::there others I should be looking at too that do about the same things?
::Any comments would be helpful and appreciated.
::
::Thanks in advance.
::
::Dave
::
:Dave,
:
:The 7600G is probably one of the best radio in that price range. In Canada,
:you can get one for CAN$300 - $350 depneding on where you go. If you are in
:Toronto, the best places to check are Atlantic Ham Radio or Norham radio,
:the Sony dealers are a bit more expensive, of course if you're lucky you
:may catch one of those sales in big HiFi Stereo stores on Young st.
:
:You also may want to look at the YB400 which I believe is in the same
:price range. According to WRTH, the Grundig has better audio but the Sony
:has an edge on synch. technique and as a result better selectivty.
:
:Enjoy,
:
:Minhhuy Ho
:PS. Both AHR and NR have web sites with price list. Email me if you need them
.

Dave,

I couldn't email you through [e-mail]. Here are the addresses:

Atlantic Ham Radio:   http://www.interlog.com/~ahr

Norham Radio:         http://www.norham.com

Ragards,

Minhhuy


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:41 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 7600G
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 01:24:23
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hlib1$[e-mail]>

In article <4hlib1$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (David M R
etzik) writes:
>From: [e-mail] (David M Retzik)
>Subject: Sony 7600G
>Date: 7 Mar 1996 02:40:33 GMT


>Can anybody comment on this radio?

>Is it a good one?  How much should I expect to pay here in Ontario?  Are
>there others I should be looking at too that do about the same things?
>Any comments would be helpful and appreciated.

>Thanks in advance.

>Dave


Good radio, I have been totally satisfied with its performance since Day1, and

the Synchronous receive is a goodsend for shortwave broadcasts that tend to
fade in & out!

Steve




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:42 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Markus Baertschi)
Subject: Sony SW100 vs Panasonic RF-B45
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 08:35:38 GMT

  I've got a Panasonic RF-B45 I'm using mostly while travelling to
  listen to SW Broadcasting stations. It does it's job, but I'd like
  to get a better performing radio. I'd like to get some more memories
  less fading (sync detector ?) and better sensitivity. I do not want
  a bigger radio.
  Will the SW100 bring me a noticeable increase in performance ?

  Markus
---
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)
  Geneva, Switzerland, HB9VCD   Mail:  [e-mail] ([e-mail])



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:44 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dave Turner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SR-III Design Choices -or- Quit your Belly-aching
Date: 13 Mar 1996 18:05:35 GMT
Message-ID: <4i72pf$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>


In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Daniel
Grunberg) writes:
>
>> Why not ask GE to upgrade the radio with a digital tuning
>> display?
>
>Although digital tuning fast is becoming the norm, my guess is that
>design engineers developing a receiver like the SR-III would want
>it to be free of the noise (digital hash) that a low cost digital
>tuning design would introduce.  Also, low cost digitally tuned

It seems to me that most of the complaints about the inaccurate dial
would be resolved by a digital display rather than full digital tuning
using a Phase Locked Loop.

Over the last 20 years there have been a number of articles in magazines
such as Popular Electronics that measure the local oscillator frequency
and subtract the IF frequency to indicate the tuned frequency.

Unless carefully done, this would still introduce some digital hash
that might also desensitize the receiver so that weak stations would
not be heard.

I prefer my SRII over the SRIII because it has air-variable capacitors
and I don't really mind the dial inaccuracy; I wait for a station ID
to identify a station anyway.

I live within a mile or two from two 50KW AM broadcast stations
and about 10 miles from another. I like the air-variable capacitors
over the varactors because they will not be affected by the presence
of nearby RF fields that could cause problems with the varactors.

But when I got a SRIII to give as a gift, I tried it out for a day or
two and didn't notice any such problems.

--
Dave Turner     [phone]  [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:45 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gilbert Baron)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Station on 1660 what is the id?
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 21:38:03 GMT
Message-ID: <3149e294.1405659@199.3.25.5>

I hear a station every morning on 1660 playing sort of modern music
usually. They never id and I wonder if anyone knows who it would be. I
am in the midwest and the station is s9+20 on my TS440s s meter. Even
so, the static is getting pretty bad.
_
Gil Baron W0MN [e-mail] Web http://www.isl.net/~gbaron
"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"


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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:46 1996
From: [e-mail] (John Doe)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SuperRadioIII and Scantenna - a great combo!!!
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 10:23:39 GMT
Message-ID: <4ibl6f$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Chas) wrote:

>I'm a longtime listener (since the mid 50's) and for BCB DX I'm
>currently using  the GESRadioIII and a Scantenna (this unit sits
>behind the radio and has a tuning dial- no electrial connection
>is made to the receiver)  .
>This combo is the best I've seen (especially for the price under $100
>for both). Daytime I can receive NYC stations (about 200 miles)
>almost as clear as locals. I live in a first floor apartment.
>I fully agree with everyone regarding this fine AM/FM radio!!!!

>I also want to thank those who have written me regarding my
>query about building a good low noise indoor SW antenna.

Charley, I have a Radio S DX-300 which is a fairly good amateur SW
system for bed side. I have not been able to do anything about my poor
reception. The external antenna I rigged in the attic is useless. Any
ideas about an antenna for this unit?


>Most of my listening activity is now BCBDX and utility SW
>using a Lowe HF150 and AEAFAXIII for decoding WEFAX,
>RTTY and CW.

>Regard to all..this is a great group!!
>Charlie





From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:47 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: sw radio, mail order catalog ?
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 23:43:39
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hmqjt$[e-mail]>

In article <4hmqjt$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (s--s) w
rites:
>From: [e-mail] (s--s)
>Subject: sw radio, mail order catalog ?
>Date: 7 Mar 1996 14:07:57 GMT


>I'm interested in buying a portable SW radio through a mail order catalog.
>Can somebody suggest any dealers, and - if you know - their phone number
>so that I order their catalog?

>thanks

>P.S. If you had some previous experience and would be so kind as to caution
>me away from a certain establishment, I would also appreciate it.
>

Grove, Universal, and Gilfer all have web pages.  You can browse there, as
well as request catalogs!

Steve


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:48 1996
From: Pat & Adaire Mason <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: sw radio, mail order catalog ?
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 18:34:18 -1000
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hmqjt$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Steve Kennedy wrote:

> >I'm interested in buying a portable SW radio through a mail order catalog.
> >Can somebody suggest any dealers, and - if you know - their phone number
> >so that I order their catalog?
>

Electronic Equipment Bank is also on the net.  Don't know the
site right off, but if you do a net search on it, it's there...

BTW, that's where I bought my Drake R8 last year.  They have
pretty good prices on new and used equipment.

Patrick Mason
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:49 1996
From: George Cire <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Test
Date: 13 Mar 1996 23:40:51 GMT
Message-ID: <4i7me3$[e-mail]>

Test message, please diregard.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:50 1996
From: George Cire <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Test
Date: 14 Mar 1996 01:45:47 GMT
Message-ID: <4i7tob$[e-mail]>

Test message



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:51 1996
From: [e-mail] (john p. sumner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: That noise
Date: 11 Mar 1996 14:11:14 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4i1ca2$[e-mail]>
References: <4hn2ep$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Brian Carling ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
: From: [e-mail]
: "mail sometimes bounces here, please resend if needed!"

: JPS>  At nite on 8968 SB  i hear a scratching noise and it has been driving
: JPS>  me nuts i am wondering what it is.

: John, it's your dog!

  Hey brian woof, woof:-)









John P. Sumner
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:55 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 16:28:00 PST
Reply-To: "Ryan, Jeffrey W." <[e-mail]>
From: "Ryan, Jeffrey W." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: US News in Japan

Is it true that the Japonese FM band is from 76-90 MHz? Somebody told me
that once, but it sounds a little strange.

*****************************************************************************
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 301 Killinger Hall, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383-8103
 Tel. & Fax: [phone] - Ham Call: N3VMH - Steve Forbes in '96!
*****************************************************************************

>I left there five years ago, but while you are in Tokyo, you can get Armed
>forces Radio/FEN (Far East Network aka Forced Entertainment Network to
>those of us who were in the US military) - they broadcast American news,
>Paul Harvey, lots of rock and roll and country music, and many
>military-oriented tidbits.  If I recall correctly, it is broadcast
>somewhere around 900 on the AM band.  There was also a Japanese FM station
>in Tokyo that broadcast American music and had English-speaking
>braodcasters - sorry, but I don't remember the freq.
>
>Carol


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:56 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: Ray Osborne <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: US News in Japan
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (RAYO)
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 13:37:58 GMT


>=========="Ryan, Jeffrey W.", 3/11/96==========
>
>Is it true that the Japonese FM band is from 76-90 MHz? Somebody told me
>that once, but it sounds a little strange.

Yes, it's true.

>>I left there five years ago, but while you are in Tokyo, you can get Armed
>>forces Radio/FEN (Far East Network aka Forced Entertainment Network to
>>those of us who were in the US military) - they broadcast American news,
>>Paul Harvey, lots of rock and roll and country music, and many
>>military-oriented tidbits.  If I recall correctly, it is broadcast
>>somewhere around 900 on the AM band.  There was also a Japanese FM station
>>in Tokyo that broadcast American music and had English-speaking
>>braodcasters - sorry, but I don't remember the freq.
>>
>>Carol

FEN Tokyo is on 810 KHz.

Ray Osborne
[e-mail]





From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:57 1996
From: Michael J Wooding <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner,alt.radio.pirate,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,uk.radio.amateur
Subject: Re: Weird Radio Problem
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 11:45:09 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <4idjm1$[e-mail]>, David Mark
<[e-mail]> writes
>What's happening is your radio is probably tuned to an FM station
>near the upper end of the band (around 107-108mhz) and you're
>probably under a flight path.  When a plane is nearby (there's
>that word again) and the pilot transmits on one of the lower
>airline frequencies, your radio's less than discriminating tuner
>picks it up.

Whilst that is very feasible, due to the low powers transmitted by
aircraft (RX levels of the order of less than -90dBm even with the sorts
of aerials and masts etc., that we use in the CAA !) then I would
imagaine that the aircraft must be relatively low when overflying his
property to cause these signals to be strong enough to swamp the radio.

Mike

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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:15:59 1996
From: [e-mail] (Beckford00)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What does "hi" mean?
Date: 9 Mar 1996 01:59:11 -0500
Message-ID: <4hra7v$[e-mail]>
References: <4hplpe$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Beckford00)

It means the words preceding should not be taken seriously.

>Subject: What does "hi" mean?
>From: [e-mail] (Anty em)
>Date: 8 Mar 1996 11:03:58 -0500
>Message-ID: <4hplpe$[e-mail]
>
>O.K.  This should be an easy one for a lot of you out there.
>In reading the Journals of the NRC and NASWA, an abbreviation (I assume
>it's that) sometimes occurs at the end of a sentence, "hi".  In the
>current NASWA, a reporter, I guess to emphasize, uses "hihi".
>
>I've figured out just about all the other lingo used in  radio except
>this.  Please clue me in. Thanks.
>
>73s, 23 skidoo and all that,
>Elizabeth



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:16:00 1996
From: [e-mail] (john p. sumner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WINB
Date: 11 Mar 1996 16:24:13 GMT
Message-ID: <4i1k3d$[e-mail]>



--
  When are they coming back on the air? it has been a year.









John P. Sumner
[e-mail]
Shortwave lives
please dont let it
die.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:16:00 1996
From: [e-mail] (Faizul Hamid)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: World Cup Cricket
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 96 20:03:23 GMT
Message-ID: <4i217a$[e-mail]>

I am a beginner.  Does anyone know the freq for the cricket matches?
I am in Canada.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:16:01 1996
From: [e-mail] (Andy Sennitt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,sci.lang
Subject: Re: WRTH language index
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:35:36 GMT
Message-ID: <4i64sv$[e-mail]>
References: <4hvk7f$[e-mail]> <4i13lq$[e-mail]> <4i3mou$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Gregor Erbach) wrote:

>> I do hope that you have asked their permission first...

>I don't think this information I used is copyrighted by WRTH.

Before anyone else puts in their 10 cents worth, I'd like to say that
Gregor and I have come to an amicable arrangement concerning this
project. As Gregor points out, the information itself isn't
copyrighted, but the terms WRTH and World Radio TV Handbooks are
registered trademarks in the US. Gregor is using them with permission.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:16:02 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gregor Erbach)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,sci.lang
Subject: Re: WRTH language index
Date: 12 Mar 1996 12:22:06 +0100
Message-ID: <4i3mou$[e-mail]>
References: <4hvk7f$[e-mail]> <4i13lq$[e-mail]>

Richard Hunt ([e-mail]) wrote:
> [e-mail] (Gregor Erbach) wrote:

> >In case you're interested which languages are broadcast by which radio
> >stations in the world, I have created a WWW site (based on the 1995
> >edition of the World Radio and TV Handbook - WRTH), which provides the
> >language index, which is missing from the printed version of the WRTH.
> >(There is only a listing of broadcasts in English.)

> I do hope that you have asked their permission first...

I don't think this information I used is copyrighted by WRTH.

Gregor

--
Gregor Erbach + [e-mail] + http://coli.uni-sb.de/~erbach


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:16:03 1996
From: [e-mail] (Andy Sennitt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WRTH Web Site
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 16:27:26 GMT
Message-ID: <4i1k9d$[e-mail]>

Despite what you may have heard or read elsewhere, the WRTH Web site
is *not* on line yet. I am currently estimating around May 1st as the
date when we will be able to go 'live'. At this moment I am also not
sure what the URL is going to be. As soon as these details are known,
I will post a message here in rec.radio.shortwave.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:16:05 1996
From: Franτois BΘrubΘ <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WTB: FTV-250 AND FTV-650
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 16:40:50 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello to all, i have a FL-101 and FR-101, i'm looking for a FTV-250 VHF
Transverter and FTV-650 6 meter for completing my HF station, if you have
this equipment and want it to sold please let me know.

Francois Berube
[e-mail]
[e-mail]




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 16 16:16:06 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bmoore 2nd)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Zenith Model D7000y Trans Oceanic FT
Date: 11 Mar 1996 22:28:32 -0500
Message-ID: <4i2r10$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Bmoore 2nd)

Hello

I am a collector of Pilot Radios and have a real nice Zenith Trans O.  I
would like to swap for a 1930s Pilot set.

Thanks


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:37 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Simon Collings)
From: [e-mail] (Simon Collings)
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 18:04:40 GMT
Subject: *** ANNOUNCE: MUFsight Propagation Prediction Demo Available ***

Announcing MUFsight, the Windows HF propagation prediction software
that plots MUF/LUF data on a world map.  A demo of this software
together with further details of the packages are available from my
home page.

http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/~g4sgi/

Also available: FREE SWL working aids; download FRG-100 Sprite demo;
download FREE PC-MONITOR (FRG-8800 DOS control); download Icom
Quicksilver demo (R7100 Windows conreol); download AOR software
demos; links to other radio related pages on the WWW.

Simon

--
Simon Collings, G4SGI
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND
http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/~g4sgi/





From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:38 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gregory GAR Russell)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: - Any Kol Israel listeners from Western US???
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 96 20:48:56 GMT
Message-ID: <4iab65$[e-mail]>
References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960309221757.15507B-100000@itsop2>

In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.960309221757.15507B-100000@itsop2>,
   "Daniel (Doni) Rosenzweig" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>KI wants to know how reception is out there! Please tell me what you have
>found in terms of general receptions and which frequencies are good/bad
>and when. Thanks.

Good grief.  I haven't heard Kol Israel in years.

Back in the "good old days" when they had broadcasts at 0000, 0100, and 0200
hours UTC it used to come in pretty well.  Then the signal started to get
worse, and finally those broadcasts were dropped altogether.  But i haven't
heard them in a very long while.

============gar=================
[e-mail] (work)
[e-mail] (home)
================================


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:41 1996
From: [e-mail] (Scott Sundick)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: - Any Kol Israel listeners from Western US???
Date: 16 Mar 1996 23:20:39 -0500
Message-ID: <4ig3un$[e-mail]>
References: <4iab65$[e-mail]>

Here on the east coast, I have been able to pick up Kol Israel with a Sony
SW7600 and even on a little MFJ kit radio.  Unfortunately, a about two
years ago, the power of the station was cut back due to funding problems,
also most of the broadcasts now are Israel's channel 1 in Hebrew.



On Mar 14, 1996 20:48:56 in article <Re: - Any Kol Israel listeners from
Western US???>, '[e-mail] (Gregory GAR Russell)' wrote:


>"Daniel (Doni) Rosenzweig" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>KI wants to know how reception is out there! Please tell me what you have

>>found in terms of general receptions and which frequencies are good/bad
>>and when. Thanks.
>
>Good grief.  I haven't heard Kol Israel in years.
>
>Back in the "good old days" when they had broadcasts at 0000, 0100, and
0200
>hours UTC it used to come in pretty well.  Then the signal started to get

>worse, and finally those broadcasts were dropped altogether.  But i
haven't
>heard them in a very long while.
>
>============gar=================
>[e-mail] (work)
>[e-mail] (home)
>================================
--

If you are really one in a million, does this mean there are one thousand
people just like you in China???

Libi bMizrach v'Ani bMarav





From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:41 1996
From: [e-mail] (Arthur Burke)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: 1640 KXBT
Date: 20 Mar 1996 14:40:26 GMT
Message-ID: <4ip5cq$[e-mail]>

These guys have been coming in like gangbusters here in the Kansas City
area. The best time seems to be just before local sunrise to maybe as
much as two hours after local sunrise. Despite static (QRN) between here
and there, music, IDs and commercials are all very readable.

On my Sony 7600G and Select-A-Tenna they are quite readable. With the GE
SRIII they are also quite good. My best effort has been with a Yaesu
FRG100 and a Kiwa loop. Sometimes it's like cheating - but sometimes it
ain't!

Art Burke
NE4F/WPE0FOJ
Lenexa, KS



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:43 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve_Coletti)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 16 Mar 1996 11:19:49 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Mike Ward) wrote:
>
>You have to wonder about this...both of these stations being granted this
>expanded band service because they're the only station licensed to a city ove
r
>100,000.  Elizabeth, NJ is right next to New York City and Vallejo, CA is a
>stone's throw away radio wise from San Francisco.
>
>And, neither station is providing programming specifically targeted 24 hours
a
>day for their license city.  At last report, WJDM/Elizabeth, NJ is running th
e
>"Radio Aahs" syndicated format,

At the time of their lobbying WJDM was doing all local programming, it
still does on the 1530 frequency.  Stations having more than one
transmitting frequency with the same call can program the frequencies
seperately, the same as a SW station.

Radio AAHS intended to buy WJDM, but from what I've heard it looks like
they have an LMA on the outlets.  The key was that the guarantee for Radio
AAHS programming would only be for 10 years, that sounds like an LMA or
long term buy contract expiration date to me.

Being a daytimer, 1530 is a broker time station selling only the time
period that is available during the winter, the expanded hours during the
spring and summer were programmed with local talent doing oldies, the
station's previous format.  Now those extra hours are also Radio AAHS.

The station is in a loophole between the allowable split programming rule
and any unfinalized requirement to be "local" in the expanded band.
However, since Radio AAHS is not available anywhere else in the NY area,
you have another rule about unique formats that could come into play but
does not actually apply to the situation.  This unique format rule was the
one that allowed certain AM-FM combo stations in cities where the
population is over 250,000 to continue to simulcast and not split program
after 1966.  Elizabeth, NJ is still under 250,000 if I remember correctly.

Kind of a muddy situation, don't you think?

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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:45 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 13:22:04 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]>

In article <4i4etu$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Lou Schneider) writes:

>Vallejo and Elizabeth, NJ are special cases.  Back in 1990 the owner of
>the Elizabeth station lobbied congress and got a provision inserted into
>the FCC appropriations bill guaranteeing an expanded band allocation to
>any daytime only station licensed to a city of over 100,000 population if
>that station was the only radio service licensed to that city.  At the
>time it was thought that Elizabeth, NJ (across the river from New York
>City) would be the only city in the country to qualify, but when the 1990
>census was released Vallejo also was over the magic 100,000 mark.

You have to wonder about this...both of these stations being granted this
expanded band service because they're the only station licensed to a city over

100,000.  Elizabeth, NJ is right next to New York City and Vallejo, CA is a
stone's throw away radio wise from San Francisco.

And, neither station is providing programming specifically targeted 24 hours a

day for their license city.  At last report, WJDM/Elizabeth, NJ is running the

"Radio Aahs" syndicated format, and KXBT/Vallejo, CA will be running (at least

part time) the "Urban Gold" format.  KXBT has a slightly better case here,
since it does apparently have local air talent during the day (but the same
daytime hours that their 1190 already runs!) and, as far as I know, does do at

least drive-time local news courtesy of the news department at sister station
KUIC/Vacaville.

Mike


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:46 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 23:36:00 PST
Reply-To: Walter Volodya Salmaniw <[e-mail]>
From: Walter Volodya Salmaniw <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA

Here in Victoria, BC.  1640 is audible with fair to good strength, without
fades, playing only continuous soul type music.  No ID's during the hour
I've listened so far (05:17 13/3).

                         Walter Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:47 1996
From: [e-mail] (John Kolb)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 15 Mar 1996 19:34:57 GMT
Message-ID: <4icgp1$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Mike Ward ([e-mail]) wrote:
: In article <4i4etu$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Lou Schneider) writes:

: >Vallejo and Elizabeth, NJ are special cases.  Back in 1990 the owner of
: >the Elizabeth station lobbied congress and got a provision inserted into
: >the FCC appropriations bill guaranteeing an expanded band allocation to
: >any daytime only station licensed to a city of over 100,000 population if
: >that station was the only radio service licensed to that city.  At the
: >time it was thought that Elizabeth, NJ (across the river from New York
: >City) would be the only city in the country to qualify, but when the 1990
: >census was released Vallejo also was over the magic 100,000 mark.

: You have to wonder about this...both of these stations being granted this

Nothing to wonder about at all - just politics as usual. It's normal
to have special interest legislation passed giving special privileges
to someone by listing special conditions that only one or a few companies/
groups/persons can qualify for, instead of being so crude as to list
the actual name of the intended beneficary. If the conditions can be twisted
to sound good, ie. only radio service to a large town, so much the better.

John Kolb



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:49 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 21:49:49 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4iai2e$[e-mail]>

In article <4iai2e$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (David A. Kaye) writes:

>Whoa!  Isn't Vallejo largely black?  It's been true since the days of the
>old Kaiser shipyards.  What is more appropriate than using the Urban Gold
>format there?  Heck, even the age demographics are probably right for
>Vallejo.

Though you make what is probably a good point (I don't really know the
age/racial/etc. makeup of the city offhand), I was primarily referring to the
station's non-musical programming.  It's my hope that I'm proven wrong in
saying that it appears they'll only be relaying the ABC/SMN format at night,
and at very least can put in some local information.  With their news
department already being in place, it seems possible.

Mike


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:50 1996
From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 18 Mar 1996 01:19:40 -0800
Message-ID: <4ij9rc$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]> <4ibf4j$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4ided2$[e-mail]

Mike Ward wrote the quoted material below:

" I'm also getting somewhat depressed that I can't pick up KXBT for the life o
f
" me. :D  I think I finally got something last night, but it was faintly audib
le
" and I couldn't make out what kind of music was being played [....]

You're doing better than I.  I have tried dozens of times and have heard
nothing at all.  But, if they do start fulltime on Tuesday, we'll
definitely know.  I should think Sacto is close enough to Vallejo to not
be skipped over.

--
(c) 1996                              The "TM" after a name means someone
David Kaye                                  intends to register that name



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:51 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 11:24:20 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> Walter Volodya Salmani
w <[e-mail]> writes:

>Here in Victoria, BC.  1640 is audible with fair to good strength, without
>fades, playing only continuous soul type music.  No ID's during the hour
>I've listened so far (05:17 13/3).

Am I nuts, are both of my radios defective or is the KXBT signal on 1640 just
skipping right over Sacramento, about 75 miles east of Vallejo? :D

I have at times heard a strong carrier on 1640, but have YET to hear any of
the music or anything.

Mike


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:52 1996
From: "Charles P. Hobbs" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 13 Mar 1996 19:23:02 -0700
Message-ID: <4i7vu6$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Mike Ward) wrote:

>Am I nuts, are both of my radios defective or is the KXBT signal on 1640 just

>skipping right over Sacramento, about 75 miles east of Vallejo? :D
>
>I have at times heard a strong carrier on 1640, but have YET to hear any of
>the music or anything.
>

I'm hearing it now (Mar 13, 6:26 p.s.t.) playing "Barefooting", with
a reasonable (if somewhat noisy) signal.
>Mike




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:54 1996
From: [e-mail] (Powell E. Way III)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,ba.broadcast
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 21:13:13 GMT
Message-ID: <4im7p5$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]> <4ibf4j$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4ided2$[e-mail] <[e-mail]> <4ikchc$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (David A. Kaye) wrote:

>Mike Ward wrote the quoted material below:
>" KXBT has been broadcasting somewhat closer to continuously on 1640 the past
 2
>" or 3 days.

>I'm finally getting it, but my DX-440 automatically switches off the
>internal loopstick after 1600 and switches to the noisier whip or external
>connector (depending where I flip the switch).

Hmm. I think that just answered a question that no one has been able
to answer about the top end DX series. WHY is the standard AM band so
insensitive? Actually the whip or external connector may be MORE
sensitive, and that's why it SEEMS more noisy.


 My computer is way too
>noisy to pull it in.  Meanwhile, my stereo gets it, though it's right at
>the top of the AM dial for me.  Still, the computer drowns it out.  All
>told, KXBT isn't all that strong for me in SF.

You mean you can't turn OFF the computer, then? I turn mine off and
ALL of the fluorescent lamps when I want to TRY to listen to weak
stuff. Now, unfortunately I have some nasty 3 phase power noise.  I
guess I can't cut the power company off. The transformer is right
outside  less than a few hundred feet away. Yes, I have called the
Power Company.  Also note the new GE weird shaped solid state
ballasted fluorescents make nice little purring carriers all over the
AM band. Hmmm...now if I could get the purring out, and modulate
them......]:)


Powell





From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:55 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 14 Mar 1996 02:06:22 GMT
Message-ID: <4i7uuu$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

They don't seem to be on at all times, right now, especially not in
daytime. There was a carrier just now around 0150 GMT, and then
music--not parallel to (doo wop music) and weaker than 1190 at 0200.
(San Francisco so ground wave) They're not supposed to really start
regular broadcasting until next Tuesday, I believe.

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>
>In article <[e-mail]> Walter Volodya
Salmaniw <[e-mail]> writes:
>
>>Here in Victoria, BC.  1640 is audible with fair to good strength,
without
>>fades, playing only continuous soul type music.  No ID's during the
hour
>>I've listened so far (05:17 13/3).
>
>Am I nuts, are both of my radios defective or is the KXBT signal on
1640 just
>skipping right over Sacramento, about 75 miles east of Vallejo? :D
>
>I have at times heard a strong carrier on 1640, but have YET to hear
any of
>the music or anything.
>
>Mike

--
*******
WARNING
*******
The following lines violate the indecency provisions of the U.S.
Telecommunications Act of 1996:
Henry Hyde
James Exon
Slade Gorton.
William Clinton



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:56 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 21:19:04 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]> <4ibf4j$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4ided2$[e-mail]

In article <4ided2$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (David A. Kaye) writes:

>Speaking of which, KWUN also applied for an expanded band channel (from a
>very limited directional on 1480 to a new one on 1680).  Doesn't Concord
>have at least 100,000 people?

I don't think so, but I don't have a listing of Bay Area populations here.

I'm also getting somewhat depressed that I can't pick up KXBT for the life of
me. :D  I think I finally got something last night, but it was faintly audible

and I couldn't make out what kind of music was being played, let alone
anything else.  Actually, I'm getting more NOISE on that frequency (and
indeed, almost anything above 1600) than anything.  I even got out in the car
and tried it tonight, but there's more noise than anything.  My next step is
to take the SRIII out with me in the car.

Mike


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:57 1996
From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,ba.broadcast
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 18 Mar 1996 11:11:40 -0800
Message-ID: <4ikchc$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]> <4ibf4j$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4ided2$[e-mail]

Mike Ward wrote the quoted material below:
" KXBT has been broadcasting somewhat closer to continuously on 1640 the past
2
" or 3 days.

I'm finally getting it, but my DX-440 automatically switches off the
internal loopstick after 1600 and switches to the noisier whip or external
connector (depending where I flip the switch).  My computer is way too
noisy to pull it in.  Meanwhile, my stereo gets it, though it's right at
the top of the AM dial for me.  Still, the computer drowns it out.  All
told, KXBT isn't all that strong for me in SF.

" change announcement - "The number you have reached - 9-8-9 - has been change
d.
"  The new number is 1-6-4-0" - clearly targeting KSOL/98.9.  Does KSOL get up

" into the Vallejo area at all?  (I forgot its city of license, but I figure
" it's either the City itself or on the peninsula somewhere...)

The current KSOL is licensed to SF, and I think its transmitter is on
Mount Beacon in Marin, which may come into Vallejo quite well.  But, 98.9
is *the* unluckiest Bay Area FM channel, having had something like 9 call
letter changes and nearly as many owners.  Let's see...KJBS, KCBS-FM,
KMPX, KKCY, KQAK, KOFY-FM, KDBK, KSRY....

As far as the Peninsula is concerned, that's an *old* KSOL, now known as
KYLD and still licensed to San Mateo, though I'll be damned if I can find
that they have any presence in San Mateo whatsoever -- they don't appear
to even maintain a phone number there anymore.

--
(c) 1996             "I have made this letter longer than usual because I
David Kaye             lack the time to make it shorter." - Blaise Pascal



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:58 1996
From: [e-mail] (colin newell)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 14 Mar 1996 22:36:03 GMT
Message-ID: <4ia70j$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i5j3s$[e-mail]> <4i809d$[e-mail]

Charles P. Hobbs ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Their response? "Who cares . . .no-one listens to *AM* anymore!"

Bite your tongue!
================
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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:25:58 1996
From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 14 Mar 1996 17:44:46 -0800
Message-ID: <4iai2e$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Mike Ward wrote the quoted material below:

" And, neither station is providing programming specifically targeted 24 hours
 a
" day for their license city.

Whoa!  Isn't Vallejo largely black?  It's been true since the days of the
old Kaiser shipyards.  What is more appropriate than using the Urban Gold
format there?  Heck, even the age demographics are probably right for
Vallejo.

--
(c) 1996         Unions once made America the richest country of the world.
David Kaye



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:00 1996
From: [e-mail](Stephen McGreevy )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 15 Mar 1996 02:23:49 GMT
Message-ID: <4iakbl$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]>

Inetersting, I've been reading your comments farther "up" too.  I
noticed that 940 KFRE Fresno, with 50,000 watts was one statiion slated
to take to the expanded portion.  I could NOT figure that one out,
since it is far inferiour to their 940 frequency, especially in daytime
groundwave coverage.  Politics, not good engineering for sure. ;-)

73,  Steve


In <4i4etu$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Lou Schneider) writes:
>
>Stephen McGreevy ([e-mail]) wrote:
>
>: Can't be long before many others start to hit the new freqs. now...
>
>Don't hold your breath.  The engineering assumptions the FCC used in
>compiling the list of stations elegable to migrate to the expanded
band
>have been challenged by several parties, the original list has been
>rescinded and the whole process is pretty much back to Ground Zero.
>
>Vallejo and Elizabeth, NJ are special cases.  Back in 1990 the owner
of
>the Elizabeth station lobbied congress and got a provision inserted
into
>the FCC appropriations bill guaranteeing an expanded band allocation
to
>any daytime only station licensed to a city of over 100,000 population
if
>that station was the only radio service licensed to that city.  At the
>time it was thought that Elizabeth, NJ (across the river from New York
>City) would be the only city in the country to qualify, but when the
1990
>census was released Vallejo also was over the magic 100,000 mark.
>
>Earlier this year, the owner of the New Jersey station again lobbied
the
>FCC and Congress for permission to begin operating his congressionally
>guaranteed radio station while the FCC continued to hassle out the
rest of
>the expanded band plan.  His request was granted last month on a
temporary
>basis, as was the Vallejo license.  Both stations could be moved to
>different frequencies if and when a plan is finalized for the rest of
the
>expanded band.
>
>Lou Schneider
>[e-mail]
>
>



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:01 1996
From: [e-mail](Stephen McGreevy )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 15 Mar 1996 02:31:54 GMT
Message-ID: <4iakqq$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4iai2e$[e-mail]>

In <4iai2e$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (David A. Kaye) writes:
>
>Mike Ward wrote the quoted material below:
>
>" And, neither station is providing programming specifically targeted
24 hours a
>" day for their license city.
>
>Whoa!  Isn't Vallejo largely black?  It's been true since the days of
the
>old Kaiser shipyards.  What is more appropriate than using the Urban
Gold
>format there?  Heck, even the age demographics are probably right for
>Vallejo.
>
>--
>(c) 1996         Unions once made America the richest country of the
world.
>David Kaye
>


Yes David, you're very correct.  Actually, KXBT (formerly KNBA and
than, briefly, KALF, was country western, but their new format seems to
be the most successful from what local DXers and other radio peoplse
say.  The format is actually largely ignored in Bay Area, with only
another station, KDIA in Oakland similar, and their nightime
directional pattern really disfavors Vallejo (better reception in Hilo
Hawaii than in Concord, CA at night),

Steve


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:03 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 10:19:56 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]> <4ibf4j$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4ided2$[e-mail]

In article <4ij9rc$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (David A. Kaye) writes:

>You're doing better than I.  I have tried dozens of times and have heard
>nothing at all.  But, if they do start fulltime on Tuesday, we'll
>definitely know.  I should think Sacto is close enough to Vallejo to not
>be skipped over.

KXBT has been broadcasting somewhat closer to continuously on 1640 the past 2
or 3 days.  In fact, as I type this, I have them on (10:15 AM PT Monday), and
it's my guess they'll probably keep it on with the unattended music and
occasional announcement through the "big party" tomorrow morning.

For some reason, it's somewhat stronger now than it was on Saturday afternoon,

though there's still a lot of noise (at least a good deal of it interference
from my computer, but it's not QUITE strong enough to mute that).  But it
hasn't faded at all.  (Are they doing 10 KW days and 1 night, or vice versa?)

So, try it now and you should get it.

Interestingly enough, one of their announcements has a fake phone number
change announcement - "The number you have reached - 9-8-9 - has been changed.

 The new number is 1-6-4-0" - clearly targeting KSOL/98.9.  Does KSOL get up
into the Vallejo area at all?  (I forgot its city of license, but I figure
it's either the City itself or on the peninsula somewhere...)  If not, this
sounds like a clear indication they're targeting the entire Bay Area...

Mike


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:03 1996
From: Pat & Adaire Mason <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1660 signal
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 14:27:06 -1000
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4ifo4f$[e-mail]>
To: Lawrence Guerrera <[e-mail]>

Yep, WJDM has quite a good signal nationwide.  It helps to be the
only station on the frequency.  A REAL clear channel allocation,
at least for now.

I have logged them here in Hawai`i as well, both on an active loop
and on an 80' wire connected to my Drake R8.

Patrick Mason, KE3NZ/KH6
Mililani, O`ahu, Hawai`i
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:04 1996
From: [e-mail] (Charles P. Crawford)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1660 signal
Date: 15 Mar 1996 02:58:46 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>,
David McCreery <[e-mail]> wrote:

> I'm hearing a signal tonight March 14 on 1660 with pop and ID as "Radio
> Oz." Weak but clear in Atlanta and iding as being in the "tristate area.
> Where is this? Dave Atlanta HArris HF 505A

David,

   You've got WJDM on the new expanded AM band.
   address: WJDM, 9 Caldwell Place, Elizabeth NJ 07201

I got their QSL letter about 2-3 weeks ago.

   You might try looking for a 1640 station out of California. Their
supposed to be testing now. Then regularly soon.

Charlie

--
   "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
                                          B. Dylan


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:05 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 2390
Date: 15 Mar 1996 10:04:26 GMT
Message-ID: <4ibfba$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

I had heard something on last week's World of Radio about WWCR trying
out on 120 meters. This sounds like their kind of programming.

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] says...
>
>Very loud signal on 2390 circa 0400 iding as "American Freedom Network"
=
>alternative medicine and ads for survivalists. Give this freq and sat.
>freq. Really booming in. Dave Atlanta Harris RF 505A

--
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James Exon
Slade Gorton.
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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:06 1996
From: [e-mail](Brian Carling,AF4K)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 2390
Date: 16 Mar 1996 12:45:02 GMT
Message-ID: <4ied4e$[e-mail]>
References: <4ibfba$[e-mail]>

On Mar 15, 1996 10:04:26 in article <Re: 2390>, '[e-mail]
(Joel Rubin)' wrote:


>I had heard something on last week's World of Radio about WWCR trying
>out on 120 meters. This sounds like their kind of programming.
>
>In article <[e-mail]>,
>[e-mail] says...
>>
>>Very loud signal on 2390 circa 0400 iding as "American Freedom Network"
>=
>>alternative medicine and ads for survivalists. Give this freq and sat.
>>freq. Really booming in. Dave Atlanta Harris RF 505A
>

Great - it's about time SOMEONE started using this excellent band in the US
and quit letting it go to waste!
--
Bry in Gaithersburg, MD near DC
[e-mail]
Keep in touch!


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:07 1996
From: Ray Dennis <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: ???Heard: five...seventyfive...on AM dial???
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 06:59:40 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i91en$[e-mail]>

Robert Searfoss wrote:
>
> The day UPS delivered my GE superradio to the office I turned it on and
> at about 700 to 800 on the dial I heard:
> seventyfive five  seventyfive five   seventyfive five over and over and
> over again.
>
> I asked another person to listen to be sure Iwas not imagining this
> unusual standard band signal.
>
> Wonder if it is related to highway construction??
>
> highway I-75 is nearby and so is lots of construction.
>
> Took the radio back yesterday to listen, signal gone.
>
> Do not recall the date of the original reception and was not a
> shortwave newsgroup reader at that time, otherwize would have
> postedsooner.


You are probably right, it was probably a Travelers Information Service
station owned by the state.  Some of these stations are on a trailer and
configured for that very purpose.

Ray Dennis


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:08 1996
From: [e-mail] (George Thurman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: A MESSAGE FROM ARNIE CORO AND RADIO HAVANA
Date: 18 Mar 1996 13:17:18 -0600
Message-ID: <4ikcru$[e-mail]>
References: <4ihno4$[e-mail]> <4iiv38$[e-mail]>

In article <4iiv38$[e-mail]>,
Hugo Blanco  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>May wish to doublecheck e-mail address. Tinoted is, I'm sure, tinored.
>


You are probably correct.  I just re-posted the message as it was sent to me.
I will bring it to his attention.

Thanks

gst


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 *****  If the Republicans win in '96, I will move to Germany in '97  *****

        Limbaugh and GingRICH suck...Long live Fidel Castro   !!!!!


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:09 1996
From: Jim Dillon <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Alaska Frequencies
Date: 16 Mar 1996 19:09:04 GMT
Message-ID: <4if3kg$[e-mail]>

Following nets are very popular in AK and entertaining elsewhere:

Alaska Bush Net     7091    0500 Z
Alaska Pacific Net 14.292   1730 Z
Motley Group         3933   0600 Z
Snipers Net          3920   0200, 1700 Z

Jim


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:09 1996
From: basil sands
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Alaska sw freqs
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 96 01:53:43 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4i59qd$[e-mail]>


I am looking for some Alaska sw freqs I can tune into from Ohio.  I am origina
lly from Alaska and wish to
here what is going on ther.

Basil Sands
[e-mail]




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:10 1996
From: Tom Sundstrom <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Alaska sw freqs
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 96 19:06:16 EST
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i59qd$[e-mail]>


In Article<4i59qd$[e-mail]>, writes:
> Path: news.paonline.com!nuclear.microserve.net!news.sprintlink.net!europa.ch
nt.gtegsc.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet.ucs.i
ndiana.edu!catseye.bluemarble.net!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!triglav.iwa
ynet.net!port126
> From: basil sands
> Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
> Subject: Alaska sw freqs
> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 96 01:53:43 GMT
> Organization: [e-mail]
> Lines: 8
> Distribution: world
> Message-ID: <4i59qd$[e-mail]>
> NNTP-Posting-Host: port126.iwaynet.net
> X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #2
>
>
> I am looking for some Alaska sw freqs I can tune into from Ohio.  I am
originally from Alaska and wish to
> here what is going on ther.
>
> Basil Sands
> [e-mail]
>
>
If you mean broadcasters, there aren't any (except the religious station KNLS
broadcasting to Asia).


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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:12 1996
From: "John S. Grimmett" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Alaska sw freqs
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 15:13:19 +0000
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i59qd$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4id12b$[e-mail]>

Steve Silverwood wrote:
>
> Tom Sundstrom <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> >In Article<4i59qd$[e-mail]>, writes:
>
> >> I am looking for some Alaska sw freqs I can tune into from Ohio.  I am
> >originally from Alaska and wish to
> >> here what is going on ther.
>
> >If you mean broadcasters, there aren't any (except the religious station KN
LS
> >broadcasting to Asia).
>
> I thought that was KJNP up in the Fairbanks area.
>
> -- //Steve//

Tom does mean KNLS. KJNP is on MW only, 1170 kHz.
KNLS is a religious station broadcasting from Anchor Point,
on the Seward Peninsula, with 100 kW. According to the World
Radio TV Handbook 1996 (seems I'm always citing that book),
the schedule is as follows (times are UTC):

0800-1000 on 6150 kHz (English/Russian)
1000-1100 on 7365 kHz (Chinese)
1100-1200 on 6150 kHz (Russian)
1200-1400 on 7365 kHz (Chinese/English)
1400-1800 on 7355 kHz (Russian/Chinese)

Its beam is entirely to Asia only, and I remember hunting
for it with no luck at all when I was living in Alabama. Now
I live in Korea, so it comes in consistently but not too
strong.

Even if you (or Basil Sands, the originator of this thread)
did hear it, it probably wouldn't offer much in the way of
Alaskan news. English broadcasts are too brief, and news is
just not the station's purpose.

73s

John Grimmett
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:13 1996
From: "Daniel M. Doyle" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Any activity for China/Taiwan/USNavy?
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 14:05:54 -0600
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Anybody heard any activity on the SW regarding US Navy and the Taiwan
& China ordeal??

Dan Doyle, NB9S
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:14 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gerard Foley)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Any advantages to not having
Date: 14 Mar 1996 10:43:12 -0500
Message-ID: <4i9eqg$[e-mail]>
References: <4hlj05$[e-mail]>

Neoh Khoon Lye ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Is there any advantage to not having PLL on a radio receiver? I heard
: something like PLL does cause interference on certain frequencies, but
: so far as I can tell the advantages far outweigh that disadvantage as
: I have not had to tune to any frequency or is any mainstream
: international broadcaster  using those affected frequency.

: Any kind soul can enlighten moi?
: --
: Replies to [e-mail]

   There are a number of different ways to accomplish digital control
of the frequency of the variable frequency local oscillator in a
receiver.  Some of them involve PLL.   Some of the methods give
better weak signal results than others.  What you have read probably
compared a method which did not use PLL to some particular method
that did use PLL.  The actual performance of the receiver, measured
by a trustworthy laboratory (which is sometimes not the laboratory
of the manufacturer) is the real test, not whether it uses PLL or
not.  Perhaps I should have said, that actual performance of the
receiver to do what you want to do with it is the real test!
   If you want to conceal the receiver in your hand, you will have
to accept different performance than if you can spend $5000 for it
and carry it with both hands to the mains connection!

Gerry K8EF




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:16 1996
From: [e-mail](Brian Carling,AF4K)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Any shortwave radio from Denmark in English?
Date: 16 Mar 1996 12:55:36 GMT
Message-ID: <4iedo8$[e-mail]>
References: <4icfu8$[e-mail]>

On Mar 15, 1996 14:20:40 in article <Any shortwave radio from Denmark in
English?>, '[e-mail] (Maurice Richard)' wrote:

>I am wondering if there are any broadcasts in English of any shortwave
>radio stations from Denmark.  I realize English is not very popular
>there, however, is there anything like that out of Denmark?  Or, would
>there be from other Scandinavian countries, any English programs which
>deal with Denmark?  Thank you in advance for any light you may shed on
>this.  I am new to both the internet and Shortwave radio but am
>enjoying both.

Here you are Maurice:
DENMARK
=======
* RADIO DENMARK, Copenhagen; schedule changes as from January 1st:
   1230-1255 and 1330-1355 to Far East & Australia now on 9795 kHz,
   1430-1455 to S.Asia (India) now on 11720 kHz,
   2230-2255 to Far East now on 7115 kHz.
   Since January 1st, 1970, Radio Denmark hasn't been broadcasting in
   English on Shortwave, but as a service to international listeners
   during the Cultural Year 1996 in Copenhagen, Radio Denmark will be
   transmitting a 15-minute English language programme from Sunday,
   January 7th, 1996 and each 1st Sunday of the month. The broadcast
   will come at the end of the regular Danish broadcasts, at approx
   xx40.  The programme will be hosted by Julian Isherwood.
   Addr:  Rosenorns Alle 22, DK-1999 Frederiksberg C.  (EK, 25/12/95)
   Email: [e-mail]
   WWW:   http://www.mi.aau.dk/rdk/


Bry in Gaithersburg, MD near DC
[e-mail]
Keep in touch!


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:17 1996
From: Ray Woodward <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: AOR web site
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 16:56:42 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

At long last the AOR [UK] WWW site is now online.

Though still under construction the site contains a wealth of
information on the new AR7030 receiver. It includes information on the
specific measurements quoted in the specification - and how they were
arrived at.

Check out : http://www.demon.co.uk/aor/

--

Ray


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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:18 1996
From: Guy Atkins <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AOR web site
Date: 17 Mar 1996 19:00:09 GMT
Message-ID: <4ihnfp$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Ray Woodward <[e-mail]> wrote:

>At long last the AOR [UK] WWW site is now online.

Ray, yesterday I found the AOR site also. The technical specs section is
very interesting, with all the GIFs of filter plots, AGC response curves,
etc.

Those with marginal PCs should be aware that the graphics take up a lot
of RAM... I crashed Netscape a few times trying to access this portion of
AOR's WWW page. Fortunately I have a major system upgrade planned for my
computer soon...

On a related note, Radio Nederlands will soon have a 12-page technical
report posted on their WWW page that will shown how the Media Network
team arrived at their measurements for the AR7030.

73, Guy


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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:20 1996
From: Ken Gianino <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Art Bell's
Date: 18 Mar 1996 14:22:09 GMT
Message-ID: <4ijrih$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>


> Jon Van Allen ([e-mail]) wrote:
> : On another program related to Tesla's work with harmonic
> : resonance, Bell had on a guest who said he knew of a U.S.
> : Government facility in Northern Alaska (I believe) that is
> : doing work utilizing Tesla's principles to literally beam a
> : harmonic resonance wave at an object, like a building (and
> : it's contents) causing it to lose it's molecular cohesion,
> : and it is reduced to a big pile of dust.

The entire theory of the "Thompson Harmonizer" was penned by Ayn Rand
in her famous novel "Atlas Shrugged" over 35 years ago.  Art Bell's
show is interesting entertainment, but the facts are mired in so much
fiction.  He had me going last week with a beautiful conspiracy that
explained why our government really wanted to strand the teathered
satellite experiment in orbit for military reasons.  Then, his guest
shatters it all by explaining that the real experiment is to re-
radiate 15KHz energy on the Great Pyramids in Egypt and that it was in
the perfect orbit to do it.  Check your premises!
-Ken


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:20 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (David Feustel)
Subject: Re: Art Bell's "Dreamland" Topics
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 12:03:43 GMT

Jon Van Allen ([e-mail]) wrote:

: On another program related to Tesla's work with harmonic
: resonance, Bell had on a guest who said he knew of a U.S.
: Government facility in Northern Alaska (I believe) that is
: doing work utilizing Tesla's principles to literally beam a
: harmonic resonance wave at an object, like a building (and
: it's contents) causing it to lose it's molecular cohesion,
: and it is reduced to a big pile of dust.

: Anyone catch the program and have any comments?

The project you are referring to is known as HAARP. There is
a book on it: 'Angels Don't Play This HAARP'.
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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:21 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (John Dooley Cradock)
Subject: Baygen Freeplay radio
Message-ID: <dooley-1803960918230001@10.0.2.15>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 14:18:23 GMT

There was a good deal of talk about the Baygen Freeplay wind-up radio here
toward the end of 1995, and then there was a write-up on it in the 1996
WRTH. I'd like to get one of these radios ... is there any US distributor
for these yet?

--
John Dooley Cradock ... [e-mail]
HERMENAUT: The Digest of Heady Philosophy
Boston, Massachusetts, USA


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:22 1996
From: "J. Guy Stalnaker" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC and VOA summer 96 schedules???
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 21:25:13 -0600
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960310111352.14934B-100000@itsop2> <4hvn76$[e-mail]>

> "Daniel (Doni) Rosenzweig" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> >Are the BBC and VOA summer 96 schedules avialable yet? I especially want
> >the MW aimed to the Middle East schedule as I'm going to Israel in three
> >weeks (right at the start of the Summer schedules!). Thanks alot.
>
> Neither is yet available.  The final coordination was completed last
> week in London.  There remains, however, both at IBB and BBC,  a great
> deal of work to do before a final schedule can be extracted from the
> databases.

Hi all,

As a newbie to the shortwave radio (bought my ICF2010 a few month ago), I have

found much of interest on this newsgroup, in the Passport Guide, and the many
Web
pages folks have made available.  The post quoted above touches on an issue I'
ve
yet to read anything about.  What is the "final coordination" spoken of in thi
s
post and "extraction from the databases"?  I assume that this touches on the
process by which authorized broadcasting entities are allowed to broadcast at
specific times at specified frequencies.  What exactly is this process and who

coordinates it?

Thanks for any information.

Guy Stalnaker


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:23 1996
From: [e-mail] (Palmer T. Davis)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC on 540 KHZ near Pittsburgh?
Date: 14 Mar 1996 23:55:26 GMT
Message-ID: <4iable$[e-mail]>
References: <4hnk8s$[e-mail]> <4hoqih$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Palmer T. Davis)


>> It's via Canadian B.C. rebroadcasting SW programs overnight.  Maybe wait
>> to the top of the hour for an I.D.?
>
>I've also wondered about this station. I've listened to it every time I go
>home to visit my family, but I've never heard it identify itself. It does
>seem to be located somewhere in the southwest corner of Pennsylvania.

The station is WWCS AM 540.  Interestingly enough, there was an editorial
in today's _Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette_ decrying the recent cutbacks at
BBCWS and citing WWCS's rebroadcast of their programming.  Good to see
SWL coverage in mainstream media....

--
Palmer Davis    ___
<[e-mail]>   \X/   Vivo simpligxus se oni povus legi la fontan kodon....


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:24 1996
From: Ray Woodward <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BBC radio Three 24 hours
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 18:11:30 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Though not exactly short wave related, I notice a report on the Radio
Magazine homepage that BBC Radio Three [FM in the UK and across Europe
via the Astra satellite system] is apparently to go over to broadcasting
24 hours a day from the begining of April.

--

Ray


       /////\\
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 ++++ My WWW page: http://homepages.enterprise.net/raywoodward/ ++++
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                       [[e-mail]]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:25 1996
From: [e-mail] (Colin Mahoney)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC Waveguide to end
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 11:28:21 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4gkd7j$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <G$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

On Fri, 8 Mar 1996 09:53:45 +0000, Colin M Wilding
<[e-mail]> wrote:
[...]
>>>In article <[e-mail]>, Colin Mahoney
>>><[e-mail]> writes
>>>>"Mark J. Fine" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>[...]
>>>>|
>>>>|One has to wonder how their listenership skyrocketed to 144M.  Are they
>>>>|giving us the real poop here?
>>>>
>>>>One is tempted ot conclude that most of the world *like* listening to
>>>>crass trivia and poppy nonsense. But no, it couldn't be that bad....
>>>>could it?
>>>>

[...]

>
>You are, of course, welcome to hold and express your opinions on the
>programmes you listen to.  But before you make broad inferences about
>the likely opinions of the rest of our listeners you might like to think
>about the programmes *they* hear.  In your list above you make no
>mention of news and current affairs programmes, which make up a large
>part of our output and are of tremendous importance to our listeners.
>Are you writing these off as 'crass trivia and poppy nonsense' too?.

Read my original comment again. Especially the second part.

I would have thought you would have been capable of concluding, from
the hours I gave for which I actually listen to the BBC, that I do
actually like a large part of the programming - why else would I spend
so much time listening?

What I have complained about here is a *tendency*, in my opinion,
towards trivialisation. I accept that there are, and always have been,
programmes that I don't like, and I have no complaints about the
existence of such programmes. I am only worried that the number of
such programmes is increasing.

[...]
---------------------------------------
Colin Mahoney ( [e-mail] )
Sabadell, Spain
---------------------------------------


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:26 1996
From: [e-mail] (Kauto Huopio)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC World Service to "split"
Date: 18 Mar 1996 16:14:19 +0200
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <HCvb$BACJ$[e-mail]> <4hqda4$[e-mail]>

One suggestion:

Could BBC WS have one SW-frequency in Europe active throught the night?
Something like 6195 to be active until 9410 is powered up?

--kauto
--
*********************** Kauto Huopio ([e-mail]) ******************
*Mail: Kauto Huopio, Laserkatu 3 CD 363, FIN-53850 Lappeenranta, Finland    *
*****************************************************************************


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:27 1996
From: Rolfe Tessem <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: beveridge antenna plans
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 08:57:44 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i9v97$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

Rolfe Tessem wrote:
>
> Exiled on Main Street wrote:
> >
> > Hello all...
> >
> > I am interested in setting up a beveridge antenna and I need some
> > guidance. Namely, I need directions. How do I go about constructing a
> > balun for it? Any tips you care to pass along to the newbie? Please email
> > me in reply. Thanx! -Tim
>
> If you want to know all the gory details, order "Antennas and Techniques
> for Low-Band DXing" from the ARRL or other ham/swl book supplier. If you
> just want the balun without the construction hassle, order one from Cable
> X-Perts Inc. at [phone]. Ask for I.C.E. model #180A. They go for
> $39.00 for quantity one, $35.00 per for two or more. They have impedence
> taps at 300, 450, 600 and 800 ohms and come in a nice case suitable for
> outdoor use.

A small correction to my own post -- it is of course not a balun but an unun,
since the Beverage is an unbalanced antenna.

--
Rolfe Tessem      |    Lucky Duck Productions, Inc.
[e-mail]     |    96 Morton Street
[phone]    |    New York, NY 10014


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:28 1996
From: [e-mail] (Exiled on Main Street)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: beveridge antenna plans
Date: 14 Mar 1996 20:24:07 GMT
Message-ID: <4i9v97$[e-mail]>

Hello all...

I am interested in setting up a beveridge antenna and I need some
guidance. Namely, I need directions. How do I go about constructing a
balun for it? Any tips you care to pass along to the newbie? Please email
me in reply. Thanx! -Tim



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:29 1996
From: [e-mail] (Robert Wood)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: BEWARE OF DEALING WITH DERRICK HALL, SEAT
Date: 13 Mar 1996 06:00:14 GMT
Message-ID: <4i5o9e$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail] <4gks9a$[e-mail]> <4gon7k$[e-mail]> <4hnu68$fd3@nnt <[e-mail]> <4i2i4e$[e-mail]>

Doug ([e-mail]) wrote:


: Nope, not mail fraud when using a common carrier, ie UPS/FEDEX.

: Recommend you contact them...last time I had a problem, UPS had an investiga
tor
: at the house the next day

: Doug
This beats the US Post Office - hands down.  All I got from the
US mail was a nice form letter.  Basically stating we don't have time
for little problems.  73  Robert


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:32 1996
From: [e-mail] (Karl Shepard)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Broadcaster on 4845 at 1400-1500 UTC?
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 09:03:12
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

It sounded like India or maybe Malaysia.  I did not catch the id at the top of

the hour.  Anybody know who it was?  Passport to World Radio for 1996 did not
list it.

[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:33 1996
From: [e-mail] (Greg R. Broderick)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Buy a Home ...How to STOP this CRAP
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 96 05:20:23 GMT
Message-ID: <4i5lun$[e-mail]>
References: <4hrglv$[e-mail]> <4hrq0k$[e-mail]> <4hs468$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (David Feustel)
wrote:
:The DNS administrator for the poster of this message has
:received about 50 copies of the message (and counting)

As a matter of curiosity, which domain did you "mailbomb" David ?  Was it
adnc.com (the domain shown in the NNTP-posting host header), or ppp.com, the
(forged) email address shown in the From header.

I know, from postings in news.admin.net-abuse.misc, that this message did not
come from ppp.com, insofar as the sysadmin from that site posted a message to
that effect.

I've also found that one copy, including a politely worded complaint about the

user's actions, accomplishes quite a bit more than fifty copies - we're trying

to get the sysadmins pissed at the actions of the spammer, not our actions!
:-)

Cheers
Greg R. Broderick

--
============================================================================
Greg R. Broderick
[e-mail]                         Remember, Jesus loves you just the way you are,
[e-mail]                   but Cthulu thinks you need A-1 sauce.
[e-mail]
============================================================================


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:35 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Calling Monaco
Date: 18 Mar 1996 13:10:16 GMT
Message-ID: <4ijnbo$[e-mail]>
References: <4i1eho$[e-mail]>

Andy Sennitt ([e-mail]) wrote:

>I don't suppose many of you have reason to make phone calls to Monaco,
>but just for the record we received today the summer schedule of Trans
>World Radio which notes that as of *June 21 1996*, the internatioonal
>access code for Monaco will change from 33 to 377.
[Snip]

As it happens, I've just returned from a couple of days in
the South of France, passing through Monaco on Friday. (For
the record, I didn't break the bank at Monte-Carlo, nor did
they break mine -- although a cup of coffee and a map at
the railway station came to quite a tidy amount).

It's certainly an interesting place to take a radio, as
Mont Agel, the mountain above the town, bristles with
antenna towers, including one used to carry TV and FM
transmissions of French-based stations as well as
Radio/Tele Monte Carlo to the towns along the eastern
part of the Cote d'Azur.

Slightly lower down the hill is what appears to be the HF
site used by Trans-World Radio, mostly fairly modest
antennas for short-hop transmissions to Europe and North
Africa by the look of it. Anyway, if my map-reading is
correct, the HF site (like the high-power long & mediumwave
site at Roumoules) is actually situated on French
territory rather than within the boundaries of the
principality of Monaco, which only consists of a very
densely populated urban area along the coast. Still, at
around 1610 UTC the TWR transmissions in Hungarian and
Bulgarian in the 6 and 7 MHz bands were certainly putting
in very strong signals down by the harbour!

--
Alan Davies,
Cambridge, UK


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:36 1996
From: [e-mail] (Ninety999)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Darwin Radio
Date: 16 Mar 1996 00:53:43 -0500
Message-ID: <4idl17$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Ninety999)

 A friend intercepted a broadcast ID'd as Darwin Radio using the call
letters VID on 8.749 USB. He would like to know this stations location and
QSO address. Any other info would be appreciated.

 Please e-mail any replies to :

 [e-mail]

 Thanks,

 Joe King


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:37 1996
From: [e-mail] (Al Friedrich)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: DC 777 - help with error message
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 03:00:47 GMT
Message-ID: <4iamk2$[e-mail]>
References: <4i027t$[e-mail]> <4i7ucn$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Guy Atkins <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Ken, it sounds like the receiver wants you to input the security code
>before it will turn on. Check your manual, and the code which should have
>come with your radio. Without the inputting the code you will never get
>the radio to power up.

I don't think that is the problem.  It seems to me that the message is
just "CODE" when you need to enter the code.

I had a problem with mine after the car was serviced and the battery
was disconnected momentarily to reset the car's computer.  My symptom
was that the DC 777's display was just blank, no audio.  It was fixed
by disconnecting the battery for a few seconds.  Then the "CODE"
message came up.  After entering the code all was back to normal.

Hope this helps.  Good luck.



--
Al Friedrich   Raleigh, NC, USA



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:38 1996
From: Guy Atkins <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: DC 777 - help with error message
Date: 14 Mar 1996 01:56:39 GMT
Message-ID: <4i7ucn$[e-mail]>
References: <4i027t$[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

Ken, it sounds like the receiver wants you to input the security code
before it will turn on. Check your manual, and the code which should have
come with your radio. Without the inputting the code you will never get
the radio to power up.

