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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Location Of Antennas
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:08:00

ARM>I intend to install two external antennas.  In the short term, something
ARM>for my scanner (dipole or discone) and in the long term a longwave dipole
ARM>for my shortwave.

ARM>Outside installation is technically possible, but the physical implementati
ARM>would be difficult.  I am instead considering mounting these antennas in my
ARM>attic.  I have an aluminum siding house with asphalt shingles.

I currently have a Antenna Supermarket Eavesdropper mounted in my attic.
I haven't really had a lot of problems with it.  I don't have a
reference antenna outside to measure it with, but I'm able to receive
quite a bit.

I'm not "techy" enough to comment on the pros and cons of performance,
but I do know that it works for me.  BTW, I also have a TV antenna up in
my attic and am planning to put a discone up real soon now.  I would
think that anything that you could put up in the attic would beat the
builtin whips and wires strung across the ceiling of you listening room.
If nothing else, it would be up higher.

My advice would be to give it a try.  The worst that could happen is
that you will have to put them outside (which is something that I assume
you don't want to try right now).

 * Origin: Com Port 1 - DFW Amateur Radio BBS (214) 226-1181 (1:124/7009)
From: trb@ima.isc.com (Andrew Tannenbaum)
Subject: Re: shortwaves and other power conventions
Organization: Interactive Systems, Cambridge, MA 02138-5302
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 17:29:43 GMT

In article <20682@optima.cs.arizona.edu> bakken@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Bakken) writes:
> I took my Sangean ATS 803A to Kuwait this summer during
> a two-week visit, but it suffered from a very loud buzzing noise
> from either my power converter (they have 220V/50Hz or whatever
> there) or their power system.

When I was in Israel, I had my Sony 2010 along, with the stock
American 110v transformer.  I had a couple of 220/110 convertors,
a cheap, light-duty one, for light bulbs and stuff, and an expensive
heavy-duty one, for hair dryers and stuff.

Naturally, I tried the expensive heavy-duty convertor with my radio,
and it buzzed like hell.  So I tried the inexpensive, light-duty one,
and it worked silently and perfectly.

	Andrew Tannenbaum   Interactive   Cambridge, MA   +1 617 661 7474
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: boyd@cs.unca.edu (Mark Boyd)
Subject: Re: Inexpensive SW radio for beginner??
Organization: University of North Carolina at Asheville
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 01:08:21 GMT

I notice that Radio Shack has the DX-370 on sale for $80 ( instead
of $120 ). I'm considering this as a more portable backup for my
DX-440, but it may also be a good buy for a first radio. Anybody
have comments on this radio? 

	Mark
From: wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Will Martin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: "Audio" reviews McKay-Dymek
Date: 18 Aug 92 12:36:27 GMT

For those who are interested, th September '92 issue of "Audio" magazine,
just out, has a review of the McKay-Dymek DR333 computer-controlled
general-coverage receiver (begins page 84).

Will
From: farquhar@cs.utexas.edu (Adam Farquhar)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: external antennas on DX-390 radios
Date: 18 Aug 1992 08:04:14 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: bathtub.cs.utexas.edu

I had a recent experience which I found rather surprising.  Like Pete
Helme, I tried to hook up a random wire length as an external antenna.
I hung an 11 1qmeter length of insulated copper twist wire on the
outside of my house, attached the free end to an alligator clip, and
clipped it onto the telescoping antenna of a one week old DX-390 (from
Radio Shack.  It replaces the DX-440).  Instead of getting better
reception, I got no reception whatsoever!  The radio didn't even
receive strong local FM stations!  Rather panicked, I disconnected the
alligator clip, and much to my dismay there was still no reception,
only white noise.  The console appeared to be functioning correctly.
The frequency and clock display were both OK, and the white noise
became louder as I turned the volume control.  I power cycled it.  I
removed the batteries, waited a couple of minutes and returned them.
There was no improvement.

Later that evening, I returned to Radio Shack and exchanged the no
longer functioning radio for a new one.  I must report, by the way,
that the Radio Shack employee that I dealt with was pleasant,
courteous, and promptly exchanged my radio.  Sometimes it's nice not
to have mail ordered something!

My question is this: Did I do something wrong?  Should one, for
instance, never attach a wire directly to the antenna?  Are there some
situations in which one should avoid doing this?  Or was it an unusual
event, perhaps even a coincidence (I doubt it - I had been listening
to Deutsche Welle just minutes before without any problems).

