------------------------------------------------------- ENGLISH 0000-0359 9745 E.N.America 100 347 0000-0500 21455 EUR/SoPAC 0.25 35/225 0400-0700 9745 W.N.America 100 322 0500-0700 21455 EUR/SoPAC 0.25 35/225 [ex 0500-0659 9445 Europe 100 35] 0700-0859 5860 Europe 250 38 0700-1058 9445 S.Pacific 100 228 0700-1100 21455 EUR/SoPAC 0.25 35/225 1100-1600 21455 EUR/SoPAC 0.25 35/225 12005 Caribbean 30 043 15115 N/S America 100 353/159 1900-2158 11960 Europe 100 042 1900-2200 21455 EUR/SoPAC 0.25 35/225 RUSSIAN 0200-0430 5860 We Russia 250 038 0515-0700 5865 We Russia 250 038 2230-2300 12005 No/So Amer. 250 124/330 UKRAINIAN 0500-0515 5865 Ukraine 250 038 (Oct 21) Frequency Manager David Lewis GERMANY Subject: SW Bremen 6190 kHz switched off on Oct 1st! Acc to the technician at Horn Leher Feld tx site, the reason for the cease is not a technical one. But the decision of the radio station's management is not definite. Listeners are asked to send in their opinion. Who also is interested in the continuance of the SW service can inform the Technical Department of Radio Bremen about his opinion on this matter. Letters have to be sent to the following address: Radio Bremen Betriebsdirektion P.O.Box 330 320 D-28353 Bremen Germany Fax +49 421 - 2461010 or 2462020 (Frank Helmbold, Bremen, Oct 18) GERMANY/BURMA Democratic Voice of Burma: (via Reuters) Germany denied on Wed it had blocked an application by a Burmese opposition radio station to use txs belonging to the German state-owned telecommunications company, Deutsche Telekom. A foreign ministry spokesman said the ministry had merely informed Deutsche Telekom of general "misgivings" about providing frequencies for opposition radio stations after the company asked for guidance. A report by public broadcaster Deutsche Welle said the ministry had vetoed the contract between the company and the Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma, which is backed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, earlier this year. But ministry spokesman Horst Freitag said Deutsche Telekom, which is due to be partially privatised next month, had made its own decision and had just asked for advice from the government. "The foreign mininstry did not forbid or ban Deutsche Telekom from doing anything", Freitag said. "Deutsche Telekom is a private company and makes its own decisions." Suu Kyi spent six years under house arrest from 1989 after the military State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) took power and supressed a nationwide democracy movement. "The misgivings are not concerned with the role and aims of the democratic opposition party of the Nobel Prize laureate", Freitag told reporters. "On the contrary, the foreign ministry supports the opposition party." He said the ministry simply had concerns about allocating frequencies to broadcasters which it could not monitor 24 hours a day to be sure they were not breaking international law. (Fleming via Cumbre Dx, Oct 25) GERMANY/IRELAND WestCoastRadio Ireland is using Deutsche Telekom tx Juelich on Oct 31st: 0100-0200 5910 AM, 1500-1600 6015 EUR, 1800-1900 11665 kHz. (HCJB DX PartyLine, Oct 26) GERMANY/ITALY No further mail sce of Adventist World Radio - AWR at Darmstadt, Germany, after the end of Oct. From 1st Nov 1996 the new mailing address is: AWR, Casella Postale 383, I-47100 Forli, Italy. New mail secretary is Erika Gysin (Iris Manuela Brandl-Grau will do this job not any longer). Here is the new printed schedule of AWR, effective from 27 Oct. 96 until 29 March 1997. But no longer tx sites are given (cause AWR is now a member of HFCC, the locations have to be on a new HFFC transmitter list). Only a summarized statement, that AWR will use txs in Forli (Italy), Cahuita (Costa Rica), Guatemala City, Juelich (Germany), Agat (Guam) and Rimavska Sobota (Slovakia) an Yerevan (Armenia, MW only). Medium wave station 1561 at Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, on air since May 1991 closed end of July this year. 0000-0030 Burmese 17645 SEAs 0000-0100 Ar 5030, 6160, 15460 SAm, all Sat + Sun only 0000-0100 Ar 5030, 9725 NAm+13750(Ea.Coast),all Sat + Sun 0000-0100 F 5030, 6150, 15460 SAm 0000-0100 F 5030, 9725 NAm Mon-Fri 0000-0100 F 5030, 9725, 13750 NEAm Sun only 0000-0200 Mandarin 15225 NEAs 0030-0100 Ch 17645 SEAs 0100-0130 Bangla 17645 SAs 0100-0130 E 7315 SAs (E replaced by Nepali at 1/5/97) 0100-0200 P 5030, 6150, 15460 SAm 0100-0200 P 5030, 9725 NAm+13750(Ea.Coast),all daily 0130-0200 E 17645 SAs 0130-0200 Punjabi 7315 SAs 0200-0230 Du 5030, 6150, 15460 SAm Sat only 0200-0230 Du 5030, 9725 NAm Sat only 0200-0300 Hindi 7315 SAs 0200-0300 Sp 5030, 6150, 15460 SAm, all not Sat 0200-0300 Sp 5030, 9725 NAm+13750(Ea.Coast),all not Sat 0200-0400 Mandarin 13720, 15225 (only Sat, Sun) NEAs 0230-0300 Papiamento 5030, 6150, 15460 SAm, all Sat only 0230-0300 Papiamento 5030, 9725 NAm+13750(Ea.Coast),all Sat only 0300-0330 E 5905 NMSAf (E replaced by Somali 2/2/97) 0300-0400 Sp 5030, 9725,13750 NEAm 0300-0500 Sp 5030, 6150, 7375 SAm 0300-0500 Sp 5030, 9725 NWAm 0330-0400 Kiswahili 5905 EAf 0400-0430 E 9450 SAs 0400-0430 E 9645 EAf 0400-0500 Bulg. 5900 SEu 0400-0500 Sp 5030, 9725 NEAm 0430-0500 F 11600 EAf (F replaced by Malagasy 12/1/96) 0430-1500 Farsi 1314 NWAf 0500-0600 E 5030, 6150, 7375 SAm 0500-0600 E 5030, 6150, 7375 SAm, all Sat + Sun only 0500-0600 E 5030, 9725 NAm Sat, Sun only 0500-0600 E 5030, 9725, 13750 NEAm, all daily 0500-0600 E 5905 CNEu 0500-0600 Roman. 