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From: rmf@sfi.santafe.edu (Robert Farber)
Subject: Schedule Info: "The Royal Canadian Air Farce"
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 20:39:53 GMT
Organization: Santa Fe Institute
Distribution: na


Here is the latest schedule for the "Royal Canadian Air Farce". If you haven't 
checked out this program I highly recommend it! Thanks to Gary Litwin for
the information.

							Rob Farber


--- Shortwave ---
   Sunday Nights on Radio Canada International
      on 5960, 9755, 11905, and/or 13670 KHZ.
      At 22:00 UTC (6:00 PM Eastern Daylight time)
      (After October 24 that's 5:00 PM Eastern Standard time)

--- FM ---
   Saturdays at 10:35 AM (11:05 Nfld) on CBC Stereo
   Sundays at 1:08 PM (4:08 Pacific) on CBC Radio

   In Seattle, You can hear it on CBC Stereo 92.1 FM on Saturday,
      (10:35 AM) and on Sundays, CBC AM 690 (4:08 PM)

--- physical mail address ---

   You can write for info or a schedule to:
      Air Farce Productions
      Suite 102
      66 Gerrard Street East
      Toronto, Ontario (Canada) M5B 1G3

   If you like the program and write to them for schedule information, be sure
   to ask to be a member of the Frequent Flyer club. They will send schedules 
   and info on a regular basis after that.





Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: pas@jupitercmc.ca (Peter Stokes)
Subject: where is BBC's 5975 transmitter?
Reply-To: pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca
Organization: Canadian Microelectronics Corporation
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:34:19 GMT

Hi.

When I listen to BBC on 5975 Mhz in the evenings here in 
South Eastern Ontario, Canada, where is the transmitter?
Is it in England or is it one of those repeaters on 
North American soil?    Stange as it seems, I like to 
visualize the general direction and source of a broadcast.

Peter

Peter A. Stokes ___________________________________ Voice: (613) 545-2923
Engineering Applications Support                      Fax: (613) 548-8104
Canadian Microelectronics Corporation        Email: pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca
Kingston, Ontario, Canada _______________________________________________
From: gsk@idx.com
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: ZENITH TRANS OCEANIC
Date: 27 Jan 93 13:00:16 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: IDX Corporation, S. Burlington, VT

> standards, they are only marginally useful.  They have no digital readout,
> and use the primative transistors and filters of their time.  If you want 
> to do active listening, your best bet is to sell the T-O to a collector and
> buy yourself a modern receiver.  A used T-O in good condition is worth
> $75 according to the Blue Book. Good modern receivers go for around $200 and
> up.  If you really want to use the T-O, the things that will help most are
> an outside antenna and a pre-amp/pre-selector.  Several are available 
> from EEB and other SW dealers (see # below)

-- If anyone is looking for a collector of these TRANSISTORIZED Trans
Oceanics.. send me e-mail... I have been known to collect a few radios in my
time! ;->.. Also the Philco T-9, and other Trans-Oceanic knock offs..

				-- George --

------------------------------------------------------------
- George Kaczowka   IDX Corp  Boston, MA  - gsk@idx.com  -
------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: xx159@yfn.ysu.edu (SWL SIG)
Subject: Re: "DRAO"?
Reply-To: xx159@yfn.ysu.edu (SWL SIG)
Organization: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 05:25:18 GMT


In a previous article, tim@ais.org (Tim Tyler) says:

>  I can't help you with the ship ID, but if it was a German ship, talking to
>a German station, I wonder why they were conversing in English?
>
>
>-- 
> Tim Tyler      Internet: tim@ais.org  MCI Mail: 442-5735 
>P.O. Box 443    C$erve: 72571,1005  DDN: Tyler@Dockmaster.ncsc.mil
>Ypsilanti MI    Packet: KA8VIR @KA8UNZ.#SEMI.MI.USA.NA
>48197
>

Well Tim, I wouldn't say conversing, more like comms along the line of
calling. Other than the call signs, the only other thing said was "this
is..." and "nothing heard, out". This English had a German accent, just
like the op's on DAN. I was still surprised to hear the English. The
only thing I could figure is that maybe it's a NATO station. I don't
know. But the calls were very clear, and both are German. If I get an
ID, I'll send a letter and try for a QSL. Maybe I'll find out!


