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From: cs00jmc@unccvax.uncc.edu (John Covington WN4BBJ)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: NC/SC HAMFEST INFO MAILING LIST ANNOUNCEMENT
Date: 24 Jul 1992 13:08:55 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

(I don't think this got through, so I'll try again)

         NC/SC HAMFEST INFO MAILING LIST ANNOUNCEMENT

I have been maintaining an electronic mailing list for the last year and 
a half, and thought that there might be a few people on the net that 
would like to know about it.  I posted an announcement a year ago but
a lot of new people are on the net so I thought I would post another
announcement.

This list describes hamfests in North and South Carolina, and is updated
as needed, usually about once a month.  I have included a few hamfests
outside of the Carolinas that may be of interest.

The list has a calendar of hamfest dates and locations for the
rest of the year; and a few paragraphs about each hamfest that
will take place during the next month.   I try to include 
info about the hamfest location, whether exams are offerred,
ticket pricing, "more info" addresses, and sometimes brief remarks
about the hamfest based on my personal experience.

I developed this list to answer e-mail questions I received from
people ("Are there any hamfests in this area in the near future?"),
especially non-hams who often don't hear about the hamfests otherwise.
However, there are hams who read it as well, since I try to combine 
information from multiple sources into a simple, quickly read message.

I have been posting this information to the triangle.radio newsgroup
for the last 2 months, but I can't guarantee that I will be able to
do that after the end of the year.  I don't post it to rec.radio.amateur.misc
or other national/international groups on a regular basis
since the information is only useful to a small part of the country,
and due to the flamage that might result.

So if you need hamfest information for North and South Carolina
and would like to be put on the e-mail list,  contact me at 
cs00jmc@unccvax.uncc.edu or 3426957@mcimail.com
and I will add you to the list!

Xref: sparky rec.radio.shortwave:5880 rec.radio.amateur.misc:12585
From: af164@yfn.ysu.edu (Mark A. Wilson)
Subject: Frequencies at 0200 UTC
Organization: Youngstown State University/Youngstown Free-Net
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 19:32:27 GMT


I have an idea for a short-wave exercise.  I'm new to this avocation, and
I can't spend an inordinate amount of time with it.  I tend to do most of
my listening between 10 and 11 p.m. EDT (0200-0300 UTC) with a simple
Radio Shack model and a free-wire antenna.  I am in Wooster, Ohio, which
is in the northeastern part of the state.  I would like to see how many
different English-language stations and frequencies I can log during this
hour.  I will post them below and ask the community for additions and
corrections.  I want stations which have actually been heard in English
this summer, not just those listed in a handbook.  These are the stations
and frequencies I have logged this summer:

0200 (10:00 p.m. EDT)

Albania             9580
Australia             21740 17750 17795 17715
BBC                9915 7325 6175 5975 12095 6005 7135 7325 9410 9580
Canada             11940 9755 13720
CFRX Canada        6070
Costa Rica             15030
CSM                9350 9455 13760                         until 0400
Cuba               13700 11970                  until 0400
Egypt              9475           until 0330
HCJB Ecuador       9745 15155 25950
Hungary             11910 9835
KTBN               7510                                    until 1500
Moscow             11710 15290
New Zealand             17770
Romania            11940 11830 6155 5990 9570 9510
Sweden             9695 11705
Switzerland        6135 9650 9885 12035           until 0230
Taipei       5950 9680 11740
VOA             5995
WHRI          7315
WRNO               7355 13630
WWCR             7435
WYFR          9505


Thanks.  I'd appreciate any response.
From: klg@panda.mc.duke.edu (Kim Greer -- rjj)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Radio Shack DX-400
Date: 23 Jul 92 11:26:58 GMT
Organization: Duke University, Nuclear Medicine

In article <1992Jul22.155010.1@vax1.umkc.edu> lbartel@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
>  On one occasion I used a long wire antenna,
>500', at a location in Alaska, and heard a loud "pop" every second or so.  This
>occured at night at a location at least 40 miles from the nearest utility or
>motor vehicle.  What was this noise?  I expected reception to be quite good but
>was disapointed with this radio.

Don't know how much of this applies to Alaska, but:

 I have this problem with the electric fence surrounding the cattle pasture
behind and beside my house.  The insulators on the posts sometimes develop
tunnels through the insulating material (ceramic and plastic, too) and
arcing takes place.  More often though is that bio-junk will find its way
between the short distance separating the wire from the metal post.  This is
spiders & their webs, tree-frogs, various bugs, etc.  This is one of the few
types of noise that the noise-limiter on my R71A will (sometimes) get rid of.