Guy


 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      I'm not DXing... I'm raising my static tolerance threshold
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
           Fling ASCII text to: [e-mail]




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:39 1996
From: LeRoy Long <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: DC777
Date: 16 Mar 1996 18:03:50 GMT
Message-ID: <4ievq6$[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

I remember a couple of years ago reading in Monitoring Times (?) about
people having problems with the DC777 when they power up and subsequent
weird displays. Perhaps you could try their website and ask. I can't find
anything in the manual about an ERR message. LeRoy Long



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:40 1996
From: Dan Phillips <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Distant Listener - Marconi's early days
Date: 17 Mar 1996 15:17:06 GMT
Message-ID: <4ihadi$[e-mail]>

The Distant Listener tells the story of Marconi's early days of
transmitting signals from Cape Cod to England. See:

http://edge.edge.net/~dphillip/DistantListener.html




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:41 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 19:00:02 -0500
Reply-To: "Mark J. Fine" <[e-mail]>
From: "Mark J. Fine" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Drake R8 mail List

Paul Kilbourne wrote:
> How do I subscribe to the Drake R8 mail list. Any help would be most welcome
.

Send a "subscribe me" message to Mik Butler (the listmaster) at:
  [e-mail]

That should do it.

73,

[ Mark J. Fine -- FineWare * Smart R8 Control * TTY Reader ]
[   11252 Cardinal Drive   *     SWBC Interval Signals     ]
[ Remington, VA 22734-2032 *      Smart Audio Control      ]
[ United States of America * ---- [e-mail] ---- ]
[       3834N 07751W       * ----- [e-mail] ----- ]
[     On Line Now --- http://www.crosslink.net/~mfine/     ]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:42 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 16:35:01 -0500
Reply-To: "Mark J. Fine" <[e-mail]>
From: "Mark J. Fine" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Drake R8A Computer Control Program???

Dave Krenitsky wrote:
> From where can I get this?  I tried http://www.lifestat.net/~mfine/
> but my proxy server can't find that address.

Dave,
Thanks for asking about Smart R8 Control.  Lifestat went "tits up" a
couple of months ago.  I have since moved over to Crosslink.  There are
still a few "bad" links out there.  The new address is in my sig.

73,

[ Mark J. Fine -- FineWare * Smart R8 Control * TTY Reader ]
[   11252 Cardinal Drive   *     SWBC Interval Signals     ]
[ Remington, VA 22734-2032 *      Smart Audio Control      ]
[ United States of America * ---- [e-mail] ---- ]
[       3834N 07751W       * ----- [e-mail] ----- ]
[     On Line Now --- http://www.crosslink.net/~mfine/     ]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:43 1996
From: [e-mail] (Terry Pridgen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Drake SPR-4 Rcvr
Date: 17 Mar 1996 17:38:42 GMT
Message-ID: <4ihin2$[e-mail]>

Need a copy of the operator manual for the Drake SPR-4 receiver and any
info on the performance of this radio. Please respond to my Email address.
Terry
[e-mail]

--




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:43 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gerard Foley)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: DX Definition Query
Date: 14 Mar 1996 23:46:52 -0500
Message-ID: <4iasns$[e-mail]>
References: <4h8pdr$[e-mail]> <4h9uhd$[e-mail]> <4hcm1t$[e-mail]> <4ialm8$[e-mail]>

Dennis ([e-mail]) wrote:
: AC6V <[e-mail]> wrote:
<snip>
: >>
: >>DX -- distance  On page 835.

   Since one of the strongest and most reliable SW signals in Eastern
North America is Radio Australia on 9580 KHz in the mornings(EST),
one of the most distant places on the earth we can find, both SWL's
and hams have had to confess that DX means something that is hard to
hear or work.

Gerry K8EF



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:44 1996
From: [e-mail] (Ircacpc)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: DX test Results
Date: 14 Mar 1996 19:56:06 -0500
Message-ID: <4iaf76$[e-mail]>

Here's the results I've received so far of the most recent DX tests:

KMA-960 Shenandoah, IA tested 3/9/96 from 2:30-3:00 am EST:

Mike Hardester in Jacksonville, NC reports no success in hearing this
test, as does Park Barton in Tuscaloosa, AL and Bill McClintock in
Minneapolis, MN.

WTCH-960 Shawano, WI tested 3/9/96 from 4:00-4:30 am EST:

Same results as above. No one reported having any luck in hearing this
test, either!

WWCN-770 Estero, FL tested 3/10/96 from 3:00-4:00 am EST:

This test was heard in Riverside Beach(Wellington), NEW ZEALAND by Andy
Gardner using a Drake R8A! Also, here in the US, Park Barton in
Tuscaloosa, AL, heard the test, tho Bill McClintock in Minneapolis, MN,
reports no success.

WCMB-1460 Harrisburg, PA tested 3/11/96 from 12:30-1:00 am EST:

Looks like this one was heard well - I heard them here in Huntsville,
AL, as did Park Barton in Tuscaloosa, AL, and Bill McClintock in
Minneapolis, MN.

KNOR-1400 Norman, OK tested 3/11/96 from 1:00-2:00 am EST:

Park Barton in Tuscaloosa, AL reports hearing this one, tho it wasn't
audible here in Huntsville, AL, and Bill McClintock wasn't able to hear
them in Minneapolis, MN, either.

KLVI-560 Beaumont, TX tested 3/11/96 from 2:30-3:00 am EST:

This test was heard by Park Barton in Tuscaloosa, AL, and Rusty in Hilo,
HI. Bill McClintock in Minneapolis, MN reports he had no success in
hearing it.

That's all for now...

Lynn.
([e-mail])


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:46 1996
From: Christopher Golash <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: DX-390
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 21:28:48 -0600
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Ryan, Jeffrey W. wrote:
>
> Is there anyone else on this list who owns a Realistic DX-390? If so, what
> are your impressions of it?
>
> ==========================================================
> ====If you need paid interns in management, please contact me!====
> ==========================================================
>  ***************************************************************************
>  Jeff Ryan - [e-mail] - http://www.ccil.org/~jryan
>  301 Killinger Hall, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383-8103
>  Tel. & Fax: [phone] - Ham Call: N3VMH - Steve Forbes in '96!Loved mi
ne until it died from a static discharge...I'm MUCH happier with my
old Hallicrafters sx-130...


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:47 1996
From: John Lloyd KE4UTX <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: DX-390
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:29:07 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
To: "Ryan, Jeffrey W." <[e-mail]>

Hello,
        You can find some reviews of Shortwave Radios that I collected
from this group at the following URL:

http://www.vectorbd.com/sw_review.html

I hope this is helpful

John


--
John Lloyd
Email - [e-mail]
Phone - 919-254-8021
Radio - --... ...--    -.. .   -.- . ....- ..- - -..-


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:47 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (John-Lee Pratt Holmes)
Subject: DX-392 inquiry
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 00:22:05 GMT

I have an opportunity to buy a used Radio Shack DX-392 for
$159.  Is it worth the purchase at that price (list is at RS's
typically inflated $259.99 in their 1995 catalog) or should I
wait until I can afford a Grundig at a somewhat higher price?
  Thanks

--

                _____________________
                John Lee Pratt Holmes
                Department of Government


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:48 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gerard Foley)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: DX/Local switch on ICF-SW7600G
Date: 14 Mar 1996 10:46:55 -0500
Message-ID: <4i9f1f$[e-mail]>
References: <4hlj06$[e-mail]>

Neoh Khoon Lye ([e-mail]) wrote:
: For those who are familiar with this radio or has a radio with a
: similar switch.

: Do you know...


: Technically, what does this switch do? The manual basically
: says...."if one way no good...flick it the other way...  " with no
: explaination of what that switch is?

: TIA

   These switches reduce the sensitivity in the local position, in
the hope that overloading by strong signals will be avoided..  Some may
do it by switching an attentuator in or out of the circuit, others
by bypassing or readjusting an amplifier.


Gerry K8EF




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:50 1996
From: [e-mail] (Anderj1)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: dx392 scanning different bands
Date: 17 Mar 1996 19:31:36 -0500
Message-ID: <4iiat8$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Anderj1)

Is there any way to use the auto scan to search all available frequencies.
 Now it will scan one band only unless you manually advance it to the next
one.  Any mods possible?
James.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:51 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 23:14:00 PST
Reply-To: Walter Volodya Salmaniw <[e-mail]>
From: Walter Volodya Salmaniw <[e-mail]>
Subject: FIRE AT UKRAINIAN RADIO AND TV

|
FIRE AT UKRAINIAN RADIO, TV. Ukrainian Radio and TV's main programs went off
the air for several hours March 9 as a result of a fire in the main studio
in downtown Kiev. The fire broke out in the radio's control room and damaged
four floors of the building before being put out without casualties.
(Interfax-Ukraine, western agencies, March 9 & 10)


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:52 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 23:14:00 PST
Reply-To: Walter Volodya Salmaniw <[e-mail]>
From: Walter Volodya Salmaniw <[e-mail]>
Subject: FIRE AT UKRAINIAN RADIO AND TV (version 2)

|
Here is another version of the story garnered from OMRI, previously RFE/RL
Research.  I wonder if anyone knows how Radio Ukraine has been affected.


FIRE DAMAGES UKRAINIAN TV, RADIO STUDIOS. A fire destroyed three floors
of Ukrainian State TV and Radio's main broadcasting facility on 10
March, international and Ukrainian agencies reported. Programming was
disrupted, but no one was injured. The cause of the blaze remains
undetermined. Management said the fire caused damage totaling millions
of dollars and destroyed the company's main TV and radio studios.
Broadcasts resumed the next day from reserve studios. The government has
set up a special commission to investigate the cause of the fire. --
Chrystyna Lapychak

  Volodya (Walter) Salmaniw, [e-mail]
    from beautiful Victoria, B.C., Canada.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:53 1996
From: [e-mail] (Morrison Hoyle)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: FM SCA Channels
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 08:15:35 GMT
Message-ID: <4ib5k0$[e-mail]>
References: <4bftv9$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Michael Rivkin) wrote:

>Does anyone have any experience with the reception of sub-carrier audio
>signals on FM.
>I just purchased a modified GE Super Radio 3 and the reception of these
>signals is really fantastic.
Yes, I have a modified Sangean ATS803A (by FM Atlas of Esko,MN) and I have
constructed two sub-carrier adaptors of different designs, one of which is
now fitted into an el cheapo Sanyo 3 in 1 unit.  They both work reasonably
well but you need to be fairly close to the transmitter to get clear audio.
The range is much less than it is for the main modulation.

I have a GE Super Radio III and have another decoder but despite having a
circuit diagram for the radio I have been unable to work out how to tap
into the radio to make it work.  If Mike Rivkin or anyone else can give me
some tips I would really be grateful.

In the Melbourne area we have the BBC World Service as a sub-carrier on
3ZZZ-FM on 92.3 Mhz but apart from some "muzak" and supermarket chain
stuff, there isn't much else on sub-carriers.

As I live 170 km from Melbourne, I don't have really good SCA reception so
I am really keen to modify the GE SR III as it is much more sensitive than
the other radios I have.

Kits are available in Australia to build two different SCA decoder designs
which come with reprints of the articles from the two local electronics
magazines describing how to build, tune and fit them.  The latter is fine
if you have the monolithic standard chips in the radios but the GE SR III
is mostly discrete components, built in China and the possiblities for
tapping into the circuit are a bit bewildering.

Any helpful info would be much appreciated.

Morrison Hoyle
                       [e-mail]
     Morrison Hoyle, P.O.Box 248, Foster, Vic. 3960, Australia
     Packet Radio Address        VK3BCY@VK3KSD.#MEL.VIC.AUS.OC



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:54 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Evans)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: For sale in the UK:Sony ICF SW1 S/W radio.
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 23:01:09 GMT
Message-ID: <4ii5ft$[e-mail]>

Mail me if you're interested, I'll start bidding at 70 UKP.



-----------
Steve Evans
[e-mail]
http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~s-evans



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:55 1996
From: Dave Bremer <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: FR-146 FM Receiver Kit
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 14:20:55 -0600
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

My partner and I are using the Ramsey FR-146 2-Meter FM receiver kit to
receive data broadcast at a frequency of 155.445 MHz.  The data is sent
with a 6 second delay between each new message.  We are having trouble
squelching out the noise during the 6 second delay period.  The squelch
seems to either cut out nothing or it cuts out everything including the
data being broadcast.  If anyone has any information regarding this kit
or where we could receive help, we would appreciate hearing about it.
Please e-mail any comments or suggestions.

Thanks.

Dave Bremer
St. Cloud State University
Electrical Engineering
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:57 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Simon Collings)
From: [e-mail] (Simon Collings)
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 20:24:35 GMT
Subject: Re: Frog Seven rediscovered


In article <[e-mail]>, Mike Owyang ([e-mail]
) writes:
>Over the years, most of my radio time (and money) has been spent listening
>above 30MHz, but I've had spurts of SWLing (never too serious
>though).Years ago, during one of those spurts, I bought a Yaesu FRG-7.
>When I moved out of my parents house, the FRG-7 was stored away and
>forgotten. Recently, during a major bout of house cleaning my mom
>uncovered the long lost "Frog Seven". Of course, she insisted that I take
>it off her hands, and I was only too happy to oblige.
>
>It now resides up on the shelf towering above my PRO-2006, PRO-43, BC250
>and a Sony ICF-2002 (purchased during a minor spurt) and works as well as
>it did before it was stashed away. Dialing across the bands without a
>digital display has sort of a "retro" appeal (and I guess "retro" is in
>these days). I suspect it will still serve well enough for casual SWL use,
>and was just wondering if the ol' frog is worth hanging on to. Thanks!
>
>--
>Mike Owyang
>[e-mail]
>

It certainly is - the FRG-7 is a classic!

I got mine out of the loft a while back and it just needed some
elementary repairs to get it going.  I modified mine for NBFM and
even have a digital display for it somewhere (I didn't have the
heart to remove the lovely mechanical tuning drive).

This radio compares well in performance with modest moden radios
such as mid-range portables.  The FRG-7's strengths are that the
preselector improves dynamic range for signals a few 100 kHz away
and the AM detector has a *very* low distortion level compared
with modern all-singing-all-dancing models.

Your FRG-7 will be great for broadcast listening, but somewhat
outclassed for utility listening these days.

Simon

--
Simon Collings, G4SGI
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND
http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/~g4sgi/





From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:26:58 1996
From: [e-mail] (Ed Ganger)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Frog Seven rediscovered
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 05:01:09 -0400
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Mike Owyang)
 writes:
>it did before it was stashed away. Dialing across the bands without a
>digital display has sort of a "retro" appeal (and I guess "retro" is in
>these days). I suspect it will still serve well enough for casual SWL use,
>and was just wondering if the ol' frog is worth hanging on to. Thanks!

I have a frog-7 and it has been my "main" receiver for about 20 years. It
is remarkably accurate and stable for an analog receiver; when it was new
it was novel indeed to be able to figure out the real frequency of a
SWBC station from the dial ...

I still use the FRG7 for SWL on the international BC bands; its major
fault is a lack of SSB filters. It has a single 6KHz ceramic filter
for all modes.

BTW, if you decide that you do not want to keep it, send Email to
me first!

Regards,
Ed KB4ORA


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:01 1996
From: "John S. Grimmett" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Frog Seven rediscovered
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 03:10:05 +0000
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Simon Collings wrote:
>
>
> In article <[e-mail]>, Mike Owyang (mwmic@value.n
et) writes:
> > I suspect [the FRG-7] will still serve well enough for casual SWL use,
> >and was just wondering if the ol' frog is worth hanging on to.
> >
>
> It certainly is - the FRG-7 is a classic!
>
> This radio compares well in performance with modest moden radios
> such as mid-range portables.  The FRG-7's strengths are that the
> preselector improves dynamic range for signals a few 100 kHz away
> and the AM detector has a *very* low distortion level compared
> with modern all-singing-all-dancing models.
>
> Your FRG-7 will be great for broadcast listening, but somewhat
> outclassed for utility listening these days.
>
> Simon
>

I ditto all of that. I started using an FRG-7 back in 1982
(I believe that was the year its production was
discontinued). It has never, ever, once stopped working in
any way.

However, after I bought a Sony ICF-7600, I was a little
disappointed the my faithful FRG-7 wasn't pulling in
anything more than the Sony. It wasn't necessarily any
worse, but it was just mediocre. My FRG-7 is sitting in
semi-retirement, but I may bring it out again soon just to
compare again.

Now I'm using a Sangean ATS808, and I'm missing several
features and pleasures found in the FRG-7, like SSB and,
more apparently, good audio. I started using portables
because I needed lightness and compactness, and I like
digital readouts; but in terms of sensitivity and
selectivity, the best portables today are still no better
than the old FRG-7.

73s

John Grimmett
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:02 1996
From: Richard Long Island NY <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Super Radio Where to buy?
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 22:32:08 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <314c7580.670041@199.3.25.5>
To: Gilbert Baron <[e-mail]>

> ... Where would one look, who has it by
> mail, what magazine would advertise it?

.........
look here  http://www.gilfer.com/ge.htm

--
[e-mail]
http://www.i2.i-2000.com/~ru/


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:03 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gilbert Baron)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: GE Super Radio Where to buy?
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 20:29:23 GMT
Message-ID: <314c7580.670041@199.3.25.5>

I have been seeing so many posts about how good and reasonably priced
this radio is. I don't know how anyone knows. I don't think there is a
store in Minnesota that sells it. Where would one look, who has it by
mail, what magazine would advertise it? I am into Ham Radio but none
of the ham radio magazines mention it at all. Is this just a basic
radio or does it at least have clock functions too. About what size is
it. Does it also work on batteries? Thanks in advance for any
information.
_
Gil Baron W0MN [e-mail] Web http://www.isl.net/~gbaron
"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 .99d. For info, email [e-mail].]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:04 1996
From: [e-mail] (David Moisan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Super Radio Where to buy?
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 13:43:53 GMT
Message-ID: <4imdmm$[e-mail]>
References: <314c7580.670041@199.3.25.5> <4il6kt$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

"Mark Herson, N2MH" <[e-mail]> wrote:


>>Does it also work on batteries?

>Yes, it does (batteries not included) but a wall transformer for 110
>volts is included.

Clarification:  The SR doesn't use a wall wart, but instead has the AC
power supply in the radio, like many of GE's other radios.

It's an important point because several people have asked about
running the SR off a cigarette lighter plug or using it in foreign
countries (non-110V), neither of which are possible in an SR without
modifications.

Dave

| David Moisan, N1KGH                 [e-mail]             |
| 86 Essex #204                       [e-mail]               |
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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:06 1996
From: [e-mail] (Lou Schneider)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Super Radio Where to buy?
Date: 19 Mar 1996 08:48:32 -0800
Message-ID: <4imoh0$[e-mail]>
References: <314c7580.670041@199.3.25.5> <[e-mail]>

John ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Bennett Bros. (800-621-2626) has it for $35. No clock, but works on batterie
s.

Be glad you aren't in Australia.  I visited there a couple of months ago,
and the only place I saw the SRIII was in the Dick Smith Electronics
store (a chain similar to Radio Shack).  It was in the locked case next
to the Sony and Blaupunkt all-banders, available for the bargain price of
$150 (about $120US).

Lou Schneider
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:06 1996
From: Richard Larson <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Super Radio Where to buy?
Date: 18 Mar 1996 03:01:40 GMT
Message-ID: <4iijmk$[e-mail]>
References: <314c7580.670041@199.3.25.5> <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

In the Twin Cities area I've seen it at Kmart and Best Buy. The latter
was cheaper, so that's where I got mine. It runs of AC and Batteries, D
cells, I think.



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:07 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: re: GE Superadio III vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 20:32:52 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i59sv$[e-mail]>

In article <4i59sv$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Pyewacket1)
writes:

>     I'm really surprised to hear that.  I'm not an expert on this radio,
>     but I thought the SRII was every bit as much radio as the SRIII.
>     Maybe your radio was broke or not aligned properly?

Hi Kevin (and thanks, Lynn!),

I guess my original message wasn't clear...when I said the SRII "didn't make
the trip", I meant *literally*...I moved from Northeast Ohio to Sacramento, CA

in 1992 and wasn't able to take the SRII along with me.

The SRII was a fine radio...we have one in the KFBK newsroom as well, and I
think you'll find a lot of radio-heads own them.  Since the SRII I had in NE
Ohio is long gone, and they don't make the II anymore, I had to buy a III and
I'm just as happy with it as I was with the II.

Mike




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:08 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Julian Macassey)
Subject: Re: GE Superadio III vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i59sv$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4iii9l$[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 10:56:25 GMT

In article <4iii9l$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Cl
iff Kinzel) writes:
> I have a 10 year old Proton 320 clock radio that is almost the equal
>of the SR III.  It's analogue dial is dead accurate.

        I have that Proton radio, I also have six SR IIs. THe Proton
cost $100.00 I paid much less for the SR II. I bought one at a garage
sale for $10.00

        But the Proton is a great radio, that's why I bought it.

>  Does anyone
>know if Proton still makes AM/FM radios?

        As far as I know, they do.


--
Julian Macassey, N6ARE  [e-mail] Voice: [phone]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:09 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gilbert Baron)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Superadio III vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Date: 19 Mar 1996 15:05:41 GMT
Message-ID: <4imig5$[e-mail]>
References: <4i59sv$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4iii9l$[e-mail]> <4ijvl9$[e-mail]>

Thanks for the post of the url for a FAQ. I can't remember the message
but find the message here that talks of a FAQ for the Super Radio. It has
everything you want to know at a web site. One caution, don't open the
radio without being VERY careful of the power switch. It is VERY fragile.


Gilbert Baron ([e-mail]) wrote:
: I assume the radio does cover the new protion of the band. Is that true?
: The SuperRadio goes up through the 1700Khz frequency?

: Cliff Kinzel ([e-mail]) wrote:
: :  I have a 10 year old Proton 320 clock radio that is almost the equal
: : of the SR III.  It's analogue dial is dead accurate.  Does anyone
: : C
: : know if Proton still makes AM/FM radios?  Cliff

: --
: Gil Baron [e-mail]  Web http://www.isl.net/~gbaron
: "Bailar es vivir" pgp2.6 key upon request
: Cuatro caminos hay en mi vida. Cual de los cuatro sera el mejor?


--
Gil Baron [e-mail]  Web http://www.isl.net/~gbaron
"Bailar es vivir" pgp2.6 key upon request
Cuatro caminos hay en mi vida. Cual de los cuatro sera el mejor?



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:10 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gilbert Baron)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Superadio III vs. YB 400 for MW reception?
Date: 18 Mar 1996 15:31:53 GMT
Message-ID: <4ijvl9$[e-mail]>
References: <4i59sv$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4iii9l$[e-mail]>

I assume the radio does cover the new protion of the band. Is that true?
The SuperRadio goes up through the 1700Khz frequency?

Cliff Kinzel ([e-mail]) wrote:
:  I have a 10 year old Proton 320 clock radio that is almost the equal
: of the SR III.  It's analogue dial is dead accurate.  Does anyone
: C
: know if Proton still makes AM/FM radios?  Cliff

--
Gil Baron [e-mail]  Web http://www.isl.net/~gbaron
"Bailar es vivir" pgp2.6 key upon request
Cuatro caminos hay en mi vida. Cual de los cuatro sera el mejor?



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:11 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Weihman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Great radio web page - what does it all mean?
Date: 18 Mar 1996 22:57:24 GMT
Message-ID: <4ikpok$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

: What's an augmented pattern (the only other kind I see is "Standard")?
: What's electrical height? Spacing? Orientation? Top loaded? Does this data
: show what direction the station broadcasts in?

Just a guess...

Electrical height is the antenna height in wavelengths (a"quarter
wave" antenna would have an electrical height of 90 degrees).

Spacing is also in wavelengths, one tower to another.
Orientation is in degrees of azimuth (compass bearing) from the
previous tower.  These two bits of data allow you to plot the tower
positions relative to true North.

Top loaded means the tower has some mechanism near the top to make the
tower's electrical height greater than its physical height. (135
degrees at 740kHz is ~235 feet: kinda tall.)

You can, with some vector algebra, use this info to predict
directionality but it might not be real easy for more than two
antennas.  Also, they don't tell whether the antennas are all fed in
phase or if there is phasing (which would change the electrical
spacing of the towers).

What I don't know is the meaning of the "RMS" and "Antenna" codes.

-mike
________________________________________________________________________
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Hewlett-Packard Co.              | H-P Chemical/Medical Response Teams
Microwave Instruments Division   |
1212 Valley House Drive          | Firefighter/EMT-D
Rohnert Park, CA 94928  USA      | Rancho Adobe Fire Protection District
[phone]                   | Penngrove, California
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________________________________________________________________________


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:13 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jack Larsson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: GSM
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 96 23:01:00 +0100
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

 Hej Lennart, du frσgade efter GSM filer i FinDX BBS, har hittat
 en sσdan i en annan BBS hΣr i Finland, du kan ringa upp och checka
 om du redan har filen!
 Sorry om du pr÷vat ringa, bbs:en har inte svarat pσ nσgra dagar,
 har Σndrat BBS programmet, dΣrf÷r st÷rningarna i svarandet, nu
 borde allt funka igen!

  FinDX BBS, Sysopen!







From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:14 1996
From: [e-mail] (Keith)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: HAARP on Ham Radio & More Show
Date: 13 Mar 1996 21:42:27 GMT
Message-ID: <4i7fg3$[e-mail]>
References: <4i1fvh$[e-mail]>

In article <4i1fvh$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>
>Steve Elswork of Exotic Research will be the guest this Sunday,
3/17/96, on
>the Ham Radio & More Show. Steve will discuss the HAARP project in
Alaska;
>it's publically announced intentions, and Steve's personal beliefs.
Check out
>the HAARP home page on the net for more info.
>The show can be heard via shortwave on WWCR, 5.065, Sunday at 6:00pm
ET,
>2300utc.
>
I hope this is not another Richard Hoagland / Beggett trash express. I
have never seen so much BS regarding a project in my entire life.

Keith
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:14 1996
From: <Unknown> (Raymond Hoopes)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Ham Radio Equipment For Sale
Date: 14 Mar 1996 01:06:57 GMT
Message-ID: <4i7rfh$[e-mail]>

Yaesu FT-736R. Tranciever , 2 Meter + 70 CM ( 440 MHZ.)
Yeasu YS-500 SWR + Power meter
Yaesu Dynamic Mic.
Cushcraft A430-11 70 CM. FM YAGI Ant.
Cushcraft A144-11 2 Meter YAGI Ant.
Alliance Heavy Duty Rotator Dual Speed


$2000.00 or best offer.


E-Mail [e-mail] or [e-mail]
Phone Number 716-973-3431 ask for Ray Sr.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:15 1996
From: [e-mail] (JCHol)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Ham Radio Online March 11th, 1996
Date: 15 Mar 1996 19:41:11 -0500
Message-ID: <4id2n7$[e-mail]>
References: <4hvrho$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (JCHol)

I have visited the site twice. Really enjoyed the article about launching
wires into trees.  Keep up the good work.

73 de John, WA5TWL


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:17 1996
From: [e-mail](Brian Carling,AF4K)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Ham Station on SS383
Date: 16 Mar 1996 12:35:08 GMT
Message-ID: <4iechs$[e-mail]>
References: <4i86dg$[e-mail]>

On Mar 14, 1996 04:13:35 in article <Re: Ham Station on SS383>, 'T E I X E
I R A <[e-mail]>' wrote:


What the heck is "SS383" ????
AF4K

>If you hear WA6JVZ or any other station operating from SS383, send
>a report with time, date & freq.  They will send you a QSL. Their
>address is :
>
>Dennis Franklin WA6JVZ (or other operator)
>USS Pampanito, SS 383
>Pier 45, Shed A
>San Francisco, CA. 94133
>
>Don N6FNL
>
>
>
--
Bry in Gaithersburg, MD near DC
[e-mail]
Keep in touch!


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:18 1996
From: [e-mail](bumologist)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hate Monger Broadcasts?
Date: 16 Mar 1996 13:02:16 GMT
Message-ID: <4iee4o$[e-mail]>
References: <4idcfp$[e-mail]>

If you want to hear some VERY hateful hams,check out 3.950 LSB after 8pm
est or so.Lots of weirdos....
--

Bumologist....


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:18 1996
From: [e-mail] (john p. sumner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hate Monger Broadcasts?
Date: 16 Mar 1996 15:53:18 GMT
Message-ID: <4ieo5e$[e-mail]>
References: <4idcfp$[e-mail]> <4iee4o$[e-mail]>

bumologist ([e-mail]) wrote:
: If you want to hear some VERY hateful hams,check out 3.950 LSB after 8pm
: est or so.Lots of weirdos....
: --
:
: Bumologist....

 Or 3894.5 what a bunch of losers on there all of them, why has the fcc
 not yanked their lic. yet









John P. Sumner
[e-mail]
Shortwave lives
please dont let it
die.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:19 1996
From: [e-mail] (NiteCapt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Hate Monger Broadcasts?
Date: 16 Mar 1996 03:28:59 GMT
Message-ID: <4idcfp$[e-mail]>

I saw a special pertaining to hate monger broadcasts on USA network.
they talk about shortwave broadcast. (i.e. KKK, skinhead, American Nazi Party)
All I ever hear are religious broadcasts.....
I am curious (but not interested) in these broadcasts and would like to know
what frequencies they are on and when they are broadcast. I live in the
Northeast. Any suggestions?

Thanks


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:20 1996
From: [e-mail] (Glen L. Roberts)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hate Monger Broadcasts?
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 15:00:43 GMT
Message-ID: <4ip9tc$[e-mail]>
References: <4idcfp$[e-mail]> <4iee4o$[e-mail]> <4ieo5e$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (john p. sumner) wrote:

>bumologist ([e-mail]) wrote:
>: If you want to hear some VERY hateful hams,check out 3.950 LSB after 8pm
>: est or so.Lots of weirdos....
>: --
>:
>: Bumologist....

> Or 3894.5 what a bunch of losers on there all of them, why has the fcc
> not yanked their lic. yet
>
>


I HATE THE PHONE COMPANY... Listen to me bitch about it... and
monger my hate of them! Sundays at 8pm/est 5,065 khz, and eff
4/7/96, ALSO Sundays at 2pm/est 9,400 khz!

If you can get past my distaste of the phone company... you
might be amazed.. check it out...

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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:21 1996
From: [e-mail] (Rudolph)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hate Monger Broadcasts?
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 06:39:47 GMT
Message-ID: <4ilkub$[e-mail]>
References: <4idcfp$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (NiteCapt) wrote:

>I saw a special pertaining to hate monger broadcasts on USA network.
>they talk about shortwave broadcast. (i.e. KKK, skinhead, American Nazi Party
)
>All I ever hear are religious broadcasts.....
>I am curious (but not interested) in these broadcasts and would like to know
>what frequencies they are on and when they are broadcast. I live in the
>Northeast. Any suggestions?

>Thanks

I believe that they were talking about the normal every day broadcasts
of the conservative talk shows.




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:22 1996
From: [e-mail] (Calculus)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: HAWAII
Date: 14 Mar 1996 23:04:53 GMT
Message-ID: <4ia8ml$[e-mail]>
Keywords: Hawaii Shortwave
To: ALL

I am looking for any/all Hawaiian stations which might be heard in the Eastern

USofA.  Please list callsigns, freqs, and times (UTC or Eastern), THANKS!

//Calculus//
PS:is there a lookup-database available which could be checked ?
(Such as on the Web, etc)



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:23 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dennis)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Help: Collins' PROPMAN Data Display
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 04:38:54 GMT
Message-ID: <4iahn0$[e-mail]>

Re: Collins Propagation Manager V 3.1

My problem with this program is that after I download current
propagation data from SESC in Boulder via modem, I am unable to get
the data to display in the "Database" screen. The importance of
displaying the report in this screen is that it applies the info rec'd
against the two inputted locations of both the  xmitter and rec'vr.

The message that does appear on screen says:
"The report is corrupt, incomplete, or outdated.  The data can be
found in the file, sescdb.hf "

After opening this file in Word, I can then read the report; however
at this point it has not been applied to the recv'r/xmitter locales
where it shows if  the connecting path is currently affected.

I HAVE gotten this to display properly ONCE, but never again after
that. I have had no satisfaction from Collins, and at last attempt
they implied it may be related to modem speed. (which is 14.4)

I bought this software after seeing it advertised in Passport '95, and
am not sure if there is a newer version currently.
I would welcome anyone's help or opinion of the accuracy of this
product. I think it worked very well, barring this shortcoming.
Appreciate a remedy if there's one out there. Thanks.



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:25 1996
From: [e-mail] (Terry Fugate)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Help: Installing SW In Car
Date: 13 Mar 1996 15:59:37 GMT
Message-ID: <4i6rd9$[e-mail]>
References: <4ho3bp$[e-mail]> <4hqjo6$[e-mail]>

In article <4hqjo6$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Tom Lager) say
s:
>
>In article <4ho3bp$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>>
>>I'll be putting a DC777 into my vehicle. Any tips to minimize noise?
>>
>>Michael Simone
>>[e-mail]
>
>Just the usual:  Make sure that your spark plug wires are the
>resistance type.  Bond your hood to the frame, don't count on the
>hinges to do it.  For alternator whine, install a cap across the output
>of the alternator.  In extreme cases you may have to install sheilding
>on your spark plug wires and distributor cap.  If the radio is designed
>to be installed in an automobile, then you should not have too many
>problems.
>
>Tom Lager
>
When you bypass the alternator output, be sure to put a low wattage, low
ohm (I use 2ohm at 1/8 watt). in series with the capacitor.  If the
capacitor "shorts" with out the resistor, you can cook (read ruin, read
FLAMES) the alternator.  This happened on a car of mine.  With the
resitor there, it will burn open, you might be able to get a fuse to work,
but I kept pooping them (up to 15A).  A real old ARRL VHF mobile manual
suggested the series resistor to protect an early 1950's vintage
generator. It is also usefull to bypass the field windings. I use a 0.1
with a 2 ohm in series at the conector to the alternator.  If yours
has an internal regulator, it might be worth while to open the alternator
up and put a bypass resistor/capacitor at the slip rings.  Ferrite beads
can help for higher rf(about 25MHz and up).  I also had to bypass the
electronic fuel injectors.
And then after you get your car quite, you will get trashed by just about
every power line that you go under.  That short vertical antenna sure
"likes" QRN.
Then there was the time I had Radio Moscow on while in eastern Kentucky,
and got pulled over by the law.  He sure thought I was a spy or
something<g>........


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:25 1996
From: [e-mail] (Tom Butler)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Interference
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 21:09:17
Message-ID: <4ilfp4$[e-mail]>

     Hi all,

 I was given a Grundig Yacht Boy 305 a couple of days ago. I have been
enjoying it a great deal. My problem is interference caused by power lines
next to my house. Is there any way I can cut down on the interference? I'm
sorry if this is a stupid question, but this is my first shortwave radio.
                  Thanks



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:27 1996
From: [e-mail] (Peter Ungerboeck)
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Distribution: world
Subject: Re: Ireland on shortwave on St. Patrick's Day
Date: 17 Mar 1996 12:27:32 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I can hear the station here in New Delhi on 11715 since 1200 UTC. Signal is
fair  to poor.

Peter
_________________________________________

Hello Folks,

        I came across the following bulletin on the amateur radio packet
network which may be of interest:-

======================

From         : EI8HO
To           : SWL   @WW
Date/Time    : 11-Mar 19:27
Bid          : 11592_EI3FI
Title        : Irish Abroad

From: EI8HO@EI3FI.#SLIGO.IRL.EU
To  : SWL@WW

        Radio History in Ireland will be made on St Patrick's Day when
Mid-West Radio in County Mayo will broadcast on Shortwave in six
languages.

        Mid-West Radio has hired airtime on two English-based, 250kw
transmitters and will broadcast from 12 noon to 16:00 on 1171 kHz in the
following languages:- English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and
Irish, in that order.

        Starting at midnight, they will broadcast for two hours in
English on 7325 kHz aimed at North America. It is hoped to have a live
"Talk-TO-Ireland" phone-in during the second hour. Reception reports
will be acknowledged  by special QSL card and should be addressed to

Michael Commins, Murneen, Claremorris, Co.Mayo.

Telephone enquiries to Michael at 094-81531.

73s De Gerry EI8HO@EI3FI

========================

That is the message as received on packet, however I suspect that the
frequency of "1171" quoted above is not correct as of course that is in
the middle of the medium wave band!  I would guess it should be either
11,710 or 11,715 kHz.  -  Richard  (G3VGW @ GB7DBY)
--
Richard Buckby
Ambergate,
Derbyshire
England



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:28 1996
From: [e-mail] (DanDan2)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Ireland on shortwave on St. Patrick's Day
Date: 17 Mar 1996 11:07:20 -0500
Message-ID: <4ihdbo$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (DanDan2)

Great in ECNA from 1200-1600.  Gonna be on 41 meters tonite beamed to NA.
Strength good for African b/c however on 11715 at 1200-1600.

Dan Henderson


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:29 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bill Matthews)
Subject: RE: Ireland on shortwave on St. Patrick's Day
Date: 14 Mar 96 03:51:02 -0800
References: <[e-mail]>
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

Great news indeed!   I'm looking forward to tuning for this service.


Are you aware that the national radio, Radio Telefis
Eireann,broadcasts daily on shortwave through a relay agreement with
WWCR Radio in Nashville, Tennessee, USA?   The broadcasts are in
English and consist of a relay of the "News at Six" program.

The service currently airs from Monday through Friday from 1000 to
1030 UTC on 5065 kilohertz and on Saturdays and Sundays from 1100 to
1130 UTC on that same 5065 kilohertz frequency.

A repeat broadcast airs from Monday through Friday from 1930 to 2000
UTC on 12160; on Saturdays from 2000 to 2030 on 12160; and on Sundays
from 2100 to 2130 on 12160 kilohertz.

They welcome listeners comments, suggestions, and reception reports -
and the address is Radio Telefis Eireann, Donnybrook, Dublin 4,
Ireland



Bill Matthews
---------------------
[e-mail]
---------------------


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:31 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Ireland on SW
Date: 17 Mar 1996 17:11:27 GMT
Message-ID: <4ihh3v$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

They take this off the North American satellite feed of World Radio
Network. You can get further info at http://www.wrn.org or
[e-mail]. I've heard them just before Glen Hauser Saturday
morning, 1100 on 5065. I believe they are also on M-F around 1800 or so
on 12160 but I'm not sure about this one. WRN can be heard by the
Internet on Streamworks (www.xingtech.com) live or on RealAudio
(www.realaudio.com) on delay or download.

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] says...
>
> -=> Quoting [e-mail] to All <=-
>
> do> In a previous article, [e-mail] (Thomas Orga) says:
>
> >I was tuning through my old SEARS SW this AM and heard local Irish
news.
> >Intrigued, since there is no regular Irish shortwave broadcaster, I
came
> >to learn that WWCR re-broadcasts Irish Radio, which is part of
something
> >called "Worldwide Radio International". This all took place at
0500UTC on
> >5935 kHz, WWCR. Check it out.
>
>        It'd be interesting to know the arrangement between WWCR and
>        Irish Radio. I know WWCR sells a lot of time to virtually any
>        interested party with the funds.
>--
>             ./\.
>          _|\|  |/|_   InterNet: [e-mail]
>          \        /   ABS International, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
>           >______<    FAX/Data: 514.937.7451
>              /
>

--
*******
WARNING
*******
The following lines violate the indecency provisions of the U.S.
Telecommunications Act of 1996:
Henry Hyde
James Exon
Slade Gorton.
William Clinton



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:32 1996
From: [e-mail] (Martin Barry)
Date: 17 Mar 96 02:30:37
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Ireland on SW
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

 -=> Quoting [e-mail] to All <=-

 do> In a previous article, [e-mail] (Thomas Orga) says:

 >I was tuning through my old SEARS SW this AM and heard local Irish news.
 >Intrigued, since there is no regular Irish shortwave broadcaster, I came
 >to learn that WWCR re-broadcasts Irish Radio, which is part of something
 >called "Worldwide Radio International". This all took place at 0500UTC on
 >5935 kHz, WWCR. Check it out.

        It'd be interesting to know the arrangement between WWCR and
        Irish Radio. I know WWCR sells a lot of time to virtually any
        interested party with the funds.
--
             ./\.
          _|\|  |/|_   InterNet: [e-mail]
          \        /   ABS International, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
           >______<    FAX/Data: 514.937.7451
              /



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:33 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 16:40:04 -0500
Reply-To: "Mark J. Fine" <[e-mail]>
From: "Mark J. Fine" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Kulpsville - Anyone going

Brian Carling wrote:
> Nope Steve... no one is planning to go!

Well, slap my heinie (sp?) and call me no one...

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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:34 1996
From: [e-mail] (PETER Q. GEORGE, N1GGP)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: KXBT/1640 makes it coast-to-coast !
Date: 21 MAR 96 14:47:48 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

     Half awake, I fiddled around the dial and for the hell of it...I moved
up to 1660/WJDM "Radio Aahs".  I turned on the BFO and moved down just a bit
and found a deeply fading carrier on 1640.  After centering the frequency,
I removed the BFO and heard The Supremes' 1966 hits "My World is Empty Without
You".  After that I heard an ad for Chevy Road Assistance with an 800 number.
Just about the time for the legal ID, my oil burner decided to turn on.
BURRRRRRR!  But there was no mistaking it.......I was getting KXBT/1640 !!!!
My receiver was a 1977 Radio Shack (Realistic) DX-160 connected to a 40 foot
"Zepp" antenna.  At times, this signal was totally listenable...while at other
times it faded soooo deeply !

Finally, I got California.


Peter Q. George (N1GGP)
Stoughton, Massachusetts USA


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:36 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dan Morisseau)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: LETS STOP THIS RACIST NEWSGROUP
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 21:32:30 PST
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i724v$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i9b82$[e-mail]>

In article  [e-mail] (john p. sumner) writes:


>  Hey dan are you one of those people who want the news group?

   No, John. I am not.  I'm not interested in ANY newsgroup that deals with
silly music or hate messages. But, I most certainly AMinterested in the First
Amendment and I am chronically irritated by those who (as another, wiser user
characterized it) only "want to protect 'good' speech". That is rank hypocrisy

and betrays an enormous ignorance of the priciples of free speech. Are YOU one

of THOSE, Johnny-boy?

                          Dan Morisseau
                             N7ZXL
                   47 17' 16"N / 122 11' 40"W
                        Elevation: 300'


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:37 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dan Morisseau)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: LETS STOP THIS RACIST NEWSGROUP
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 21:41:44 PST
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i724v$[e-mail]> <4i9mnm$[e-mail]> <4iho2d$[e-mail]>



In article Jim Schaeffer  wrote:

>>[e-mail] (George Thurman) wrote:

GT>>>                BROTHERS TO THE RESCUE DESERVED WHAT THEY GOT

   And Jim replied:

JS>>Though I admire and respect your right to your political opinions, you
JS>>should try and keep them posted to the appropriate forums.

JS>>As far as the Brothers To The Rescue deserving "what they got" I guess
JS>>you would say the same thing about the Russians, Jews etc. during
JS>>World War II?


Jim,

     George Thurman is really nothing more than a hate mongering dilletente
who delights in trolling this kind of flame-bait out here to "prove" to
himself and his sick political pals that he is something special and apart
from a system that he at once lives off of and yet delights in deriding  and
abusing. It helps assuage his feelings of inadequacy since he cannot see how
he will succeed where the rest of us do in the real world. The best advice is
to ignore this kind of netmonkey. Once they get out of high school and have to

either earn a living or get some more advanced education they either burn out
or straighten up. George is an example of the kind of annoyance that results
from giving a kid a C-64, modem and a net account.

                          Dan Morisseau
                             N7ZXL
                   47 17' 16"N / 122 11' 40"W
                        Elevation: 300'


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:38 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dan Morisseau)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: LETS STOP THIS RACIST NEWSGROUP
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 19:43:14 PST
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i724v$[e-mail]> <4i9mnm$[e-mail]> <4iho2d$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4ikcnq$[e-mail]>

In article [e-mail] (George Thurman) writes:

>HMMMMMMMM.......

>What a rambling bunch of crap.  I am not a hate monger, but it sounds
>like you are.

     Come on Georgie! Who are you trying to kid? You openly advocate the
extirmination of those with whom you disagree and you say you aren't a
hate-monger? Bullstuff! You are trolling flamebait here, Georgie; and you know

it. I don't know (or care) what your little agenda is, but why not give this
newsgroup a rest from your rambling. This is about shortwave radio, NOT about
how politically correct Georgie-boy is.
                          Dan Morisseau
                             N7ZXL
                   47 17' 16"N / 122 11' 40"W
                        Elevation: 300'


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:39 1996
From: [e-mail] (Glenn Hansen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: LETS STOP THIS RACIST NEWSGROUP
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 04:31:47 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i724v$[e-mail]> <4i9mnm$[e-mail]> <4iho2d$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4ikcnq$[e-mail]>


In article <4ikcnq$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (George Thurman)
writes:

>HMMMMMMMM.......

>What a rambling bunch of crap.  I am not a hate monger, but it sounds
>like you are.

Yea, right George. You must be a moron or really hard of hearing.


--
>          GEORGE S. THURMAN                           [e-mail]


> *****  If the Republicans win in '96, I will move to Germany in '97  *****

Makes me want to vote Republican. Het, wht not just pack up now George. If we
want you back we will call.


>        Limbaugh and GingRICH suck

Just when you started making sense you say;

>  ...Long live Fidel Castro   !!!!!

Then the true you shows up. Hell, why don't you head to Cuba?? I am sure they
would have you.






From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:40 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: LETS STOP THIS RACIST NEWSGROUP
Date: 19 Mar 1996 12:51:55 GMT
Message-ID: <4imalb$[e-mail]>
References: <4i724v$[e-mail]>


 What ever the subject matter is, this  is the USA and anybody is free to say
what they would like to say.I
dont like it sometime but that is the way it has to be......



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:41 1996
From: [e-mail] (Glenn Hansen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: LETS STOP THIS RACIST NEWSGROUP
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 18:44:28 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i724v$[e-mail]> <4imalb$[e-mail]>

In article <4imalb$[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:


> What ever the subject matter is, this  is the USA

Uhhh, the net is worldwide........

>and anybody is free to say what they would like to say.

That isn't true even in the USA.

>I dont like it sometime but that is the way it has to be......

It would if it was but it isn't.  You need to move to the
rec.free.speech.misunderstood newsgroup.


grh




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:43 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: LETS STOP THIS RACIST NEWSGROUP
Date: 14 Mar 1996 01:59:25 GMT
Message-ID: <4i7uht$[e-mail]>
References: <4i724v$[e-mail]>

I got the same message. Of course, one can hear all the neo-Nazi junk
one wants to hear on shortwave. I say let them be ghettoized in their
own newsgroups and keep them the hell out of soc.culture.jewish and
such. I'm tired of reading antisemitic shit from the Nazional
Alliance (American Dissident Voices) and their cohorts there. I won't
have to read this group UNLESS I CHOOSE TO DO SO!

I'm not all that thrilled with this aspect, but if they're bottled up in
their own newsgroups, maybe Germany and other countries will be more
easily able to ban their junk. (although I posted to a German-speaking
SIG on Compuserve an advisory about how to connect to freely accessible
news servers--the 'net was designed to be redundant enough to survive,
God forbid, WW III--so banning stuff is extremely difficult)

There ain't no such thing as freedom of good speech, whatever you think
good speech is.



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:44 1996
From: [e-mail] (George Thurman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: LETS STOP THIS RACIST NEWSGROUP
Date: 19 Mar 1996 20:06:35 -0600
Message-ID: <4inp7b$[e-mail]>
References: <4i724v$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4ikcnq$[e-mail]> <4imjok$[e-mail]>

In article <4imjok$[e-mail]>,
Dennis Nuetzel <[e-mail]> wrote:
>In article <4ikcnq$[e-mail]>,
>   [e-mail] (George Thurman) spewed this drivel:
>> GEORGE S. THURMAN                           [e-mail]
>
>>                BROTHERS TO THE RESCUE DESERVED WHAT THEY GOT
>>                **  Mr. Clinton, tear down that embargo !!  **
>
>> *****  If the Republicans win in '96, I will move to Germany in '97  *****
>   Please go.  Don't wait, or let the door hit you on the way out.
>
>>        Limbaugh and GingRICH suck...Long live Fidel Castro   !!!!!
>
>   Boy, that sounds like hate speach to me!  I wonder how many Cuban-American
s
>who fled Castro would embrace ol' George?
>   This is typical of someone who has no clue as to what he is talking about.
>   I think George is still using the C-64 (or was it a VIC-20) that mommy and

>daddy gave him.  They should have gave him a Timex/Sinclair 1000 instead.  Yo
u
>couldn't put a modem on that one.  He he.
>

I have news for you.  Many Cubans support Fidel, although many
Cuban-Americans who lost land or a business in Cuba do not.  I have
Cuban friends who have family there, and many people agree that even tho
Fidel is a dictator and a tyrant in many cases, he has done many GOOD
things for Cuba and its people.  From what I hear, as long as you do oppose
him things will not be so bad.  Things are not as bad as the American
Government would like for you to beleive.


gst


--
          GEORGE S. THURMAN                           [e-mail]

                BROTHERS TO THE RESCUE DESERVED WHAT THEY GOT
                **  Mr. Clinton, tear down that embargo !!  **

 *****  If the Republicans win in '96, I will move to Germany in '97  *****

        Limbaugh and GingRICH suck...Long live Fidel Castro   !!!!!


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:45 1996
From: [e-mail] (john p. sumner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: LETS STOP THIS RACIST NEWSGROUP
Date: 14 Mar 1996 14:42:10 GMT
Message-ID: <4i9b82$[e-mail]>
References: <4i724v$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Dan Morisseau ([e-mail]) wrote:
:      George, I'm sure it matters not one iota to your Politically Correct
: agendized mind, but what you are urging here is malicious spamming of the ne
t.
: The nobleness of your cause simply is no excuse. If it were an issue that
: thsoe of the users here had been involved in they would ahve foound out abou
t
: it other than in rec.radio.shortwave. Now, why not give us some respite from

: you partisan agenda. You are really no different from the right wing hate
: groups you profess to condemn. You're just looking at the issue from the sam
e
: place, just looking the other direction around the circle.
:                           Dan Morisseau
:                              N7ZXL
:                    47 17' 16"N / 122 11' 40"W

  Hey dan are you one of those people who want the news group?









John P. Sumner
[e-mail]
Shortwave lives
please dont let it
die.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:47 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Schaeffer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: LETS STOP THIS RACIST NEWSGROUP
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 20:55:15 GMT
Message-ID: <4i9mnm$[e-mail]>
References: <4i724v$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (George Thurman) wrote:




>I received the following message the other day in e-mail, and I thought
>others would find it of interest.  The message may be slghtly off-topic,
>but I feel that it is important, and that people should see this.

<snip>

again, sorry if the above message was a little off-topic, but I
>wanted others to see this.  In fact, I encourage others to re-post this
>to thier favorite groups.



>gst


>--
>          GEORGE S. THURMAN                           [e-mail]

>                BROTHERS TO THE RESCUE DESERVED WHAT THEY GOT
>                **  Mr. Clinton, tear down that embargo !!  **

> *****  If the Republicans win in '96, I will move to Germany in '97  *****
>
>        Limbaugh and GingRICH suck...Long live Fidel Castro   !!!!!



Though I admire and respect your right to your political opinions, you
should try and keep them posted to the appropriate forums.

As far as the Brothers To The Rescue deserving "what they got" I guess
you would say the same thing about the Russians, Jews etc. during
World War II?


Jim



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:48 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Mark Veldhuis)
Subject: Loggings...
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 00:10:38 GMT

Hello DX-friends,

Here's what I heard tonight;


MALAWI   3380,0   MBC, Limbe   2142-2152   Pop- and raggue music, short
English announcements, ID 2148. SINPO: 44444 (Veldhuis MAR 18)

ZIMBABWE   3306   ZWB, Gweru   2158-2200*   Choir (presumably with National
Anthem) just before Soff. SINPO: 34444 (Veldhuis MAR 18)


Receiver: JRC NRD-535
Antenna: 12 meter longwire with Magnetic Longwire Balun.



73',

Mark Veldhuis, Borne, the Netherlands.
E-mail: [e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:50 1996
From: Ann MacKeigan <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Looking for Musical News in the Global Village - CBC & RCI
Date: 13 Mar 1996 20:12:24 GMT
Message-ID: <4i7a78$[e-mail]>

GLOBAL VILLAGE - has gone  GLOBAL!!

Starting March 2/3 Global Village is now heard all over the world via
shortwave and satellite through Radio Canada International!

If you want to speak to listeners in CANADA, US, CARIBBEAN,  EUROPE,
NORTH AFRICA, the MIDDLE EAST & the COMMUNITY OF INDEPENDENT STATES
about musical news where you live - please get in touch with us!

WeÆre looking for short taped reports (3 minutes) about your part of the
Global Village.
So far, weÆve heard from 68 cities in 41 countries.
(we pay $110 Cdn for anything we use.)

Our address is above, our fax is 1 416 205 6040,
our tel is 416 205 3782
and our email is [e-mail]

Hope to hear from you!

Ann MacKeigan
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


Global Village is heard on Radio Canada International
Sunday nights at 0000 UTC (coordinated universal time), 1900 EST (eastern
standard time)
*Shortwave at 5960 or 9755 kHZ in the Caribbean and the United Sates.
*Eutelsat ôHotbirdö Satellite in North Africa, most of the Middle East,
parts of the Community of Independent States and all over Europe.


Global Village Rundown for March 16/17, 1996

1. Jane Bunnett reports from the International Jazz Festival
    in Havana, Cuba.

2. Report from Tokyo on how the Kobe earthquake changed the
    musical direction of the band, Soul Flower.

3. Indonesian Independence celebrated with music on Molucca.
    A guerilla-style report.

4. Review of Ellipsis Arts book/CD release, Harvest Songs


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:51 1996
From: [e-mail] (John Rethorst)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: LOWE 150...WOW
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 01:54:03 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4i1i08$[e-mail]>

In article <4i1i08$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] () wrot
e:

>You probably
> spent sometime comparing other SW radios in the same price range (such as
> the Yaesu FRG-100 and Drake SW8) before decided to go for the Lowe 150 -
> I have no doubt that it was the right one - but could you tell us more in
> detail ?
>
Pending his answer, I can quote from the 1996 Passport, p. 115, discussing
the Lowe 150: "if audio quality is your primary concern . . . this is the
portatop model to get - indeed, for audiophiles this is arguably the
_tabletop_ model to get!"

John


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:51 1996
From: [e-mail] (Arthur Burke)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Mailorder for GE Superadio III
Date: 18 Mar 1996 21:13:18 GMT
Message-ID: <4ikjle$[e-mail]>

Try Thomson Electronics. They sell refurbished units. Mine is great.
1-800-933-5489.

I've also seen units advertised from Grove, Inc., Gilfer Associates in
New Jersey and I think I saw an add from EEB in Virginia.

Art Burke
Lenexa, KS



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:52 1996
From: [e-mail] (KURT SHEDD)
Date: 19 Mar 1996 10:50:53 EST
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Mailorder for GE Superadio III
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4ikjle$[e-mail]>

Art:

Was yours one of the refurbs. Thomson sells, or is it a new unit?

Thanks,

Kurt...

I have been calling them, but the refurbs. are on back-order.  They said they
are supposed to get more in in a few weeks.

---
 * Traders' Connection Web BBS * http://www.trader.com * [e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:53 1996
From: [e-mail](Michael Ferraro )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Mailorder for GE Superadio III ???
Date: 17 Mar 1996 17:25:35 GMT
Message-ID: <4ihhuf$[e-mail]>



Does anyone know of a mailorder house that sells the Superadio III ??
Price ?, Availability ? 800 number ?

thanks,

Mike



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:54 1996
From: [e-mail] (John Rethorst)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Mailorder for GE Superadio III ???
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 15:07:18 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4ihhuf$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (John) wrote:

> In article <4ihhuf$[e-mail]>,
> [e-mail](Michael Ferraro ) wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know of a mailorder house that sells the Superadio III ??
> > Price ?, Availability ? 800 number ?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Mike
>
> Bennett Bros (800-621-2626) has it for $35.
>
Actually, it's $39.50 in their current catalog, and that doesn't include
shipping. My apologies for the inaccuracy.

John R.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:55 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: MidWest Ireland Radio
Date: 19 Mar 1996 10:28:16 GMT
Message-ID: <4im280$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

If you're collecting countries, would this count as Ireland or as U.K.?
The xmtrs, of course, were from the BBC.

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>
>What a signal!!  7325 between 0000-0100 (my tuning time) netted me
>my 222nd likelihood for another country.  Heard mentions of several
>my ole buddies.  Might have known Ferguson and McClure would jump on
it.
--
*******
WARNING
*******
The following lines violate the indecency provisions of the U.S.
Telecommunications Act of 1996:
Henry Hyde
James Exon
Slade Gorton.
William Clinton



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:57 1996
From: Tom Sundstrom <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: MidWest Ireland Radio
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 96 21:38:37 EST
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>


In Article<[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]> writes:
> Path: news.paonline.com!nuclear.microserve.net!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!ne
wsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews
> From: "Edward C. Shaw" <[e-mail]>
> Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
> Subject: MidWest Ireland Radio
> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 11:48:02 -0500
> Organization: Netcom
> Lines: 9
> Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
> NNTP-Posting-Host: lex-ky1-26.ix.netcom.com
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Mar 18  8:49:11 AM PST 1996
> X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I; 16bit)
>
> What a signal!!  7325 between 0000-0100 (my tuning time) netted me
> my 222nd likelihood for another country.  Heard mentions of several
> my ole buddies.  Might have known Ferguson and McClure would jump on it.
> That was a real nice sounding colleen on the phone, too.  Hope they
> get the wherewithall to stay on awhile.
>
> Ed Shaw
> --
> The sun shines bright on the Old Kentucky Home.

Hmmm... the tx's were in England. How does that count for another country? But

it was fun listening to it.

Tom Sundstrom



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:57 1996
From: [e-mail] (Charles P. Crawford)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Midwest Radio Ireland address????
Date: 17 Mar 1996 17:26:47 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

   I heard their broadcast this morning on 11715. I had heard from
Jonathan Marks on Media Network that they were to be on St. Pattys day. I
wrote down the speical address to send reports to.
   But, alas, I can't find that little piece of paper.

   Can anyone help me? It was a Post Office Box in Mayo.

   They are supposed to be on 7325 again this evening, 18 March, from 0000 UTC
.

Charlie

--
   "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
                                          B. Dylan


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:58 1996
From: mojo1969 <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Mike Tyson Vs. Frank Bruno
Date: 16 Mar 1996 17:55:49 GMT
Message-ID: <4ievb5$[e-mail]>



    Great news... With tickets to the bout costig from $200-$1000, and
pay-per-view about $40, SWLers will be able to listen to tonight's (March
16) WBC championship boxing match featuring Frank Bruno against Mike
Tyson.
    According to CNN's WWW homepage, the BBC will broadsast the fight
live starting at 4 a.m. UTC.




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:27:59 1996
From: mojo1969 <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Mike Tyson Vs. Frank Bruno
Date: 16 Mar 1996 17:55:44 GMT
Message-ID: <4ievb0$[e-mail]>



    Great news... With tickets to the bout costig from $200-$1000, and
pay-per-view about $40, SWLers will be able to listen to tonight's (March
16) WBC championship boxing match featuring Frank Bruno against Mike
Tyson.
    According to CNN's WWW homepage, the BBC will broadsast the fight
live starting at 4 a.m. UTC.




