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From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Simple French?
Keywords: francce,french
Date: 4 Sep 92 00:18:22 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

In article <govender.1@odie.ee.wits.ac.za> govender@odie.ee.wits.ac.za writes:
>
>are there any radio stations that broadcast in "simple french" a la the
>bbc's "simple english".please list gmt times and frequencies.

Well, French aimed at Africa will often be easier than European French,
so (if 'za' means what I think it means) you're in luck.  Also,
religious broadcasters often use simpler language than politically
oriented broadcasters.




-- 
+ Michael Covington - Artificial Intelligence Programs - U of Georgia - USA 
+ Unless otherwise noted, these are private opinions, not official statements.
+ VOTE NO GEORGIA LOTTERY - we need not imitate mistakes of other states.
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Original_To:  JNET%"swl-l@ohstvma"
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date:         Wed, 26 Aug 1992 08:58:00 EST
Reply-To:     PERAINO@GMUVAX.BITNET
From:         PERAINO@GMUVAX.BITNET
Subject:      antenna questions, and thanks

Thanks to all of you who responded to my questions about the R8.
I am going to run  a ground wire from the lug in the back of the set
to a ground source. Questions is, can/should I just run it to an
electrical outlet ground, or a water pipe ground? The pipe would be
a little harder, since my house uses plastic piping within, which
means I would have to take the ground line back to the main inlet by
the water tank. But, if the water pipe ground would be better, I'm willing
to do it.  Thanks again to all those radio gurus.

Bob Peraino
peraino@gmuvax

Due to state budget cuts, no fancy signatures allowed.
From: grady@public.BTR.COM ( )
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Hurricane freqs
Date: 26 Aug 92 10:26:14 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, MtnView CA. Contact: Customer Service cs@BTR.COM

Why not just use the telephone?

People who rely upon Amateur Radio
and it motley crew of irresponsible
and unprofessional "emergency operators"
are misinformed or negligent.

In a recent local ARES/RACES net here
in the bay area, about 50% of the
members "checked in."

If only 50% of your local police officers
or firefighters "checked in" to work,
we would be in a lot of trouble...

If you want to play police officer or
wear a dorkey jumpsuit uniform, then
join RACES or ARES; you probably are
permibtted to drive around with their
"emergency communications van" festooned
with lights and an antenna farm on the roof.

If you really want to be useful to yourself
and your neighbors in an emergency, stay
in good physical condition and learn to
personally use your own equipment as well
as possible.

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: sci10019@nusunix2.nus.sg (YU HONG WEY)
Subject: English language broadcasts in Romania
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 09:07:34 GMT

 And me too!

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: say@monashee.sfu.ca (Daniel Say)
Subject: Re: French Broadcasts
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 06:01:57 GMT

	For long lists of every French language broadcast, send for a
subscription to L'ONDE, the monthly magazine of the COCQ, the Club Ondes
Courtes du Quebec- 46 pages of information, schedules, what's been heard and
the famous 'Pages jaunes' in the center listing every French-language SW
broadcast around the world.
	While published and principally edited in Quebec, half the editors
are in France (and Australia), and the editor, Michel Baron, is a frenchman
living and teaching in Chicoutimi, Quebec.
	Subscriptions are $39 in Canada, U.S.
    			  $50 in rest of world
Addresses:
	COCQ
	P.O. 1001,
	Chicoutimi, Que
	CANADA
	G7H 5G4
and
	COCQ
	a/s Norbert Fouquet
	B.P. 74 
	F-40601 Biscarrosse CEDEX
	FRANCE
		(250 FF to the above address, $CAN to Quebec, 
		 Pas de Cheques bancaires! D'accord?)

