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From: crisp@netcom.com (Richard Crisp)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: many
Date: 25 Jan 93 21:14:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.1993Jan25.211440.10989
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)

In article <1993Jan25.111528.6580@walter.cray.com> jcarroll@gath.cray.com (Jeff Carroll) writes:
>
>In article <CB.93Jan25095316@tamarack13.timbuk>, cb@tamarack13.timbuk (Chris Brewster) writes:
>> Glenn C. Lasher, Jr. writes:
>> 
>>    >The other day I heard that there is a russian language local station
>>    >in New York City.  To receive it, one is told to buy a special radio
>>    >else you won't be able to receive it.  Does anybody know what the deal
>>    >is here.  Is this is on short-wave, the new assigned frequencies on MW
>>    >or what?
>> 
>>    It is probably going to be an SCA outlet (subcarriers on FM), similar to the
>>    RISE service in Albany, which is a newspaper reading servise for the blind.  A
>>    lot of unusual and small-audience servises use this route.  Bear in mind,
>>    though, that these subcarriers are protected by the ECPA :-(
>> 
>> FM subcarriers are (or were) used for background music in stores.  At one time
>> Radio Shack was carrying a receiver to pick up these signals.  Are there still
>> any easy-to-get sets that do this?
>
>This is supposed to be illegal as hell, and so I'd think that the FCC
>would have leaned pretty hard on the manufacturers and vendors to get
>any sets that do this off the market, like they did with scanners that
>tune the mobile-phone band.
>
>If you've got a set that you can play with enough to tap the IF output,
>it shouldn't be too hard to build a tunable discriminator to detect
>whatever subcarriers are there. I'll bet that if you comb your friendly
>neighborhood library, you can find plans for building one.

ECPA aside, it is pretty easy to modify an FM broadcast band radio to`
allow reception of SCA signals. First of all you will need a second receiver,
one that is capable of receiving FM signals and will tune below 100khz.

You then need to identify the output of the FM demodulator in the radio
to be modified. Capacitively couple the FM demodulator output into a piece
of coax and take this out of the radio and connect to the antenna input
of you second radio (the one that can tune below 100khz and can receive
FM). Then you tune an FM station with the modified receiver and then try 
67khz and 92khz on the sub 100khz tuning receiver. Keep interating through
the broadcast band and you will be able to log all of the SCA stations.

IF mods really don't do it the easy way. But you can add an FM demod to the IF
but I don't understand why someone would want to do this since a perfectly
good one is already in the receiver. 
-- 
Richard Crisp                 Cupertino, Ca.                crisp@netcom.com
(415) 903-3832 wk                                         (408) 253 4541 fax
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: ndasmith@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Noah Smith)
Subject: YOUR BODY AS AN EXTRA BOOSTER WITH DAK'S STATION STALKER
Followup-To: rec.radio.shortwave
Organization: Northwestern University
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:50:49 GMT

Okay, I'm sure everyone out there knows that the electricity in your body
is a useful (perhaps necessary) addition to the amplifier in the radio. 
Unfortunately, when I got DAK's Station Stalker, I realized the only way I
was going to hear was to hold the radio's antenna and the Stalker at the
same time.  It gets worse, because the slightest movement I make will lose
the signal.  In other words, I complete the electrical circuit, so
listening to shortwave is much less enjoyable than it could be.  Any ideas
on how to get the signal without having your body become a necessary
booster?  Thanks.
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: rcw@teal.csn.org (Robert C. White Jr.)
Subject: Re: Should I get a 2010 or a Drake?
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 05:50:12 GMT

gsmlrn@gsm001.mendelson.com (Geoffrey S. Mendelson) writes:
: 
: What do you plan to listen to? The 2010 will do just as well as the r8 on 
: 99% of the broadcast signals and probaly 90% of the utility signals. If you
: listen to the BBC etc, the 2010 will do you well. If you are trying to
: get "Radio Free Fredonia" with their 5 watt transmiter and heavy jamming,
: then the R8 will do better. Will it do 3 times the price better? I doubt
: it.

OK, I've been at this for a year now, so I will ask a slightly different
question.  I am using a DX-440 to listen to BBC, Christian Science Monitor,
RFI, etc.  Pretty good little radio.