5900 SEu 0500-0600 Sp 5030, 6150, 7375 SAm 0500-0600 Sp 5030, 9725 NWAm Mon-Fri 0500-0700 Ar 11610 EAf 0500-0700 Ar 11610 ME 0600-0630 E 11655 NMSAf 0600-0630 Hung. 5900 SEu 0630-0700 F 7270 WAf 0630-0700 F 11655 NMSAf 0700-0800 Ar 7270 WAf 0800-0900 Ar 13715 WAf 0800-0900 G 5940 CNEu 0800-0900 I 7230 SEu (only Sat & Sun) 0900-0930 Czech 5940 CNEu (only Sun) 0900-0930 F 13715 WAf 0900-1000 G 7230 CNEu 0900-1000 P 7345 SAm 0930-1000 Czech 5940 CNEu 1000-1030 Minnan 11980 NEAs 1000-1030 R 9530 NEAs 1000-1100 Ar 13765 EAf 1000-1100 Ar 13765 NMSAf 1000-1100 E 7455 NEAs 1000-1100 Mandarin 9370 NEAs 1000-1100 Sp 5030 NAm 1000-1100 Sp 5030, 6150, 7375 SAm 1030-1100 E 9530 NEAs 1030-1100 Hakka 11980 NEAs 1100-1130 Canton. 7455 NEAs 1100-1130 Indon. 13720 SEAs 1100-1200 I 7230 SEu 1100-1200 Mandarin 9370, 11980 NEAs 1100-1300 E 5030, 6150, 7375 SAm 1100-1300 E 5030, 9725 NAm + 13750 (Ea.Coast) 1130-1200 J 13720 SEAs 1130-1200 Shanghain. 7455 NEAs 1200-1230 Tagalog 13720 SEAs 1200-1300 G 7230 CNEu 1200-1300 Kor 9650 NEAs 1200-1300 Vietnam. 11980 SEAs 1200-1500 Mandarin 7455 NEAs 1230-1300 E 13720 SEAs 1300-1330 Bangla 9370 SAs 1300-1330 F 9665 CNEu 1300-1330 J 9650 NEAs 1300-1400 Sp 5030 NAm + 9725 NWAm 1300-1400 Sp 5030, 6150, 7375 SAm 1300-1500 Mandarin 11980 NEAs 1300-1500 Sp 9725, 13750 NEAm 1330-1400 E 9370 SAs 1330-1400 E 9650 NEAs 1330-1430 Ar 9665 CNEu 1400-1430 Burmese 9370 SEAs 1400-1430 Czech 5940 CNEu (only Sun) 1400-1430 E 9465 SAs 1400-1430 Sinhalese 7395 SAs 1400-1500 Sp 9725 NWAm 1400-1600 Sp 11780 SAm Sat + Sun only 1430-1500 Ch 9370 SEAs 1430-1500 Czech 5940 CNEu 1430-1500 E 7395 SAs 1430-1500 Farsi 7265 NWAf 1430-1500 Punjabi 9465 SAs 1500-1530 Punjabi 9370 SAs 1500-1530 Tamil 7395 SAs 1500-1530 Telugu 11980 SAs 1500-1600 Ar 1314 ME 1500-1600 G 5940 CNEu 1500-1600 Hindi 7455 SAs 1500-1600 Hindi 9465 SAs 1500-1600 Sp 9725 NWAm+13750 NEAm,all Sat+Sun only 1530-1600 Kannada 7395 SAs 1530-1600 Malayalam 9370 SAs 1530-1600 Marathi 11980 SAs 1600-1630 E 9475 NMSAf 1600-1700 E 7400 SAs 1600-1700 E 9725 NAm+13750(Ea.Coast),all Sat+Sun 1600-1700 E 11870 SAm Sat+Sun only 1600-1800 Ar 7540 ME 1630-1700 Kiswahili 9475 EAf 1700-1730 E 7265 ME 1700-1730 E 9475 EAf 1700-1800 Bulg. 7110 SEu 1730-1800 E 7455 SAs 1730-1800 F 9475 EAf 1730-1800 Farsi 7265 NWAf 1800-2000 Ar 7265 EAf 1800-2000 Ar 7265 ME 1900-2000 Roman. 6015 SEu 2000-2030 F 9465 NMSAf 2000-2030 F 9835 WAf 2000-2030 Hung. 6015 SEu 2000-2100 Kor 5940, 9495 NEAs 2030-2130 E 9465 NMSAf 2030-2130 E 9835 WAf 2100-2130 J 9495 NEAs 2100-2200 Ar 9440 WAf 2100-2200 E 6055 CNEu 2100-2300 Mandarin 7455 NEAs 2130-2200 E 9465 NEAs 2130-2200 F 9465 NMSAf 2130-2200 F 9835 WAf (F replaced by Dyula at 1/5/97) 2200-2230 F 9440 WAf 2200-2230 Indon. 13720 SEAs 2200-2300 Mandarin 9370 NEAs 2200-2300 Vietnam. 9515 SEAs 2230-2300 J 13720 SEAs 2300-2330 Canton. 9370 NEAs 2300-2400 E 5030, 6150, 15460 SAm 2300-2400 E 5030, 9725 NAm + 13750 (Ea.Coast) 2300-2400 E 15610 SEAs 2300-2400 Mandarin 11980, 15225 NEAs 2330-2400 Shanghain. 9370 NEAs (AWR via Juergen Kubiak-Berlin, Oct 25) GUAM Effective Oct 27th, sked changes for KTWR are: English 9870 kHz, 1000-1100 UTC daily, additional service. Russian new 11915 kHz at Mon-Sat 0745-0900, Sun 0745-0845 UTC (retimed x1000-1145 UTC) Amoy 11650 (x11660) kHz Fri 2215-2300, Sun-Thur 2245-2300. (Bob Padula-AUS, EDXP, Oct 20) IRAN Ban on amateur radio lifted. The Ministry of Post, Telephone and Telegraph [PTT] has organized classes for amateur radio enthusiasts, allowing them to communicate with their counterparts around the globe. Operating on SW and microwave frequencies, amateur radio allows authorized owners to exchange scientific data with others internationally. The first radio was manufactured in 1896, and the International Union of Amateur Radio was established in 1925. The hobby reached Iran in 1963, and before the victory of the Islamic revolution [1979], 320 permits had been issued, most of them to foreign citizens. Interested applicants aged 16 and above can contact [the] PTT to undergo training and receive a licence. They can then apply for an amateur radio permit. (Iran News via BBCM, via AGDX, Oct 25) LEBANON Voice of Hope. We recently learned that since all our txs have been revived and are now capable of running at maximum power, our electric bill has soared to $10,000 a month. Unfortunately, the gifts and offerings sent to High Adventure Ministries are not able to substain this level of expense at the present time. So we are having to throttle back our transmitters and consider cutting back from 24 hours to 18 hours per day broadcasting. We will also be creating a web page shortly. (Gary Hull, Voice of Hope Station Manager, via Cumbre Dx, Oct 10) MONACO TWR W96 schedule, til March 29, 1997 0745-0920 & 1230-1300 ENGLISH 7115 SW1 100 GBD 324 0930-1015 & 1105-1120 GERMAN 7160 SW5 500 I0 026 6230 SW2 100 AL6 013 also 1430-1500 UTC. 1330-1415 CROATIAN 7255 SW2 100 II0 085 also Serb, Mac, Croat, and Slovenian. 