Thanks for your help,

Adam Farquhar	(farquhar@cs.utexas.edu)



Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: tygar+@cs.cmu.edu (Doug Tygar)
Subject: Fine Tuning - Proceedings 1992
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 14:11:26 GMT

I just received a flyer for Fine Tuning's Proceedings 1992.  For those who
are not familiar with it, Fine Tuning is a shortwave publication that tends
to have hobbyist articles aimed as experienced users.  It is substantially
more technical than most other shortwave hobbyist publications that I have
seen.  This year's issue features (according to the flyer):

Review of Drake R-8

Review of NRD-535D

Review of Lowe HF-150 and HF-225

Review of vintage equipment:  Hallicrafters SX-28

Review of vintage equipment:  Hallicrafters S-38

Review of vintage equipment:  Collins 51S-1

Review of vintage equipment:  National HRO

Application notes on improving selectivity with IF filter modules from Kiwa

A study on RF-grounding

An article on DXing cladestine stations of Iran, Iraq, and Kurdistan with a
"key words" list for language identification

Discussion of Ecuadorian shortwave broadcasters

A discussion of the shortwave hobbyiest scene in the 1930s

I can highly recommend Proceedings 1991, and there are other Proceedings
going back to 1988.  While the quality of article varies within each issue,
I've generally found the overall quality to be higher that most other
shortwave publications.  The page count for each Proceedings is about 200
8.5"x11" pages.

The cost for each Proceedings is $19.50 (+ shipping: $4 North America; $5
elsewhere).  Proceedings '92 should be mailed in mid-October.  The address
for orders is:
	Fine Tuning Special Publications
	c/o John Bryant, RRT #5, Box 14
	Stillwater, OK 74074 USA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: New station on 5020 kHz?
From: rdale@cstp.umkc.edu
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 19:50:51 GMT
Organization: UM - Kansas City, Computer Science



	Okay, you wanna hear a weird one?  I can't figure this out.

	I was listening on 8-15 at around 0600 UTC, 5020 kHz.  I heard
English, so I stuck around.  It sounded quasi-religious, but I couldn't
be sure.  I think it was a new transmission, because he was talking about
frequencies, target areas, and time zones.  He mentioned 11530 kHz and
6280 kHz (!) being in operation, but I heard nothing on either of these
frequencies.  He also mentioned FM outlets, but I couldn't catch them due
to a high noise level.

	My receiver is a DX-390.  My old receiver was a DX-390, but the
signal strength meter and "beep" didn't work.  Also the low battery signal
came on no matter what.  When I exchanged it, I think I got a clinker.
The new one chuffs at each kHz (the old one didn't), and the old one
seemed to be a real hot signal grabber.  I haven't had a chance to really
check the new one out yet.

	So this station on 5020 kHz could really be an image or something.
Later on I was tuning around half asleep and thought I heard some broadcast
type signals around 6700 kHz, which struck me odd at the time.

Xref: sparky rec.radio.shortwave:6408 alt.radio.scanner:1638
From: armille@afterlife.ncsc.mil (A. Ray Miller)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Lookout!!!!
Keywords: Senate scanner ban
Date: 21 Aug 92 22:05:23 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The Great Beyond

David L. Wilson dwilson@s850.mwc.edu writes:
>This is the 2nd article this week in DC area papers where the cellular
>industry has attempted to influence the upcomming Senate vote.
>Suggestion, perhaps we should all write letters to newspapers
>noting that is police radars can cause cancer than might cellular
>signal/sites also do the same.  Better yet, let Black know of your
>contemplations and let the Senate know of YOUR rights.

Writing to your Senators is a better course of action.  We should all take a
lesson from the NRA.  Although unpopular on Capitol Hill, the NRA is very
successful influencing Congressional legislation because they *let their
Congresscritters know* that they are unhappy with laws which infringe upon the
rights of citizens.
"We don't like that gun; we'll ban it" and "we don't like that radio, we'll
ban it" are not all that much different.  Unless you complain, and loudly,
when Congress intrudes into your rights and tries to take something away from
you the future does not appear bright.
I suggest everyone call or write their Senators expressing their concerns.
I also point out that an election year is a particularly effective time to
contact your Congresscritters.
-- 

A. Ray Miller
arm@super.org | armille@afterlife.ncsc.mil
Organisation: European Space Operation Centre (E.S.O.C)
Date: Monday, 17 Aug 1992 10:56:42 CET
From: <PREGAN@ESOC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Interpreting Solar Reports


 Does anyone have a copy of the document which explains how to
interpret the Solar Terrestrial Reports as issued by Cary Oler ?