Are there listening quality advantages to say purchasing an R8?  Will
the BBC sound better?  Will the fadeouts be fewer?

Perhaps I read you wrong, but are you saying the only point in buying
an expensive tabletop receiver is to pull in the weak stations?


-- 
Robert C. White, Jr.					rcw@whitestar.com
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: idoy@crux1.cit.cornell.edu (Mike Wilson)
Subject: Realistic DX-342 9-Band?
Summary: Is this radio any good?
Keywords: radio shack, dx-342
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 26 Jan 93 22:32:54 GMT

Hello,

I am looking for a very small radio that I can carry
in my bookbag.  Today, I looked at a little DX-342 at
Radio Shack.

Has this radio  been discussed?  If so, does anyone have
an archive?  Has anyone had any luck with this radio?

Thanks,

Mike


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Michael Wilson
idoy@crux1.cit.cornell.edu
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From: cb@tamarack13.timbuk (Chris Brewster)
Subject: Re: many
In-reply-to: GL8574@ACSPR1.ACS.BROCKPORT.EDU's message of Sat, 23 Jan 1993 14:54:19 EST
Organization: pubs
Date: 25 Jan 93 09:53:19 CST

Glenn C. Lasher, Jr. writes:

   >The other day I heard that there is a russian language local station
   >in New York City.  To receive it, one is told to buy a special radio
   >else you won't be able to receive it.  Does anybody know what the deal
   >is here.  Is this is on short-wave, the new assigned frequencies on MW
   >or what?

   It is probably going to be an SCA outlet (subcarriers on FM), similar to the
   RISE service in Albany, which is a newspaper reading servise for the blind.  A
   lot of unusual and small-audience servises use this route.  Bear in mind,
   though, that these subcarriers are protected by the ECPA :-(

FM subcarriers are (or were) used for background music in stores.  At one time
Radio Shack was carrying a receiver to pick up these signals.  Are there still
any easy-to-get sets that do this?

Chris Brewster
cb@cray.com

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: don@writer.yorku.ca (don Sinclair)
Subject: Re: Best published schedules?
Organization: Interdisciplinary Fine Arts, York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:22:56 GMT

>Monitoring Times.  This information can also be found in Jim
>Frimmel's set of HyperCard stacks for the Macintosh, *Shortwave
>Navigator*, which is where I get it.  It seems reasonably complete.

Are these stacks available by ftp somewhere?

don
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Shortwave=old car radio + spare parts?
From: emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 21:38:39 PST
Distribution: world
Organization: Robert Smits

forb0004@128.101.131.2 (Eric J. Forbis) writes:

> I recently downloaded a text file from a BBS (adapted from a 1990 Radio 
> Electronics article) that claims that shortwave radios may be constructed by 
> modifying  used car radios; the homebuilt units will be as sensitive as 
> commercial units available for $150- $200.  I'm going to give it a whirl 
> simply because it looks like quality gadgeteering, but is anyone familiar wit
> the typical functionality of such units? I've never used an analog tuner 
> before with shortwave, and envision static, drifting frequencies, and general
> headaches. 
> Eric J. Forbis     forb0004@student.tc.umn.edu


It's called adding a shortwave converter. If you don't have the old car 
radio yet, get one with analog, not digital tuning, as that will mean you 
don't need an extra crystal for each band you want to cover. (The digital 
ones tune in 10 KHz steps, while stations are located every 5 KHz)

Second, if you use it in a car, you may find it quite noisy, due to 
electrical noise generated by the cars plugs, alternator, electrical 
motors, guages etc.

They are reasonably sensitive, easy to assemble (an evening, including 
case, etc.) and cheap. If you're handy, you can add a BFO to the receiver 
to allow you to receive SSB or CW.

I don't notice much drift, because the convertors are crystal controlled, 
and tha average car radio is pretty stable at AM Band frequencies. Just 
make sure that the converter is completely enclosed in a metal box, and 
that you use shielded cable to feed the signal from the antenna to the 
converter and from the converter to the radio. (I used a 4 ft antenna 
extension, cut in two, with  the cut ends soldered to the converter. The  
other ends plugged into the radio and the original antenna cable from the 
car.)

In summary, works fairly well, lots of fun to make, and CHEAP.

I used the Oak Hills Converter Kit.