 The problem is worst on humid (summer) nights, when humidity is pretty
high, and lots of various wildlife is active, finding its way to
electrocution.  Nighttime makes it fairly easy to locate the trouble spot,
since you can hear the popping noise (directly with your ear, instead of
over the radio) in the relative quiet of the nighttime, and you can often
see it as well.

  So if there are any electric fences nearby, you might take a look at
them.  If it is a big pasture you might have several miles to walk around
the entire thing.  
-- 
Kim L. Greer                       
Duke University Medical Center		 klg@orion.mc.duke.edu
Div. Nuclear Medicine  POB 3949		 voice: 919-681-5894
Durham, NC 27710  		         fax: 919-681-5636
From: pvh@apple.com (Pete Helme)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Sony ICF-SW55 comments?
Date: 27 Jul 92 16:54:36 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer

Does anyone have this radio and would they recommend it?  I've heard it
tunes in 100 Hz steps, but the display only shows to 1KHz digits.  Is there
some kind of bar graph to show the 100 HZ steps?

pete helme
Apple Computer, Inc.
pvh@apple.com
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: cena@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Kris Cena)
Subject: Re: SONY SW-77
Organization: Murdoch University
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 12:43:01 GMT


The "list" price of SW-77 in Singapore is S$ 900 and A$ 999 in Australia.
The current exchange rate is: A$ 1 = s$ 1.2 = US$ 0.75.
The asking prices ranged from S$ 760 to 790. I purchased my set for
S$ 750 bu  received a "free" gift of a pair of SONY earphones I
wanted (worth ~$ 20).
How much is SW-77 in the US and elsewhere?
Who knows how to recognize the "new", improved model ?
What is the length of the telescopic antenna on the old and the new
model?
Thanks,
Kris Cena
cena@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au


Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: brewer@anarky.enet.dec.com (John Brewer)
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster/weather sats
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: 23 JUL 92 08:23:02    


In article <7220005@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM>, roger@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM (Roger Ison)writes...
>I've been wondering the same thing. That 44 k samples per second
>a/d converter ought to be good for something! I too would love to
>hear if anybody's already hooked it up to a WEFAX signal.
> 
>Roger Ison

	The journal of the Dallas Remote Imaging Group (I forget the
	title) had an article on this very thing several months
	ago.  A posting in sci.geo.meteorology would probably 
	result in some info too.  I think the name if the group
	is JESAUG or some such. The gist of the article was that
	using the soundblaster is viable.

	/john
      -------------------------------------------------------
      | John Brewer | Internet: brewer@anarky.enet.dec.com  |
      |   wb5oau    | Packet  | wb5oau@wb2ars               |
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Via: uk.ac.kcl.cc.maple; Wed, 29 Jul 1992 14:52:47 +0100
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date:         Wed, 29 Jul 1992 14:54:00 BST
Reply-To:     RCAA000@MAPLE.CC.KCL.AC.UK
From:         RCAA000@MAPLE.CC.KCL.AC.UK
Subject:      Independent Music Radio
X-To:         SWL-L <SWL-L@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>

Britain's second national independent radio service is now testing
the first of their transmitters on 1215 khz; this transmitter
is located at Brookmans Park.  They expect to begin regular broadcasts
early 1993 on 1215 & 1197.  They will feature 'classic rock' of the '70s
& '80s.

Their address-
Independent Music Radio
Breakfast Television Centre
Hawley Crescent
London NW1 8EF.

They QSLed my report by letter very quickly.
[v/s Charles Levison, Project Director.]

Derek Cooper
From: jerry@ginger.hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Sony ICF-SW77
Date: 31 Jul 92 19:09:19 GMT
Organization: USDA HNRC at Tufts University

FYI

Sherman's in Boston has the SONY ICF-SW77 for $550. (Their display unit--which
they claimed they'd just gotten in--has a telescopic antenna with 10 segments.)
For the purpose of comparison, they want $400 for the 2010.

Is it worth my getting a SW-77 so that I can give my son my 2010, or should 
I just get another 2010 while its available.  One thing I like (or, at least,
have gotten used to) with the 2010 is the 32 individual recall buttons.  The
SW-77 can stor more stations, but they are not assigned to individual buttons;
some menuing is involved.  However, I can put that aside if the SW-77 is a
better all-around radio.
From: A.J.Robinson@lut.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re:      Independent Music Radio
Date: 30 Jul 92 13:02:23 GMT
Reply-To: A.J.Robinson@lut.ac.uk (Alan Robinson)
Organization: Loughborough University, UK.