1515-1600 CZECH & Slovak 6235 SW5 500 I+ 044 1600-1630 HUNGARIAN 6235 SW5 500 I+ 044 1630-1700 ROMANIAN 5895 SW1 100 EA1 105 1830-1900 TURKISH & Kurdish 7155 SW1 100 EA1 105 (Nikolay Pashkevich-RUS, Oct 24) RUSSIA/NETHERLANDS Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, CIS Relay, W96. FRQ. UTC POWER AZI LANGUAGE LOCATION 4945 1830-2125 100 235 English Krasnodar,RUS 4965 2130-2325 100 137 Indones. Dushanbe,TJK 5905 0030-0225 100 137 English Dushanbe,TJK 5930 1330-1425 250 244 Dutch *q俟3Ըx4   j-=mld\cQkkbal0eN bl{WٰeP긾|bI-|ӌeLXaMQ:t 0AJו=mѤjiCn4Fgи`s-D3_L | jm Zjz  ' }Dңhi]Wbgeq6lknv+ӉZzJgo߹ﾎCՎ`~ѡ 8ROggW?K6H+ L J6`zA`Ugn1yiFa--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: DF100004 Date: 10/27/96 From: MARTIJN RENEMAN Time: 12:35am \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: 2 bcdx.266 SRI LANKA From midnight we switching the clock to 6+ UTC. [from Oct 27] (Sarath Weerakoon, UADX, Oct 25) USA RFA - Radio Free Asia - future planned bc: 0100-0200 UTC in Laotian, 13625 kHz via Saipan. 2100-2200 UTC in Chinese, frequ?. 2200-2300 UTC in Korean, 13825 kHz via Saipan. RFA, P.O.Box 28 840, Hong Kong. (BBCM via AGDX, Oct 8) VoA ENGLISH to Africa, W96 periode till March 29 0300-0330 909 1530 4750^ 6035 6080 7105 7290 7340 7415 9575 9885 0330-0400 909 1530 6035 6080 7105 7290 7340 7415 9575 9885 0400-0430 909 1530 6035 6080 7145 7340 7415 9575 9775 0430-0500 909 6035 6080 7145 7415 9575 9775 0500-0600 909 5970 6035 6080 7295 9775 12080 0600-0630 909 1530 5970 6035 6080 7285 11950 12080 15600 0630-0700 $ 909 1530 5970 6035 6080 7285 11950 12080 15600 1600-1700 909 1530 6035 11920 12040 13600 13710 15225 15410 15445 17895 1700-1730 909 1530 6035 11920 12040 13600 13710 15410 15445 17895 1730-1800 909* 6035 11920 12040 13600 13710 15410 15445 17895 1800-1830 909 6035 11920 11975 12040 13710 15410 15580 1830-1900 909 6035 7150$ 11740$ 11920 11975 12040 13710 15410 15445$ 15580 1900-1930 909 4950@ 6035 7415 11920 11975 12040 13710 15410 15580 1930-2000 909 6035 4950 7415 11920 11975 12040 13710 15410 15580 2000-2030 909 1530 4950 6035 7415 11855 11975 13710 15410 15580 17725 17755 2030-2100 909 1530 4950$ 6035 7415 11975 13710 15410 15580 17725 17755 2100-2130 909 1530 6035 7415 11975 13710 15410 15580 17725 2130-2200 ! 909 1530 6035 7415 11975 13710 15410 15580 17725 2200-2230 * 909 1530 6035 7415 11975 12080 13710 ENGLISH to Europe and North Africa 0000-0400 1197 0400-0430 1197 7170 0430-0500 7170 0500-0515 792 7170 9700 0515-0600 792 1197 7170 9700 0600-0700 792 1197 5995 7170 11805 1200-1500 * 1197 1500-1600 1197 1630-1700 1197 1700-1800 792 1197 6040 1800-1830 6040 1830-1900 792 1197 6040 1900-1930 792* 1197 1930-2000 1197 ENGLISH to the Middle East 0000-0030 1260 1548 0030-0300 1548 0500-0600 11825 15205 0600-0700 1260 9760 11825 15205 1400-1500 1548 15205 1500-1700 1260 1548 9575 15205 1700-1800 6040 9760 15205 1800-1900 6040 9760 1900-2000 9760 2000-2100 9760 15205 2100-2200 1260 1548 6070 9595 9760 15205 2200-2230 1548 2230-2400 1260 1548 (VoA Oct 18) 6873 lsb mode Greenville VOA feeder at 0545 UTC English good w/ VOA SUNDAY pgm. All regular VOA single sideband feeder transmissions end Oct 26th, after agreement w/ Greece that Kavalla may use satellite interconnect facilities. (Kim Elliott, VoA Communications World, Oct 19) VOA ends single sideband feeds and starts digital tests. The end of this freq season on 26th Oct will mark the end of an era in VOA SW transmissions. Most DXers [radio enthusiasts] are familiar with VOA's SSB feeder txs on frequs outside the regular bc bands. The VoA HF [high frequency] feeders had remained on the air even in this satellite age because of the VOA relay in Kavala, Greece. It did not have an agreement with the Greek govt for its satellite interconnect system. Now Kavala does have the agreement so the HF feeds are no longer needed as a backup. If you want to catch the VOA SSB feeder txs, all from Greenville, North Carolina, during their last week of operation here's the schedule: 6873 kHz from 0000-0100; 0400-0800 and 2200-2400 Universal Time; 7651 kHz from 0030-0400; 10235 from 0300-0600; 10454 from 1500-2200 and 13491 from 1330-2000 UTC. Various languages will be heard during these times and sometimes one language will be on LSB while another language will be on USB. Also this week there are some experimental VOA SW transmissions you might want to check out. These are from the VOA tx at Delano, California, and the times are 0000-0230 on 5902.5 kHz and 1900-2000 hours UTC on 15235 kHz. They are testing various transmission modes including a digital mode binary phased shift keying at 8 kb per second. This will sound like an electric razor. Monitoring sts are here in Washington, plus Texas and, to test long- range skywave effects, in Spain. (VoA Oct 19, via BBCM via AGDX, Oct 25) 6873.0 L 0000-0030 VOA ENGL GR 50 067 6873.0 U 0000-0100 VOA TIBE GR 50 067 6873.0 L 0400-0700 VOA ENGL GR 50 067 6873.0 U 0600-0630 VOA ENGL GR 50 067 6873.0 U 0630-0700 VOA ENGL GR 50 067 SA-SU 6873.0 U 0730-0800 VOA ARAB GR 50 067 6873.0 U 2200-2230 VOA SERB GR 50 067 6873.0 L 2200-2400 VOA ENGL GR 50 067 7651.0 L 0030-0100 VOA HIND GR 40 045 7651.0 L 0100-0130 VOA URDU GR 