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:00 1996
From: [e-mail] (Marc Remijn)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Natural Radio / Whistlers
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 96 13:16:43 MET
References: <4hd3ot$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Dean
W. Armstrong) wrote:

>In article <4hd3ot$[e-mail]>,
>Maarten van Damme <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>A certain Mr. Stephen McCreevy sells special radios that cover the ELF
>>spectrum (0.1kHz-10kHz). They are specially designed for hearing
>>whistlers. Natural radio signals generated by the earth. See his very
>>interesting and readable articles on his homepage (Search any search
>>tool for his name).
>>
>>Does anyone have experiences with this natural radio phenomena and the
>>radio Mr. McGreevy designed? Are there other designs or radios for
>>sale that cover this ELF area?
>
>       All of those frequencies are within the realm of audio--i.e.,
>all you have to do is convert the EM wave to a sound wave and listen.
>The problem is, of course, getting enough power to drive your speaker.
>       The way I've done it is by using a long antenna.  1100 ft.
>long, and making a large loop, with one end grounded and the other
>connected to a high-impedance earphone.  Amplification is another
>option to boost signals with a short antenna (that's what I suspect
>Mr. McGreevy is doing, to save hassle & space).
>       What you can hear depends on what's nearby.  Navigational
>signals higher up have a beat frequency that is annoyingly loud.  The
>U.S. Navy broadcasts very slow CW on 45 and 76 Hz to its submarines.
>While there's the claim that power lines create quite a buzz, a FFT of
>the spectrum indicated that wasn't very significant.  The buzz were
>the beats from the navigational signals.
>       Find out what's at the opposite magnetic pole to your
>location.  If it's near a continent with T-storms, you'll get
>whistlers.


I've heard -never tried- a way to receive these signals. You connect a
long unshielded wire to the line input of any audio amplifier. Then you
ground the amplifier and put a capacitor over the 'antenna' and the
ground. Because just connecting a wire will give you a lot of 50 Hz humm
of the mains power supply (wonder if you will hear that out in the field,
far away of any power lines). But a capacitor will shorten these low
frequencies. So you will have to find one large enough to shorten the
very low frequencies (under 200 Hz) and not dampening the higher ones to
much. A high-pass filter may be better still. Anyway these are just some
thoughts and something a heard long ago. Haven't tried this (yet)...

Marc
--

             __
      /| /| | /
_____/ |/ | | \____     NL-5913 CX VENLO
Marc      | |Remijn     [phone]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:02 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Lill)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Need ideas on inside SW antenna
Date: 17 Mar 1996 18:31:40 GMT
Message-ID: <4ihlqc$[e-mail]>
References: <4ihfgf$[e-mail]>

Mark S. Conway ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Are there any antenna options I have for interior use only?
: I have very high ceilings.

There's a few other bits of info that would help.....

1 - what kind of radio gear do you intend to use
2 - what are the longest linear dimensions that you have to work with
3 - what is the building made of? Metal siding?
4 - are you just interested in SW BC stuff and any favorite bands?

--

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jim Lill                  [e-mail]
http://www.vectorbd.com/users/jpll/home.html
         wa2zkd@wb2psi.#wny.usa.na



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:03 1996
From: "Mark S. Conway" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Need ideas on inside SW antenna
Date: 17 Mar 1996 21:37:29 GMT
Message-ID: <4ii0mp$[e-mail]>
References: <4ihfgf$[e-mail]> <4ihlqc$[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Jim Lill) wrote:
>Mark S. Conway ([e-mail]) wrote:
>: Are there any antenna options I have for interior use only?
>: I have very high ceilings.
>
>There's a few other bits of info that would help.....
>
>1 - what kind of radio gear do you intend to use
>2 - what are the longest linear dimensions that you have to work with
>3 - what is the building made of? Metal siding?
>4 - are you just interested in SW BC stuff and any favorite bands?
>
>--
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Jim Lill                  [e-mail]
>http://www.vectorbd.com/users/jpll/home.html
>         wa2zkd@wb2psi.#wny.usa.na
>

ICOM R71A
24'
Wood shingles
SW BC and Utilities




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:04 1996
From: [e-mail] (ROBERT NEWELL)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Need ideas on inside SW antenna
Date: 20 Mar 1996 13:56:05 -0800
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4iputl$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Daniel Grunberg
) writes:


>in a posting to rec.radio.shortwave
>        Subject: Need ideas on inside SW antenna
>           Date: Sun Mar 17 09:43:59 MST 1996

>"Mark S. Conway" <[e-mail]> said:

>> Are there any antenna options I have for interior use only?

http://espresso.ts.uvic.ca/cct.htm
<h1> A winning active antenna for less than 25$ </h1>


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:05 1996
From: John Bilek <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Need Opinions on Yacht Boy 400
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 03:53:35 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hk99i$[e-mail]>

Hi Woody!

I've had a YB-400 for almost a year and have been very happy with it.  I
live in a very "noisy" area and still can pick up SW stations pretty
well.  The MW and FM are great and the the radio has (to me at least) a
pretty good sounding internal speaker.  I travelled to Europe last
October and brought it along with me.  The alarm feature was great
(youth hostels don't have wake-up calls!).  It was fantastic listening
to the local stations as well as world stations.  I whole-heartedly give
it a thumbs-up!  I also have a Grundig 2440 (circa 1954) with SW, MW,
and FM.  I just love those Grundigs!

Johnny

Woody Harper wrote:
>
> I've been doing some catalog shopping for a SW receiver and so far the
> Grundig Yacht Boy 400 seems to be the best in the <$200 price group. I
> would like to hear any and all first hand experience with this radio.
> I'mm looking to buy at the beginning of next month (gotta love those tax
> returns). Thanks!
>
> --
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
> KC7NKE                             Home Page: http://www.primenet.com/~lager


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:06 1996
From: [e-mail] (Christer Johansson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Need Radio Clock Info.
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 17:17:52 GMT
Message-ID: <4i1nb6$[e-mail]>
References: <4hl1tj$90r$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Hi Parker,

Parker Kent <[e-mail]> wrote:

>I need any information I can get in
>reguards to the radio signals sent from Germany
>across Europe giving time information for
>Radio Clocks.

Point your Web browser to the following URL...

  http://www.tu-bs.de/rz/sysadmin/dienste/ntp/clock.txt.html

Hope this helps,

/Christer

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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:06 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gary Saylin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: NEED TO KNOW WHEN/FREQ of RADIO FREE CHINA (TAWAIN)
Date: 14 Mar 1996 16:34:07 GMT
Message-ID: <4i9hpv$[e-mail]>

PLease e mail now. I want to listen to Radio Free China (Tawain) in the
eves  here on the U.S. West Coast.


--



[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:07 1996
From: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: NEED TO KNOW WHEN/FREQ of RADIO FREE CHINA (TAWAIN)
Date: 15 Mar 1996 10:28:52 GMT
Message-ID: <4ibgp4$[e-mail]>
References: <4i9i0b$[e-mail]> <4i9hpv$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)


In a previous article, [e-mail] (Gary Saylin) says:

>
>I mispelled Taiwan. Sorry.
>
>

5950 kHz at 07:00 UTC is what I listen to. Wil search the log book and
post more.

73's and Good DX

Doug
--
 <<< [e-mail] >>>

 S&W LadySmith: The Ultimate in feminine protection


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:08 1996
From: Tony Calguire <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: NEED TO KNOW WHEN/FREQ of RADIO FREE CHINA (TAWAIN)
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 22:25:23 -0600
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.91r.960314222040.8971B-100000@freenet>
References: <4i9hpv$[e-mail]>

On 14 Mar 1996, Gary Saylin wrote:

> PLease e mail now. I want to listen to Radio Free China (Tawain) in the
> eves  here on the U.S. West Coast.
>
>

Me too! Me too! Me too!

If anybody has a progrem schedule, could you please *post* it?  I think
now might be the time to start listening.

I also have a related question... If Taiwan is stormed by mainland
troops, is the satellite link to the WYFR relay likely to get knocked off
the air before the terrestrial transmitters on Taiwan?  If I'm going to
do any "crisis DXing", I want to be listening to the most reliable frequency.

__
   _____________
  /_____  _____/  Tony Calguire
  _____/_/____
 / __________/    [e-mail]
( (__/ /____
 \__/ /____/
   / /
  /_/



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:10 1996
From: [e-mail] (Perry Michael Simon)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,ba.broadcast
Subject: Re: NEW 1640 STATION
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 01:02:58 GMT
Message-ID: <4iac7a$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2fpf$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Mike Ward) wrote:

>Okie, second question...are they programming 1640 separately from 1190?  Sinc
e
>the original info came from ABC/SMN's "Urban Gold" newsletter, they're
>programming it at least some of the day on either frequency.  But I've only
>heard local people whenever I manage to pick up KXBT...

I haven't heard the station yet, but they reportedly do local during
the day and plan to use the bird at nights when the thing is finally
up and running fulltime.  (See M Street Journal)



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:12 1996
From: [e-mail] (Guido Schotmans)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: New Shortwave transmitter for Guyana Bc. Co.
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 21:38:18 GMT
Message-ID: <4ifcb7$[e-mail]>

Ludo Maes, DXA-member and editor of the handy 'Transmitter
Documentation Project' booklet forwarded a fax to me, he received from
the GBC.  It stated that they will istall a new  10 kW Energy Onix
shortwave transmitter  (type HF 10K-2) in May '96 at Sparendaam
(58.10W 06.49N)


73 de Guido

**********************************************************
                     Guido Schotmans,
       DX-ANTWERP, P.O.Box 16, B-2660 Hoboken, BELGIUM
                     Fido : 2:292/878
                   e-mail :  [e-mail]
                            [e-mail]
**********************************************************



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:13 1996
From: [e-mail](Bry AF4K)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: New Shortwave transmitter for Guyana Bc. Co.
Date: 17 Mar 1996 12:03:28 GMT
Message-ID: <4igv2g$[e-mail]>
References: <4ifcb7$[e-mail]>

On Mar 16, 1996 21:38:18 in article <New Shortwave transmitter for Guyana
Bc. Co.>, '[e-mail] (Guido Schotmans)' wrote:


>Ludo Maes, DXA-member and editor of the handy 'Transmitter
>Documentation Project' booklet forwarded a fax to me, he received from
>the GBC.  It stated that they will istall a new  10 kW Energy Onix
>shortwave transmitter  (type HF 10K-2) in May '96 at Sparendaam
>(58.10W 06.49N)

Hello Guido - thanks for the news - please let us know as soon as you get a
tentative broadcasting schedule for Guyana using tis new sender!

Bry in Gaithersburg, MD near DC
[e-mail]
Keep in touch!


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:14 1996
From: Babul Gogoi <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: NEW shortwave web page!
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 04:19:26 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hvfb1$[e-mail]>

hi there,

please see my new homepage:

http://www.cyberspace.org/~babul/radio.html

-babul


On 10 Mar 1996, Dale Vanderpoel wrote:

> I have brought together some of the most popular shortwave radio websites in
 one site.
> Take a look at my new shortwave page, check out the links.
> Please let me know of any links I don't have listed, I will add them to the
page.
> Can you send me addresses of any website you may have?
> Thanks!
> Visit this site at: http://www.net-link.net/~dalev/swl.htm
>
>


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:16 1996
From: "J. Guy Stalnaker" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Novice needs listings
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 21:35:24 -0600
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4hv8p1$[e-mail]>

SeahawkMJK wrote:
>
> Looking for listings for active frequencies for North America (Fla).
> Suggestions appreciated, headed to bookstore in a few days

1. Watch this newsgroup.  You'll find posts all the time with requency
lists by frequency or UTC.

2. There are loads of resources on the Web:

shortWWWWave @ http://ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au/~pbd/SW/index.html
Shortwave/Radio Catalog @ http://itre.ncsu.edu/radio/welcome.wav

to name but two.

3. Check out source Web/gopher resources.  I know that the BBC has a Web
site as does Deutsch Welle and Voice of America and I found them by
doing an Alta Vista Web search.

4. Note URL's in poster's signatures.  You'll find that many of them
have links on their pages for shortwave information.

5. Get a copy of The Passport Guide to Shortwave Radio or the World
Radio and Television Frequency Guide.  I use Passport because of its
formatting (and since I'm still new to all this too).

Have fun.
                                                 ____________
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J. Guy Stalnaker                                  \________/
[e-mail]                         \______/
                                                    \____/
Live your life so you've no regrets!                 \__/
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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:16 1996
From: T E I X E I R A <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Old Zenith Tras-Oceanic Radio
Date: 17 Mar 1996 02:35:15 GMT
Message-ID: <4iftp3$[e-mail]>
References: <4ib2di$[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

There are a number of different model Trans-Oceanic.  Do you know
what the model number was?  Was it a tube radio?  You can still find
them. They go from $20.00 on up.

DT




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:17 1996
From: T E I X E I R A <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Old Zenith Tras-Oceanic Radio
Date: 17 Mar 1996 02:35:47 GMT
Message-ID: <4iftq3$[e-mail]>
References: <4ib2di$[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

There are a number of different model Trans-Oceanic.  Do you know
what the model number was?  Was it a tube radio?  You can still find
them. They go from $20.00 on up.

DT




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:18 1996
From: [e-mail] (Elias Mazur)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Old Zenith Tras-Oceanic Radio
Date: 15 Mar 1996 06:23:46 GMT
Message-ID: <4ib2di$[e-mail]>

When I was much younger my uncle had  a shortwave radio called Zenith
Trans-Oceanico.  This was in Brazil.

I really liked that radio and would like to get one like that, for
sentimental reasons of course.  Does anybody know of this model and
how I could possibly buy one ?  I would appreciate any help!

Thanks,

- Elias Mazur


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:19 1996
From: [e-mail] (HAMKB8UUM)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: OZ
Date: 17 Mar 1996 08:54:22 -0500
Message-ID: <4ih5ie$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (HAMKB8UUM)

 Here in Detroit on 1310 KHz there is a station called WDOZ which is a
kids station.

                                                 Geoff KB8UUM


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:20 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Pretty cool analog portable SW/AM/FM tape player, FOUND! (review)
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 04:40:53 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4hf9m3$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Everyknee) wrote:

>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
>writes:
>
>>I noticed a new portable that Aiwa just released (HS-TS500).
>
>Does it have a timer?  I've it's an analog, I would guess not but I
>thought I'd ask.

Well, you answered your own question.

Kris

----
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:21 1996
From: [e-mail] (Cliff Kinzel)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Canada
Date: 16 Mar 1996 19:28:37 GMT
Message-ID: <4if4p5$[e-mail]>
References: <4i9vgd$[e-mail]> <4id12c$[e-mail]>

Maybe all of us on the net should write the Canadian government objecting
to the shutdown of RCI.  As a Canadian in the U.S. the only way I can
get up to date news about Canada is through RCI.  They have very intelligent p
rgramming.  If the government doesn't any feedback they'll for sure shutdown
at the earliest opportunity.  Canada has a huge debt but the government
is very sensitive to public rreaction.



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:22 1996
From: [e-mail] (George Thurman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Canada
Date: 18 Mar 1996 19:11:35 -0600
Message-ID: <4il1k7$[e-mail]>
References: <4i9vgd$[e-mail]>

In article <4i9vgd$[e-mail]>,
Exiled on Main Street <[e-mail]> wrote:
>What is the status of Radio Canada International? Will it still be
>broadcasting a month from now? Whats the deal?
>


YES  !!!!

They have received funding thru 1997!!


gst


--
          GEORGE S. THURMAN                           [e-mail]

                BROTHERS TO THE RESCUE DESERVED WHAT THEY GOT
                **  Mr. Clinton, tear down that embargo !!  **

 *****  If the Republicans win in '96, I will move to Germany in '97  *****

        Limbaugh and GingRICH suck...Long live Fidel Castro   !!!!!


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:23 1996
From: [e-mail] (Charles Boehnke)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio Interference - VCR
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 96 18:42:28 GMT
Message-ID: <4imv6k$[e-mail]>

Recently I purchased a new Zenith Hi-Fi Stereo VCR.  It works very well and we

are pleased with it.
Along about the time we got the VCR I began to get interference on my radio,
an Icom R71-A.  It was a gurgling/buzz mostly below 2 mhz.  We finally traced
it to the clock display on the VCR.  When you unplug the VCR there is a clock
memory which continues to run and that sure fooled us for a while. But,
finally the memory went out and after much wondering what was going on we did
discover that indeed, our new VCR was the cuplrit.
The solution was to put a single surge supressor/line filter on the VCR
isolating it from the other electronics on the same outlet.
The digital age is upon us with all its resulting new sources of interference!
Chuck Boehnke
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:25 1996
From: [e-mail] (George Thurman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Interference - VCR
Date: 19 Mar 1996 20:10:55 -0600
Message-ID: <4inpff$[e-mail]>
References: <4imv6k$[e-mail]>

In article <4imv6k$[e-mail]>,
Charles Boehnke <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Recently I purchased a new Zenith Hi-Fi Stereo VCR.  It works very well and w
e
>are pleased with it.
>Along about the time we got the VCR I began to get interference on my radio,
>an Icom R71-A.  It was a gurgling/buzz mostly below 2 mhz.  We finally traced

>it to the clock display on the VCR.  When you unplug the VCR there is a clock

>memory which continues to run and that sure fooled us for a while. But,
>finally the memory went out and after much wondering what was going on we did
>discover that indeed, our new VCR was the cuplrit.
>The solution was to put a single surge supressor/line filter on the VCR
>isolating it from the other electronics on the same outlet.
>The digital age is upon us with all its resulting new sources of interference
!
>Chuck Boehnke
>[e-mail]


I have a Maganvox VCR that does the same thing.  If it is not too late,
you may want to consider taking it back, and trying another brand VCR.
I for example also have a Panasonic VCR, and it does NOT cause noise on my
radio.


gst


--
          GEORGE S. THURMAN                           [e-mail]

                BROTHERS TO THE RESCUE DESERVED WHAT THEY GOT
                **  Mr. Clinton, tear down that embargo !!  **

 *****  If the Republicans win in '96, I will move to Germany in '97  *****

        Limbaugh and GingRICH suck...Long live Fidel Castro   !!!!!


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:26 1996
From: [e-mail] (Charles P. Crawford)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Kuwait
Date: 15 Mar 1996 03:09:15 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i0feq$[e-mail]>

In article <4i0feq$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Ned Kalantar) wrote:

> Does anyone have (or know where I can get a hold of) the broadcast
> frequencies and schedules for Radio Kuwait?  If so, please email me at:
> [e-mail]
>
> Thanks.

Try 11990 kHz from 1800 to 2100 UTC in English. The rest of their schedule
is in Arabic.

Address: Radio Kuwait, PO Box 397, Safat 13004 Kuwait

Charlie

--
   "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
                                          B. Dylan


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:27 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bill Matthews)
Subject: Re: Radio Nepal
Date: 14 Mar 96 03:41:43 -0800
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

Radio Nepal is difficult to receive in many areas of eastern North
America.   They are currently on 5005 running 40 kilowatts and on
3230 running 100 kilowatts (that reverts to 7165 at the end of
April).  Since the target area is Nepal and surrounding areas, they
use antennas designed to focus the signal on that area - not on
distant target areas like the larger international broadcasters.
That adds to the difficulty in receiving them.

Try around your local sunrise for best possible reception.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:27 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steven Fritts)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio OZ?
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 03:53:23 GMT
Message-ID: <4ig2fi$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]


Who, where is this station?  Blowing in like gangbusters here in
Knoxville. Using TS 440 w/ ANT-1 antenna.

Steve



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:28 1996
From: [e-mail] (Pyewacket1)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio OZ?
Date: 17 Mar 1996 12:50:12 -0500
Message-ID: <4ihjck$[e-mail]>
References: <4ig2fi$[e-mail]>

In article <4ig2fi$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Steven Fritts)
writes:

>Who, where is this station?  Blowing in like gangbusters here in
>Knoxville. Using TS 440 w/ ANT-1 antenna.

What frequency? You'd hear "Radio Oz (or Aahs, as I think it's spelled)"
on WAOZ-1360 out of Cincinatti, or WJDM-1660 out of Elizabeth, NJ (near
NYC), plus probably plenty of others I can't think of right now..."Radio
Aahs" is syndicated children's programming...

Lynn.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:29 1996
From: KarlNigbor <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio OZ?
Date: 17 Mar 1996 14:13:19 GMT
Message-ID: <4ih6lv$[e-mail]>
References: <4ig2fi$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Steven Fritts) wrote:
>
>Who, where is this station?  Blowing in like gangbusters here in
>Knoxville. Using TS 440 w/ ANT-1 antenna.
>
>Steve
>
What frequency did you hear it on?  WWTC on 1280kHz in Minneapolis/St.
Paul calls itself "Radio AHS." (pronounced 'Oz').  It is primarily a
children's programming station.  Hope this helps.



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:30 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jeff Chambers)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: radio shack dx 394
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 15:36:47 GMT
Message-ID: <4ihbiu$[e-mail]>
References: <4i1val$[e-mail]> <4iekd0$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (J. Duffy Beischel) wrote:


>In article <4i1val$[e-mail]> scott jones wrote:
>>i am considering purchasing a dx 394 from radio shack swradio.
>for the
>> price,
>>around $400, this seems to be a rather decent radio.  has anyone
>had much
>> time on
>>this radio?  how does it compare to the lowe 150 or the yeasu
>ft100?  any
>> comments
>>would be welcomed.

>There have been a number of unfavorable comments on the 394 listed
>here on the SW newsgroup.  Selectivity is poor, construction so-so
>and there is no sync detector.  Not to mention it is overpriced.
>Probably a o.k. value at around $200.

>Get a decent radio like the Lowe, Grundig 700, or the Drake SW-8.
>If you are into SW get a good radio and stay away from the crap.

I've had a few good radios, and have done my time as a dx'er.... In
fact the one constant I've learned about SWL is:  It's not so much the
radio, as it is HOW you use it.
No, the 394 is not the best rig...but I have one as an office radio,
and it can do what you need it to do, if you are not a vetern dx'er.
All radios, no matter how much they cost have some character... it's
up to the user to know it, and make good use of it.
        Jeff.



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:32 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Silverwood)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack DX-394
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 20:57:37 GMT
Message-ID: <4iprjc$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4i3lp9$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Na Audiart) wrote:

>In article <[e-mail]>, "Ryan, Jeffrey
>W." <[e-mail]> writes:

>>
>>Well, I have the Radio Shack DX-390 and in the two years that I've had
>it,
>>it's worked fine. I did have to get it repaired once, but the warrenty
>>covered it. So I'd say if the DX-394 is anything like the DX-390,

>what about the 350>?

The DX-350 is an analog-dial rig which seems to perform pretty well, all
things considered.  I purchased one this week (it's on sale for $40 at
Radio Shack) for my son-in-law, a Marine who is getting ready to go on sea
duty, so that he'd have some way of listening to news and such while he's
at sea.  We fiddled with it last night and found that it received pretty
doggone well for a $40 analog rig!  Although not something I'd recommend
for the serious DXer, it seems to be fine for casual listening.


-- //Steve//

Computer Associates    CompuServe: 76703,3035
Fax: [phone]      Internet: [e-mail]
Phone: [phone]    America Online: KB6OJS
Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/KB6OJS
Personal homepage: http://www.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:33 1996
From: [e-mail] (G.D. Rose)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Rev. Ben - Sony AC Adapter Info
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 13:46:03 GMT
Message-ID: <4i6jln$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Tried to e-mail you this info twice but it got kicked back both times.
Hope this helps.

>I have the Sony too.  From whom did you order it and where can I pick up
>an AC adaptor?
>
>Thanks!
>Ben.
>

I ordered it from Electronic Equipment Bank (1-800-368-3270) for 24.95.
Universal Radio (1-800-431-3939) also sells it ($19.95 plus $3 shipping)

The Sony model number for AC adapter for the 7600G is AC-E60HG.  If you
have a different 7600 model it most likely takes a different adapter but
Universal and EEB stock them all.

Good luck,
Greg

Gregory D. Rose, BA, EMT-P
Paramedic / Emergency Medical Services Instructor
Auburn, Maine USA
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:33 1996
From: [e-mail] (Quilisma)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: RF Interference from Computer CPU
Date: 19 Mar 1996 19:23:49 -0500
Message-ID: <4inj6l$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Quilisma)

I get a horrible amount of rf interference on my household radios and TV's
from my computer system.  I also have a MIDI connection which might be
acting as an antenna? Is there anything I can do to limit this kind of
interference at the computer (as opposed to somehow shielding each
appliance)? I've tried buying a line conditoner that's supposed to solve
this problem, but it has no apparent effect.

I am not a regular reader here, so please post replies direct to:

[e-mail] (Dwight Newton)

Thanx.
Dwight A. Newton <[e-mail]>


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:34 1996
From: Takashi Kuroda <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: RF Systems Antennas
Date: 20 Mar 1996 10:54:45 GMT
Message-ID: <4ioo5l$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Re: RF Systems Antennas

I use both DX-One Pro. and MTA antenna (GMDSS) version.  Both
of them performs excellent if you have a limited space.
But if you can set up a dipole or long wire antenna, then you
will not need such antennas.  The MLB plus 10 - 20m long wire
will perform much better.

Regards,

Takashi Kuroda
(Tokyo, Japan)
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:35 1996
From: Takashi Kuroda <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: RFD: HOKA User's News Group?
Date: 14 Mar 1996 21:08:20 GMT
Message-ID: <4ia1s4$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Re: RFD: HOKA User's News Group?

I understand that there is a such group at am American
commercial PC network "GEnie". I will check the more
details and let you know.  Or, someone who has already
an access to the "GEnie" can help us?

By the way, I am also using the Hoka Code 30 which is
the DSP based decoder.

Takashi Kuroda
(Tokyo, Japan)
[e-mail]




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:36 1996
From: Steven Lindell <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: SCA stations
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 15:24:36 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Before investing in the time and effort to modify a radio for SCA
reception, does anyone know of a way to find out what program material
is being broadcast in one's area on the SCA subcarrier?

I live in the Philadelphia area, and am primarily interested in
classical music and/or the BBC.

Steven Lindell


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:37 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Shortwave in Israel
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 96 19:07:14 PDT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


I live in Israel and would like to know if there are
any other shortwave listeners who subscribe to this list
who also live in Israel.

                                Michael Pitkowsky



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:38 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Shortwave in Israel
Date: 19 Mar 1996 04:53:46 GMT
Message-ID: <4ilekq$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] wrote:

: I live in Israel and would like to know if there are
: any other shortwave listeners who subscribe to this list
: who also live in Israel.

:                               Michael Pitkowsky


Shalom!

  I will probably be in Israel within a few months and would like to
listen there to short-wave. Would love to know about reception in Rehovot.
Do you know if it is possible to receive the US popular Rush Limbaugh
show ? It is broadcast on 15420 (the station letters are WNOR or something
like that ) between 1700-2000 UTC ? Are you able to receive US stations
other then the Voice of America and some christian broadcast. I think
it is possible to receive a US army station from Europe which transmits
broadcasts from the US.

Happy listening,

Dov


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:39 1996
From: [e-mail] (MVCooP)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Shortwave Walkman
Date: 14 Mar 1996 21:50:26 -0500
Message-ID: <4ialti$[e-mail]>
References: <4ia4n0$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (MVCooP)

Awia makes one.  I have not tried it, so I can't speak for it's reception
ability.  However since it costs under $100, I can't imagine that it would
be much good for anything otherthan the BBC, VOA, or Radio Cuba.

Hope this helps,
Marc

______________________________________

Marc Cooper
[e-mail]
______________________________________


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:40 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey Starin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Simple antenna question for the Gurus
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 96 23:38:53 GMT
Message-ID: <4icv0r$[e-mail]>

Okay, so I've got a Sony ICF-2010 and quite happy with it.  This is
the question.  I'm using the long wire antenna that comes with the
set, mounted on the roof of the apartment building where I live (I
live one window down from the roof).  This long wire antenna is fed
into my window via a length of coax and AT THE FEED POINT on the
antenna on the roof, I've attached the ground wire to the shield
there.

Is this wrong, or should I attach the ground wire at the point that
the antenna connects to the set?

Secondly, does this setup represent some kind of ohm mis-match?
Should there be a device (tuner, selector, etc?) attached between the
coax and the set to match impedance?

And thirdly, is there something that can be done to keep those large
powerhouse transmitters (BBC, VOA) from scattering their transmission
over several Khz on the dial?  It seems that these powerhouses drown
out the adjacent smaller (but perhaps more interesting) tramsissions?

Thanks very much in advance.



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:41 1996
From: Jeffrey Starin <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Simple question from newbie
Date: 13 Mar 1996 01:53:33 GMT
Message-ID: <4i59qt$[e-mail]>

I'm new to shortwave listening and recently purchased a Sony ICF-2010.
I'm running it with an external antenna that seems to bring in lots of
shortwave stations around the globe.  However, when I tune to 379 kHz (FAA
weather broadcast out of New Jersey), or 375 kHz (out of Elmira, New
York), I receive nothing but static.  I live in Brooklyn, New York, so I
presume I should be able to receive the New Jersey broadcast loud and
clear.

Am I doing something wrong, or did I buy a lemon?

Thanks in advance

Jeffrey



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:42 1996
From: "Mr. Brooke Clarke" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Simple question from newbie
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 14:49:22 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i59qt$[e-mail]>
To: Jeffrey Starin <[e-mail]>

Jeffrey Starin wrote:
> .....  However, when I tune to 379 kHz (FAA
> weather broadcast out of New Jersey), or 375 kHz (out of Elmira, New
> York), I receive nothing but static.  I live in Brooklyn, New York, so I
> presume I should be able to receive the New Jersey broadcast loud and
> clear.

You might try connecting an adjustable (slug tuned) 3.5 millihenry Miller coil
 in series with
your antenna.  By reasonating the antenna you can make a world of diffenence.

Have Fun,
Brooke



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:45 1996
From: [e-mail] (gudmundur)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Simple question from newbie
Date: 14 Mar 1996 04:29:44 GMT
Message-ID: <4i87bo$[e-mail]>
References: <4i59qt$[e-mail]>

In article <4i59qt$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>
>I'm new to shortwave listening and recently purchased a Sony ICF-2010.

>I'm running it with an external antenna that seems to bring in lots of
>shortwave stations around the globe.  However, when I tune to 379 kHz
(FAA
>weather broadcast out of New Jersey), or 375 kHz (out of Elmira, New
>York), I receive nothing but static.  I live in Brooklyn, New York, so
I
>presume I should be able to receive the New Jersey broadcast loud and
>clear.
>
>Am I doing something wrong, or did I buy a lemon?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Jeffrey
>Jeff,
 Do not be to disappointed. The very nature of a frequency that low
means that it is very long wave. Most short antennas are ineffective
at the longwave frequencies. Sometimes loop antennas, or ferrite rod
antennas that respond to the magnetic wave work better. Short antennas
respond more to the electrical wave and tend to pick up QRM or man
made noise from computers and power lines. Best of luck. Don KD3SH.




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:46 1996
From: [e-mail] (Arthur Burke)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Sony 2010 Ext Audio
Date: 20 Mar 1996 15:05:29 GMT
Message-ID: <4ip6rp$[e-mail]>

Try getting your output from the recording jack. That's a constant level
output. You may need a volume controlled external speaker to keep it from
getting too loud, but it should certainly improve your RTTY conversion.

Art Burke
Lenexa, KS



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:46 1996
From: [e-mail] (Chris Denker)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 7600G or Grundig YB400???
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 17:13:21 GMT
Message-ID: <4ihi0v$[e-mail]>
References: <4h25ma$[e-mail]> <4h8i13$[e-mail]> <Pine.BSD/[e-mail]>

Orrin Edwards <[e-mail]> wrote:

>On Sat, 2 Mar 1996, Craig Joseph Poff wrote:
>> One problem, MW reception, at least on my unit, is worthless.  Imagine
>> a dead AM band (550-1600) at 9pm, but its true.  Is it just my unit or
>> a model-wide problem?

>Mine is just fine on MW!

>----
>Orrin - Long Island, New York
>[e-mail]

So's mine. Usually have to fully extend the telescoping antenna, but
I'm in a hilly area.




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:47 1996
From: [e-mail] (Kirkekirk)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Sony SW-100 Problem
Date: 14 Mar 1996 19:39:12 -0500
Message-ID: <4iae7g$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Kirkekirk)

First the light would not work with the display opened at certain angles
and now the control buttons work intermitently.  My thought is that the
opening and closing of the radio is stressing the wire cable.  A call to
Sony brought a reply that this problem did not occur often.  Anyone else
have the same problem, and will the fix last a little longer than a year ?
 It just sits on the bed stand so the radio has not undergone any abuse.
Any replies would be appreciated.

Kirk
AA4YZ
Canton, Oh


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:48 1996
From: David Williams <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Spain via China
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 16:56:23 +0000
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Fellow SWLs,

At 1010 UTC, Tuesday the 19th, I heard Radio Exterior de Espana via
(I believe) China on 9620 kHz.

This broadcast is directed at Japan, but was quite good here in
Northern California.  Has anyone else picked this one up and is it
indeed REE's service for East Asia as listed?

Thanks for any input.

Radio:          Japan Radio NRD 525
Antenna:        Eavesdropper    (North-South)

David Williams


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:49 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (robertK)
Subject: SRI info please
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 10:51:36 GMT

SRI is now on Satcom C4/x05/8.10Mhz in Satellite Mono

Unfortunately I can't find a SRI schedule on their web site..does anyone
know where I can locate one (FTP site?) if so please eMAIl me info
at :  [e-mail]

Thanks in advance!

now, if only Radio Austria int would give us some German language programming
via Satellite.. that would be great!

Also: Bavarian Broadcastings Info Station: BR5, Munich Germany,  is now live
on the internet 16 hours a day using the Xing Stream software:

http://mats.gmd.de/BR5/index.html


robert k

[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:50 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gilbert Baron)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Station on 1660 what is the id?
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 20:06:27 GMT
Message-ID: <314b1f21.1423416@199.3.25.5>
References: <3149e294.1405659@199.3.25.5> <4id7sa$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Pyewacket1) wrote:

+GDB:In article <3149e294.1405659@199.3.25.5>, [e-mail] (Gilbert
+GDB:Baron) writes:
+GDB:
+GDB:>I hear a station every morning on 1660 playing sort of modern music
+GDB:>usually. They never id and I wonder if anyone knows who it would be. I
+GDB:>am in the midwest and the station is s9+20 on my TS440s s meter. Even
+GDB:>so, the static is getting pretty bad.
+GDB:
+GDB:Do they ever say anything about kids or something that sounds like "Oz" o
r
+GDB:"Aahs"? WJDM in Elizabeth, NJ started broadcasting on that frequency late
+GDB:last year and was recently bought by the Radio Aahs kids' network folks..
.
+GDB:

Yes, they do say that a lot. You must have ided it. Thanks.



_
Gil Baron W0MN [e-mail] Web http://www.isl.net/~gbaron
"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 .99d. For info, email [e-mail].]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:51 1996
From: [e-mail] (Pyewacket1)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Station on 1660 what is the id?
Date: 15 Mar 1996 21:09:14 -0500
Message-ID: <4id7sa$[e-mail]>
References: <3149e294.1405659@199.3.25.5>

In article <3149e294.1405659@199.3.25.5>, [e-mail] (Gilbert
Baron) writes:

>I hear a station every morning on 1660 playing sort of modern music
>usually. They never id and I wonder if anyone knows who it would be. I
>am in the midwest and the station is s9+20 on my TS440s s meter. Even
>so, the static is getting pretty bad.

Do they ever say anything about kids or something that sounds like "Oz" or
"Aahs"? WJDM in Elizabeth, NJ started broadcasting on that frequency late
last year and was recently bought by the Radio Aahs kids' network folks...

Lynn.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:52 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Summer Time in Israel
Date: 14 Mar 1996 15:25:21 GMT
Message-ID: <4i9dp1$[e-mail]>

Summer time (GMT+3) goes into effect in Israel from March 14, 2200 GMT,
until Sept. 15, after Rosh Hashana, according to

http://www.vocaltec.com/cgi-bin/iwpos?iwave/artificia/e13.vmf

(the Internet Wave recording of the Kol Yisrael news at 1300 local, 1100
GMT via http://www.artificia.com)

All KY times will be an hour earlier but I gather there will be a
frequency change on March 31.


--
*******
WARNING
*******
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Telecommunications Act of 1996:
Henry Hyde
James Exon
Slade Gorton.
William Clinton



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:53 1996
From: [e-mail] (ROBERT NEWELL)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Superadio Coverage
Date: 18 Mar 1996 14:22:42 -0800
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4iknni$[e-mail]>
References: <4ijvur$[e-mail]>

In <4ijvur$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Gilbert Baron) writes:

>Everyone glows about this GE Superadio. I have not seen one around here
>yet. My question is does it cover the extended BB band. Does it go up to
>1700Khz.


Yes! When you consider the poor quality construction,
The Lack of a digital frequency read-out, the exceedingly
bad dial calibration and the overall package including the
lack of FULL COVERAGE, you are looking at one very bad deal.

I believe that it gets raves beacuse of the purist nature of
the unit. Tuned RF:  Turns everyones crank I guess.

Leave your comments on these and other pressing RADIO Issues
on http://espresso.ts.uvic.ca
The Coffee Experts Web Page


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:54 1996
From: "R.Ulrich - http://www.i2.i-2000.com/~ru/" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Superadio Coverage
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 09:54:34 -0500
Message-ID: <4ip60d$[e-mail]>
References: <4ijvur$[e-mail]> <4iknni$[e-mail]>
To: ROBERT NEWELL <[e-mail]>

>>>Yes! When you consider the poor quality construction,
The Lack of a digital frequency read-out, the exceedingly
bad dial calibration and the overall package including the
lack of FULL COVERAGE, you are looking at one very bad deal<<<

true:
But it only cost about $49 !  and it does go up to 1700
I have yet to hear a better AM radio for that kind of money.

I have a JRC that will run rings around the Super Radio 3 but it costs 40 time
s
as much <G>

--
Richard Ulrich
http://www.i2.i-2000.com/~ru/


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:55 1996
From: [e-mail](Brian Carling,AF4K)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: sw radio, mail order
Date: 16 Mar 1996 12:40:39 GMT
Message-ID: <4iecs7$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

On Mar 15, 1996 04:58:26 in article <Re: sw radio, mail order>,
'[e-mail] (Steve Kennedy)' wrote:


>I
>Yes, but he was looking for a CATALOG!  The place I bought my Sony 7600G
at
>doesn't have a catalog, and won't even quote prices on the phone (but they

>were $30 cheaper than the "biggies").
>
>Steve
--

OK fine then, if he wants a CATALOG, he should look at them first and THEN
contact the mail order
folks. He can get dozens of catalogs of amateur and SW radios by contacting
dealers listed
in my free file DEALERS.TXT available as folows:
Updated copies downloadable from BBSes at:
[phone], [phone], [phone], [phone]
[phone], [phone], [phone], [phone]

FTP site is at ftp.Lehigh.EDU.  Login as anonymous, and use your
e-mail address as the password.
FTP:  ftp://ftp.lehigh.edu/pub/listserv/qrp-l/misc/megalist.txt
WWW: http://qrp.cc.nd.edu/QRP-L/index.html
WWW: http://www.nd.edu/~shideg/

DOWNLOAD as MEGALIST.ZIP or individually as:
megalist.txt
manuals.txt
dealers.txt
tubes.txt
xtals.txt
========


Bry in Gaithersburg, MD near DC
[e-mail]
Keep in touch!


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:56 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: sw radio, mail order
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 04:58:26
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Brian Carling)
 writes:
>From: [e-mail] (Brian Carling)
>Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 10:34:00 -0500
>Subject: Re: sw radio, mail order

>Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
>From: [e-mail]
>"mail sometimes bounces here, please resend if needed!"

>Steve Kennedy writes:

>SK>In article <4hmqjt$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (s--
s)
>SK>writes:
>SK>>I'm interested in buying a portable SW radio through a mail order catalog
.
>SK>>Can somebody suggest any dealers, and - if you know - their phone number
>SK>>so that I order their catalog?

>SK>Grove, Universal, and Gilfer all have web pages.  You can browse there, as
>SK>well as request catalogs!

>SK>Steve

>But Steve, he will pay the highest prices there!
>[e-mail]

> * SLMR 2.1a * Sticker seen on the Enterprise computer: MADE IN MEXICO


Yes, but he was looking for a CATALOG!  The place I bought my Sony 7600G at
doesn't have a catalog, and won't even quote prices on the phone (but they
were $30 cheaper than the "biggies").

Steve


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:57 1996
From: [e-mail] (MechMike1)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Taped reception reports?
Date: 13 Mar 1996 20:11:37 -0500
Message-ID: <4i7ro9$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (MechMike1)

Because it's getting tougher to verify new countries with non-English
broadcasts, I'm going to try some taped (cassette) reception reports to
South America and Africa.  Does anyone with experience have "dos" and
"don'ts"?
Thanks in advance.  Any help would be appreciated - Mike


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:58 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Chas)
Subject: Re: Taped reception reports?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 15:31:55 GMT
References: <4i7ro9$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (MechMike1) wrote:

>Because it's getting tougher to verify new countries with non-English
>broadcasts, I'm going to try some taped (cassette) reception reports to
>South America and Africa.  Does anyone with experience have "dos" and
>"don'ts"?
>Thanks in advance.  Any help would be appreciated - Mike


Before you send off cassette tapes overseas I'd check WRTH
to see if they accept them. Some stations don't.
Charlie



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:28:59 1996
From: [e-mail] (G.D. Rose)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Thanks to all...  I Bought the 7600G
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 22:25:59 GMT
Message-ID: <4i4toq$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Thank you to all the rec.radio.shortwave readers who sent their advice
and experience my way during my recent decision making process.  In the
battle between the Grundig Yacht Boy 400 and the Sony 7600G, the Sony
won.  I think I got a great deal through EEB.  The radio was $180, the
AC adapter $25.  I also got free shipping and a free plastic desk stand
for the radio.  The whole system works great.  I have a long wire
antenna strung around my den and am pulling in some real distant
stations without difficulty.

Now the learning begins.
 The search for pirates is on...

Thanks again,
Greg



Gregory D. Rose, BA, EMT-P
Paramedic / Emergency Medical Services Instructor
Auburn, Maine USA
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:00 1996
From: [e-mail] (Herbert Visser)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Trinidad & Tobago stations: no reply ?
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 22:51:58 GMT
Message-ID: <4ifcjv$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Dante Vanderlei Efrom <[e-mail]> wrote:

>        Here in South Brazil we catch a lot of FM & TV stations, every year,
>from Trinidad & Tobago (around 5,000 km far away !) and others caribbean
>countries, due to transequatorial propagation phenomenon.
>=20
>        Unfortunately, all the reception reports, K7 and video tapes we
>sended to the Trinidad & Tobago stations (to the addresses mentioned in the
>WRTH) are returned by the post office of that country, months after, stamped
>with "NOT RECLAIMED" and "RETURN TO SENDER".

>        I wonder if the TV & FM stations of Trinidad & Tobago know that some
>foreign letters aren=B4t been delivered to them by the post office of the
>country. I don=B4t believe that the FM and TV stations of that beautiful
>caribbean region would not be interested in knowing that theirs signals were
>tuned so far as 5,000 km down South.

>        Does someone has any explanation for the atonishing fact that the
>post offices of Trinidad & Tobago seemingly is not delivering foreign mail
>to theirs FM & TV stations ?

>        Thank you very much, in advance, for any help or information that
>anyone could give me about the subject. 73,

>        Dante Efrom, PY3ET, from Montenegro, RS, Brazil
>        [e-mail]

  This reminds me of a story of something that happened a couple of
years ago. A military coup was going on on Trinidad and Tobago
 (the rebels lost, by the way, and the government stayed in power) and
 here in the Netherlands it was being reported that the radio & TV
centre was taken under fire by the rebels. I had a copy of the World
Radio TV Handbook with me, and as I was bored anyway at that
 specific moment AND was doing the news for a radiostation I was
 working for at the time, I looked up the phonenumber of the
 governmental radiostation in the WRTH. I called, and got an employee
 of the station on the phone (I was surprised !!) who confirmed me
 that at that moment the building he was in was being shot at....
 But he said this with such a calm voice, and really took the time to
 answer all my questions, like that he was bored too and happy to
 be able to speak to someone..... So, if you can't get through to
them, why don't you call them ??
                                                        Herbert Visser
                                                        Amsterdam
                                                 The Netherlands



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:02 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 22:17:03 -0300
Reply-To: Dante Vanderlei Efrom <[e-mail]>
From: Dante Vanderlei Efrom <[e-mail]>
Subject: Trinidad & Tobago stations: no reply ?

        Here in South Brazil we catch a lot of FM & TV stations, every year,
from Trinidad & Tobago (around 5,000 km far away !) and others caribbean
countries, due to transequatorial propagation phenomenon.
=20
        Unfortunately, all the reception reports, K7 and video tapes we
sended to the Trinidad & Tobago stations (to the addresses mentioned in the
WRTH) are returned by the post office of that country, months after, stamped
with "NOT RECLAIMED" and "RETURN TO SENDER".

        I wonder if the TV & FM stations of Trinidad & Tobago know that some
foreign letters aren=B4t been delivered to them by the post office of the
country. I don=B4t believe that the FM and TV stations of that beautiful
caribbean region would not be interested in knowing that theirs signals were
tuned so far as 5,000 km down South.

        Does someone has any explanation for the atonishing fact that the
post offices of Trinidad & Tobago seemingly is not delivering foreign mail
to theirs FM & TV stations ?

        Thank you very much, in advance, for any help or information that
anyone could give me about the subject. 73,

        Dante Efrom, PY3ET, from Montenegro, RS, Brazil
        [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:03 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dave)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: USAF SSB SW TRANSMISSION FREQ LIST ???
Date: 19 Mar 1996 04:15:46 GMT
Message-ID: <4ilcdi$[e-mail]>
References: <4gbf28$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4ifnmc$[e-mail]> <4ig1bs$[e-mail]>

In article <4ig1bs$[e-mail]>, [e-mail](Willia
m F. Finch ) says:
>
>Does anyone have a list of US Air Force SSB SW transmission frequencies
>versus AFB location? I used to listen to SAC transmissions (10 years
>ago) but am now out of touch. Most of the stuff was pilots and crews
>with routine talk and AUTOVON (sp?) patches to arrange ground transit.
>I once heard AF1 while the Pres was visiting NY.

Hi,

     If U locate a list as such, would U mind forwarding??

Thanx in Advance...


73'S
Jeff


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:04 1996
From: Robertson <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Virtual Radio Museum
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 18:15:20 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hi!

For anyone interested in the history of Radio, stop by my Virtual Radio
Museum at:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1630/otr.html

The site is heavily enhanced with JavaScript and GIF animation, so bring
your Netscape 2.0 and have fun!

-Lin/KJ6EF


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:05 1996
From: Ron <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Voice Of Iran
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 15:32:33 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <h$[e-mail]> <4ifidt$[e-mail]>

Sean Williams wrote:
>
> Can Anyone give me a freq list for the Voice of Iran English Service
>
> I live in Sydney, Australia..
>
> Thanks

Sean, according to "Passport to World Band Radio", here's the only
listing for Australasia (Australia):
2130-2230  summer6175 & summer9670

Hope this helps.
Cheers, Ron Cain


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:06 1996
From: Sean Williams <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Voice of Iran
Date: 16 Mar 1996 23:23:17 GMT
Message-ID: <4ifih5$[e-mail]>

Can Anyone give me a freq list for the Voice OF Iran English Service???

I live in Sydney, Australia.


Thanks




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:07 1996
From: [e-mail] (Randy Padawer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: WANTED--Speaker for Radio Shack DX-160
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 12:49:11 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I'm looking for someone's old speaker for the Radio Shack Realistic
DX-160.  (No flames, please... It's not my primary receiver, heh.)  If
anyone has such a unit, please email me at [e-mail]

Thanks!

Randy Padawer, WA4FJF
[e-mail]

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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:08 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Chas)
Subject: WEFAX/Press Photo Frequencies
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 16:06:14 GMT

Heres a brief list of some of the HF FAX Frequencies with images:
(all shown in MHZ)

3231      WX
3357      WX
4271      WX
4802      WX
4975      WX
8040      WX
10534    WX
10865    WX


5878     Press Photos
6872         "       "
8467         "       "
10677       "       "
13454       "        "


There are literaly hundreds of these "UTES" up and down the dial


Charlie



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:09 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Chas)
Subject: Re: WEFAX/Press Photo Frequencies
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 09:48:16 GMT
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Alisdair Gurney) wrote:

>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Chas) writes:
>|> Heres a brief list of some of the HF FAX Frequencies with images:
>|> (all shown in MHZ)
>                 ^^^   KHZ surely?
>|>
>|> 3231      WX

>3231 KHZ  3.231 MHZ ?
-yeah sorry for ommitting the . chas
Charlie



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:09 1996
From: [e-mail] (Marie A. Lamb)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: WHITE'S RADIO LOG - STILL PUBLISHED ?
Date: 13 Mar 1996 19:20:25 GMT
Message-ID: <4i775p$[e-mail]>
References: <4hv2v4$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

AC6V ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Years ago, I used White's Radio Log for finding AM Broadcast information.
: Seems that it listed alphabetically by call and numerically by frequency.

: Are they still publishing ?? If not any other resources ??? I found a
: AM/FM listing on WWW -- will post in a separate article.

No, White's has been gone for some years.  I suggest the AM Log from the
National Radio Club, which covers the U.S. and Canada.  You can get it
from the club (their address should be in the WRTH club section), and I
think Universal Radio sells it, too.

73--
Marie Lamb
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:10 1996
From: [e-mail] (Peter Costello)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WOBM MW in NJ
Date: 13 Mar 1996 11:36:26 GMT
Message-ID: <4i6bvq$[e-mail]>

  This is a posting requested by Bill Bergadano ([e-mail]):

  On UTC 3/14 between 0500 to 0800 Mediumwave station WOBM will be off-the-air
.
The station operates on 1160 kHz from the Tom's River/Lakewood New Jersey
area.

  Bill got this information direct from the WOBM station engineer who also
mentioned that the station will is interested in reports on their transmission
and requests for QSL's. (I have no address so use standard resources to
locate the mailing address for your reports.)

   Pete Costello for Bill Bergadano

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From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:11 1996
From: [e-mail] (Naveen K. Dewan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: World Cup Cricket
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 22:34:18 GMT
Message-ID: <4ikol8$[e-mail]>
References: <4i217a$[e-mail]> <4id43q$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (M1S1P1) wrote:

>The commentry could be heard on 9860 from early morning to the end EST.  I
>get good reception in Boston area.  A second frequency is 9615.  Good
>luck.

It's all over now. Sri Lanka defeated Australia in the day-night game
played in Lahore (Pakistan) on March 17.

Scores : Aus 241-7/50 lost to SL 245-3/46.2 by 7 wkts




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:12 1996
Distribution: world
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Brian Carling)
References: <4i1k9d$[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 06:41:00 -0500
Subject: WRTH Web Site
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail]
"mail sometimes bounces here, please resend if needed!"

Congrats Andy - that will be great!

Please reply to me at my NEW e-mail address:
[e-mail]

AS>Despite what you may have heard or read elsewhere, the WRTH Web site
AS>is *not* on line yet. I am currently estimating around May 1st as the
AS>date when we will be able to go 'live'. At this moment I am also not
AS>sure what the URL is going to be. As soon as these details are known,
AS>I will post a message here in rec.radio.shortwave.

 * SLMR 2.1a * Make no mistake, what you SOW you WILL reap!




From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:13 1996
From: [e-mail](Michael Neidich)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WTB: S-38C Hallicrafters Exc. Only
Date: 19 Mar 1996 14:04:07 GMT
Message-ID: <4imesn$[e-mail]>

Nostalgia strikes.  I want to buy your S-38C if in good shape.
Describe in detail and price in first reply.
Thanks,
K2ENN


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:15 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Jens Goerke)
Subject: WTB: Yaesu FRG-7
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 17:22:16 GMT

Hi, all!

I'm looking for a Yaesu FRG-7 in working condition
with manuals/add-ons.

Jens, DB9LL
--
Missing coffee error - operator halted.

This message may not be distributed via the Microsoft Network.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:16 1996
From: [e-mail] (david martin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: WWCR Sched WAS: Old Record Shop?
Date: 14 Mar 1996 04:18:53 GMT
Message-ID: <4i86nd$[e-mail]>
References: <4g9204$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4h7o3u$[e-mail]>

>One of our club members is interested in when the radio show
>"The Old Record Shop" comes on WWCR (and the freq).
>
>Does anyone have a current WWCR program schedule?
>

Well, this program appears on WWCR #1  at 12:30 UTC, but the reception is
BAD!!!!  I talked to the WWCR program manager and he said that they would
schedule more times, but I have yet to hear back on this.

Are you out there, WWCR???????



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:16 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jeremy Boot)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WWW Radio Pages
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 21:44:52 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

It nearly drove me mad doing it. It might not work on your browser,
but it does on mine (Netscape Gold 2):

        http://www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/

Radio Pages - now with ADDED Java!

Enjoy, as they say.....
Jeremy G4NJH
[e-mail]
[Home, Am Radio, SWL pages: http://www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/ ]



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:17 1996
From: [e-mail] (Geof Gonter)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: WWW SWL
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 21:54:11 -0500
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4im613$[e-mail]>

In article <4im613$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (39704456) wrote
:

>Visit
>http://www.fut.es/~als/hamm.html

Won't be a bad site, if the links were in small letters, rather than all
capital. I had to copy the URL's and type them in. Good links though.

  ---Geof Gonter---            FIDONet 1:325/501
In the shadow of Vermont's Mount Mansfield in dairy and maple syrup country.


From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:20 1996
From: [e-mail] (James Rosenzweig)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: YB400 or Sony7600G
Date: 18 Mar 1996 17:54:41 -0500
Message-ID: <4ikpjh$[e-mail]>
References: <4icn10$[e-mail]> <4ifena$[e-mail]>

I went through the same decision awhile ago. I too purchased the 7600 G
(over the YB 400) because of the synchronous detection. Have not
regretted that choice.



From [e-mail] Thu Mar 21 14:29:21 1996
From: [e-mail] (G.D. Rose)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: YB400 or Sony7600G
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 22:16:26 GMT
Message-ID: <4ifena$[e-mail]>
References: <4icn10$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

"Ralph P." <internet:[e-mail]> wrote:

>I'm in the market for a smaller portable SW/FM radio.
>I've narrowed my search to these 2. Both are $200 and have
>most of the features I'm looking for(only 7600 has Synch Det).
>I also hear that both Grundig and Sony are releasing new
>models shortly. Would appreciate any information/suggestions
>regarding these radios or any similar or new models.

>Thanks in Advance
>Ralph

I recently posted an almsot identical item here on this newgroup!
I was deciding between the YB400 and the 7600G as well.  Readers of
rec.radio.shortwave were most helpful.  I received far more comments
about the 7600G than the YB400.  All comments I received about the 7600G
were positive ones.

I chose the 7600G because of the advice I received here and because I
liked the design of the 7600G better than the YB400 and because the
7600G has synchronous detection.

I got my 7600G from Electronic Equipment Bank (1-800-368-3270).  For
$204.90 I got:  the 7600G ($179.95), the Sony AC adapter ($24.95) and a
free acrylic desk stand as well as free shipping (given to you if you
tell them you saw there ad in Passport to World Band Radio 96)

I am thoroughly satisfied with the 7600G.  It works great...  does
everything Sony says it does.  I made a long wire antenna for it (cost
about $4 to make) and improved reception even more.

I highly recommend the Sony 7600G as well as Electronic Equipment Bank.

Good luck.
Greg




Gregory D. Rose, BA, EMT-P
Paramedic / Emergency Medical Services Instructor
Auburn, Maine USA
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:51:59 1996
From: Charles Bolland <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur,antenna
Subject: (no subject)
Date: 22 Mar 1996 10:52:50 GMT
Message-ID: <4iu0q2$[e-mail]>

I am still sending out the Database Program of Broadcast Stations on Longwave,

Mediumwave, and Shortwave which covers about 4,000 records.  It is an IBM comp
atible
program and will be sent using MIME Email.

If you'd like a copy, send your EMail Address and your POSTAL ADDRESS i.e. STR
EET,
CITY and the program will be sent in return EMail.

Your address is needed for registration and a possible future announcement of
a
fully enhanced Database program with many more features.  All information is
kept confidential.

Hope to hear from you

[e-mail]

Chuck




From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:00 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: 2m Xmitter Schematic Help
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 10:38:47 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Can someone help me by pointing me to a schematic of a small VHF transmitter?
It is to be used to
relay telemetry from a series of high altitude rockets. Following are the (des
ired) specs:

Frequency:      2m band or nearby; XTAL controlled;
RF Power:       50-250 mW output;
Supply:         9-12 VDC (battery);
Modulation:     N/A

Complexity (ie. size and weight) should be as low as possible, as should the c
ost - lets face it:
the typical life of these devices will be measured in minutes.

I have hundreds of various scanner crystals that fit in this category. They ha
ve fundamental
frequencies around 16MHz, but I don't really know if I can use them for this p
roject.

I would very much appreciate some help in this matter. I can be reached at

                                mailto:[e-mail]

73s

Chris (WR1F)


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:02 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Silverwood)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Alaska sw freqs
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 17:00:41 GMT
Message-ID: <4iumf8$[e-mail]>
References: <4i59qd$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4id12b$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

John -- Thanks, I found out about KNLS shortly after sending my reply.
Apologies for the misinformation.  //Steve//

"John S. Grimmett" <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Tom does mean KNLS. KJNP is on MW only, 1170 kHz.
>KNLS is a religious station broadcasting from Anchor Point,
>on the Seward Peninsula, with 100 kW. According to the World
>Radio TV Handbook 1996 (seems I'm always citing that book),
>the schedule is as follows (times are UTC):

>0800-1000 on 6150 kHz (English/Russian)
>1000-1100 on 7365 kHz (Chinese)
>1100-1200 on 6150 kHz (Russian)
>1200-1400 on 7365 kHz (Chinese/English)
>1400-1800 on 7355 kHz (Russian/Chinese)

>Its beam is entirely to Asia only, and I remember hunting
>for it with no luck at all when I was living in Alabama. Now
>I live in Korea, so it comes in consistently but not too
>strong.

>Even if you (or Basil Sands, the originator of this thread)
>did hear it, it probably wouldn't offer much in the way of
>Alaskan news. English broadcasts are too brief, and news is
>just not the station's purpose.


-- //Steve//

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Fax: [phone]      Internet: [e-mail]
Phone: [phone]    America Online: KB6OJS
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Personal homepage: http://www.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs



From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:03 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Any local news on ICRT?
Date: 21 Mar 1996 15:34:28 GMT
Message-ID: <4irsu4$[e-mail]>

Does anyone know if the International Community Radio of Taiwan, which
is an FM station which broadcasts on www.xingtech.com Streamworks over
the Internet, carries any LOCAL news? All of the newscasts I've heard on
them have been off CNN and I don't need to connect to the net to hear
CNN!

(By the way, they carry Prairie Home Companion if, for some reason, you
can't receive it otherwise. It's at the live time, Saturday at 1700
GMT-6/-5 [CST/CDT])
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From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:04 1996
From: [e-mail] (David W. Everett)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Aural retentive? (or, The psychology of SWL)
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 18:33:40 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4i2tb0$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, "John S. Grimmett"
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>Remember...one person's static is another person's
>soporific.

I have a similar experience. I like to play around with the tuning dial on
my car radio on long distance trips to try and pull in long distance MW
stations. The noise of the static is a constant source of irritation to my
wife (so I don't do it so much when she is in the car with me).

I've found that when I suddenly yell out, "Hey! I just found WBBM
CHicago!", my wife is far from impressed. I might as well yell out, "Hey!
There's a dead dog by the side of the road!".

David.

--
Dr. David W. Everett

Department of Food Science, University of Guelph
Guelph Ontario N1G 2W1 Canada
Telephone: [phone] ext. 4574/4358      Fax [phone]
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s illis theobromaticis, eh?


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:05 1996
From: [e-mail] (john p. sumner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC not as good anymore
Date: 22 Mar 1996 13:25:01 GMT
Message-ID: <4iu9nd$[e-mail]>
References: <4is1hg$[e-mail]> <4isabf$[e-mail]> <4itocg$[e-mail]>

David A. Kaye ([e-mail]) wrote:
: I'll go a step further: since they split up into several services, the
: board ops aren't as good either.  There are more errors than before,
: upcuts on programs, misreading of announcements, etc.  As to programming,
: I agree that it was better before they customized the streams.  They no
: longer have "Megamix" at times I can listen, nor several other of the
: hotter programs.
: Don't get me wrong: I'm glad they brought back "My Music" for another run,
: but WHO on earth listens to that old fart play "music from my collection".
: Somebody Greenfield.  He reads letters from women celebrating their dog's
: birthday or whatever, then puts up some scratchy recording of an opera
: tenor of no particular interest.  (It's one thing to play something
: unusual in a classical vein as Bob Holness does, but this Greenfield guy
: plays so much garbage...)