In article <1992Jul30.075056.877@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> juergenb@ecs.comm.mot.com (Juergen Bartels) writes:
>In article <SWL-L%92072909552108@OHSTVMA.IRCC.OHIO-STATE.EDU> RCAA000@MAPLE.CC.KCL.AC.UK writes:
>>........  They expect to begin regular broadcasts
>>early 1993 on 1215 & 1197.  They will feature 'classic rock' of the '70s
>>& '80s.
>>
>
>Comes in here loud and clear.
>What made me wondering is: Why start a new *MUSIC* station on MW. Even the Brits
>must have started loving to listen to music on FM. In the age of sat where
>even Radio Luxemburg ceased their MW service to be available on good quality
>sat only. Everyone's buying CD's nowadays and then a music-radio starts a new
>service on MW. I don't understand this at all!!!
>
>Jurgen
>

'Classic rock' of the 60's, 70's and 80's just doesn't need the bandwidth 
available on VHF FM ? :-)                              ^^^^

More seriously, there is a new VHF network starting in the UK called 
'Classic FM', currently broadcasting test transmissions on several
frequencies including 101.1 MHz. These Txs consist of about 1/2 Hour of birds 
singing and dogs barking followed by announcements and test tones/data.
I wonder if this is related to the MW station ?

Anyone heard the tests ?

Alan.
From: gt4503e@prism.gatech.EDU (Tracy K. Wood/KD0UP)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Cuba's Radio Reloj now on 3365kHz
Date: 29 Jul 92 03:03:19 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

MW/SW Listeners:

Occasionally I see queries to rec.radio.shortwave concerning the morse code
i.d. "RR" and timeticks heard across the AM band (e.g. 590,760,780kHz).  This
of course is Radio Reloj, Cuba's all-news-radio service.  

Listener's outside the range of Cuba's AM stations can now hear Radio Reloj
on 3365kHz, the ex-Radio Rebelde 90 meter outlet.   The Worldwide Radio/TV 
Handbook lists the 3365kHz power as 500 watts.   The changeover to the Radio 
Reloj service on this frequency appears to be a recent event. 

TK Wood
gt4503e@prism.gatech.edu             Amateur Radio  KD0UP 
-- 
Tracy K. Wood,  Graduate Student,  (Amateur Radio KD0UP/4)
Georgia Institute of Technology, PO Box 24503, Atlanta GA 30332 USA
uucp:	  ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!gt4503e
Internet: gt4503e@prism.gatech.edu  or   sigcen@chmsr.gatech.edu
From: victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (V Menayang)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Anyone spotted any Indonesian station?
Date: 31 Jul 92 00:14:28 GMT
Reply-To: victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (V Menayang)
Distribution: na
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: victor@mickey.cc.utexas.edu

The subject says it all, I wonder if anyone managed
to tune into an Indonesian station.  It doesn't
have to be a real dx.  
Freqs, time, and your location will be appreciated.

-victor
-- 

-------------------------------------------------------------
Victor Menayang                     victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu 
=============================================================
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: ap005@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Aaron Lukacsko)
Subject: RTTY and FAX
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 06:36:12 GMT


Does anyone have any good (active) RTTY and or Fax freqs?
In particular I am looking for news, not weather.  ANY FAX freqs
other than weather would be GREATLY appreciated.  Thanx

P.S.  Any news in any mode (FEC, ARQ, RTTY, etc, not voice) wanted.
Thanx ahead a time

aaron J. Lukacsko 
-- 
Aaron Lukacsko (ap005)       ap005@cleveland.freenet.edu


Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: kmasrani@nyx.cs.du.edu (Kamlesh Masrani)
Subject: Re: What's happened to BBC on 12.095 MHz?
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: Thu, 23 Jul 92 19:49:41 GMT


Again:-
12.095 heard in Hull, England.  But this doesn't really say a lot.  I
can't see the BBC every changing a frequency that it occupies continously.

Kamlesh.
B
BTW previous message probably went astray because of mailer problems
at Nyx.

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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date:         Sat, 25 Jul 1992 11:41:43 EDT
Reply-To:     "Alfredo E. Cotroneo" <100020.1013@COMPUSERVE.COM>
From:         "Alfredo E. Cotroneo" <100020.1013@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject:      IRRS meaning explained
X-To:         Shortwave Listeners List <SWL-L@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>,
              PROG-PUBS <PROG-PUBS@fuggles.acc.Virginia.EDU>

In response to some requests about the exact meaning of 'IRRS' I will try to
explain it to the whole list:

1/ In the beginning (ca. 1979) the "Italian Radio Relay Service" was founded
in Milano, Italy. Often abbreviated as "IRRS" (spelled as "I-double-R-S"),
it started the operations of an English speaking FM station, which during
the years has relayed programmes from a number of foreign English
broadcasters including the BBC, Radio Nederland, Swiss Radio International,
Radio Beijing, Radio Sweden, and others.

