--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: F2L00000 Date: 02/13/98 From: TREVOR BATES Time: 09:04pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: RSGB & Other News..... GB2RS NEWS BROADCAST Good morning / evening. It's Sunday the 15th of February [1998] and here is the GB2RS news broadcast, prepared by the RSGB and intended for all radio amateurs and short-wave listeners. More than a hundred special event stations will be on the air next weekend, the 21st and 22nd of February, for the annual Guides Thinking Day on the Air. This event is similar to Jamboree on the Air and provides a great opportunity to introduce amateur radio to groups of young people. Next Sunday, the 22nd of February, the RSGB National VHF Convention takes place at Sandown Park Exhibition Centre, Esher in Surrey. Attractions include an RSGB book and information stand, specialist RSGB committees, lecture streams, Morse tests on demand, the presentation of trophies, and a trade exhibition. Full details can be found in the February RadCom. Further details can also be obtained by calling Marcia Brimson, 2E1DAY, at RSGB HQ on 01 707 659 015. There is a coach trip from the UK to the Dunkirk Amateur Radio Rally in France on Sunday the 10th of May. The coach will leave Sandy in Bedfordshire at 6.00am and return in the late evening. For further details contact Brian Elliott, G4MEO, on 01 767 680 043. Last week's GB2RS reported activity on the new 136kHz band. Further news has arrived from Derek Holmes, GW3JSV, located near Welshpool, Powys. He heard test signals radiated by G3KAU, near Crawley, and G2AJV at Canterbury. Signals - received on a TS-440 in a bandwidth of 200Hz - were not strong, but 'definitely R5'. The aerial in use was a Top Band inverted vee dipole at 50ft above ground level. When receiving the signal from G2AJV, the same aerial was resonated onto 136kHz by means a of 85 micro henrys inductor, giving a lift in signal strength over the plain dipole of some 10dB. GW3JSV suggests that operators transmitting beacons on the band should indicate a listening frequency, perhaps on 80 metres, where they could listen for reports. The RSGB's Data Communications Committee has a vacancy for a corresponding member to cover the counties of Derbyshire, East Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. In the first instance, those interested should contact either the Chairman, G0MHD, or the Secretary, G0RDI. The correct addresses for both appear in the RSGB Yearbook. Dave Biram, G6TVA, will be filling the role during the interim period, and queries concerning data comms matters for the counties should go to him. He is available via packet radio as G6TVA@GB7SYP, or e-mail. Newport Amateur Radio Society raised more than stlg400 for the Children in Need Appeal last November, by operating the special event station GB0PB. The club would like to thank all stations who made contact with them - and that was around 100 in total - plus all those who sponsored them. LATEST CALLSIGNS SSL has informed the Society that as of last Wednesday morning, the latest callsigns allocated were in the M0 Bravo November -- and M1 Charlie Romeo -- series, and Novice calls in the 2 0 Alfa Romeo -- and 2 1 Golf Kilo -- series. ************************************************************ Contest News: This weekend, the 14th and 15th of February, the first session of the RSGB 1.8MHz CW contest runs from 2100UTC until 0100UTC. Also this weekend, the 14th and 15th, the Worldwide RTTY WPX contest takes place. Brief rules can be found on page 67 of the February RadCom. Next weekend, the 21st and 22nd of February, the ARRL International DX contest takes place. Brief rules can be found on page 67 of the February RadCom. The full rules of all RSGB contests may be found in the September 1997 RadCom. ************************************************************ PROPAGATION NEWS Due to the omission of solar news from last week's GB2RS broadcast, this week's solar factual data, compiled by Neil Clarke, G0CAS, covers the period from the 26th of January to the 8th of February. First, news for the 26th of January to the 1st of February: Solar activity was low on the 26th, 28th and 29th, with C class flares taking place. The remainder of the period was very low. Solar flux levels declined from 101 units on the 27th, to 89 by the 31st. The average was 95. The 90 day solar flux average on the 1st was 97, the same level as last week. X-ray flux declined from B1.7 to A5.6. The average was A9.3 units. Geomagnetic activity was 'quiet', except for the 30th when activity increased to 'unsettled', with an Ap of 19. The average was Ap 8 units. Solar wind speeds varied between 280 and 470 kilometres per second for the period from the 19th to the 25th of January. Particle densities decreased from 30 to 5 particles per cubic centimetre on the 20th. During the 21st, levels increased to 50, but then declined to between 5 and 20 particles per cubic centimetre for the remainder of the period. Bz was northerly, up to 17 nanoTeslas on the 19th, then varied between minus 13 and plus 13 nanoTeslas on the 20th and the 21st. Levels then varied between minus 5 and plus 5 nanoTeslas for the rest of the period. Now the ionospheric data for the period from the 23rd to the 29th of January. The F2 daytime critical frequencies at Juliusruh varied between 6.2MHz and 7.2MHz. The average was 6.9MHz. The darkness hour lows increased from 1.8MHz on the 23rd to 2.4MHz by the 26th. The average was 1.9MHz. Daytime highs took place between 1000 and 1300 UTC. Darkness hour lows were between 0400 and 0600 UTC, except for the 24th and the 28th when they took place at 1900 and 2000 UTC respectively. And now the solar factual data for the period from the 2nd to the 8th of February: Solar flux levels remained at very low levels, declining from 89 to 83 units by the 7th. The average was 86. The 90 day solar flux average on the 8th was 96, one unit down on last week. X-Ray flux levels also declined slightly, and averaged A4.8. Geomagnetic activity was 'quiet', the average was Ap 4 units. Solar wind speeds declined from 500 to 340 kilometres per second from the 26th to the 30th of January, but increased to 460 kilometres per second on the 31st and the 1st of February. Particle densities varied between 3 and 18 particles per cubic centimetre up to the 31st, then increased to 27 on the 31st and the 1st. Bz hovered around zero nanoTeslas up to the 29th, then then swung southerly with maximum deflections of minus 8 nanoTeslas. Now the ionospheric data for the period from the 30th of January to the 5th of February. The F2 daytime critical frequencies at Juliusruh declined from 8.2MHz on the 30th to 6.9MHz by the 5th. The average was 7.3MHz. The darkness hour lows averaged 2MHz, but on the 1st levels were down to 1.4MHz. The daytime highs took place around midday, except for the 3rd and the 5th when they occurred at 0900 and 1000 UTC respectively. Darkness hour lows took place between 0400 and 0600 UTC each day, except for the 31st when they occurred at 1800 UTC. And now the solar forecast. This week the active side of the sun is expected to be looking our way. Solar activity should be low, but may increase to moderate levels some days. Solar flux levels are expected to increase to around the 100 mark. Geomagnetic activity is expected to be 'unsettled' today and tomorrow, but then decline to 'quiet' levels for the remainder of the week. MUFs during daylight hours at equal latitudes should be about 23MHz for the south and 20MHz for the north. Paths this week to Japan are expected to have a maximum usable frequency with a 50 per cent success rate of about 22MHz. The optimum working frequency with a 90 per cent success rate will be 17MHz. These frequencies are based on London, and the