40 045 7651.0 U 0100-0300 VOA ENGL GR 40 045 7651.0 L 0130-0145 VOA PASH GR 40 045 7651.0 L 0200-0215 VOA DARI GR 40 045 7651.0 U 0300-0330 VOA BULG GR 40 045 7651.0 L 0300-0430 VOA FARS GR 40 045 7651.0 U 0330-0400 VOA SERB GR 40 045 10235.0 U 0300-0400 VOA ARAB GR 40 067 NAf 10235.0 U 0400-0600 VOA ARAB GR 40 067 10454.0 L 1500-2200 VOA ENGL GR 40 045 10454.0 U 1600-1700 VOA KURD GR 40 045 10454.0 U 1830-1900 VOA ALBA GR 40 045 10454.0 U 1930-2000 VOA SERB GR 40 045 13491.5 L 1330-1430 VOA URDU GR 40 067 13491.5 U 1430-1500 VOA GEOR GR 40 067 13491.5 L 1430-1515 VOA PASH GR 40 067 13491.5 L 1515-1600 VOA DARI GR 40 067 13491.5 L 1600-1700 VOA HIND GR 40 067 13491.5 U 1700-1800 VOA ARAB GR 40 067 13491.5 L 1700-1900 VOA FARS GR 40 067 13491.5 U 1800-1900 VOA ARAB GR 40 067 13491.5 U 1900-2000 VOA TURK GR 40 067 #*#**#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# BBCM-BBC MONITORING information primarily sourced to German AGDX umbrella organization may not be further reproduced, except with BBC MONITORING permission. Extracts of items sourced to EDXP may be further reproduced, but only by organizations or individuals which have on-going exchange arrangements with EDXP. This file is put together on a voluntary basis, and is also included in our WWDXC WWW homepage,-German AGDX Club-direct address: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc/topnews.htm or via Link of Homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/wwdxc Both actual and previous week issue are available. #*#**#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX @DB0LX.#BW.DEU.EU -CompuServe 100523,3446 ***END Crossposted from Packet Radio (HAM). I am not responsible for the contents of these contributions! GRTX Martijn R. PE1NQR Member of the Benelux DX-club --- TimEd.01+_GEcho.11+ * Origin: RONO-BBS +31-50-5290813-5290384=28K8 5275978=ISDN (2:282/504) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: DF100005 Date: 10/31/96 From: SCOTT CHRISTENSEN Time: 05:43am \/To: GREG COMBS (Read 4 times) Subj: Re: Shortwave antennas Greg Combs writes in a message to Scott Christensen GC> Just wondering what a folded unipole is es what it looks like? A folded unipole starts with a metal tower grounded at the base. Then you physically and electrically attach a wire (up to 6 wires, with them all brought together electrically at a wire ring at the base) to the top and string it on standoffs (18 to 36 inches away from the tower) to the base where a tuning network converts the high impedance at that point to 50 ohms for delivery to transmitting and/or receiving equipment. It has the advantage of being a DC grounded (lightning resistant) antenna. It is also a vertical as opposed to a horizontal radiator. You should also construct a ground radial system (underground) at the base of the tower to make it electrically stable. --- COUNTERPoint 2.3 * Origin: MacRefuge * 612-426-6687 * (1:282/24@fidonet) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: DF100006 Date: 10/30/96 From: ART PREIS Time: 08:54pm \/To: JONATHAN DEFABRITIS (Read 4 times) Subj: This Week's Loggings, Par Hello Jonathan! Tuesday October 29 1996 12:29, Jonathan Defabritis wrote to Bob Chandler: BC>> So you never know what you'll pick up till you try it. BC>> Why not try out a little AM Broadcast Band DXing this fall BC>> and winter...you'd be surprised what you can pick up! JD> Because if I want to hear commercials I am only 2 miles from KFI JD> and I am often heard ON KFI. And no wonder if you can hear it... JD> it IS a clear channel station. It has no competition for that JD> frequency in North America. So where is the challange in that? JD> It's like shooting ducks in a barrel. I have to side with Bob Chandler on this one. YOU may be 2 miles from KFI, but how distant is it for Bob and I? Anything that you cannot consistently catch requires skill, perseverance and possibly a portion of luck. Just as you rely on propagation for your "Ethopian" catches, so do AM-DXers for their transatlantic or transcontinental loggings. DX-ing has so many facets there is room for all of us. JD> Personally I'd much rather hear Radio Ethiopia discussing their JD> local news than hear a commercial for canadian bathroom tissue, JD> and that has nothing to do with my intense dislike of canadians. Like you said, that is your opinion and you are entitled to it. Just curious, what have 28 Million Canadians done to deserve your wrath? Art --- * Origin: The Munsters, Munster, Ontario, Canada (1:163/335.18) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: DF100007 Date: 10/31/96 From: ART PREIS Time: 07:18pm \/To: DOUG ESPY (Read 4 times) Subj: **** HELP **** Hello Doug! Wednesday October 30 1996 22:51, Doug Espy wrote to Art Preis: -=>> Quoting Art Preis to Dan Douglas <=- AP>> We are trying... DD>> And what is Ham Radio? DE> Ham radio is much more sophisticated and also much more expensive DE> let's say than CB radio allowing more bandspreads, transmitter DE> power and modes of operation in which the result is alot of DE> distance on communications pending atmospheric conditions. I am DE> almost sure you have ham operators in your area and you should DE> visit if intrested. KE4GQE Thanks Doug, won't