2/ In 1989 the same founders of the above (ehmm... basically me) founded the
"Italian Radio Relay Service" Shortwave station, often abbreviated as
"IRRS-Shortwave".

3/ In 1990 NEXUS-International Broadcasting Association was founded in
Milano, Italy. Often abbreviated in "NEXUS-IBA", it is a non profit
organization which took over all previous commercial operations of the
former "Italian Radio Relay Service" on FM and on Shortwave. The term
"Italian Radio Relay Service" was dropped in its entirety as of 1990 when
NEXUS registered with the Italian authorities two new call signs for its
stations:

       - "IRRS-Globe Radio Milan" on FM on 88.85 MHz in Milano  and:
       - "IRRS-Shortwave" on Shortwave to Europe from Milano, Italy.

Although we all know here where the 'IRRS' acronym comes from, now the
"Italian Radio Relay Service" commercial operations are a thing of the past
(when e.g. airtime sold at a profit). Now "IRRS-Shortwave" and "IRRS-Globe
Radio Milan" are our official call signs, but you may still hear the
following id over our SW frequency: "You're tuned to I-double-R-S Shortwave,
the Italian Radio Relay Service, broadcasting from Milan, in the north of
Italy".

Stay tuned!

Alfredo E. Cotroneo,
President,
NEXUS-International Broadcasting Asociation
PO BOX 10980, I-20110 MIlano, Italy
email: 100020.1013@compuserve.com
From: genef@netcom.com (Eugene Fornario)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: need ID on MW beacon
Date: 30 Jul 92 22:25:15 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <1992Jul29.093533.21303@ttinews.tti.com> paulb@harley.tti.com (Paul Blumstein) writes:
>
>Just a little more info on this NDB.  It is 200 watts at 3720 feet
>elevation.  It is located at Johnson/Bell.  The airport is either
>Kona or the town it is in is Kona, but the major city is Missoula,
>MT.  
>
>The beacon belongs to the FAA and is modulated CW, double-side band
>at 1020 Hz.  Since once side band is 1k away from 521, your reception
>on 520 was right on the money.
>While an SWL will consider 520 to be MW, beacon "watchers" consider
>it Long Wave.  We who listen to beacons are boring.... I mean
>are known as lowfers.  There are also MW beacons.  These are
>between 1600 & 1800 kHz.  Tho, with AM expanding, I assume that
>they are going bye-bye (a tech term).
>
iThanks for the added info on this catch, Paul.  I logged it on a GE
SuperRadio II and a long wire.  The freq was a guestimation, since
this radio has an analog dial.
I like longwave also, I steer more to LW broadcasters (150-300 KHz).
While in Tokyo, I enjoyed listening to the LW outlets of the CIS.
I logged Vladivostok, Magadan, Yuzhno-Sakalinsk, and Khabarovsk. 
They come in very well at night, but for some reason I can't get
them in Tokyo in the daytime.  In Europe, I was able to get daylight 
reception from my listening location in England all the way to Czechoslovakia.
Have you ever been successful logging LW broadcasters from here in
California?

Gene--
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: genef@netcom.com (Eugene Fornario)
Subject: Re: need ID on MW beacon
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 06:00:48 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <greg.712271066@saltydog> greg@saltydog.dpsi.com (Gregory R. Travis) writes:
>Congratulations, you logged the NDB (non-directional beacon) at Kona,
>Montana.  Location:  N  47  05.7,  W 114  23.8.  Frequency:  521KHz
>
>The beacons are used for aircraft navigation.
>
Thanks Greg!  I logged this one using a longwire and the GE SuperRadio II.


Gene--


Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: mwandel@bnr.ca (Markus Wandel)
Subject: Re: SCA radio (was Re: Taiwan news via shortwave radio)
Organization: bnr
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 19:19:39 GMT

In article <1992Jul27.142923.10298@cbnewsc.cb.att.com> rats@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (RS PRO-2006) writes:
>
>In <1992Jul26.211229.4578@ecl.psu.edu> David Perrussel states:
>
>|> The subcarrier is typically in the 60-100khz range and modulated via
>|> AM.
>
>I have fed the output from the headphone jack of a stereo directly
>into the antenna input of an ICOM IC-R70 receiver and detected the
>SCA signal.
>...
>You will get a noisy signal, albiet a usable signal such that you could
>listen to SCA stations for the blind and such...