	They have published several booklets on 
	"Votre prochain recepteur"
	"Bien choisir son recepteur"
		of reviews of receivers
	"Introduction aux ondes courtes"
	"Kenwood R-5000"

	There is also a BBS-Service telematique through the Digital VAX 
11/785 (VAXCHA) at l'Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi.  Free access

Organization: Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date: Thu,  3 Sep 1992 12:30:30 -0400 
From: "Paul J. Dujmich" <paul+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Unknown RTTY Signals

The 75 baud RTTY signals you are hearing are probably synchronous
data. (Normal RTTY is asynchronous and has a start bit and 1 or 2
stop bits). Synchronous data (Like FEC, Moore Code etc) is sent
without any start bit or stop bit. 
Often, you will be able to lock onto a RTTY station (by typing OK
to the PK232 SIGNAL Command) and you will still print garbage.
In these cases, the RTTY stations are transmitting BIT INVERSION or
BIT TRANSPOSITION. In bit inversion, the transmitting end follows
some pattern and inverts a particular bit before sending it, for
example, bit 2. If you knew that you could invert bit 2 on your
receiving end, the garbage would become good text. Bit transposition
does a similar thing, except it transposes or exchanges 2 bits
in the transmitted word. For example, transpose bit 2 with bit 5.
I have personally decoded both bit inversion and bit transposition
with the PK232, but you need special software that you must write
yourself (the capability is not built into the PK232). The PK232 has
a command (which I forgot at the moment) that sends the raw 5 bit
baudot code up to the PC, instead of trying to convert the Baudot
to ASCII and then sending it. Your program receives the raw 5 Bit
baudot and trys various bit inversion and transposition patterns
on it while you watch for plain text to appear. 
   I haven't had any luck in decoding the 75 baud synchronous
signals that your post originally mentioned.

Paul
WA3TLD

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: brekshyn@shearson.com (Bohdan Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Re: DX 390 query again
Reply-To: brekshyn@shearson.com
Organization: Ordinatio
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 20:10:39 GMT

I too would like info on how much better the DX390 is than the DX380.  Sure, the
DX390 has a couple more "band-widths", but how MUCH (if any) is it better for me
to receive a station, say, on the 31-meter band?  Thanks!


						Bohdan


=====================================================================
 
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Consultant                     
 
Compuserve:  72576,1754


                              
All promulgations are my own.  No corporate entity has authorization
to represent me.
 
Imprimatur.						Nihil obstat.
 
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: ralph@mtunp.att.com (Ralph Brandi)
Subject: Welcome to rec.radio.shortwave
Reply-To: ralph@mtunp.att.com
Organization: Democrats for Broccoli
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 02:54:27 GMT

[Last modified: Feb 1 1992]

Compiled by Ralph Brandi, ralph@mtunp.att.com


Welcome to the rec.radio.shortwave newsgroup.  This group was created late in
1989 after a suggestion by Richard Shapiro, in order for those of us who are
interested in the hobby of monitoring radio communications to have a friendly
place to exchange messages, tips, and opinions.  If you are interested in this
sort of hobby, then we think that you will be at home here.

This is a set of monthly postings put together to answer some of the more
commonly asked basic questions about the hobby.  There is a posting explaining
some of the basics of shortwave (HF) radio, one covering medium wave (also
known as AM) and FM DXing, and one covering scanning the higher frequencies
(VHF and up).  If you find that you have other questions, either following up
items mentioned here, or other questions, please post.  There are a number of
people here with varying degrees of expertise and experience who are more
than willing to help.  We hope we've anticipated many of the questions the
beginner will have.  And so, without further ado....


o What is rec.radio.shortwave for?

As stated above this group was created for USENETers to have a place to discuss
the radio monitoring hobby.  This group is not moderated, however 'serious'
arguments and any kind of flame wars are strongly discouraged.  That is not to
say that genuine disagreement and discussion of differing opinions is not
welcome.  We only ask that you keep the tone friendly, and in the spirit of
international cooperation upon which the hobby is founded.

This group is intended to be a place where ANY radio monitoring topic can and
should be discussed.  We are happy to hear from posters who listen to any part
of the radio or microwave spectrum, from DC to daylight.  We discuss topics of
almost any kind, ranging from (but not limited to) shortwave broadcasting,
scanning of all kinds, clandestine and pirate broadcasts, DXing small or
distant shortwave stations, utility and teletype monitoring, military
eavesdropping, the ECPA, station schedules, QSLing sw broadcasters, spectrum
usage, equipment design and modifications, antennas, receiver reviews and
recommendations, and many more.