 Also are there any USENET newsgroups dedicated to the field of
Solar Activity ?

Thanks in advance for any assistance offered ...

Phil Regan PREGAN@ESOC.BITNET European Space Operations Centre Germany
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From: jerry@ginger.hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: DX-390 or similar
Date: 15 Aug 92 04:19:01 GMT
Organization: USDA HNRC at Tufts University

In article <1992Aug13.090707.294@nutmeg.hnrc.tufts.edu>, I (Jerry Dallal) wrote:
> In article <9350078@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>, myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Myers) writes:
>>> leaking through onto the 2-3 MHz and 16 MHz band, but that may be
>>> because I have a 5000000 kW FM station within a 15-minute walk.
>>> 
>> Gee, with 5 billion watts that close, you shouldn't even NEED batteries.
>> Just stick a wire up in the air.......:-)
> 
> I'd agree completely, but it was only 5 *million*! ;-)

Sigh!  5000000 kw = 5000000000 w

How come there's never a moderator to save you from yourself when you
really need one?
From: dnewkirk@arrl.org (Dave Newkirk)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BBC Discovery/Science in Action Times?
Date: 19 Aug 92 19:25:50 GMT
Organization: American Radio Relay League

Can anyone tell me when BBC's "Discovery" and "Science in Action"
progams air? I know of only one time per week for each; there
*must be more!

While I'm at it, how about "From Our Own Correspondent"? I like
the Proms, but the current season clobbers what was my favorite
FOOC airing at 1830.

Thanks.




David Newkirk, WJ1Z                     |  voice: 203-666-1541 X280
Senior Assistant Technical Editor, ARRL |  fax: 203-665-7531
225 Main St, Newington CT 06111 USA     |  net: dnewkirk@arrl.org
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: xberri@europa.aero.org (Jason E. Berri)
Subject: DX'ers Guide to the Galaxy
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Reply-To: xberri@arecibo.aero.org
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 19:06:00 GMT

I uploaded the latest version of the SCDX "DX'ers Guide to the Galaxy" and 
it is now available from vmsserv@arecibo.aero.org ("send galaxy.txt").  The 
guide contains information on DXing satellites and other space comms, 
produced by Radio Sweden.

-Jason

--
Jason Berri  [berri@aero.org or berri@arecibo.aero.org]
[SPEEDX Column Editor and keeper of the vmsserv swl archive located on]
[arecibo.aero.org.  Send email for more info on SPEEDX or the archive.]
From: dduff@infopls.chi.il.us (Dennis Duffner)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: ham radio beginning
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 10:09:06 CDT
Organization: INFOPLUS support, Wheeling, IL

For the gent who asked about ham radio clubs, you might wish to call
the ARRL at Newington CT and ask if there is a ham radio club
in your areal.
 
I used to have ARRL's phone number, but that was a long time ago.
Perhaps someone else can furnish it.

Dennis Duffner                           dduff@infopls.chi.il.us
"We weren't sure if he were a fool...
then he said sunthin 'n we knew fer shure."   Mark Twain
 
All the usual blah-blah on opinions, etc.  blah..blah..blah
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: jvb7u@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Jon Brinkmann)
Subject: Re: A really neat idea
Reply-To: jvb7u@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Jon Brinkmann)
Organization: Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 00:18:49 GMT

In article <77660@ut-emx.uucp>, kipper@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kip Ingram) writes:
> Hey, here's a thought guys.  Build a mixer that mixes any 5 or 6 MHz slice
> of the shortwave spectrum you like (say, 5-11 Mhz) up to a TV channel that's
> vacant in your area.  Now record that channel on a VCR all night long.  
... deleted...
> Will this work?  Could a pair of mixers, a VCR, and some sutiable switches
> really be all it takes to pull off such a coup?

In a word, NO!  The VCR doesn't just record a band of frequencies on tape,
as you assume.  It separates video and audio signals, also extracting the
sync from the video.   As a result, you need a different VCR for different
TV standards (NTSC, SECAM, PAL, etc.).