working frequencies will be slightly lower the further north you are. The best time to try this path will be between 0800 and 1000 UTC. And that's the end of the solar information. For more on Propagation see http://www.rsgb.org/society/psc.htm. *********************************************************** DX News: From Pulau Layang Layang in the Spratly Islands, the Chiltern DX Club DXpedition team will be active until the 22 February as 9M0C. Operation will be on all bands from 1.8 to 50MHz. The members of the team are: G3NOM/9M2OM, G3WGV, G3OZF, G3NUG, G4JVG, G0OPB, G3XTT, G3SED, K5VT, VK2BEX and 9M6SU. From the Dominican Republic, SM7DQW/HI will be active until the 1st of March. And from Honduras, HR6/KA2OIG will be operational until the 26th of February, using CW on 30 metres only. These DX news items came from the weekly RSGB DX News Sheet, edited by Chris Page, G4BUE. *********************************************************** NEWS FOR SCOTLAND Meeting for Friday the 13th of February: Aberdeen Amateur Radio Society meets for a talk by Tony, GM4HTU entitled 'Noise'. For further information contact Robert on 01 224 896 142. ************************************************************ NEWS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND No club news has been submitted for Northern Ireland this week. ************************************************************ NEWS FOR THE SOUTH WEST Meetings for Monday the 16th of February: Appledore and District Amateur Radio Club gathers for a talk by Dennis, G0FCL entitled 'Eyes in the Sky'. For further details contact Den, G0UMT on 01 237 471 802. Exeter Amateur Radio Society has an on-the-air evening. For further details telephone 01 392 875 498. St Austell Amateur Radio Club meets for a talk by Mike, G1DDK entitled 'Maritime and Amateur Equipments'. For details telephone 01 726 72951. Weston-super-Mare Radio Society has a 'workshop'. For further details contact Graham, G8WAR on 01 934 415 700. Meeting for Tuesday the 17th of February: Plymouth Radio Club meets for a talk entitled 'Eastern Block Radio'. For further information contact Den, G7NMA on 01 752 346 158 before 9pm. Meeting for Wednesday the 18th of February: South Bristol Amateur Radio Club meets for a display of Morse keys. For further information telephone 01 275 834 282. Meeting for Thursday the 19th of February: Yeovil Amateur Radio Club gathers for a talk by G3CQR entitled 'Radio Experiences in the Far East'. For information telephone 01 460 546 57. Meetings for Friday the 20th of February: Devizes and District Amateur Radio Club meets for a talk on transmitter interference. For more information contact Noel, G4TIX on 01 380 724 533. Torbay Amateur Radio Society has its Annual General Meeting. For further details contact Peter, G4VTO on 01 803 864 528. Winchester Amateur Radio Club meets for a talk by Tim Walford, G3PCJ on QRP. For details contact Richard, 2E1EDX on 01 962 881 975. ************************************************************ NEWS FOR WALES The 70m centimetre repeater GB3CM, near Carmarthen, was successfully switched on at a new site on the 6th of February. For further details contact the repeater keeper, GW0IVG, whose address is correct in the RSGB Yearbook. The Barry Amateur Radio and Computer Rally takes place next Sunday the 22nd of February. For further details telephone 01 222 832 253 Meeting for Monday the 16th of February: Dragon Amateur Radio Club screens RSGB videos. For further details contact John, GW3VVC on 01 248 714 655. Meeting for Tuesday the 17th of February: Barry Amateur Radio Society has a rally briefing meeting. For more details contact Margaret, GW4GSH on 01 446 738 756. ************************************************************ NEWS FOR EAST ANGLIA Meeting for Tuesday the 17th of February: Bury St Edmunds Amateur Radio Society meets for a talk by Gerald, G0HEM entitled 'Seeing the Voltages Inside an Integrated Circuit'. For further details telephone 01 284 787 234 evenings. Meeting for Wednesday the 18th of February: Ipswich Radio Club meets for AMTOR/RTTY operating. For further details contact Iain on 01 206 396 419. Norfolk Amateur Radio Club gathers for a video by Jack, G3NJQ entitled 'Battle of the Beams'. For details contact John, G0VZD on 01 953 604769. Meeting for Thursday the 19th of February: Colchester Radio Amateurs meets for a talk by Philip, G0NXH about Direction Finding. For more details contact Brian on 01 206 822 547. Meeting for Friday the 20th of February: Yarmouth Radio Club has a junk sale. For further details contact G3NHU on 01 493 721 173. ************************************************************ NEWS FOR THE MIDLANDS GB2CW broadcaster G4LHI is back on the air after a break of several months. He will transmit on Tuesdays at 1900 UTC on 145.275MHz. Meeting for Monday the 16th of February: Leicester Radio Society meets for a talk by Dr Ann Bonell about the Leicester Astronomical Society. For further details telephone 0116 231 3194. Stourbridge and District Amateur Radio Society has a construction ompetition. For further details contact Gordon, G0TZV on 01 384 395 206. Meetings for Tuesday the 17th of February: Loughborough and District Amateur Radio Club gathers for a talk by Art, G3KWY entitled 'Operating Procedures - Practical Session on HF'. For further details contact Ian, G8SNF on 01 509 218 259. Wolverhampton Amateur Radio Society screens a video entitled 'Early Radar'. For further details telephone 01 902 751 936. Meetings for Wednesday the 18th of February: Bolsover Amateur Radio Society has a junk sale. For more details contact Colin, G0RXT on 01 246 822 856. Derby and District Amateur Radio Society has a quiz night. For more details contact Martin, G3SZJ on 01 332 556 875. Telford and District Amateur Radio Society has an 'under stlg5' construction competition. For details contact Mike, G3JKX on 01 952 299 677. Meetings for Thursday the 19th of February: Salop Amateur Radio Society has an on-the-air evening. For further details contact G7SBD whose details are correct in the RSGB Yearbook. Solihull Amateur Radio Society meets for a talk by G6UFI about WACRAL. For details contact G8AYY on 0121 783 2996. Meeting for Friday the 20th of February: Coventry Amateur Radio Society has its Annual Dinner. For further details contact Robin, G4JDO on 01 203 673 999. Meeting for Saturday the 21st of February: South Notts Amateur Radio Club stages a Thinking Day on the Air station. For more details telephone 01 509 672 846. ************************************************************ NEWS FOR WALES The 70m centimetre repeater GB3CM, near Carmarthen, was successfully switched on at a new site on the 6th of February. For further details contact the repeater keeper, GW0IVG, whose address is correct in the RSGB Yearbook. The Barry Amateur Radio and Computer Rally takes place next Sunday the 22nd of February. For further details telephone 01 222 832 253 Meeting for Monday the 16th of February: Dragon Amateur Radio Club screens RSGB videos. For further details contact John, GW3VVC on 01 248 714 655. Meeting for Tuesday the 17th of February: Barry Amateur Radio Society has a rally briefing meeting. For more details contact Margaret, GW4GSH on 01 446 738 756. ************************************************************ NEWS FOR THE SOUTH EAST GB2CW broadcaster G4LHI is back on the air after a break of several months. He will transmit on Tuesdays at 1900 UTC on 145.275MHz. The Cambridge and District Amateur Radio Club rally takes place today, the 15th of February, at the Ambulance Station, Addenbrooks Hospital. Doors open at 10am and features include trade stands, a car boot sale and a bring and buy. Meetings for Monday the 16th of February: Braintree and District Amateur Radio Society meets for a talk by Allison