Richard D. Baker
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: hunter@work.nlm.nih.gov (Larry Hunter)
Subject: Re: Your hit parade
Organization: National Library of Medicine
Date: 22 Jan 93 17:29:15


Chris Brewster asks:

  I'm curious about how SWLers spend most of their listening time--what are
  your most frequent frequencies? 

I spend a lot of time listening to Radio For Peace, International, from Costa
Rica.  Freqs (from possible faulty memory: mine) include 13630 and 7345.  I
have mediocre reception, but I think the programming is some of the best on SW
(occasionally it's awful, but more often it is wonderful).  Next most often is
probably the BBC, and then Radio Luxembourg (15030) which I also get poor to
middling reception on, but is the single best way for an American to hear what
music European teenagers are listening to.

Then I spend a lot of time just tuning around for stations where either (a) I
am likely to hear something politically interesting related to current events,
e.g. R. Syria, or (b) find a station I have never heard before, or (c) find
something interesting by luck (or using a guide like Hauser's or MT).

Larry
--
Lawrence Hunter, PhD.
National Library of Medicine
Bldg. 38A, MS-54
Bethesda. MD 20894 USA
tel: +1 (301) 496-9300
fax: +1 (301) 496-0673 
internet: hunter@nlm.nih.gov
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From: tijoma@uta.fi (Jorma M{ntyl{)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Slovakian Radio
Date: 26 Jan 93 07:09:25 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Tampere, Finland

A small addition to my previous article where I told that Radio Bratislava
does not usually verify dx-reports.  Now I received their QSL-card in two
weeks.  A nice QSL showing their hyper-modern radio-building in Bratislava.
I reported their domestic service on 1098 kHz.  The card has been printed
before independence as it still uses the name "Ceskoslovensky Rozhlas
Bratislava".  On the cover there was a stamp with the new name "Slovensky
Rozhlas".

#Jorma Mantyla
#Univ. of Tampere
#Finland



Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: paulb@harley.tti.com (Paul Blumstein)
Subject: Re: Should I get a 2010 or a Drake?
Organization: Black Belt Motorcyclists Association
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:49:49 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.131543.12344@gsm001.mendelson.com> gsmlrn@gsm001.mendelson.com (Geoffrey S. Mendelson) writes:
+
+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.

Yes and no.  There are different flavors of fade.  On a regular, run of
the mill propogation fade, a synch will not help.  A good AGC helps
to some extent.  

Synchs are good for two things:  The type of fade where one sideband
fades out of synch with the other; and, the case where one sideband
is affected by noise and the other isn't.

The reason for the above two cases are because synch allows you listen
to AM be listening to one sideband only.  The synch supplies the
carrier and other sideband.  The astute observor will say: hey, can't
I do the samething by setting my rcvr to upper or lower SSB (or turning on
the BFO) and careful tuning?  The answer is yes:  this is exalted
carrier tuning.  the synch circuitry just automates the process and
locks on so that you don't have to re-tune if the signal or your
recvr drifts.
____________________________________________________________________________
Your life could always be worse. You could end up married to someone like me!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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            Transaction Technology, Inc., Santa Monica, CA
From: jkearman@arrl.org (Jim Kearman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Magazine with ads for shortwave radios?
Date: 25 Jan 93 20:05:21 EST
Organization: American Radio Relay League

Who publishes Communications World? I've never seen it.
Thanks.

Jim
From: dem@meaddata.com (David Myers)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Should I get a 2010 or a Drake?
Date: 25 Jan 1993 22:13:40 GMT
Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH
	<1993Jan25.181116.10463@ttinews.tti.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: devil.meaddata.com

dem> FEATURE			R8			2010
dem> 
dem> Sync detector		Yes			Yes (better than the R8)

paulb> I disagree on this point.  Unlike you, I do not own a 2010, but
paulb> borrowed one.  It is my opinion the the R8 sync detector is as
paulb> good as the 2010.  Some people believe that the 2010 is better
paulb> because you can switch between upper and lower sidebands.  They
paulb> are unaware of how you can accomplisgh the same thing on an R8.
paulb> The R8 synch drifts towards the stronger sideband automatically.
paulb> to switch sidebands, tune towards it slightly with the passband
paulb> offset and it will lock onto that sideband.