Robert Smits  VE7EMD Ladysmith B.C. e-mail: emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca 

The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. King Henry VI, Part 2
From: randall@informix.com (Randall Rhea)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: beginners luck?
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:49:33 GMT
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

uni@acs.bu.edu (Shaen Bernhardt) writes:

>1>  What is the freqency to wavelength formula?  i.e. at 7.0 MHz, what
>is the wave length and thus the ideal antenna length....?

That's an easy one ...   Wavelength in meters = 300 / Frequency_MHz

>2>  In the same frequency band, what have SWL out there recorded as a
>pretty "average" watt/distance ratio?

I wish there were some easy formula.  In reality, it depends on
propagation conditions, time of day, interference from other
stations, antenna at the transmitter, antenna at the receiver, etc.
You can hear a 1-watt station from 10,000 miles away at times, and
at other times, a 50,000-watt station cannot be heard from the
next town.

>3>  Will the gague of wire used in a longwire antenna effect the quality
>of transmission?

Are you transmitting or receiving?   The general answer for transmitting
is "maybe", and receiving is "usually not."   However, this answer to this
question is complicated and calls for a book on antennas if you wish
to transmit.  If you are receiving, the guage of the antenna wire 
generally has no effect on reception.  You should keep in mind, 
however, that really thin wire can be broken easily.


-- 

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Randall Rhea                                        Informix Software, Inc. 
Project Manager, MIS Sales/Marketing Systems    uunet!pyramid!infmx!randall
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: ae411@yfn.ysu.edu (Richard Baker)
Subject: DRAO=Lubeck...
Reply-To: ae411@yfn.ysu.edu (Richard Baker)
Organization: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 05:56:50 GMT


Ok, Jason was kind enough to drop me a line that DRAO is the
call sign for the German Naval ves. Lubeck. Can anyone add
any info, such as class of ship, or hull number? 

One step closer to solving another mystery, but three more
popped up while I was working on this one....



Richard D. Baker (xx159@yfn.ysu.edu)
		 SWL Sig Sysop
		 aka ae411@yfn.ysu.edu

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: mjteal@icaen.uiowa.edu (Martin Joseph Teal)
Subject: Radio Nacional de Chile
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 01:33:05 GMT
Organization: Iowa Computer Aided Engineering Network, University of Iowa

Can someone with a guide please tell me the main frequency(ies) of Radio
Nacional de Chile? Help would be appreciated and can be sent directly to me    
via e-mail. Thanks!

-- 
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From:         RCAA000@MAPLE.CC.KCL.AC.UK
Subject:      RE: B in WRTH

>I saw (B) for some station in the QSL verfification section
>in WRTH. What does it mean ?
>Thank You
>73s
>
>subramat@etsu


(B) means that reception reports are welcome.  (A) means that reports
are not encouraged.

I am not convinced of the accuracy of the As & Bs.

Derek Cooper
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,soc.culture.canada
From: cb@tamarack13.timbuk (Chris Brewster)
Subject: Re: Atheist country?
In-reply-to: scooper6@mach1.wlu.ca's message of Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:57:22 GMT
Organization: pubs
	<1993Jan26.125106.5410@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
	<1993Jan26.151617.25730@watson.ibm.com> <C1HJvn.FtK@mach1.wlu.ca>
Date: 27 Jan 93 09:51:45 CST

Stephen Cooper writes:

   This is true.  The CRTC was asking people if they wanted channels such as
   the all-Nazi channel or the all-racist channel or the all-satanist channel.
   This is because they would also have to be granted licences if the
   completely Christian channels were granted.

I don't see why this follows.  They seem to be overextending the ideal
of intellectual consistency.

Chris Brewster
cb@cray.com
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: gsmlrn@gsm001.mendelson.com (Geoffrey S. Mendelson)
Subject: Re: Should I get a 2010 or a Drake?
Organization: Mendelson.com
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:15:43 GMT

In article <C1G5Jq.Hvy@csn.org> rcw@teal.csn.org (Robert C. White Jr.) writes:
>gsmlrn@gsm001.mendelson.com (Geoffrey S. Mendelson) writes:
>: 
>: What do you plan to listen to? The 2010 will do just as well as the r8 on 
>: 99% of the broadcast signals and probaly 90% of the utility signals. If you
>: listen to the BBC etc, the 2010 will do you well. If you are trying to
>: get "Radio Free Fredonia" with their 5 watt transmiter and heavy jamming,
>: then the R8 will do better. Will it do 3 times the price better? I doubt
>: it.
>
>OK, I've been at this for a year now, so I will ask a slightly different
>question.  I am using a DX-440 to listen to BBC, Christian Science Monitor,
>RFI, etc.  Pretty good little radio.
>
>Are there listening quality advantages to say purchasing an R8?  Will
>the BBC sound better?  Will the fadeouts be fewer?