Hartley from BBC Essex. For further details contact Keith, RS173686 on 01 376 347 736. East Kent Radio Society meets for a talk by Ron, G3FUN entitled 'Aerials I Have Known'. For details contact Paul, G3VJF on 01 227 742 288. Slough and Windsor Club has a surplus equipment sale. For further details contact G6EIL on 01 628 625 720. Meetings for Tuesday the 17th of February: Bromley and District Amateur Radio Society gathers for a talk by Pat Hawker, G3VA entitled 'Clandestine Radio'. For further details contact Alan, G0TLK on 0181 777 0420. Stevenage and District Amateur Radio Society has a video evening. For more details contact Peter, 2E1CRK on 01 462 674 505. Meetings for Wednesday the 18th of February: Aylesbury Vale Radio Society has a rig alignment evening. For further information contact Gerry, G7VFV on 01 296 432 234. Cheshunt and District Amateur Radio Club has a 'members forum'. For further information contact G3WFM on 01 707 651 532. Fareham and District Amateur Radio Club has a junk sale. For more details contact Andrew, G0AMS on 01 329 235 397. Worthing and District Amateur Radio Club gathers for a talk by G8JVE entitled 'Home Brew HF Receiver'. For more details contact Roy, G4GPX on 01 903 753 893. Meetings for Thursday the 19th of February: Hoddesdon Radio Club meets for a 'Badger Boards' evening. For further details contact Don, G3JNJ on 0181 292 3678. Shefford and District Amateur Radio Society has its Annual General Meeting. For more details contact Derek, G4JLP on 01 462 851 722 . Southend and District Radio Society has its Annual General Meeting. For further details contact G0TTM whose details are in the RSGB Yearbook. Sutton and Cheam Radio Society has a constructional contest. For more details contact John, G0BWV on 0181 644 9945. Meetings for Friday the 20th of February: Cambridge and District Amateur Radio Club has a club project night. For further details telephone 01 223 872 258 during evening hours. Dunstable Downs Radio Club has a 'car boot sale envelope stuff' evening. For further details telephone 01 582 861 936. Maidstone Amateur Radio Club has a construction evening. For more details contact Mike, G0VQB on 01 634 856 765. Silverthorn Radio Club meets for a talk by G0CIB entitled 'Yaesu FT-757GX Mark two'. For more details contact Dave, G0KHC on 0181 505 1871. Meeting for Saturday the 21st of February: Radio Society of Harrow participates in Thinking Day on the Air from Quaker Meeting House. For further details contact Jim on 0171 278 6421 daytime. ************************************************************ NEWS FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND Considerable interest was shown in the first experiment in radio teaching over the air, which took place in the Greater Manchester area nine days ago. It has therefore been decided to carry out a second trial, when Gordon, G3LEQ, will make contact with Laurie, G0MRL, and discuss the subject of 'Radio Wave Propagation'. Initially, G3LEQ will call G0MRL and G4GSY after the GB2RS news bulletin at 11.00UTC today, Sunday the 15th, on 145.525MHz and 433.350MHz - in order to agree suitable working frequencies on the two bands. Legally required identification breaks will be taken. Ideally, listeners should be equipped with a note pad, a simple calculator and a copy of the RAE Manual. Further details can be obtained from Gordon Adams, G3LEQ on 01565 652 652. The Northern Cross Rally takes place today, Sunday the 15th, at the Thornes Park Athletic Stadium, Wakefield. Doors open at 11am and 10.30am for disabled visitors. Meeting for Sunday the 15th of February: North Wakefield Radio Club has a Thinking Day on the Air evening. For further details contact M1BOV on 0113 253 9087. Meeting for Monday the 16th of February: Thornton Cleveleys Amateur Radio Society has a surplus sale. For more details write to: 8 The Grove, Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 2JD. Meetings for Tuesday the 17th of February: Halifax and District Amateur Radio Society meets for a talk by Bill, G4KQN entitled 'Cranwell and a Strange Meeting'. For further details contact Ray, G0PMU on 01 274 600 297. Liverpool and District Amateur Radio Society has a quiz night. For more information telephone 0151 722 1178. Wakefield and District Radio Society meets for its Northern Cross Rally debrief. For further details contact Ian, M0BFO on 01 924 216 502. Meetings for Wednesday the 18th of February: Denby Dale and District Amateur Radio Society meets for a talk by Harold, G4YRH and Peter, G0PPQ entitled 'the History of WACRAL'. For further details contact Tony, G4LLZ on 01 484 664 360. Hornsea Amateur Radio Club has an activity evening. For further details telephone 01 964 562 258. Mid Cheshire Amateur Radio Society has a video night. For more details contact Ted on 01 606 592 207. Meetings for Friday the 20th of February: East Cleveland Amateur Radio Club has a 'bring and show' evening. For more details contact Alistair, G4OLK on 01 642 475 671. North Ferriby United Amateur Radio Society has a Morse Practice session. For more details telephone 01 482 656 324. South Manchester Radio Club meets for an evening on 'Shack Layout'. For further details contact G7FQY on 0161 969 1964. MERSEYSIDE (HMS PLYMOUTH) GROUP, FEBRUARY NEWS. ISSUED 12/02/98. FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED, THE CHAIRMAN IS AROUND AND ABOUT AGAIN. THE TUMOUR BEHIND THE LEFT EYEBALL RESPONDED TO TREATMENT AND ALL IS WELL WITH THE SIGHT. HOWEVER THE LYMPHOMA HAS MIGRATED TO THE TONSILS AND I HAVE NOW COMMENCED A 6-MONTH REGIME OF CHEMOTHERAPY AT CHRISTIES HOSPITAL IN MANCHESTER, AS AN OUTPATIENT. THINGS SEEM TO BE IMPROVING AFTER A WEEK SO I HOPE ALL WILL BE WELL. ENOUGH OF ME.!! THE OLDHAM RALLY WENT OFF VERY WELL, ABOUT 28 MEMBERS SIGNED IN AND SEVERE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO A BOTTLE OF WOODS 100, DONATED BY DAVE,G1GNS. THE ONE THING THAT WAS VERY OBVIOUS IS THE INCREASING AGE OF MEMBERS. IT LOOKED LIKE A GERIATRIC CONVENTION AS THEY LINED UP FOR THEIR TOT!!! THE NEXT RALLY OF GREAT IMPORTANCE IS THE BLACKPOOL RALLY ON THE 15TH MARCH, SUNDAY. THIS IS ORGANISED BY THE NORTHERN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION, A NON-PROFIT MAKING SOCIETY, DEDICATED TO GOOD SERVICE TO THE RADIO AMATEUR. I HAVE THE HONOUR OF BEING ELECTED TO THE POST OF PRESIDENT ( BECAUSE OF MY ADVANCING YEARS!! ). WOULD ALL RNARS MEMBERS PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE A NOTE IN THEIR DIARIES AND TRY TO ATTEND THE BEST RALLY IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. MOST OF THE ENTERTAIN- MENTS IN THE TOWN ARE OPEN AND A WEEK-END WITH THE FAMILY IS VERY, VERY IN-EXPENSIVE. THE VENUE IS THE NORBRECK HYDRO HOTEL, NORTH SHORE, WELL SIGNPOSTED FROM THE MOTORWAY. IT WOULD BE A NICE GESTURE IF SOME OF OUR MEMBERS FROM FURTHER SOUTH COULD MAKE AN APPEARENCE, IF ONLY TO PUT FACES TO NAMES. ACTIVITY HAS BEEN FAIRLY QUIET ON BOARD, ONLY 40 ODD CONTACTS THIS YEAR IN 20 VISITS, AND IT'S BEEN VERRRRRY COLD.!!!! AS A REMINDER, THE SHIPS ARE OPEN ALL THE YEAR ROUND FROM 10 AM UNTIL ONE HOUR BEFORE DUSK. THE U-BOAT IS A PARTICULAR SIGHT WORTH SEEING, GUIDED TOURS CAN BE ARRANGED. AN EXHIBITION OF ALL THE MEMORABILIA COLLECTED IS ON SHOW IN THE AFTER MESS DECK OF HMS PLYMOUTH. HM SUB ONYX IS ANOTHER VETERAN OF THE FALKLANDS CAMPAIGN AND MEMORIES OF THE PART PLAYED BY THE S.B.S. IS SHOWN IN THE DISPLAYS ON BOARD. THAT'S ALL FOR NOW, SEE YOU ALL AT BLACKPOOL. 