have to go very far for that. My XYLs call is VE3OMF and mine VA3AP :-) --- * Origin: VA3AP, Nepean, Ontario (1:163/335.18) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: DF100008 Date: 10/31/96 From: ART PREIS Time: 07:15pm \/To: BOB CHANDLER (Read 4 times) Subj: Domestic SW stations from Canada Hello Bob! Tuesday October 29 1996 23:42, Bob Chandler wrote to Gregory Baker: BC> Sometimes I hear the VOCM relay out of Marystown, Nfld. on 740 BC> KHz. That seems to be the easiest one in these parts. Do you use a Loop to avoid hearing the Toronto CBC outlet on 740 KHz, which must be a lot stronger in your area than VOCM? --- * Origin: The Munsters, Munster, Ontario, Canada (1:163/335.18) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: DF100009 Date: 10/31/96 From: ART PREIS Time: 08:08pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: RCI needs your support The following message is reprinted with permission from Larry Wilcox, VE3WEH: LETS SAVE RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL! If you care about the survival of RCI and want to save it from the next round of federal government cuts, read the following article AND SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Honourable Sheila Copps, Minister of Canadian Heritage, care of the Parliament of Canada, Ottawa. Postage is not required, drop in any mail box without a stamp, or send your e-mail to her at: min_copps@pch.gc.ca Send a copy of your comments to the Honourable John Manley, Minister of Industry, care of the Parliament of Canada, or send your e-mail to him at: minister.industry@ic.gc.ca "RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL STILL VITAL BRIDGE TO THE WORLD" For Southham Newspapers, The Ottawa Citizen, October 21, 1996 By Pierre Juneau, former President of the CBC, Chairman of the CRTC, and Deputy Minister of Communications At midnight on March 31, 1997, a quiet, efficient voice that has brought knowledge and enlightenment to listeners around the world since the of the Second World War may fall silent. That is the deadline for the federal government to find a way to keep Radio Canada International (RCI) on the air. How has our highly regarded international service come to be a pawn between the CBC and the government, scrambling from reprieve to reprieve? How can it be that the most cost-efficient of the worlds's 126 international broadcasters is forced to subject its employees to pink slips, then take them back? And how long can this continue? These are questions to which there seems to be no rational answer. For less than the price of one cup of coffee a year,; Canadians have built an international broadcaster which reaches millions of listeners around the world with credible, necessary information that builds essential bridges to Canada, and to democratic life. RCI, which once spoke to the world in 16 languages, still broadcasts 232 hours a week in English, French, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, Arabic and Spanish. RCI listeners in the U>S> Russia, China, Latin America, the Baltic countries and Africa can count on programming that maintains a Canadian presence at minimal cost. Many families contemplating immigration, potential tourists, investors and international business persons have learned about this country through RCI. RCI's English and French lessons teach people in other societies about Canadian life, culture, business and our domestic and foreign polices even while they are learning our official languages. If you have ever tried to buy a Canadian newspaper abroad, you can imagine how important RCI is to Canadians who live overseas. But it may be even more important to those in foreign countries who have no access to information that is unbiased and credible: those whose national broadcasters are dominated by an undemocratic regime, or those who are in remote locations where only shortwave is available. The Internet has growing penetration and importance but more than 200 million people worldwide continue to count on shortwave. At a time when the CBC is losing a third of its budget, it is easy to forget the importance of RCI. After all, only its root system is present domestically; its results flower less visibly worldwide. But slashing such a low-cost operation to save money is like burning the furniture to heat the house; the benefits are very brief, the loss is forever. Weakening radio and TV programming regionally and nationally is bad enough. But if RCI disappears, it will never come back. The international frequencies will be lost to other countries and the professional expertise developed over decades will be dispersed. RCI needs long-term, stable funding and some guarantees that it will be allowed to do its job. Heritage Minister Sheila Copps has promised that RCI problems will be solved. This is a promise that must be kept. NOTE: The following additional background information is from Larry Wilcox and will give you more information about RCI. RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL (RCI): Radio Canada International is currently the "Voice of Canada" to the world. An Order-in-Council of 1942 created the International Service and the first broadcast took place