  Dave you forgot about david lee travis who is on satmornings at 1200
UTC:-)








John P. Sumner
[e-mail]
Shortwave lives
please dont let it
die.


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:07 1996
From: [e-mail] (Ricardo D'Azevedo Godinho)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BBC radio one
Date: 21 Mar 1996 19:50:18 GMT
Message-ID: <4isbtq$[e-mail]>

Hi there!
Can you help me with this one?
How can I tune BBC radio one in Portugal, if possible at all.

Bye!

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From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:09 1996
From: John Moore <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Dipole
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 11:06:40 -0600
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4ilck2$[e-mail]>

I once bought a HI-Q Antenna Center insulator diagrammed below:

The ? is a hook, the @'s are connectors, === is copper wire (14 gage)
and the ### is a coax connector (for antenna cable)


Hi-Q Antenna Center Insulator  (for making dipole antenna)
:
                          ?
                     +----+----+
    ===============@-|insulator|-@==================
                     +---###---+
                         ###

The one I had came from

"Van Gorden Engineering"
P.O.Box 21305
S. Euclid, Ohio 44121 [phone]

But this was long ago and I can't find it anymore (but would
like to get another one).  Does anybody know where I can order
one from (or make one)?

Dave wrote:
>
> Hello Folks,
>
>      I recall a post sometime ago inreguards to construction of a "HOMBREW"
diwpole ANT.  If any1 has any info in reguards
> to this construction, I would greatly appreciate it.  If you would, PLS EMAI
L!!
>
>      THANX in ADVANCE...
>
> 73'S
>
> Dave

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From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:09 1996
From: [e-mail] ()
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Distortion on sideband (RFPI)
Date: 18 Mar 96 22:04:11 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I'm pretty much of a novice at this, but:

I'm using an ICF-2010. When listening to RFPI 6.205 MHz (USB) I frequently
have difficulty understanding what's being said, particularly when women
are talking. It sounds like the voice is AM modulating an electronic tone,
and higher-pitched speakers (closer to the tone) get distorted more. Of
course I've tried adjusting the fine tuning but I can never get very good
reception.

I guess this is standard sideband behavior, but I was wondering whether
RFPI can do something on their end (a low-pass filter?) to control the
problem.

Thanks for any responses!

Rich



From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:10 1996
From: [e-mail] (Karl Shepard)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: DSP/Filters  and Antenna/Pre-gain Amps?
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 08:58:28
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Has anyone used any of the DSP (digital signal processor) units like those
made by MJF or JSP? These units hook up between the speaker out and the
external speaker and are supposed to clean up the audio.  Typically they also
provide for 20dB gain for the audio signal.

Also, I have seen antenna tuners with pre-amps that are sold by MJF and
others.  Has anyone had any experience with these?   Do they provide any real
benefit over and above optimal antennas?

I am going to experiment with antennas over the next several weeks building
some for specific frequencies and hung in different ways.  Like most folks I
am constrained by real estate and the bucks it would take to build 3 75 ft
towers so that each band could have two antennas hung at 1/4 wave length
above the ground with both a north-south and east/west directional orientation

- not to mention the 22 antenna switches required to select the antenna of
choice!

Do these DSP/pre-amp/antenna tuners provide any real benefit given that
my antennas will be a compromise?  I am interested in hearing from anyone
that has had some experience with them.

[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:11 1996
From: [e-mail] (Vern Faulkner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Dx300 fer sail
Date: 21 Mar 1996 03:02:19 GMT
Message-ID: <4iqgrr$[e-mail]>

I have an old Realistic DX300 for sale, does the 10Kz to 30Mhz bands in five
different pre-tuned bands. PLL circuitry, digital readout. RF amp,
USB/LSB/AM settings, and that sort of thing. 52 Ohm inputs, line antenna
inputs with screw terminals, as well as ground for same. Kill switch
terminals for use with HAM transmitter equipment, and a few other doodads.

Offers on the beast are welcome - note location.


with transmitters,



From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:12 1996
From: [e-mail] (Tony S.)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS: Kenwood Receiver
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 22:40:07 GMT
Message-ID: <4iv9os$[e-mail]>

For Sale:

Kenwood Receiver, model QR-666. Identical (as far as I can tell) to
the R-300, but probably earlier. This receiver is in excellent
cosmetic and operating condition, and looks cool, too...charcoal grey
cabinet, black face, and light grey knobs. Analog tuning with
bandspread. Has attached whip antenna, and the set works very well
with just the whip. Broadcast band sensitivity is excellent.

Best Offer over $75.00, or possible trade for tube gear.


Thanks!

73 de N8SNC, Tony



From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:13 1996
From: [e-mail] (Risto Kotalampi)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: FTP site needed
Date: 22 Mar 1996 16:42:16 +0200
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4fgs91$b7m$[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> "Mark J. Fine" <[e-mail]> wr
ites:

   Matt wrote:
   > Can anyone tell me what's the name of the ftp site where you can
   > get softwave for the sw radio?  I used it a while ago, and it has
   > something to do with Norway.  It has WeFAX programs (shareware,
   > freeware) and other things like that (e.g. RTTY)

   The one I'm thinking of is not Norway, but Finland:
     ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/dx

Many of you have perhaps noted that data in ftp.funet.fi is badly
outdated. Me and Kauto Huopio have been extremely busy last 2 years
and haven't had much time to develop and maintain the archive.

But maybe someday again we can make our site worth visiting.

--
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# Kotanet Communications Oy       # GSM:  [phone]     #
# Kanslerinkatu 8, 33720 TAMPERE  # Fax:  [phone]     #
# http://www.kotanet.fi/          # Email: [e-mail]     #


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:15 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: HELP ME CHOOSE A SW RADIO!
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 19:58:07 +0000
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

((( * )))

Hi, I'm a SW Radio listener since long time ago, I Have an old
2-Band Silver analog Radio from 197-something (I'm not too old, it was
of my father).  :-)

I'm interesting in buying a NEW Radio with this features:

- Digital tuning
- at least from 4 - 18 MHz coverage.
- Tuning Precision: .001 MHz

---------------------------------------------------------------------
The models I have choose are:

SONY ICF-SW 7600G                                       $219
SONY ICFS-W 30                                                                  $119
GRUNDIG YACHT BOY 400           $199
---------------------------------------------------------------------

I CONCERN ABOUT:

- Radios that does not have "10-key direct acces"
* Reason: I think "continue scan" is very slow in models I have seen:
Sony icfs-w30.

- The quality of GRUNDIG radios, I have never seen one or hear about
them.
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Help me choos the best model please.

Waiting for a promtly answer:

Rene Hernandez


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:15 1996
From: [e-mail] (Shawkang Wu)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Help: need info on licensed bands
Date: 20 Mar 1996 14:57:36 GMT
Message-ID: <4ip6d1$[e-mail]>


I need to find info on the unlicensed bands, e.g.,
a list showing all the unlicensed bands and the
requirements of transmitting within these bands
in the U.S., Europe, South America, and Asia.
I've checked 47 CFR 15 for the U.S., but have
no clue for other parts of the world.
Any help would be appreciated.
Please send me email at: [e-mail].

shawkang wu



From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:16 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Louis Lesko)
Subject: ICF 2010 FS $175.00
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 22:27:36 GMT


I have a Sony 2010 that I would like to sell.  The radio is in great
shape, the only problem is a broken telescopic antenna on top.
Includes original manual and shipping.

The radio has done well for me, it has just become impratical for
traveling etc.

Cheers,

LOUIS

[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:18 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Dave Schwartz)
Subject: Re: Interference
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Summary: Bad insulators
Reply-To: [e-mail]
References: <4ilfp4$[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 17:20:44 GMT

In article <4ilfp4$[e-mail]>, Tom Butler <[e-mail]> wrote
:
> I was given a Grundig Yacht Boy 305 a couple of days ago. I have been
>enjoying it a great deal. My problem is interference caused by power lines
>next to my house. Is there any way I can cut down on the interference? I'm
>sorry if this is a stupid question, but this is my first shortwave radio.

The cause of powerline noise is likely poor or dirty insulators at the pole/to
wer.
You can usually confirm by noting if the noise gets worse with higher humidity
or rain. You are hearing the arcing along the surface of the insulator.

Usually the power company will play ball with you to clean them up since
it means they are loosing power and not getting the revenue as well. You
may be able to assist by trying to isolate the faulty pole/tower: take
your radio (on AM, so that the somewhat-directional internal loopstick is
being used) and go up to each pole and move it (the radio) around. If the nois
e
rises when the loopstick is a right-angle to the line to the insulators, that'
s
the bad pole - give them the number off the pole.

.............Dave


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:19 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Ireland? A New Country?
Date: 21 Mar 1996 06:46:12 GMT
Message-ID: <4iqtvk$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

What about Ireland via WWCR?

Hmm--where are the transmitters for Monaco and Vatican City?

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>
>To several who commented upon the UK xmtr location for the Irish
>broadcast .. and, thus not qualifying Ireland:  Quite so ... when you
>adhere to the NASWA rules.  But ... I still am happy to count Ireland
>as a country for my purposes regardless of the xmtr location.  There
>is ample precedent in counting such countries in the NASWA rules
anyway.
>For example, R. Vilnius was for years acceptable as Lithuania when we
>all knew the xmtrs were in the USSR. Until Ireland comes up with a more
>legitimate way of logging, I'm happy.  Vy 73 .. Ed
>--

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From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:20 1996
From: [e-mail] (George Scott)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Ireland? A New Country?
Date: 21 Mar 1996 08:21:26 -0700
Message-ID: <george.827421584@nrel>
References: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

"Edward C. Shaw" <[e-mail]> writes:

>To several who commented upon the UK xmtr location for the Irish
>broadcast .. and, thus not qualifying Ireland:  Quite so ... when you
>adhere to the NASWA rules.  But ... I still am happy to count Ireland
>as a country for my purposes regardless of the xmtr location.  There
>is ample precedent in counting such countries in the NASWA rules anyway.
>For example, R. Vilnius was for years acceptable as Lithuania when we
>all knew the xmtrs were in the USSR. Until Ireland comes up with a more
>legitimate way of logging, I'm happy.  Vy 73 .. Ed

If you'd accept a utility station (instead of a broadcast station), you
could always listen for the Shannon VOLMET on 5505 (I think). And they
do QSL.


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From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:22 1996
From: John Fallows <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: journalist seeks answer on SW clock
Date: 21 Mar 1996 23:10:09 GMT
Message-ID: <4isnkh$[e-mail]>
References: <4il62h$[e-mail]> <4iocvd$[e-mail]>

>: Chris Roth ([e-mail]) wrote:
>: The RBOC for WI (Ameritech) has a local number. Call it, and you're
>: given the time, exactly.
>
>: I've compared the time from the phone company to the time on
>: the SW band. The SW band clock identifies itself as providing
>: "coordinated universal time."
>
>: There's no match. Apparently the Ameritech time is one minute ahead
>: of the SW clock.
One minute out is definitely an indication Ameritech time is wrong.  You
might notice a slight (<1 second) difference between WWV time standard on
shortwave and the time you receive over a phone line, even if the two were
synced at the source.  That difference woould be due to the fact that the
shortwave time broadcast travels directly from Colorado(WWV)/ or
Hawaii(WWVH female voice)to your home.  The telephone time broadcast, on
the other hand, **might** be routed by geosynchronous satellite.  Even at
the speed of light, a radio signal takes a lot longer to travel up-back
to-from the satellite than it would to travel from Colorado to wherever
you live.  (You can notice this effect when you listen to a major
broadcaster like the BBC, which has some signals broadcast from UK
or relayed by radio, and some relayed by remote transmitters from a
satellite feed.  Same program, but about <1 second apart in time.) Cheers.


--
John Fallows                VE6MBA
Calgary, Alberta            Ernst & Young [phone]
[e-mail]




From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:23 1996
From: jms
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Loop antenna?  help
Date: 19 Mar 1996 19:32:12 GMT
Message-ID: <4in23s$[e-mail]>

Dear Group:
Newbie question. I have a relatively cheap Sony analog unit, 7601 I
believe and live in highrise apt.  Someone suggested attaching a long
piece of wire to the antenna whip and string it in a loop around my
apt. ceiling.  Is this method the best to increase station reception?
If so, does one need to complete the loop by attaching the end of the
wire to the whip?

Thanks for your help.
JS



From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:24 1996
From: [e-mail] (John)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Mailorder for GE Superadio III ???
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 17:42:05 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4ihhuf$[e-mail]>

In article <4ihhuf$[e-mail]>,
[e-mail](Michael Ferraro ) wrote:

> Does anyone know of a mailorder house that sells the Superadio III ??
> Price ?, Availability ? 800 number ?
>
> thanks,
>
> Mike

Bennett Bros (800-621-2626) has it for $35.

John R.


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:25 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: MidWest Ireland Radio
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 96 12:39:26 PDT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>


In Article<[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
write:
> Path:
news.bright.net!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.r
eston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews
> From: "Edward C. Shaw" <[e-mail]>
> Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
> Subject: MidWest Ireland Radio
> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 11:48:02 -0500
> Organization: Netcom
> Lines: 9
> Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
> NNTP-Posting-Host: lex-ky1-26.ix.netcom.com
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Mar 18  8:49:11 AM PST 1996
> X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I; 16bit)
>
> What a signal!!  7325 between 0000-0100 (my tuning time) netted me
> my 222nd likelihood for another country.  Heard mentions of
several....


Way to gyo Ed.  I heard you made it through to get mentioned on the
air.  Mike



From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:25 1996
From: [e-mail] (Charles P. Crawford)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: NEED ADDRESSES FOR BROADCASTERS
Date: 22 Mar 1996 03:22:19 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, Christopher Golash
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> HELP!!!
>
> Finally logged Radio Tirana, Albania and Radio Portugal; can ANYONE help
> with the addresses?

Radio Tirana
Radiotelevisione Shqiptar
International Service
Rruga Ismail
Tirana
ALBANIA

No errors. The spelling is correct.

RDP International - Radio Portugal
Box 1011
Lisbon 1001
Portugal


You need to get a copy of 1996 World Radio TV Handbook
or 1996 Passport to World Band Radio

Charlie

--
   "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
                                          B. Dylan


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:27 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dan Ferguson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Need freq. for reception of VOA & BBC in Australia
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:33:16 GMT
Message-ID: <4int3a$[e-mail]>
References: <4hq34k$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Werner Freundlich) wrote:

>What are the are frequencies and Utimes for receiving news broadcasts
>from the Voice of Amercia and BBC in Australia and New Zealand? Many
>thanks for response.

You can get the complete VOA schedule at the VOA gopher or ftp servers
-

gopher,voa,com or ftp.voa.gov

df

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ Dan Ferguson                                             [e-mail]  +
+ Opinions herein expressed are not those of the donut store I patronize. +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +




From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:28 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Shaffer, Jr.)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: newcomer to SWL...
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 96 14:48:18
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (ED WELCH
) writes:
> The radio has four "bands".  The AM band (Band 1) picks up very little.
> Band 2 which is from 1.6mhz to 4.4mhz is rather barren.  Band 3, 4.5mhz
> to 11.5mhz seems to be pretty busy.  And Band 4, 11.5mhz to 30mhz seems
> rather barren much like Band 1 and 2.

Band 4 will be more active in the daytime, but in general this is a bad year
for the higher frequencies.  What puzzles me is why you're not getting more
stations on the domestic AM band.

--
 *  From the disk of: | [e-mail]      | "there's a hell of
 Jim Shaffer, Jr.     | NOTICE:  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  //  | a good universe
 37 Brook Street      | I've changed              //   | next door; let's go"
 Montgomery, PA 17752 | Internet providers.    \\//    |     (e.e. cummings)


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:30 1996
From: [e-mail] (Faizul Hamid)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Canada
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 96 13:59:41 GMT
Message-ID: <4ip39t$[e-mail]>
References: <4i9vgd$[e-mail]> <4il1k7$[e-mail]> <4int3h$[e-mail]>

I heard on the radio today that they have gotten an extension into 97.

In article <4int3h$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Dan Ferguson)
wrote:
>[e-mail] (George Thurman) wrote:
>
>>In article <4i9vgd$[e-mail]>,
>>Exiled on Main Street <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>>What is the status of Radio Canada International? Will it still be
>>>broadcasting a month from now? Whats the deal?
>>>
>
>
>>YES  !!!!
>
>>They have received funding thru 1997!!
>
>But the employees, last I heard, have no documentation rescinding
>their termination notices.
>
>>gst
>
>
>>--
>>          GEORGE S. THURMAN                           [e-mail]
>
>>                BROTHERS TO THE RESCUE DESERVED WHAT THEY GOT
>
>What compassion!
>
>>                **  Mr. Clinton, tear down that embargo !!  **
>
>> *****  If the Republicans win in '96, I will move to Germany in '97  *****
>>
>>        Limbaugh and GingRICH suck...Long live Fidel Castro   !!!!!
>
>I wonder, did the republicans provide you with these tag lines?
>
>Have a nice day.
>
>df
>
>
>+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
>+ Dan Ferguson                                             [e-mail]  +
>+ Opinions herein expressed are not those of the donut store I patronize. +
>+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
>
>


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:30 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: REE  Frequencies wanted
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 96 00:34:54 edt
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


Hello to all and thank you for reading this post.

Could someone please give me the frequencies or source of frequencies for
Radio Espana Exterior.

Best regards
Tom Loll
Ripley, NY
[e-mail]




From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:31 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: REE schedule wanted for North America
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 96 10:02:49 edt
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


Hello all and thanks for reading this post.

Could someone please either supply me with some frequencies of REE to North
America or an internet source where I could find them for myself.  I have yet
to order my 1996 WRTH.
Thank you
Thomas Loll
Ripley, NY
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:33 1996
From: [e-mail] (ANDREW CLEGG)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: RS DX-394 Any reviews in yet??
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 21:51:18
Message-ID: <4inrsd$[e-mail]>
References: <4gg6t9$[e-mail]> <4gisv5$[e-mail]> <4gj5an$[e-mail]>

Christopher and Michael,

I own an FRG-100 (with good filters), and a friend of mine recently bought
a DX-394.  We recently spent an evening comparing the two receivers,
with both simultaneously hooked up to the same antenna and same pair
of external speakers.  Keep in mind that the FRG-100 is nearly twice as
expensive as the DX-394.

To make a long story short, the FRG-100 was noticeably better, especially
with weak SSB signals.  However, the DX-394 definitely held its own.
When using the internal speakers, the 394 gives better audio than the 100,
and is more pleasing to use when listening to broadcast signals.  The 394
also has a keypad, which the 100 doesn't (although this has never bothered
me).  The antenna we used was an outside random wire, about 40 ft long
and about 15 ft off the ground.  We did not notice any terrible overload
problems with either set, even though we live about 3 miles from downtown
Washington, DC.  The 100's signal strength meter consistently read about
1 S-unit higher than the 394's, but that doesn't really mean much.

My opinion is that if you want to DX weak SSB and CW signals, and make
use of optional accessories such as computer control and a very good narrow
CW filter, the 100 is the way to go.  But if you just want to cruise the
band, do some broadcast listening, and DX the not-too-exotic utility
stations, the 394 is a good choice, especially considering its price.  My
friend has been quite happy with his.

Good listening!

Andrew Clegg




From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:34 1996
From: [e-mail] (Michael Laudel)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Select-A-Tenna - Where to Buy?
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 20:32:11 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Mike Ward) wrote:

>I've decided I want to splurge on this little gizmo.  I'm assuming it's aroun
d
>$50 and is in some ads in various hobbyist magazines... any tips on where's
>the best place to buy it?
>
>And...if anyone can tell me where I can buy it *in person* at any store in th
e
>Northern California area, I'd appreciate it.   I'd be particularly happy if i
t
>was a Sacramento location, but I'll go anywhere in the San Francisco Bay area

>for it as well.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Mike

I bought mine from C. Crane Company in Fortuna. They are mostly mail
order, but are more than happy to sell in person. I have been more
than pleased with this company!

Phone # [phone]  Price for standard model is $54.95 including
shipping.      Fortuna is near Eureka... nice day trip
Mike


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:35 1996
From: [e-mail](B C)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Shortwave in Israel
Date: 22 Mar 1996 11:53:19 GMT
Message-ID: <4iu4bf$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

On Mar 18, 1996 19:07:14 in article <Shortwave in Israel>,
'[e-mail]' wrote:


>
>I live in Israel and would like to know if there are
>any other shortwave listeners who subscribe to this list
>who also live in Israel.
>
>                               Michael Pitkowsky
>

Shalom Michael. Well, Daniel ROsensweig ALMOST lives in Israel(!)
--
Bry in Gaithersburg, MD near DC
We are waiting for Pipeline to RESPOND!
The information is on its way (EVENTUALLY!)
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:36 1996
From: T E I X E I R A <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Shuttle STS-76 Ham Freq.
Date: 22 Mar 1996 20:11:41 GMT
Message-ID: <4iv1ht$[e-mail]>

If the shuttle stays up they should use 145.55 for packet and 144.95,
144.97 & 144.99 for FM phone.

Don AC6TG




From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:37 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bernie Rataj)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 2010 Ext Audio
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 96 16:50:36 GMT
Message-ID: <4is1dp$[e-mail]>
References: <4ip6rp$[e-mail]>

In article <4ip6rp$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Arthur Burke) wrote:
>Try getting your output from the recording jack. That's a constant level
>output. You may need a volume controlled external speaker to keep it from
>getting too loud, but it should certainly improve your RTTY conversion.

The recording jack is on the 2010 is microphone level, not line level. Even
with amplified speakers you won't get enough volume.

Bernie


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:38 1996
From: George Rybicki <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Sony IC 2001 for sale
Date: 21 Mar 1996 13:06:49 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4irk99$[e-mail]>

Sony  IC 2001 for sale. This is the original large digital portable, it
does not have synchronous detection . It covers 150 khz to 30 mhz
AM/SSB/CW and 76 to 108 mhz FM. It is in very nice shape and good working
condition and includes the AC power supply, manual and original box. I
would trade it for a good condition tube type SWL Rcvr like a
Hallicrafters, National or  Hammurlind or Hallicrafters SSB Transmitter
or $150.
73 George


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:39 1996
From: [e-mail] ()
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Sony SW1 problem
Date: 21 Mar 1996 17:44:34 GMT
Message-ID: <4is4i2$[e-mail]>

A friend of mine has a SW1 whose computer periodically gets
frotzed by static charges, and then has to be taken to the shop
to be reset.  Is there anyway for him to do this at home and avoid
the service repair costs?  Thanks.


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:40 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dave)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Space Shuttle
Date: 22 Mar 1996 14:04:20 GMT
Message-ID: <4iuc14$[e-mail]>

Hi Folks,

     I am currently looking for a list of SW freq's for the Shuttle.  I had a
list
but downt know where it disappeared too.

     Any help would be greatly appreciated.... U should probably make it a PUB
 POST
due to the fact there are alot of folks who would like to listen to the shuttl
e
as well, but of course you can E me..... HAVE A GREAT DAY!!

73'S

JEFF



From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:41 1996
From: [e-mail] (GstnMscrns)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Spain via China
Date: 20 Mar 1996 21:41:02 -0500
Message-ID: <4iqfju$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (GstnMscrns)

9620 is used by REE from 1000 - 1200 Z.  It originates in Beijing, China
and is directed at Japan (Azimuth = 138 deg.).  The schedule I just quoted
has just gone out of date.  I am waiting for their new schedule to arrive
in the mail.  I have also been able to pick-up 9620 in Tempe Arizona,
although I don't remember when off-hand.



From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:42 1996
From: [e-mail](B C)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Station With the World's Biggest Listenership
Date: 22 Mar 1996 12:01:01 GMT
Message-ID: <4iu4pt$[e-mail]>
References: <4im841$[e-mail]>

On Mar 19, 1996 04:08:33 in article <Station With the World's Biggest
Listenership>, '[e-mail]' wrote:


>Via the March - April "Messenger"
>
>China National Radio (CNR) is China's nation-wide radio network.  It
>transmits on seven channels, broadcasting 128 hours daily.  According to
>the official annual figure issued at the end of 1995, CNR received
>one-and-a-half million letters from its listeners lst year.
>CNR's national network began using satellite transmission in 1989,
>and its radio programming now covers almost all of China.  Of the
>country's 1.2 billion population, over 800 million listen to CNR.
>Radio receiver saturation nation-wide is now one set for every 2.5
>persons.  There is little doubt that CNR's domestic radio listenership is

>the greatest in the world.


And this is no surprise given that the communist government goves every
couple a free
SW radio when they get married (according tot estimony of George Otis at
High Adventure,
the SW outlet in SOuthern Lebanon and California) after his trip there. He
broadcasts to
China from Palau SPECIFICALLY for this reason - that the Chinese are the
world's largest
SW audience. Did he tell me the truth? DO they all have those little 10
band $19.95 sets?

>of Radio, Film and Televison and China Radio International.  All the
>China National Radio Staff are looking forward to working in the new
>building in 1997, where they will continue to develop China's domestic
>radio network producing and broadcasting a richer variety of quality
>programs. (Zhou Hong).
>
>
>--
>[e-mail]  Public Access User --- Not affiliated with Teleport
>Public Access UNIX and Internet at [phone] (2400-14400, N81)
--
Bry in Gaithersburg, MD near DC
We are waiting for Pipeline to RESPOND!
The information is on its way (EVENTUALLY!)
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:45 1996
From: [e-mail](Ryan Mathews )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Station With the World's Biggest Listenership
Date: 23 Mar 1996 13:03:50 GMT
Message-ID: <4j0srm$[e-mail]>
References: <4im841$[e-mail]>

In <4im841$[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>
>     China National Radio (CNR) is China's nation-wide radio network.
>It transmits on seven channels, broadcasting 128 hours daily.

Wow.  I'd love to know how they pull that off, considering there's only
24 hours in a day.  :-)
--
                        ---------- Ryan Mathews

Email: [e-mail]        "Sayonara to intrusive noise/
SnailMail: 401 Mortimer Drive #410    No more childish play and no more toys"
           Bedford OH, 44146          -- Sharon Apple, "Information High"


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:46 1996
From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Station With the World's Biggest Listenership
Date: 23 Mar 1996 09:06:17 -0800
Message-ID: <4j1b29$[e-mail]>
References: <4im841$[e-mail]> <4j0srm$[e-mail]>

Ryan Mathews wrote the quoted material below:

 >     China National Radio (CNR) is China's nation-wide radio network.
 >It transmits on seven channels, broadcasting 128 hours daily.
" Wow.  I'd love to know how they pull that off, considering there's only
" 24 hours in a day.  :-)

Easy.  You'll note that 7 times 24 = 128.  If it's unduplicated
programming on the 7 channels it's easy to broadcast 128 hours a day.

--
(c) 1996           One of "Consumer Reports" first campaigns was to force
David Kaye            business to take mercury and lead out of toothpaste



From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:48 1996
From: [e-mail] (Christopher A. King)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Superadio Coverage
Date: 19 Mar 1996 16:44:26 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4imo9a$[e-mail]>
References: <4ijvur$[e-mail]> <4iknni$[e-mail]> <4ikr5k$[e-mail]>

>+Yes! When you consider the poor quality construction,
>+The Lack of a digital frequency read-out, the exceedingly
>+bad dial calibration and the overall package including the
>+lack of FULL COVERAGE, you are looking at one very bad deal.
>+
>+I believe that it gets raves beacuse of the purist nature of
>+the unit. Tuned RF:  Turns everyones crank I guess.

The SRIII *does* cover the extended broadcast band.

Tuned RF ought to turn everyone's crank.  It's absolutely the
best choice for the front end design of a MW receiver.

You guys who constantly bellyache about the lack of a digital
readout for a broadcast band receiver really annoy me after a
while.  If you can't tell where you are tuned on the standard
broadcast band by proximity to known local or clear channel
stations, you are quite a helpless listener, in my view.

Perhaps if we're talking about non-NA MW DX with 9KHz spacing,
and you're chasing these stations in between 10KHz channels,
you might have a point.  But the increased noise that you are
going to have in a digital receiver in this price range is
undoubtedly going to negate any advantage, given the relative
weakness of these (assuming that you are a NA listener).

I realigned my SRIII, and the tuning tracks perfectly, BTW.  I
will concede that they don't do a good job of this at the fac-
tory... unfortunate.  The receiver is capable of tracking the
band perfectly, if it is properly aligned.

>    It's true the unit is purist.  It has great audio and
>    fantastic sensitivity.  Selectivty is ok.  All else doesn't
>    matter.  Mine is playing as I write this.  The numbers on
>    the display don't matter to me because I tune around for the
>    best reception of a given channel rather than having to tune
>    in the precise digital freq as on some wonder boxes.  I
>    like the SRIII because I can sit up here in my bedroom
>    outside of San Francisco and routinely receive AM & FM
>    stations from the Los Angeles area, and much further if
>    the weather is right.  For between $40 and $60, how can
>    you beat it?

My sentiments exactly.  This is the customer that the SRIII is
typically designed to serve, and it does so in an outstanding
fashion.  But I would argue that the selectivity is outstanding.
In the evening I can tune WSB in Atlanta on 750, with local 50kw
WJR right next door.  The receiver splits all BCB channels very
cleanly...

C.K.




From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:49 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Taiwan shortwave
Date: 23 Mar 1996 19:26:10 GMT
Message-ID: <4j1j8i$[e-mail]>
References: <4ink4a$[e-mail]>

William K. McFadden ([e-mail]) wrote:
>Recently I've been listening to the 0700-0800 GMT broadcast of the Voice
>of
>Free China from Taiwan on 5950 and have noticed some strange things.  The
>audio cuts out frequently for a few seconds at a time.  Last night, it
cut
>out in the middle of the news for about 10 minutes.
[Snip]

Sounds like they might be having problems with a satellite
link from Taiwan to the USA? In the past I've noticed
similar gaps in the relay of China Radio International via
shortwave transmitters in Switzerland. Perhaps Taiwan &
Mainland China at least have something in common?

--
Alan Davies, Cambridge, UK
Experimental URL (don't expect too much!):
http://bell.ukonline.co.uk/Members/alan.davies/contents.html


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:50 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joe Lynn)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: The Best Shortwave Radio Station
Date: 21 Mar 1996 13:23:27 -0600
Message-ID: <4isabf$[e-mail]>
References: <4is1hg$[e-mail]>

<[e-mail]> wrote:

> ...
>Well I would like to hear from other shorwave radio listeners posting to
>this newsgroup as to why their shortwave radio station would keep them up
>all night.


Okay, I'll bite.

Until about a year ago, the BBC was a fixture on my dial and would
qualify as the station I'd stay up for.

Ever since they introduced their "streams," the programs I
want to hear are either (a) aired in completely inconvenient time slots
(i.e., while I'm at work); or (b) not aired in my region of the
world at all (a little patch of land known as North America).

I've written to the BBC about it and received a nice pat on the
head and a "thank you."

As I've said in this newsgroup before, I'm certain someone at the BBC
has a lovely little blurb on their resume about completely reworking
the shortwave schedules, but it cost them at least this listener
of 20+ years.


jtl
--
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:51 1996
From: David Dill <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: wanted: Sony ICF SW20(the small one)
Date: 23 Mar 1996 22:46:28 GMT
Distribution: inet
Message-ID: <4j1v04$[e-mail]>
To: rec.radio.shortwave

i am looking for the ICF SW20.  Is this a discontinued model?
Does anyone know where I might be able to get my hands on one?
Thanks.

David Dill



From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:52 1996
From: [e-mail] (John Lundgren)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner,alt.radio.pirate,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,uk.radio.amateur
Subject: Re: Weird Radio Problem
Date: 21 Mar 1996 02:44:01 GMT
Message-ID: <4iqfph$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4imjob$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Steve Work ([e-mail]) penned:
: Dennis Nuetzel ([e-mail]) wrote:
: : >There is a small, minor detail: Air transmissions were AM, last time I
: : >checked!  How does an FM receiver with poor-selectivity receive AM
: : >transmissions???

: :    If close enough, it will.  I have picked up CB radio transmissions (Als
o
: : AM) on a nearby FM reciever.

: "AM rejection" is a spec which applies to FM radios.  It is worse on
: cheaper ones.

I'm assuming that by worse, you mean is has poorer AM rejection.

: The circuitry used to detect FM signals can respond to changes in the
: amplitude.  Especially when the circuit is cheap, and under conditions
: where it is overloaded.

Actually, when the circuitry is overloaded, it should limit and prevent
AM from getting thru.  Maybe the circuitry is not overloaded enough. ;-)


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From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:53 1996
From: [e-mail] (John)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Whats the best 40ft. antenna?
Date: 21 Mar 1996 13:40 MST
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

---------------------------------------------------------------
John Berenyi  ([e-mail])

2648 Deer Run Dr.
Ogden, Utah 84405





From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:54 1996
From: T E I X E I R A <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Whats the best 40ft. antenna?
Date: 22 Mar 1996 20:18:48 GMT
Message-ID: <4iv1v8$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

Please clarify this question.  40 ft  antenna?  Antenna size is
regulated by the frequency.  The higher the freq. the shorter the
antenna.  It is more important to have a resonant antenna than a large
antenna.  There are also antennas that are designed for "Gain".  These
antennas focus the signal.

There are good antenna books at the public libraries.  Check them out.

Don AC6TG




From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:55 1996
From: [e-mail] (John)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Whats the best 40ft. antenna?
Date: 23 Mar 1996 07:59 MST
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4iv1v8$[e-mail]>

In article <4iv1v8$[e-mail]>, T E I X E I R A <[e-mail]>
 writes...
>Please clarify this question.  40 ft  antenna?  Antenna size is
>regulated by the frequency.  The higher the freq. the shorter the
>antenna.  It is more important to have a resonant antenna than a large
>antenna.  There are also antennas that are designed for "Gain".  These
>antennas focus the signal.
>
>There are good antenna books at the public libraries.  Check them out.
>
>Don AC6TG
>
>
---------------------------------------------------------------
Must cover broadcast to 30 Mhz.




John Berenyi  ([e-mail])

2648 Deer Run Dr.
Ogden, Utah 84405





From [e-mail] Sun Mar 24 17:52:57 1996
From: [e-mail] (lness)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Zenith Trans-Oceanic question
Date: 23 Mar 1996 13:07:39 GMT
Message-ID: <4j0t2r$[e-mail]>

        I own a TO, model H500, Chassis 5H40 . It was new c. 1945.  I
find that I can pick up stations in the 4-8 MC band (roughly 4Mhz to
8Mhz) evenings with no trouble.  But I get nothing in any of the other
bands.  Is this likely to be a internal electrical problem?  Or due to
poor atsmospheric conditions?  I replaced the tubes some years ago, the
capacitors, etc., more recently.

        Thanks.

--
Lester Ness     [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:23 1996
From: [e-mail](Kevin Alfred Strom)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: "Hate Monger" Broadcasts?
Date: 27 Mar 1996 05:41:57 GMT
Message-ID: <4jakf5$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4ja5oi$[e-mail]>

There is a great misunderstanding going on here. Debate is being
stifled, and people are being encouraged to close their minds to what
is being said on certain radio programs, including mine.

The misunderstanding is this: Those who believe that races are better
off living in their own independent societies, as they generally choose
to do when left to their own devices, are being falsely characterized
as espousing "hate" or being "hatemongers" and therefore "beyond the
pale" of debate or even legality. The subtext of the complaints about
"hate" is that American Dissident Voices and others should be censored
for expressing forbidden opinions.

There is absolutely no connection between a belief in racial separatism
and "hate", whatever that highly-charged word is supposed to mean. If
the supposed connection were real, and "hate" is assumed to be that
which all "good" people avoid, then the mental trap is perfectly set.
It becomes impossible to debate the idea of a multiracial society.

A better way to approach this highly controversial area would be to
describe broadcasts like mine as being from "radical separatists" or
some other more accurate description. And let free speech rule the
waves!

I for one would not want to censor those with whom I disagree. George
Thurman may be as far to the left as you can get without actually being
off your rocker, but he does have interesting things to say
occasionally.

And what would a day be without RFPI? Where else can you get
obsessively-organized and detailed information of the hard-working
though somewhat closeted Glenn Hauser, followed by "feminist" diatribes
describing abortion as a "sacrament"? Where else can you get "New
Dimensions," which has prominently and seriously featured the "Urantia
Book," supposedly dictated by alien entities? If anyone were ever to
try to censor this station, so entertaining and illustrative of the
liberal mentality, I would be the first to complain.

Hearing that with which we disagree causes us to think. Let us dare to
think.

Kevin Alfred Strom, WB4AIO

producer and host, American Dissident Voices
on WRNO 1130am Central US Saturday 15420
800pm Central US Saturday 7355


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:24 1996
From: [e-mail] (David Hammer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: "Hate Monger" Broadcasts?
Date: 28 Mar 1996 01:30:00 -0500
Message-ID: <4jdbl8$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4ja5oi$[e-mail]> <4jakf5$[e-mail]>

  Kevin Alfred Strom ([e-mail]) wrote:
: There is a great misunderstanding going on here. Debate is being
: stifled, and people are being encouraged to close their minds to what
: is being said on certain radio programs, including mine.

: The misunderstanding is this: Those who believe that races are better
: off living in their own independent societies, as they generally choose
: to do when left to their own devices, are being falsely characterized
: as espousing "hate" or being "hatemongers" and therefore "beyond the
: pale" of debate or even legality. The subtext of the complaints about
: "hate" is that American Dissident Voices and others should be censored
: for expressing forbidden opinions.

: There is absolutely no connection between a belief in racial separatism
: and "hate", whatever that highly-charged word is supposed to mean. If
: the supposed connection were real, and "hate" is assumed to be that
: which all "good" people avoid, then the mental trap is perfectly set.
: It becomes impossible to debate the idea of a multiracial society.

: A better way to approach this highly controversial area would be to
: describe broadcasts like mine as being from "radical separatists" or
: some other more accurate description. And let free speech rule the
: waves!

: I for one would not want to censor those with whom I disagree. George
: Thurman may be as far to the left as you can get without actually being
: off your rocker, but he does have interesting things to say
: occasionally.

: And what would a day be without RFPI? Where else can you get
: obsessively-organized and detailed information of the hard-working
: though somewhat closeted Glenn Hauser, followed by "feminist" diatribes
: describing abortion as a "sacrament"? Where else can you get "New
: Dimensions," which has prominently and seriously featured the "Urantia
: Book," supposedly dictated by alien entities? If anyone were ever to
: try to censor this station, so entertaining and illustrative of the
: liberal mentality, I would be the first to complain.

: Hearing that with which we disagree causes us to think. Let us dare to
: think.

: Kevin Alfred Strom, WB4AIO

: producer and host, American Dissident Voices
: on WRNO 1130am Central US Saturday 15420
: 800pm Central US Saturday 7355

Well said Kevin,

Dave Hammer



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:25 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 21:50:48 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4j3ud2$[e-mail]>

In article <4j3ud2$[e-mail]> [e-mail]
 (Brian Boulden) writes:

>I live in Fairfield, which is 20 miles north of Vallejo and can pick it
>up with no problem. BUT I will admit that the signal seems no stronger
>than any other major AM station in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Since I posted the last one, I have successfully heard KXBT - pretty much all
the time now, especially since they got their transmitter fixed and are
running the full 10KW day/1KW night power.  But it's still somewhat of a
lesser signal than say, KGO or KCBS...or even (comparing apples to apples
here) KSFO.

It's just a matter of band dynamics.  No matter how clear the 1640 frequency
is, 10KW at 1640 just isn't the same as 50KW at 740 or 810.  Or, for that
matter, even 5KW at 560.

Mike


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:26 1996
From: [e-mail] (John Higdon)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,ba.broadcast
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 18:32:53 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]> <4ibf4j$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4ided2$[e-mail] <mward.1251 <4ikchc$[e-mail].o <4j0192$[e-mail]>

In article <4j0192$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Covell) wrote:

> I'm pulling in KXBT on 1640 kHz right now, using the Denon TU-680NAB.
> The signal-strength meter shows a medium-strength signal, but it's
> noisy and I narrowed the bandwidth to make it more listenable. It is
> not good enough (yet) that I would listen regularly if I liked the
> programming (which I so far don't).

As a big-circuitry-type nerd, I enjoy all this reception stuff. But my
question is this: given that AM stations in the stardard portion of the
band are going dark and the band as a whole is in a steep spiral dive, how
does adding stations that many people cannot even hear make any sense? Is
this supposed to "save" AM?

--
John Higdon  |    P.O. Box 7648   | [phone]  |      FAX:
[e-mail] | San Jose, CA 95150 | +1 500 FOR-A-MOO |[phone]
             |       http://www.ati.com/ati          |


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:27 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Solberg)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,ba.broadcast
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 21 Mar 1996 23:21:56 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4isoak$[e-mail]>
References: <4hd51e$[e-mail]> <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]> <4ibf4j$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4ided2$[e-mail] <4ikchc$[e-mail]>

In article <4ikchc$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (David A. Kaye) writes:
|>  <[e-mail]>
|> NNTP-Posting-Host: crl11.crl.com
|> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
|> Xref: locutus.rchland.ibm.com rec.radio.shortwave:66781 ba.broadcast:13556
|>
|> Mike Ward wrote the quoted material below:
|> " KXBT has been broadcasting somewhat closer to continuously on 1640 the pa
st 2
|> " or 3 days.
|>
|> I'm finally getting it, but my DX-440 automatically switches off the
|> internal loopstick after 1600 and switches to the noisier whip or external
|> connector (depending where I flip the switch).  My computer is way too
|> noisy to pull it in.  Meanwhile, my stereo gets it, though it's right at
|> the top of the AM dial for me.  Still, the computer drowns it out.  All
|> told, KXBT isn't all that strong for me in SF.

[snip]

Yo, David!  Come on out to Rochester, MN if the computer noise is
too much...I can hear KXBT fine on my SR III and 1/4 mile loop ;-)

Must be because my computer is turned off!!!

BTW, I missed the QSL mailing address for KXBT; anyone???

--
********************************************************************
* Jim Solberg ([e-mail])                              *
* HRO - AA0FP                                                      *
********************************************************************


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:28 1996
From: [e-mail] (John Higdon)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,ba.broadcast
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 08:21:05 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]> <4ibf4j$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4ided2$[e-mail] <mward.1251 <4ikchc$[e-mail].o <4j0192$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4j5lcl$[e-mail]>

In article <4j5lcl$[e-mail]>, "Charles P. Hobbs"
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> This might be just too little and too late to "save" anything. Think,
> when was this "expanded" band first proposed? In the mid-80's, after
> the FCC played around with adding AM channels by going to a 9-kHz
> spacing (the stations weren't too crazy about that, as it may have
> required substantial antenna adjustment)

I don't understand the theory that holds with the premise that if
something is dead or dying, such as the AM band, you add MORE
channels--splitting the pie even thinner. Stations are going dark in
record numbers, but somehow adding channels at one end is just what the
doctor ordered?

--
John Higdon  |    P.O. Box 7648   | [phone]  |      FAX:
[e-mail] | San Jose, CA 95150 | +1 500 FOR-A-MOO |[phone]
             |       http://www.ati.com/ati          |


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:30 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,ba.broadcast
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 12:53:22 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4htg58$[e-mail]> <4j6pua$[e-mail]>

In article <4j6pua$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (David A. Kaye) writes:

>KXBT is another case in point.  KEX booms into the Bay Area.  It doesn't
>serve KXBT or KEX to have KXBT on 1190.  There are times (during morning
>and afternnon drive, of course) when KEX's skywave has been strong enough
>to make Vallejo unlistenable more than a few miles outside Vallejo.

True story - the day KXBT officially turned on 1640, I was standing at the
Richmond Amtrak station waiting for a train back to Sacramento.  I flipped on
the radio to 1190, not sure when the station's official signoff time was on
that frequency, and heard a basketball game as clear as a bell.  I thought to
myself, "hmm, that's odd, is KXBT doing sports now?".  Listening a few more
seconds, I realized it was a KEX broadcast of the Portland Trail Blazers. ;)

>But why KFRE is on the expanded list is anybody's guess.  That to me
>sounds like somebody selling the frequency, or they don't want to pay for
>50,000 watts + heat loss per hour.

KFRE got on the list before it was purchased by the Pappas folks.  I wonder if

they still intend on migrating it to the expanded band?  Or perhaps they're
just letting it go and will put it up there as a simulcast, choosing to *stay*

on 940 when they're forced to make a choice a few years down the road?  Just a

thought.

Mike


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:32 1996
From: "Charles P. Hobbs" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,ba.broadcast
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 25 Mar 1996 01:27:01 -0700
Message-ID: <4j5lcl$[e-mail]>
References: <4htg58$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4i2i8b$[e-mail]> <4i4etu$[e-mail]> <4ibf4j$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4ided2$[e-mail] <mward.1251 <4ikchc$[e-mail].o <4j0192$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (John Higdon) wrote:
>In article <4j0192$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Covell) wrote:
>
>> I'm pulling in KXBT on 1640 kHz right now, using the Denon TU-680NAB.
>> The signal-strength meter shows a medium-strength signal, but it's
>> noisy and I narrowed the bandwidth to make it more listenable. It is
>> not good enough (yet) that I would listen regularly if I liked the
>> programming (which I so far don't).
>
>As a big-circuitry-type nerd, I enjoy all this reception stuff. But my
>question is this: given that AM stations in the stardard portion of the
>band are going dark and the band as a whole is in a steep spiral dive, how
>does adding stations that many people cannot even hear make any sense? Is
>this supposed to "save" AM?
>

This might be just too little and too late to "save" anything. Think,
when was this "expanded" band first proposed? In the mid-80's, after
the FCC played around with adding AM channels by going to a 9-kHz
spacing (the stations weren't too crazy about that, as it may have
required substantial antenna adjustment)

Also, there are, in many cases, too many stations on the AM band
now, in particular, former daytime-only stations that were later
allowed to go all-night. Wonder why you can't hear your favorite
DX clear-channel station anymore?

>--
>John Higdon  |    P.O. Box 7648   | [phone]  |      FAX:
>[e-mail] | San Jose, CA 95150 | +1 500 FOR-A-MOO |[phone]
>             |       http://www.ati.com/ati          |




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:33 1996
From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,ba.broadcast
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 25 Mar 1996 10:50:50 -0800
Message-ID: <4j6pua$[e-mail]>
References: <4htg58$[e-mail]>

John Higdon wrote the quoted material below:

" I don't understand the theory that holds with the premise that if
" something is dead or dying, such as the AM band, you add MORE
" channels--splitting the pie even thinner. Stations are going dark in
" record numbers, but somehow adding channels at one end is just what the
" doctor ordered?

But I thought the reason for the band expansion was to spread things out
and reduce interference.  I don't recall any new stations being put on the
list; it was all upgrades of daytimers and marginal assignments.  Take
1480 for example, the old KWUN.  The channel is also assigned just 70
miles away in Merced.  It's assigned, too, in Eureka, Santa Maria, and
Santa Ana.  KWUN had to ask the Merced station to turn their transmitter
off between songs so that KWUN could take accurate field strength for
their proofs...this was during the daytime, of course.  KWUN is on the
expanded band list.

KXBT is another case in point.  KEX booms into the Bay Area.  It doesn't
serve KXBT or KEX to have KXBT on 1190.  There are times (during morning
and afternnon drive, of course) when KEX's skywave has been strong enough
to make Vallejo unlistenable more than a few miles outside Vallejo.

But why KFRE is on the expanded list is anybody's guess.  That to me
sounds like somebody selling the frequency, or they don't want to pay for
50,000 watts + heat loss per hour.

--
(c) 1996                In 1865 1/2 of all U.S. currency was counterfeit.
David Kaye



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:34 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 10:57:34 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4j3ud2$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> Jim Leder <[e-mail]> writes:

>I've heard this station on several occasions. They seem to peak
>about midnight in Cincinnati,Ohio and fall off at about 3am EST. A
>clear frequency does wonders for range. They would NOT be aubible
>between 540 and 1600. Likewise WJDM can be heard at time as early as
>3pm EST here.

True, but you're working off *skywave* here (as are most people in this
newsgroup when it comes to KXBT).  The gentleman in Fairfield and myself are
close enough to KXBT that we're dealing with groundwave.  I don't think
Sacramento is far enough away that I'm getting anything but groundwave from
KXBT.

(Someone ought to explain this to a certain Sacramento newspaper columnist...)

Mike



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:35 1996
From: Jim Leder <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 19:05:41 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4j3ud2$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Mike Ward wrote:
>
> In article <[e-mail]> Jim Leder <[e-mail]> writes:
>
> >I've heard this station on several occasions. They seem to peak
> >about midnight in Cincinnati,Ohio and fall off at about 3am EST. A
> >clear frequency does wonders for range. They would NOT be aubible
> >between 540 and 1600. Likewise WJDM can be heard at time as early as
> >3pm EST here.
>
> True, but you're working off *skywave* here (as are most people in this
> newsgroup when it comes to KXBT).  The gentleman in Fairfield and myself are
> close enough to KXBT that we're dealing with groundwave.  I don't think
> Sacramento is far enough away that I'm getting anything but groundwave from
> KXBT.
>
> (Someone ought to explain this to a certain Sacramento newspaper columnist..
.)
>
> MikeThat is very true, but even skywave on the MW band at this kinda
range is difficult. KXBT is only my third California behind power
KFI and a DX test from KBRT. Good skip can go a long ways but a
clear frequency can really help...


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:36 1996
From: [e-mail] (Powell E. Way III)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 Louisville, KY?
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 07:08:00 GMT
Message-ID: <4jhmat$[e-mail]>
References: <4j5nko$[e-mail]> <4ji7ai$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (David A. Kaye) wrote:

>mike welsh wrote the quoted material below:
>" Heard a station at 1640 early this morning, only caught 1640kHz and
>" Louisville, KY.  They were playing Solid Gold Soul program, (or
>" atleast that is what it sounded like).  Anyone know who this is?
>" Thanks

>It's KXBT in Vallejo on 1640.  Vallejo is a former navy town of just over
>100,000 about 20 miles north of Berkeley or 30 miles northeast of San
>Francisco.  It's also home to Marine World/Africa USA.  KXBT is licensed
>to run 10kw day and 1kw night (Pacific time, of course).

However there IS a permit for someone in TN or KY to test on 1680.
reason not stated.


Powell




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:37 1996
From: [e-mail] (Peter DeRusso)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: 1660 khz
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 22:07:58 GMT
Message-ID: <4jf2sd$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Just started to receive a am signal on 1660 khz. It id's as Radio OZ.
The only thing I have heard on this station was that it was giving a
"tri state " weather forcast and gave a telephone number with the
prefix of 603. That would make it in Wisconsin I believe. Any one with
any knowledge of the particulars of this station.? This is my first
find above the old broadcast band. TIA.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:38 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Shaffer, Jr.)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1660 khz
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 96 14:00:12
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4jf2sd$[e-mail]> <4jfp4b$[e-mail]>


In article <4jfp4b$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Radiomatt) wr
ites:
> There are about 92 new stations coming 1610 to 1700 kHz in the next few
> years.

I thought it was going to be more-or-less for clear-channel stations.

Oh well.

--
 *  From the disk of: | [e-mail]      | "there's a hell of
 Jim Shaffer, Jr.     | NOTICE:  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  //  | a good universe
 37 Brook Street      | I've changed              //   | next door; let's go"
 Montgomery, PA 17752 | Internet providers.    \\//    |     (e.e. cummings)


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:39 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1660 khz
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 22:53:05 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4jf2sd$[e-mail]> <4jfp4b$[e-mail]>

In article <4jfp4b$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Radiomatt) wr
ites:

>There's also an LA station on 1640, and for a week a military broadcast
>station KTRK (I think) from Ft Meade, MD

L.A. station?  Not unless Vallejo, CA moved a few hundred miles south OUT of
the San Francisco Bay area! ;)

Mike


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:39 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: ACARS on HF?
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 02:08:26 GMT
Message-ID: <4ivmdt$[e-mail]>

Last November ARINC announced a new HF ACARS network.
Anyone heard any ACARS on HF? Please pass along the frequencies.
Info on www.arinc.com
Thanks



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:42 1996
From: UnBombEr <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Active Antennas??
Date: 28 Mar 1996 21:03:22 GMT
Message-ID: <4jeuqq$[e-mail]>

  How good do they work??  I have a YB400 and I was thinking about
getting one (MFJ-1020b) for better reception?  Is this a good idea?


                Thanks,
                  KC8AGT



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:43 1996
From: [e-mail] (Don Shorock)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: African SWL Project for class...
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 03:49:06 GMT
Message-ID: <4j2gtl$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Dave Campbell <[e-mail]> wrote:

>     I'm in a Geography of Africa class at the University of Kansas, and
>I'm required to do reports on two contries. I'm going to try and
Since you want DEPENDABLE reception, I'd say RSA and Egypt are
your best bets (unless you know French).  For Africa in general, but
not from Africa, tune in VOA Africa service in afternoons our time.
>influence these reports with a lot of research done over the airwaves
>with my SW receiver. Any station info, skeds, freqs, or anything at all
>of help is greatly appreicated.

For best reception, proceed to the top of Mt. Oread.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:44 1996
From: Chris Hays <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AM Stereo
Date: 26 Mar 1996 00:16:12 GMT
Message-ID: <4j7d0c$cpn$[e-mail]>
References: <4it79c$[e-mail]>

RE:  a C-Quam receiver vendor in the US.

Welcome to the world of US scams! Motorola told all us
that since Canada, Africa, Japan and Austrailia were going
C-Quam that we'd better give them a legal sanction.  They
got it.   And we still don't have any receivers here.   The
only one recently is the Sony walkman that showed up in
the Radio Shack catalog.  I assume RS has outlets down under
(they seem to everywhere else in the world) so you might
have a look there.

Motorola has given lots of money to both major politcal parties
here, but apparently AM stereo is no longer a priority with them.

Feel free to tell your government what a bunch of suckers they
were!!!!

--
Chris


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:45 1996
From: Richard Paschal <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Antenna Advice
Date: 25 Mar 1996 08:24:01 -0700
Message-ID: <4j6dqh$[e-mail]>
References: <4j5248$[e-mail]>

Greg Limeberry <[e-mail]> wrote:
: Am interested in the best premanufactured SW antenna on the market. I know
: that much depends on the application but I am searching for a general
: purpose receiving device. Will be able to support from 50ft tower. The
: groups input and advice is greatly appreciated. P.S. am not interested
: constructing myself.

How much money do you want to spend on this, $100,000?

--
---------------------
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:46 1996
From: [e-mail] (Melfyn Lloyd)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: AOR 7030 - Experiences?
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 15:07:58
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Dear All

Has anyone got any direct experience of the new AOR 7030 receiver yet? Are
they available and on sale now? I am shortly visiting the UK and am interested

in buying a new receiver. The 7030 seems to be getting rave reviews - apart
from a more sedate article recently by Radio Netherlands.

Regards - Melv.




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:46 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AOR 7030............uuuuuuugly!
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 22:21:46
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (John) write
s:
>From: [e-mail] (John)
>Subject: AOR 7030............uuuuuuugly!
>Date: 26 Mar 1996 16:45 MST

>---------------------------------------------------------------
>I finally seen this supposed awesome SWL radio in Monitoring Times this month
.
>Looks more like a friggin Alarm Clock not a high end communications rig. You'
d
>think for all that money they could at least put in an if notch filter and
>trash that audio notch crap! I'm sorry but I think I'll stick to my Drake R7A
>and NRD 515.


>John Berenyi  ([e-mail])

>2648 Deer Run Dr.
>Ogden, Utah 84405



It kind of looks like a $300 scanner, doesn't it?

Steve
WB7PSD



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:47 1996
From: [e-mail] (John)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: AOR 7030............uuuuuuugly!
Date: 26 Mar 1996 16:45 MST
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

---------------------------------------------------------------
I finally seen this supposed awesome SWL radio in Monitoring Times this month.

Looks more like a friggin Alarm Clock not a high end communications rig. You'd
think for all that money they could at least put in an if notch filter and
trash that audio notch crap! I'm sorry but I think I'll stick to my Drake R7A
and NRD 515.


John Berenyi  ([e-mail])

2648 Deer Run Dr.
Ogden, Utah 84405





From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:49 1996
From: [e-mail] (David Hammer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AOR 7030............uuuuuuugly!
Date: 28 Mar 1996 01:24:19 -0500
Message-ID: <4jdbaj$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Tom Roach ([e-mail]) wrote:
: John ([e-mail]) wrote:
: : ---------------------------------------------------------------
: : I finally seen this supposed awesome SWL radio in Monitoring Times this mo
nth.
: : Looks more like a friggin Alarm Clock not a high end communications rig. Y
ou'd
: : think for all that money they could at least put in an if notch filter and
: : trash that audio notch crap! I'm sorry but I think I'll stick to my Drake
R7A
: : and NRD 515.


: : John Berenyi  ([e-mail])

: I agree. Perhaps this is the April issue and it was meant as a joke. I
: wouldn't let an AOR-7030 sit on the shelf next to my NRD-525 let alone my
: Watkins-Johnson HF-1000. Does it have the option for computer control?
: The filter selection set is a joke. Great front panel controls, especially
: the invisible key-pad. Has Magne lost his mind or is this clunker really
: his idea of a great receiver. Maybe he's been smoking some funny weed?!!
: Trouble is these days with the apparently unsophisticated readership MT
: claims drives its editorial policy, someone might believe this rubbish.

: As if this weren't bad enough the article on the Wullenweber was a farce.
: Don't they ever do any research? In just five minutes of looking at J.
: Richelson's American Espionage and the Soviet target and his US
: Intelligence Community [3rd edition] I found out where several more
: Wullenwebers were. Also anecdotal stuff telling just what some of the uses
: these HF "dream antennas" were used for. These "elephant cage/dinosaur
: traps" are actually up for sale now as American collectors and the GCHQ
: slowly strangle a once great SIGINT collection network. They never learn.
: I would be seriously targeting the Iranians, Iraqis, Chinese, North
: Koreans and God only knows how many other potential enemies we have out
: there. Many of these techno turkeys still use "crude" HF along with the
: high tech stuff the money grubber idiots sell them. Hopefully all the high
: tech stuff is as laden with built in "trap doors" as was reputed to be
: some of the encryption equipment sold to the "third worlders" in the 'good
: old days'. The cost of rebuilding this intelligence collection dream
: network will make what they "saved" by getting rid of them pale in
: comparison when the sorry day arrives when they realize they are still
: useful. Tales of HF going the way of the dinosaur may be highly
: exaggerated.

: MT, if you are reading this, please tell me the whole April issue is just
: a joke [well I'll be charitable, at least tell me which articles are a
: joke]!

: Tom Roach

Don't you think that by now, we would have much better, and secret,
technology, that would make the wullenweber obsolete?


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:50 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Tom Roach)
Subject: Re: AOR 7030............uuuuuuugly!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4jdbaj$[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 17:28:36 GMT

David Hammer ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Don't you think that by now, we would have much better, and secret,
: technology, that would make the wullenweber obsolete?

Nope.

Tom Roach



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:51 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: AR7030
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
From: [e-mail] (SCOTT JERRIS)
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 10:56:33 -0500

Any news when this radio is supposed to be released?  I heard
excellent reviews of this radio on Radio Japan last Sunday.  The
testers even said it had some better qualities than the Drake
R8A.  I had been planning on purchasing an R8A soon, but I think
I will wait until the 7030 is released.

Any thoughts?

Scott



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:52 1996
From: [e-mail] ()
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AR7030
Date: 27 Mar 1996 18:27:49 GMT
Message-ID: <4jc1b5$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>,
SCOTT JERRIS <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Any news when this radio is supposed to be released?  I heard
>excellent reviews of this radio on Radio Japan last Sunday.  The
>testers even said it had some better qualities than the Drake
>R8A.  I had been planning on purchasing an R8A soon, but I think
>I will wait until the 7030 is released.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Scott
>

According to Javiation Homepage (mar/18/96), AOR7030 should
be available in NA anytime now. Their suggested price is US$1100
plus import duty. This could well be over US$1400.

Check out the review of the AOR7030 (by WRTH, I believed) at
http://www.mw.nl/mw/en/pub/reciever.html. Good overall impression
IMHO but also mentions the 'hype' about the AOR7030 over the net.

Incidentally, I was going to pick the Drake R8A up this weekend,
now I have to think it over, damn you :-).

