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From: tmark@wbst845e.xerox.com (Ted Markowitz)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Portable SW recommendations around $200
Date: 9 Nov 92 16:13:49 GMT
Distribution: rec.radio.shortwave
Organization: Xerox Knowledge Based Systems Competency Ctr. - Rochester, New
	York

I know this question is going to generate a lot of heat (and hopefully
some light!) but, what portable SW would you recommend in the $200
price range give the following minimum requirements:

	- good SW band coverage
	- medium wave
	- FM (possibly with stereo)
	- digital tuning
	- a few station presets

Please post responses directly to the group.  Thanks.



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From: tlc20700@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Thomas L. Carney)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Andrian Kronauer on AFN / NPR
Date: 11 Nov 92 15:33:46 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

juergenb@ecs.comm.mot.com (Juergen Bartels) writes:

>This morning at 00:00 and 06:00 CET I heard Adrian Kronauer on AFN-FM for one hour.
>Perhaps it may be repeated another time today. It's a production of NPR's WETA
>and probably maybe heard in the US as well.
>Adrian Kronauer was the DJ of AFRS Saigon, he was featured in the movie 
>GOOD MORNING VIETNAM.
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I met Adrian Kronauer when he was doing the lecture schtick at Sauk
Valley Community College in 1988.  We both started speaking in Greek
because he was stationed in Greece before he went to 'Nam...

I just wish they wold have done a sequel like, "Gooooooooooooooooooooooooood
Morning, Saddam!"  

Tom
wb9rxj@uiuc.edu
From: mjohnsto@jenny.shearson.com (Mike Johnston)
Subject: QSL'ing: How to
Organization: Lehman Brothers
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 15:11:37 GMT


Alright, this sounds like fun and I want to give it a try. I have
a few questions:

	- I've got my Passport to Worldband but it seems sketchy on
	  the details of how to QSL. Is there any general purpose
	  document on the net that describes the process?

	- IRCs? Where can I purchase these, at my Post Office? What's
	  the cost. Are they a waste of money? Should I just send the
	  $1 that many broadcasters suggest? What has been your 
	  experience?

	- Ham QSL's. Let me get this straight: I can QSL a ham broadcast
	  once I get their callsign, no? To get the address I have to
	  look up their callsign in a directory, right?

	- What's the deal on these contests and 'Special Events' I see
	  in CQ Magazine? I'm not up on the lingo yet. ( I think this
	  is the hardest part of any new technical hobby)

Feel free to correct my numerous assumptions. I'm trying to tie
together the various threads that I've read into one coherent
SWL QSL modus operandi.

As always, email me if this is one of those oft asked questions. I'll
summarize to those who request it. I'm sure there are many new and
confused folks like me around.

MJ
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From: bz649@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kenneth V Zichi)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: GMT on BBC... ?
Date: 7 Nov 92 04:26:44 GMT
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Actually Mike,  UTC and GMT are NOT exactly the same thing.
  ('course, for us mere mortals, the difference of a few tenths
  of a second isn't enough to worry about....), and those of 
  getting a bit long in the tooth still think of it as GMT
  rather than this newfangled UTC...  :)
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From: dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Cordless phone on 23.846
Date: 8 Nov 92 18:44:59 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Unisys Unix Systems Group, San Jose, CA

From article <aksurf-061192160059@131.215.9.51>, by aksurf@caltech.edu (Axel):

> Can anyone post the cordless phone frequencies?
I can't remember if this is a full list, or just the ones that were live in
my neighborhood ;-).
46.97 46.83 46.71 46.87 46.61 46.63 46.67 46.71 46.73 46.77 46.93 46.97.
Aha!  Not in order, with dups.  I must have been scanning and noting.

I have also picked up definite phone conversations, complete with dialing,
on 460.200, the same freq as SJPD.  The PD doesn't seem to notice, and I've
picked this up in two locations, about 10 miles apart, but not commonly.



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From: irvine@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Brent Irvine)
Subject: Re: New American Made SHORTWAVE available
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Distribution: rec
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 22:01:52 GMT


I am sorry to ask, but which radios are you all talking about?
I know of 2:  Drake R-8, and the new Grove one (dog).


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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White)
Subject: Re: 2010 and Dipole Antenna
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 13:46:46 GMT

Robert Fargher writes:
> I soldered one [lead from the dipole] onto the tip lead of a mini-phono 
> plug and the other to the jacket lead.  Is this correct?

Yes, exactly right.

> ...or do I have only half the dipole working as a fancy longwire antenna?

Nope, that's how a dipole works.  Dipoles are "balanced" antennas,
providing both sides of the antenna "circuit".  You did it just
right.  Happy listening.