on February 25, 1945 when I was five years old! RCI's mandate is to reflect Canadian life and culture to a global audience and to present Canadian opinion on national and international matters. RCI is part of the CBC and has operated continuously since 1945. Since 1991, the budget for RCI has been funded directly by a separate vote of parliament. Contrary to the popular belief of some bureaucrats and the public, however sophisticated our present-day communications systems are, Shortwave broadcasting is still the only medium of mass communication with global reach and instant impact and remains the only way to reliably relay news and information directly to listeners worldwide! Almost every country in the world is broadcasting shortwave and the combined audiences are estimated at more than 200 million! RCI'S PLACE IN INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING: Only a handful of the many international broadcasters are based in democratic countries. RCI programs are well produced and their broadcasts are not perceived to have ulterior political agendas. RCI brings additional credibility to issues pertinent to North American, Commonwealth and Francophone countries. RCI'S PEOPLE: RCI's success is due to a dedicated staff of 120 people based in Montreal with regional bureaus in Halifax, Quebec City, Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton and Vancouver. Technical staff are in Sackville, New Brunswick and West Carleton, Ontario. More than 110 people of the 120, are directly involved in programming or technical production. RCI'S ROLE & PROGRAMS: RCI's role is "...to provide a program service designed to attract an international audience with the purpose of further developing international awareness of Canada and the Canadian identity by distributing, through shortwave and other means, programs which reflect the realities and quality of Canadian life and culture, Canada's national interests and policies and the spectrum of Canadian viewpoints on national and international affairs. RCI also broadcasts programs to the growing number of Canadians abroad in recognition of their need of more Canadian news and information." RCI broadcasts in many languages including English, French, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, Arabic and Spanish. External Affairs Canada determines which languages RCI uses for its broadcasts. RCI shortwave programs are broadcast from nine transmitters (three of 100 kw and six of 250 kw) in Sackville, NB and, by international agreements, through transmitters in England, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Korea, Japan, China and Cyprus. Surveys undertaken by RCI and other international broadcasters indicate an audience ranging from 9 to 16 million regular listeners, which is an impact out of proportion to the population of Canada. Gallup Institute surveys show that, in the United States alone, one and a quarter million people tune to RCI at least once a week. A typical RCI program is 30 minutes long, and consists of a 10-minute newscast followed by 20 minutes of current affairs features, with press reviews, reports and interviews on political, economic, social and cultural issues. Most of the programs are broadcast on shortwave but some are heard on many regional and local radio stations in the USA, Russia, China, Latin American and the Ukraine. These programs are sent via satellite, or other means for rebroadcast. RCI's successful English Learning Programs are broadcast locally and heard by tens of million so people in China, Russian, Ukraine, the Baltic countries, Latin America and Africa. In addition, RCI relays programs via transmitters in Daventry, England; Sines, Portugal; Yamata and Tokyo, Japan; Xian, China; Kimjae, South Korea; and Moosbrunn, Austria. They reach hundreds of thousands of other listeners in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and Europe. RCI also help Canada's military contingent in Europe stay in touch with home by supplying programming, technical and administrative support to the Canadian Forces Radio Network. RCI MONITORING: The West Carleton shortwave monitoring facility is located about 30 km from Ottawa and plays a vital role by assessing signal quality for RCI. About 28 different foreign broadcasters are monitored and about 855 transmitter hours are logged each week. This facility also picks up programs for RCI and the CBC networks which are fed via Montreal to Sackville for simultaneous rebroadcast. In the event of satellite failure, the West Carleton facility can pick up any programs for rebroadcast by the Sackville transmitter. This facility is unique in North American and is renowned throughout the world! POLITICS AND THE FUTURE OF RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL? What's in store for RCI next year? Will the federal government "pull the plug" and destroy it? The total budget for RCI is 16.5 million dollars and is shared equally by the CBC and Foreign Affairs Canada. The CBC announced that RCI would be closed down on March 31, 1996 but the Canadian and International outcry and subsequent protest to keep RCI alive, gave it a reprieve for another year. RCI'S VALUE AND COST RCI has