Is the SCA subcarrier really usually AM?  I have never heard one but I read a
Philips application note for the NE565 PLL that actually showed how to use it
as an SCA demodulator, and that was definitely for FM modulation.  Do SCA stations
attempt to "hide" their signals from competing receivers by varying the subcarrier
frequency and modulation method?

Markus Wandel
From: klimasewski@fccvde.enet.dec.com (My name is...)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Philips DC777,R100,AR3000
Date: 27 Jul 92 18:41:54 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


Hello,

 Is anyone out there using a Icom R100 or AR2500/3000 in the car 
 for shortwave reception (3-30MHz)???

 How do you think it would compare to the Philips DC-777 car 
 stereo w/shortwave?


                                Ken
From: 9LORKIN@WINVMJ.VNET.IBM.COM ("Julian Lorkin")
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: digital broadcasting
Date: 21 Jul 92 08:42:47 GMT


   martin.briscoe@almac.co.uk writes

>WM>There is discussion now and then about digital audio broadcasting, and
>WM>programs like Media Network mention digital SW broadcasting as a future
>WM>possibility, but I've never heard or read anyone discuss this aspect
>WM>of digital radio broadcasting, which is what *I* see as its main
>WM>advantage, if it is correctly implemented: freedom from the tyranny
>WM>of scheduling.
>
>I can't see that happening on shortwave - satellite perhaps.  Most VHF FM
>transmitters in Europe and certainly all BBC ones in the UK carry Radio Data
>System signal.  At present this is used mainly for retuning car radios as you
>drive around the country - now possible to drive length of the UK and never
>retune.  Also for automatically retuning to other stations for traffic
>information.

Not quite.

In the UK all BBC stations now carry RDS, except for those still in mono,
(I believe the last one was converted last December) and most ILR,
although only a few incremental. Europe (Ok, the _rest_ of Europe) is
following, with Germany and Belgium amongst the leaders.

The main advantage of RDS is the 8 character alphanumeric display, that
shows the station ID. When a station gets out of range, the radio
automaticly searches for a station with the same name.

Although theroreticly possible, I have never seen an RDS radio that will
retune to another station for a travel broadcast. All seem to have the
facility so that if a travel broadcast is on when you are playing a
tape, it stops the tape, and goes over to the radio, for the duration
of the broadcast; the one I have will also search for a station that
has full RDS, and so is likely to put out a travel buletin with the
signals to switch over.

Only a few stations use the 'travel' facility; GLR and BBC Bristol are
the only ones I have come across in Southern England. A few more
broadcast stuff like a realtime clock.

Julian Lorkin
From: johns@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (John Shalamskas)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Shortwave bandpass filters for sale(?)
Date: 29 Jul 92 06:57:42 GMT
Organization: University of Hawaii at Manoa

After looking around for parts to build the filters described in 
this group, I have found that if I buy large lots, the price becomes
quite low.  If there is sufficient demand, it would be easy to provide
a finished unit, a kit, or something in between (say, a filter that you
would have to install internally.)  The price to the end user would
be on the order of 15 dollars for a nice PC-board version that's already
been put together, down to about 7.50 for a kit.  Right now I am trying
out a few sample units to see if the cheaper parts will do, or if
it will be necessary to use 95 cent components (ugh!) like the prototype
does.

Also in the works:  It should be possible to mount some filters inside
my DX-440, with a little DPDT switch for filter/bypass selection.  The
switch and the filters would easily fit near the power jack.

Oh, and thanks to the netters who sent me info about adding the DIN jack
for recording off the air.  Worked like a charm, for under 2 dollars. :-)

John Shalamskas, KJ9U/KH6
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Via: uk.ac.kcl.cc.maple; Fri, 31 Jul 1992 16:57:06 +0100
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date:         Fri, 31 Jul 1992 16:58:00 BST
Reply-To:     RCAA000@MAPLE.CC.KCL.AC.UK
From:         RCAA000@MAPLE.CC.KCL.AC.UK
Subject:      Re: Independent Music Radio
X-To:         GPVOS <GPVOS@NL.VU.CS>, SWL-L <SWL-L@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>

Gerben 'P' Vos writes-
>The second? I must have missed the first one.
>Or is that the "Classic FM" network others wrote about?

Yes, Classic FM is the first independent national network; they have been
testing transmitters in the range 100 to 102 MHz for some months.

>Does anybody know when 1053 and 1089 will be sold, and to whom?

These are BBC Radio 1's frequencies... I was not aware that they are
for sale!

Derek Cooper
RCAA000@UK.AC.KCL.CC.MAPLE