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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date:         Mon, 9 Nov 1992 23:03:33 EST
Reply-To:     thiagarajan <SUBRAMAT@ETSU.BITNET>
Comments:     Warning -- original Sender: tag was SWL$L@CUVMB
From:         thiagarajan <SUBRAMAT@ETSU.BITNET>

I would like to know the current schedule of Radio South Africa
Can any one of you provide me that.
thank you
thiagarajan.s
From: little@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Littlejohn Tim)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack DX390
Date: 9 Nov 92 22:41:52 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Universite de Montreal

In article <lftk79INNdvo@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM> fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (steve hix) writes:
>
>The DX380 doesn't (assuming that it's the older RS small digital-tuning
>SWR, equivalent to ATS-808, the which lacks SSB ability).
>
>The DX390 is RS's version of the ATS-818 and is a better receiver overall.

Thanks to those who have followed up my question about the DX-380.
As correctly pointed out, it does not have SSB.

I have a question for the antenna experts!  Radio Shack advertises a 
small portable "clip on" antenna extension.  Does anyone have experience
with this and is it likely to help me much with receiving weaker 
transmissions?

Thanks!

Tim


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From: rcamama@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Robert Camama)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Thanx for handheld-receiver help, opinion on DX-440?
Date: 7 Nov 92 08:33:18 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX


	As the subject line implies:

1)  Thanx for those who replied to my question on handheld scanners.  Got
alot of replies specific to the ICOM R-1.  

2)  Does anyone have opinion on the Realistic DX-440.  It appears to have been
discontinued, but I saw one being sold at a local store...

	Thanx,
	R. Camama
From: wdp@gagme.chi.il.us (Bill Pfeiffer)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Cordless phone on 23.846
Date: 11 Nov 92 23:17:53 GMT
Organization: Gagme Public Access UNIX, Chicago, Illinois.
Originator: wdp@gagme

In article <1992Nov7.044431.25545@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> smustopo@nyx.cs.du.edu (sofjan mustopoh) writes:
>
>  SOmetimes cordless can use odds frequency.
>  I recalled back in my country i use panasonic
>  cordless which use 3.5XXX  or so and 49.XXXXX
>  Mhz . I confirm it using  frequency counter.
>  Though the signal is very weak.
>
>  Muskie
>

Again, likely a harmonic.  Older cordless phones used frequencies in
the 1.7 mhz range for base --> portable links.  The portable talked to
the base on 49.xxmhz.  3.5 is 2x 1.75mhz. 
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: little@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Littlejohn Tim)
Subject: Re: Radio Shack DX390
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:29:39 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.142816.3722@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> smustopo@nyx.cs.du.edu (sofjan mustopoh) writes:
>
>  Radio Shack wire antenna which has a nice spool and clip
>  a great if you are travelling. But at home you can get 
>  the same result by using cheap wire and alligator clip
>
>     Of course it doesnt look that good .
>   and you don't need to spend $4 or so. 
>  Muskie

Thanks for the info, but the inevitable follow up questions....
Any sort of wire (copper?)?  How long?  How should it be arranged in the room?

The FAQ says:

" For more advanced DXing, an external antenna is a must.  The easiest
external antenna is a simple longwire, 50 feet or more run out the
window and then as high as possible (up in a tree, for example.)"

50 feet seems like a lot for my appartment!  What is the effect of
antenna lenght on reception strength?  Is it approximately linear?

Thanks for your help, DXperts,

Tim


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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date:         Tue, 10 Nov 1992 04:31:00 GMT
Reply-To:     "Thomas R. Sundstrom" <0002446376@MCIMAIL.COM>
From:         "Thomas R. Sundstrom" <0002446376@MCIMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Voice of Greece

> Date:     Tue Nov 03, 1992 11:34 pm  EST
> From:     kb2glo
>           EMS: INTERNET / MCI ID: 376-5414
>           MBX: kb2glo%CBNEWSJ.CB.ATT.COM@ohstvma.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject:  Voice of Greece QSL?
> I wanted to send off a reception report to Voice of Greece and
> when I looked them up in WRTH it seems that there was no address
> for them and it stated that it is operated by the VOA. So is
> there any way to get a QSL for this station? If so how?
> Thanks and 73, Tom Kenny KB2GLO

Assuming you have the 1992 edition, look atop the right column
of page 92 and you'll see the reference to ERA.  That address is
found on page 91 under Elliniki Radiophonia.  I'd send the
report to the Technical Service address.

Thanks for the tape - it arrived today.  Haven't had a chance to
listen to it yet.