Jon
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: phil@mailhub.scf.lmsc.lockheed.com (Phil English)
Subject: News Service
Organization: Lockheed Santa Cruz, CA.
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 13:59:11 GMT

      Two questions:
	What frequencies (.5 to 30 Mhz) and times can I recieve Reuters (sp?
) news service ?

	Approximately What were the years of manufacture of the Radio Shack 
model DX-160 Short Wave Reciever? It is solid state, not vacuum tube.



	Please E-mail any available info, Thanks

					Phil
From: jhill@gallstone.bucknell.edu (HILL, S JACKSON)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: DAK DMR-3000 questions
Keywords: DAK, shortwave
Date: 13 Aug 92 16:47:00 GMT
Organization: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

A new catalogue from DAK just arrived and it once again advertises the new
DAK DMR-3000 shortwave radio. I believe I read on the net several months
ago that this radio was "on hold," and later read the rumor that DAK was
going into bankruptcy.  Does anyone know the story.  Does this radio exist?
Is it available?  If so, it seems to be a lot of radio for only $70.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: motani@watson.ibm.com (Muiz Motani)
Subject: Re: GE Superadio II in Canada
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 20:05:20 GMT
Reply-To: motani@vnet.ibm.com
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM Canada Lab

In  <1992Aug14.141855.19006@bmerh85.bnr.ca>  william@bcarh472.bnr.ca (William Moss) writes:
> For those looking for a GE Superadio II (not III) at any price, I just
> saw a couple at my local Canadian Tire for 79.95.
> I bought mine last year in Dallas on sale for $32 US (=$39 CAN).
>  

You can also find them in Sears stores. I saw one at the Sears in Fairview Mall 
in Toronto for $79. I asked the sales desk about the SR III, and the sales 
person didn't even know what I was talking about. In fact, I don't think he even
knew they had the SR II on the shelves.

Muiz Motani
motani@vnet.ibm.com
Xref: sparky rec.radio.shortwave:6287 sci.electronics:14397
From: thomasn@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Thomas M Nathe)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Craftsmanship is dying
Date: 15 Aug 92 05:19:37 GMT
Followup-To: rec.radio.shortwave
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.


Hey thanks for the plug!  But do have to agree that craftsmanship (good, bad andindifferent)  is not dead. Now adays, not one single person is solely respounable for craftsmanship, it is a team effort. As a bench technician, I need to relayon the assemblers before me to get the rights parts on the board. The final ass-embly folks depend on me to send them good working boards to install in to inst-ruments. I like to think that the products that leave my bench will work right  out of the box, every time, all


 the time. It doesn't happen 100% of the time, and when a product doesn't work, I take it personally. It's a bad reflection to   my skill, not to mention the company's reputation.  
A lot of what I find that makes for good craftsmanship is the attention to details. Taking a couple of extra seconds to move a wire out of the way so that lateron it won't get pinched weeks later or wiping off a pencil mark on a front panelis an example.  There is a lot of good stuff out in the market today. Most of itwe don't even give it a second thought. I used to work in a paper mill awhile   back. One of the things that the mill made was toliet paper.  The mill must of
spent 10's of thousands of dollars per year, just to make sure that the paper   was the same from one batch to the next. That's craftmanship and look what we
used it for.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: chuck@eng.umd.edu (Chuck Harris - WA3UQV)
Subject: Re: Craftsmanship is dying
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 16:20:39 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, Department of Electrical Engineering

In article <7940007@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com> pazar@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Steve Pazar) writes:
>Hiroshi,
>  If you get a 'charge' (no pun intended) out of your old signal generator,
>  take a look inside an old Tektronix 'scope, or even better, an R-390
>  receiver. As far as I'm concerned, they are the definition of good
>  engineering and workmanship. Even though I've been involved in designing
>  and producing "modern" electronic products I'm always amazed at the
>  quality of some of the old "boat-anchors".

However, if I engineered a receiver or a scope that way today, it would be
an example of very bad engineering....Go figure?

Chuck Harris - WA3UQV
chuck@eng.umd.edu
From: pazar@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Steve Pazar)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Craftsmanship is dying
Date: 12 Aug 92 02:35:41 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA

Hiroshi,
  If you get a 'charge' (no pun intended) out of your old signal generator,
  take a look inside an old Tektronix 'scope, or even better, an R-390
  receiver. As far as I'm concerned, they are the definition of good
  engineering and workmanship. Even though I've been involved in designing
  and producing "modern" electronic products I'm always amazed at the
  quality of some of the old "boat-anchors".