73,

Minhhuy Ho


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:53 1996
From: [e-mail] (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AR7030
Date: 27 Mar 1996 19:08:30 -0500
Message-ID: <4jcl9u$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>,
SCOTT JERRIS <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Any news when this radio is supposed to be released?  I heard
>excellent reviews of this radio on Radio Japan last Sunday.  The
>testers even said it had some better qualities than the Drake
>R8A.  I had been planning on purchasing an R8A soon, but I think
>I will wait until the 7030 is released.
>
>Any thoughts?

AFAIK there is a problem with the fabricators of one of the surface-mount
PC boards, and that has pretty much stalled production. The few that are
leaking out are hand-wired.


--
Mike Schuster       |        [e-mail] | [e-mail]
------------------- | [e-mail] | [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:53 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.scanners,rec.radio.homebrew,rec.radio.equipment,rec.radio.shortwave
From: Helmut Strickner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: audio spectrum analyzer software needed
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 07:30:49 GMT
References: <[e-mail]>

Paul

you should have a look at HPWFFT1 - HpW Works demo software which is one
of the best around that I have seen.

The author offers two versions of the software, a light version capable
of 2048 points FFT and the full version which does 1048576 points !!
The demo version is limited to 512 points.

Various sound cards are supported.

You can get the demo off compuserve, I dont know exactly which forum,
probably where the other shareware is to be found.

Helmut VK4STR





From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:56 1996
From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BBC not as good anymore
Date: 22 Mar 1996 00:29:04 -0800
Message-ID: <4itocg$[e-mail]>
References: <4is1hg$[e-mail]> <4isabf$[e-mail]>

Joe Lynn wrote the quoted material below:

" Until about a year ago, the BBC was a fixture on my dial and would
" qualify as the station I'd stay up for.
" Ever since they introduced their "streams," the programs I
" want to hear are either (a) aired in completely inconvenient time slots
" (i.e., while I'm at work); or (b) not aired in my region of the world

I'll go a step further: since they split up into several services, the
board ops aren't as good either.  There are more errors than before,
upcuts on programs, misreading of announcements, etc.  As to programming,
I agree that it was better before they customized the streams.  They no
longer have "Megamix" at times I can listen, nor several other of the
hotter programs.

Don't get me wrong: I'm glad they brought back "My Music" for another run,
but WHO on earth listens to that old fart play "music from my collection".
Somebody Greenfield.  He reads letters from women celebrating their dog's
birthday or whatever, then puts up some scratchy recording of an opera
tenor of no particular interest.  (It's one thing to play something
unusual in a classical vein as Bob Holness does, but this Greenfield guy
plays so much garbage...)

--
(c) 1996                     Bally Manufacturing is named after its first
David Kaye                      successful pinball machine, the Ballyhoo.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:56 1996
From: Scott Ryan <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BBC on MW in N. Am.
Date: 25 Mar 1996 17:59:31 GMT
Message-ID: <4j6mu3$[e-mail]>
References: <4j6h79$[e-mail]>

Scott Ryan <[e-mail]> wrote:
>On 3/25/96 between 6:11 UTC & 6:29 UTC I received "BBC News Day" on
>approx. 630 khz - 645 khz (AM band).  Any idea's where this would be
>broadcast from?
>
>I'm in eastern Iowa using a GE SR III with a longwire antenna.
>
>
>

I forgot the subject in the first post.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:57 1996
From: [e-mail] (Peter Olsen)
Subject: BBC Worldwide changes
Date: 29 Mar 96 00:38:21 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

Radio Netherlands Media Network today said that BBC Worldwide
magazine was considering reducing both content and price (apparently
going far beyond their recent cutbacks which were sadly unaccompanied
by any change in the rather stiff subscription fee).  They said that
BBC research has shown that most listeners just want the program
listings and don't want to pay for the extra content.  Citing a phone
call to Bush House, MN said that the magazine was no longer taking
new subscriptions or renewals.  MN noted what this newsgroup is
already aware of: newsstand sales have been ended.

Has anyone been able to confirm that subscriptions and renewals are
no longer being accepted?


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:58 1996
From: [e-mail] (Kyle Barger)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC Worldwide changes
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 09:38:52 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]_academic.haverford.edu>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Peter Olsen) wrote:

> Has anyone been able to confirm that subscriptions and renewals are
> no longer being accepted?

I dunno, I got a subscription renewal notice in the mail last week.
(Though who knows when it was mailed?)

--
Kyle Barger                    Haverford College
[e-mail]          Academic Computing


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:48:59 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jenhull)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BBC Worldwide?
Date: 24 Mar 1996 18:47:25 -0500
Message-ID: <4j4mud$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Jenhull)

Is the Beeb still pulishing this magazine? It's dropped from sight in the
few NYC newstands that carried it in the first place.

Jen Hull


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:00 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC Worldwide?
Date: 27 Mar 1996 08:16:33 GMT
Message-ID: <4jath1$[e-mail]>
References: <4j4mud$[e-mail]> <4j9spe$[e-mail]>

I think they dropped the special North American-printed edition and
haven't bothered to set up the distribution system again for the
British-printed edition. I haven't seen any editions in the San
Francisco area since November. You know that you can get the schedules
at http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/worldservice. You can get the current
schedule and, after maybe the 10th or so, the schedule for the next
month.


In article <4j9spe$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
says...
>
>Jenhull wrote:
>>Is the Beeb still pulishing this magazine? It's dropped from sight in
the
>>few NYC newstands that carried it in the first place.
>
>I haven't seen it at our local Borders or Barnes & Noble since
November,
>either (Upstate NY) ... neither bookstore received any information that
it
>wasn't being published, the magazines just aren't delivered.
>
>-Len

--
*******
WARNING
*******
The following lines violate the indecency provisions of the U.S.
Telecommunications Act of 1996:
Henry Hyde
James Exon
Slade Gorton.
William Clinton



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:01 1996
From: [e-mail] (Len Kaplan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC Worldwide?
Date: 26 Mar 1996 22:57:50 GMT
Message-ID: <4j9spe$[e-mail]>
References: <4j4mud$[e-mail]>

Jenhull wrote:
>Is the Beeb still pulishing this magazine? It's dropped from sight in the
>few NYC newstands that carried it in the first place.

I haven't seen it at our local Borders or Barnes & Noble since November,
either (Upstate NY) ... neither bookstore received any information that it
wasn't being published, the magazines just aren't delivered.

-Len


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:02 1996
From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC Worldwide?
Date: 27 Mar 1996 13:57:48 -0800
Message-ID: <4jcdks$[e-mail]>
References: <4j4mud$[e-mail]> <4j9spe$[e-mail]> <4jath1$[e-mail]>

Joel Rubin wrote the quoted material below:
" I think they dropped the special North American-printed edition and
" haven't bothered to set up the distribution system again for the
" British-printed edition.

It's also possible to subscribe via a donation to some of the local
stations carrying the BBC.  KALW in SF has this policy.  I don't know
what the charge is, though.

--
(c) 1996                            Irving Berlin wrote "White Christmas"
David Kaye                                  while vacactioning in Phoenix



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:03 1996
From: [e-mail] (Donald Taylor)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BC Band Receiving Loop
Date: 28 Mar 1996 19:26:28 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4jep54$[e-mail]>

Who knows of a good recent article on building a receiving loop for the
broadcast band?  I'm thinking of the type that uses loops of wire through
a hula hoop, and then uses a preamp raise the signal strength.
Appreciate any guidance here.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:04 1996
From: [e-mail] (Chas)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BCB Loop Antenna
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 16:41:35 GMT
Message-ID: <4jjo7p$[e-mail]>
References: <4jjlr2$[e-mail]>

Scott Ryan <[e-mail]> wrote:

>I'm looking for info on broadcast band loop antennas.  Passive or active?
>Is the Select-A-Tenna a good value, or should I spend more for one of the
>active loops?  Do any active loops cover BCB & shortwave?

I've had excellent results with Selectenna on BCB. There are loop
antennas for SW out there but havent tried them.
If you don't have an number  to order Selectemma her's one
1-800-382-4155
There are other numbers to order from.
I've used the Selectenna with a number of different receivers
including a DX440   HF150  and The GE SRIII all with
very good results.
Charlie



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:05 1996
From: Charles Bolland <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Broadcasting Radio Station Database Program
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 23:18:40 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Sir,,

If you would like a copy of a Radio Station Stand Alone Broadcasting
Database Program for Longwave, Mediumwave, and Shortwave which is
completely updatable, send your Mailing address (Snailmail) and EMail
address to [e-mail].  Your address will be kepot confidential
and is needed for registration and a brief description of another
more comprehensive database.

The above program is sent using MIME only...

chuck

KA4PRF


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:06 1996
From: Dennis Gray <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Bruce Williams on SW???
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 18:43:21 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Our local AM station that (sometimes) broadcasts the Bruce Williams talk
show powers way down at night.  If someone knows of the show on SW that I
might be able to find from Houston I'd really love to have the info.

Thanks,
-dennis


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:07 1996
From: [e-mail] (Neoh Khoon Lye)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Buying a receiver (Please help me).
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 08:10:15 GMT
Message-ID: <4j2vpv$[e-mail]>
References: <4iv2em$[e-mail]>

ramakrishna_saripalli <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Hi,
>  I am looking to buy an AM/FM/LW/SW (and others) receiver. I would like
>  to listen to BBC, Australian radio, major stations in Europe, Africa,
>  and of course Indian broadcasts over shortwave from the United States.
>  What is the best receiver for the lowest buck?. The range and capabilities
>  are really confusing. I am confused between Sony and Grundig. I know Sony
>  is much cheaper than Grundig, but what about features?

try this web site

http://www.rnw.nl/rnw/en/pub/receiver.html

--
Replies to [e-mail]




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:08 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Silverwood)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Buying a receiver (Please help me).
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 22:59:39 GMT
Message-ID: <4j78kk$[e-mail]>
References: <4iv2em$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

ramakrishna_saripalli <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Hi,
>  I am looking to buy an AM/FM/LW/SW (and others) receiver. I would like
>  to listen to BBC, Australian radio, major stations in Europe, Africa,
>  and of course Indian broadcasts over shortwave from the United States.
>  What is the best receiver for the lowest buck?. The range and capabilities
>  are really confusing. I am confused between Sony and Grundig. I know Sony
>  is much cheaper than Grundig, but what about features?

I looked at many different rigs before purchasing the Sony 2010.  Although
the Sony is a bit larger than I would have preferred, I liked it because I
could use it for Aircraft reception, plus full coverage for AM, USB/LSB and
CW on all the HF spectrum.  The price of about $300 was pretty good, I
thought.


-- //Steve//

Computer Associates    CompuServe: 76703,3035
Fax: [phone]      Internet: [e-mail]
Phone: [phone]    America Online: KB6OJS
Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/KB6OJS
Personal homepage: http://www.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:09 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: can i get BBC1 in N. Calif?
Date: 29 Mar 1996 04:44:12 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

   I know nothing about shortwave radios, and I'm looking for info re:
whether it would be possible to tune in BBC Radio 1 using one in Northern
California.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  Is this realistic?  Any
advice is very welcome!
--Irene


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:09 1996
From: [e-mail] (Brent Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: christian radio in US
Date: 26 Mar 1996 17:08:24 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Does anyone know if there is a database on the internet from which I can
find the call letters and address (perhaps) of the christian
broadcasters in the United States?  I would be interested in domestic
services as well as possibly international shortwave broadcasters.
Preference is domestic however.  Does anyone know if there is an FCC or
other database available with this information?

Thanks for any help,
Brent


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:11 1996
From: [e-mail] (David Cripps)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Compact World Radio
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 96 16:50:26 GMT
Message-ID: <4j6iob$[e-mail]>
References: <4hljn0$[e-mail]>

In article <4hljn0$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says..
.
>
>I am planning a trip abroad and would like to bring along a radio capable
>of monitering worldwide transmissions, entertainment, news, etc.
>
>The catch:  Must be compact, battery operated and very tough.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks,  I. Vollmer
>
>Recoil

>The SONY SW100 is a very good little radio which gives excellent SW
>reception and FM stereo. Early models had a bug: the cable that connected
>the two parts of the radio was unreliable, but mine (bought 14 months
>ago) did not show this problem, and I have not heard about this problem
>for a while, so I assume that SONY has fixed it.


I've got both the SW100 and the SW1, IMHO the SW1 is totally bullet proof,
it lacks the SSB of the SW100 and has only 10 as opposed to 40 memories but
for a world trip I'd recommend the SW1 anyday. The SW100 is a little fussy abo
ut
getting knocked and the hinge always feels a bit flimsy, not really "thrown in
 the
bottom of a backpack" type of radio, where as the SW1 is..

I had my SW1 for a year in Sri Lanka listening to the BBC, having the differen
t
freqs programmed in made it a snitch to find the best band. The radio also too
k
a lot of punishement (knocks, bangs, humidity, insects, you name it) and it st
ill
works!

Good luck with the travels, a pocket shortwave really helps when you're feelin
g
lonely.

Dave Cripps G7IDB






From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:12 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (John-Lee Pratt Holmes)
Subject: contacting Sangean
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 02:04:15 GMT

Does the Sangean company have an 800 number that I can get a
catalog via (or any number for that matter)?  I'll surf for a
www cite but the 800 info directory has no record, perhaps
they're subsumed under another name.  Thanks
--

                _____________________
                John Lee Pratt Holmes
                Department of Government


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:13 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Kim Andrew Elliott)
Subject: Re: contacting Sangean
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 10:50:48 GMT

>catalog via (or any number for that matter)?  I'll surf for a
>www cite but the 800 info directory has no record, perhaps

No toll-free, but their phone in El Monte, CA is 818-579-1600.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:15 1996
From: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Crystal Shortwave Radio
Date: 22 Mar 1996 23:31:09 GMT
Message-ID: <4ivd7t$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)



Was listening to DXers Unlimited with Arnie Coro last night and he
mentioned a crystal shortwave receiver. Does anyone have plans for
one? I have a number of plans for shortwave receivers, but all are
battery powered. Thanks.

Doug
--
 <<< [e-mail] >>>

 "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every
  form of tyranny over the mind of man." - Thomas Jefferson


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:16 1996
From: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Crystal Shortwave Receiver
Date: 20 Mar 1996 21:35:47 GMT
Message-ID: <4iptnj$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (DOUG DINE)


Was listening to DXers Unlimited with Arnie Coro last night and he
mentioned a crystal shortwave receiver. Does anyone have plans for
one? I have a number of plans for shortwave receivers, but all are
battery powered. Thanks.

Doug
--
 <<< [e-mail] >>>

 "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every
  form of tyranny over the mind of man." - Thomas Jefferson


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:17 1996
From: [e-mail] (John Rethorst)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Directional antennas question
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 14:18:05 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

The FCC shows stations with directional antennas as DAN, DA1, DA2 - all
very good, but shows others as ND1 or ND2, for different kinds of
non-directional patterns. Huh? How many kinds of non-directional can there
be?

Thanks,
John


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:18 1996
From: Kent Winrich <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Directional antennas question
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 06:59:09 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Hi John:

ND means NIGHT directional only.  DA2 means directional with two
different patterns.  I have the FULL listing of all antenna pattern
abbreviations at http://www.execpc.com/~kwin

Go to Milwaukee AM Stations, and there you will find something to click
on to get all of the abbreviations.

Kent Winrich
Waukesha, WI


John Rethorst wrote:
>
> The FCC shows stations with directional antennas as DAN, DA1, DA2 - all
> very good, but shows others as ND1 or ND2, for different kinds of
> non-directional patterns. Huh? How many kinds of non-directional can there
> be?
>
> Thanks,
> John


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:19 1996
From: [e-mail] (Ralphe Neill)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Does a dipole need a balun?
Date: 28 Mar 1996 21:42:51 GMT
Message-ID: <4jf14r$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (John) writes:

>---------------------------------------------------------------
>If you construct a dipole antenna it has a balanced output.  However,
>most radios today take unbalanced inputs.  If you hookup a dipole to an
>unbalanced input is this a problem?

As you say, a dipole is a balanced device, co-ax is an unbalanced
feeder and the inputs on most modern receivers are unbalanced. You
cannot just mix balanced and unbalanced configurations without a
balun.

Consider that the signal induced in one element of the dipole is
180-degrees out-of-phase with the signal induced in the other element.
A balun is required to reverse the phase of ONE of the signals so that
they are additive. Assuming the use of twin-feeder line from the dipole
to the balun it follows that any noise (or signals) picked-up by the
feeder will be in-phase between the two lines and will, thus, be
effectively cancelled when the phase of one of the signals is
reversed.

If you do not use a balun you end up with just a random-wire antenna
because the signal from one element of the dipole is just sent straight
to ground and contributes nothing. And if you use co-ax from the dipole
to the receiver without using a balun you can get significant
capacitive losses.

Many SWLs find that a "dipole" often gives no improvement or even
inferior results. The reason is usually because a balun has not been
used.

There is a great deal of misunderstanding concerning the function of a
balun with many regarding it as just an impedance-matching device. A
balun may well match impedance but it does not have to - it can easily
have an impedance ratio of 1:1

What IS important is that it matches balanced to unbalanced lines. After
all, balun is short for "balanced-to-unbalanced"!

Ralphe


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:20 1996
From: [e-mail] (John)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Does a dipole need a balun?
Date: 27 Mar 1996 14:14 MST
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

---------------------------------------------------------------
If you construct a dipole antenna it has a balanced output.  However,
most radios today take unbalanced inputs.  If you hookup a dipole to an
unbalanced input is this a problem?

One more...if a dipole uses the braid of the coax for one of its legs
how do you properly ground it? I want to use ICE's lightening arrestor.


John Berenyi  ([e-mail])

2648 Deer Run Dr.
Ogden, Utah 84405





From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:21 1996
From: Mark Schoonover <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Does a dipole need a balun?
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 15:00:50 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

This may not make sense, but I live near a hospital that
has many, many paging systems on it. Without the balun, my rx
R-1000, was consistantly hammered with pager overload. I put
the balun in and everything cleared up. Maybe someone can
explain this in detail, but I think it's because the balun
has a frequency response from 3-30 mhz and the pagers are in
the VHF areas.

HTH

Mark
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mark Schoonover -- KA6WKE                   E-Mail: [e-mail]
San Diego, CA
   Kenwood R-1000, BC2500XLT, PK232MBX/JVFAX, 66' Indoor Dipole
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:22 1996
From: Adi Doron <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: DSP filters
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 22:19:08 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4is9gc$[e-mail]>

Maarten van Damme wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> There are many DSP (noise) filters on the market. NIR 10, NIR12, JSP,
> MFJ and so on. They are quite expensive and so far I have not come
> accross any tests in magazines, comparing the different devices.
>
> Are they really useful?
> Does someone have experience with these devices? Or does someone know
> of a webpage that covers this subject? Please let me know
>
> Maarten van Damme
>
> [e-mail]
> Maarten van Damme
>
> e-mail: [e-mail] were test by QST and by german magazine FUN
K.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:23 1996
From: [e-mail] (fallowsj)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: DSP filters
Date: 23 Mar 1996 15:45:02 GMT
Message-ID: <4j169u$[e-mail]>
References: <4is9gc$[e-mail]>

In article <4is9gc$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Maarten van Damme)
says:
>
>Hello,
>
>There are many DSP (noise) filters on the market. NIR 10, NIR12, JSP,
>MFJ and so on.  Are they really useful?
>Does someone have experience with these devices? Or does someone know
>of a webpage that covers this subject?
I use DSP59+ and it works very well with bandwidth up to 3.4Khz.  These
devices work well as both notch and noise filters.  Shortwave Magazine
has reviewed the Timewave and NIR units.  So has QST.  Timewave has a
home page at http://www.timewave.com/index.html.

If you do AM SWL or BCB, make sure that the DSP has as wide bandwidth
as you can get.  3.4Khz is minimal, 5Khz would be better.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:24 1996
From: [e-mail] (Doug Hall)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: DSP filters
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 03:49:10 GMT
Message-ID: <4j54t4$[e-mail]>
References: <4is9gc$[e-mail]> <4j169u$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

>In article <4is9gc$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Maarten van Damme)
 says:
>>
>>Hello,
>>
>>There are many DSP (noise) filters on the market. NIR 10, NIR12, JSP,
>>MFJ and so on.  Are they really useful?
>>Does someone have experience with these devices? Or does someone know
>>of a webpage that covers this subject?

JPS has a web page at
http://emporium.turnpike.net/J/JPS/jps.html

Regards,
Doug Hall, KF4KL
JPS Communications, Inc.




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:25 1996
From: [e-mail] (Brad Holt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: DSP filters
Date: 26 Mar 1996 00:20:54 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4is9gc$[e-mail]>

In article <4is9gc$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Maarten van
Damme) wrote:

> Hello,
>
> There are many DSP (noise) filters on the market. NIR 10, NIR12, JSP,
> MFJ and so on. They are quite expensive and so far I have not come
> accross any tests in magazines, comparing the different devices.
>
> Are they really useful?
> Does someone have experience with these devices? Or does someone know
> of a webpage that covers this subject? Please let me know
>
> Maarten van Damme
>
> [e-mail]
> Maarten van Damme
>
> e-mail: [e-mail]

   I have a JSP NIR 10 (wide filter).  Originally it was only
mildly useful for general shortwave listening - but very good
for utility and HAM.  They have since come out with a software
upgrade (ROM chip).  I ordered it and have been very impressed.
I now consider it a very useful addition.


BRH


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:26 1996
From: [e-mail] (Don Shorock)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: DX Definition Query
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 03:48:55 GMT
Message-ID: <4j2gtb$[e-mail]>
References: <4h8pdr$[e-mail]> <4h9uhd$[e-mail]> <4hcm1t$[e-mail]> <4ialm8$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

[e-mail] (Dennis) wrote:
>AC6V <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>In response to a query for definition of DX:
>>>RE: DX -- Just found Funk and Wagnalls definition in their Standard Desk
>>>Dictionary - 1984 Edition. It defines as follows:
>>>DX -- distance  On page 835.

While it is true that the literal denotation of DX is "distance",
the word has connotations beyond that in shortwave parlance.

Distance alone is NOT the determinant of whether a catch is DX.
For instance, for those of us here in North America, Australia is
about as far as you can get.  Nevertheless, no true SWL would
classify Radio Australia as a "DX catch".  It's a very easy signal
to tune almost 365 days of the year.  They have a powerful
transmitter, so that's why it isn't DX.

On the other hand, some little 100 watt transmitter only a few hundred
miles away WOULD be a DX catch.  The meaning of DX to an SWL is that
the distance is beyond normal expectations.

I hope this helps.
                                        Don Shorock
                                        SWL since the 1950's.




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:27 1996
From: [e-mail] (Marie A. Lamb)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: DXing with Cumbre Spring/Summer Schedule
Date: 28 Mar 1996 20:21:14 GMT
Message-ID: <4jesbq$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Hello, everyone!  Effective on Easter Sunday, 7 April 1996, DXing with Cumbre
via WHRI and KWHR will have some schedule changes.  Most of them will be to
WHRI, which is making some changes for Daylight Saving (or Summer) Time, so
the transmissions you're used to hearing will be one UTC hour earlier.  KWHR
from Hawaii will NOT make a UTC time switch.  Here is what I have as of now;
of course, times and frequencies may be subject to change.

VIA WHRI, INDIANA:
Fri  2230  5745 (also keep 5760 in mind as an alternate)
Sat  0500  5760, 7315
Sat  2230  9495
Sun  0330  5760
Sun  2130  13760 (replaces 1930 Sun transmission to Europe, which ends on
                  31 March 1996)


VIA KWHR, HAWAII:
Sat  0500, 0700 and 1430  9930
Sun  0200  17510
Sun  1830  13625
Mon  0330  17510

Also, on April 7th, the Adventist World Radio shortwave stations and
WRMI in Miami plan to air a recent edition of DXing with Cumbre as part
of "Wavescan" to see how their listeners like it; once I get time and
frequency information, I'll post it.  If there is any problem with the
tape reaching AWR's London studios in time for Easter weekend, it will
be aired the following weekend.  I'll keep you posted about any changes.

73--
Marie Lamb
Host and Producer, DXing with Cumbre


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:29 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mary Lee)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Final Kulpsville Internet Quiz
Date: 26 Mar 1996 19:02:14 GMT
Message-ID: <4j9evm$[e-mail]>


From a dark warehouse in Wahoo, Nebraska, with no light and only shadows
comes the.......FINAL INTERNET QUIZ MACHINE.  Tonight, we are assisted on
the keyboard by the man, the visionary, the all powerful, Bob Brown.  My
thnaks to Bob for a <sssnore> rocking good, <choke> time at Kulpsville.
before we begin, I want to thank my friend Rob-Bob for his help for the
past five years.  Now, Let's enter the QUIZ MACHINE......


Question NUMBER ONE....

        Each year hundreds of DXer's decend on Kulpsville to:

        A:  Meet the movers and shakers of the hobby

        B:  Meet and talk with others who enjoy the same things

        C;  To pet Dave Valko's hair piece


Question NUMBER TWO....

        This year George Zeller gave a speech on radio to:

        A: Enlighten the hobby

        B: Announce he's running for president

        C: Score points with the babes

Question NUMBER THREE....

        Bob Brown spent the weekend:

        A: Keeping Scarfman out of the liver sculpture

        B: Washing the liver sculpture off Scarfman

        C: Accusing everyone of being me, but me

Question NUMBER FOUR....

        People come from all over the world to go to Kulpsville to:

        A: Get Drunk

        B: Drink

        C: Pass out in the hallway

Question NUMBER FIVE....

        Anita McCormick is a hit at Kulpsville because

        A: She writes books

        B: She loves to talk about radio

        C: She is a woman

Question NUMBER SIX....

        Burt Fisher never comes to Kulpsville because

        A: He's a ham

        B: Wants to win friends and influence people at Dayton

        C: Is funnier than John Arthur looks.

That's it, let's close up the INTERNET QUIZ MACHINE forever.  RIP my
friend.  We'll be back with new and exciting ways to WEB up radio. <<Hint>>

                        Goodnight Chet

--



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:29 1996
From: [e-mail](Michael Neidich)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FREE Zenith Trans-Oceanic List of Models, etc.
Date: 24 Mar 1996 14:39:06 GMT
Message-ID: <4j3mqa$[e-mail]>

Mention FREE LIST in your email and receive a handy list of model
numbers, chassis numbers, nr. of tubes, nr. of bands, etc.

I need a 7000-1 with the tunable VHF bands for my own use.
I am always interested in buying the unusual, i.e., Leather, Green,
military.
Thanks.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:30 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS: Grundig YB 500
Date: 27 Mar 1996 16:26:54 -0600
Message-ID: <4jcfbe$[e-mail]>

I have available a Grundig Yacht Boy 500 shortwave radio, purchased in
late 1994, with all manuals, carrying case, original box, etc. It is in
excellent condition - no scratches or any other flaws. I am asking $75
for it. If you have any questions or would like to make a different
offer, please e-mail me. Thanks!
--
Patrick L. Nichols
Editor, The UTD Mercury
The University of Texas at Dallas


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:31 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: FS: Grundig YB500 (great radio)
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 96 16:21:38 EDT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4imqso$[e-mail]>


<[e-mail]> writes:

> **********  F O R   S A L E           **********
>
>
> GRUNDIG YB 500 shortwave ,  highly rated (see below)
> ...
> =======================================
> review from past usenet posting...
>
>
> Grundig Satellit 500
>
> Formerly Grundig's flagship portable SW receiver, this is


As the person who wrote the "past usenet posting" three
years ago that dkramer quotes, I feel I should point
out one very important thing:

The receiver I was reviewing was a Grundig Satellit 500.
The receiver dkramer is selling is a Grundig Yacht Boy 500.

These are two entirely different radios.

For what it's worth, I took a serious look at the Yacht Boy 500,
and found it to be a very nicely designed radio, but not one
I would consider purchasing.  The Satellit 500 was one of the
best receivers I've ever owned.

jtl



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:32 1996
From: [e-mail] (Tony S.)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS: Realistic DX-160 Receiver
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 22:42:07 GMT
Message-ID: <4iv9sk$[e-mail]>

For Sale:

Realistic DX-160 communications receiver, in good working condition.
Cosmetically excellent. $50.00 or trade for tube gear.

Thanks!

Tony N8SNC



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:33 1996
From: "William D. Redfearn, Jr." <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: FS: Sony SW-100S receiver
Date: 25 Mar 1996 21:06:13 GMT
Message-ID: <4j71s5$[e-mail]>
References: <4iq2gg$[e-mail]> <4iu6hp$[e-mail]> <4j65i1$[e-mail]>


For Sale:
Sony SW-100S Shortwave receiver

150 Khz - 30 Mhz AM,sync AM,SSB,CW & FM stereo
50 memories, UTC clock, & timers
size - 4.5" X 1" X 3"
Good to Excellent condition, no scratches or dings.
Includes all the original accessories - active antenna, power supply,
earphones, manual, and box.

$275.00 OBO + shipping

Thanks - Dave, N4ELM.




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:34 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joe Buch)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: George Jacobs on WWCR tropical band invasion
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 15:41:59 GMT
Message-ID: <4j936n$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

George Jacobs is an independent consulting engineer in
Washington DC who is used by many commercial and government
shortwave broadcasters to assist with frequency selection
and filing of license applications with the US Federal
Communications Commission (FCC).

Mr. Jacobs was quoted in the DX-Window No. 5 - weekly
soft-copy-only newsletter by the
Danish Shortwave Clubs International
Tavleager 31
DK-2670  Greve, Denmark as follows:

WWCR in Tropical Bands; George Jacobs to Anker Petersen:

   "Many thanks for the copy of the e-mail that you have
sent to the FCC. I want to emphasize that WWCR IS NOT repeat
IS NOT a client of mine and that I have no control over what
frequencies that they are authorized to use by the FCC. I do
know, as a fact, that out-of-band frequencies authorized by
the FCC, including those that you refer to as being used by
WWCR, are authorized on a NON INTERFERENCE BASIS (NOI), that
is they can only be used if no interference is being caused.

        But this definition means that a station with rights
to these frequencies that is receiving interference MUST
report the interference either directly to the FCC, Att: Mr.
Tom Polzin, P&N Div., International Bureau, or to the ITU in
Geneva. As far as I know at this time no reports of
interference have been received by the FCC directly from
concerned stations on the frequencies that you mention."

This means that the only way DXers will ever get WWCR off
the tropical bands is to encourage the tropical band
stations to complain through their governments to the FCC or
ITU.  Complaints from listeners will not have any weight.
This from a guy who deals with the FCC on a daily basis.



~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'
Joe Buch N2JB
Editor, NASWA Journal Technical Topics
[e-mail]
-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_,.-*~'^'~*-.,_



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:35 1996
From: [e-mail] (Len Winkler)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Glen Hauser Live This Sunday, 3/31/96
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 96 15:03:30 GMT
Message-ID: <4j6cko$[e-mail]>

Glen Hauser, host of the popular WWCR show dealing with news about shortwave
events and happenings, will be the special guest this Sunday, 3/31/96, on the
Ham Radio & More Show, at 6:00pm ET, 2300utc, 5.065mhz. If you have questions
or comments for Glen, call us live on our toll free number at 1-800-293-5366.
73,
Len, KB7LPW

Len Winkler, KB7LPW                           [e-mail]
P.O. Box 9219                                   [e-mail]
Phoenix, Az. 85068-9219
Ham Radio & More Show info at:
http://www.barc.org/barc/ham-more.html
RealAudio site: www.tapr.org/hrm/hrm.html

The show airs LIVE at 6:00pm ET on many stations throughout the country.
ALSO: LIVE everywhere on WWCR shortwave, 100,000 watts, 5.065mhz, and starting
 4/7/96 ALSO LIVE on 7.435mhz.

The show also airs on WWCR shortwave, tape delayed at 1000utc on 7.435, on Mon
days, and Saturdays at 1700utc on 12.160.


Support "WOG". Written only General!!!






From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:36 1996
From: [e-mail] (Radiomatt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hallicrafter SX42
Date: 25 Mar 1996 00:31:06 -0500
Message-ID: <4j5b2q$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Radiomatt)

Depending on condition and whether it has "tilt base"; anywhere from$50US
for a semi junk piece to about $175 for a fairly good unit. Shipping to US
would be prohibitive, for me anyway. I'd love to get one. The radio was
electronically designed by Hallicrafters, but the front panel was designed
by Raymond Loewy!
It should be a museum piece, it's that good looking, but they prefer
Warhol's Campbell Soup Can.
Go figure


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:37 1996
From: [e-mail] ()
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hate Monger Broadcasts?
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 13:05:24
Message-ID: <4j9bj1$[e-mail]>
References: <4idcfp$[e-mail]> <4ilkub$[e-mail]> <4j0sc9$[e-mail]>

Let's not forget about the "hate" broadcast from "people" like Lou
Farakahn (sp?).  I hear his hate broadcasts numerous via the
nightly news and read about his hate in the paper.  Of course, when
blacks say this stuff it is accepted.  When whites profess this
stuff it is hate.  Hard to tell the difference from my perspective.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:38 1996
From: [e-mail] (lness)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hate Monger Broadcasts?
Date: 24 Mar 1996 21:30:09 GMT
Message-ID: <4j4et1$[e-mail]>
References: <4idcfp$[e-mail]> <4iee4o$[e-mail]> <4ieo5e$[e-mail]> <4ip9tc$[e-mail]> <4ipq68$[e-mail]> <4ir22f$[e-mail]> <4j2oqm$[e-mail]>

Curt Phillips ([e-mail]) wrote:
>   Obviously you've never heard the broadcasts of RFPI (Radio for
> "Peace" International)

        Could you tell us which programs on RFPI?  I listen periodically,
and most of the rhetoric seems pretty namby-pamby compared with what I
hear on, e.g., WRNO.

--
Lester Ness     [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:39 1996
From: [e-mail] ()
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hate Monger Broadcasts?
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 13:03:10
Message-ID: <4j9bes$[e-mail]>
References: <4idcfp$[e-mail]> <4iee4o$[e-mail]> <4ieo5e$[e-mail]> <4ip9tc$[e-mail]> <4ipq68$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>


In article <[e-mail]> mathrich wrote:
>Disagreeing with someone is one thing.  Attacking their very
existence
>is something else (e.g. fundamentalist attacks on gays).
>

Criticism of a amoral lifestyle is not hate.  Distain maybe but not
hate.  If fundamentalists "attacked" pedophiles, would that be
considered hate?  If they "attacked" murderers, would that be
considered hate?  People have the justifiable right to criticize
people, lifestyles, and conduct that they see as harmful to
society.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:41 1996
From: [e-mail] (Peter Bell)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hate Monger Broadcasts?
Date: 23 Mar 1996 17:17:56 GMT
Message-ID: <4j1bo4$[e-mail]>
References: <4idcfp$[e-mail]> <4ilkub$[e-mail]> <4j0sc9$[e-mail]>

In article <4j0sc9$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (l
ness) writes:
> [e-mail] (NiteCapt) wrote:
>
> >I saw a special pertaining to hate monger broadcasts on USA network.
> >they talk about shortwave broadcast. (i.e. KKK, skinhead, American Nazi
> > Party)
> >All I ever hear are religious broadcasts.....
> >I am curious (but not interested) in these broadcasts and would like to
> >know
> >what frequencies they are on and when they are broadcast. I live in the
> >Northeast. Any suggestions?
>
>       A lot are religious broadcasts with a racist or white supremacist
>tinge.  Lots of old-time Southern evangelicals included white supremacy
>among their assumptions.  It's not as common now as 50 years ago, but you
>will find it on the air.  Pete Peters is one well-known example.

Another splendid example is the guy who broadcasts on WWCR (5065) from
1 to 1:15 am Eastern -- just after Cooper's program (and, I must give
Cooper some credit -- he's a crank, but he seems to be  a crank who is
not himself a racist, although his ability to evaluate others now and
again comes up lacking).

The 1-1:15 broacast is a Christian Identity broadcast.  Christian
Identity teaches that Aryans are the true Jews, and that those who now
follow Judaism are false Jews.  The core of this belief is that the false
Jews, through marriages to others in Palestine not of the Jewish faith,
have committed miscegenation, which is (to teh CI people) an
Abomination.  The broadcaster sounds a lot like a male church lady, imo,
and has done some remarkable broadcasts.

One of the more memorable was when he told the audience that while he
didn't *condone* Nicole Brown Simpson's murder, she had brought it on
herself by offending God through the abomination of her marriage.

He's often an interesting listen.  so, for that matter, was Cooper last
night, claiming that the Founding Fathers of the US were concerned about
Socialism when they wrote the Constitution.  A slight problem of temporal
inconsistency there.

-Peter

--
[e-mail] | http://pantheon.cis.yale.edu/~bell/bell.html
"Whatever our positions lost in logic might be recovered with invective.
If you never quit an argument, presumably you never lost."
 --Patrick J. Buchanan, Republican hopeful, on Why I Should Be On Usenet


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:42 1996
From: [e-mail] ()
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hate Monger Broadcasts?
Date: 28 Mar 96 00:47:09 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4idcfp$[e-mail]> <4iee4o$[e-mail]> <4ieo5e$[e-mail]> <4ip9tc$[e-mail]> <4ipq68$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4j9bes$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] () writes:
>Criticism of a amoral lifestyle is not hate.  Distain maybe but not
>hate.  If fundamentalists "attacked" pedophiles, would that be
>considered hate?  If they "attacked" murderers, would that be
>considered hate?  People have the justifiable right to criticize
>people, lifestyles, and conduct that they see as harmful to
>society.

There's a slight difference between gays who are minding their own
business and the other examples you mention.

Speaking of fundamentalists and pedophiles, there's nothing more immoral
than ramming your personal sexual preferences down someone else's throat,
figuratively or literally.

Rich



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:42 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Overstreet)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hate Monger Broadcasts?
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 00:23:50 GMT
Message-ID: <4jcm9m$[e-mail]>
References: <4idcfp$[e-mail]> <4iee4o$[e-mail]> <4ieo5e$[e-mail]> <4ip9tc$[e-mail]> <4ipq68$[e-mail]> <4ir22f$[e-mail]> <4j84h4$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Dennis Nuetzel) wrote:

>In article <4ir22f$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (David A. Kaye) blabbed:

>   Oh and BTW, Nazi was and is an acronym for "National Socialist" which aptl
y
>describes the Democratic Party, and the current occupants of the White House.

Hi Dave:
How about "International Socialists" in the White House, as they are
sending all our tax money to Israel and our jobs to everywhere else,
and opening our borders. ?

I can't see a dimes worth of difference between either party, can you?






From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:44 1996
From: [e-mail]([e-mail])
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hate Monger Broadcasts?
Date: 27 Mar 1996 01:30:58 GMT
Message-ID: <4ja5oi$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

On Mar 23, 1996 00:46:44 in article <Re: Hate Monger Broadcasts?>,
'[e-mail] ()' wrote:

>Disagreeing with someone is one thing.  Attacking their very existence
>is something else (e.g. fundamentalist attacks on gays).

Oh give it a rest for goodness sake
1) This has nothing to do with the purpose of this newsgroup SHORTWAVE and
RADIO!!!
OK?
2) Christian fundamentalists almost NEVER demand that gays cease to exist,
i.e. DIE!
Give some examples to support your outrageous, dishonest and inflammatory
claim!
But DO IT IN AN APPROPRIATE FORUM, not HERE!

>
>>If these people talk about their distrust of government, it is not
>>hate.  In Jefferson's day it was called free speech.  Let's not
>>fall into this political correct trap that the Democrats are
>>laying.  Free speech is not "hate."
>
>Unfortunately a lot of healthy (and certainly long overdue) distrust of
govt
>has been channelled into self-destructive anti-(select your favorite
>minority)-isms (how's that for meta-english :-)  Which is exactly what
>the would-be owners of the world want.
>
>The biggest threat to our "national security" is our own government, not
>our fellow wage-slaves, whatever their color, shape or gender.

You are right, but BEYOND that there is corporate greed which underlies the
government
manipulation and control structires and activities that are ruining the USA
for all but the
rich elitists. Racial hatred is just another distraction from the real
issue - the disappearing middle
class and the ever-expanding poverty class.

We now returnto your regularly scheduled programming!

--
Bry in Gaithersburg, MD near DC
[e-mail]
Amateur Radio AF4K / G3XLQ


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:45 1996
From: [e-mail] (Greg R. Broderick)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hate Monger Broadcasts?
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 96 02:30:50 GMT
Message-ID: <4jfi0q$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4ja5oi$[e-mail]>

In article <4ja5oi$[e-mail]>, [e-mail](bry2@
usa.pipeline.com) wrote:

:Oh give it a rest for goodness sake
:1) This has nothing to do with the purpose of this newsgroup SHORTWAVE and
:RADIO!!! OK?
:2) Christian fundamentalists almost NEVER demand that gays cease to exist,
:i.e. DIE! Give some examples to support your outrageous, dishonest and inflam
matory
:claim! But DO IT IN AN APPROPRIATE FORUM, not HERE!

Case in point:

Pastor Peter J. Peters, LaPorte Church of Christ, LaPorte, Colorado.
Prominent advocate of the tenets of Christian Identity, which hold that White,

Anglo-Saxon (i.e. Aryans), are the true "Israel", and that those known today
as Jews are not the true Israel.  Also holds views termed by many as
anti-semitic (cf. <A HREF=http://ra.nilenet.com/~tmw/files/confess.html>, "The

Inadvertent Confession Of A 'Jew'".

1.  Has a programme on shortwave -- Scriptures for America, on WWCR
(suprise... NOT!), if I'm not mistaken, therefore discussion of the programme
is on-topic to this newsgroup.

A schedule of the programme, from the web pages...
SUNDAY

     10:30PM est (0330 UTC) 7.355mhz
     11:00PM est (0400 UTC) 7.395mhz
     12:00MID est (0500 UTC) 3.315 mhz

MONDAY-THURSDAY
      7:00PM est (2400 UTC) 7.355 mhz


2.  Wrote and published a pamphlet entitled, "Intolerance of, Discrimination
Against and the Death Penalty for Homosexuals is Prescribed in the Bible",
certainly comes *very* close (IMO) to advicating that homosexuals cease to
exist (i.e. DIE).  If you'd like to read the pamphlet for yourself, it may be
accessed on the web at <A HREF=http://ra.nilenet.com/~tmw/files/homo.html>.

Therefore, both of your above assertions have been shown to be false - there
does exist some (very little, thankfully) "hate" programming on shortwave
radio, and insofar as it is broadcast on shortwave radio, discussion of this
programming is on-topic for the newsgroup rec.radio.shortwave (and associated
mailing list).

Cheers
Greg R. Broderick

--
============================================================================
Greg R. Broderick
[e-mail]                         Remember, Jesus loves you just the way you are,
[e-mail]                   but Cthulu thinks you need A-1 sauce.
[e-mail]
============================================================================


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:46 1996
From: [e-mail] (George Thurman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: HCJB's DX PARTY LINE
Date: 25 Mar 1996 16:40:41 -0600
Message-ID: <4j77d9$[e-mail]>


Does anyone still have a tape of the DX PartyLine show from HCJB
that aired on 3/16/96.  The cassette player in my car chewed up
my tape of it, and there was an interview with a guy from RCA talking about
hobby radio that sounded quite interesting.  If anyone still has a copy
of the show, I would like to work out something.

thanks in advance.

gst


--
          GEORGE S. THURMAN                           [e-mail]

                **  Mr. Clinton, tear down that embargo !!  **

 *****  If the Republicans win in '96, I will move to Germany in '97  *****

     Dole, Limbaugh and GingRICH suck...Long live Fidel Castro   !!!!!


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:47 1996
From: [e-mail] (george thurman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Hello..test
Date: 25 Mar 1996 20:38:07 GMT
Message-ID: <4j707f$[e-mail]>

Hello..

This is a test message...please ignore.




gst




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:48 1996
From: [e-mail](J. LeQuesne)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: HELP ME CHOOSE A SW RADIO!
Date: 23 Mar 1996 04:46:50 GMT
Message-ID: <4ivvnq$[e-mail]>

According to "Passport," Sony's ICF SW-30 abruptly *dies* when the
batteries run low.  From the reviews I've read, the 7600 is a slightly
better radio than the Yacht Boy--but both are good receivers for the buck.

J. LeQuesne

On Mar 22, 1996 19:58:07 in article <HELP ME CHOOSE A SW RADIO!>,
'[e-mail]' wrote:


>- Digital tuning
>- at least from 4 - 18 MHz coverage.
>- Tuning Precision: .001 MHz


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:48 1996
From: [e-mail] (GEORGE THURMAN)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: HELP ME CHOOSE A SW RADIO!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 96 20:27:00 -0600
Reply-To: [e-mail] (GEORGE THURMAN)


MSGID: 1:106/357.0 315747ee

REPLY: 1:106/[e-mail] a0053eb4
Everyone speaks quite highly of the Sony ICF7600g and the Grundig
YB400.  Some comment that the Sony has better selectivity, while
the Grundig has better audio quality.  Check with Incredible Universe
and the mail-order firm Electronic Equipment Bank.  They can offer you better
prices.
gst

--- Maximus/2 3.01
 * Origin: Return address: conch.cld9.com (1:106/357)


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:50 1996
From: [e-mail] (Calvinb268)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Help with frequencies
Date: 25 Mar 1996 03:59:11 -0500
Message-ID: <4j5n8v$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Calvinb268)

Can anyone provide me with an adequate listing of current stations and
frequencies ( and times if possible).

Thanks,
Cal.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:51 1996
From: [e-mail] (Daniel Grunberg)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Help with frequencies
Date: 26 Mar 1996 19:16:42 GMT
Message-ID: <4j9fqq$[e-mail]>
References: <4j5n8v$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Daniel Grunberg)

Charles P. Crawford ([e-mail]) writes:
> In article <4j5n8v$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
> (Calvinb268) wrote:
>
>> Can anyone provide me with an adequate listing of current stations and
>> frequencies ( and times if possible).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Cal.
>
> Cal,
>    Spend a little money. 1996 Passport to World Band Radio @ $19.95 or
> 1996 World Radio TV Handbook @ $24.95.  For program listings and
> frequencies for the beginner the Passport book is probably better. Any
> majoy book dealer such as Barnes and Noble, Waldens, B. Daltons, Books a
> Million, etc. has it or can order them quickly.
>

For free, and much more current than the Passport:

Goto:      http://www.trsc.com/trs_link.htm

and follow the links to the shortwave broadcasters.  They post their own
(presumably very up-to-date) schedules there.



--
Dan Grunberg    Kensington, Maryland   USA


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:52 1996
From: [e-mail] (Charles P. Crawford)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Help with frequencies
Date: 26 Mar 1996 02:10:51 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4j5n8v$[e-mail]>

In article <4j5n8v$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Calvinb268) wrote:

> Can anyone provide me with an adequate listing of current stations and
> frequencies ( and times if possible).
>
> Thanks,
> Cal.

Cal,
   Spend a little money. 1996 Passport to World Band Radio @ $19.95 or
1996 World Radio TV Handbook @ $24.95.  For program listings and
frequencies for the beginner the Passport book is probably better. Any
majoy book dealer such as Barnes and Noble, Waldens, B. Daltons, Books a
Million, etc. has it or can order them quickly.

Charlie

--
   "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
                                          B. Dylan


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:53 1996
From: Ron <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Help with frequencies
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 16:53:54 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4j5n8v$[e-mail]>

Calvinb268 wrote:
>
> Can anyone provide me with an adequate listing of current stations and
> frequencies ( and times if possible).
>
> Thanks,
> Cal.

Cal, just get yourself a 1996 copy of "Passport to World Band Radio" and
be done with it. There are way too many freqs to list here.

BTW, Passport goes for around $20.
Cheers, Ron Cain


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:54 1996
From: [e-mail] (SBirmin640)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: HELP!
Date: 23 Mar 1996 14:07:11 -0500
Message-ID: <4j1i4v$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (SBirmin640)

from:[e-mail](steve birmingham)
        try a grundig yacht boy 400. I have had one for about a year
it comes with an antenna,which your radio probably needs.i am in a
basement room,and my reception is as good as my old hallicrafters
try to get the store to let you try the radio to be sure you like it


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:55 1996
From: Russell Hornsby Wright <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: HF WX?
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 19:54:00 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Looking for times and frequencies for HF SSB weather broadcasts for a
sailing trip to the Gulf of Mexico.  Coast Guard or Private stations.

Please e-mail reply direct.

Thanks,

Russell         [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:56 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 19:35:26 -0500
Reply-To: Russell Plantagenet-Wright <[e-mail]>
From: Russell Plantagenet-Wright <[e-mail]>
Subject: HF WX?

-- [ From: Russell Plantagenet-Wright * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --

Looking for HF SSB Weather broadcasts for a sailing trip in the Gulf of
Mexico.  Coast Guard or Private stations.  Please e-mail reply direct.

Thanks,

Russell Wright  [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:56 1996
From: [e-mail] (Chas)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: I'll post Freeware Windows BBS if anyone wants it..
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 03:28:26 GMT
Message-ID: <4jflcj$[e-mail]>

I have a copy of MicroBBS a freeware multinode Windows based BBS that
Ill be glad to post if anyone wants it.
Charlie



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:57 1996
From: [e-mail] (Paul Grenness)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Interference
Date: 29 Mar 1996 13:28:08 GMT
Message-ID: <4jgoh8$[e-mail]>
References: <4ilfp4$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Tom Butler ([e-mail]) wrote:
:      Hi all,

:  I was given a Grundig Yacht Boy 305 a couple of days ago. I have been
: enjoying it a great deal. My problem is interference caused by power lines
: next to my house. Is there any way I can cut down on the interference? I'm
: sorry if this is a stupid question, but this is my first shortwave radio.
:                   Thanks

While not familiar with your antenna connection arrangements with the Yacht
Boy, try an antenna like the T2FD using a balanced feedline. This antenna
and feedline is allegedly not susceptible to locally induced noise. Local
noise from the power lines is induced equally intp both sides of a balanced
feedline and cancelled at the receiver balun.

hth,

Paul G.




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:58 1996
From: geof [e-mail] (Geof Baldry)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Internet connection via shortwave
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 96 06:14:04 GMT
Message-ID: <4j5rgb$[e-mail]>
Summary: how effective is it ti transfer computer data via shortwave radio?
Keywords: internet connection

I live on a Greek island and I pay a fortune in telephone charges to be
on the net because my provider is on the mainland.
Is there any way I could connect with them via shortwave radio and if
so how?


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:49:59 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Irish SW Station
Date: 24 Mar 1996 15:10:02 GMT
Message-ID: <4j3oka$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

There is an RTE broadcast on the World Radio Network (satellite) which
is rebroadcast on WWCR in the U.S. I am not sure of the exact schedule
but I know there is one broadcast in the late morning Pacific and I have
heard it on 5065 kHz at 6 A.M. Eastern, 3 A.M. Pacific, 1100 GMT on
Saturday. (I hope that someone will fill in this schedule--if you do,
please email to the original poster, not to me.)

You might wish to check RTE's web page at
http://www.bess.tcd.ie/ireland/rte.html.


You can pick up WRN via the Internet. There is a live broadcast on
www.xingtech.com Streamworks (town.hall.org, port 1558 and
wrnhost.wrn.org port 1558) and they post some stuff on
ftp://town.hall.org/radio/Mirrors/WRN/audio and .../WRN/archive a while
after the broadcast in RealAudio format.

On Saint Patrick's Day ONLY, Mid-West Radio in Mayo, Ireland rented out
BBC transmitters and they did broadcast to North America.

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] says...
>
>
>        I caught the back end of a BBC show on my SW receiver about two
>weeks ago suggesting that plans were afoot in Ireland to found a
national
>SW station broadcasting to the world (Ireland is one of the only
>countries in the western world without a SW station). Does anyone know
of
>these plans?
>
>______________,________________________________________________________
___
>        Brian O Broin, B.A., MPhil, HDipMedSt.
>                        Anglo-Saxon, Celtic and Modern Irish
>                        Sean-Bhearla, Leann Ceilteach agus Gaeilge
>        UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, USA
>Email: [e-mail]
>Teil. : (h) USA + 217 + 344 4059        (w) USA + 217 + 333 4951
>Clar Cinn: http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~obroin
>_______________________________________________________________________
___
>

--
*******
WARNING
*******
The following lines violate the indecency provisions of the U.S.
Telecommunications Act of 1996:
Henry Hyde
James Exon
Slade Gorton.
William Clinton



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:00 1996
From: "Thomas R. Sundstrom" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re:   Is there a computer software for shortwave?
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 19:50:13 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Elizabeth Monacelli wrote:
>
> Hello!
> I just bought a computer in Dec. '95, and was wondering if there is a
> software that I can install to hook up to my shortwave radio.  I saw one
> I think, in a catalouge that dials the numbers for you and esentially
> runs your radio through the computer.  Could anyone give me some info on
> this?
>
> Thanks!
> Elizabeth Monacelli
> [e-mail]

--

You may be thinking of the receiver on a card. Rosetta Labs in Australia
makes the WiNRADiO, sold by Emtronics in Australia and Lowe in the UK. To
the best of my knowledge, there is no US importer handling the product,
but you can order direct. A bit more info here with links to the
various sites:

http://www.trsc.com/newrx.htm

--
 Thomas R. Sundstrom                      [e-mail]
 TRS Consultants                          http://www.trsc.com
 PO Box 2275                              [e-mail]
 Vincentown, NJ 08088-2275, USA
 [phone] | Fax [phone]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:01 1996
From: Elizabeth Monacelli <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Is there a computer software for shortwave???
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 12:58:26 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello!
I just bought a computer in Dec. '95, and was wondering if there is a
software that I can install to hook up to my shortwave radio.  I saw one
I think, in a catalouge that dials the numbers for you and esentially
runs your radio through the computer.  Could anyone give me some info on
this?

Thanks!
Elizabeth Monacelli
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:02 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: It's not easy being nuts
Date: 23 Mar 1996 04:49:15 GMT
Message-ID: <4ivvsb$[e-mail]>
References: <4iuf1d$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

There is a TV station in San Francisco, KMTP, I believe, for "Minority
Television Project", which is kinda a glorified cable public access
channel at times. In other words, there are people from various groups
who come in and produce a show, with various degrees of professional
competence. Anyway, they shuffled around some programs and one producer
objected and came in and started smashing cameras and other equipment.
This rather solved the problem of his program's schedule.

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] says...
>
>In the 1980s, a man held up a live broadcast of KNBC Los Angeles with a
BB
>gun to demand that they broadcast a statement that, among other things,
the
>CIA had replaced his entire family with alien clones.
>
>To make matters worse, this guy has been released and occasionally
posts to
>Usenet.  His name is Gary Stollman, and if you would read his whole
story you
>wouldn't believe it happened in real life unless you remembered hearing
about
>it on the news at the time.
>
--
*******
WARNING
*******
The following lines violate the indecency provisions of the U.S.
Telecommunications Act of 1996:
Henry Hyde
James Exon
Slade Gorton.
William Clinton



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:03 1996
From: [e-mail](B C)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: JESUS is Lord!
Date: 22 Mar 1996 11:57:43 GMT
Message-ID: <4iu4jn$[e-mail]>
References: <4imv4v$[e-mail]>

On Mar 19, 1996 18:41:35 in article <Re: Shit, my FM-25 is Fucked! What to
do??>, 'Horney Byte <[e-mail]>' wrote:

<expletives deleted>

Please take your filthy language elsewhere. It is not welcome here and has
nothing to do with
the topic of this newsgroup. I wish we had the guts to take a stand against
this like they did on uk.amateur when it appeared! There were immediately
20 or so posters who suggested a soap
mouthwash <grin!>

Bry in Gaithersburg, MD near DC
We are waiting for Pipeline to RESPOND!
The information is on its way (EVENTUALLY!)
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:04 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mark Fraser)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Kenwood Receivers
Date: 19 Mar 1996 22:10:53 GMT
Message-ID: <4inbdd$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>


And I have a manual on the R1000 for 10 dollars obo...
/mark


Fred Allen ([e-mail]) wrote:
: FOR  SALE:
: *********
: Kenwood R-1000 shortwave receiver.  No manual, good condition, works
: perfectly. $195.00
: *********
: Kenwood R-600 shortwave receiver.  No manual, good condition works
: perfectly.  $175.00
: *********
: Fred Allen, KA0YAE, 612-588-6898.  Better off to call as I don't log on
: to often.




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:05 1996
From: Eric <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner,alt.radio.pirate,aus.radio,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,uk.radio.amateur
Subject: KENWOOD TH415E
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 18:57:43 -0100
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4ijvsq$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4iu54f$[e-mail]> <4j2rrd$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

I'm looking for the instructions manual of the KENWOOD TH415E UHF FM
Transceiver.

Could anyone help me ?

Thanks,

Eric.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:06 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,soc.culture.israel,soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: Kol Israel Summer 96 schedule (full) - repost
Date: 24 Mar 1996 15:12:22 GMT
Message-ID: <4j3oom$[e-mail]>
References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960323195202.2086A-100000@itsop2>

For the last week or so, Artificia has been putting out the 4 or 5
minute 1 P.M. newscast (1000 GMT) not the 3 P.M. newscast.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:07 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gregory K Doerschler)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: KXBT heard in Northeast
Date: 22 Mar 1996 02:54:34 GMT
Message-ID: <4it4pa$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>,  <[e-mail]> wrote
:
>
>I listened to KXBT from 8PM EST til 10:25PM EST 3/18. The signal was subject
>to deep fades, but at times it was like a local here in Cincinnati, OH.
>I got a clear taped ID at 10:25.

They were blasting in here to Massachusetts just prior to dawn this morning
(0920 UTC).  I didn't even have to strain to catch the ID, and could even
hear them on my Superadio II with internal ferrite antenna.  It's amazing
what a clear channel can do for you.  They wouldn't have had a prayer below
1600 with the noise level.

                                              Greg
                                                 (Worcester MA)


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:08 1996
From: [e-mail] (Pat Durkin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: KXBT-1640 Heard In St. Paul, Minnesota
Date: 25 Mar 1996 17:22:31 GMT
Message-ID: <4j6kon$[e-mail]>

Finally heard KXBT here in Minnesota Sunday night 3/24 about 10:30 PM CST
(3/25 0430 UTC), after trying every night for a week. Heard the call
letters announced, followed by political ads and the song "Lady Love" by
Lou Rawls. I received KXBT on both my RS DX-370 and the GE Superadio II,
using only the internal antennas. You can just barely tune 1640 on the SR
II if you turn the tuning knob as far to the right as it will physically
go. Signal was occasionally listenable but subject to deep fading and
static crashes from the "thunder-snow" we were having (12" of it).

Pat

Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of 3M.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:10 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gilbert Baron)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: KXBT-1640 Heard In St. Paul, Minnesota
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 00:04:01 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4j6kon$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Pat Durkin) wrote:

+GDB:Finally heard KXBT here in Minnesota Sunday night 3/24 about 10:30 PM CST

+GDB:(3/25 0430 UTC), after trying every night for a week. Heard the call
+GDB:letters announced, followed by political ads and the song "Lady Love" by
+GDB:Lou Rawls. I received KXBT on both my RS DX-370 and the GE Superadio II,
+GDB:using only the internal antennas. You can just barely tune 1640 on the SR

+GDB:II if you turn the tuning knob as far to the right as it will physically
+GDB:go. Signal was occasionally listenable but subject to deep fading and
+GDB:static crashes from the "thunder-snow" we were having (12" of it).


I have been getting it quite regularly here in Rochester, MN for some
time now. It is very strong with an R7 and is heard equally well on my
ts440s and my superadio III. The internal antenna works but the
vertical is much better.

We only got about 5 inches of it but it was  34 below wchill this
morning and 55 mph winds. Come spring!

+GDB:
+GDB:Pat
+GDB:
+GDB:Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of 3M.

_
Gil Baron W0MN [e-mail] Web http://www.isl.net/~gbaron
"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 .99d. For info, email [e-mail].]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:10 1996
From: Greg Limeberry <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Look if you are in midwest
Date: 24 Mar 1996 03:33:21 GMT
Message-ID: <4j2fq1$[e-mail]>
References: <4iqbpt$[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

Judd:

Feel free to put me on your list. Thanks!