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From: smustopo@nyx.cs.du.edu (sofjan mustopoh)
Subject: Apt  Long wire for SWL
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 04:52:49 GMT


  About the wire antenna :

    You don't have to put up a 50ft wire antenna , you
 can put up a shorter one, albeit with a bit less perfomance

   My set up is  9 meter of copper wire routed from my 
  desk to the balcony of my apt. i then stapled the wire
  to the roof of the balcony.
   A word of caution :
     Don't ever run the antenna wire paralel to the electric
  wire. 

    The rest is improvision. 
  My set up raised the signal four scales in My DX390
  Your milage may vary.

  Muskie

 
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: m14494@mwvm.mitre.org (Mike White)
Subject: Re: GMT on BBC
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 19:08:27 GMT

I posted a note about how the BBC stills calls universal time
"Greenwich Mean Time".  Andrew from Meddy Old England
sent me this reply, and asked me to post it, as his mailer
was experiencing Brain Drain
=========================================
Well, you are right on three accounts here. Firstly, and most seriously,
the UK has two time systems; BST (British Summer Time; GMT+1 hour) which
is a daylight saving time in the summer, and GMT (Grenwich Mean Time; GMT)
which is our standard winter time.

GMT is *NOT* the same as UTC. GMT is the BRITISH winter time. The keeping
of GMT has no scientific connections with UTC. However, it is, in effect,
"UTC +0000" and therefore tells the same time as UTC. So why bother making
a distinction?

Well, in the future we *MAY* just decide that we want to change our
winter time so that it is no longer UTC +0000, but, say, UTC +0030. In such
a case, we will still be able to distinguish between our local winter time
(GMT) and UTC.

:humourous flame on

Second and third, yes, we are miffed and grumpy. There was a big ho-haah
a long time ago about whether the Grenwich Royal Observatory or the Eiffel
Tower should be used as the Zero time point. Grenwich won. But "Zut Alors",
if the French didn't come along as give it some fancy *FRENCH* name!

:humourous flame off

Andrew Oakley
IBM Warwick, UK (I speak FROM IBM, not FOR IBM)
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: markz@ssc.com (Mark Zenier)
Subject: Re: need station freq's in or near ham bands
Organization: SSC, Inc.,  Seattle, WA
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 19:33:36 GMT
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Tom J Farish (tjf@beta.lanl.gov) wrote:
: Hi...I have an old Realistic DX-160 which I use for Broadcast listening
: as well as peeks into the ham bands.  It uses two dials to determine
: frequency...one coarse and one fine.  You set the coarse dial to a 
: place marked on the coarse display and use the fine-tuner to get on 
: frequency.  

: So, I use a nearby broadcast or time frequency
: to callibrate.  This works great for 80m (I use WWV at 4.0MHz) and
: 40m (I use CHU at 7.335 MHz).  

Er, WWV is at 5.0 MHz, you're probably getting the image that is
twice your IF away.  5.0 - .91 MHz.

I suggest building a crystal calibrator.  An oscillator followed
by a digital divider to get the frequency interval you need
(1 MHz, 500 kHz, 100 kHz).  The harmonics from the square wave output 
goes up to 10's (or 100's ) of MHz.  And if you modulate it ( logical and
the high frequency with an audio frequency) , you can find it easier.  

Check "the ARRL Handbook", or go back to the 70's in Radio-Electronics 
and Popular Electronics.

Mark Zenier  markz@ssc.wa.com
From: bradley.grigor@canrem.com (bradley grigor)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Swl Radios
Date: 13 Nov 92 03:50:20 GMT
Reply-To: "bradley grigor" <bradley.grigor@canrem.com>
Distribution: rec
Organization: Canada Remote Systems


  In article <1992Nov11.050126.11020@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> smustopo@nyx.cs.du.edu (sofjan mustopoh) writes:

SM>  The only my complain about DX-390 is . I still can't  set
SM> the clock to the second . A fellow mail me a short cut
SM> applicable in 803 but i can't use it in DX -390.

That problems seems to be endemic to the recent Sangean models
(ATS-808, ATS-818 aka DX-390, etc.).  Really awkward and quite
surprising in this day and age.  I wonder how that slipped by
their designers??