Despite what the newsgroup name might imply, we definitely DO NOT limit
discussions to shortwave only.  Those of you who are interested in scanners and
VHF/UHF/etc. will find that you fit right in.


For more in-depth answers to questions you may have, we direct your attention
to the postings entitled "Welcome to rec.radio.shortwave (Shortwave)",
"Welcome to rec.radio.shortwave (Scanning)", and "Welcome to
rec.radio.shortwave (AM/FM DXing)", depending on where your interests lie.
-- 
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"I may have had the needle in my arm dozens of times, but I never
pushed the plunger"    -- Presidential Candidate Dave Barry
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: bamse@IASTATE.EDU (Sten M Thernelius)
Subject: Radio Sverige, saendnings schema
Reply-To: bamse@IASTATE.EDU (Sten M Thernelius)
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 19:36:04 GMT


   Hejsan,
   
       Jag taenkte hoera om det finns ngn som skulle kunna skicka mig 
   en kopia av Radio Swedens svenska resp. engelska saendnings scheman.


     Manga tack pa foerhand,
               
                 Magnus Thernelius
                 studerande i aerospace engineering
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: jbromley@joshua.intel.com (James Bromley~)
Subject: General Radio (was "no subject given")
Summary: It's an impedance bridge? 
Organization: Intel Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 00:35:36 GMT

In article <SWL-L%92082415320551@OHSTVMA.IRCC.OHIO-STATE.EDU> 
 IQC109@URIACC.BITNET writes:

>I recently bought an antique radio and would appreciate it if anyone
>has information about it.  The radio is made by General Radio Co.,
>Cambridge, mass. It was made between 1923-1929. It is model no. 247-E.
>The radio consists of a rectangular mahogany box (19 X 8 X 8.5
>inches). The top is hinged. The front panel (of bakelite?) has 5
>dials, 2 of them calibrated in micro-micro farads, another is a sort
>of rehostat that goes from 1-7, one is a large bakelite dial with
>1-100 on it and another also is graduated 1-100 (on surround plate).
>There are 7 posts (batt. posts?) on the outside, a lg. and a sm. knob,
>1 phone jack, & 1 jack with a 1/4" plug in it. It has 2 tubes
>(Cunningham CX 301A) & came with a wet cell (4.5 or 5v selectable by 3
>terminals). It has a Rauland Lyric frequency transformer....Does
>anyone know anthing about the company, how to operate this (similar to
>old Crosleys & Atwater Kents), how common it is, how I could power it,
>etc.  The radio is not listed in the book I have (Collector's guide to
>Antique Radios by Bunis& Bunis). It was a nice old bargain at $25.
>Thanks ahead for any help.

This sounds like an impedance bridge to me.  The tubes could be a
built-in oscillator or earphone amplifier.  General Radio was a well-
known name in RF test equipment and made huge numbers of impedance
bridges over the years.  I have their model 1606 - much newer but with
the pretty much the same dials, except calibrated in ohms at 10 MHz
rather than micro-micro-farads (now called picofarads).  Also, it
doesn't have any vacuum tubes inside.  It was driven by an external
signal generator and drove an external null detector.  My guess is
that you would probably find your instrument fully functional and
completely accurate if you fired it up. They built those babies to
last!

 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Jim Bromley W5GYJ       |                                                  |
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From: jkearman@arrl.org (Jim Kearman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SIGNALS
Date: 28 Aug 92 14:40:48 EDT
Organization: Give me time--I'm working on it!

;From: wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Will Martin)
;Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
;Subject: Re:  SIGNALS
;Date: 27 Aug 92 17:49:58 GMT
;Lines: 11
; 
;I just wonder what good "retransmission" will do... I am hearing this
;obnoxious RTTY or whatever noise on WWCR's 7435 kHz transmissions
;*every* time I tune in over recent days. What good will it be to 
;retransmit last week's program if the interference makes it 
;unlistenable again? 
; 
;I wonder if Signals could get an hour on WRNO in addition to their hour
;on WWCR? That would help by providing alternatives to both the time and
;frequency.
; 
;Will
; 

My original posting of Aug 24 finally made it up here today.
(Sometimes our net connection is as unreliable as the 
ionosphere!) The A index over the weekend was very high, 
which explains why WWCR dropped out at about 0400 UTC. 
I haven't heard the RTTY interference here in Connecticut. 
We need to localize the interference, so we try to guess 
where it's coming from.