Greg



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:11 1996
From: [e-mail](Judd Berthiaume)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Look if you are in midwest
Date: 21 Mar 1996 01:35:57 GMT
Message-ID: <4iqbpt$[e-mail]>

I would like to talk regularly with DXers in the midwest(United
States). I would like to trade stations and talk about overall
reception in specific situations. Please email me. It is the only way I
can be assured to see this. Thanks


Judd



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:12 1996
From: [e-mail] (S Breazeal)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Looking for broadcasts from China/Taiwan in English
Date: 27 Mar 1996 00:33:05 GMT
Message-ID: <4ja2c1$[e-mail]>
References: <4j2fhd$[e-mail]>

Michael Rivero ([e-mail]) wrote:
:  .....for no reason in particular!  :)
:
:
: Thanks in advance.
:
My personal favorite is the Voice of Free China on 5950 kHz, I think the
English stuff is from 0200-0400 and 0700-0800 UTC. The rest is Chinese. I
get it great here in Utah (it IS from WYFR in florida tho)

The Raven ([e-mail])



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:13 1996
From: Dan Phillips <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Marconi's Head Gone???
Date: 27 Mar 1996 15:14:19 GMT
Message-ID: <4jbm0b$[e-mail]>

A visitor to Cape Cod's Marconi Transmitting Station last week reported
that Marconi's head is no longer there. If you want to see what his head
looked like please read The Distant Listener at URL:

http://edge.edge.net/~dphillip/DistantListener.html




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:14 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bill Matthews)
Subject: Re: MidWest Ireland Radio
Date: 24 Mar 96 19:39:19 -0800
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave

They also mentioned you, Mike, during their beam to North America.

I really hope they find enough interest to warrant doing this again -
or (of course) - starting their own shortwave service.   Can't you
just see that high meadow overlooking the Atlantic and a couple of
curtain arrays - one beamed to North America & Australia, the other
to Europe?

Bill Matthews
------------------
[e-mail]
------------------


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:15 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Military field/PRC radio wanted
Message-ID: <1996Mar22.162702.17194@wvnvms>
Date: 22 Mar 96 16:27:02 EST

Hello, looking for military field radios.
preferably PRC types that are transisterized like
25, 77, 74 or 70. Will trade or buy if price is right.
Thanks,
Chris

please email
[e-mail]

73's



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:16 1996
From: Christopher Golash <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: NEED ADDRESSES FOR BROADCASTERS
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 20:44:24 -0600
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

HELP!!!

Finally logged Radio Tirana, Albania and Radio Portugal; can ANYONE help
with the addresses?


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:16 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: NEED ADDRESSES FOR BROADCASTERS
Date: 22 Mar 1996 04:16:36 GMT
Message-ID: <4it9j4$[e-mail]>

Per "Passport"--Radiotelevisione Shqiptar; International Service; Rung
Ismael Qemali; Tirana; Albania....Radio Portugal; Box 1011; Lisbon 1001;
Portugal

J. LeQuesne

On Mar 21, 1996 20:44:24 in article <NEED ADDRESSES FOR BROADCASTERS>,
'Christopher Golash <[e-mail]>' wrote:


>Radio Tirana, Albania and Radio Portugal; can ANYONE help
>with the addresses?


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:19 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dave)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Need ideas on inside SW antenna
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 16:08:19 GMT
Message-ID: <4j17p5$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Daniel Grunberg) wrote:


>in a posting to rec.radio.shortwave
>        Subject: Need ideas on inside SW antenna
>           Date: Sun Mar 17 09:43:59 MST 1996

>"Mark S. Conway" <[e-mail]> said:

>> Are there any antenna options I have for interior use only?

>Hi Mark,

>_Minimalist_Antennas_, appeared in the February 1996 issue of
>_Ham_Radio_Online.  The article's URL is:

>   http://www.accessone.com/~vbook/1996/feb/antenna.htm

>The article philosophizes about why minimal antennas should be
>used, it suggests a few minimal antennas to try, and it gives
>a couple of methods of grounding receivers that may (or may not)
>make a minimal antenna more usable.  The minimal antennas may
>serve you well, in your "interior only use" situation.

>If you can't get to the article, let me know and I'll download it
>and E-mail it to you.

>If you have any questions, feel to E-mail me.  I'll do my best to
>confuse you completely (;-).

>Good luck,

>  -- Dan



>--
>Dan Grunberg    Kensington, Maryland   USA

>--
>Dan Grunberg    Kensington, Maryland   USA

Kiwa Electronics just came out with a SW loop antenae
that ought to help you out. They call it The Pocket Loop
and it covers 530Khz to 23Mhz in 4 bands. The little critter really
seems to work quite nicely. Their URL is http://www.wolfe.net/~kiwa/
if you want to check it out.
-Dave




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:19 1996
From: [e-mail] (Carl Hodder)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Need info on NOVEX FC7100 for R7000
Date: 26 Mar 1996 21:32:03 GMT
Message-ID: <4j9noj$[e-mail]>

A few years ago EEB made an HF option for the Icom R-7000 called
the NOVEX - FC7100B. It let the R7000 cover from 20 Khz to 25 MHz.
The unit had a off/on/ttl switch, HF connector, V/UHF connector,
TTL connector and another connector with a RCA female jack.
Can someone tell me about this option, how to use it and
it's specifications. I called EEB about it and the said they
still sell it but don't have any information on it. Even
if someone had an owners, it manual would be just what I wanted.

Anyone else have this EEB option for the R7000?


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:20 1996
From: Jeffrey Starin <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Need Satellite Guru
Date: 27 Mar 1996 20:07:30 GMT
Message-ID: <4jc762$[e-mail]>

I have some basic questions about receiving shortwave broadcasts and
communications on shortwave that are being uplinked and downlinked from
satellites.

I am able to hear the RS 10/12 Russian satellite beacon on my Sony 2010,
but not any voice communications in the band allotted for voice.  Just
barely do I sometimes hear a voice coming through all the background
noise.

Do I need a lot of expensive, sophisticated electronics gear to pull in
these signals, or can I do with a sony 2010, albiet, adding a better
antenna perhaps.

Thanks in advance.

ps - are there any Usenet groups allocated to the discussion of satellite
broadcasts for reception on shortwave radios?



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:21 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: New BBC fx?
Date: 28 Mar 1996 14:45:56 GMT
Message-ID: <4je8n4$[e-mail]>

Could someone please post the summer BBCWS fx for the various streams?

Their web page has all the current frequencies. Thanx.
--
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WARNING
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Telecommunications Act of 1996:
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James Exon
Slade Gorton.
William Clinton



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:22 1996
From: [e-mail](S. & L. MCHENRY )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: New RS DX-394 vs old RS Dx-302
Date: 21 Mar 1996 03:13:30 GMT
Message-ID: <4iqhgq$[e-mail]>

    Hi everyone, Been following the discussion on the new Radio Shack
Dx-394 receiver and now have a question of my own.
If I already have a RS DX-302 tabletop receiver, is the new DX-394 such
a greater improvement to warrent an upgrade?
    For those of you who don't know, a DX-302 is a late 70's digital
Quartz communications receiver (100 khz - 30 mhz).
It does not have keypad entry or memory storage, or scanning. you tune
it by using 2 knobs (one inside the other), one for mhz, one for khz,
and a BFO knob for SSB. It Does have a Ant Preselector, a 2 setting
Filter(wide & narrow), a 3 setting Attenuator(0db, 20db, & 40db),
Rf gain, volumne, Standby, LSB-CW, USB-CW, AM, & AM-NL modes.
The back allows for coax & wire Ant feeds, Gnd terminal, speaker out,
and tape out.
    It's quite easy to tune a freq, but a litttle slow compared to
direct keypad entry or a 1 button memory recall. Also, since the
digital display only shows khz (ie. 7240) the BFO knob for LSB/USB can
be a pain to use. Overall, for listening to international broadcasting,
(which is my primary interest), the DX-302 gets the job done.
    So, keeping the above info in mind, is the benefits that the new
DX-394 offer (or lack of) make it significantly better than the older
DX-302, or do they both work out to be about the same?

    Looking forward to hearing the wisdom of the Net.
                            Thanks.  Larry.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:23 1996
From: [e-mail] (CASchwark)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Noise from the mains?
Date: 21 Mar 1996 23:41:20 -0500
Message-ID: <4itb1g$[e-mail]>
References: <4is9gd$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (CASchwark)

It does sound like you are picking up the noise and interference
from the house mains since the antenna, by being in the attic, is
in close proximity to the wiring in the house.  Outside would be
better.  The farther away, the better (inverse-square law, etc.).

If outdoors is not practical, then a shielded-loop may help cut
down the noise.

Chuck Schwark


Chuck Schwark, Chicago, IL
Antique Radio Club of Illinois (Elgin)
My Antique Radio Web Page:
http://members.aol.com/caschwark/index.htm


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:26 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 15:22:46 -0500
Reply-To: "Seifert, Rick" <[e-mail]>
From: "Seifert, Rick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Official US MW ID rule

For those that have asked about medium wave ID's in the United States,
here is the official language from the Code of Federal Regulations:

73.1201  Station identification.

(a) When regularly required.  Broadcast station identification
announcements shall be made: (1) At the beginning and ending of each time
or operation, and (2) hourly, as close to the hour as feasible, at a
natural break in program offerings.  Television broadcast stations may
make these announcement visually or aurally.

(b) Content.  (1) Official station identification shall consist of the
station's call letters immediately followed by the community or
communities specified in its license as the station's location: Provided,
That the name of the licensee or the station's frequency or channel
number, or both, as stated on the station's license may be inserted
between the call letters and station location.  No other insertion is
permissible.

(2) A station may include in its official station identification the name
of any additional community or communities, but the community to which
the
station is licensed must be named first.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Rick Seifert
Office of Cuba Broadcasting
Engineering Supervisor
Radio Marti Technical Operations
Washington, D.C.  20547
[e-mail]
--------------------------------------------------------


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:27 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joe Lynn)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Opinions on C. Crane products
Date: 28 Mar 1996 17:01:47 -0600
Message-ID: <4jf5or$[e-mail]>
References: <4jeph0$[e-mail]>

<JMD> wrote:

>Does anyone have experience with products from the C. Crane Co., in
>particular the "Select-A-Tenna"? Does it help in receiving distant AM
>stations and short wave stations?

I bought my Select-A-Tenna from C.Crane three years ago.
It works as advertised, provided you don't expect to hear
WCBS from New York in Los Angeles at 2 in the afternoon.

Two thumbs up.


jtl
--
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:28 1996
From: [e-mail] (rrotz)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Opinions on Lowe HF-150???
Date: 29 Mar 1996 00:17:03 GMT
Message-ID: <4jfa5v$[e-mail]>
References: <4jendm$[e-mail]>

Todd Penney ([e-mail]) wrote:
> Hi,I'm thinking on buying this receiver and am looking for opinions on
> it.
> Is it a good unit??
        I certainly love mine.  Easy to use, excellent sound
quality if you add a speaker.  There's a Lowe mailing list
and most people who get them like them.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:29 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Brian Kraft)
Subject: Phenomenal MW Reception In Tunnel
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 00:05:42 GMT

If you're going to be traveling through Colorado on Interstate 70, check out
the MW reception inside the Hanging Lakes tunnels in Glenwood Canyon.  These
4000 foot long tunnels were opened to traffic in October 1992 and have radio
transmitter lines in the roofs that can broadcast to the entire AM and FM
bands in an emergency.  During the daytime the MW groundwave reception inside
the tunnels is phenomenal, with strong signals from Denver and Salt Lake City
stations such as 850 KOA, 760 KTLK, and 1160 KSL.  Of course, it's both
dangerous and illegal to slow down a lot or stop in the tunnels.
--
Brian Kraft  <[e-mail]> Grand Junction, Colorado


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:30 1996
From: [e-mail] (Andre Broers)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: pickup amateures
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 16:42:51 GMT
Message-ID: <4itlle$[e-mail]>

I own a scanner and want to know at what frequenties I can pick up
amateur broadcasting? I'd like to hear people from all over the world.

BTW I live in the north of Holland if that depends.

TTYL Andre


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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:31 1996
From: Ray Woodward <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Question about 5616 kHz and Sony 2010 memory scan
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 18:18:49 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4ivgk0$[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>,
"Charles P. Crawford" <[e-mail]> comments :

>5616 is used by both Gander and New York for oceanic flights.

Amongst others including Shanwick ...

--

Ray


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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:32 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bernie Rataj)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Question about 5616 kHz and Sony 2010 memory scan
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 96 21:24:04 GMT
Message-ID: <4j735r$[e-mail]>
References: <4ivgk0$[e-mail]>

In article <4ivgk0$[e-mail]>, Jeffrey Starin <[e-mail]> wrot
e:
>1)   5616 kHz oftentimes has aero traffic on it, which I believe is
>originating from Gander.  Many times I hear the flight controller
>saying something about a cell call, then a few tones, and after that it's
>back to normal aero traffic conversation.  Does anyone know what happens
>when the communication is switched over to the cell frequency?  Or
>what is going on?

It's a SELCAL (selective calling) test. SELCAL uses tones--similar to the ones

generated by a telephone--to address a specific aircraft, so the aircrew
doesn't have to constantly monitor the radio. Rather than a phone number, each

such equiped plane has a four letter id (not the aircraft registration) which
you can hear the pilot give to the ground station prior to the tones. There is

a similar system for ships.

>2)  My Sony 2010 in memory scan mode does not stop on an active
>frequency, but goes over it and I must manually choose the button
>that has the frequency it skipped over.  Is it a lemon?
                           ^^^^

Probably not. You should RTFM the part about the SKIP key :-).

Bernie


--------------------------------------------------------
Bernie Rataj    [e-mail]    qth://toronto.on.ca
Member: Ontario DX Association
--------------------------------------------------------


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:34 1996
From: Tony Bonanno <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Question about 5616 kHz and Sony 2010 memory scan
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 13:34:22 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4ivgk0$[e-mail]>
To: Jeffrey Starin <[e-mail]>

Jeffrey,

As has been pointed out, it is a Selcal check...selective calling..a
series of tones that operates similar to a tone encoded selective calling
system that you find often used on public safety frequencies.  Everyone
wants the selcal checks to be okay, otherwise, the flight engineer or
whoever must keep a "guard" on the frequency which means they get to
listen to all the static and other traffic too!  Not much fun.  With a
properly working selcal system, they can go on about their business
without having to keep an ear tuned to that frequency.  If Gander or
another ground control station wants to call, they activate the selcal
code and that activates an "alert" in the cockpit that they are being
called.  Nice and easy.  Also, your 2010 is not a lemon.  The 2010 never
has been very responsive to anything but the strongest SSB signal in the
scan mode.  Works much better just on AM.

Hope this helps.. and good listening...

Tony Bonanno, Santa Fe, NM



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:34 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bob)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: R.L.Drake Radio club on the Web
Date: 29 Mar 1996 01:31:22 GMT
Message-ID: <4jfeha$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

The R.L.Drake Amateur Radio Club is on the Web at w3.one.net/~sniper
***note w3 not www*** Become an Honorary member ! - Check it out....
Bob


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:35 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bruno MASALA)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave,uk.radio.amateur
Subject: Radio amateurs speak Esperanto
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 15:11:01 +0300
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


Radio amateurs speak Esperanto in

Europe:
sun, mon 12h30: 14266 kHz
mon to fri 8h30: 7066
wed 19h45: 3633
mon 17h: 3770
thu: 16h: 3770.

SouthAmerica:
sat, sun 20h30: 14266.

Pacific Region:
sat 22h: 21266
sat 24h: 21266.

All times UTC

Bruno

--
Bruno Masala
OSIEK AERA La Gazeto


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:36 1996
From: [e-mail] (Marie A. Lamb)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Croatia
Date: 28 Mar 1996 19:46:56 GMT
Message-ID: <4jeqbg$[e-mail]>
References: <4isv2s$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Randol D. Williams ([e-mail]) wrote:
: While Tuning thru the 5 to 6 meg freqs I ran across Radio Croatia.
: It came on the air at 0100Z with an English language program (news).
: The freq is:  5.895mhz
: At 0110Z another station came on the air on an adjacent freq and
: covered it up.  It was interesting while it was copiable.

: Anyone else have experience with this station?
: I am in the Florida Keys, BTW.

: Good listening!
Yes, and I'm sure a lot of others in Eastern North America have heard it,
too.  It's one of their better frequencies, especially in the early evening.

73--
Marie Lamb
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:37 1996
From: [e-mail] (Charles P. Crawford)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Free Cuba?
Date: 26 Mar 1996 02:06:27 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4j556s$[e-mail]>

In article <4j556s$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Ohmegaman) wrote:

>  I fell across a broadcast of radio free cuba a few weeks ago. I would
> like to know if anyone has a feq. and time of broadcast? Please email me;
>
>                          [e-mail]

O-man,
   Maybe your refering to La Voz del CID (Cuba Independiente y
Democratica), about the only clandestine still broadcasting about Cuba.
Day time 9941 kHz, nightime 6305 kHz.

Charlie

--
   "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
                                          B. Dylan


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:38 1996
From: [e-mail](ED KOWALSKI )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Interference - VCR
Date: 23 Mar 1996 15:41:36 GMT
Message-ID: <4j163g$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4j0tvf$[e-mail]>

In <4j0tvf$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Robert
Hamilton) writes:
>
>On Mar 20, 1996 15:27:47 in article <Re: Radio Interference - VCR>,
'Mark
>Schoonover <[e-mail]>' wrote:
>
>
>>Had the same problem with an 8 year old Panasonic. It sat
>>right next to the rig ( R-1000 ) and really drove me crazy.
>>I ended up moving out to the living room.
>>
>>73's
>>
>>Mark -- KA6WKE
>--
>Is the problem proximity to the radio or does the VRC put noise back
on the
>AC line ?
>Bob Hamilton

Bob: The VCR radiates into the line. In my case, the VCR was about 50
feet away but still interfered. Grounding the case of the VCR cured MY
problem; it MAY help YOURS. ED K3PRE



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:39 1996
From: [e-mail] (Charles P. Crawford)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack
Date: 26 Mar 1996 02:13:15 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4j6201$[e-mail]>

In article <4j6201$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Ricardo
D'Azevedo Godinho) wrote:

> Hi there!
> Where is Radio Shack?
>
> --
all over the US, practically every city over 3000 pop. has one.

Outside the US, I don't know.

Charlie

--
   "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
                                          B. Dylan


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:39 1996
From: [e-mail] (Ricardo D'Azevedo Godinho)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio Shack
Date: 25 Mar 1996 12:02:09 GMT
Message-ID: <4j6201$[e-mail]>

Hi there!
Where is Radio Shack?

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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:40 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joe Lynn)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack
Date: 27 Mar 1996 13:44:20 -0600
Message-ID: <4jc5qk$[e-mail]>
References: <4j6201$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Ricardo D'Azevedo Godinho wrote:

>> Hi there!
>> Where is Radio Shack?

As another poster pointed out, the company's outlets outside the US
(if they even exist any more) are/were called Tandy Electronics.

The most similar thing I've seen to a Radio Shack outside the US
is an electronics chain in Switzerland called "Intersound."
They generally sell three or four brands of products, including
Sangean and Grundig (ah, yes-- the "Concert Boy" line of boomboxes...).

jtl
--
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:41 1996
From: [e-mail] (Daniel Grunberg)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack
Date: 26 Mar 1996 20:49:27 GMT
Message-ID: <4j9l8n$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Daniel Grunberg)


in a posting to rec.radio.shortwave
        Subject: Radio Shack
           Date: Mon Mar 25 07:02:09 1996

[e-mail] (Ricardo D'Azevedo Godinho) said:

> Where is Radio Shack?

Radio Shack is a _large_ group of retail stores in the United
States, and elsewhere, owned by the Tandy Corporation.  Radio Shack
has a catalog, which serves as a stock list at the stores.  Radio
Shack also will sell direct by mail.

If you can't find a Radio Shack store, the best thing to do is to
request information and a catalog from:

                           Radio Shack
                           Customer Relations
                           1400 One Tandy Center
                           Fort Worth TX 76102
                           USA

Sorry, there is no E-mail address given in my copy of Radio Shack's
catalog.

--
Dan Grunberg    Kensington, Maryland   USA


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:42 1996
From: [e-mail](Frank P)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack
Date: 27 Mar 1996 04:25:40 GMT
Message-ID: <4jag04$[e-mail]>
References: <4j6201$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (Charles P. Crawford) writes:
>
>In article <4j6201$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Ricardo
>D'Azevedo Godinho) wrote:
>
>> Hi there!
>> Where is Radio Shack?

Seems like I read somewhere that outside of the U.S., Radio Shack uses
the name Tandy Electronics.

....Frank Provasek


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:43 1996
From: "Mark J. Fine" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack DX-160 questions
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 18:46:24 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

Jim,

Many, many moons ago, I used to have a DX-160.  Was my first "real" tabletop.
 I
used to really enjoy the way I used to get WWV on 9100kHz.<G>

Jim Shaffer, Jr. wrote:
> The set has three antenna terminals, marked "A1", "A2", and "GND".  I'm

Not sure of the balanced impedance, but 50-75 ohms seems to be the norm.  For
using a longwire (or other "high-impedance" antenna) I think you're supposed t
o
short A2 to the GND terminal and just use A1 - or something like that.

> Next, the basic radio question:  the set has a signal strength meter which

The meter should be calibrated at full RF gain.

Oh, before I forget, there's a real neat trick you can use to accurately tune
the
beast.  I used to have a set of calibration charts that "mapped" the bandsprea
d
log to actual SW channels.  For a particular band, all you do is zero-beat the

receiver on WWV, CHU or some other known station, then tune the bandspread for

known freqs and stations.  You can then use that information to graph and
interpolate other frequencies.

Hope this helps - brngs back some old memories.

73,

[ Mark J. Fine -- FineWare * Smart R8 Control * TTY Reader ]
[   11252 Cardinal Drive   *     SWBC Interval Signals     ]
[ Remington, VA 22734-2032 *      Smart Audio Control      ]
[ United States of America * ---- [e-mail] ---- ]
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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:44 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Shaffer, Jr.)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio Shack DX-160 questions
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 96 16:44:38
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I just picked up a Radio Shack DX-160 at a flea market, and I've been
experimenting with it.  It seems to be a pretty good radio, for a RS
analog set.  I have a few questions, though (one of these would be
a basic radio question, I guess):

The set has three antenna terminals, marked "A1", "A2", and "GND".  I'm
assuming that "A1" and "A2" are intended to be connected to a balanced
antenna.  If so, what's the impedance?  Also, do I connect an unbalanced
antenna, with or without ground, to "A1" or "A2", or doesn't it make a
difference?

Next, the basic radio question:  the set has a signal strength meter which
is marked from 1 to 9, and then beyond 9 it's marked "+10db" to "+30db".
I've heard radio people talk about a signal being, for example, "S9 + 10 db",
and I'm assuming that that's what this meter is for.  But, the meter is
obviously connected *after* the RF amplifier, because when I turn the RF
gain knob up, the meter goes up.  So how does one refer to the signal
strength of a station, if it depends on the gain of the receiver?

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 Jim Shaffer, Jr.     | NOTICE:  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  //  | a good universe
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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:45 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joe Lynn)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack DX-394
Date: 25 Mar 1996 09:59:26 -0600
Message-ID: <4j6fsu$[e-mail]>
References: <4j0jsr$[e-mail]>

Michael Nunnally <[e-mail]> wrote:

> ..
>all it was for less - state sales tax which made it even better.  If
>interested, check out this site http://www.unicomp.net/~usradio.  By

Wrong URL.  There's no ~usradio on unicomp.net.


jtl

--
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:46 1996
From: [e-mail] (Michael Nunnally)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack DX-394
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 14:57:43 GMT
Message-ID: <4j8p1m$[e-mail]>
References: <4j0jsr$[e-mail]> <4j6fsu$[e-mail]>

Sorry,

  The correct URL should be http://home.unicomp.net/~usradio that will
work: tried it this morning.

[e-mail] (Joe Lynn) wrote:

>Michael Nunnally <[e-mail]> wrote:

>> ..
>>all it was for less - state sales tax which made it even better.  If
>>interested, check out this site http://www.unicomp.net/~usradio.  By

>Wrong URL.  There's no ~usradio on unicomp.net.


>jtl

>--
>[e-mail]



Michael Nunnally
[e-mail]




- Not that the "Red Indian" will ever possess the broad lands of America.  At
least I presume not.  But his ghost will.

          -D.H.  Lawrence



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:47 1996
From: [e-mail] (David Methuen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack DX-394
Date: 25 Mar 1996 16:38:19 GMT
Message-ID: <4j6i5r$[e-mail]>
References: <4j0jsr$[e-mail]> <4j6fsu$[e-mail]>

Joe Lynn ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Michael Nunnally <[e-mail]> wrote:

: > ..
: >all it was for less - state sales tax which made it even better.  If
: >interested, check out this site http://www.unicomp.net/~usradio.  By

: Wrong URL.  There's no ~usradio on unicomp.net.


The correct URL is http://home.unicomp.net/~usradio/



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:48 1996
From: [e-mail] (Hugh Macaulay)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio Tirana
Date: 21 Mar 1996 21:21:14 GMT
Message-ID: <4ish8a$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Hugh Macaulay)

Used to enjoy this patchy little gem for the music and incredibly
mundane news, but can't find it anymore.

I used to hear it on (or about) 9580 at 0330, but nuthin' doing
now.

Where can it be found these days?


--

                             ********
Hugh Macaulay
Ottawa, Canada


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:48 1996
From: [e-mail] (Richard Koser)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Tirana
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 03:08:05 GMT
Message-ID: <4ivpv0$[e-mail]>
References: <4ish8a$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Hugh Macaulay) wrote:

>Used to enjoy this patchy little gem for the music and incredibly
>mundane news, but can't find it anymore.

>I used to hear it on (or about) 9580 at 0330, but nuthin' doing
>now.

>Where can it be found these days?
>                             ********
>Hugh Macaulay
>Ottawa, Canada
I'm hearing it very well in eastern North America (southeastern New
York State) most evenings starting arount 00 UT on 7270 kHz in
Albanian.

I like the music too.

-RK-


Richard Koser
Croton Falls, N.Y.
[e-mail]
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:49 1996
From: Christopher Golash <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Tirana
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 22:31:10 -0600
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4ish8a$[e-mail]> <4ivpv0$[e-mail]>

Richard Koser wrote:
>
> [e-mail] (Hugh Macaulay) wrote:
>
> >Used to enjoy this patchy little gem for the music and incredibly
> >mundane news, but can't find it anymore.
>
> >I used to hear it on (or about) 9580 at 0330, but nuthin' doing
> >now.
>
> >Where can it be found these days?
> >                             ********
> >Hugh Macaulay
> >Ottawa, Canada
> I'm hearing it very well in eastern North America (southeastern New
> York State) most evenings starting arount 00 UT on 7270 kHz in
> Albanian.
>
> I like the music too.
>
> -RK-
>
> Richard Koser
> Croton Falls, N.Y.
> [e-mail]
> [e-mail]...recvd VERY poorly in Memphis Tn last week...0230
-0300 on 7160


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:50 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
From: [e-mail] (Bruno MASALA)
Subject: Radio-stations in Esperanto
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 15:06:00 +0300

From: [e-mail] (Bruno MASALA)
Subject: Radio-stations in Esperanto
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 15:06:00 +0300
Organization: OSIEK - AERA - LG
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>


Three radio-stations with Esperanto-programs on satelite

1. Polish Radio Warsaw (in Esperanto: everyday 14h30 UTC, 21h30 UTC)
Eutelsat II F6 13░ E, 11.476 GHz Hpol (TVPolonia), 7.38 MHz
(Also 5 minutes everyday by WRN 1 on Astra, 11.538 GHz Vpol (VH1), 7.38 MHz)

2. Vatican Radio (in Esperanto: on sunday, 20h20 UTC)
Eutelsat II F1 13░ E, 10.987 GHz Vpol (NBC), 7.38 MHz (en E¢ropo).

3. Radio Austria International (on sunday, 12h30, 15h30 UTC, by ADR: Astra
Digital Radio)
Astra 19.2 ░E, 11.141 Hpol (BFS 3), 8.10 MHz, per Astra Di»ita Radio (ADR)

Bruno

--
Bruno Masala
OSIEK AERA La Gazeto


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:51 1996
From: [e-mail] (Cocp)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Realistic DX-400 for sale
Date: 24 Mar 1996 00:17:15 -0500
Message-ID: <4j2lss$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Cocp)

What freqs are covered by the DX-400?  T hank you.
                                                            Cocp


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:52 1996
From: Gary Bleasdale <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Realistic DX-400 for sale
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 07:51:06 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

For sale Realistic DX-400 portable shortwave radio. Listen to the world!
Asking $100. Call Gary at 912-882-7525 or leave email to [e-mail].




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:53 1996
From: [e-mail] (Michael D. Miladin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: REDSOX Baseball Station???
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 17:42:25 GMT
Message-ID: <4j6lv2$[e-mail]>
References: <4j68dp$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Jeffrey D. Morris) wrote:

>Here's one for you folks...I live in Rochester, NY and want to be able
>to listen to RedSox Baseball games this summer.  Can anyone of you New
>Englanders tell me what station broadcasts them?  Also, what kind of
>antenna can I make specifically for that station?  Thanks!

>Jeff

>--
>Jeffrey D. Morris, Ph.D.
>Quality Tech. & Applied Statistics
>Eastman Kodak Company
>Rochester, NY 14652-4608
>[e-mail]

WTIC Hartford is a 50K Watt CC on 1080kh.  I listen here in Syracuse
with my Superradio.





From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:54 1996
From: Dan Gardiner <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: REDSOX Baseball Station???
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 01:54:51 +0000
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4j68dp$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
To: "Jeffrey D. Morris" <[e-mail]>

Jeffrey D. Morris wrote:
>
> Here's one for you folks...I live in Rochester, NY and want to be able
> to listen to RedSox Baseball games this summer.  Can anyone of you New
> Englanders tell me what station broadcasts them?  Also, what kind of
> antenna can I make specifically for that station?  Thanks!


Jeff,

  If you have RealAudio working with your web browser you should be able
to tap into live games with close to shortwave quality at 14.4 kbps...

  I'm watching this site closely as they are advertising 'MLB coming
soon!'

http://www.audionet.com/

  Also, in case you don't know... there is a Red Sox listserver at:

mailto:[e-mail]         text= SUBSCRIBE BOSOX <emailaddr>

There are some folks on the list also interested in the same subject.


GO SOX!



--
                                        [e-mail]
Dan Gardiner                                   or
                                  d.gardiner/[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:55 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bobhill73)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: REDSOX Baseball Station???
Date: 27 Mar 1996 14:13:24 -0500
Message-ID: <4jc40k$[e-mail]>
References: <4j68dp$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Bobhill73)

Jeff,

You might try WTIC, Hartford, CT, on 1080. They're 50 kw on a relatively
clear channel. As far as I know, they still carry Red Sox games. Antenna?
Any basic "kinky wire" should do the trick.

Bob Hill   W1ARR


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:56 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Kim Andrew Elliott)
Subject: Requesting info on the *other* windup radio
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 17:23:23 GMT

There has been much discussion about the BayGen windup (or
clockwork) radio.  A few months ago there was a thread or
two about _another_ windup radio -- made in China, I think.
It's powered both by a crank and by solar power.
Unfortunately, I don't still have a copy of that thread.

I'd like to do a feature about this _other_ radio on
Communications World.  It seems the BayGen radio was not
exactly unprecedented.  Actually, Trevor Baylis himself
would probably admit this.  At the Radio Netherlands
Twoards 2000 conference, he said that he got the idea from
the old crank-up phonographs.

I would appreciate any information about this radio: specs,
who makes it, where it can be purchased, etc.  A relative
of a VOA colleague recently bought one at a Target store.

Many thanks for your help.

73

Kim

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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:57 1996
From: Gary Thorburn <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: RE: Requesting info on the *other* windup radio
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 17:48:53 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Kim Andrew Elliott wrote:
>
> There has been much discussion about the BayGen windup (or
> clockwork) radio.  A few months ago there was a thread or
> two about _another_ windup radio -- made in China, I think.
> It's powered both by a crank and by solar power.
>
The "AM-FM Crank/Solar Dynamo Radio" is $29, and is intended
to be used with AA Nicads (not included) which it recharges.
Not that this is therefore different from the Bayliss radio
which does not use rechargables, but is powered directly from
the crank in "real time".

It is available from "Real Goods":

Real Goods
966 Mazzoni St.
Ukiah, CA 95482-3437
800-762-7325

The Real Goods catalog is "green gadget" marketing, but if you
look carefully, they have some good prices on quality nicads
and portable solar cell systems, etc.  They also sent me a copy
of "Real Goods News: June 1994" which included articles on
the care and feeding of deep cycle rechargable batteries,  and
some serious stuff for sale for the those pursuing a sans-edison
lifestyle.  I have not ordered from these folks, but it looks
interesting.

/****
*  Gary W. Thorburn KD1TE
*  email address:  [e-mail]
****/


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:50:59 1996
From: [e-mail](Clint Berry)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: RE: Requesting info on the *other* windup radio
Date: 25 Mar 1996 23:39:22 GMT
Message-ID: <4j7ara$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In <[e-mail]> Gary Thorburn <[e-mail]>
writes:
>
>Kim Andrew Elliott wrote:
>>
>> There has been much discussion about the BayGen windup (or
>> clockwork) radio.  A few months ago there was a thread or
>> two about _another_ windup radio -- made in China, I think.
>> It's powered both by a crank and by solar power.
>>
>The "AM-FM Crank/Solar Dynamo Radio" is $29, and is intended
>to be used with AA Nicads (not included) which it recharges.
>Not that this is therefore different from the Bayliss radio
>which does not use rechargables, but is powered directly from
>the crank in "real time".
>
>It is available from "Real Goods":
>
>Real Goods
>966 Mazzoni St.
>Ukiah, CA 95482-3437
>800-762-7325
>
>The Real Goods catalog is "green gadget" marketing, but if you
>look carefully, they have some good prices on quality nicads
>and portable solar cell systems, etc.  They also sent me a copy
>of "Real Goods News: June 1994" which included articles on
>the care and feeding of deep cycle rechargable batteries,  and
>some serious stuff for sale for the those pursuing a sans-edison
>lifestyle.  I have not ordered from these folks, but it looks
>interesting.
>
>/****
>*  Gary W. Thorburn KD1TE
>*  email address:  [e-mail]
>****/


I purchased a Solar/Dynamo Radio, made in China, from Northern (a
hardware retailer) for $19.99.  The rechargeable battery is
wired into the unit.  It will also accept 2 'AA' batteries or
a transformer(not included)  Call Northern at 1-800-533-5545.

-Clint

P.S.  Don't expect superior performance, I rate it 'fair'.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:01 1996
From: [e-mail] (Andy Sennitt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Requesting info on the *other* windup radio
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 14:45:25 GMT
Message-ID: <4jgt1b$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Kim Andrew Elliott) wrote:

>It's powered both by a crank

>the old crank-up phonographs.

Kim, I do wish you would stop using the word "crank" in relation to
British inventions. For some reason it makes me feel uneasy :-)



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:02 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Schaeffer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Review of PRN-1000
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 21:16:02 GMT
Message-ID: <4j9cf1$[e-mail]>

I just got my PRN-1000 today in the mail. It is based on the Drake SW8
chasis but that is probably all it has in common. It features a green
5 digit led readout. It does not have a clock or  timer, It has no
filters and cannot tune ssb or cw.  The only controls on the front
panel are a tone control knob, a volume on/off knob, a tuning knob, up
and down tuning buttons. Note that no scanning is possible. It alows
direct entry of frequencies and can tune in 1khz or 5khz. A dimmer
control, step, wwv direct and recall button finishes the front panel.
The rear panel features a local/distant switch, screw terminals for
wire antenna and ground, and a input for the supplied ac adapter.

It is supplied with the above mentioned ac adapter, a longwire antenna
and headphones.

I purchased this unit as a possible replacement for my aging yaesu
frg-7700. The PRN-1000 does not even come close to the features or
performance of the frg-7700 and in my opinion is not even worth half
the $299.00 purchase price. I am on my way to the post office so I can
send the unit back and obtain a refund.



Jim



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:03 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 16:15:21 +0100
Reply-To: giolat <[e-mail]>
From: giolat <[e-mail]>
Subject: RTTY utility stations and CODE 3

Dear listmembers,
I'am an italian SWL, interested since 1979 in RTTY stations. I' m deeply
interested in utility RTTY stations. Actually I'm using a CODE 3 decoder.
I'm monitoring, in particular, RTTY stations using digital trasmission
systems like ARQ, FEC and similar. I'm deeply interested in Random digital
system (NATO and CSI ones) and former Soviet Union atomic submarines' 81-81
digital RTTY system.
I'm looking to get in touch with SWLs involved into the same field and with
CODE 3 owner all around the world.
I wanna create a newsgroup and an IRC channel dedicated to RTT digital
systems and RTTY utility station


Best                            Giovanni


PLEASE, ASWER ME DIRECTLY. I'VE PROBLEMS WITH MY SUBSCRIPTION TO SWL-L




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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:04 1996
From: [e-mail] (Stephen R Holmes)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: RTTY utility stations and CODE 3
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 20:14:00 -0500
Message-ID: <sholmes-2603962014010001@192.0.2.1>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] wrote:

> In Article<[e-mail]>,
<[e-mail]> write:
> > Dear listmembers,
> > I'am an italian SWL, interested since 1979 in RTTY stations. I' m deeply
>
> > *#*-@@@-*#*-*#*-@@@-*#*-*#*-@@@-*#*----*#*-@@@-*#*-*#*-@@@-*#*-*#*-@@@-*#*
>
> I strongly suggest you subscribe to the WUN list by sending the message
> subscribe wun <your email address> to [e-mail].  We have over 800

> members worldwide who do little more than listen to utility stations.

...and a thankless job it is, too! (Sorry, couldn't resist :-)  I'm sure
the mailing list is more than worthwhile for folks interested in "UTS".

--
Stephen R. Holmes   | [e-mail]    | the usual disclaimers
Clifton, VA  USA    |                     | ...witty saying TBD


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:05 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: RTTY utility stations and CODE 3
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 96 19:13:52 PDT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>


In Article<[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]
> write:
> Path: news.bright.net!chi-news.cic.net!news.cais.net!news.ac.net!imci4!newsf
eed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!pala
din.american.edu!auvm!NET1.TERCOM.IT!giolat
> Comments: Gated by [e-mail]
> Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
> Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 16:15:21 +0100
> Reply-To: giolat <[e-mail]>
> Sender: "Short Wave Listener's List" <SWL$[e-mail]>
> From: giolat <[e-mail]>
> Subject: RTTY utility stations and CODE 3
> Lines: 32
>
> Dear listmembers,
> I'am an italian SWL, interested since 1979 in RTTY stations. I' m deeply

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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:06 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 00:48:53 +0100
Reply-To: giolat <[e-mail]>
From: giolat <[e-mail]>
Subject: RTTY utility stations and CODE 3

Dear listmembers,
I'am an italian SWL, interested since 1979 in RTTY stations. I' m deeply
interested in utility RTTY stations. Actually I'm using a CODE 3 decoder.
I'm monitoring, in particular, RTTY stations using digital trasmission
systems like ARQ, FEC and similar. I'm deeply interested in Random digital
system (NATO and CSI ones) and former Soviet Union atomic submarines' 81-81
digital RTTY system.
I'm looking to get in touch with SWLs involved into the same field and with
CODE 3 owner all around the world.
I wanna create a newsgroup and an IRC channel dedicated to RTT digital
systems and RTTY utility station


Best                            Giovanni


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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:07 1996
From: [e-mail] (Keith L Morris)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sangean ATS 606p
Date: 25 Mar 1996 03:56:55 GMT
Message-ID: <4j55i7$[e-mail]>
References: <4iblhl$[e-mail]>

In message <[e-mail]> - Ron <[e-mail]> writes:

:>
:>Pillera wrote:
:>>
:>> I hope this isn't a FAQ ... but would you guys recommend this radio?  Does
:>> it have continuous coverage (ie. 1-30 MHz)?  Sync detection?  USB/LSB?
:>>
:>> Thanks in advance!
:>>
:>> Joe Pillera, N8QYO
:>> Ann Arbor, MI  USA
:>> [e-mail] Joe, According to Passport to World Band Radio, the Son
y 7600G is a
:>better deal. When they reviewed the 606p, they didn't mention SSB, sync
:>detection or continuous coverage. So it must not have them. The sony
:>does. I've got a 7600G and think it's the best shortwave radio I've ever
:>had. I only paid $200 for it and the Sangean 606p goes for around $270.
:>Check the mailorder places and you can get a 7600G for around $169 or so.
:>Cheers, Ron Cain


Actually, Tucker's here in Dallas sells the 606 for 129.00 (149.00 for the
version with the AC adapter and antenna.)

I personally looked at it, then bought the Sony 7600G at $220.00 with the AC
adapter.  I am VERY happy with my decision to pay the extra $$$.  The SYNCH
DETECT is a MUST!!!!  Also the 606 won't get SSB or CW......



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:09 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mark S. Roberts)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SCA stations
Date: 19 Mar 1996 21:18:46 -0800
Message-ID: <4io4fm$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

On Mon, 18 Mar 1996 15:24:36 -0500 Steven Lindell ([e-mail]) wro
te:
| Before investing in the time and effort to modify a radio for SCA
| reception, does anyone know of a way to find out what program material
| is being broadcast in one's area on the SCA subcarrier?

Bruce Elving's _FM Atlas_ ($16.50, FM Atlas, Esko MN 55733-0336) lists
SCA use by categories.

| I live in the Philadelphia area, and am primarily interested in
| classical music and/or the BBC.

For music, be aware that SCA bandwidths typically are 5 or 6 KHz; often
with a preemphasis of 150 microseconds. This seems to be optional among SCA
providers. For program content, SCA is best suited for lo-fi background
music or talk programming.

For stations licensed to Philadelphia, the Elving atlas (last updated in
1995) shows:

WXPN, 88.5: ethnic on both 67 and 92 KHz
WRTI, 90.1: Haitian French programming on 67 KHz; data on 92
WHYY, 90.9: talking-book (for the blind) on 67; ethnic on 92
WWDB, 96.5: background muisc on 67
WUSL, 98.9: background music on 67 and 92
WYXR, 104.5: background music on 67

This is, of course, subject to having changed since 1995.
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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:09 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (David Feustel)
Subject: Re: Selectantenna
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 23:32:46 GMT

Kent Winrich ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Anyone out there have any experience with the Selectantenna, or the
: modified version?

It works for me. (C Crane version)
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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:10 1996
From: [e-mail] (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Selectantenna..
Date: 26 Mar 1996 15:21:55 -0500
Message-ID: <4j9jl3$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, Kent Winrich  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Not to long ago, someone posted a location in Wisconsin that was selling
>the Selectantenna.  I believe the place started with an "I".  Would you
>please repost, or email?

The manufacturer is Intensitronics in Hales Corners, WI.

However, C.Crane (CA) sells several modified varieties of this product,
and it's worth checking out their catalog before buying.


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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:11 1996
From: Kent Winrich <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Selectantenna..
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 07:04:41 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Not to long ago, someone posted a location in Wisconsin that was selling
the Selectantenna.  I believe the place started with an "I".  Would you
please repost, or email?

Thanks in advance!

Kent Winrich
Waukesha, WI
Milwaukee Radio Pages - http://www.execpc.com/~kwin


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:12 1996
From: Ian Stirling <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: alt.radio.pirate,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sharon, PA...
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 20:58:43 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Glen L. Roberts ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Some lady has been calling me, because "Full Disclosure Live" is
: supposedly interfering on her TV in Sharon, PA.

: However, she called a second time, claiming another program on
: WWCR was interfering with her TV.

Not impossible, if your signal can be recieved there, may be a fault
on the TV, causing it to be demodulated. Though soime TV's are
just crap design anyway.

: It seems that the audio from somewhere, is getting into her TV...
: she has cable, and it affects many channels...

: It seems unlikely to me that WWCR's signal is getting in there...
: if it affected her, it would most likely affect many lots of
: people.

: It seems more likely that someone is running a pirate station
: real close to her and splattering the signal all over tarnation
: and rebroadcasting some programs from WWCR...

: Anyone in Sharon, PA have a clue?


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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:13 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joe Lynn)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Shortwave buyer newbie
Date: 27 Mar 1996 12:15:21 -0600
Message-ID: <4jc0jp$[e-mail]>
References: <3197cc$4419.136@NEWS> <[e-mail]>

Ron  <[e-mail]> wrote:

> ....
>My first was a Radio Shack DX-390 flop that was almost immediately
>returned. Terrible receiver. Still, RS sells a lot of them to beginners.
>What's wrong with this picture?

When I returned to the SWL hobby after a long time away, I bought
a DX-390.  It's not a "terrible receiver."  It's missing a lot
of the bells and whistles of some of the more elaborate units,
and there are better radios out there, but for the price it's not a
really bad deal.   I had mine for about six months before I
decided to upgrade;  the guy who bought the unit from me is
still using and enjoying it.

And I know I'm in the minority when I say that I much preferred the
DX-390-- aka Sangean 818-- to its predecessor, the Radio Shack DX-440/
Sangean 803A.  The 803A had all those sliders;  give me *knobs*.

My main receiver after three years is still one of the finest--
a Grundig Satellit 700.

>Anyway, the Sony 7600G is one of the most popular shortwave radios out
>there. As a newbie, you can't go wrong. If you get one, you'll see why.
>If you need anymore info, feel free to email me.

You might also want to check out the Grundig Yacht Boy 400 or its
stripped-down cousin, the Yacht Boy 305.

Another avenue to explore is the used/demo/trade-in equipment sold by
companies like Universal and Grove:  sometimes you can get a decent deal.

Good luck!


jtl
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[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:14 1996
From: [e-mail](J. LeQuesne)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,
Subject: Re: Shortwave buyer newbie
Date: 28 Mar 1996 03:45:15 GMT
Message-ID: <4jd20b$[e-mail]>
References: <4jc0jp$[e-mail]>

Buying used is a good deal.  I've bought all my equipment that way.  (For
used equipment...they'll tell you what "extras"  you get.  Make sure the
radio has an AC adaptor {if desired} and a manual.  Make sure the company
stands behind their product)

J. LeQuesne

On Mar 27, 1996 12:15:21 in article <Re: Shortwave buyer newbie>,
'[e-mail] (Joe Lynn)' wrote:


>Another avenue to explore is the used/demo/trade-in equipment sold by
>companies like Universal and Grove:  sometimes you can get a decent deal.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:15 1996
From: Ron <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Shortwave buyer newbie
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 17:05:17 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <3197cc$4419.136@NEWS>

Michael R. Sweet wrote:
>
> I'm new in this shortwave radio stuff but I'm looking for a radio that
> will allow me to pick up french stations from here in Southern Maryland.
> The reason for this is that my girlfriend is Canadian French and misses
> talking/listening in French.
>
> What type (model) radio should I look at to purchase?
>
> Andy
>
> [e-mail]
> .

Andy, the Sony 7600G is a good shortwave radio that can be bought for
$200 or less. I have one myself and am VERY happy with it.
This is my second Shortwave radio.

My first was a Radio Shack DX-390 flop that was almost immediately
returned. Terrible receiver. Still, RS sells a lot of them to beginners.
What's wrong with this picture?

Anyway, the Sony 7600G is one of the most popular shortwave radios out
there. As a newbie, you can't go wrong. If you get one, you'll see why.
If you need anymore info, feel free to email me.
Cheers, Ron Cain
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:16 1996
From: [e-mail] (Peter Tatiner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Sony 7600D Repair Help
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 96 17:50:55 GMT
Message-ID: <4jbugh$[e-mail]>

Sony no longer puts us in touch with its tech reps. I need
to replace the antenna on my 7600D, but upon removing the
two screws at the upper back of the radio, it refuses to
yield the back piece to my ministrations. I'm reluctant to
force it.

What's holding the back in place? Should I force it off? Are
there additional screws?

Help!

Thanks.

Cheers,

[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:17 1996
From: [e-mail] (Chuck Maddox)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony 7600D Repair Help
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 18:47:03 -0600
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4jbugh$[e-mail]>

In article <4jbugh$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Peter Tatiner) wrote:

> Sony no longer puts us in touch with its tech reps. I need
> to replace the antenna on my 7600D, but upon removing the
> two screws at the upper back of the radio, it refuses to
> yield the back piece to my ministrations. I'm reluctant to
> force it.
>
> What's holding the back in place? Should I force it off? Are
> there additional screws?


Peter,

Did you check _inside_ the battery compartment(s)?  Sony likes to hide one
or two there.

Chuck -- N9NON


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:18 1996
From: [e-mail] (John Rethorst)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony ICF-2010 What is next level of SW portables?????
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 23:07:50 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4jc2p1$[e-mail]>

> > I have had the ICF-2010 since about 1985-86. It's travelled all
> > over with me. I'd like to consider upgrading to the next level of
> > AM/SW/FM portables. What would the group suggest?
>
> I don't own an ICF-2010, but according to what I've read in
> "Passport to Worldband Radio", on rec.radio.shortwave, and in a
> recent article in "Monitoring Times", you own THE shortwave
> portable.  If "portable" is an operative word, and FM is required,
> there seems to be no possible upgrade.
>
The 2010 is highly regarded. Passport's general view seems to be that the
'portatop' - somewhat portable and somewhat tabletop - offers a further
step in performance, and tabletop models offer even more. Along the way
you lose broadcast FM - few portatops have it, and very few if any
tabletops do; you spend lots more money, and you need an antenna
installation.

As far as portatops go, you'll want to look at the Lowe 150 and Drake SW8,
both at $700 list. First off, I'd read the 1996 Passport, though. HTH

John R.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:19 1996
From: Paul Johnson <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony ICF-2010 What is the next level of SW portables?????
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 18:51:41 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have had the ICF-2010 since about 1985-86. It's travelled all over with
me. I'd like to consider upgrading to the next level of AM/SW/FM
portables. What would the group suggest?

email responses also appreciated. I don't get here too often.

[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:20 1996
From: Tom Morse <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony ICF-2010 What is the next level of SW portables?????
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 06:20:13 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

Paul Johnson wrote:
>
> I have had the ICF-2010 since about 1985-86. It's travelled all over with
> me. I'd like to consider upgrading to the next level of AM/SW/FM
> portables. What would the group suggest?
>
> email responses also appreciated. I don't get here too often.
>
> [e-mail]

There is no better portable than the one you have. Even Sony's newer
"big" portables (SW55, SW77) are no match for the 2010 in performance.
The newer radios have neat "bells and whistles", but the RF performance
of the 2010 is unequalled by any other portable.

Tom  KE6DIO


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:20 1996
From: Tom Morse <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony ICF-2010 What is the next level of SW portables?????
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 13:01:51 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Adi Doron wrote:

I sold my 2010 for the smaller and very fine 7600g
>
>       adi   4z4vg

The 7600 is a good radio, but still not the equal of the 2010.

Tom  KE6DIO


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:21 1996
From: [e-mail] (Scott Sundick)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony ICF-2010 What is the next level of SW portables?????
Date: 28 Mar 1996 18:33:33 -0500
Message-ID: <4jf7kd$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

On Mar 26, 1996 06:20:13 in article <Re: Sony ICF-2010 What is the next
level of SW portables?????>, 'Tom Morse <[e-mail]>' wrote:


>Paul Johnson wrote:
>>
>> I have had the ICF-2010 since about 1985-86. It's travelled all over
with
>> me. I'd like to consider upgrading to the next level of AM/SW/FM
>> portables. What would the group suggest?
>>
>> email responses also appreciated. I don't get here too often.
>>
>> [e-mail]
>
>There is no better portable than the one you have. Even Sony's newer
>"big" portables (SW55, SW77) are no match for the 2010 in performance.
>The newer radios have neat "bells and whistles", but the RF performance
>of the 2010 is unequalled by any other portable.
>
>Tom  KE6DIO

I don't own one yet, but from everything I have heard, the next step up is
the Drake SW-8.  This is also a semi portable, has a whole bunch of
different antenna inputs and a built in telescoping antenna.  I almost
bought one used a few weeks ago but it turned out that it had sold just
before I called.  Also worth considering is the Lowe HF-150.


--

If you are really one in a million, does this mean there are one thousand
people just like you in China???

Libi bMizrach v'Ani bMarav





From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:23 1996
From: [e-mail] (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony ICF-SW55
Date: 29 Mar 1996 20:24:58 -0500
Message-ID: <4ji2ha$[e-mail]>
References: <4jhcc0$[e-mail]>

In article <4jhcc0$[e-mail]>, Wes Hayes <[e-mail]> wrote:
>I'm currently in the market for a shortwave receiver and am interested in
>what the net opinion is on this particular model (Sony ICF-SW55).  I would
>like to hear from current owners, former owners, those who considered it and
>selected something else, etc. Respones can be in follow-up posts or via
>e-mail; whichever you prefer.
>
>Also, I had heard a rumor that Sony was going to discontinue this model.  If
>they are, this may impact my decision.  So, if you have any knowledge about
>this, please let me know.
>
>Basically, I like the size of the compact models like Sony's SW55 and 7600G
>and Grundig's YB400 and I like the performance of the Sony 2010 and Grundig
>Sat 700.  I was hoping that the SW55 would give me the size I need for
>traveling and performance close to the 2010 and Sat 700.

I'm a former owner.

I suffered with its awful ergonomics (it tries to smarter than you, so it
does nice things to you like changing from AM to LSB mode as you're
bandscanning through 40-41m) and unstable BFO.

I you don't need the fancy alphanumerics, cheaper rigs like the SW-7600G
or Grundig YB-400 offer better value.

--
Mike Schuster       |        [e-mail] | [e-mail]
------------------- | [e-mail] | [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:24 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony Receiver Modifications
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 22:33:29
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4j202t$[e-mail]>

In article <4j202t$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (DanDan2) writes
:
>From: [e-mail] (DanDan2)
>Subject: Sony Receiver Modifications
>Date: 23 Mar 1996 18:05:01 -0500

>Does Sherwood Engineering modify Sony 2010 receivers with the narrower
>filters?  If so, what do they charge, and what timescales does it take to
>get the receiver back?

>Also, do they do the same thing to the Sony ICF 7600G receiver?

>Does anyone have an Email address or hompage address for them?

>Thanks

>Dan Henderson


I don't know about Sherwood, but Kiwa sells some filters for the 2010 that
are supposed to be quite good.  Nothing for the 7600G as yet (I keep hoping).

Steve
WB7PSD


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:25 1996
From: [e-mail] (CASchwark)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony SW1 problem
Date: 21 Mar 1996 23:41:12 -0500
Message-ID: <4itb18$[e-mail]>
References: <4is4i2$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (CASchwark)

#1 stop zapping it....sooner or later it will stay dead.

#2 just leave the batteries out of it for 20-30 minutes to let
all caps discharge and let the microproc REALLY die.
Works for other radios with similar lock-up problem.
Never had my SW1 do this though.....


Chuck Schwark, Chicago, IL
Antique Radio Club of Illinois (Elgin)
My Antique Radio Web Page:
http://members.aol.com/caschwark/index.htm


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:26 1996
From: [e-mail] (Marc Brutschy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Space Shuttle
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 05:15:18 GMT
Message-ID: <4j2lph$[e-mail]>
References: <4iuc14$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Jim Shaffer, Jr.) wrote:

>In article <4iuc14$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Dave) writes
:
>>      I am currently looking for a list of SW freq's for the Shuttle.  I had
 a list
>> but downt know where it disappeared too.

>3860 is the only one that works reliably for me.

As with so many SW frequencies, all I get on this one is local CB
radio traffic. :(

And with the Shuttle about to dock with the Mir, this is really
depressing...

Marc




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:26 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dave)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Space Shuttle
Date: 24 Mar 1996 07:57:22 GMT
Message-ID: <4j2v92$[e-mail]>
References: <4iuc14$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
t (Jim Shaffer, Jr.) says:
>
>
>In article <4iuc14$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Dave) writes
:
>>      I am currently looking for a list of SW freq's for the Shuttle.  I had
 a list
>> but downt know where it disappeared too.
>
>3860 is the only one that works reliably for me.
>
>--
> *  From the disk of: | [e-mail]      | "there's a hell of
> Jim Shaffer, Jr.     | NOTICE:  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  //  | a good universe
> 37 Brook Street      | I've changed              //   | next door; let's go"
> Montgomery, PA 17752 | Internet providers.    \\//    |     (e.e. cummings)


Yea, same here, thought I migh get LUCKY... THANKS FOR THE POST!!


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:28 1996
From: [e-mail]@[e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Space Shuttle
Date: 27 Mar 1996 04:35:42 GMT
Message-ID: <4jagiu$[e-mail]>
References: <4iuc14$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]@[e-mail]

In <4iuc14$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Dave) writes:
>Hi Folks,
>
>     I am currently looking for a list of SW freq's for the Shuttle.  I had a
 list
>but downt know where it disappeared too.
>
>     Any help would be greatly appreciated.... U should probably make it a PU
B POST
>due to the fact there are alot of folks who would like to listen to the shutt
le
>as well, but of course you can E me..... HAVE A GREAT DAY!!
>
>73'S
>
Hi JEFF

  Here's a capture from the Sarex FAQ file.  Enjoy.

HOW CAN I USE MY SHORTWAVE RADIO TO EAVESDROP ON THE ASTRONAUTS?

When a shuttle mission carries the SAREX payload, members of the Goddard
Amateur Radio Club (Greenbelt, MD) re-transmit live, shuttle air-to-ground
audio over the amateur frequencies from their club station, WA3NAN. This
station, and several VHF and UHF repeater groups, provide this service so
that amateurs and students can hear these educational communications. You
will hear NASA mission commentary, communication between the shuttle
astronauts and Mission Control, and frequent bulletins to advise listeners
of astronaut-planned SAREX activities. WA3NAN operates on the high
frequency (HF) bands at 3.86, 7.185, 14.295, 21.395, and 28.65 MHz and in
the Greenbelt, MD area on a very high frequency (VHF) band at 147.45 MHz
(FM).


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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:29 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Space Shuttle Freqs. - Here They Are
Date: 28 Mar 1996 14:21:38 -0500
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4jeos2$[e-mail]>

News and astronaut retransmissions are carried on the Goddard
Amateur Radio Club, Greenbelt, Maryland at 3.860, 7.185,
14.295, 21.395, and 28.65 MHz and VHF at 147.45 MHz.  The
Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club, Houston, Texas carries
the retransmissions at 3.850, 7.227, 14.280, 21.350, and 28.400
MHz.  Also VHF at 146.64 MHz.
--
                        -----  //
                         ----  \\Dan Salkovitz
                          --  // [e-mail]
                         -  //   [e-mail]
                          - \\   [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:30 1996
From: rich sievers <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: space shuttle listening
Date: 26 Mar 1996 16:46:28 GMT
Message-ID: <4j9714$[e-mail]>

I would like to listen to the astronauts on the space shuttle.  How can
I do that?  Is that they use digital not analog that I can not hear them
on my Sangean SW radio?  Help!




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:31 1996
From: [e-mail] (MLarkins)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: space shuttle listening
Date: 28 Mar 1996 10:27:35 -0500
Message-ID: <4jeb57$[e-mail]>
References: <4j9714$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (MLarkins)

I believe the frequencies to listen to the rebroadcast of the Shuttle from
WA3NAN are as follows:

 3.860   LSB
 7.185   LSB
14.295  USB
21.395  USB
28.650  USB

I hope this helps.

Mike,  WA2CWX


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:32 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Shaffer, Jr.)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: space shuttle listening
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 96 00:12:06
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4j9714$[e-mail]>


In article <4j9714$[e-mail]> rich sievers <[e-mail]
u> writes:
> I would like to listen to the astronauts on the space shuttle.  How can
> I do that?  Is that they use digital not analog that I can not hear them
> on my Sangean SW radio?  Help!

You're not listening to the Shuttle, you're listening to WA3NAN in Maryland
rebroadcasting the shuttle downlink.  I keep forgetting to tune in on this
mission, but if you're not hearing them it's a good bet that either:

1) the propagation is bad
2) your antenna is too small
3) you can't receive ssb (it's happened...)

or last but certainly not least...

4) the crew is asleep at the moment.