73'S DE FRED, G8HTP. CHAIRMAN, MERSEYSIDE (HMS PLYMOUTH) GROUP. R.N.A.R.S. REP., MERSEYSIDE & CHESHIRE. ************************************************************ Special Bulletin 1 ARLX001 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT February 10, 1998 To all radio amateurs SB SPCL ARL ARLX001 ARLX001 AMSAT News Service editor BJ Arts, WT0N, SK AMSAT News Service Bulletin Editor Bernard J. ''BJ'' Arts, WT0N, of Hibbing, Minnesota, died unexpectedly on February 9, 1998. He was 37. Arts took over the handling of the weekly AMSAT a couple of years ago, according to AMSAT-NA President Bill Tynan, W3XO. Tynan expressed shock at Arts' untimely passing. ''He certainly was a big help to AMSAT,'' he said. ''He will be missed by all of his friends around the world.'' According to fellow club member Gregg Mihelich, AA0DX, Arts was hospitalized after complaining of flu-like symptoms and died a short time later. Arts was an active VHFer and satellite op. A broadcaster, he had been employed at WDIO-TV in Duluth, Minnesota, and at KSTH9 uFfKIQߒ("3?/*oEgv 0 ~yVܞ ɮzL13`C֝_P Yg /t֐jcy1Yt9%Œڳ: U m)eZ*(B VڦVм>|\t>IӪQnsXhX: 3cp 86J5Z㊎A z]o`]J{i PNEY$> KS~0X>v\Q;5qѭ,. & @ @ (   ,  _|_ _b (W ) (E ) PRN LPT1 .ZIP COM1 Searching ZIP: file: already exists. Overwrite (y/n/a/r)? Unknown compression type: inconsistent local header for file: file fails CRC check OK has errors! Testing: Extracting: UnShrinking: Expanding: Exploding: Inflating: PKUNZIP file has bad table Invalid Shrunk file Invalid filename: No update needed. More -( )- Space for next screen, Enter for next line, Esc to skip file End of File - Press ae N  write to: 8 The Grove, Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 2JD. Meetings for Tuesday the 17th of February: Halifax and District Amateur Radio Society meets for a talk by Bill, G4KQN entitled 'Cranwell and a Strange Meeting'. For further details contact Ray, G0PMU on 01 274 600 297. Liverpool and District Amateur Radio Society has a quiz night. For more information telephone 0151 722 1178. Wakefield and District Radio Society meets for its Northern Cross Rally debrief. For further details contact Ian, M0BFO on 01 924 216 502. Meetings for Wednesday the 18th of February: Denby Dale and District Amateur Radio Society meets for a talk by Harold, G4YRH and Peter, G0PPQ entitled 'the History of WACRAL'. For further details contact Tony, G4LLZ on 01 484 664 360. Hornsea Amateur Radio Club has an activity evening. For further details tele --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: F2L00001 Date: 02/11/98 From: LEIGH PREECE Time: 09:53pm \/To: GREGORY BAKER (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Two simple questions... Hi Gregory, 31-Jan-98 12:00:17, Gregory Baker wrote to Leigh Preece Subject: Re: Two simple questions... GB> I don't know about a FIDO echo, but rec.radio.shortwave carries GB> pirate data, and so does the Hard Core DX mailing list on the GB> Internet E-mail me for more details. nyekulturniy@hotmail.com I know of the various usenet and WWW sites on the net, as well as the mailing lists (Free Radio,etc) - I've been reading them for years. 8-) (Cor - well over 6 years to come to think of it!) Till Next time then eh ?, Leigh..... --- Terminate 5.00/Pro * Origin: I wrote it - blame me ! Leigh Preece, Staffs. UK. (2:250/563.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: F2M00000 Date: 02/17/98 From: GEORGE WOOD Time: 02:41pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: MediaScan/Sweden Calling DXers 2288 Apparently-to: scdx@get.pp.se From: "George Wood" ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: MediaScan :: SWEDEN CALLING DXERS :: from Radio Sweden :: Number 2288--February 17, 1998 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Satellite, shortwave and other electronic media news from Radio Sweden. This week's bulletin was written by George Wood. Packet Radio BID SCDX2288 Updated Web edition at: http://www.sr.se/rs/english/media/ All times UTC unless otherwise noted. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - We're having a bit of a celebration here...the 50th birthday party for Sweden Calling DXers, as this program was know until a few years ago. The first broadcast was on February 28, 1948 (since we're now twice a month only, today is the closest broadcast in February to the Big Day). The idea for the program came from an engineer here named Arne Skoog. Radio Sweden was a shortwave radio station, but the hobby of shortwave radio listening, or DXing, was new, and Arne saw there was a need to help our listeners. In today's gala celebration program you can hear part of a re-enactment of the very first edition of the program (Clue: the first tip in the first program was about HCJB, probably the first international station heard by North American DX novices....the last tip in the that program was about the Voice of America). Originally Arne Skoog gathered all the shortwave news himself, but we encouraged listeners to write in, and they did. Soon we were printing up the scripts of the programs, and anyone who wrote in with a contribution went on the mailing list for one year. When Arne retired and I took over the program twenty years ago, there were 1500 names on that list. After Arne retired, he returned to his home province of Jaemtland, up in the north of Sweden. And that's where I tracked him down to ask how it feels to see the 50th anniversary of the program. You can hear our interview in today's program. Arne also sends a greeting to all his old friends from the shortwave listening fraternity. In the interests of full disclosure, we have to admit that Radio Australia started a similar program six months before us, but that program has since gone on the air, so this is the oldest program on its kind still in existence, and probably Swedish Radio's oldest program. When satellites came along a few years ago, the program changed. The emphasis switched from shortwave, first to satellites, and more recently also to broadcasting over the Internet. The title of the program changed to MediaScan, and we went from a weekly to a twice-a- month format. The old snail mail-based bulletins were phased out, and replaced with an e-mail edition available free to anyone who subscribed to the mailing list, and also available on the Worldwide Web. (As all of you reading this know.) And of course the Sweden Calling DXers name has been perpetuated in these bulletins, now up to number 2288! MediaScan was also the first radio program from Sweden, and the second in Europe (the first in English), to be carried as a sound file on the Internet, through the help of Internet Multicasting in the US, long before the invention of RealAudio. In today's special program, Radio Netherlands' Program Director Jonathan Marks, who created Media Network, tells us about the importance of Sweden Calling DXers to him personally as a young shortwave listener. WEB NEWS--But besides looking back 50 years today, we also want to announce the latest news here at Radio Sweden. Our new World Wide Web site, together with Swedish Radio, is launching today. There's a whole new look to our Web pages. Something we aren't mentioning on the air yet....there's also a brand new URL address to find us: radiosweden.com We had hoped to go out with the new URL in today's program, but for reasons beyond our control, the technical side isn't quite working yet (does anything in the computer world ever work first time?) So, while we aren't mentioning this on the air yet, since it doesn't actually work, you can try checking out the new URL from time to time. And now on to this week's Media News: NORDIC MEDIA NEWS DIGITAL SATELLITE--Disney/ABC's Scandinavian Broadcasting System has announced that it has reached an agrement with Canal Digital, a joint venture between Canal Plus and Norway's Telenor, in which SBS's Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish TV channels will be made available to viewers as part of the Canal Digital platform through-out the Nordic region. Under the agreement, Kanal 5, TV Norge, and TV Danmark will be included in Canal Digital's basic