   I based my judgement on the fact that the detector on my R8 will
slightly lose lock from time to time, usually on deep fades or loud
music.  This is audible as either a grumbling or a brief moment where
the audio sounds like slightly detuned SSB.  My R8's been to the
factory, and they say it has no problem.  I've never noticed this
behavior on the 2010, and therefore judge its sync detector superior.

dem> Notch filter		Yes (excellent)		No

paulb> Unfortunately, it is an audio notch filter, not an IF notch
paulb> filter.  But, better than none.

   It's a 40db notch, I believe, which is not too shabby.  I've
found it quite effective.

dem> Ease of use		Good			Excellent

paulb> I'd mark them both good.  Programming the 2010 without a manual
paulb> is not intuitive.

   As has been noted in many discussions about the R8, several
important controls (like bandwidth and mode) are the single button
rotary type, where you push the button repeatedly to cycle through the
options.  This can be quite annoying (to go from the 4 kHz to the 6
kHz filter, you have to press the button 5 times).  I think it's fair
to "take off points" for this sort of control layout.  Also, the 2010
gets extra points for being able to select any of the memories with a
single button push.

dem> Air band		No			Yes

paulb> For the R8, the answer s/be "extra cost option".

   Whoops, forgot about that.

--
David Myers                                             (513) 865-1343   
Mead Data Central           No news is             Fabrication Systems
P.O. Box 933                 bad news.                dem@meaddata.com
Dayton, Ohio  45401                             ...!uunet!meaddata!dem
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: randolph@est.enet.dec.com (Tom Randolph)
Subject: Re: Universal Co-ordinated Time (??)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: 22 JAN 93 15:19:30    


In article <1993Jan21.180416.1@engvms.unl.edu>, tmrdpsrs@engvms.unl.edu writes...
>> What's the Spanish time station at 7600 KHz? I logged them last night, and my
>> Spanish wasn't good enough to pick up their call. I don't remember hearing them
>> before.
> 
>The new WRTH says 7600 kHz belongs to HD2IOA from the Instituto Oceanografica
>de la Armada, Guayaquil, Ecuador.  1 kW of power.  I heard them on January 11
>at 0130...good signal.
> 
>Ron Synowicki
>tmrdpsrs@engvms.unl.edu

Strangely, I tried them again last night. Zilch. Although there were some
sideband signals in Spanish on 7600.
-Tom R.   randolph@est.enet.dec.com
From: wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Will Martin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re:  "Communications World" magazine
Date: 26 Jan 1993 08:03:49 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

I just assumed the poster who used that name was confused and really
meant "Popular Communications". I, too, have not seen nor heard of a
current "Communications World" that I can recall.

Will
From: rshapiro@bbn.com (Richard Shapiro)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Sony ICF-2010 vs. ICF-SW77 vs ICF-SW55
Date: 22 Jan 93 11:06:54
Organization: BBN, Cambridge MA
Distribution: world
	<CB.93Jan18112939@tamarack13.timbuk> <1jn9vtINNdao@crcnis1.unl.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: kariba.bbn.com
In-reply-to: jep@unl.edu's message of 21 Jan 1993 23:01:17 GMT

In article <1jn9vtINNdao@crcnis1.unl.edu> jep@unl.edu (joseph panarelli) writes:
   If any 77 owners would like to disable the muting on their unit, it
   is possible to do so with a screwdriver and some tape (No joke!)

   I will post the procedure if anyone is interested.  Send a request to:
   EMDIJEP@ENGVMS.UNL.EDU


Please post the procedure. Btw, the address above doesn't work
("%MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR, no such user EMDIJEP at node ENGVMS").


rs
From: o_oneil@delni.enet.dec.com (My name is Owen O'Neil)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Lowe HF-150 "White Paper"
Date: 28 Jan 93 12:39:42 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <lme6i2INNun@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, rja@newbirth.Eng.Sun.COM (Robert Allen) writes...
>In article <1k5eujINN6ke@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> laborde@oak.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Gregory R. LaBorde) writes:
>>Several times I have seen reference to a "White Paper" on the Lowe HF-150.
>>Where can I find this beast?
> 
>    You have to buy it.  It's $5.95 from RDI, unfortunately I don't
>    have their phone number or address near at hand.  I'll see if
>    I can dig it up.
>-- 
>Robert Allen, rja@sun.com		DISCLAIMER: I said it, not my company.
>		    Samuel Addams: Brewer, Patriot.	