the highest listeners-per-dollar-spent ratio of all the international broadcasters except for the BBC and the Voice of America. RCI's annual cost per capita of a measly 54 cents is the lowest for any comparable international service! In 1990/91, the CBC cut its budget resulting in a devastating 35% reduction in RCI funding, service in 7 languages was chopped, and staff reduced nearly 50% at the end of March 1991. In comparison with RCI, Swiss Radio International has the same size staff, the same number of broadcast languages and spends three times as much as RCI! The budgets of BBC World Service is 17 times more and the Voice of America is 21 times more than RCI! Currently, out of 126 international radio broadcasting organizations around the world, 101 are funded by governments. The remaining 25 are funded by religious organizations. NOTE: This background history of shortwave radio in Canada was prepared from several sources without information received from Radio Canada International publications and from information gleaned from "Monitoring Times", April 1995 and March 1996. CONCLUSION: On an world wide basis, some short wave stations have been closed over the years, but no democratic nation has ever shut down all of its short wave broadcasts! Would the Canadian Government, in all its wisdom, dare to become the first nation in the world to abandon the shortwave scene entirely by closing Radio Canada International? RCI provides valuable and informative news and information about Canada and our culture to millions of Canadian and world wide shortwave listeners! Canada would be depriving millions of listeners around the world! What will happen the next time they try to pull the plug? We need RCI for all Canadians and to represent Canada to the world, other budget cuts can and should be made instead! CHRONOLOGY OF RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL 1942 Order-in-council creates the International Service. 1945 First broadcast. 1950 Programs broadcast in 16 languages to Europe, Caribbean, Latin American and Australia. 1955 Budgetary restrictions 5 daily programs to weekly broadcasts. 1961 Daily service to Africa begins. 1964 The beginning of broadcasting to the USA in English and French. 1965 The Fowler Commission defines the role of Canadian international broadcasting. 1972 The International Service is renamed "RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL". 1977 Program personnel grouped into target areas. 1980 RCI's Mandate broadened to serve Canadians abroad. 1986 RCI broadcasting in 12 languages and does rebroadcast placement. 1991 RCI is now funded by separate vote of Parliament. Broadcasts are in 7 languages. 1996 CBC decides to close RCI but Canadian and International outcry and protest gives it a one-year reprieve. March, 1997 RCI's future is in the hands of the Canadian government which may decide to cut all funding and close down, for the first time in history, Canadian shortwave transmissions to the world! PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU NEED FURTHER CONVINCING TO KEEP RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL SEE THE FIRST PARAGRAPH WHICH MAKES REFERENCE TO HER JOB TO "ADVANCE CANADIAN CULTURE AND SHOWCASE THE RICHNESS OF OUR COUNTRY TO THE WORLD". THE FOLLOWING IS TAKEN FROM SHEILA COPPS WORLD WIDE WEB PAGE ON INTERNET: The Minister's Page Welcome citizens of Canada, and citizens of the world, to my home page on the Internet. Here, at Canadian Heritage, our job is to advance Canadian culture, celebrate our heritage and embrace our identity. And while we strive to convey Canada to Canadians, we also want to showcase the richness of our country to the world. Canadians have a lot to be proud of and a lot of stories to tell. We are incredibly creative people, and an incredibly diverse people. We have two official languages, but many other unofficial ones. We have vast and wild spaces, but bustling and dynamic city centres too. We have great challenges to overcome, but we also have limitless opportunities to explore. Canada, in short, is a modern country, ready for the 21st century. At this site, you will get a glimpse of what we are all about. You have access to our treasures and to our thinking. For example, if you need information on our national parks system look no further. If you are looking for speeches, reports, cultural event calendars, legislation or important phone numbers and contacts, you will find it here. I hope you like what you see. If you have any comments, please let me know. My Internet address is: min_copps@pch.gc.ca I look forward to hearing what you have to say. Sheila Copps Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Canadian Heritage --- * Origin: The Munsters, Munster, Ontario, Canada (1:163/335.18) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: DF100010 Date: 10/31/96 From: BILL CHEEK Time: 12:07am \/To: JONATHAN DEFABRITIS (Read 4 times) Subj: WinRadio Review Yo! Jonathan: Tuesday October 29 1996 12:29, Jonathan Defabritis wrote to Bill Cheek: BC>> Let's try it bynetmail or perhaps some other echo more suited to BC>> peculiar ideas. JD> Then again, let's not. After getting so cheeky with me in your reply JD> I'd