tier och programming. (Martyn Williams) Kanal 5 left Kopernikus 2 (28.5 degrees East) 12.521 GHz on February 1. The Scandinavian Canal Plus package left Astra 11.954 GHz on February 1. ("SATCO DX") Swedish newspapers are speculating about a pending merger between Telenor and Sweden's Telia (the national telephone company and the country's largest cable operator). One aspect that has not been commented on is how this might affect the current competition between Telenor's digital satellite offerings at 1 degree West, and Telia's new digital cable package, relayed by Sirius 2 from 5 degrees East. As we heard from Telia's spokesman Hans G. Larsson last time, there is a possibility the satellite channels may be made available for DTH viewing in the the future. In the next edition we'll be reviewing Telia's digital cable service, as well as the Macab DCB-101 Digital-TV-Box that is being marketed for it. SIRIUS 2--DK4 has moved from 12.380 to 12.635 GHz in clear MPEG-2 (SR 14994, FEC 7/8). BET on Jazz has started on 12.380 GHz in clear MPEG-2. (SATCO DX" and Richard Karlsson) The Telia transponders have changed a bit, and 25 MCE audio channels are on 11.747 and 12.130 GHz. The other Telia transponders are 12.169, 12.360, and 12.399 GHz. For the latest, check out: http://www.satcodx.com/sirius.shtml and http://www.satcodx.com/dig/telia.shtml ("SATCO DX") THOR--Fox Kids Norway has started on Thor 2 on 11.229 Ghz in clear MPEG-2 at 06:00-18:00 hrs CET. ("SATCO DX") DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TV--Last time we reported on the applications for terrestrial digital TV broadcast licences here. The deadline date was well before our last deadline, but since the Swedish news agency TT is not known for its swiftness, the final list of applicants was not available until several hours later. Here is an updated version (which has also been in the Web verision of edition 2287): Monday (February 2) was the last day to apply for digital channels, and there were 56 applicants. The existing terrestrial broadcasters, public service Swedish Television and private channel TV4, are assured of spots. Swedish Television's two existing SVT1 and SVT2 channels should be available digitally by this Fall. The company also wants two channels in each area for its regional transmissions and a national slot for its new round the clock news channel, which should be on the air by the end of the year. TV4 wants to start a national channel called TV4 Digital, which would offer extra programming and interactive services over its current analog channel. In addition 4 of the local TV stations that broadcast via TV4 have also applied for regional licences. Among the other applicants are the new business and documentary channel TV8, entertainment channel Kanal 5 (owned by ABC/Disney), MTV, Canal Plus, several universities and newspapers, a small fundamentalist Christian sect, and the Internet provider Cell, which wants to offer interactive services. Kinnevik has applied on behalf of its TV3 and TV6 entertainment channels, the film channel TV1000, shopping outlet TV-Shop, and its MTV clone ZTV. Swedish Teracom, the public company reponsible for transmitting radio and television in Sweden, has also applied for its own channel. It's been pointed out that the government might want to licence Kanal 5 and TV3, both of which broadcast by satellite via London, in order to bring them under Sweden's stricter broadcast laws. The broadcast licensing authority will release a list of approved applicants in June, and the government will make the final decision in the Fall. (TT, "Elektronikvaerlden", and "Dagens Nyheter") (Since there's an election here in September, it may be important if the final decision is made before or after that date.) (TT) Also among those applying for a local digital licence is the Open Channel station in Gothenburg. (Open Channel Newsletter) NOKIA--Nokia has signed a licencing agreement with Spyglass for technology for digital set-top boxes. The Spyglass technology will be used for Nokia's next generation of set-top boxes for digital cable, satellite and terrestrial TV. (Direkt) TELE DANMARK--Tele Danmark Kable has chosen OpenTV to provide its hardware and platform-independent software for seven interactive television applications for subscribers. The 7 services are: A weather service with national, regional, and local forecasts Electronic Program Guide TV Plus, with daily program highlights, complete with pictures and descriptions 12 channels from Music Choice Europe Home Shopping Six interactive games "Now & Next"--information about the start and end times for current and coming programs These and more functions will be made available to Tele Danmark's 780,000 cable subscribers during 1998. (Curt Swinehart) FINLAND--YLE Radio Finland's plans to introduce extensive continuous services in Swedish on shortwave for Europe seem to be suffering from frequency congestion. We appear to have to keep changing frequency several times during the day, but will be able to remain on the 9 MHz band as planned. Hopefully at least the evening, from 13:00 to 21:00 hrs UTC, would be on a continuous freuqnecy. The original idea of 18-20 hours a day was discarded for financial reasons. We now plan in terms of 12-15 hours a day on one 500 kW transmitter, beamed for Western Europe or Southeastern Europe alterantively. As we gave up 9555 kHz as a continuous service long ago, we do not have a "home base" on 9 MHz, but hope to develop one now. (Juhani Niinistoe, head of YLE Radio Finland) NORWAY--From January 1998 the national P2 radio network is national, also during the Sami Radio slots. The northern part of Norway has been cut off from parts of the daily broadcasts of the cultural channel P2, in favor of programming from Sami Radio (intended for the indigenous Sami or Lapp community). Now additional transmitters have been provided in Narvik, Harstad, Alta, Hammerfest, Vadsoe, and Kirkenes which will carry P2 all the time, while the old network of P2/Sami remains. (Bernt Erfjord, "DX-News") The rolling news service, NRK Alltid Nyheter has extended its FM coverage further with transmitters in Oslo, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Bergen, Trondheim, Tromsoe, and Bodoe. The service is also available 24 hours a day via DAB in the Oslo-fjord area, via the Internet, on an audio subcarrier on CNN at 1 degree West (11.485 GHz in D2-MAC), as sound to the NRK-1 domestic and satellite test pattern, and over the telephone (+47 915-0024). Between 21:00 and 06:00 hrs (local time) a mixture of the BBC World Service and the World Radio Network (including Radio Sweden in English) is relayed. (Bernt Erfjord, "DX-News") Beginning February 16, NRK has a new TV channel for Norwegians abroad. The digital pay channel NRK International is provided through Telenor and Nordic Satellite Broadcasting. Programming consists of NRK productions simulcast or previously broadcast by NRK-1 and NRK-2. The NRK-2 teletext is included. A radio channel called NRK Europakanalen is included on an uncoded audio subcarrier. This is the mixture of P1, P2, P3, and Radio Norway International heard Europe-wide through NRK's medium wave transmitters (of which Kvitsoy 1314 kHz is the main outlet). The channel is being carried on Intelsat 707 at 1 degree West on 11.174 GHz, in Conax-encoded MPEG-2. Both NRK-1 and NRK-2 were already available on satellite in encryoted MAC, but the subscription cards are only sold in Norway. Also, the footprint changed when NRK 1 and 2 moved to the Thor satellite last year, making reception almost impossible in southern Europe. NRK International's footprint probably covers the whole of Europe. (Bernt Erfjord, "DX-News" and Richard Karlsson, "Aftonbladet") EUROPE ASTRA--It's finally been confirmed that Astra 1D will move from 19 degrees East to 28 degrees East. The move will take about 3 weeks and is scheduled to start around February 18. Tests at the new location will begin in mid-March. Astra 1D will carry the British digital packages from 28 degrees East until the delayed Astra 2A is in position. All the services on the vertical transponders on Astra 1E were transferred to the new Astra 1G early in the morning on February 12. The horizontal transponder services moved the following day. On February 12 all services on Astra 1D were transferred to Astra 1E. ("SATCO DX" and Richard Karlsson) At 28 degrees East Astra 1D will provide 18 transponders for digital transmissions in the 11.70-12.10 GHz range, with transmission characteristics identical to those on the upcoming Astra 2A. SES confirms the following digital transponder allocations on Astra 2A: BSkyB--14 transponders BBC--2 Flextech--2 Discovery--1 UKTV--1 Viacom-1 Turner Broadcasting--0.5 transponder In addition at least 2.5 transponders will be used for multiplexing of TV, radio, and multimedia services from several other UK-targeted broadcasters. SES will permanently operate two Astra satellites at 28 degrees East. Astra 2A is currently scheduled to launch onboard a Russian Proton rocket in May, 1998. Astra 2B will launch with Ariane towards the end of the year. Together they will provide 56 active transponders. (Martyn Williams) SES announced on February 11 that it has selected France's Aerospatiale to supply the spacecraft for the Astra 1K satellite, which will be deployed by the end of the year 2000. It will provide back-up capacity for the other Astra satellites at 19 degrees East, and will expand geographical coverage to include Central and Eastern Europe. The satellite will carry 52 higher-powered Ku-band transponders. Astra 1K will also carry additional Ka-band capacity (2 transponders), backing up and enhacing the coverage of the coming Astra 1H satellite. (Reuters and Martyn Williams) BSKYB--British Sky Broadcasting's digital service at 28 degrees East begins on June 1. The full 200 channel service will start in October. (James Robinson) BSkyBsays its initial digital satellite launch in June wil be "modest", with the "meaningful" launch of the service in the fourth quarter of the year. This is reportedly because only "initial quantities" of the required digital decoders will be available in --- NetMgr 1.00.g4+ * Origin: GET, Lidingo, Sweden, +46-8-7655670 (2:201/505) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: F2M00001 Date: 02/17/98 From: GEORGE WOOD Time: 02:41pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: 02:MediaScan/Sweden Calling DXers 2288 Apparently-to: scdx@get.pp.se From: "George Wood" June. On February 3 Sky promised a major pre-Christmas sales drive for its 200 channel package. The initial order for digital decoders has been placed with Amstrad, Pace, Matsushita, and Grundig, reportedly for more than 400,000 decoders. On February 3 Pace confirmed that it had received an order for digital set-top boxes from BSkyB. Pace says it will make initial shipments from June to meet BSkyB's service launch, and Amstrad also says it will have decoders available in time for the June launch. (Reuters and Curt Swinehart) FLEXTECH--Britain's Flextech (owned by TCI) may be taking on BSkyB with its own digital satellite service. According to the "Observer", Flextech, which owns the rights to several BBC channels as well as the Discovery channel and UK Living, is negotiating with BSkyB to put its channels on Sky. But if the deal falls through, sources close to the company say Flextech may move ahead with its own satellite offering, reportedly with the backing of Microsoft and Turner Broadcasting. ("The Observer" via Curt Swinehart) PPV--Meanwhile, there's a new pay-per-view rival to BSkyB. Four UK cable operators--NTL, Diamond Cable, General Cable, and Telewest--have gotten together to launch Front Row to their customers, as an alternative to Sky Box Officer, which is only offered on cable to Cable and Wireless customers. Front Row will start on March 1, and is being delivered to cable headends from Sirius 2 on 12.303 GHz in encrypted MPEG-2. Comtel, another British cable company, is to start its own PPV service later this year. (James Robinson) MCE--Music Choice Europe has gotten together with Sky to offer its service to British analog viewers/listeners. There will be 7 channels in standard Astra Panda 1 analog stereo, from April 1, on various Astra transponders. There is no extra cost for the service, even though it is in the clear (which means anyone in Europe with an Astra dish should be able to tune in). Eventually there will be 60 channels of MCE on Astra 2A at 28 degrees East, as part of Sky's basic digital service. (James Robinson) EUTELSAT--OBN (Sarajevo) is on Eutelsat II-F3 11.128 GHz in clear MPEG- 2 (SR 3125, FEC 3/4). ("SATCO DX") Thai TV 5 Global Network is now broadcasting via a second digital transponder on Hot Bird 3 on 12.111 GHz (SR 27500, FEC 2/3). Also in that same multiplex is TVE Internacional, TVE 24 Horas (news), Onyx TV, RTBF feeds, an Internet service, and two test cards. The entire package is in the clear. (Richard Karlsson and James Robinson) BYE BYE MISS AMERICAN PIE--Following the new trend marked by the disappearance of the Weather Channel, CMT is ceasing broadcasts to Europe on March 31, after losing 10 million dollars in 2 years. Instead CMT will concentrate on the South American market. (Richard Karlsson, Michael Murry and James Robinson) Meanwhile, Landmark Communications, which closed down the Weather Channel last month, is now trying to sell its Travel Channel. (Michael Murray) GERMANY--There's been an improvement is subscription sales for DF-1. The Kirch digital package's Wolfram Winter says thee are now nearly 120,000 subscribers. (Richard Karlsson) GREECE--The Greek MAD TV, along with 5 radio channels, is to be available by subscription across Europe. A digital receiver with an Irdeto CA module is required, but not the German D-box, which is programmed to only receive DF-1 and Premiere. (Richard Karlsson) HUNGARY--A new national commercial radio station began broadcasts in Hungary February 16. Slager Radio plays "hit music of the 1960's and 1970's", with news on the hour. (Henrik Hargitai) ASIAN/PACIFIC JAPAN--JCSAT 1B (JCSAT 5) has replaced JCSAT 1A (JCSAT 4) at 150 degrees East. JCSAT 4 will move to 124 degrees East. ("SATCO DX") DirecTV Japan says it will announce its new programming line-up and packages next week. The company, which began broadcasting an initial 63 channel service on December 1, will announce a list of new channels and prices on February 23, hopefully fullfilling its promise to provide 90 channels. The revised service will begin in April. The new line-up is expected to include BBC World, Sports-I ESPN, Sky-A, The Golf Network, Space Shower, and an adult channel. (TS-Asia and Reuters) Rivals Japan Sky Broadcasting and PerfecTV finally officially announced on February 3 that they will merge in early April to create Japan's largest DBS platform. PerfecTV, which has been on the air since Autumn 1966, had signed up 500,000 subscribers by December, short of its original target. JSkyB, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, along with Sony, Fuji Television, and Softbank, was expected to offer 100 channels from April. Sony, also a shareholder in PerfecTV, becomes the largest investor in the new firm. (Reuters) PerfecTV says the new non-stop news channel from Japan News Network, the news affiliate network of TBS, will launch on April 1 as a basic channel. JNN News Bird will be included in the service's "Perfec Pack", increasing the number of channels in the package to 31. Two new packages have been announced: "Super Family Set" and "Powerful Sports Set", both with 3 channels. (TS-Asia) SOUTH KOREA--Media baron Rupert Murdoch has agreed to enter into a joint satellite broadcasting venture with South Korea's Dacom Corp. Details for the domestic consortium have yet to be worked out. Dacom plans to launch a satellite in October next year. (Reuters, AFP and TS- Asia) INSAT--The final location for Insat 2R is 55 degrees East. DD 1 is testing on 3.811 GHz in PAL. ("SATCO DX") APSTAR--BBC World is on 4.195 GHz in clear MPEG-2 (SR 5800, FEC 3/4) on Apstar 1 (138 degrees East). ("SATCO DX") ASIASAT--Star News has started regular transmissions on Asiasat 2 (100.5 degrees East) on 3.740 GHz in clear PAL. ("SATCO DX") INTELSAT--Intelsat 804 replaced Intelsat 801 at 64 degrees East on February 1. ("SATCO DX") AUSTRALIA--The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has signed a contract with PanAmSat to use PAS-2 for distribution of news and programming to its studios, and some transmitters around Australia. ABC will use 27 MHz bandwidth on the PAS-2 Ku-band Australia/New Zealand beam. The service is expected to move to the PAS-8 Pacific Ocean Region satellite later this year. PAS-8 will carry 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders, and is scheduled for launch on a Proton rocket in the third quarter of 1998. It will be located at 166 degrees East. PAS-2 is located at 169 degrees East. (TS-Asia) In recent months Radio Australia has been unable to issue formal QSL cards due to resource limitations. As a result of extended discussions in Melbourne between the Australian Radio DX Club and the English Language Service of Radio Australia, an agreement was reached on February 10 for the re-introduction of Radio Australia QSL cards. Radio Australia will be forwarding reception reports and blank cards to the ARDXC, which will check the reports and fill-in the cards. Radio Australia will then mail the completed QSL cards to listeners. All reports should be sent to: Radio Australia GPO 428G Melbourne 3001 Victoria, Australia (Bob Padula, "Electronic DX Press") NORTH AMERICA PRIMESTAR--The Federal Communications Commission says it won't rule on Rupert Murdoch's proposal to merge his American Sky Broadcasting into Primestar before April. Primestar was formed by the American cable industry, to meet the threat from DBS rivals like DirecTV. The deal is subject to approval by the FCC and the Justice Department. The FCC will access the potential impact on cable rates and rivals' ability to get cable TV programming. Justice is looking to make sure the deal doesn't stifle competition in the DTH satellite TV market. (AP) QVC/MIR-The American shopping channel QVC has taken advantage of the money-strapped Russian space program, to put on a show from the space station MIR, in "First Friday Extreme Shopping" on February 6. Among the offerings were pens that write in zero-G, meteorites, tiny plastic- encased Mars rocks, and genuine spacesuits. (AP) LATIN AMERICA INTELSAT--Intelsat announced on February 3 that four new broadcasters and service providers have signed contracts for the Intelsat 806 satellite, which is scheduled for launch on February 27 on an Atlas rocket, and will be located at 60.5 degrees West. Bucking the usual trend, the launch has been moved up from March 3. The newcomers are Brazil's Globosat/TV Globo, Peru's America TV, IMPSAT Venezuela, and Wold Communications. This brings the number of digital program channels on the satellite to more than 70. (Curt Swinehart and "SATCO DX") LAUNCHES ARIANE--Ariane flight V105 on February 4 successfully carried into orbit Brasilsat B3. It will be located at 65 degrees West with 28 C- band transponders. Also launched was Inmarsat-3F5. ("SATCO DX" and Reuters) EUTELSAT--Hot Bird 4, the 5th satellite at 13 degrees East) is to be launched on February 27. It carries 20 Ku-band transponders in the range 10.719-10.949 and 12.615-12.731 GHz. (Richard Karlsson) DELAYS--The launch of Sinosat 1 with Long March is delayed from February to May. ("SATCO DX") CYBERSPACE REALAUDIO --Radio Asia Canada International can be found at: http://www.radioasiacanada.ca/live/racilive.ram WRN 3 (the new German service to Europe) is at: http://audio.wrn.org/audio/wrn3eu.ram ("SATCO DX") ------------------------------------------------------------- Sweden Calling DXers/MediaScan is the world's oldest radio program about international broadcasting. Radio Sweden has presented this round-up of radio news, features, and interviews on Tuesdays since 1948. It's currently broadcast on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Radio Sweden broadcasts in English: Europe and Africa/Middle East: Satellite: 13:30, 17:15 and 18:30 hrs on Eutelsat II-F1 (NBC Europe -- 10.987 GHz, audio 7.56 MHz) 20:30 hrs (21:30 CET) via the World Radio Network on Astra transponder 22 (VH-1) audio 7.38 MHz To Africa and the Middle East via WRN on Intelsat 707 3.9115 GHz Right-hand circular polarization, Symbol Rate 8.022 Mbaud, FEC 3/4, in MPEG-2, Audio Stream "WRN1", daily at 15:00 hrs UTC and Saturdays only at 00:30 UTC. The latter is also be heard in South Africa on SAfm 104-107. The WRN relays can also be heard in South Africa on the MultiChoice digital direct-to-home service on PanAmSat 4, 68.5 degrees West, Audio Channel 51. 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To unsubscribe from the list, send a message to unsubscribe@rs.sr.se To get a copy of Radio Sweden's English program schedule, write to: english@rs.sr.se And for general questions, comments, and reception reports, our e-mail address is: info@rs.sr.se ------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to the contributors since 1948 Good Listening! --- NetMgr 1.00.g4+ * Origin: GET, Lidingo, Sweden, +46-8-7655670 (2:201/505) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: F2N00000 Date: 02/17/98 From: WILLIAM WILSON Time: 12:10pm \/To: DIANE LEVESQUE (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: A nudge from ArianeSp Diane, I am sure that if there are any other blind participants reading this echo, they're getting a howl out of this conversation! Your obvious total knowledge of computer use by blind people is based upon your knowing a single individual, while mine is not only ten years of moderating the Fidonet visual disabilities conference, working in the adaptive screen reading market for longer than that, and during that time, literally dealing with THOUSANDS of other blind computer users, it's as someone who has been awarded by the American Council of the Blind for his contributions to access to computers by blind people! Now that you've forced me to shamelessly tout my credentials, let me deal with your obvious naivety with the subject! DL> But I'm not spreading misinformation, as this information has been the DL> result of being around a rather good blind friend of mine who, much to DL> my loss, moved to Kansas from here just last year. You simply have no idea what a rare treat this friend was, do you? As I said, I've dealt with THOUSANDS of blind computer users, and I only faintly recall 1 who was using a "Commie", and that was 10 years ago and not even with speech! As I said in my original message, if there is any blind person out there reading this, or any message in Fidoland for that matter, with a Commodore 64 computer, speak up and shock the sugar out of all of us who actually know about adaptive computer access, unlike Diane! DL> clue to your jumping off without looking first (so to speak) is your DL> last paragraph where you declare that you just plain ole disagree with DL> me period...which explains your jumping to an unfair conclusion here. I jumped to no unfair conclusion, I merely clarified that your using BLIND people as an excuse for not posting the Sweden Calling DXers here was