try International Broadcasting Services Ltd.
    Box 300
    Penn's Park, PA 18943

this was a good address a few years ago														        "The right to brew beer is the right to be free!" - me
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: dans@rehab1.UUCP (Dan Schein)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave,misc.wanted
Subject: Copy of Feb 1990 CQ-TV needed
Date: 25 Jan 93 16:00:23 GMT
Reply-To: dans@rehab1.UUCP (Dan Schein)
Followup-To: rec.radio.shortwave
Organization: Reading Rehab Hospital, Reading PA
Keywords: SSTV, AVT, CQ-TV


   Im in need of an article from the Feb 1990 issue of CQ-TV magazine. CQ-TV
 is a British magazine that covers amateur television. The article is "SSTV
 The AVT System Secrets Revealed" on pages 79-80 (not 100% sure of the pages).

  If someone could provide me with a copy of this magazine/article that would 
 be great! Please reply via e-mail since this message is cross posted and of
 little interest to most folks.

  Please use the address in my signature file, as we are changing feed sites.

 -Dan
-- 
  Reading Rehabilitation Hospital      _/\_      Parenting, Firefighting,
  Dan Schein - Information Systems    \    /     Programming, Rappelling,
  RD 1 Box 250                        /_  _\      and Network Scapegoat
  Reading, PA 19607                     \/

  dans%rehab1@canal.org -OR- uunet!mimsy!widener!gvls1!lock60!rehab1!dans
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Return-Path: <@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU:RCAA000@MAPLE.CC.KCL.AC.UK>
Via: uk.ac.kcl.cc.maple; Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:38:11 +0000
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date:         Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:38:00 BST
Reply-To:     RCAA000@MAPLE.CC.KCL.AC.UK
From:         RCAA000@MAPLE.CC.KCL.AC.UK
Subject:      Scottish Independent Radio Showcase

In London (UK) there's a Restricted Service Licence (limited to 28
days) station transmitting at the moment called Scottish Independent
Radio Showcase.  Each day they are relaying the output of a different
Scottish Independent station- on Tuesday, when I picked them up it
was Clyde 2 from Glasgow, yesterday Forth RFM & today Max AM (these
2 from Edinburgh).  The idea behind this is apparently to raise the
profile of Scottish radio for London based advertising agencies.

Now, I wonder whether any of these stations will QSL...

Derek Cooper
From: jep@unl.edu (joseph panarelli)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: ZENITH TRANS OCEANIC
Date: 25 Jan 1993 17:04:20 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: unlinfo.unl.edu

<AXS158@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

> I have a Zenith Trans Oceanic shortwave reciever. I would apprieciate if
>anyone could send me e-mail on increaseing reception and also lists of stations
>or information about this receiver its very old.
>Thank You all.

>Abraham Shaw (AXS158@PSUVM.EDU)

 Which TO do you have?  Mine is a Royal 3000-1.  If yours is the same
of an R-1000, you should have a screw strip just inside the back 
cover (upper left) with which to connect an external antenna.
For info, see the Jan issue of Monitoring Times.  This issue has two 
articles that mention the old clunkers.
Mine has the nifty 'DUAL TUN-O-MATIC' feature which allows me to
get EVERY station at two places on the dial.  That's immage city, Man!
I don't know if my unit needs adjustment or if they are all this
way.  If someone with an R-3000 could tell me if theirs is the same, 
it would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Stephen Panarelli     University of Nebraska-Lincoln
From: noam@xyz.hacktic.nl (Noam Kloos)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
Subject: just a message
Date: 21 Jan 93 12:00:19 GMT
Organization: Nerds Meeting Point.
NewsSoftware: Rnf 0.73b


hallo zijn er ook hollandse 27mc'ers regio amsterdam hier?



======================================================
Noam Kloos
noam@xyz.hacktic.nl (dos home)
noam@vannes.hacktic.nl (unix work)

You make a program work, I will let it do the opposite.
_______________________________________________________
From: wvogel@MtHolyoke.edu (keeper of the tone)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
Subject: Re: 80 channel AM - 7Watts???
Date: 24 Jan 1993 12:06:53 -0500
Organization: Mount Holyoke College
NNTP-Posting-Host: slab.mtholyoke.edu
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Charles W. Buechele (af319@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:
> 
> Has anyone else seen in January's Nuts & Volts Magazine, the ad
> for 'SECRET CB'?  It's on page 13.  
>  
> The ad boasts 40 regular cb channels and 40 channels below cb
> and 7 watts output AM.  These are GE units and it says they're
> intended for export, and not FCC approved for USA.
> 
> My question, does anyone have any information on exactly what
> frequencies these units operate on?