--
 *  From the disk of: | [e-mail]      | "there's a hell of
 Jim Shaffer, Jr.     | NOTICE:  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  //  | a good universe
 37 Brook Street      | I've changed              //   | next door; let's go"
 Montgomery, PA 17752 | Internet providers.    \\//    |     (e.e. cummings)


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:33 1996
From: [e-mail] (Richard Helps)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: space shuttle listening
Date: 29 Mar 1996 15:21:28 GMT
Message-ID: <4jgv5o$[e-mail]>
References: <4j9714$[e-mail]> <4jeb57$[e-mail]>

In article <4jeb57$[e-mail]>,
   [e-mail] (MLarkins) wrote:
>I believe the frequencies to listen to the rebroadcast of the Shuttle from
>WA3NAN are as follows:
>
> 3.860   LSB
> 7.185   LSB
>14.295  USB
>21.395  USB
>28.650  USB
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>Mike,  WA2CWX

And it is often re-broadcast on local ham repeaters.  Here in Utah it is
available on 146.460 MHz

Enjoy, Richard Helps, BYU, Provo UT


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:35 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Kim Andrew Elliott)
Subject: Re: Station With the World's Biggest Listenership
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4im841$[e-mail]> <4j0srm$[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 13:50:20 GMT

>>     China National Radio (CNR) is China's nation-wide radio network.
>>It transmits on seven channels, broadcasting 128 hours daily.
>
>Wow.  I'd love to know how they pull that off, considering there's only
>24 hours in a day.  :-)

Multiple simultaneous program streams.  See WRTH China listing.





From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:36 1996
From: [e-mail] (Michael Malloy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Subscribe WUN?
Date: 29 Mar 1996 15:28:51 -0600
Message-ID: <4jhkmj$[e-mail]>

How do I subscribe to WUN mailing list?
--
Michael J. Malloy                          Amateur Radio N9WJV
Medical College of Wisconsin               Compuserve 70334,3563
Milwaukee, Wisconsin                       Internet [e-mail]



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:36 1996
From: [e-mail]      (Chelios for the Norris)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Summer schedules?
Date: 27 Mar 1996 17:40:30 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4jbuie$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]  (Chelios for the Norris)

What date do stations officially start their summer schedules. Is there a cons
ensus
on a date, or does each station choose its own?

Keith R. Phelps
[e-mail]

WIN 95:      "Where do you want to go today?"
OS/2 Warp: "Been there, did it yesterday."

"It takes two to tango, and three to reggae."

                                ==Stewart Copeland

---------->Don't like what I just said? Press N<--------------




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:37 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gregory Gilmore)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Superadio Coverage
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 22:20:51 GMT
Message-ID: <4iskg4$[e-mail]>
References: <4ijvur$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Gilbert Baron) wrote:

 My question is does it cover the extended BB band. Does it go up to
>1700Khz.
        Mine goes up to 1710Khz.


Gregory Gilmore,VE1XH
Keswick Ridge
New Brunswick
Canada

[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:38 1996
From: [e-mail] (James Rosenzweig)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Superadio Coverage
Date: 25 Mar 1996 19:43:13 -0500
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4j7ej1$[e-mail]>
References: <4ijvur$[e-mail]> <4iknni$[e-mail]>

: >Everyone glows about this GE Superadio. I have not seen one around here
: >yet. My question is does it cover the extended BB band. Does it go up to
: >1700Khz.


: Yes! When you consider the poor quality construction,
: The Lack of a digital frequency read-out, the exceedingly
: bad dial calibration and the overall package including the
: lack of FULL COVERAGE, you are looking at one very bad deal.

You'll excuse me for being so blunt...To consider the SR III anything but
a steal for what it does...and does very well at that...is to be 'blind'.
I doubt if you'll find 2% (why 2%? How about 1%? o.k. 1/2%!)of SR III
users that feel that that radio is anything but a steal. The audio quality
alone is worth the money. Add to that its outstanding long range
reception. Just turn it on to a local AM station and close your eyes.
What other radio even triple its price sounds soooo nice!


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:39 1996
From: Greg Limeberry <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: SWL Groups/Organizations/Clubs
Date: 26 Mar 1996 12:45:05 GMT
Message-ID: <4j8osh$[e-mail]>

Are there any SWL groups in the midwest. Am especially interested in
Indiana and/or Kentucky.

Thanks in advance!

Greg



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:40 1996
From: [e-mail] (David Hammer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SWL Groups/Organizations/Clubs
Date: 28 Mar 1996 01:10:40 -0500
Message-ID: <4jdah0$[e-mail]>
References: <4j8osh$[e-mail]>

Greg Limeberry ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Are there any SWL groups in the midwest. Am especially interested in
: Indiana and/or Kentucky.

: Thanks in advance!

: Greg

How about the

MIAMI VALLEY DX CLUB
BOX 292132
COLUMBUS OH 43229

It is an all band club that you would find VERY intersting.

$1 gets you a sample of their newsletter.  It has been in business since
1973 so it is no scam.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:41 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Ralph Brandi)
Subject: Re: SWL Groups/Organizations/Clubs
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4j8osh$[e-mail]> <4jdah0$[e-mail]>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 21:51:12 GMT

In article <4jdah0$[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (David Hammer) wrote:

> Greg Limeberry ([e-mail]) wrote:
> : Are there any SWL groups in the midwest. Am especially interested in
> : Indiana and/or Kentucky.

> MIAMI VALLEY DX CLUB
> BOX 292132
> COLUMBUS OH 43229

> It is an all band club that you would find VERY intersting.

> $1 gets you a sample of their newsletter.  It has been in business since
> 1973 so it is no scam.

More information on the MVDXC is available at
<http://www.anarc.org/mvdxc/>, as well, although no sample newsletter yet.

(Hi, Dave!)

--
Ralph Brandi     [e-mail]     http://www.mcs.com/~ralph/

"Stay idiot proof."  -- Log


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:42 1996
From: [e-mail] (DasHACKER)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: T1850 Laptop For Sale
Date: 24 Mar 1996 17:58:30 -0500
Message-ID: <4j4k2m$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (DasHACKER)

Toshiba Satellite 1850 Series
386/25 Laptop Computer
Math Co-Processor
4meg RAM
14.4 Fax/Modem
Logitech Trackball
120+Meg Harddrive
3.5 in/1.44Meg Floppy
Carry Case
and all the original toshiba manuals.

Preloaded Software
MS-DOS 6.22
Windows 3.11 for Workgroups
Visual Basic 3.0
MS-Word for Windows
FaxWorks
SmartCOM
and other util. type programs.
I can add C/C++ 7.0 if requested!

Battery still holds up for 2+ hours of use. Unit
has always been cased and is in mint/excellent
condition. I DonÆt want to sell. But, I must to pay
medical bills.. thanks to Blue Cross/Blue Shield HMO.
((Atlanta GA area))  I will ship this item to you VIA
2nd day.

The first $725 takes it...


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:44 1996
From: [e-mail] (William K. McFadden)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Taiwan shortwave "technical problems"
Date: 20 Mar 1996 00:39:38 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4ink4a$[e-mail]>

Recently I've been listening to the 0700-0800 GMT broadcast of the Voice of
Free China from Taiwan on 5950 and have noticed some strange things.  The
audio cuts out frequently for a few seconds at a time.  Last night, it cut
out in the middle of the news for about 10 minutes.  When it came back on,
there was only music playing with an announcement that there were technical
problems.  These "technical problems" seem to be occurring a lot lately.

--
Bill McFadden   Tektronix, Inc.  P.O. Box 500  MS 50-350  Beaverton, OR  97077
[e-mail]     http://www.rdrop.com/users/billmc     [phone]
CAUTION: Don't look into laser beam with remaining eye.
The opinions expressed above are not necessarily those of Tektronix, Inc.


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:47 1996
From: [e-mail] (Kim Niendorf)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Taped reception reports?
Date: 22 Mar 1996 08:32:21 GMT
Message-ID: <4itoil$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Chas) wrote:
>[e-mail] (MechMike1) wrote:
>
>>Because it's getting tougher to verify new countries with non-English
>>broadcasts, I'm going to try some taped (cassette) reception reports to
>>South America and Africa.  Does anyone with experience have "dos" and
>>"don'ts"?
>>Thanks in advance.  Any help would be appreciated - Mike
>
>
>Before you send off cassette tapes overseas I'd check WRTH
>to see if they accept them. Some stations don't.
>Charlie
>

I doubt whether the sort of stations that Mike's interested in
will be listed in the "qsl column".  Most small stations will
have no policy anyway because the most important thing is not
what you write/record but who reads the report and what "mood"
they're in.  My gut feeling is that anything which adds inertia
to the reply would be undesirable; my experiences with taped
reports have not been (statistically) very good.

Try sending less technical information and emphasise friendly
contact; if necessary, get a good (short) translation done by a
natural speaker of the language you are reporting in and quote
the general subject of the programme you hear-don't get too
technical, it won't improve your chances.  If you get the name of
any of the presenters send the letter to them directly rather
than to the boss.. Above all, send copious follow-ups.

Hope this helps,


--
Kim

==============================================================
Don't hold me responsible for anything factual in this posting
==============================================================




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:47 1996
From: "Gary K. Jacobson" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval,soc.genealogy.nordic,soc.genealogy.misc,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.boats.building
Subject: Test Post...Ignore
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 15:27:19 -0600
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Just wondering if my lame news server is circulating my postings any
better than in the past.  :-)


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:48 1996
From: Guy Atkins <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: The Best Shortwave Radio Station
Date: 22 Mar 1996 01:58:36 GMT
Message-ID: <4it1gc$[e-mail]>
References: <4is1hg$[e-mail]>

Bruce,

I'll have to agree with you... RNZI is high on my list for SW stations
that can keep me up all night listening.

Also, RNZI (bless their heart!) has a weekly show of Cook Islands music
and talk, in the Cook Islands dialect of Maori. I catch this once and a
while, and it sure brings back memories of my trip to Rarotanga a few
years ago.

I suspect you have as good and reliable reception of RNZI on 15115 as I
do, since we are both in the Pacific NW.

Cheers,  Guy


 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      I'm not DXing... I'm raising my static tolerance threshold
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
           Fling ASCII text to: [e-mail]




From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:49 1996
From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: The Best Shortwave Radio Station
Date: 22 Mar 1996 00:22:59 -0800
Message-ID: <4ito13$[e-mail]>
References: <4is1hg$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] wrote the quoted material below:

" Not too far back but kinda, I used to listen to ABC Melbourne all night
" and then finish that off with the Rock and Roll Show on ABC Perth, but
" the ABC killed both those excellent services.

I also used to listen to ABC Perth.  I so much prefer the domestic
services to those designed for international audiences.  I want to hear
what the locals hear.  The New Zealand domestic service is another one.
Rather fun to hear what's happening on the north island and all that.

This actually may be a blessing in disguise for Radio Canada.  Since
their funding cutback I like the CBC domestic programs better.

Funny, I posted the above before I read you say nearly the exact same
thing about NZ and your mentioning the CBC.

--
(c) 1996                            Native Inuit (Eskimos) have less body
David Kaye                              hair than any other racial group.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:50 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mary Lee)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Top Ten Don Moore WebPage Surprises
Date: 30 Mar 1996 00:29:26 GMT
Message-ID: <4jhv96$[e-mail]>


From the home office in Wahoo, Nebraska....I just love the air in Wahoo,
We just finished moving all of the files from Grand Rapids to Wahoo, and
man, oh, man.  Them waffles in Wahoo are tasty!  On with the top ten.
Tonights topic, as if ripped from the press releases, Top Ten Don Moore
WebPage Surprises...here we go...

10.  Screen opens to nude photo of Don himself

9.   Big picture of geiger counter reading 5000 rads per second and Don
     smiling in front of Three Mile Island

8.   Link to live camera of Dave Valkos hairpiece

7.   Link to bio of Dave Valko's hairpiece

6.   .wav files of Don Moore singing "Hail to me"

5.   In bio of Don Moore, Don Moore only refers to Don Moore as "Meaty Man"

4.   Shocking fact: Don Moore is the real killer

3.   Links to lame ass web page with more lame ass Top Ten lists

2.   Fred Kholbrenner's ass has it's own web page

And the number one Don Moore WebPage Surprise

1.   Sasquatch, Don Moore, Don Moore, Sasquatch

--



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:51 1996
From: [e-mail] (Woofer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Trade: Rare Coins for Scanner
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 00:30:17 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4iuv2e$[e-mail]> <4j2mg4$[e-mail]>

>In article <4iuv2e$[e-mail]>
><[e-mail]> writes:
>
>> U. S. Coins to trade for handheld scanner or shortwave receiver:
>> Cents- 1862 AU50 - $50, 1907 AU50 - $15
>> Dimes- 1820 Small o F12 - $35, 1835 XF40 - 185, 1837 VF20 - $60
>> Quarter- 1822 VG8 - $90
>> Halves- 54D MS65 - $165, 57D MS65 - $45, 1960 MS65 - $165
>>                                             E-Mail if interested ,
Steve Dooley


OK...send me the coins and I'll send you a scanner.  Hurry before I change
my mind.
















.

--



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:52 1996
From: [e-mail] (Thomas Daugherty)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: VOA Radio Marti
Date: 29 Mar 1996 01:54:07 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4jffrv$[e-mail]>

Seems like these signals are stronger and on more frequencies than before.
  Is that true?  Does it have anything to do with the recent airplane
shootdown?



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:53 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Kim Andrew Elliott)
Subject: VOA's Communications World: Kulpsville etc.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:24:26 GMT

March 23/24 on VOA's Communications World...

--   I attended the ninth annual Winter SWL Fest at Kulpsville,
     Pennsylvania.  Interviews with Joe Buch, Ralph Brandi, John
     Figglioze, and Richard Cuff.  Topics: The RF light bulb and
     shortwave interference.  Computers and the internet as bane
     vs. boon to shortwave listening.  And patterns in shortwave
     program listening preferences.

--   Excerpt of the St. Patrick's Day shortwave transmission by
     Ireland's Midwest Radio.  Interview with Michael Commins, host
     and organizer of the broadcaster, about the possibility of
     future Midwest Radio shortwave broadcasts on a regular basis.

--   Interesting excerpt of Washington's own Irish-American radio
     show on St. Patrick's Day.

Hope you can tune in or download.

73

Kim


----------------------------------------------------------------------
Kim Andrew Elliott                                Internet: [e-mail]
Producer and Presenter, Communications World
VOICE OF AMERICA
330 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20547 USA
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Communications World is broadcast on Saturdays at the
following UTC times (frequencies in kHz):

To East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific
1030-1100      5985  11720  15425
1230-1300      6110  9645  9760  11705  11715  15425

To South Asia
1730-1800      6110  7125  7215  9645  9760  15205  15395

To the Middle East and North Africa.
(Also to Europe on medium wave frequencies indicated with an
asterisk *.  One or more of the shortwave frequencies may be
audible in parts of Europe.  Listeners in Europe might also
try the shortwave frequencies directed to Africa.)
1730-1800      792*  1197*  6040  9700  15205  19379LSB
2130-2200      1260  6070  9595  9760  15205  18275USB  19379LSB

To Africa
1730-1800      11920  12040  13710  15410  15445  17895

To the Caribbean (UTC Sunday)
0030-0100      930  6130  9455  11695

NEW: Sunday at 1500-1530 UTC on the World Radio Network in
Europe (Astra 1B, Transponder 22, 11.538 GHz [VH-1], V-Pol, audio
subcarrier 7.38 MHz mono, and on cable in several cities).  And
on WRN's Web Page, http://www.wrn.org/


Communications World audio is also available from gopher.voa.gov





From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:54 1996
From: rnewell <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: w.a rock e-mail me re: ssb
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 15:36:23 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Please e-mail me or touch base on the WEB Server guest

Book.

http://espresso.ts.uvic.ca


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:55 1996
From: "Thomas R. Sundstrom" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Wanted RTTY/PRESS frequencies
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 19:41:10 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Dennis wrote:
>
> I would like any .zip  files or such that I can print out and
>  use to tune
> Press/ Rtty freqs. with AEA Wefax 3 decoder.
> I live in NE North America, and so if anyone has had success with
> particular freqs.in this area or knows of good current freqs. or can
> send me a file of "required reading" freqs.(.zip) I'd appreciate it.
> I have a Drake R-8 with a 70 ft. dipole. Also any help/ comments from
> users with R-8's and similar persuits of Press and rtty is welcomed.
> would appreciate any help/comments.
> Thanks. Dennis

Dial up our http://www.trsc.com/press.htm Web page for a listing of press
services. And with the R8 you'll have to apply a mark tone offset to the
frequencies I list, also discussed on the page.

Hope that helps.

--

 Thomas R. Sundstrom                      [e-mail]
 TRS Consultants                          http://www.trsc.com
 PO Box 2275                              [e-mail]
 Vincentown, NJ 08088-2275, USA
 [phone] | Fax [phone]


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:56 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dennis)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Wanted: RTTY/ PRESS FREQS.
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 23:01:59 GMT
Message-ID: <4j6u4p$[e-mail]>

I would like any .zip  files or such that I can print out and
 use to tune
Press/ Rtty freqs. with AEA Wefax 3 decoder.
I live in NE North America, and so if anyone has had success with
particular freqs.in this area or knows of good current freqs. or can
send me a file of "required reading" freqs.(.zip) I'd appreciate it.
I have a Drake R-8 with a 70 ft. dipole. Also any help/ comments from
users with R-8's and similar persuits of Press and rtty is welcomed.
would appreciate any help/comments.
Thanks. Dennis



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:57 1996
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner,alt.radio.pirate,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,uk.radio.amateur
From: [e-mail] (Gary Coffman)
Subject: Re: Weird Radio Problem
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Gary Coffman)
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 14:21:15 GMT

In article <[e-mail]> Isaac Kohn <ikohn@vertex.u
cls.uchicago.edu> writes:
>Michael J Wooding wrote:
>> In article <4idjm1$[e-mail]>, David Mark
>> <[e-mail]> writes
>> >What's happening is your radio is probably tuned to an FM station
>> >near the upper end of the band (around 107-108mhz) and you're
>> >probably under a flight path.  When a plane is nearby (there's
>> >that word again) and the pilot transmits on one of the lower
>> >airline frequencies, your radio's less than discriminating tuner
>> >picks it up.There is a small, minor detail: Air transmissions were AM, las
t time I
>checked!  How does an FM receiver with poor-selectivity receive AM
>transmissions???

Remember that the poor selectivity is in the receiver front end,
allowing the image signal into the receiver. This doesn't have
anything to do with IF selectivity. Now as to how an FM receiver
can demodulate AM, if the receiver uses a discriminator, it will
happily demodulate AM too unless the signal is strong enough to
have it's amplitude variations stripped off by the limiter stage.
If the receiver uses a ratio detector, it won't have a limiter
because a ratio detector is theoretically insensitive to AM
variations. But if the ratio detector isn't perfectly balanced,
it will still demodulate the AM signal too. So either of the
popular types of FM detector can demodulate AM under the right
conditions. One of those conditions is likely to exist in a
cheaply made FM receiver using a whip antenna.

Gary
--
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Destructive Testing Systems |    we break it.     | with previous uucp address
es
534 Shannon Way             |    Guaranteed!      | Email to [e-mail]
Lawrenceville, GA 30244     |                     |


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:51:58 1996
From: Pierre Thomson <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What is Sideband? I want to get into shortwave I think?
Date: 26 Mar 1996 17:16:56 GMT
Message-ID: <4j98q8$[e-mail]>
References: <4j7l3o$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Luke Higgins) wrote:
>
> I have some good friends that listen to a series of broadcasts of a
> religious programming station that broadcasts from a radio station in
> New York City (about 40 miles away) on what is called by them
> "Sideband".  Is this accessible with shortwave?  I would love to buy
> something that will let me listen to this? Any ideas?  I went to the
> local electronic stores and noone knew what I was talking about.  I
> would like something cheap but with decent sound quality. Any
> suggestions?

"Sideband" doesn't really mean anything in this context.  If they are
referring to "Single Sideband" (SSB) that can be picked up on the
better shortwave receivers, such as the Radio Shack DX-392 or DX-394.

This New York City "broadcast" sounds unusual, though.  American
broadcast stations generally use AM or FM modulation, and SSB is used
by amateurs and CBers.  There are a few experimental SSB broadcasters,
but none in NYC that I'm aware of.  Maybe this is not a licensed
operation?  I wonder.

Pierre Thomson
Amateur Radio Operator: KA2QPG
Ulster County, NY


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:00 1996
From: Mike Mayer <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What is Sideband? I want to get into shortwave I think?
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 13:46:52 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4j7l3o$[e-mail]>

Luke Higgins wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I have always wanted to get into shortwave and perhaps other
> frequencies. I have a father-in-law that listens all over the world.
> It seems like a great hobby.

It is a great hobby.  You hear stuff from around the world directly before it
gets diluted by the US media.


> New York City (about 40 miles away) on what is called by them
> "Sideband".  Is this accessible with shortwave?

Yes.  Sideband is a common transmission mode for amateur radio operators,
air traffic weather, and some SW broadcast stations, although most shortwave
broadcasts are in regular AM.

> I would love to buy
> something that will let me listen to this? Any ideas?

You will need a radio receiver that picks up at least 2MHz to 30MHz, and
that also will receive AM, USB (Upper Side Band), and LSB (Lower Side Band).
Many shortwave radios go below 2MHz also.  Some are also not full coverage, an
d
have gaps between bands.  Personally, I always want a radio that has no gaps i
n
frequency coverage.

> I went to the
> local electronic stores and noone knew what I was talking about.

Turn around, walk out, and let them go back to selling their VCR's and
washing machines.  They will do you no good.

>I would like something cheap but with decent sound quality. Any
> suggestions?

Start with Radio Shack (I hope it was not one of the electronic stores you
visited!). But don't just go there - check out ham radio stores in your area,
even places like Sharper Image and Brookstone stores carry quality radios, lik
e
the Grundig Satellit 700 (although more expensive) and Sony models.

You can also get decent used equipment at ham radio stores, as well as amateur

radio swap meets, and even flea markets.  Buyer beware though.   I would buy
nothing older than 10, maybe even 5 years.

You might also want to pick up a copy of an excellent starter book on shortwav
e,
called "Passport to World Band Radio".  Talks all about shortwave radios
(reviews, cost, quality, features), and has a great section on frequencies to
listen to.  About $20 in most bookstores.  Make sure you have the 1996 version
.

Expect to spend no less that $200 for a reasonably good new radio that picks u
p
sideband as well as AM and does not have a lot (if any) gaps in frequency
coverage.   I would STRONGLY advise you to avoid a radio that has analog tunin
g
(i.e., a window with a pointer that moves across a printed dial).  What you wa
nt
is a digital frequency readout, preferably with a calculator-style number pad
in
addition to the tuning wheel so you can enter frequencies directly.  Spending
$100 or less on a new radio will give you headaches in the long run.

If you dump $400 or more into a radio you are looking a just more bells and
whistles.  If you are really into sideband reception, then you might consider
a
more high-end radio (SONY 2010 or Grundig Satellit 700) that has synchronous
detection, a really slick feature for helping grab those tough SSB signals.

I have a Yaesu FRG-100, with accessory keypad, and am very happy.  Cost me jus
t
over $600 (it has sideband, but no synch).  Grundig, Drake, ICOM, AOR, Sangean
,
Radio Shack, GE, and Sony are other reputable shortwave radio brands.  I may h
ave
even forgotten a few.

For real distant stations you may consider an external antenna.

Have a ball.

Mike

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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:01 1996
From: [e-mail] (Luke Higgins)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What is Sideband? I want to get into shortwave I think?
Date: 28 Mar 1996 13:49:18 -0500
Message-ID: <4jemve$[e-mail]>
References: <4j7l3o$[e-mail]>


I have been experiencing mail problems so I don't know if anyone has
got my response.  I tried responding to both individuals and posting a
followup at the same time but I don't see the message on my
newsserver... :(

The broadcasts in question are indeed FM SCA and are from Bonneville
Communications.  I was prompted from earlier e-mail messages to search
Bonneville's Home Page and found that they indeed have a regular
broadcast:  "The Bonneville International LDS Radio Network." The
web-page outlining the service is
http://bonn.bonneville.com/lds/reception.html.

The claim made on the page is that you have to buy their specialy
configured "AM/FM/Subcarrier radio" that you can purchase from them
for $95.

I have no idea if that is a good deal or whether you have to get it
from them for it to be configured correctly.

Once again thanks for the interest you have shown!
Later,
Luke
--
Luke A. Higgins  [e-mail]  835 Davidson Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:03 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: Ray Osborne <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: What is Sideband? I want to get into shortwave I think?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (RAYO)
References: <4j98q8$[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 13:59:59 GMT


==========Pierre Thomson, 3/26/96==========

[e-mail] (Luke Higgins) wrote:
>>
>> I have some good friends that listen to a series of broadcasts of a
>> religious programming station that broadcasts from a radio station in
>> New York City (about 40 miles away) on what is called by them
>> "Sideband".  Is this accessible with shortwave?  I would love to buy
>> something that will let me listen to this? Any ideas?  I went to the
>> local electronic stores and noone knew what I was talking about.  I
>> would like something cheap but with decent sound quality. Any
>> suggestions?

[snip]

>This New York City "broadcast" sounds unusual, though.  American
>broadcast stations generally use AM or FM modulation, and SSB is used
>by amateurs and CBers.  There are a few experimental SSB broadcasters,
>but none in NYC that I'm aware of.  Maybe this is not a licensed
>operation?  I wonder.

>Pierre Thomson
>Amateur Radio Operator: KA2QPG
>Ulster County, NY

These broadcasts may be an FM SCA broadcast; a sideband of FM
stations that are used for all manner of programming. Some are
data, some are ethnic. There was a special physicans network on
FM SCA but I'm not sure if that is still true. You can see ads for kits
which can receive these broadcasts in many electronics magazines.
For a very brief time, Radio Shack made a tuner which could receive
FM SCA broadcasts but it was taken off the market quickly at the
behest of some of the music services which looked at this receiver
as "theft of services." I am not aware of any commercial receivers
readily available to receive FM SCA broadcasts. There are some
special, frequency-specific receivers made which are usually sold
by the providers of the individual services.

Hope this helps.

Ray Osborne
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:04 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joe Lynn)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What is Sideband? I want to get into shortwave I think?
Date: 29 Mar 1996 08:47:51 -0600
Message-ID: <4jgt6n$[e-mail]>
References: <4j7l3o$[e-mail]> <4jemve$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Jim Shaffer, Jr. <[e-mail]> wrote:

> ..
>FM VHF receiver -- I seem to remember someone used to sell GE Superradios
>with SCA receivers added.  I've never used any SCA receiver, so I can't tell
>you how well it works.

Over the past few years, Bruce Elving (publisher of _FM Atlas_)
sold GE SuperRadio IIs, IIIs, and a GE AM/FM cassette model
with an SCA decoder built in.  If anyone is interested, contact
him for current availability.

I had one of his SRIIs with the modification;  it was a lot of
fun, but I found there wasn't a lot of stuff on SCA of interest
to me (I'm in the Chicago area).

jtl
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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:05 1996
From: [e-mail] (Luke Higgins)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: What is Sideband? I want to get into shortwave I think?
Date: 25 Mar 1996 21:34:32 -0500
Message-ID: <4j7l3o$[e-mail]>


Hi!

I have always wanted to get into shortwave and perhaps other
frequencies. I have a father-in-law that listens all over the world.
It seems like a great hobby.  Well, now to what brings me thinking
about delving into the hobby of radio:

I have some good friends that listen to a series of broadcasts of a
religious programming station that broadcasts from a radio station in
New York City (about 40 miles away) on what is called by them
"Sideband".  Is this accessible with shortwave?  I would love to buy
something that will let me listen to this? Any ideas?  I went to the
local electronic stores and noone knew what I was talking about.  I
would like something cheap but with decent sound quality. Any
suggestions?


Thanks a lot!
Luke

[e-mail]
--
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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:06 1996
From: [e-mail] (Paul Routenburg)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What is the Station I keep hearing on 5.000 MHz?
Date: 26 Mar 1996 19:28:25 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4j9ggp$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, "Niel J. Wolfish" <[e-mail]> wri
tes:
> For some time now, I keep hearing "Ticking" sounds on this frequency.
> What is really weird is I'm also getting their 2nd and 3rd harmonics
> on 10.000 & 15.000 MHz. Does anyone know who this is and what is their
> address so I can tell them about their harmonic problem?

  I very much doubt this post originated from Niel Wolfish. Someone obviously
has nothing better to do with their sad excuse for a life than to forge posts
in someone else's name. I guess the clown likely behind Radio Doomsday, The
Voice of The Unknown Monkey Spanker and a number of other pirate stations
couldn't think of a new name to call himself this week and needed some other
source of amusement. Life must be pretty boring there in the Ozarks!

paul


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:07 1996
From: [e-mail] (Michael Nunnally)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What is the Station I keep hearing on 5.000 MHz?
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 15:02:44 GMT
Message-ID: <4j8pb4$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

  Those freq.s are WWV out of Ft. Collins, CO,  it's funny you should
ask, those are perhaps the famous of the North American Frequencies
you'll hear. I don't know what there address is if you would like to
write them and tell them they have a problem, of course you may never
get an answer.  They have to do with the Bureau of standards and
broadcast continuous time in GMT as well as other info.....

"Niel J. Wolfish" <[e-mail]> wrote:

>For some time now, I keep hearing "Ticking" sounds on this frequency.
>What is really weird is I'm also getting their 2nd and 3rd harmonics
>on 10.000 & 15.000 MHz. Does anyone know who this is and what is their
>address so I can tell them about their harmonic problem?



Michael Nunnally
[e-mail]




- Not that the "Red Indian" will ever possess the broad lands of America.  At
least I presume not.  But his ghost will.

          -D.H.  Lawrence



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:08 1996
From: AC6V <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What is the Station I keep hearing on 5.000 MHz?
Date: 26 Mar 1996 14:52:30 GMT
Message-ID: <4j90be$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

You have found Standard Time station WWV (Fort Collins, Colorado) or WWVH
(Kauai, Hawaii) which broadcasts 24 hours a day on 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20
MegaHertz. Listen for their voice announcements at 18 minutes after the
hour (WWV) or 45 minutes after the hour for WWVH.

They broadcast propagation info which is quite useful for SWLing. Also
useful as a very accurate frequency check of your receiver calibration.

"Niel J. Wolfish" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>For some time now, I keep hearing "Ticking" sounds on this frequency.
>What is really weird is I'm also getting their 2nd and 3rd harmonics
>on 10.000 & 15.000 MHz. Does anyone know who this is and what is their
>address so I can tell them about their harmonic problem?

In case you were joking, you might check their SUB-HARMONIC AT 2.5 MHz.

73
Rod


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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:09 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What is the Station I keep hearing on 5.000 MHz?
Date: 26 Mar 1996 15:16:57 GMT
Message-ID: <4j91p9$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4j7vjt$[e-mail]> <4j8p52$[e-mail]>

Actually, there are something like 5 or 6 standard time and frequency
stations which broadcast on 5, 10 and 15 megaHertz. I don't know how
many of them use all 3 frequencies at the same time. Certainly it would
be difficult to distinguish between WWV and WWVH except for the
male-female announcments.

By the way, I don't know if this is still true, but the dorm phone
system at M.I.T. used to have a number you could dial to get a shortwave
radio which sometimes picked up CHU. (They didn't adjust the radio to
the most appropriate frequency for the given time.)

In article <4j8p52$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>
>David Toste ([e-mail]) wrote:
>
>: "Niel J. Wolfish" ([e-mail]) writes:
>: > For some time now, I keep hearing "Ticking" sounds on this
frequency.
>: > What is really weird is I'm also getting their 2nd and 3rd
harmonics
>: > on 10.000 & 15.000 MHz. Does anyone know who this is and what is
their
>: > address so I can tell them about their harmonic problem?
>
>: Oh come on Niel your joking right? :)
>
>: --
>:  David Toste [VE3TOS]        Internet - [e-mail]
>:  Don Mills, Ontario.          SWLOGit - The Ultimate Shortwave
Listeners
>:  ftp.virginia.edu  /pub/swlogit/        Software. (Fidonet:
1:250/930)
>: *NEW* http://www.interlog.com/~saturn/SWLOGit.html (SWLOGit Web Page)
>-------
>
>He must not have paid attention to the voice part of the transmission,
>otherwise his clock wouldn't be fast and he wouldn't think it's April
1st
>already. <g>
>
>Besides, we can't be fooled, we all know 7.335Mhz is the prime and
14.670
>is the harmonic.
>--
>Regards  73 de  [e-mail]  "They're out there"              K
Kesey
>Guy      KG5VT  [e-mail]  "Hey don't eat that yellow snow" F
Zappa

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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:10 1996
From: [e-mail] (David Hammer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What is the Station I keep hearing on 5.000 MHz?
Date: 28 Mar 1996 01:05:56 -0500
Message-ID: <4jda84$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4j7vjt$[e-mail]>

David Toste ([e-mail]) wrote:

: "Niel J. Wolfish" ([e-mail]) writes:
: > For some time now, I keep hearing "Ticking" sounds on this frequency.
: > What is really weird is I'm also getting their 2nd and 3rd harmonics
: > on 10.000 & 15.000 MHz. Does anyone know who this is and what is their
: > address so I can tell them about their harmonic problem?


: Oh come on Niel your joking right? :)


: --
:  David Toste [VE3TOS]        Internet - [e-mail]
:  Don Mills, Ontario.          SWLOGit - The Ultimate Shortwave Listeners
:  ftp.virginia.edu  /pub/swlogit/        Software. (Fidonet: 1:250/930)
: *NEW* http://www.interlog.com/~saturn/SWLOGit.html (SWLOGit Web Page)


of course he is not!!!!!


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:11 1996
From: John Hibbert
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What is the Station I keep hearing on 5.000 MHz?
Date: 27 Mar 1996 21:11:53 -0800
Message-ID: <4jd72p$[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, "Niel says...
>
>For some time now, I keep hearing "Ticking" sounds on this frequency.
>What is really weird is I'm also getting their 2nd and 3rd harmonics
>on 10.000 & 15.000 MHz. Does anyone know who this is and what is their
>address so I can tell them about their harmonic problem?


Are you serious?

Those "ticking" noises are from WWV, with the correct time, geological data, e
tc.
originating from Fort Collins CO. They can be used to callibrate your tuner as
 well.
Don't wear a watch without it.



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:12 1996
From: [e-mail] (Guy Teague)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What is the Station I keep hearing on 5.000 MHz?
Date: 26 Mar 1996 07:49:38 -0500
Message-ID: <4j8p52$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4j7vjt$[e-mail]>

David Toste ([e-mail]) wrote:

: "Niel J. Wolfish" ([e-mail]) writes:
: > For some time now, I keep hearing "Ticking" sounds on this frequency.
: > What is really weird is I'm also getting their 2nd and 3rd harmonics
: > on 10.000 & 15.000 MHz. Does anyone know who this is and what is their
: > address so I can tell them about their harmonic problem?

: Oh come on Niel your joking right? :)

: --
:  David Toste [VE3TOS]        Internet - [e-mail]
:  Don Mills, Ontario.          SWLOGit - The Ultimate Shortwave Listeners
:  ftp.virginia.edu  /pub/swlogit/        Software. (Fidonet: 1:250/930)
: *NEW* http://www.interlog.com/~saturn/SWLOGit.html (SWLOGit Web Page)
-------

He must not have paid attention to the voice part of the transmission,
otherwise his clock wouldn't be fast and he wouldn't think it's April 1st
already. <g>

Besides, we can't be fooled, we all know 7.335Mhz is the prime and 14.670
is the harmonic.
--
Regards  73 de  [e-mail]  "They're out there"              K Kesey
Guy      KG5VT  [e-mail]  "Hey don't eat that yellow snow" F Zappa


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:13 1996
From: [e-mail] (Peter Whisker)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What is the Station I keep hearing on 5.000 MHz?
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 96 13:47:27 GMT
Message-ID: <4jgpmd$[e-mail]>
References: <4jd72p$[e-mail]>

In article <4jd72p$[e-mail]>, John Hibbert wrote:
>In article <[e-mail]>, "Niel says...
>>
>>For some time now, I keep hearing "Ticking" sounds on this frequency.
>>What is really weird is I'm also getting their 2nd and 3rd harmonics
>>on 10.000 & 15.000 MHz. Does anyone know who this is and what is their
>>address so I can tell them about their harmonic problem?
>
>
>Are you serious?
>
>Those "ticking" noises are from WWV, with the correct time, geological data,
> etc.
>originating from Fort Collins CO. They can be used to callibrate your tuner a
s
> well.
>Don't wear a watch without it.
>
Here in Europe as well as the UTC time signal sources on 2.5, 5, 10, 15 MHz we

get strong signals on 4.996, 9.996 and 14.996 MHz (from Russia I think?).
These have no voice announcement, but a station ID in morse on the hour.

Peter

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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:14 1996
From: [e-mail] (William K. McFadden)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: What mailing list(s) gateway rec.radio.shortwave?
Date: 27 Mar 1996 17:26:02 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4jbtna$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

I received a message from someone who is apparently receiving postings
gatewayed from rec.radio.shortwave and doesn't know how to make them stop.

----- forwarded message -----
From:    Dave Bell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Information please

Bill:

I received this email and am not sure why.  It appears to be coming from
a ListServer rather than from you direct.

Could you please tell me what LISTSERVER you posted it to and what the
procedure is to SIGNOFF from it.

Thanks for your help.

Dave.

[etc.]

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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:15 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 19:33:17 -0600
Reply-To: Jon Brown <[e-mail]>
From: Jon Brown <[e-mail]>
Subject: WTB Bayless radio

Dear Friends,  I am looking to get one of the Bayless (sp.?) wind-up
radios, which are now being made in South Africa, I think. Does anyone
know a source where I could order this radio by mail? Does anyone
actually have and use one? How do you like it?
   I will be doing field work in Yucatan this summer at a place with no
electricity, and a wind-up radio would be great. Any help would be
deeply appreciated. Thanks very much.    Christopher Brown


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:16 1996
From: Christopher Brown <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WTB Bayless wind-up radio
Message-ID: <APC&1'0'7ccfe78a'[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 08:43:34 -0800 (PST)

Dear Friends,  Can anyone provide with a source to purchase the Bayless
wind-up radio? I've heard it is in production, but only for sale in Africa.
Any help is deeply appreciated. Thanks.  Christopher Brown


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:17 1996
From: [e-mail] (Andrew Thall)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: WTB Bayless wind-up radio
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 10:44:08 GMT
Message-ID: <4jgf59$[e-mail]>
References: <APC&1'0'7ccfe78a'[e-mail]>

It is for sale at Harrods in London, England.  You might want to
contact them.  I bought one directly through BayGen, but, I'm not sure
that conduit is still open. I'll tell you, by the time all was done, I
spent $160 for mine.

BayGen's phone# from the US is:011.27.11.339.2290

Good luck!



From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:18 1996
From: [e-mail] (W. D. Milner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WTB: Kenwood RZ-1 receiver
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 18:17:10 GMT
Message-ID: <4jh8vg$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]


Looking to buy a Kenwood RX-1 shortwave scanning receiver in good
condition w/manual. Also interested in the matching mobile preamp
antenna and underdash mounting kit.

Please email with price/condition.

Thanks,

Dean
[e-mail]



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From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:18 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve Kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WTB: Kiwa MAP, JRC NRD-525 Acc.
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 22:41:18
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Keywords: KIWA, MAP, JRC, NRD5-25

Do you have a Kiwa MAP unit you'd like to move?  Let's talk.

Also looking for accessories for the Japan Radio (JRC) NRD-525 Receiver.

Thanks!

Steve
WB7PSD


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:19 1996
From: [e-mail] (EWSaund999)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WTB: Zenith Trans-Oceanic Royal 7000
Date: 25 Mar 1996 01:15:10 -0500
Message-ID: <4j5dle$[e-mail]>

Hey & Thanks for reading!

I want mint, mint condition & am willing to pay for it.  Also would enjoy
having a fine example of the Saba ...58 (and the remote? I ask too much).

Thanks again!

Ed


From [e-mail] Sat Mar 30 14:52:20 1996
From: [e-mail] (Zacharias Liangas)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Your logging please !
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 21:09:25 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4jeuf5$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

folks here

I try to so a special research for two stations in the SEA  namely
the RRI Programma Nasional  in 9680 as well as Voice of malaysia 15295


Please test  for  somewhile  and advise me  how these  two signals
are heard in your QTH

The  times for the stations
RRI Programa nasional - jakarta - Indonesia  9680  24 H /day

V of Malaysia - 15295 only
0555-1230 and 1530-1700


Iwould appreciate  of you send me this info by email

TIA


Zakaria Liang!
(namanya untuk kawan sahaja!)



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:16:43 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joe Lynn)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: You are a what..??
Date: 25 Mar 1996 09:53:16 -0600
Message-ID: <4j6fhc$[e-mail]>
References: <4iocim$[e-mail]>

Neoh Khoon Lye <[e-mail]> wrote:

>How do you pronounce "DX'er".

"Dee-Exer."

>Replies to [e-mail]

Replied as a followup posting.

You post, you read. :-)


jtl
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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:16:44 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Baygen Freeplay radio
Date: 26 Mar 1996 03:14:58 GMT
Message-ID: <4j7nfi$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

They ought to try selling these to non-SWL hobbyists. I can see
their becoming a fad at a place that sells expensive "tsotschas" like
the chain "The Sharper Image" or being sold as survivalist/emergency
equipment. (e.g. here in San Francisco in case of an earthquake)

After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, it was very hard to buy batteries
and there was no mains electricity in a lot of places for about a week.

And, of course, they overcharge in the industrialized nations to
subsidize their operations in the third world--so the more they sell in
North America and Europe and such, the more money they will have to
develop this and other products.

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] says...
>
>John Dooley Cradock wrote:
>> WRTH. I'd like to get one of these radios ... is there any US
distributor
>> for these yet?
>
>You might want to check with Paul Lannuier and/or Tom Bittner of
Gilfer.
>Paul was talking about trying to get a bunch for the SWL Fest.  Perhaps
he
>is still persuing this.
>
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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:16:46 1996
From: [e-mail] (John Wilkerson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Superadio Coverage
Date: 26 Mar 1996 11:27:05 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4j8ka9$[e-mail]>
References: <4ijvur$[e-mail]> <4iknni$[e-mail]> <4j7ej1$[e-mail]>

James Rosenzweig ([e-mail]) wrote:

: : >Everyone glows about this GE Superadio. I have not seen one around here
: : >yet. My question is does it cover the extended BB band. Does it go up to
: : >1700Khz.


: : Yes! When you consider the poor quality construction,
: : The Lack of a digital frequency read-out, the exceedingly
: : bad dial calibration and the overall package including the
: : lack of FULL COVERAGE, you are looking at one very bad deal.

: You'll excuse me for being so blunt...To consider the SR III anything but
: a steal for what it does...and does very well at that...is to be 'blind'.
: I doubt if you'll find 2% (why 2%? How about 1%? o.k. 1/2%!)of SR III
: users that feel that that radio is anything but a steal. The audio quality
: alone is worth the money. Add to that its outstanding long range
: reception. Just turn it on to a local AM station and close your eyes.
: What other radio even triple its price sounds soooo nice!


      I agree James.  I asked questions here, got the faq, and listened
to discussions on the SR III.... as a result.... I bought one :)

    $42 at a local store.... including a 1 year "extra" warranty that
permits exchange, no questions asked if the unit sucks at all durning the
year.
      This radio has an astounding sound quality.  OK the dial
calibration sucks big time.... BUT, that is easliy overcome by common
sense.  My only other complaint is a high-pitched squeal... very low in
volume, but noticeable, in the MW wide position.  This _could_ be a bug,
or just perhaps a little bit of a heterodyne from another station.  All
in all, this was a smart purchas for me.  I enjoy this radio, and now
have another radio hobby.... MW DXing.
   I use 600 MAh NICad batteries.... they only give me a week of hard use
between charges... 4-7 hours/day, but these are nicads.... not alkalines,
like everyone else seay give them a year or more of use.  For a radio
using Nicads, the SR III is also a good choice.... my little portable,
using 4 AA nicads give me _less_ run time, even when using 750 MAH nicads.
   People have reported poor sensitivity on FM compared to other radios.
I have noticed an _improved_ sensitivity.

   I do not use any external antennas.  Alone, the radio does just
fine... Ii shudder to think how this unit would perform with an external
antenna..... WOW!

Thanks folks..... you turned me on to a really super radio.....  no pun
intended.

Cheers!

--jw





From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:16:47 1996
From: Richard Buckby <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: International Red Cross broadcast schedule
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 20:08:44 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

The following was extracted from the amateur radio packet network:-
From        : HB9RHV
To          : SWL@WWW
Date/time   : 26-Mar 16:22

         RED CROSS BROADCASTING SERVICE
         ******************************

             April - October 1996


TIME in UTC  -  FREQUENCIES in kHz


AFRICA:
0800-0805 : EN : 9885  11860  13635

FAR EAST:
1245-1250 : EN : 13635  15415  17515

SOUTH ASIA:
1645-1650 : EN : 12075  13635  15530

NEAR EAST AND EAST AFRICA:
1845-1850 : EN : 9885  12075  13635

CYCLE 1: THESE TRANSMISSIONS BEGIN ON FOLLOWING DATES *):
         12.04.96 / 10.05.96 / 07.06.96 / 05.07.96
         02.08.96 / 30.08.96 / 27.09.96 / 25.10.96


NORTH AFRICA AND NEAR EAST:
1945-1950 : FR : 9885  12075  13635

AFRICA:
2200-2205 : FR : 9870  9885  11640

CYCLE 2: THESE TRANSMISSIONS BEGIN ON FOLLOWING DATES *):
         19.04.96 / 17.05.96 / 14.06.96 / 12.07.96
         09.08.96 / 06.09.96 / 04.10.96


AFRICA:
2200-2205 : GE : 9870  9885  11640

NEAR EAST AND EAST AFRICA:
1845-1850 : GE : 9885  12075  13635

CYCLE 3: THESE TRANSMISSIONS BEGIN ON FOLLOWING DATES *):
         26.04.96 / 24.05.96 / 21.06.96 / 19.07.96
         16.08.96 / 13.09.96 / 11.10.96


SOUTH AMERICA:
0000-0005 : SP : 9885  9905  11650

CENTRAL AMERICA & NORTH AMERICA EAST:
0315-0320 : SP : 6135  9885  9905

NORTH AMERICA WEST:
0530-0535 : SP : 6135  9885  9905

CYCLE 4: THESE TRANSMISSIONS BEGIN ON FOLLOWING DATES *):
         06.04.96 / 04.05.96 / 01.06.96 / 29.06.96
         27.07.96 / 24.08.96 / 21.09.96 / 19.10.96


EN = ENGLISH  /  FR = FRENCH  /  GE = GERMAN  /  SP = SPANISH

*) All transmissions are broadcast in a 4-week cycle starting on Friday
   (or Saturday in Spanish) and repeated on the following two days.


Red Cross Broadcasting Service
Av. de la Paix 19
1202 Geneva
     Switzerland
Phone [phone]
Fax   [phone]

Thanks to Pascal for the above schedule, I hope it is useful.

        73  Richard  G3VGW   (Ambergate, Derbyshire, England)

E-mail:  [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:16:48 1996
From: Jim Leder <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 18:54:41 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4j3ud2$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

Mike Ward wrote:
>
> In article <[e-mail]> Jim Leder <[e-mail]> writes:
>
> >I've heard this station on several occasions. They seem to peak
> >about midnight in Cincinnati,Ohio and fall off at about 3am EST. A
> >clear frequency does wonders for range. They would NOT be aubible
> >between 540 and 1600. Likewise WJDM can be heard at time as early as
> >3pm EST here.
>
> True, but you're working off *skywave* here (as are most people in this
> newsgroup when it comes to KXBT).  The gentleman in Fairfield and myself are
> close enough to KXBT that we're dealing with groundwave.  I don't think
> Sacramento is far enough away that I'm getting anything but groundwave from
> KXBT.
>
> (Someone ought to explain this to a certain Sacramento newspaper columnist..
.)
>
> MikeThat is very true, but even skywave on the MW band at this kinda
range is difficult. KXBT is only my third California behind power
KFI and a DX test from KBRT. Good skip can go a long ways but a
clear frequency can really help...


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:16:50 1996
From: Ann MacKeigan <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Music Reports from 44 Countries - Global Village on CBC & RCI
Date: 27 Mar 1996 22:06:13 GMT
Message-ID: <4jce4l$[e-mail]>

Global Village: The News of the World in the World of Music
Hosted by Jowi Taylor

So far weÆve broadcast reports from 72 cities in 44 countries.
HereÆs whatÆs coming up on this weekÆs show:

Global Village Rundown for March 30/31, 1996

1. Review from Toronto debut of Salsa star, La India.
2. æMorning afterÆ report from South By South West in Austin, Texas.
3. Audio Postcard from Mahmoud Fadl - Cairo, Egypt.
4. Review of CD Box Set - ôBrasil: A Century of Songö.
5. Report from Taiwan:The Rice Farmer and the German Pop Band.
6. Craobh Rua: Belfast band in Portland, Oregon.
7. Profile of Dominican-Canadian latin star, Papo Ross


Global Village is heard on Saturday evenings on CBC Radio
at 6:05 Atlantic 6:35 in Newfoundland and at 7:05 in all other
time zones.
Global Village is also heard on CBC Stereo at 5:05 on Sundays and and at
19:00h EST via Satellite and Shortwave
on Radio Canada International.




From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:16:51 1996
From: [e-mail] (Charles P. Crawford)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 Louisville, KY?
Date: 28 Mar 1996 01:11:41 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4j5nko$[e-mail]>

In article <4j5nko$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (mike welsh) wrote:

> Heard a station at 1640 early this morning, only caught 1640kHz and
> Louisville, KY.  They were playing Solid Gold Soul program, (or
> atleast that is what it sounded like).  Anyone know who this is?
> Thanks

Not Looavull but Vallejo. I can see they may sound alike. They started
broadcasting earlier this month on the expanded AM band. They say they
wonat reports. Address:

 KXBT
 3267 Sonoma Blvd.
 Vallejo, CA  94590
 attn: Alan McCarthy (AA6GM - chief engineer)

Charlie in western KY

--
   "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
                                          B. Dylan


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:16:52 1996
From: "Charles P. Hobbs" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: "Hate Monger" Broadcasts?
Date: 28 Mar 1996 18:51:02 -0700
Message-ID: <4jffm6$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4ja5oi$[e-mail]> <4jakf5$[e-mail]>

This is a shortwave group, so I don't want to beat this stuff to
death. Still . . .

[e-mail](Kevin Alfred Strom) wrote:

>The misunderstanding is this: Those who believe that races are better
>off living in their own independent societies, as they generally choose
>to do when left to their own devices, are being falsely characterized
>as espousing "hate" or being "hatemongers" and therefore "beyond the
>pale" of debate or even legality. The subtext of the complaints about
>"hate" is that American Dissident Voices and others should be censored
>for expressing forbidden opinions.
>
I'd imagine that most people have real, valid, concerns about how
the proponents of such an idea would implement it. (As is true of
most other "radical" suggestions, regardless of origin)

[...]

>I for one would not want to censor those with whom I disagree. George
>Thurman may be as far to the left as you can get without actually being
>off your rocker, but he does have interesting things to say
>occasionally.
>
I also don't believe in censorship, I believe in the marketplace of
ideas. That also means people have the right to respond as they see
fit (within reason).


>And what would a day be without RFPI? Where else can you get
>obsessively-organized and detailed information of the hard-working
>though somewhat closeted Glenn Hauser,

Is this something about G.H. we all *don't* need to hear about?

>followed by "feminist" diatribes
>describing abortion as a "sacrament"? Where else can you get "New
>Dimensions," which has prominently and seriously featured the "Urantia
>Book," supposedly dictated by alien entities? If anyone were ever to
>try to censor this station, so entertaining and illustrative of the
>liberal mentality, I would be the first to complain.
>
Again, let the marketplace rule. I think the fact that neither "New
Dimensions" or "American Dissident Voices" are not the number one
radio show on some big syndicated network, but are on relatively
obscure (to non-shortwave types) stations, speaks volumes.





From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:16:53 1996
From: JMD
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Opinions on C. Crane products
Date: 28 Mar 1996 19:32:48 GMT
Message-ID: <4jeph0$[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]

Does anyone have experience with products from the C. Crane Co., in
particular the "Select-A-Tenna"? Does it help in receiving distant AM
stations and short wave stations?



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:16:54 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gerard Foley)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BBC on 9580 at 1145UT
Date: 29 Mar 1996 00:13:14 -0500
Message-ID: <4jfrha$[e-mail]>


   When listening to International Report on Radio Australia this
morning, initially with a good signal and very weak co-channel
interference, after 1145 BBC "Sports Roundup" appeared on the
frequency, almost as strong as R. Australia.  I live in Columbus,
OH.USA.
   Does anyone know where the BBC transmitter was, and where was
the antenna aimed?

Gerry K8EF


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:16:55 1996
From: Ray Woodward <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 07:25:51 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <Fx+sXDA$[e-mail]>
References: <4j6201$[e-mail]>

In article <4jc5qk$[e-mail]>, Joe Lynn <[e-mail]> comments
:

>Ricardo D'Azevedo Godinho wrote:
>
>>> Hi there!
>>> Where is Radio Shack?
>
>As another poster pointed out, the company's outlets outside the US
>(if they even exist any more) are/were called Tandy Electronics.
>
>The most similar thing I've seen to a Radio Shack outside the US
>is an electronics chain in Switzerland called "Intersound."
>They generally sell three or four brands of products, including
>Sangean and Grundig (ah, yes-- the "Concert Boy" line of boomboxes...).

From what I remember [looking in an old Tandy catalogue] isn't there a
connection with "InterTan" ...

I seem to recall it *may* be what Tandy trade/traded as in Canada ..?

--

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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:16:56 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joe Lynn)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Super Radio III
Date: 29 Mar 1996 08:42:06 -0600
Message-ID: <4jgsru$[e-mail]>
References: <4jfi7p$[e-mail]>

EDWKUR <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Does anyone have any experience with the AM reception on this radio?  Is
>it that much better than a good portable such as a Grundig 700 for medium
>wave reception?  I'm looking for a reasonable substitution for AM
>reception.

I have both a Grundig Satellit 700 and a GE SuperRadio II.

The '700 is good because of the digital display, synchronous detection,
etc., but I find myself using the SRII more often for AM DX'ing.
The SRII is definitely quieter, and it does an excellent job
pulling stations out of the weeds, sometimes better than the '700.

I've never used a SRIII;  if the circuitry was completely redesigned,
my experience may not apply.

Bottom line:  buy it anyway.  It's still an excellent radio,
from what I've seen and heard.

>Please e mail me [e-mail]

You post, you read.  :-)


jtl
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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:16:57 1996
From: [e-mail] (John)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: AOR 7030....I thinks its all hype!!!!
Date: 29 Mar 1996 11:42 MST
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

---------------------------------------------------------------
I think Magne's been paid off substantially by AOR. There is no way that that
clock radio is better than my NRD 515 or Drake R7A.  I used to think highly of
his reviews because they made sense...this does not make sense!!  Worlds best
receiver...humbug.  Magne, you've been bought and paid for like every other
gutless radio reviewer.  Once again, we need another industry standard person
to
take his place!  And if you buyers out there fall for his propaganda ploy your
just as much a sucker as the 43% that voted for Clinton!


John Berenyi  ([e-mail])

2648 Deer Run Dr.
Ogden, Utah 84405





From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:16:58 1996
From: [e-mail] (John Rethorst)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Opinions on Lowe HF-150???
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 11:51:12 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4jendm$[e-mail]> <4jfa5v$[e-mail]>

In article <4jfa5v$[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (rrotz) wrote:

>. . .  There's a Lowe mailing list

Could you give me subcription instructions?

Thanks,
John


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:16:59 1996
From: Mike Mayer <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 12:52:18 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4j6201$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4jc5qk$[e-mail]>

> Ricardo D'Azevedo Godinho wrote:
> The most similar thing I've seen to a Radio Shack outside the US
> is an electronics chain in Switzerland called "Intersound."
> They generally sell three or four brands of products, including
> Sangean and Grundig (ah, yes-- the "Concert Boy" line of boomboxes...).

Actually the closest thing to a Radio Shack outside the US
would have to be a lumber yard.  They both know electronics
about the same.

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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:00 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1660 khz
Date: 29 Mar 1996 13:52:33 GMT
Message-ID: <4jgpv1$[e-mail]>
References: <4jf2sd$[e-mail]> <4jfp4b$[e-mail]>

Actually, the station on 1640 is in Vallejo, a San Francisco exurb; they
have a 945 (metro Oakland) zip code. The army station was only on a few
weeks in Maryland; the transmitter is now entertaining the American
peace keeping (one hopes) troops in Bosnia.

In article <4jfp4b$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>
>It's WJDM Elizabeth NJ  10kW days 1 kW nites  Actually RADIOAAHS (for
>kids)
>There's also an LA station on 1640, and for a week a military broadcast
>station KTRK (I think) from Ft Meade, MD
>
>There are about 92 new stations coming 1610 to 1700 kHz in the next few
>years.

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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:01 1996
From: Mark Schoonover <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BC Band Receiving Loop
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 14:05:04 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4jep54$[e-mail]>

Got to the library, there was an article in Electronics Now
describing a system you need. I haven't built one, but
it looks straight forward.

HTH

Mark
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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:02 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 15:21:05 LCL
Reply-To: [e-mail]
From: [e-mail]
Subject: VOA Tibetan Service Crosses the Five Year Mark

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VOA Tibetan Service Crosses the Five Year Mark

Washington, D.C., March 28, 1996 -- At a time when Tibet remains largely
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Service this week observed its fifth anniversary of broadcasting to the
Tibetan people.  The Service is one of only two international
broadcasters to air Tibetan-language programming.  The broadcast began in
1991 with a fifteen-minute program.  Today, the Service's staff produces
and airs two one hour shows daily.

Through VOA Tibetan, the Tibetan people are able to hear uncensored news
about Tibet and the world, neither of which are available through the
country's Chinese-controlled internal media.

During a 1995 visit to the Voice of America, the Dalai Lama told VOA that
its broadcasts in Tibetan are "vital medicine" for the Tibetan people.
The Service regularly covers the activities and travels of the Dalai Lama
because they are of great importance to Tibetan listeners.

Despite jamming and possible harsh consequences to listeners, travellers
to and from Tibet and a number of letters smuggled out of the country
attest that VOA Tibetan-language broadcasts remain popular, even among
Communist party officials.

VOA's Tibetan Service received an award last year from the Tibetan Youth
Congress for providing "a valuable contribution in enlightening the
Tibetan people about the events of the outside world."  The commendation
went on to say that "over the years, the VOA has become the household
name for Tibetans both inside and outside Tibet.  This itself shows how
much value people attach to the VOA's role and contribution."

The Voice of America is the international radio service of the U.S.
Information Agency, broadcasting almost 900 hours a week in English plus
46 other languages.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, please contact the Office of External Affairs, at
202 619 2538.


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:03 1996
From: [e-mail] ()
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: ICF-2010 tape recorder switch mod?
Date: 29 Mar 96 18:07:14 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

A small relay should be able to fit inside those cramped quarters
somewhere.  Has anyone done this?

Rich



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:05 1996
From: Scott Ryan <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC on MW in N. Am.
Date: 29 Mar 1996 18:15:23 GMT
Message-ID: <4jh9br$[e-mail]>
References: <4j6h79$[e-mail]> <4j6mu3$[e-mail]> <Pine.SGI.3.91r.960327225349.10024A-100000@freenet>

Tony Calguire <[e-mail]> wrote:
>On 25 Mar 1996, Scott Ryan wrote:
>
>> Scott Ryan <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> >On 3/25/96 between 6:11 UTC & 6:29 UTC I received "BBC News Day" on
>> >approx. 630 khz - 645 khz (AM band).  Any idea's where this would be
>> >broadcast from?
>> >
>> >I'm in eastern Iowa using a GE SR III with a longwire antenna.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> I forgot the subject in the first post.
>
>That would most likely be WOI, 640khz, Ames, IA, relaying Public Radio
>International's "BBC Overnight" service.  Just to make sure, listen
>closely at the top of the hour, when they're supposed to be playing the
>"World Service March".  Instead, you should hear something to the effect
>of, "The BBC is distributed through PRI, Public Radio International".
>
> __
>   _____________
>  /_____  _____/  Tony Calguire
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>   / /
>  /_/
>

I'm familiar with WOI, but this program was just up the dail from it.



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:05 1996
From: Scott Ryan <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GE Super Radio III
Date: 29 Mar 1996 18:30:11 GMT
Message-ID: <4jha7j$[e-mail]>
References: <4jfi7p$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (EDWKUR) wrote:
>Does anyone have any experience with the AM reception on this radio?  Is
>it that much better than a good portable such as a Grundig 700 for medium
>wave reception?  I'm looking for a reasonable substitution for AM
>reception.
>
>Please e mail me [e-mail]
>
>Thanks

Just got my GE SR III last week (for $35.99, but thats another story).  It
out-preforms my Grundig YB 400 by a large margin on the MW band.