			 Steve Pazar WA4DUT/6
			 pazar@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: IRRS-Shortwave SCHE0992
From: rdale@cstp.umkc.edu
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 17:52:37 GMT
Organization: UM - Kansas City, Computer Science

> North America.  Please observe that North America is
> in ITU Region 2, where this frequency os not allocated
> for broadcasting.

	I thought it was not allocated for broadcasting *from*, but
	broadcasting *to* is allowed. . .?
Xref: sparky rec.radio.shortwave:6335 sci.electronics:14496
From: bakken@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Bakken)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,sci.electronics
Subject: shortwaves and other power conventions
Date: 18 Aug 92 04:29:59 GMT
Followup-To: rec.radio.shortwave

I took my Sangean ATS 803A to Kuwait this summer during
a two-week visit, but it suffered from a very loud buzzing noise
from either my power converter (they have 220V/50Hz or whatever
there) or their power system.  (It  worked just fine
with batteries.)  While it may have been their power system,
this leads me to wonder if such power converters are somehow
inherently noisy, and if my friends there should always buy
things like shortwaves, computers, etc. there rather than
getting them here and using converters, because of
this or for other reasons.   Thanks for any help!
--
Dave Bakken                               Internet: bakken@cs.arizona.edu
Dept. of Computer Science; U of Arizona   Voice:    +1 602 621 4089      
Tucson, AZ 85721; USA                     FAX:      +1 602 621 4246
The fact that you're paranoid doesn't prove they're *not* out to get you.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: ICF-7600
From: rdale@cstp.umkc.edu
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 17:38:39 GMT
Organization: UM - Kansas City, Computer Science

>   My local department store has Sony ICF7600 for $179. 

	It usually gets pretty good marks in the Passport to World
	Band Radio.  Sony has generally put out really good radios,
	but have rested on their laurels while other companies have
	caught up and in some cases surpassed them.

>  buy for the money? I'm quite suspicious to Radio Shack
>  products - so DX-xxx I have taken out of the consideration,

	Most of the higher end Radio Shack line (DX-390, DX-440) are
	simply Sangean radios with the R.S. label on them, and maybe
	a few minor cosmetic differences.  For example, the Sangean
	ATS-803A had a tape recorder jack while the DX-440 didn't 
	(although it is easily added).

	I use a DX-390 and am more than thrilled with it.  I got it
	while it was on sale a month or so ago for $210.  I also
	have a DX-440 which needs some work (my fault), and it
	provides good reception, too.

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: pauln@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (paul.h.nelson)
Subject: FAQ
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:19:20 GMT
Keywords: short wave frequent

Cannot find FAQ at our site.  Could someone please mail me info. or site
where FAQ exists.

Thanks,

Paul Nelson
Bell Labs
Naperville, IL
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: victor@netcom.com (Victor Nowik)
Subject: Re: Yugoslavian RTTY stations logged In SF Bay Area
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 04:55:33 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Summary: Yugoslavian RTTY reception confirmed (EAST COAST )

In article <fa9m35c.crisp@netcom.com>, crisp@netcom.com (Richard Crisp) writes:
> I logged Tanjung (Yugoslavian Press) RTTY transmissions on Sunday
> Evening the 16th of August (actually from 0400 to 0500GMT on 8/17/92)
> 
> The frequencies and times follow
> 
> 	11604 YZJ2 0400-0500? Baudot 425/50baud
> 	13440 YZJ5 0400-0500? Baudot 425/50baud
> 
> They are broacdasting news about the Bosnian-Serbian fighting. The signal
> fades a lot here in the Silicon Valley area, but folks further east
> can probably get them better.
> 
> Richard Crisp           Cupertino, Ca.        crisp@netcom.com


	Richard Crisp is correct! Here in Northern New Jersey I can get 
	The Yugoslavians strong and clear on all four of thier freqs.

	After about 5 mins or RY's (starting at 0400GMT)  they sent a sched:

	All english news transmision are between 0400 and 1700 GMT on:

		7658 11604 12212 and 13440 KHZ shift/baud(425/50)

	Lots of war news..strong signal....(10-25 KW) This is a good chance
	for people looking for reliable strong "in the clear" RTTY!
	Should be easy to pickup even on simple rtty demod units (at least
	at my QTH in north eastern usa).  I will post some of the text
	as soon as I setup to capture it into a file.


	victor@netcom.com
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