invalid! Actually, I could have taken an even more defensive position and pointed out that some blind people would even call it PATRONIZING! DL> benefit of those who can't. While Apple speech systems might be "more DL> common" as you say, they've also been, traditionally, overpriced by MS DL> DOS system standards. Hell, I haven't seen a blind person using a talking Apple for years either, I merely said they were more common than talking Commodores, which I've NEVER seen! I could go into great detail as to why Dos totally took over the market for talking computers, and how the cost is actually quite a bit less than it was for the original talking Apple with it's need for proprietary talking software, but I'm sure you'll still insist my motives are other than trying to enlighten you in a subject of which you have no knowledge! DL> My own eyes work, and I've seen my blind friend's system firsthand; so DL> you're not exactly in the best position to tell me that my eyes were DL> lying to me when I saw what I saw. Diane, your eyes might work, but your interpretation of the printed word is actually quite unique! Telling you how rare the use of the Commodore computer by the blind was is a FACT, it's not calling you a liar when you claim you saw it, which incidentally, you didn't even do till this message! Explain to me, however, that you're witnessing of this single blind individual using a Commodore computer translates to your statement, blind people, for the most part dependant upon Commie 64 computers", being valid??? You can come back to me with all the claims you want of my statements being based upon my disagreement with you over the posting of the Sweden Calling DXers, but that doesn't change the fact at all that you're wrong, and I'm right! There isn't a single blind person reading this with a Commie computer Diane, and I never had a single blind person log onto my BBS with a Commodore! (Btw, I've had approximately 2000 different blind people log onto BlinkLink over the past 10 years!) WW>>echos! Frankly, I haven't been bothered one bit by the posting WW>>of the Sweden Calling DXers in this echo, as even though I WW>>haven't read one of them, skipping them has been as easy as WW>>falling off a log, and if there is another blind person out there WW>>who can't say the same thing, I'd like to hear from them! Sorry, WW>>but I simply don't agree with you or my old friend Mike on this WW>>one, as it simply isn't any big deal, even to those of us who are WW>>blind! WW>> Willie DL> And now we have arrived at the real crux of the disagreement here. DL> It would seem to me that one who is so fond of SCDX as you are would DL> seek to find it in a more likely forum than this one because just about DL> everybody ELSE normally looks for satellite info in a satellite forum. I wouldn't normally quote my own words, but I wanted to give you another chance to tell us which ones of them lead you to the conclusion I'm so fond of Sweden Calling DXers? I thought it was fairly clear when I said I never read one of them that I don't even have an opinion on the publication, merely that its inclusion in this echo is no big deal to me, or to any other blind individual as you claimed! We can skip a message just as quickly as anyone, no doubt about it! Yes Diane, what you said is indeed MISINFORMATION, a fact easily demonstrated by participating in any of the Fidonet disability related echos, any of the Internet disability related mailing lists or newsgroups, or frankly, by meeting any more than the single, quite rare blind individual you knew and upon which you're basing your entire knowledge of blind computer access! There are many of us out here willing to teach you about this stuff, but you're going to have to learn to LISTEN! Willie ... BlinkTalk - the Electronic Voice of the Blind! --- Via Silver Xpress V4.3 BT006 * Origin: BlinkLink - Perceiving is believing! 412-766-0732 (1:129/89) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: F2P00000 Date: 02/17/98 From: TERRY BENDELL Time: 06:54pm \/To: SCOTT ROYALL (Read 0 times) Subj: EXPIRED LISTING > Does anyone object if I take over moderating this echo? I've > monitored it for 10 years, and have been a SWL for nearly 30. I > also moderate another echo so I understand the processes involved. > > Saturday February 14 1998 23:38, Southern Star wrote to All: Hi Scott, Well I Have no problem with it but the Moderator of Record Might! Good Luck....Terry --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Bigsky Bbs and Skynet Systems (1:252/502) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: F2P00001 Date: 02/18/98 From: DIANE LEVESQUE Time: 03:01pm \/To: WILLIAM WILSON (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: A nudge from ArianeSp Considering that this thread is rapidly becoming flame quality, this is going to be my last reply in this vein..... WW>Diane, WW>I am sure that if there are any other blind participants reading WW>this echo, they're getting a howl out of this conversation! Your ...and I'm sure that my blind friend would get a hoot out of their amusement at his really real situation and would be singlehandedly capable of setting them straight on his very real situation--so don't bring that up, it has no bearing on the price of tea in China or any part of this conversation, either. WW> DL> But I'm not spreading misinformation, as this information has been he WW> DL> result of being around a rather good blind friend of mine who, much o WW> DL> my loss, moved to Kansas from here just last year. WW>You simply have no idea what a rare treat this friend was, do WW>you? As I said, I've dealt with THOUSANDS of blind computer WW>users, and I only faintly recall 1 who was using a "Commie", and WW>that was 10 years ago and not even with speech! As I said in my ...and I insist that I am, by virtue of exposure thanks to my blind friend, familiar with the Phoenix area Commie network to that end, of which you are not expert. Pay attention. WW> DL> last paragraph where you declare that you just plain ole disagree ith WW> DL> me period...which explains your jumping to an unfair conclusion here. WW>I jumped to no unfair conclusion, I merely clarified that your WW>using BLIND people as an excuse for not posting the Sweden WW>Calling DXers here was invalid! Actually, I could have taken an A waste of bandwidth is a waste of bandwidth is a waste of bandwidth for anybody, and the blind are not exempt from such waste; if you insist that they are, then you're the one that's wrong. Of course, you were wrong about what I was saying altogether, so I'm not surprised that you didn't pay attention to that one, either; your personal agenda as the Knight Of The Blind appears to repeatedly get in your way of reading straight. And since we are unable to converse about the same subject, we will not carry this discussion on any further...you'll have to rant at somebody else if you want to continue your crusade. WW>WW>>echos! Frankly, I haven't been bothered one bit by the posting WW>WW>>of the Sweden Calling DXers in this echo, as even though I WW>WW>>haven't read one of them, skipping them has been as easy as Now that George has posted a new URL for RS, I'll be most happy to pass this note about his garbage so that it'll get his attention. It might be easy to skip, but it's still a burden to download stuff that you skip. Better that garbage be tossed, no matter how you look at it. But if Admin does in fact take this forum off the backbone due to lack of a moderator, that would ultimately solve both of my bandwidth problems (first George, and now you) anyway, now, wouldn't it. * SLMR 2.1a * Time flies like wind. Fruit flies like bananas. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: FIDO: The Ranch & Cattle Metro BBS * (602) 943-1497 (1:114/270.0)