prefer not to read anything from you again. So I will prevent it JD> with the latest addition to my killfile. I will also wait for some JD> other company to produce a similar product and perhaps I will buy JD> theirs, if it is compatable with what I want it to be compatable JD> with. Haveing read your reply, I'll not be buying WinRadio even if it JD> was 100% compatable for my equipment, software and finances. I didn't JD> like seeing a commercial advertizement in SHORTWAVE to begin with, JD> and now that we've "had words" that seals it. Beg your pardon? I don't understand.............. Bill Cheek | Internet: bcheek@cts.com | Compu$erve: 74107,1176 Windows 95 Juggernaut Team | Microsoft MVP --- Hertzian Mail+ * Origin: Hertzian Intercept-San Diego 619-578-9247 (6pm-1pm) (1:202/731) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: DF100011 Date: 10/31/96 From: KEVIN REDDING Time: 02:19pm \/To: DAN DOUGLAS (Read 4 times) Subj: **** HELP **** -=> Quoting Dan Douglas to *** All **** <=- DD> Ok , so my Radio goes from about these .. DD> AM 530 - 1700 kHz DD> FM 88 - 108. MHz DD> What's the diff between AM / FM. The difference other than the wavelength difference [number of waves that cross a given point in a second] is that they are different methods of transmission. I'd advise a trip to the library and check out some ARRL books that may help you out. DD> HOw come FM seems to be a much stronger signal , Because FM is generally short range and is a much stronger signal. Max AM power is 50,000 watts. Max FM power is 100,000 watts. DD> and can go in Stereo DD> (AM Cannot) , AM can and is broadcast in stereo as well. You just have to have an AM stereo receiver. [Yes they do make them, you just have to look hard to find them] DD> but then why can I get AM stations from like OHIO and DD> places far away at nightime? That is a function of frequency and the ionosphere. If you ask too many propagational questions even physicists get headaches. Propagation [the way waves travel] is very capricious. DD> SO there are other transmissions outside the regular 530-1700 kHz. 530-1700 khz is only an extremely small portion of the radio spectrum. DD> So therefor there could be a transmission at 10 kHz ? There are x-missions at that wavelength. Mostly used by the military for comms with submarines in codes that the public cannot decipher. DD> Does the number of kHz affect signal quality , what is the higest Hz DD> possible. I doubt anyone knows the answer to this. DD> If you're able to get to DD> 1700 kHz and start again at 88MHz , there must be an imbetween . There is a lot of inbetween. Most people call it shortwave and VHF radio and TV freqs. DD> since it's all in Hz's. Yep. DD> and therefor why wouldn't AM get stereo , since it's also Hz. No you can get AM stereo with the right receiver, with the majorly used methos of stereo transmission in a mode called C-QUAM. The lesser used and generally being phased out AM stereo method of transmission is called the Kahn System. DD> And why is AM effected and goes all screwy when I turn on my computer DD> and FM doesn't , it must be the Hz level I guess? Bingo. Or it could be a bad receiver with poor rejection qualities or it could be that you have a bad computer. DD> How does it all work? Pure flippin' magic. Naaah. You have to learn a little physics, and study a bit of electronics to know how it works. Really it isn't all that hard. Maybe you can study it and become a radio engineer. DD> SO where can I pick up a radio that will pick up these frequencies. DD> ? Radio Shack, and other places. DD> And what's the cost? $50-300 depending for what you want if you get a portable, and as high as $3000 or more for a professional rig. DD> What kind of transmissions will you recieve? Everything under the sun. DD> Anyways I'm going on too long here , hope someone can help me out? How'd I do? DD> ANd what is Ham Radio? Radio using pigs legs. Naah, really it is people who are using radios as a hobby licensed to transmit. They can talk around the world. It is fun but can be expensive. Kevin KA1MBA ... A photographic memory...with the lens cap still on... ___ Blue Wave/386 v2.30 [NR] --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: FIDO: The Ranch & Cattle Metro BBS * (602) 943-1497 (1:114/270.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: DF100012 Date: 10/31/96 From: SCOTT CHRISTENSEN Time: 06:42pm \/To: DOUG ESPY (Read 4 times) Subj: RE: Shortwave antennas Doug Espy writes in a message to Scott Christensen DE> Most of the smart folks use a diapole strung for horizontal DE> polarization cut to resonant frequency @ 1/2 wave length with DE> one leg to the NorthEast and the other to the SouthWest to DE> get the major pattern lobes to Southern Africa and to the Pacific DE> NorthWest mostly to reduce QRM and Hetrodyning stations from DE> Europe. That's just the sort of antenna I was trying to avoid. It's not that I don't have the space, but I want to confine my antennas to one small section of the back yard - leaving the rest of the yard for more normal uses without the unsightly wires. (All of our utilities are below ground.) --- COUNTERPoint 2.3 * Origin: MacRefuge * 612-426-6687 * (1:282/24@fidonet)