Both the 2010 and the R8 have a synchronous detector circuit. If used
properly, it will reduce fade-outs. I don't know about the one on the R8,
but on reasoably strong signals the 2010's eliminates them.


>Perhaps I read you wrong, but are you saying the only point in buying
>an expensive tabletop receiver is to pull in the weak stations?

The expensive table top radios have more features than the portables. If you
need the features, you need the radios. For most broadcast listing, the only
advantages of the 2010/r8 over the Dx440 are the sync detector and ergonomics
(more or "better" memories etc.). For SSB (HAM or utility transmissions) the
2010 and R8 use a demodulator instead of a BFO and will do much better.

However, for listening to the BBC, etc. the 2010 vs R8 will not do that much 
better. (Or the R8 vs the DX440 either) (that much being about $600)

IMHO the sync detector is worth the price difference between the 2010 and
the DX440. 

It depends on what you need. Would you really use 10 memories? how about 32?
100? 200? Do you need SSB reception? Would you actually use the gadgets if
you had them?

Do not tell my wife, but a 2010 more than fills my NEEDS. On the other hand
an NRD535D  barely fills my WANTS.

And to add a little more confusion, I don't know what antenna you have,
but a better one would help your reception.


Geoff.
-- 
Geoffrey S. Mendelson 
(215) 242-8712
gsm@mendelson.com     or uunet!gsm001!gsm
From: maton@herald.usask.ca (Terry Maton)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Radio reviews
Date: 26 Jan 1993 20:03:16 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: herald.usask.ca
Originator: maton@herald.usask.ca

The february issue of BBC Worldwide magazine includes reviews of 
12 shortwave receivers.
Here are the ratings given (actually they use little radio symbols not *)

    * Mediocre
   ** Average
  *** Good
 **** Very Good
***** Excellent

** Lowe SRX-50 (Amsonic AS-908 or Morphy Richards R191)
       is mOrphy a mistake - I remember mUrphy richards as a kid)
**** Sangean ATS-808 (Roberts R808, Realistic DX-380, Siemens RK661)
                       in the article they wrongly say DX-390 for above)
** Sony ICF-SW20
** Sangean SG621 or SG631 (Siemens RK710 and Roberts R621)
**** Sony ICF-SW1E
*** Panasonic RF-B45 (National B-45)
**** Sony ICF-SW7600
*** Sangean ATS-818CS (Roberts RC818 and Siemens RK670)
**** Sony ICF-SW55
**** Sony ICF-SW77
***** Grundig Satellit 700
***** Lowe HF-150

You'll have to read the magazine to get the details, as price, portability,
options, etc. have a lot to do with your choice.

Terry
-- 
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University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

INTERNET:   maton@sask.usask.ca   or   maton@herald.usask.ca
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: poll@patty.gud.siemens.co.at (Nikolaus Pollak)
Subject: Re: Should I get a 2010 or a Drake?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 09:42:14 GMT
Organization: SIEMENS Austria Corp., A-1100 Wien, Gudrunstr. 11
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

David Myers (dem@meaddata.com) wrote:
: 
:    Here's a quickie comparison table, with editorial comments thrown
: in here and there to give you an idea of what you get when you pay
: more for the R8.  I sort of ordered these depending on how valuable I
: think the feature is.  I didn't list scanning features, as both radios
: have plenty of them.  There are lots of other features I haven't
: mentioned, too.
: 
: FEATURE			R8			2010
: 
: Sync detector		Yes			Yes (better than the R8)
: Notch filter		Yes (excellent)		No
: Passband Shift		Yes (great feature)	No
: Filter bandwidths	5 (all modes but FM)	2 (for AM, 1 for SSB/CW)
: Direct frequency entry	Yes			Yes
: Finest tuning step	10 Hz (great for SSB)	100 Hz
: Stability		Like a rock		Like a rock
: Memories		100			32
: Adjustable AGC		Slow, fast, off		No
: Synthesizer "chuffing"	Very slight		Noticeable
: Front end preamp	Yes			No
: Noise blanker		Wide and narrow		No
: Squelch			Yes			No
: FM reception on SW	Yes			No
: FM Broadcast band	No			Yes
: Timer settings		1			4
: RS-232 interface	Yes			No
: Ease of use		Good			Excellent
: Air band		No			Yes
: 