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From: xberri@quark2.aero.org (Jason E. Berri)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: RCI Sackville Relays
Keywords: schedule
Date: 13 Nov 92 04:53:00 GMT
Reply-To: xberri@arecibo.aero.org
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

RCI Relays via Sackville
Valid from 25-Oct-1992 to 28-Mar-1993

Org	UTC		Freq	Kw
BBC	0030-0430	6175	100
NHK	0200-0359	5960	250
DW	0300-0400	6085	250
RBI	0300-0359	11840	250
RMC	0400-0415	5960	250
RMC	0400-0415	9755	250
DW	0400-0559	6085	250
DW	0400-0559	9545	250
ROI	0500-0659	6015	250
RBI	0500-0559	11840	250
KBS	1000-1029	11715	250
BBC	1055-1259	5965	250
NHK	1055-1257	6120	250
KBS	1100-1129	6140	250
KBS	1100-1129	9650	250
KBS	1130-1159	9650	250
BBC	1300-1400	5965	250
BBC	1300-1400	9515	250
DW	1400-1600	17830	250
BBC	1400-1745	9515	250
BBC	1400-1745	15260	100
BBC	2100-0030	9590	250
BBC	2255-0030	6175	100

Organizations:
BBC = British Broadcasting Corp.
DW  = Deutsche Welle
KBS = Korean Broadcasting System
NHK = Radio Japan
RBI = Radio Beijing
RMC = Radio Monte Carlo
ROI = Radio Austria

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From: refling@sloth.eng.uci.edu (John P. Refling)
Subject: jumper info needed for yeasu ftc-2203 transceiver
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 11 Nov 92 00:30:27 GMT
Distribution: usa


I have one and don't know how to set the jumpers to select the
frequecy.  Any help appreciated!

          [ please reply to me directly, not to the newgroup ]
From: nelson@bndata.se (Bengt Nelson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Supplier Lowe HF150
Keywords: Lowe HF150
Date: 7 Nov 92 11:2:26 GMT

Hi!

Anyone know of a mailorder-supplier in UK??

Bengt

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Date:         Thu, 12 Nov 1992 12:39:39 MET
Reply-To:     "(Alfredo Cotroneo)" <A.Cotroneo@IT12.BULL.IT>
From:         "(Alfredo Cotroneo)" <A.Cotroneo@IT12.BULL.IT>
Subject:      Radio Irina

Anybody knows what Radio Irina (Moscow private station) is?

It's an AM or SW station? Any Schedule around?

Thanks.

Alfredo


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From: v067njbx@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Erik Werner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
Subject: New user
Date: 10 Nov 92 16:40:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


    Greetings:
       I'm new to this group and I wanted to ask a question. I always was
interested in radio, and lately I was pushed by a friend (EE student) into
electronics which also fascinate me, so my question is this. Is it possible 
to construct a receiver/transmitter for shortwave or maybe something
simpler, this way I can kill two birds with one stone. Am I asking too much?

Erik Werner
v067njbx@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (VAX)
werner@autarch.acsu.buffalo.edu (unix)

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From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: Basic Advice
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 09:20:42 GMT

darrellm@pogo.wv.tek.com (Darrell McGinnis) writes:
: 
: I've recently bought a second hand Shakespear Big Stick
: base antenna.
: 
: Whats the minimum mounting height that I can use & get
: reasonable performance ?

: 1/2 wavelength ? 1/4 ?

If it has ground radials, then the height does not matter much.
Of course, the higher the better. That is true for any antenna.

: Given that I want to mount it from a fence post
: (6ft 4x4 ceder ) how high a mast can I use without guy
: wires ?

: How best to afix the mast to the post ?
: 
: Assume that the post is 18 to 24 inches in ground with
: a bag or two of concrete. Also, this is a single post not part
: of a fence.

I would use a very short mast - that is not much of a base. The
antenna, all by itself, will be almost too much - if you get
any strong winds in your area.

: Can I get away with sinking the post into sand/gravel ?
: (To allow for future removal of post)
: 
: What size (dia. & wall thickness) for the mast is
: acceptable for a 20ft mast ?

You don't want to use that long a mast with what you describe
for a base. It is not nearly strong enough.

: I understand that there is no SWR adjustment to make on this
: antenna, is this correct ?

I have never seen the antenna - please describe how it is 
constructed. 

Bill
From: v054rtzw@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (RUFUS)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
Subject: Glass Antennas
Date: 9 Nov 92 20:17:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


 Words of advice for a glass mount antenna. If it's still in the package or
not used and all the pieces there, BRING IT BACK. They are a piece of garbage.
Why spend $20-40 on something that does not really work well. The cb 
frequencies are to low for the proper through glass pass. This causes high SWR
and poor trans/receive. They also don't work well because of the size. Your
best bet is a good old 102" whip if you have the space. A magnet mount will
also work better as well. But if it's conceilability of your rig setup try
the combo antennas. They fit in your am/fm antenna slot and you can't tell
the diffrence. They will work better than those through glass garbage.
                    Chris McGowan
                  "Rufus 279" NYC Channel 13
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb