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From: murray@sun13.scri.fsu.edu (John Murray)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Comparison DX440 and 390.
Date: 9 Sep 92 15:18:46 GMT
Reply-To: murray@sun13.scri.fsu.edu (John Murray)
Distribution: usa
Organization: SCRI, Florida State University

In article <1992Sep3.205308.18332@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu> bucjet@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Jeffrey Terrell) writes:
>In article <5544@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu> 6500hage@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William F. Hagen) writes:
>>
>>Take caution on the dx440, something goes awry after a year or two, the tuning and scanning fails, I think the cpu fails.
>
>He's right.  I had my DX440 for about 3 years now, I can only can
>frequency by using the up and down buttons.  It's okay but I rather use
>the tuning knob.  I asked about this problem some months ago but no one
>seen to know what I was talking about.  Oh well it's still a great
>radio.

I've had problems with the tuning knob on my 440, but haven't seen any
problems with any other part of the radio. My assumption was that the
digital encoding part of the knob had gone (mechanically or electronically)
flakey, probably due to one bounce too many. (symptom: slow (1KHz) tuning in +
direction sporadically jumps to fast (10KHz) tuning in + or - direction.
Very annoying.) Haven't seen any problems that I would assume were cpu
or pure digital related.

Has anyone looked at the possibility of disabling the fast tuning on the
440 altogether? I've always found the switch to +10KHz tuning when you
rotate the knob a little faster on the 440 to be a detriment, not a feature.
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From: Michael.Evans@f393.n634.z3.fidonet.org (Michael Evans)
Sender: acsnet@csource.oz.au
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Computer control for Icom R7000?
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 12:21:39 +1000

 > From: "Rick Patterson" <rdemo31@psilink.com>
 > Organization: Public Safety Services, Inc.
 >
 > 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
 
There is a brilliant program called "SCANCAT" which is a commercial program that
does what you want.  It is a US Made program but I had no trouble picking it up
here in Australia.
 
Works very well.
Cheers
Michael


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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: fybush@unixland.natick.ma.us (Scott Fybush)
Subject: Re: Hurricane Andrew Recovery Radio Station?
Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix  (508) 655-3848
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 01:41:18 GMT

In article <9209032011.AA28916@cs.utexas.edu> wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Will Martin) writes:
>On the US evening network news on Sep 2 1992 (sorry -- I'm not sure which
>network, as I jump from channel to channel during newscasts), there was a
>short item about an Army-operated radio station set up in a tent in
>the middle of the Hurricane-Andrew-devastated area in Florida. I *think*
>I caught a bit in which an announcer on that station said they were on
>1040 kHz AM, but I may well be totally wrong about this. I also think
>I heard the figure of "400 watts" as the power, but again I may be
>wrong. Did anyone else catch this news item and get the details more
>accurately and precisely? Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention and
>the item was over before I realized I should have been, and that the
>info would have been of value to DXers and the radio community.

I've heard several brief ABC Radio news reports on the station.  The figure
of 400 watts was what those reports said as well.  They played some brief
bits of the programming...it sounded somewhat TIS-like.

Any word yet on what has happened to some of the broadcast facilities
down there?  Here's what I know so far:

The tower in Homestead which carried WCIX-TV, WMCU-FM, and one other
FM was toppled.  Two engineers were trapped inside the building, but
they are safe now.  WCIX remained on the air to Broward County via
a translator on Channel 27.  They have since returned to the air on
their assigned Channel 6 from the main Miami-area TV/FM tower on the
Broward/Dade line, with low power.  WPLG-TV went off the air briefly
when they lost their studio-transmitter link; that too has been
restored.  All the commercial TV stations had their audio simulcast
on various FMs for a while after the storm for the majority of
people without TV.

I've heard far less about MW and SW.  Anyone know if Family Radio/WYFR
in Okeechobee was affected?  I'd think they took a strong hit from
the storm.  And what of the new Radio Miami International/WRMI?  Are
their plans to go on the air soon going to be delayed?

Scott Fybush -- fybush@unixland.natick.ma.us
I reply to all my mail right away, but some hasn't been getting
through.  If you don't hear back from me, please mail again to
fybush%unixland@think.com.  Thank you.
From: bk429@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Daniel A. Weinmann)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: R. Yugoslavia and mid-east schedules
Date: 7 Sep 1992 08:19:57 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bk429@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Daniel A. Weinmann)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu


My brother is here on vacation and asked me to post this...

With all that's happening in the mid-east and Yugoslavia he'd like to
listen to some shortwave broadcasts from the regions.  Kol Israel comes in
very clear here and so does UAE radio but he was wondering if anyone has
schedules of other broadcasts from the regions.

He says he has picked up R. Damascus (Syria) on 12088kHz and 15098kHz at
2110 UTC, R. Yugoslavia on 11872kHz at 0100 and R. Cairo at 0200 on
9475kHz.  All of these are hard to hear and often unintelligible.  Does
anyone have info on other times and/or frequencies.

If so please e-mail him at gt0247e@prism.gatech.edu.  His name is Bobby.

P.S. He's also looking for info on KUSW
From: mikec@praxis.co.uk (Michael Chace)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: BFBS on SW ?
Date: 14 Sep 92 13:13:41 GMT
Organization: PraXis Systems plc, Bath, Avon UK

Hi Folks,

Does anyone know if BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting) still transmits
on shortwave ? If so, what are the frequencies ?

Thanks, Mike
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: marine@ils.nwu.edu (Colette Marine)
Subject: KJES Address?
Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 00:19:31 GMT

***** Posting from a friend's account *****


Does anybody have an address or other info on KJES in New Mexico?
 
Dan Brame
From: Marc_North@mindlink.bc.ca (Marc North)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Washington DC mil etc freq's wanted
Date: 6 Sep 92 00:31:02 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

> Richard Crisp writes:
> 
> Msg-ID: <+znncqk.crisp@netcom.com>
> Posted: Sat, 05 Sep 92 19:21:36
> Org.  : Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
> 
> I plan on visiting the Washington DC area in the near future and would like
> to take along a scanner or two to eavesdrop on the action around there.
> I'll be near National Airport and would be especially interested in military
> and government monitoring. Can anyone suggest some interesting frequencies
> etc to listen to when I am there?


Jeez, no, but PLEASE - report anything you hear. I'd love to know!

Marc


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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: MSUORANTA@finabo.abo.fi (Mika Suoranta Tkkk)
Subject: Re: Small multiband radios for car use
Organization: Turku School of Economics, Finland
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 22:17:12 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.20

In <17214@ulysses.att.com> esc@ulysses.att.com writes:

> 
> I'm looking for a small radio to carry in my car to primarially cover
> swl'ing and possibly some vhf scanning.  I realize that a car is an
> rf junkhouse but I'm only interested in major SW stations while the car
> is running.  A very small unit that can easily be removed would be a
> bonus.
> 
> I've tried an ICOM R1 and was not terribly impressed.  Has anyone used
> an AOR 1000XLT?  How well does it work between 5 and 30 MHz?  Alternatively
> has anyone ever used something like a Sony 2010 in a car?

	I have used a Sony-7600 (and long before that an old German
	car radio which had 500-1600 kHz, and 49,31,25,19m bands!).

	That Sony was quite nice, and very portable for other use,too.
	I have used it as a receiver with my QRP ham radio station, the
	transmitter was a home-made 1W cw-rig. Good during a field-day!
	The ssb is as stabile you could expect in that price range, and
	selectivity is switchable. That radio has FM broadcast band, but
	no VHF outside that range.

	To speak about swl and a car, it is not so painful to receive
	major broadcasters as some people think. Have your antenna located
	as far from the engine as possible. No need to put the antenna in
	the middle of the roof, it works fine from somewhere near the trunk.

	I have used the standard whip antenna that comes with the car. Of
	course you could use a longer vertical, but about a meter-long
	whip is all you need. Make sure the coax is good. I would never
	ever in my life use that junk they call coax that comes with the
	antenna. It has almost no jacket, talk about shielding... RG-58
	works fine on HF, try RG-8 if you want to try serious VHFing.
	I am sure there is no danger of over-emphasizing the need for good
	water-proof connections...

	It might be a good idea to filter out any af-component from your
	dc-power line. I would also connect the receiver's audio output
	to your car radio/cassette player (better speakers, easier to
	hear in a noisy place such as a moving car if you car turn up
	the volume a bit). Use those coupling cassettes that are used
	to connect a portable cd-player to car cassette player.

	You can find a lot of info about ham/dx gear and cars in 
		Joseph J. Carr "Radio Communications" (TAB Books Inc)
	or ARRL Handbook.

			73 Mika OH1NZQ



> 
> thanks for any comments
> 
> Steve Crandall
> evan.crandall@att.com
> 

   ______________________________________________________________________
    Mika Suoranta, Leirikatu 11, 20360 Turku, Finland, tel 358-21-382637
    Internet e-mail MSUORANTA@finabo.abo.fi    Ham Radio Operator OH1NZQ
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: troach@netcom.com (Tom Roach)
Subject: Ivan Woodpecker
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 92 03:05:36 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

I can't remember hearing the woodpecker for ages. The blanker on the

NRD receivers lies dormant except for car ignition noise every other 

year or so. Of course there are the pesky fish tank heaters and 

what I suspect is wretched spread spectrum which I think is the
    
explanation for the discrete bands of incresed noise I hear on 60 
  
to 200 kHz of spectrum on occassion. Question:  Is this really

spread spectrum? Perhaps there is another rational or irrational

explanation for this.  Anyone know how to recognize spread

spectrum HF signals?

Tom Roach

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Original_To:  BITNET%"swl-l@ohstvma"
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:47:00 EDT
Reply-To:     CMORRISO@SNYESCVA.BITNET
From:         CMORRISO@SNYESCVA.BITNET
Subject:      Teletype stations in Europe in 100-200 kHz range, req for info.

I have been reading in Popular Communications of stations in the 100-200
kHz range (very rough) that are transmitting news, various sorts or weather
reports, and financial news, which are located in Western Europe.  I will
send further details if anyone wants, but I am primarily interested in
knowing if anyone is familiar with who the intended audience is, what
the class of service is, and the extent of the type of service.

Chris Morrison
8 Renfrewshire Drive
Middletown, NY  10940-1405
(914) 692-2770
CMorriso@snyescva.bitnet
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vxpp48a Prodigy
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: danr@ais.org (Daniel Romanchik)
Subject: Does WWV Give Tours?
Organization: UMCC
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:43:09 GMT

Does anyone know if WWV gives tours?  I am going to be in Fort Collins,
CO next month, and would like to see the station.  Does anyone have a
phone number I can call.

73, Dan
From: l0k1416@zeus.tamu.edu (KWOK, LIH)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Pomtrex radio for sale
Keywords: Radio,pomtrex
Date: 4 Sep 92 22:14:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: zeus.4SEP199217142941
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


Hi all,
	I've got a unit of pomtrex radio for sale. Just bought it 2 months ago.
It's in very good condition now, great for beginers and amateurs ! 
Asking for $25 (I'll pay for the shipping cost). Interested please Email :

		L0K1416@ZEUS.TAMU.EDU

Thanx !

- Kwok
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: MSUORANTA@finabo.abo.fi (Mika Suoranta Tkkk)
Subject: E-mail and international broadcasters
Organization: Turku School of Economics, Finland
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 23:26:55 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.20

        I have never seen Internet E-mail addresses for 
        international broadcasters. Is there any way to
        use e-mail to contact them? I don't like the idea
        of snail-mail or fax...
 
        Info about such stations as BBC, VOA and DW etc would
        be appreciated.
 
                                73 Mika OH1NZQ


   ______________________________________________________________________
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    Internet e-mail MSUORANTA@finabo.abo.fi    Ham Radio Operator OH1NZQ
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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: jcarroll@ferris.cray.com (Jeff Carroll)
Subject: Re: antennas (was Re:      QSLs and antennae)
Originator: jcarroll@ferris
Keywords: antennas
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 11 Sep 92 15:30:59 CDT


dave pierson:
>	In my understanding, the spacing, in the sense you mean, only counts
>	for slots.  That is, unless the nails are connected, electrically, the
>	spacing is irrelavant.

Untrue. See for example Mittra, Chan, and Cwik, _Proc._IEEE_,
vol. 76 no. 12 (Dec. 1988), p. 1593.
  
>	At the frequencies (UHF ish) where the nails
>	start to resonate, there may be some interesting effects, but i suspect
>	little attenuation.  I know this is true for emi/rfi design of
>	enclosures.  I would expect the nails to have minimal effect on MW,
>	etc.  (watch out for foil backed insulation, tho...)

My intuition tends to support the conclusion but not the reasoning.

Jeff Carroll
carroll@reston.cray.com
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From: "bradley grigor" <bradley.grigor@canrem.com>
Subject: signals
Reply-To: "bradley grigor" <bradley.grigor@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: rec
Date: 14 Sep 92 00:24:08 EST

  wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Will Martin) 25 Aug 92 15:47:21
  writes:

>Is this interference being heard generally all over North America

It was quite strong on Sep 5 in Newmarket (outside of Toronto),
Ontario and on Sep 12 in London, Ontario, using a Sangean ATS-808
with its internal telescopic antenna.  The RTTY-like interference
is enough to render the SIGNALS program all but unlistenable.
Yet, the interference is not present earlier in the evening at
which time WWCR is generally quite strong and clear, with only
occasional quick drop-outs.

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Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: horak@convex.com (David Horak)
Subject: Re: Hand-held frequency counter recommendations sought
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 04:52:48 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <1992Sep10.014218.5526@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:

>I'm told that an easy way to identify commercial radio towers is to use
>an aviation map -- they're labeled on it.  Can any aviators out there
>confirm this?

>-- 
>+ Michael Covington - Artificial Intelligence Programs - U of Georgia - USA 
>+ Unless otherwise noted, these are private opinions, not official statements.

I have an aviation map of the Dallas Ft.Worth area. It does show the towers
and the elevations. It also shows the freqs of the towers that pertain to
aircraft freqs. It does NOT show broadcast freqs for the other towers. For
example, most of our TV stuff is on Cedar Hill just south of town. It shows
the towers but not the frequencies.

David
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: g89r4255@hippo.ru.ac.za (Lt Sajid Rahim)
Subject: Re: Radio Free Afghanistan
Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 09:22:29 GMT


Yes, Radio Free Afhganistan is still on the air at somewhere 
between 15.45 to 16.30 UTC. The station according to my
rough estimates in on the old frequency which is in 19m band.

Sincerely

Sajid

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From: kmasrani@nyx.cs.du.edu (Kamlesh Masrani)
Subject: Re: spectrum display integrated with computer software?
Keywords: spectrum dispaly, software, on computer screen
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 00:51:52 GMT


Question:-
 
In what way is a spectrum display useful to the shortwave listener?  The
only use I can think about is picking out RTTY frequencies?


Kamlesh Masrani
 
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: bert@terzon.uucp (Bert Campbell)
Subject: Re: R7000 relay replacement with solid state switch?
Reply-To: bert@terzon.UUCP (Bert Campbell)
Organization: Terzon Systems Inc.
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 11:45:22 GMT

In article <t0nn0p-.crisp@netcom.com> crisp@netcom.com (Richard Crisp) writes:

>"Some users have reported that a further improvement in scanning speed can
>be obtained by connecting a 470 ohm resistor across R18 on the R7000
>logic board."
I'm pretty sure (and a followup article by Bob Parnass seems to confirm it)
that this is only for "native" i.e. non computer-controlled scanning.
Since you can get much faster with a computer, it stands to reason that
the RF/agc sections are capable of the speedup.

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From: pantages@bmerh463.bnr.ca (Paul Pantages)
Subject: is there an FAQ available for this group?
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 23:41:10 GMT

All, is there a FAQ for this group? I have some queries about lightning
protection on antennas and I expect that this has been discussed thoroughly
before.. Please email info to pantages@bnr.ca if you have a location (or
a copy of) the faq. Thanks, in advance, P.Pantages

Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Subject: Re: Need reviews of DAK DMR-3000 and Station Stalker..
Organization: Omen Technology INC, Portland Rain Forest
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 21:47:36 GMT

In article <lah3agINN5q0@zugros.usc.edu> vaishnav@zugros.usc.edu (Hirendu Vaishnav) writes:
>As the title says, I need some expert opinion on DAK DMR-3000 as I 
>hardly know much about shortwave radio. I have already bought one from
>the local showroom and need to decide soon if I need to take it back.
>I compared it with RadioShack DX-380 and they seem almost identical
>in functions and operation. Only difference being that I can get DMR-3000
>for 50$s while DX380 is 180$!. That is also the reason I am so concerned.
>I feel that (And I hope I am wrong!), If they are selling it so cheap there 
>must be something wrong with it. Can anyone throw some light on this?

If you've had the DAK for a few days and haven't had any problems with it
at your location I'd think it well worth the $50.00.  I haven't seen the
DAK shortwaves, but the Radio Shack sets I've tried had so much cross mod
from FM and TV stations around Portland there wasn't much room left for
shortwave stations.  To some extent, this applies to every recent small
multiband shortwave set I've seen.  A notable exception has been the Sony
SW-1S, the ultimate travel radio, but the SW-1S costs several hundred $$$
and its audio isn't the greatest.

>Also DAK sells something called Station Stalker for 30$. Does anyone have
>it? If so, how useful is it?

The Station Stalker is a $30 tuned active antenna.  If your radio has
problems with out of band signals, the Station Stalker should help.  The
Station Stalker tunes from 2-30 MHz and must be fiddled with every time
you change band segments.  Its styling matches the DAK radios, which is
not necessarily an advantage.

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From: Robert.Bonner@f7009.n124.z1.fidonet.org (Robert Bonner)
Sender: FredGate@ocitor.fidonet
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Re: Additional Modificati
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 14:30:00

 -=> Quoting Per H. Nielsen to All <=-

 PHN> VasRat@cup.portal.com (John F Braun) writes:
 PHN> Does anybody have a list of modifications offered by these
 PHN> publications or did anybody do a review of them sometime.
 PHN> Per H. Nielsen                                 Telephone:  Int +45 42
 PHN> 84 50 11 Basic Applications                             Fax:        Int
 PHN> +45 42 84 52 20 Dansk Data Elektronik A/S, Herlev, Denmark     E-mail: 
 PHN> phn@dde.dk 

  The author of this series is Bill Cheek, who is very active on the
  Fidonet Shortwave and scanner networks. Address all your questions there
  and you will get a speedy answer!


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From: rpfaff@umiacs.umd.edu (Ray Pfaff)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: SSTV receiver
Date: 10 Sep 92 18:00:28 GMT
Organization: UMIACS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

Does anyone know if there is a manufacturer out there that produces a box for 
receiving SSTV?  I've seen transceivers for about $200. built, but I'm looking 
for something that just receives.