I am new in SW-listening and DX-ing.
My radio has direct frequency entry, but the finest tuning step is
5 khz. I noticed that almost all SW-Stations send on frequencies that
end with a 5 or a 0. When do i need this small tuning steps ?
Are there stations that i cannot heare with my wide tuning steps?

Thanks in advance for any answer

Nikolaus
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From: dennis@IRISSUN2.FP.TRW.COM (User)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Dayton, OH hamfest
Date: 27 Jan 93 07:45:29 GMT
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Does anyone know the exact dates of the huge hamfest that is held
annually in Dayton, Ohio?  If I remember correctly it's usually around
the end of March or April, but I need to know the exact dates.

Does anyone have this information?

Thanks,

Dennis
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: lang@unb.ca (Richard B. Langley)
Subject: External Service of Slovak Radio
Organization: University of New Brunswick
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:31:52 GMT

During the DX Special program on Radio Prague last night, it was announced that
Slovak Radio, Bratislava, has plans for a full-scale external service with
broadcasts in Slovak, English, French, German, and perhaps Russian.
The Slovak broadcasts have already started.  According to Sweden Calling DXers
and BBC Monitoring,tThe Slovak service has been heard at 01:30-02:00 hrs on
5930 and 7345 kHz and at 19:00-19:30 hrs on 9505 and 9580 kHz. The station is
announcing as well an hour long program at 14:00 hrs on 6055, 7345, and 9505
kHz.
I heard the 01:30 to 02:00 broadcast last night on 7345 kHz.  Slovak Radio is
apparently using a different transmitter than the one used by Radio Prague on
7345 kHz just before (English) and just after (Spanish) the Slovak broadcast. 
There is a few minutes of overlap of the two stations making the start of the
interval signal and the end of the broadcast of Slovak Radio a bit difficult to
hear.  This broadcast from Slovak Radio was a bit weaker than the preceding and
following broadcasts from Radio Prague as monitored here on the east coast of
Canada.
WRTH 92 indicates that Radio Czechoslovakia had 3 transmitter sites, one in the
present Czech Republic (Litomysl - 2 x 100 kW) and two in the present Slovak
Republic (Velke Kostoloany (?) - 1 x 100 kW; Rimavska Sobota - 2 x 250 kW). 
The new Radio Prague has been heard on a least three frequencies
simultaneously.  Does this mean there is a transmitter sharing agreement
between the Czech and Slovak Republics?
The interval signal of Slovak Radio is a 6-note synthesizer tune (from the
national anthem or a piece by a Slovak classical composer?)

==============================================================================
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: siddique@active.UVic.CA (Intekhaab  Siddiquee)
Subject: TIME SET-UP IN DX-390
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 02:34:49 GMT

Thanks to everyone who e-mailed me with their suggestions for buying a
shortwave radio. I now own DX-390. How do I set up exact time on this?
What I do now is that I press the digits for setting the time and
wait for thhe sixth beep of time signal from BBC. As soon as I hear
the sixth beep, I press the 'enter' button. But next time when I want
to verify the time, I see that the time is not accurate.
Any suggestions?
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Reply-To:     Francesco Bosio <CALC0X@UNI-BOCCONI.IT>
From:         Francesco Bosio <CALC0X@UNI-BOCCONI.IT>
Organization: Univ. BOCCONI, Milano, Italy (node IMIBOCCO on EARN/BITNET)
Subject:      ICOM ICR7100 RECEIVER

Hi all

I'm considering to change my actual scanner (AR 1000) with an
ICOM IC-R7100. I would like to hear any impression about it.
Is it a good choice ? What else do the market offers for the
same price/performances ?

                          Many thanks in advance



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