probably start somewhere around 26.435 or .455
 
> By the way, these radios are remanufactured and sell for $139.
> 
> 
> =================================================================
> Chuck B.    af319@po.cwru.edu  (internet)
> =================================================================
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
From: dadams@cray.com (David Adams)
Subject: Re: local CB bandplans
Reply-To: dadams@cray.com
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 21 Jan 93 14:38:06 CST


Several posters have mentioned CB channels which do not lie in the regular
1-40.  What is going on?  On old timmer explained to me that there are
some holes in the frequency allotments say between channels and that 
many CBers modify their radios to work on frequencies higher and lower
than those alloted.  Clearly this is illegal, but I was told that
the FCC just doesn't have the manpower to police the area.  I find this
incredible.  Wouldn't this prompt the FCC to just shut down the service
altogether?


---
--David C. Adams  Statistician  Cray Research Inc.  dadams@cray.com
___________________________________________________________________
       Old Sourdoughs never die.  They just ferment away.
From: wvogel@MtHolyoke.edu (keeper of the tone)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
Subject: Re: local CB bandplans
Date: 26 Jan 1993 16:49:58 -0500
Organization: Mount Holyoke College
NNTP-Posting-Host: slab.mtholyoke.edu
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

i beleive he might be referring to the rc channels in the old 23 channel
band plan
those holes are still there with the one between 14+15 (27.145) still in use
for small rc cars and other toys
w
From: cobra@jab.tucson.az.us (Ken Thompson)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
Subject: Re: The mystery of  export radios
Keywords: l
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 19:52:07 MST
Organization: Just Another Bbs. Tucson, AZ

dtasman@NMSU.edu (Dan Tasman) writes:

> 
> What's real interesting is that the export radios use the same channel patter
> as the FCC/ECPT bands, and they use a "high-mid-low" or "A-B-C-D-E" switch to
> change bands.  Why not a channel selector which displays channels above 40?
> 
> What market are these radios made for?  It seems most likely that these radio
> were intended for illegal use from the onset. 
>   

 
I have a schematic for a 148GTL-DX; the switch used is the same one as on 
the Cobra 148/142 series (I own a 142) - perhaps it was 'easier' to use 
the same switch, and just bank switch the PLL...  ?

What market?  I dunno...call Uniden up and see! :D

Xref: sparky rec.radio.cb:1683 news.answers:5389 rec.radio.info:33
Newsgroups: rec.radio.cb
Subject: Re: local CB bandplans
From: jonc@status.gen.nz (Jon Clarke)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 19:33:47 GMT
Organization: The CServer at the Z*NET International Global News Gateway

drkhoe@nmt.edu (ONID) writes:

> In article <1993Jan21.143809.9123@hemlock.cray.com> dadams@cray.com writes:
> >
> >Several posters have mentioned CB channels which do not lie in the regular
> >1-40.  What is going on?  On old timmer explained to me that there are
> >some holes in the frequency allotments say between channels and that 
> >many CBers modify their radios to work on frequencies higher and lower
> >than those alloted.  Clearly this is illegal, but I was told that
> >the FCC just doesn't have the manpower to police the area.  I find this
> >incredible.  Wouldn't this prompt the FCC to just shut down the service
> >altogether?
> >
> 
> USB/LSB is not illegal...
 
 What is being refered to here is the following frequenices ...
 
 26.995  between ch 3 and 4
 27.045  between ch 8 and 9
 27.085  between ch 11 and 12
 27.145  between ch 15 and 16 (the old time international Pirate call)
 27.195  between ch 19 and 20
 
 27.240 The old radio control freq.
 
 Where you get the reference to SSB operation out of this I have no
 idea.
 
 It is not so incredible at all. In the mid '70's the then new pll
 chips were able to be moved and a whole new un-offical band plan
 was put in place on a global basis.  While 27.145 used to be the
 international pirate call freq it has over the years moved off to
 at leaste 3 other spots in the band 27.455, 27.555 and 26.285 all
 USB.
 
 Various DX global DX groups have areas of the band they use both
 inside the USA allocated Citizen Service and outside that band plan.
 
 We erks me is the loud mouth USA based FM'ers on 27.995 that bleed
 into the CW portion of 10 meters this is asking for nothing but
 trouble.
 
 regards from division 41


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