I just ran MiniProp, a propagation forecasting program by
W6EL Software. As I suspected, the 7435 frequency is a
good choice for North American coverage for the SIGNALS
time slot, at this point in the sunspot cycle.

It's important to remember that ionospherically-propagated
signals are subject to all kinds of anomalies, especially
in the declining years of a sunspot cycle. There's no
guarantee that another frequency or time will be free of 
interference.

I commend SIGNALS for rebroadcasting the program. Still,
shortwave listeners shouldn't expect perfect reception at
all times. The medium won't support 100% reliability. Frankly,
that uncertainty keeps me interested in SWLing! 

Good listening and 73.

Jim Kearman, KR1S
From: grb@spuds.mlb.semi.harris.com (Jerry Bechtel)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Singapore beamed to N.A?
Date: 27 Aug 92 12:24:06 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Melbourne FL

A fellow employee has asked me for some help. He is from Singapore, 
and would like to listen to radio broadcasts from there. He has not 
bought a radio yet. I asked him if he know of times and frequencies to 
listen to. I don't think he understood that the station must beam their 
broadcasts specifically for North America. He gave me frequencies like 
630KHz, 5052KHz, and 11940KHz. I tried them last night with little 
luck. So, does anyone know if there are stations from Singapore he can 
receive in N.A?

Thanks in advance ... Jerry KC4TIB


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From: ckp@cup.portal.com (Christine K Paustian)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Glenn Hauser's World of Radio and Let's Talk Radio
Date: Thu,  3 Sep 92 04:21:35 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Actually, it's my understanding that Glenn suspended his shipments to
Let's Talk Radio without any prior notification.  No one seems to know
why - not the folks at LTR who provided the programming slot, nor The
Radio Collection, which funded the weekly Airborne delivery of the tape.

	/Christine
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Christine K. Paustian                    ckp@cup.portal.com
    The Radio Collection                 ...!apple!portal!cup.portal.com.ckp
    Box 149, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
    914/923-1862
                 *SIGNALS* is a Signal You Don't Want to Miss!
                    11:35pm EDT, Saturday via WWCR 7435 kHz
                                0335 UTC Sunday
From: chaim@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Chaim R. Dworkin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: location of antennas
Date: 28 Aug 92 16:55:35 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <2641@uswnvg.uswnvg.com> tconboy@nv2 (Terry A. Conboy) writes:
>Attic antennas can work quite well.  I had a severely folded over fan
...
>at 40 feet outdoors.  I have my two meter ham antennas in the attic now,
>and they work just fine (144 MHz).
>


Hmmmm.... someone else advised me NOT to put my antenna in the attic
because there are thousands of nails in the roof holding the shingles
on and surrounding the antenna.  It would shield the signal, he told me.

Maybe I should try it anyway.

Thanks.




Chaim R. Dworkin
chaim@linc.cis.upenn.edu
From: govender@odie.ee.wits.ac.za
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Simple French?
Keywords: francce,french
Date: 3 Sep 92 11:00:42 GMT
Organization: Wits Electrical Engineering (Novell Users).


are there any radio stations that broadcast in "simple french" a la the
bbc's "simple english".please list gmt times and frequencies.

morgan govender
govender@shannon.ee.wits.ac.za
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.broadcast
From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: SONY SW55 LINE OUT
Date: 28 Aug 92 05:16:07 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

The tape recorder output on Sony radios is designed to go into a
microphone input (not line input) on the tape recorder.

-- 
+ Michael Covington - Artificial Intelligence Programs - U of Georgia - USA 
+ Unless otherwise noted, these are private opinions, not official statements.
+ VOTE NO GEORGIA LOTTERY - we need not imitate mistakes of other states.
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Received-Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 09:01:41 +0200
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date:         Fri, 4 Sep 1992 03:03:06 -0400
Reply-To:     Alfredo Cotroneo <A.Cotroneo@IT12.BULL.IT>
From:         Alfredo Cotroneo <A.Cotroneo@IT12.BULL.IT>
Subject:      Satellite Radio(s) Addresses

Is there a directory of (European/Worldwide) satellite radio
broadcasters, with addresses/phone numbers someone could write to?