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:06 1996
From: [e-mail] (David A. Kaye)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: can i get BBC1 in N. Calif?
Date: 29 Mar 1996 18:52:29 -0800
Message-ID: <4ji7ld$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4jgqnn$[e-mail]>

Joel Rubin wrote the quoted material below:
" I haven't heard about Radio 1. World Service is available on KALW (91.7)
"  from midnight to 5 A.M. local, 6 A.M. on Saturdays and Sundays.

I run the KALW web pages, which contain the complete KALW schedule
including the BBC overnight, and has links to many program producers and
networks including the BBC.  http://www.lns.com/kalw  (that's LNS.com)

--
(c) 1996                                  CNN hired 500 legal consultants
David Kaye                                     for the O.J. trial in 1995



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:07 1996
From: [e-mail] (Hugh Macaulay)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Air band--Spanish broadcast
Date: 29 Mar 1996 20:20:02 GMT
Message-ID: <4jhgli$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Hugh Macaulay)

At 123.575 MHz (air band) my trusty 2010 has picked up a Spanish broadcast
from time to time---music, typically Latin American loud reverb-enhanced
talk, etc.

What gives?

Is this some kind of harmonic, or what?




--

                             ********
Hugh Macaulay
Ottawa, Canada


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:08 1996
From: [e-mail] (John)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 20:25:51 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4j3ud2$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Mike Ward) wrote:

> In article <4j3ud2$[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (Brian Boulden) writes:
>
> >. . . I have successfully heard KXBT - pretty much all
> the time now, especially since they got their transmitter fixed and are
> running the full 10KW day/1KW night power.

1 kw at night? I thought they were 10kw all the time. And I've been trying
to get them from upstate New York? Jeez. . .

John


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:09 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: 1996 Winter SWL Festival Photographs
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 96 20:43:38 EST
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


A number of photographs from the 1996 Winter SWL Festival are now available
for your viewing pleasure on two Web sites. Mark Fine of FineWare and I have
split the duty to post the collection. Come take a look.

  http://www.trsc.com/swl_fest.htm
  http://www.crosslink.net/~mfine/swl_fest.html


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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:10 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony ICF-SW55
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 96 20:56:53 EST
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4jhcc0$[e-mail]>


In Article<4jhcc0$[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]> writes:

> I'm currently in the market for a shortwave receiver and am interested in
> what the net opinion is on this particular model (Sony ICF-SW55).  I would
> like to hear from current owners, former owners, those who considered it and
> selected something else, etc. Respones can be in follow-up posts or via
> e-mail; whichever you prefer.
>
> Also, I had heard a rumor that Sony was going to discontinue this model.  If
> they are, this may impact my decision.  So, if you have any knowledge about
> this, please let me know.
>
> Basically, I like the size of the compact models like Sony's SW55 and 7600G
> and Grundig's YB400 and I like the performance of the Sony 2010 and Grundig
> Sat 700.  I was hoping that the SW55 would give me the size I need for
> traveling and performance close to the 2010 and Sat 700.

Wes, I think the SW-55 even without the sync detection is probably one of the
best buys of the current crop of portables. To be sure, it is more money than
the 7600G but I was very happy with the receiver. Its singular downside is
that it chews up a set of batteries in 20 hours or so. If one were buying only

one (portable) radio, this is the one I recommend.

With other tabletop receivers here, I eventually went to the SW-100 purely for

size when travelling. I like the SW-100 but it is not up to the performance of

the SW-55, and I don't recommend the SW-100 as one's only radio.

More comments at http://www.trsc.com/owned.htm, if you want to take a look.
Hope that helps.

Tom Sundstrom
TRS Consultants



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:11 1996
From: Bill Funk <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Subscribe WUN?
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 20:59:46 -0700
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4jhkmj$[e-mail]>

Michael Malloy wrote:
>
> How do I subscribe to WUN mailing list?
> --
> Michael J. Malloy                          Amateur Radio N9WJV
> Medical College of Wisconsin               Compuserve 70334,3563
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin                       Internet [e-mail]=
===========
Send Email to: [e-mail], and in the BODY  of the message, type: sub
scribe wun [e-mail]
This should do it.
Note, this is a new address; if someone tells you [e-mail], that's an
 old address, and won't work
anymore for WUN.
See ya.
--
        Bill Funk - [e-mail]
        ASCIi User Group - http://www.starlink.com:80/~ascii
                User groups: More info than you can shake a CD at!
                             Try one near you!


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:16 1996
Newsgroups: alt.radio.talk,rec.radio.noncomm,rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (RFPI)
Subject: Weekly Update April 1-7
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 22:13:18 GMT

       Radio For Peace International
          Weekly Program Update
     for week ending April 7, 1996


NOTE: The April '96 issue of VISTA has been printed and mailed.  If you
have not yet received your copy, please join Friends of RFPI today using
the enrollment information at the end of this Update.

RFPI Frequency Schedule:

6.200 MHz 1200-2200 UTC
6.205 MHz (USB) 2200-1200 UTC
7.385 MHz 2200-1600 UTC
15.050 MHz (USB) 1200-2200 UTC

The following is a select listing of programs which you can hear
this week on Global Community Radio
(listed alphabetically - all times UTC/GMT).


ALTERNATIVE RADIO:
(Length: 60 minutes)

Mon: 1 Apr, 2000*/Thur: 4 Apr, 1900*- Peter Dale Scott- "The Politics of
Global Drug Trafficking"

COUNTERSPIN:
(30 minutes)

Mon: 1 Apr, 1800*- Hosts: Laura Flanders and Janine Jackson
Guests/Topics:  TBA

DISABILITY RADIO WORLDWIDE  ---NEW---
(30 minutes)

Sat: 6 Apr 2200**- A weekly program dedicated to the communication, the
issues, events and political analysis affecting people with disabilities
worldwide.  Hosted by Jean Parker.
        This week's guest:  Steve Brown on disability culture.  He is the
founder of the Institute for Disability Culture in New Mexico and will
present his philosophy and experience using theory and poetry.

FAR RIGHT RADIO REVIEW
(30 minutes)

Tue: 2 Apr, 1800*/Sat: 6 Apr, 2000*/Sun: 7 Apr, 2200**- w/ James Latham &
Brad Heavner
        Topic:  An update on the expanded shortwave broadcasts of the Far
Right, plus commentary on the Freeman of Montana

FEMINIST INTERNATIONAL RADIO ENDEAVOR (ENGLISH):
(60 minutes)

Mon-Sun, 1700*

THE FOOD NOT BOMBS RADIO NETWORK:
(30 minutes)

Mon:  1 Apr, 2130**/Thur:  4 Apr, 2000** - "Prisoner of Conscience: Free
Leonard Peltier!"

"INSIGHT"- COMMENTARIES BY MATTHEW ROTHSCHILD:
(2 minutes)

Mon: 1 Apr, 1830*-  "Pat Buchanan fills me with fear and loathing.  He
wants all of us to worship his God, who he says rules America."

Tue: 2 Apr, 1830*- "The school board in Salt Lake City didn't want the
gay-straight student alliance to meet on school grounds, so it banned all
non-academic student clubs in the high schools."

Wed: 3 Apr, 1830*-  "Pete Wilson just can't stop assaulting affirmative
action."

Thur: 4 Apr, 1830*- "The Tennessee Senate recently approved a resolution
endorsing the observance of the Ten Commandments.  Isn't that a blatant
violation of the First Amendment?  Not to worry, 'it's voluntary,' says
Senate Majority Leader Atchley.  After all, Tennessee is the Volunteer
State!"

Fri: 5 Apr, 1830*- "The Wall Street Journal reports that 'spending a
fortune is back in style and the rich are reading all about it in
magazines just for them."

LIVING ENRICHMENT CENTER w/ Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey:
(35 minutes)

Thur: 4 Apr, 1800* -  TBA
Sun: 7 Apr, 2000*-  TBA

MICRO-RADIO IN THE U.S.:
(30 minutes)

Mon: 2130**- Please see Food Not Bombs

Thur: 2000*- Please see Food Not Bombs

MAKING CONTACT:
(30 minutes)

Fri: 5 Apr, 1800*/Sat: 6 Apr, 1930*- Topic: "Jennifer Harbury: One
Woman's Journey"
        A year ago, Jennifer Harbury was making headlines across the
United States -- as she insisted on full disclosure of what happened to
her husband, a Guatemalan guerrilla, after he was captured by Guatemala's
government.  Today, Harbury is continuing to speak out for human rights.
In this program, she talks about the events that transformed her life --
and created a storm of controversy from Washington to Guatemala City.

MY GREEN EARTH:
(30 minutes)

Tue: 2 Apr, 2030*/Sun: 7 Apr, 1830*- "Circles of Nature"

THE NEUMAIER REPORT (MONTHLY)
(15 minutes)

Mon:  2330**/Thur: 1845*- Commentaries by Dr. J. Neumaier

NEW DIMENSIONS RADIO:
(60 minutes)

Mon: 1 Apr, 2230** / Wed: 3 Apr, 1930* / Fri: 5 Apr, 1900* / Sun: 7 Apr,
1900*- BEFRIENDING YOUR LOCAL LANDSCAPE with KEN CAREY.         Wisdom
distilled from decades of sensitivity and insight into being with nature
- and what's possible if we value how we are with nature as much as with
other people.   Program #2455
        Please note: CREATING CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY with CAROLYN SHAFFER
and KRISTIN ANUNDSEN was not aired last week due to mail delays.  We
apologize for any inconvenience

RADIO CURIOUS (BI-MONTHLY)
(30 minutes)

Sun: 7 Apr, 21:00**-  Hosted by Barry Vogel
        Today's guest: Mary Pipher, Ph.D., author of "Reviving Ophelia:
Saving the Souls of Adolescent Girls," discusses some of the problems
facing adolescent girls.

RADIO NATION ---!!! NEW!!!---
(60 minutes)

Sat: 6 Apr, 2100**- Produced by the Nation magazine and hosted by Marc Cooper
        Topics:         - Abortion Rights Endangered
                        - Seizing the Abortion Debate
                        - Journalism for Real People
                        - Moscow Meltdown
                        - Beating the U.S. Postal Service

REPORT FROM THE DESERT:
(15 minutes)

Wed: 3 Apr, 18:40*- News and commentary for Gulf War
Veterans.  Produced by Richard McCarthy.
        Topic: The UN report on Iraqi Chemical and Biological Weapons

SECOND OPINION:
(30 minutes)

Wed: 3 Apr, 1800*- Hosted by Matthew Rothschild. Guest: Eva Schulte,
peace activist, discusses her recent trip to Chiapas, Mexico.

Fri: 5 Apr, 2130** -  Guest: John Hagedorn, author of "Forsaking Our
Children: Bureaucracy and Reform in the Child Welfare System," on the
needs for change in the child welfare system.

"THE SECRET SIDE OF GLOBAL TRADE" ---NEW!!!---
(60 minutes)

Thur: 4 Apr, 2130**- From TUC* Radio, the producers who brought you "The
Secret Side of Free Trade" on GATT, comes an exciting new series of
thirteen, one hour programs on the social, ecological, cultural and
political cost of globalization.  It is based on an extraordinary
teach-in that took place in November 1995.  Over 40 speakers from 19
countries described what they saw as a restructuring of global politics
and economics that may be historically as significant as the industrial
revolution.  Among the topics addressed in this series will be the risks
of biotechnology & global diseases, the de-chartering of corporations and
Michael Parenti on the "Cost of Empire."
        Today, in part 1, we'll hear from Jerry Mander, acting chair of
the international Forum of Globalization on the trend of moving power
away from governments and putting the world economy under corporate
control.  In the second half hour,  Maude Barlow, who heads the 45,000
member strong Council of Canadians argues that structural adjustment in
the South plays the same role as free trade in the North - bringing us
all together into the same economic model, the result being strikingly
the same.

SPIRITUAL AWAKENING
(4 minutes)

Mon-Sun, 2355**

THIS WAY OUT:
(30 minutes)

Wed: 3 Apr, 1900*- This week: The threat of a trial on charges of
homosexuality against a Greek Orthodox priest triggers rioting in
Cypress, leaving 70 people injured.  You'll also witness the birth of a
gay fraternity, and share a conversation with the author of the
best-selling mystery, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."

Sat:  6 Apr, 2300**- TBA

TROPICAL CONVERSATION NEWSBUREAU
(15 minutes)

Mon: 1 Apr, 1845*- Diane Jukofsky on the importance of environmental
organizations using the media to help bring public and governmental
awareness to their projects to help insure a successful campaign.

Thur: 4 Apr, 2100**- Chris Willie, just back from Europe ,will tell us
all about the Rainforest Alliance's Certification conference just held there.

UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMMING
(15-30 minutes)

"CARIBBEAN ECHO": Mon 1 Apr, 2100**- Topic: "Water for Thirsty Cities".

"CARIBBEAN MAGAZINE": Wed 3 Apr, 2100**-  Topics: UN's Department of
Economic Affairs publication on the world economic and social survey for
1996 says Caribbean economy to grow by two percent in 1996, plus "Youth
Speak Out"- a look at issues of concern to young people.

"PERSPECTIVE": Tue 12 Apr, 2330**/Fri 5 Apr, 2100**- "The Global Scourge
of Tuberculosis, Pt. 2"

"SCOPE": Tue 2 Apr, 1845*/Thur 4 Apr, 2330**- Contents:
        TBA

"WOMEN": Wed 3 Apr, 2330**/Fri 5 Apr, 1845*- Topic: "Bringing Beijing Home"

"WORLD CHRONICLE": Tue 2 Apr, 2000*-  Topic: Land Mines
        Guest: Tore Skedsmo, Senior De-mining Expert, UN Department of
Peace-keeping Operations

Sun 7 Apr, 1800*- Topic: Women's Rights
        Guest: Ivanka Corti, Chairman-UN Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women

UNIVERSITY OF THE AIR
(30 minutes)

Tue:  2 Apr, 2230**/Thur:  4 Apr, 2230**- Course 625: "EARTH MOTHER
SPEAKS" with Lloyd Gilbert
        This course for University of the Air is based on information
gathered by Radio for Peace International at the Symposium that was
Sponsored by World Peace University (now know as The University of Global
Education), Yupik Traditional Elders Council and Radio for Peace
International. The title of that symposium was Peace and the Planet:
Native Wisdom, Native Rights, and Mother Earth. The symposium provided a
voice to the worlds indigenous peoples by broadcasting from the symposium
globally via Radio for Peace International.
        Producer for the course, Earth Mother Speaks, is Mr. Lloyd
Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert is currently enrolled with the Native Studies
Program offered through the Secwepemc Cultural Education Society/Simon
Fraser University in Kamloops, B.C., Canada. He has completed an
internship with Radio for Peace International.
        Class 1: "Ancient Tradition: Honoring Ancient Wisdom, a Model for
the Future," Part 1

Wed:  3 Apr, 2230**/Fri:  5 Apr, 2230**- Course 625: "EARTH MOTHER SPEAKS"
        Class 2: "Ancient Tradition: Honoring Ancient Wisdom, a Model for
the Future," Part 2

Tue:  2 Apr, 2300**/Thur: 4 Apr, 2300**-  Course 702: "Creating Your
Future" with Dr. Mark Thurston
        Edgar Cayce, the most famous American mystic of the 20th century
has helped literally millions of people find health and deeper meaning in
life.  His practical spiritual philosophy is based on a set to
principles.  This course will examine 24 of these principles, one for
each of the lessons in the course.  The principles are keys to creating
for yourself a more productive, healthy and joyful future.  The titles of
some of the lessons include:

-What You Think, You Become
-Every Crisis Is an Opportunity for a Breakthrough
-Changing Anything Starts with Changing Your Motives and Ideals
-Healing Comes from Balancing Opposites

Each lesson in the course will conclude with the description of a
practical application -- that is, a specific way in which that principle
can be put to work in your life to help you start shaping the kind of
future you want for yourself.  Although the course is best done as a
complete set of the 24 lessons, each lesson is self-contained and does
not depend on the listener having heard any previous lesson.
        Dr. Mark Thurston is a psychologist, author, teacher, and
administrator with the Association of Research and Enlightenment in
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA -- the organization founded by Edgar Cayce
in 1931.  For more than 25 years he has studied and researched the ideas
in Cayce's spiritual philosophy.  Dr. Thurston has written 13 books on
various aspects of spiritual psychology, most recently "The Edgar Cayce
Handbook for Creating Your Future, which is the basis of this course with
Radio For Peace International.
        He currently serves as Executive Director of the Association for
Research and Enlightenment.
        Class 1:  "Mind is the Builder: What you Think, you Become"

Wed: 3 Apr, 2300**/Fri:  5 Apr, 2300**- Course 702: "Creating Your Future"
        Class 2: "Changing Anything Starts with Motives & Ideas"

VOICES OF OUR WORLD:
(30 minutes)

Mon: 1 Apr, 1930*/Wed: 3 Apr, 2030*- Topic: "The New Lepers"  This
program looks at the resilience of people living with AIDS (PWA's).

WINGS (WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL NEWS GATHERING SERVICE):
(30 minutes)

Tue: 2 Apr, 2130**/Thur: 4 Apr, 2030*- Topic: "Women's News Roundup,"
Part 2
        For Women's History Month, Frieda Werden of WINGS reviews the
historic past year 1995 through women's news stories filed by WINGS,
Pacifica Radio News, Monitor Radio, and others.
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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:17 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: christian radio in US
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 96 23:46:03 EST
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>


In Article<[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]> writes:
> Path:
news.paonline.com!nuclear.microserve.net!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintli
n
k.net!matlock.mindspring.com!news.mindspring.com!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.c
o
m!info.ucla.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news1.ucsd.edu!not-for-mail
> From: [e-mail] (Brent Jones)
>
> Does anyone know if there is a database on the internet from which I can
> find the call letters and address (perhaps) of the christian
> broadcasters in the United States?  I would be interested in domestic
> services as well as possibly international shortwave broadcasters.
> Preference is domestic however.  Does anyone know if there is an FCC or
> other database available with this information?

I haven't explored the site in depth, but check out the National Religious
Broadcasters Web site at http://www.mnsinc.com/nrb/ and you may find what you
are looking for. This organization used to have the URL of www.nrb.com but
that seems to have gone by the wayside or the registry needs updating; a Whois

search puts the NRB to the MNS Inc ISP now.

Tom Sundstrom
TRS Consultants



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:18 1996
From: [e-mail] (Richard L. Karpel)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.israel,soc.culture.jewish,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Kol Israel Summer 96 schedule (starts this weekend) -repost
Date: 30 Mar 1996 01:12:22 GMT
Message-ID: <4ji1pm$[e-mail]>
References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960329103019.17674B-100000@atrium22>

Daniel (Doni) Rosenzweig ([e-mail]) wrote:
: The new Kol Israel schedule starts either 31 Mar or 1 Apr - I'm not 100%
: sure.

: ISRAEL RADIO SPRING SUMMER SCHEDULE 1996 (31.3.96 to 27.10.96)

: TARGET AREA  a=Europe and North America b=SE Asia/Pacific
: c=Central/South America d=Western N.America  e=E.Europe/CIS
: f=Iran/Georgia/Bukhara  g-Middle East


: ENGLISH
: 0400-0415A      7465a, 9435a, 17545b
: 1400-1430A      12077a, 15615a
: 1900-1930E      7465a, 9435ac, 11605a, 15615c, 15640d


Currrently, there is a short window when North American listeners can
here the 0400 UTC news broadcast at 7465 kHz (I haven't been able to get
anything at 9435 for some time).  However, when we move to Daylight time,
it will be virtually impossible to hear this broadcast, since WEWN in
Birmingham, AL uses the same frequency at that time.

I'm sure Kol Israel is aware of this.  So why don't they simply change
the frequency (or put more power at 9435 kHz)?  It's a great waste.






From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:19 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: "Barry E. Henley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sony SW 100 flex cable upgrade
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 01:32:24 GMT

Anyone know at what serial number the flex cable was upgraded on the
SW-100?

Thanks
--
[e-mail]
Barry E. Henley - Riverdale, GA - U.S.A
ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/be/beh/homepage.html


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:20 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What is the Station I keep hearing on 5.000 MHz?
Date: 30 Mar 1996 03:10:26 -0500
Message-ID: <4jiq9i$[e-mail]>

In article <4jd72p$[e-mail]>, John Hibbert writes:
>In article <[e-mail]>, "Niel says...
>>
>>For some time now, I keep hearing "Ticking" sounds on this frequency.
>>What is really weird is I'm also getting their 2nd and 3rd harmonics
>>on 10.000 & 15.000 MHz. Does anyone know who this is and what is their
>>address so I can tell them about their harmonic problem?
>
>
>Are you serious?
>
>Those "ticking" noises are from WWV, with the correct time, geological data,
et
c.
>originating from Fort Collins CO. They can be used to callibrate your tuner a
s
well.
>Don't wear a watch without it.
>
Even though the original post was an April Fools Joke, it think it's worth
pointing out that the signal could be WWV in CO (as you said), or WWHV (or
WWVH can't remember which) in HI, or VNG in New South Wales, Australia.  I can
hear VNG on rare occasions from Pennsylvania (esp. on 8.638 MHz) and rarely
hear anything but VNG on 5.0 MHz here in Brisbane, Australia.
                                                Pete in Brissy

P.S.  Please disreguard the .sig below.
                        Pete Fahringer, KA3ROG

                        Email- [e-mail]
                        Tel.#- [phone]
                 HTTP://www.lehigh.edu/~pef2/pef2.html
                     Burn Calories Not Gasoline



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:21 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC Worldwide?
Date: 30 Mar 1996 04:14:33 GMT
Message-ID: <4jicf9$[e-mail]>
References: <4j4mud$[e-mail]> <4j9spe$[e-mail]> <4jath1$[e-mail]>,<4jcdks$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

In article <4jcdks$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (David A. Kaye) writes:
>Joel Rubin wrote the quoted material below:
>" I think they dropped the special North American-printed edition and
>" haven't bothered to set up the distribution system again for the
>" British-printed edition.
>
>It's also possible to subscribe via a donation to some of the local
>stations carrying the BBC.  KALW in SF has this policy.  I don't know
>what the charge is, though.
>
>--
>(c) 1996                            Irving Berlin wrote "White Christmas"
>David Kaye                                  while vacactioning in Phoenix
>
No wonder I couln't find it anywhere. I spent a lot of time calling bookstores
,
here in Des Moines, Iowa. They didn't know why they didn't receive BBC
Worldwide anymore. I even place an order over the phone, so if in several
stores they started to receive the magazine again I would get it.
On the other hand I tried to contact the BBC subscribtion telephone number on
the USA, but they never returned my calls.
I find it to be extremely rude for a Broadcasting Radio Station of the categor
y
of the BBC. I am puzzle. They are so efficient on their broadcasts.
Please, somebody bring some light to this matter. I just can't believe they
behaved so unprofessionaly.





From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:22 1996
From: [e-mail](Michael Neidich)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.video.cable-tv,rec.audio.marketplace
Subject: FREE:  Zenith Trans-Oceanic Model Number List
Date: 30 Mar 1996 04:40:44 GMT
Message-ID: <4jie0c$[e-mail]>

Mention FREE LIST in your response to get my model number, chassis
number, tube count, years mfgd., band count, other info.  I need a
7000-1 with two tunable VHF bands for my own use.
73,
K2ENN


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:23 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dan Ferguson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: VOA Radio Marti
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 05:12:10 GMT
Message-ID: <4jifs1$[e-mail]>
References: <4jffrv$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Thomas Daugherty) wrote:

>Seems like these signals are stronger and on more frequencies than before.

 'stornger'  -- if you are in Cuba the frequency manager will smile
and reflect smugly on how great he is.  If you aren't don't tell him,
it'll ruin his day.

>  Is that true?  Does it have anything to do with the recent airplane
>shootdown?

There has been some increased frequency usage in recent weeks.



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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:25 1996
From: [e-mail](Stephen McGreevy )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: 1640 KXBT Vallejo, CA
Date: 30 Mar 1996 06:01:39 GMT
Message-ID: <4jiio3$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4j3ud2$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4jdfvm$[e-mail]>

Scott (& other RRS readers),

The s-3 carrier is probably WJDM Elizabeth, NJ (1 kw).  I've been
hearing their "radio OZ" audio as well (kid's programming).  The 1680
carrier is a "spur" of 1420 XEXX Tijuana (its been there for 5-plus
years), and the 1620 carrier(s) are a 810 KGO harmonic combined with a
1620 TIS in Pebble Beach, California, which I heard fairly strong in
the Nevada Desert at night in the summer 1993--also puts in good
groundwave/sea-water path signal at Point  Reyes up the coast.

San Diego's Jack Murphy stadium has a TIS on 1710!

SOmeone else can probably upload the planned list of expanded stations
to this news group.  I've seen it on the Longwave Club's BBS too.

73,

Steve McGreevy, N6NKS (San Rafael, CA)

In <4jdfvm$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Scott J.
Sherratt) writes:
>
>Are there any other stations operating between 1620 and 1710 kHZ
besides
>KXBT-1640 ?  I am hearing an S-3 carrier on 1660, an S-2 carrier on
1680
>and a hetrodyne of a couple of carriers on 1620.  None of them are
strong
>enough to demodulate.  Is there a list of planned stations in the
>expanded band ?
>
>Scott N6VB  [e-mail]  Morgan Hill, California
>



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:26 1996
From: [e-mail] (Radiomatt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Active Antennas??
Date: 30 Mar 1996 08:36:41 -0500
Message-ID: <4jjdd9$[e-mail]>
References: <4jeuqq$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Radiomatt)

I am a great believer in Active Antennas; I had 3  mcKay DYmek DA-100s
(after lightning only 2 -- both being repaired); I suspect the McKay is a
better deal for about $50 more; it (they) seemed free of intermod and
noise, and very wideband (LF to 30 MHz).
I have never had any great feelings forMFJ products; they work, but

BTW is it true they're made by convicts at a state prison? this story has
been making the rounds for years. Is there any truth to it?


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:26 1996
From: [e-mail] (Radiomatt)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BC Band Receiving Loop
Date: 30 Mar 1996 08:47:03 -0500
Message-ID: <4jje0o$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Radiomatt)

Both US based BC DXing clubs have plans
IRCA can be reached thru  Phil Bytheway, 9705 Mary NW, Seattle, WA
98117-2334

sample copies of DX Monitor are available for postage only ($0.32 in
US)(0.50 canada) by writing to IRCA  POBox 1831  Perris, CA  92572-1831


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:27 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jeremy Boot)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WWW Pages
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 09:36:06 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

Just a reminder that these pages have recently been updated.

        http://www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/

 If you have a particular interest that is not covered, how about
writing for them yourself and I will include it, with proper credits
etc?

73 de
Jeremy G4NJH
[e-mail]
[Home, Am Radio, SWL pages: http://www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/ ]



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:28 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BULLETIN: Updates
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 96 09:52:59 EST
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


For subscribers to the SCHEDULES data files, new files were placed on the
Web site (http://www.trsc.com/dl_trs.htm) and Pics Online BBS today.

This is the first of the Z96 Summer schedules.

 Thomas R. Sundstrom             [e-mail] * [e-mail]
 TRS Consultants                 Pics OnLine BBS  609-753-2540
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 English Language SCHEDULES * Rx Control (JRC NRD-535/525, Lowe HF-150,
 Kenwood R-5000, Watkins-Johnson HF-1000) * UTC Clock for Windows(tm)
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Catalog requests, orders to GILFER     %   For an on-line catalog from
 SHORTWAVE, 52 Park Ave, Park Ridge,    %   Pics OnLine BBS type SWL at
 NJ 07656, 201-391-7887, fax [phone]   %   main menu prompt or go to
 or http://www.gilfer.com               %   http://www.trsc.com
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------





From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:29 1996
From: [e-mail] (Andrew Thall)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What is Sideband? I want to get into shortwave I think?
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 10:07:16 GMT
Message-ID: <4jj1c9$[e-mail]>
References: <4j7l3o$[e-mail]>

I will try to give you a simple explanation of what sideband is:

A standard AM signal is a very wide band with mirror-image wave
patterns on both sides.  The wide band is called the carrier and the
mirror-image wave patterns are called the sidebands.  The information
a signal carries is contained in the sidebands.  In typical SSB
(sideband) transmission, the carrier is removed and only the sidebands
are transmitted.  Most of the time, one of the sidebands is also
removed.  Remember, since they are mirror images of each other, only
one is necessary.  When your SSB radio receives the signal, it
restores the carrier and you can hear the signal.

Many shortwave radios have SSB as an option.  It is mostly used by
amateur radio operators (hams).  Some international broadcast stations
also use SSB.

I hope I have made this understandable.

Regards,
Andrew Thall, WS7J



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:30 1996
From: kmcgrat@goodguy (Kevin McGrath)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Help with frequencies
Date: 30 Mar 1996 10:32:24 GMT
Message-ID: <4jj2jo$[e-mail]>
References: <4j5n8v$[e-mail]>

Calvinb268 ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Can anyone provide me with an adequate listing of current stations and
: frequencies ( and times if possible).

: Thanks,
: Cal.

Beside "PWBR" or "WRTH" check out the magazine stand for a publication
called "Monitoring Times"  This is a mag that does not have as complete
a liting as the two books but it is quite a bit cheaper.

cheers,
kevin


--
Kevin & Ann (Nu-ling)
At Home: [e-mail]
At Work (Kevin): [e-mail]


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:31 1996
From: Ray Woodward <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 13:18:12 +0000
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4j6201$[e-mail]>

In article <4jgt1a$[e-mail]>, Andy Sennitt <[e-mail]>
comments :

> at the time when the Dutch Tandy stores were closed down here in
>The Netherlands, there was quite a bit of press coverage. The old
>memory isn't what it used to be, but I *think* the press said that
>InterTan was (or maybe still is) indeed based in Canada and was the
>subsiduary of Tandy Corporation which ran all non-US Tandy operations,
>including Europe and Australia. InterTan is obviously short for
>"International Tandy". I don't think they ever used InterTan as a
>retail trading name.

Ah, thank you for that Andy, I stand corrected.


--

Ray


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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:33 1996
From: [e-mail] (Joel Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: What is Sideband? I want to get into shortwave I think?
Date: 30 Mar 1996 13:24:49 GMT
Message-ID: <4jjcn1$[e-mail]>
References: <4j98q8$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <4jcu90$[e-mail]> <4ji87l$[e-mail]>

I haven't the foggiest idea whether these people are good, bad or
indifferent but here is a classified ad in 4/96 Monitoring Times. It has
been running for a long time so I assume that if it were an outright
scam, Bob Grove, MT's owner, would have felt the flames and removed it
by now. Of course, a GE Superradio III is probably the best (from the
point of view of DX'ing) AM/FM non-SW radio currently available.

GE Superradio III, custom designed with up to four noise-free SCA
channels. Performance guaranteed. Credit Card orders accepted. (800)
944-0630.

Of course, I assume that if you order Muzak and start using it in your
store without a license, Muzak's lawyers will not like it.

In article <4ji87l$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>
>Luke Higgins wrote the quoted material below:
>" Indeed after finding more information about the broadcast I have
found
>" out that it is FM SCA.  It is a broadcast from Bonneville
>" Communications on its LDS Radio network.  I looked at Bonneville's
>" Home Page and found out the details.  They will sell you a radio
>" configured to the proper FM SCA for $99.
>
>Sounds like the LDS all right -- in it for the money.  These are
>single-channel receivers which are tuned by dip switches, no tuning
knob.
>The radios themselves are of poor quality and give poor audio response.
>Used to be these receivers were rented out by background music
services,
>but the music services quickly got out of SCA when satellites came
along.
>There's no way these receivers are worth anything like $99.  The ones
I've
>seen are barely worth $15.  LDS owns many radio stations through their
>Bonneville International corporation, and they run their SCA service on
>them.  I've heard these broadcasts.  <shrug>.  Not worth the price in
my
>opinion.
>
>--
>(c) 1996                               Half the territory within the
City
>David Kaye                                of San Francisco is under
water
>

--
*******
WARNING
*******
The following lines violate the indecency provisions of the U.S.
Telecommunications Act of 1996:
Henry Hyde
James Exon
Slade Gorton.
William Clinton



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:34 1996
From: "Fred S. Kohlbrenner" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap
Subject: Trade/buy: Pennants
Date: 30 Mar 1996 15:17:30 GMT
Message-ID: <4jjjaa$[e-mail]>

I collect shortwave station pennants and would like to swap pennants with
other collectors. I currently have almost sixty duplicate pennants to
trade from Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Also have a rare VOA
pennant to trade.  I will also buy your unwanted pennants or collections.
E-mail me for details, or visit my web page for a list and photo's of my
duplicates at:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/fkohl



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:34 1996
From: Scott Ryan <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BCB Loop Antenna
Date: 30 Mar 1996 16:00:34 GMT
Message-ID: <4jjlr2$[e-mail]>

I'm looking for info on broadcast band loop antennas.  Passive or active?
Is the Select-A-Tenna a good value, or should I spend more for one of the
active loops?  Do any active loops cover BCB & shortwave?



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:35 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Kim Andrew Elliott)
Subject: Re: Summer schedules?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4jbuie$[e-mail]>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 16:19:25 GMT

Last Sunday of March and last Sunday of September.



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:36 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jay Marvin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: "Hate Monger" Broadcasts?
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 19:22:58 GMT
Message-ID: <4jk29k$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4ja5oi$[e-mail]> <4jakf5$[e-mail]> <4jdbl8$[e-mail]> <4je3gu$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]

>David Hammer ([e-mail]) wrote:
>:
>: : The misunderstanding is this: Those who believe that races are better
>: : off living in their own independent societies, as they generally choose
>: : to do when left to their own devices, are being falsely characterized
>: : as espousing "hate" or being "hatemongers" and therefore "beyond the
>: : pale" of debate or even legality. The subtext of the complaints about
>: : "hate" is that American Dissident Voices and others should be censored
>: : for expressing forbidden opinions.

Another fine example of WWCR lives up to its Mission Statement and the
letter of the law. I'm sure the above subject has real value to say
someone living in Peru or France. Like the treatment on the Freemen if
WWCR was broadcasting Black militant or ultra left wing propaganda
they'd be shut down by the Feds in a second. In this case the term
Ugly Amerikkkan fits like a glove.

Jay Marvin
WLS Radio
Chicago
[e-mail]



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:37 1996
From: [e-mail] (Franco Moccia)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Weather faxes on shortwave
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 20:10:55 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello I was wondering if anybody has the frequency list for weather faxes
or any other type of faxes that are available on Shortwave.  I haven╣t be
able to find one yet.  please email me at


 [e-mail]

thank you.


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:38 1996
From: Steven Baker <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AOR 7030............uuuuuuugly!
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 22:05:53 -0600
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

I found a site that has info. on the AR 7030 the address is

http://www.demon.co.uk/javiation/ar7030.html

Any suggestions on a SW receiver for some serious SWL? I use a
Grundig Satellit 700, but I feel I need another radio to do some
serious SWL.

Steven Baker

N5VCH


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:39 1996
From: [e-mail](Mike Ryan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: small loop receiving antennas
Date: 30 Mar 1996 22:43:57 GMT
Message-ID: <4jkdfd$[e-mail]>

Thanks for looking at this and any help provided. Im looking for info
on small loop receiving antennas for the 200 - 500 khz vlf band. I
would prefer info on building one rather than buying one. thanks for
any info de Mike/KN6VS


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:40 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dan Ferguson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC on 9580 at 1145UT
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 23:02:52 GMT
Message-ID: <4jkehn$[e-mail]>
References: <4jfrha$[e-mail]> <4jh3g1$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Gerard Foley) wrote:

>Gerard Foley ([e-mail]) wrote:

>:    When listening to International Report on Radio Australia this
>: morning, initially with a good signal and very weak co-channel
>: interference, after 1145 BBC "Sports Roundup" appeared on the
>: frequency, almost as strong as R. Australia.  I live in Columbus,
>: OH.USA.
>:    Does anyone know where the BBC transmitter was, and where was
>: the antenna aimed?

>: Gerry K8EF

>   Sorry, something slipped in my head.  The time was 1245 UTC.

>Gerry K8EF

It's Hong Kong.  Moves to 9575 tomorrow.  Elsewhere by July 1 97.

df



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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:40 1996
From: [e-mail] (Gerard Foley)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BBC World Wide Transmitter Schedule?
Date: 31 Mar 1996 00:12:18 -0500
Message-ID: <4jl47i$[e-mail]>

  Once in a while someone used kindly to post one.  I haven't
seen one for a long time.  There doesn't seem to be any
equivalent on the BBC WWW pages.  Wouldn't it be nice to
have it again?

Gerry K8EF




From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:41 1996
From: "Mark S. Conway" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: ACARS on HF ???
Date: 31 Mar 1996 00:17:36 GMT
Message-ID: <4jkiv0$[e-mail]>

If anyone has these frequencies, I would much appreciate it.



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:42 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve_Coletti)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: WINB
Date: 31 Mar 1996 00:56:55 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (GEORGE THURMAN) wrote:
>WINB sounds as if it is having some serious problems.  They keep putting
>off their return to air date each time I call them.  I sounds as if the
>group that recently leased the station ruined the transmitter, and they
>are now looking for a replacement.
>
You know Al Weiner was trying to lease that operation at one time.  I
wonder??  Transmitter all a mess, hummmmm!

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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:43 1996
From: [e-mail] (Steve_Coletti)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Phenomenal MW Reception In Tunnel
Date: 31 Mar 1996 00:56:58 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Brian Kraft) wrote:
>If you're going to be traveling through Colorado on Interstate 70, check out
>the MW reception inside the Hanging Lakes tunnels in Glenwood Canyon.  These
>4000 foot long tunnels were opened to traffic in October 1992 and have radio
>transmitter lines in the roofs that can broadcast to the entire AM and FM
>bands in an emergency.  During the daytime the MW groundwave reception inside

>the tunnels is phenomenal, with strong signals from Denver and Salt Lake City

>stations such as 850 KOA, 760 KTLK, and 1160 KSL.  Of course, it's both
>dangerous and illegal to slow down a lot or stop in the tunnels.

AM signals are too long in wavelength to get into the tunnels, you are
listening to the retransmitters inside the tunnel.  I'm quite surprised
that whoever designed the system would want to relay signals from outside
the immediate area, and set up an appropriate antenna system to pull them
in so clear.

Here in New York the Holland and Lincoln tunnels relay only the citiwide AM
stations and not the local NJ stations that are still quite audible outside
the tunnels.  Not only do they not do a good job of relaying them, the
signals are weak and suffer from fade in certain spots and the flurescent
lights cause buzzing, but they interrupt the signals every two minutes or
so to broadcast a routeen message that says you can't change lanes in the
tunnel or make a right on red within all of NYC.

When they interrupt the signal they cut off the relay transmitters and put
on a transmitter that has harmonics every 10 kHz so you get the message no
matter where you tune the radio, even between stations.  They do not
provide any FM relays, now that's behind the times.
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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:44 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bostonian)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: WTD: RCA WT-100A OR HICKOK 700 TUBE TESTER
Date: 31 Mar 1996 01:45:48 GMT
Message-ID: <4jko4c$[e-mail]>

RCA WT-100A and/or Hickok 700 tube tester wanted.  Seeking unit in good
running condition, needing some repairs or for parts (if I later come across
a working unit).  Willing to swap for something or please state a fair price
for the respective unit.  I would prefer swapping something as cash is tight,
but I would have to find out what you are looking for -- I may have it.
Please indicate if you have manuals, schematics, charts and/or plug-in tube
sockets for the respective tube tester.

Kindly, email with details.

Thank you.



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:46 1996
From: [e-mail]([e-mail])
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,
Subject: Re: Crystal Shortwave Receiver
Date: 31 Mar 1996 03:11:24 GMT
Message-ID: <4jkt4s$[e-mail]>
References: <4iptnj$[e-mail]>

On Mar 20, 1996 21:35:47 in article <Crystal Shortwave Receiver>,
'[e-mail] (DOUG DINE)' wrote:


>
>Was listening to DXers Unlimited with Arnie Coro last night and he
>mentioned a crystal shortwave receiver. Does anyone have plans for
>one? I have a number of plans for shortwave receivers, but all are
>battery powered. Thanks.
>


Doug - don't hold your breath for success with such a plan!
Crystal sets are great for HIGH POWERED local signals but that is about it.

If you live NEAR a SW xmitter it might just work, but that is about the
only way!

>Doug
>--
><<< [e-mail] >>>
>
>"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every
>form of tyranny over the mind of man." - Thomas Jefferson
--
Bry in Gaithersburg, MD near DC
[e-mail]
Amateur Radio AF4K / G3XLQ


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:46 1996
From: [e-mail]([e-mail])
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,
Subject: Re: Hate Monger Broadcasts?
Date: 31 Mar 1996 03:17:17 GMT
Message-ID: <4jktft$[e-mail]>
References: <4jccpu$[e-mail]>

On Mar 27, 1996 16:44:33 in article <Re: Hate Monger Broadcasts?>,
'[e-mail] ()' wrote:

>Now here is someone preaching about the appropriate use of
>newsgroups, then, goes onto do some preaching of his (her) own!  If
>you are going to preach to others, follow your own advice.
>>

And HERE is someone who REALLY knows how to solve the problem!
Send an anonymous article and then WHINE like a little baby that needs
their diaper changed!

Grow up Duffy!

You are about as constructive as a 2 year-old with no LEGOs!


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:47 1996
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: [e-mail] (Mark Paladino)
Subject: ELECTRONIC REPAIR SERVICES
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 03:42:00 GMT

Experienced electrical eng. 23 years in the electronics industry. I
specialize in the "difficult" repairs or the ones that other shops
won't do. Esoteric, obsolete, out of production, no parts available, no
schematics, don't know where to turn for help? I "do" challenges!
Fully equipped shop and parts capability.

--
Mark Paladino
Custom Avionics and Electronics, Inc.
Craftsmen in Electronics  Rochester, Ny.
FAA CRS QQMR572K   FCC PG-20-8726
[e-mail]  phone [phone]


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:48 1996
From: Mark Gingrich <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Catcher of a RAI QSL...and More!
Date: 31 Mar 1996 03:45:14 GMT
Message-ID: <4jkv4a$[e-mail]>

The arrival of a QSL in my mailbox is not especially noteworthy.  Though
I do wish to report that the Italian shortwave service, Radiotelevisione
Italiana (RAI), sent not only a full-data QSL card, but also threw in
some marvelously detailed maps of the country, along with a tourist guide.
(The guide's description of Italian-style coffees alone was enough to
inspire my wish to visit.)  *This* is one of the most effective -- and
pleasant -- forms of "propaganda" around, IMHO.

I'm not sure if RAI is always so generous; they may have been feeling
a tad guilty for taking 16 weeks to respond to my reception report.
Nevertheless, such unexpected surprises make QSLing fun.

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Mark Gingrich      [e-mail]      San Leandro, California
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:49 1996
From: [e-mail] (David Methuen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Catcher of a RAI QSL...and More!
Date: 31 Mar 1996 04:19:38 GMT
Message-ID: <4jl14q$[e-mail]>
References: <4jkv4a$[e-mail]>

Mark Gingrich ([e-mail]) wrote:


: I'm not sure if RAI is always so generous; they may have been feeling
: a tad guilty for taking 16 weeks to respond to my reception report.
: Nevertheless, such unexpected surprises make QSLing fun.

Some 20 years ago, when I first became interested in short-wave listening,
I sent RAI one reception report.  This was my only written contact
with RAI. I have continued ever since to receive their program
schedule.  Just received their new schedule from them a month ago.




From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:50 1996
From: [e-mail] ()
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: ICF-2010 tape recorder switch mod?
Date: 31 Mar 96 05:49:40 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] () writes:
>A small relay should be able to fit inside those cramped quarters
>somewhere.  Has anyone done this?

I guess I should have been more specific.  I want to be able to record
programs when I'm gone.  I can set the 2010's timer to turn on the radio,
it should be easy to divert a few milliamps to a relay coil who's switch
is hooked to an external jack.  Seems like an easy enough problem if you
have the schematics.

Rich



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:51 1996
From: Xavier Jochmans <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Catcher of a RAI QSL...and More!
Date: 31 Mar 1996 06:33:48 GMT
Message-ID: <4jl90c$[e-mail]>
References: <4jkv4a$[e-mail]> <4jl14q$[e-mail]>


Well the RAI was also generous with me .
I wrote once and they sent me a QSL-Card 3 Tourist-Guides, 1 Guide about
a conference which was held by the G7-countries in Italy, 1 Pennant,
2 stickers, some programme schedules.

I've subscribed to their magazine Qui Rai but I still only have got
their october copy. I think the mail and the Rai is rather slow.

Xavier Jochmans



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:51 1996
From: [e-mail] (DanDan2)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Akashvani Magazine
Date: 31 Mar 1996 07:39:32 -0500
Message-ID: <4jlue4$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (DanDan2)

Several years ago, All India Radio published a magazine called
"Akashvani", which had previously been named "The Indian Listener".  I
wondered if anyone on the net had heard of this magazine recently, and
more importantly, if anyone knew if AIR was still publishing the magazine.
 The great thing about the magazine was the Domestic Service's
broadcasting times/languages seemed to be just what the magazine provided.


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:52 1996
From: [e-mail] (Jim Wishner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: kiwa pocket loop
Date: 31 Mar 1996 08:10:43 GMT
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <4jlem3$[e-mail]>

kiwa electronics of yakima washington is advertising (e.g. april MT, p.
99) a "pocket loop" antenna.  the antenna is described as 14 inches in
diameter, able to fit in your pocket, and designed for portable receivers
from 530 KHZ to 20 MHZ.  cost is around $120.

the antenna is also noted, along with a sketch, on kiwa's web page
(http://www.wolfe.net/~kiwa).  according to info on the page, antenna is
connected either inductively (like a select-a-tenna), or direct to a
receiver.  it runs on a 9 volt battery.

this type of antenna, if it gives notable reception improvement over
built in and extended whip antennas, and if it has good directional and
null characteristics, would sure be handy.

wonder if any correspondents to the group have any further information or
experience with this antenna.

thanks...dejim in minnesota 22.3 degrees F @ 08:09 UTC 3/31/96 youbet!





From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:53 1996
From: [e-mail] (ThomasM910)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Deutsche Welle beginning german lessons
Date: 31 Mar 1996 10:07:14 -0500
Message-ID: <4jm732$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (ThomasM910)

Can anyone help me find the current scheduling for D-W beginning german
lessons on SW in the US?  I have emailed them but no response.

All suggestions appreciated.

Tom, AA0UU, Minneapolis, MN

Tom Miller, Mpls., MN
Amateur Radio Station AA0UU

















From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:54 1996
From: Charles Bolland <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.space,rec.radio.noncomm,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap
Subject: Shortwave etc database program....
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 10:51:57 -0800
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Sir,

A stand alone IBM compatible Broadcasting Radio Station Database
program for Longwave, Mediumwave, or Shortwave.  4000 records...
Completely read/write and updateable...

If you'd like a copy, send your EMail address and Postal Address
which will be used to pass you more detailed information on
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KA4PRF


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:56 1996
From: <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner,alt.radio.pirate,aus.radio,rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave,uk.radio.amateur
Subject: Naughty Rude Words
Date: 31 Mar 1996 11:05:54 GMT
Message-ID: <4jloui$[e-mail]>


This thread having to do with the messed up FM-25 has certainly gotten the mil
eage.
We're all behaving like a bunch of politicians:  making a lot of noise about s
omething
that is not in the least bit important.  An emotional issue and therefore not
conducive
to rational discussion.
We're talking about words here, not some threat to personal or national securi
ty, or to
the health and general welfare of mankind.  Just words.
Every time I read another shrill and strident post on this subject
I think about what my son (10 at the time) said when Pee Wee Herman was busted
,
"Isn't that what people do when they watch porno flicks?"  Oh, that wonderful
purity
of a child's morality.  Come on folks, let's drop this thing for good. It's a
waste of resources
and time and it's getting ridiculous what with the patriots, the freedom fight
ers and the
moralists getting all frothed up.  What has finally done it for me is a messag
e I read today
that alludes to posts acceptable for "family channels" and "mixed company" yet
 has a
signature block that contains the suggestive double entendre "Hams do it bounc
ing off
the "F" layer."  What a hypocritical, self-righteous prig!


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:57 1996
From: [e-mail] (Stewart M. Clamen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: new RCI promos
Date: 31 Mar 1996 11:12:39 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


How different today might have been.  Today could have been the last
day of RCI.


To celebrate the renewal of their contracts, the folks at Radio Canada
International seem to have produced some new promos.  I'm listening to
the SUNDAY MORNING simultcast now and so far I've heard:

- A promo for the weekday WORLD AT SIX broadcasts. (I can't remember
  the last time I've heard a program ad on RCI.)
- Pointer to RCI's web pages at URL: http://www.cbc.ca/
- Reference to RCI's email address at [e-mail]


--
Stewart M. Clamen                                       [e-mail]
School of Computer Science -- Carnegie Mellon Univ.
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3891, USA             URL: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~clamen/


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:58 1996
From: [e-mail] (Mark McAnally)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: * * * AFFORDABLE QSL CARDS * * *
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 13:09:23
Message-ID: <4jml2j$[e-mail]>

After some checking, I found out that QSL cards cost anywhere from
$70.00 to $450.00 per 1000 cards to be printed up. I also found
out that you are pretty limited to the color of card, artwork and
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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:17:59 1996
From: "Mark Herson, N2MH" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BC Band Receiving Loop
Date: 31 Mar 1996 13:09:28 GMT
Message-ID: <4jm068$[e-mail]>
References: <4jep54$[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail],[e-mail]

[e-mail] (Donald Taylor) wrote:

>Who knows of a good recent article on building a receiving loop for the
>broadcast band?  I'm thinking of the type that uses loops of wire through
>a hula hoop, and then uses a preamp raise the signal strength.
>Appreciate any guidance here.

Check out this book: "Joe Carr's Receiving Antenna Handbook" by Joseph J.
Carr, K4IPV   ISBN 1-878707-07-8    $19.95

Joe goes into some theory on how loop antennas work and goes on to build
several different types.

Of course, he also talks about other types of antennas which makes for
interesting reading.

--
Regards, Mark

http://www.intac.com/~mherson/




From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:00 1996
From: [e-mail] (DanDan2)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AOR 7030....I thinks its all hype!!!!
Date: 31 Mar 1996 13:17:15 -0500
Message-ID: <4jmi7b$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (DanDan2)

You might think that, but I have been knowing Larry Magne for more than 20
years now and that is not the Larry Magne that I know!!!  I have found his
evaluations generally right on, altho some could be considered a tad
generous...I would be more conservative, but to think that he would be
paid off is demeaning a man that I have known professionally for many
years.  I believe you are dead wrong!


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:01 1996
From: "Daniel (Doni) Rosenzweig" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,soc.culture.jewish,soc.culture.israel
Subject: Kol Israel is already on Summer schedule- 31 March 96
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 14:16:53 -0500
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960331141515.14376B-100000@itsop2>

As opposed to what KI announced during their broadcasts- the new Spring
schedule already went into effect 31 March (as my posted schedule said)
NOT tommorrow 1 April.


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:02 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: R Netherlands Africa Service
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 96 14:50:12 EST
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


Checking out the interference problems with the new broadcast season, I tuned
in the 1830 and 1930 releases of Radio Netherlands to Africa to see if there
was any damage being done.

I expected to hear the Flevo and Bonaire frequencies, but what surprised me
here in New Jersey is the signal levels of the Madagascar frequencies.

At 1830, 7120 started off around s3 but by 1930 it's up to s8. At 1930, 7205
starts up, and that is even stronger here.

The Flevo transmitters are running s9 to 30/s9.

At least on the east coast this three-hour block to Africa can easily be
considered to be an alternative service to at least eastern North America.


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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:03 1996
From: [e-mail] (Peter Costello)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: DX-390 - Sangean ATS-818 Zapped
Date: 31 Mar 1996 15:46:03 GMT
Message-ID: <4jm9br$[e-mail]>
References: <4jki0o$[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] wrote:
: I have a file (about 5000 lines long) consisting of posts regarding the
: static problem on the Sangean radios.
:
: Yes, they are subject to going out due to static electricity. I had Sangean
: replace a radio and it went out within two days after I got it due to static
: discard through the antenna.
:
: You are correct in your diagnosis of the Q1 FET. Here is a quote from one
: of the posts that might help you.
:
: DS> I
: DS> found that the only thing that had been fried was a Field-Effect
: DS> Transistor labaled Q1 on the circuit board (this is in a
: DS> DX-390/Sangean 818 mind you, other models could be different).  I
: DS> replaced this with an MPF102 FET that I bought at Radio Shack for
: DS> $.99 (Cat. No. 276-2062) and my radio has been working fine ever
: DS> since.
:
: Hope this is what you are looking for.
:
: David

--

   Thanks David that is a BIG help!


    Pete

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:04 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dan Ferguson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC Worldwide changes
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 15:58:33 GMT
Message-ID: <4jma2i$[e-mail]>
References: <[e-mail]> <4jkdlr$[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (earl kamber) wrote:

>[e-mail] (Peter Olsen) wrote:

>>Radio Netherlands Media Network today said that BBC Worldwide
>>magazine was considering reducing both content and price (apparently
>>going far beyond their recent cutbacks which were sadly unaccompanied
>>by any change in the rather stiff subscription fee).  They said that
>>BBC research has shown that most listeners just want the program
>>listings and don't want to pay for the extra content.  Citing a phone
>>call to Bush House, MN said that the magazine was no longer taking
>>new subscriptions or renewals.  MN noted what this newsgroup is
>>already aware of: newsstand sales have been ended.

>>Has anyone been able to confirm that subscriptions and renewals are
>>no longer being accepted?

>I received the April issue today; the editorial content is greatly
>reduced; schedules remain the same.  No mention inside the magazine
>concerning possible changes.  For me I would prefer just the schedule
>portion at a substantial reduction in the price.

In other words, the old LONDON CALLING.  :-)

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ Dan Ferguson                                             [e-mail]  +
+ Opinions herein expressed are not those of the donut store I patronize. +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +




From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:05 1996
From: [e-mail] (Dan Ferguson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Summer schedules?
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 15:59:18 GMT
Message-ID: <4jma3u$[e-mail]>
References: <4jbuie$[e-mail]>

[e-mail]      (Chelios for the Norris) wrote:

>What date do stations officially start their summer schedules. Is there a con
sensus
>on a date, or does each station choose its own?

>Keith R. Phelps
>[e-mail]

Most major broadcasters will start the Z-96 (summer) schedule on March
31.  A few may have started a week or so ago.  Some continue to follow
the (ex-) IFRB four season a year format, with J-96 starting the first
Sunday in May.

df



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+ Dan Ferguson                                             [e-mail]  +
+ Opinions herein expressed are not those of the donut store I patronize. +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +




From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:06 1996
From: Jeff Goldman <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: AOR 7030 - Experiences?
Date: 31 Mar 1996 19:12:42 GMT
Message-ID: <4jmlfa$49l$[e-mail]>

There are only a few handbuilt ones around.


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:07 1996
From: [e-mail] (Bryan)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Active Antennas (MFJ)
Date: 31 Mar 1996 19:43:21 GMT
Message-ID: <4jmn8p$[e-mail]>
References: <4jjdd9$[e-mail]>

I remember an article that mentioned many of their workers are students
at Mississippi State (Engineering?).

Bryan

>  BTW is it true they're made by convicts at a state prison? this story has
>  been making the rounds for years. Is there any truth to it?




From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:08 1996
From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Propagation graphs
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 96 20:24:29 EST
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


The graphs of the solar flux have been updated to 31 March. 1996 is still
running at a level lower than the past three years to date.

   http://www.trsc.com/propgrap.htm


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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------





From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:09 1996
From: [e-mail] (John Kolb)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Active Antennas??
Date: 31 Mar 1996 20:29:44 GMT
Message-ID: <4jmpvo$[e-mail]>
References: <4jeuqq$[e-mail]> <4jjdd9$[e-mail]>

Radiomatt ([e-mail]) wrote:
: I have never had any great feelings forMFJ products; they work, but

: BTW is it true they're made by convicts at a state prison? this story has
: been making the rounds for years. Is there any truth to it?

Since the address of MFJ is State College, MS (or is it Starkville?),
the location of Mississippi State Univ. I figure they are made by college
students, so yes, prison convicts :^)

John Kolb  MSU flunkout



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:10 1996
From: [e-mail] (arthurs)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC Worldwide?
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 20:37:42 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
References: <4j4mud$[e-mail]>

In article <4j4mud$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jenhull) writes
:
>From: [e-mail] (Jenhull)
>Subject: BBC Worldwide?
>Date: 24 Mar 1996 18:47:25 -0500

>Is the Beeb still pulishing this magazine? It's dropped from sight in the
>few NYC newstands that carried it in the first place.

>Jen Hull

The  Barnes and Noble in Nashua, NH only had a copy of the November, 1995
issue...


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:10 1996
From: [e-mail] (arthurs)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio Shack DSP Closeout Price
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 20:41:37 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

The Radio Shack DSP 40 is now at a clearance price! I picked one up the other
day for only 49 dollars! Does anyone else have one of these? Pretty decent for

the price, I think...


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:11 1996
From: [e-mail] (John Rethorst)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: What's "Gray Line"?
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 21:45:53 -0500
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I didn't see this explained in the FAQ. As I write, I see on my
sunlight/night program that Seattle is just at sunset, and Ukraine is at
sunrise. Would gray line mean that a radio signal from one of these
locations could be especially well-received at the other?

Thanks,
John


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:12 1996
From: Robert Kay <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: 17725kHz CBC Program
Date: 31 Mar 1996 21:50:14 GMT
Message-ID: <4jmumm$sj9$[e-mail]>

On March 28 at 1900 UTC I heard a program on 17725 that seemed to be
a relay of CBC Radio in English.  To my knowledge, this is not an
RCI scheduled program.  At 2000 UTC VOA English programming began,
which is scheduled.

On March 30 I heard the same, but when I first tuned in at 1850 UTC,
I heard a French language program (maybe also CBC) until 1900 UTC.

Does anyone know the reason for the CBC programs?  Perhaps a relay
for Bosnia?

Thanks,

--
Robert K.
[e-mail]


From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:13 1996
From: [e-mail] (Tom Lager)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Deutsche Welle beginning german lessons
Date: 31 Mar 1996 21:58:35 GMT
Message-ID: <4jmv6b$[e-mail]>
References: <4jm732$[e-mail]>

In article <4jm732$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
says...
>
>Can anyone help me find the current scheduling for D-W beginning
german
>lessons on SW in the US?  I have emailed them but no response.
>
>All suggestions appreciated.
>
>Tom, AA0UU, Minneapolis, MN
>
>Tom Miller, Mpls., MN
>Amateur Radio Station AA0UU
>
Tom,

You might try to write to them at:

        Deutsche Welle
        English Dept.
        Postfach 100 444
        50588 Cologne
        Germany

Good luck



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:14 1996
From: Bob Smith <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: BBC on MW in N. Am.
Date: 31 Mar 1996 23:04:26 GMT
Message-ID: <4jn31r$[e-mail]>
References: <4j6h79$[e-mail]> <4j6mu3$[e-mail]> <Pine.SGI.3.91r.960327225349.10024A-100000@freenet> <4jh9br$[e-mail]>

"I'm familiar with WOI (640 kHz) but this program was just
up the dial from it."

     It's just possible that the conditions were right for
you to pick up an actual UK-based BBC transmitter. There's
one running very high power at 648 kHz based in Daventry,
England, and it might well have been running the program
you were hearing at the time.
     The only reason I'd say that's UNlikely is the distance
involved, and the relative rarity of trans-Atlantic MW DX
getting that far into the center of the continent. Usually
the Eastern states (New England states, NY, NJ especially)
are the only ones to get any European MW stations. On rare
occasions the signals get further. Maybe you lucked into one.

Bob Smith, middays WXXI-AM 1370 Rochester NY



From [e-mail] Tue Apr 02 09:18:15 1996
From: [e-mail](roman litovsky )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Looking for Philips(Magnavox) D-2999
Date: 31 Mar 1996 23:25:42 GMT
Message-ID: <4jn49m$[e-mail]>