The 1992 World Radio and TV Handbook lists some of these stations,
but as far as I remember:

1/ The list is incomplete (not up-to-date);
2/ There is no mention of their mailing address or phone, except
   when the programmer is a large station (e.g. BBC, Radio Sweden,
   SRI, RTL, etc.)


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From: phn@dde.dk (Per H. Nielsen)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Additional modifications for PRO-2006 ?
Keywords: PRO-2006
Date: 27 Aug 92 12:03:52 GMT
Organization: Dansk Data Elektronik A/S

I'm looking for additional modifications for the PRO-2006.
I already have the celluar restore, faster scan and disable
keyboard beep modifications, but I assume that there may be
other modifications.

How about information on how to add an S-meter and a tape-relay
for example.
-- 
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Basic Applications                             Fax:        Int +45 42 84 52 20
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: megabyte@chinet.chi.il.us (Dr. Megabyte)
Subject: Re: Local Interference
Summary: Passive Tuner solve local station intermods
Organization: Abacus Computers - You Can Count On Us
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 15:10:20 GMT

duxbury@fraser.sfu.ca (Nancy Ann Duxbury) writes:
>I believe). However, there is a powerful radio transmitter from a
>commercial station located about 200 meters from his home. The local
>station's signal interferes with virtually all shortwave reception.

Rather than the active antenna solution, I'd look into either buying or
building a passive antenna tuner.  The grove mini-tuner is an example of
such a device.  
-- 
"It is a pitty that even a single drop of this noble 
 gift of God should be spilled" - J.S. Bach on wine
Mark E. Sunderlin: Technocrat in Winchester, Virginia  KD4HRI
 aka Dr. Megabyte: megabyte@chinet.chi.il.us  (703) 722-9330
From: sammy@anagld.analytics.com (Sam Blackburn)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Computer control for Icom R7000?
Date: 29 Aug 92 00:54:40 GMT
Organization: Computer Sciences Corporation - Systems Engineering Division

rdemo31@psilink.com (Rick Patterson) writes:

>I am looking for a means to control my Icom R7000 by computer.  Particularly,
>I wish to count "time up" on a preprogrammed channel, count "hits"  
>(xmissions), etc.  I understand an interface and software is available.
>(Computer= IBM clone/etc ... no Commodores, etc.)
>Anyone help, perhaps give me a pointer to a source?  Tnx.

The problem with the R7000 is that you cannot tell (via CI-V) when a signal
is present or not.  In fact, CI-V is extremely defecient (sp) for remoting
a receiver.  You can tell the receiver to do a lot of things but you cannot 
ask the receiver what is going on.  The signal level is a good example.  The
R9000 is the only Icom that allows you to receive a signal strength via the
remote port (and even then it's confusing to intrepret).  This is of course
unless someone has found an undocumented CI-V command...  If you need a routine
to construct commands/parse responses from the Icom just e-mail me.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: crisp@netcom.com (Richard Crisp)
Subject: Re: Collins EM2050
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 23:05:23 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <1992Sep2.200745.21249@cbnewsc.cb.att.com> rats@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (ICOM IC-R70) writes:
>
>The UK magazine Electronics & Wireless World, August 1992, mentions
>this Rockwell shortwave receiver as containing a digital processor
>to do all the IF work.
>
>I believe this receiver was designed for the Canadian military.
>
>Does anyone know know anything about this receiver and/or has any
>hands on experience with it?


While I have no direct experience using this receiver, there 
was a series of two articles written by a Collins Engineer in
Electronic Design last year. The dates were May 23, 1991 and
June 13, 1991. The describe using undersampling techniques
and DSp to accomplish the IF. The achieve higher performance
in the HF SSB receiver and at a lower cost than by using 
conventional techniques.

-- 
Richard Crisp                 Cupertino, Ca.                crisp@netcom.com
(415) 903-3832 wk  "Time for a clean sweep of Congress"   (408) 253 4541 fax

A government that is afraid of an armed populace is a government
the populace should be afraid of.
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