ENGLISH LANGUAGE BROADCASTS      FALL '85        9/7/85

updated 9/16

These stations were logged here in Pgh. and therefore are representative
of stations that should be easy to hear. I am excluding marginal signals
and stations that broadcast for less than an hour in english.

This is not meant to be a complete list, but is a representative sample
of some interesting things to hear in the shortwave spectrum...


Time period : 0200 - 0400 UTC (10 PM to MIDNIGHT, EDT)

FREQUENCY       STATION

5.975           BBC , London - can be heard 24 hrs/day on one freq.
                   or another; one of the "big 3" (USA, USSR).
                ALSO GOOD: 6.120 FAIR: 6.175 , 7.325 , 9.515

6.010           Radio RSA , South Africa   ALSO GOOD: 9.615

17.795          Radio Australia , this one is also good any time of
                   day on various frequencies... good music !

5.985           Voice of Free China , (via WYFR Florida) - this one
                  always booms in; ALSO GOOD: 6.065

7.355           WRNO , New Orleans , for you pop and hard rock fans...

6.100           Radio Havana Cuba , ALSO GOOD: 6.140 , 9.740

6.165           Radio Nederland , good DX programs

9.475           Radio Cairo , Egypt , sometimes difficult to pull in

9.745           HCJB , Quito, Ecuador , religious programs but
                   sometimes some good DX shows
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Time Period  :  1700 - 1900 UTC (1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT)

15.070          BBC - booms in, of course...

15.110          Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia. ALSO GOOD: 17.705

15.260          Radio Canada. ALSO GOOD: 17.820

15.345          Argentina. This is a pretty good catch...

11.675          Kuwait. Playing rock music yet! A very good catch...

15.420          WRNO , New Orleans

11.645          Voice of Greece. This one is pretty consistent.
                  ALSO GOOD: 15.630

   We can expect the frequencies in the 15 and 17 MHz bands to get
weaker as winter approaches; but then we can also look forward to
some much more noise free reception...


   I'm not attempting to document the Voice of America (VOA) or Radio
Moscow; these can practically be pulled in on a refrigerator (!) and
are easily heard 24 hrs/day. (I once DID pull in Radio Nederland on a
phono cartridge; you should have seen the letter I got back from the
reception report !).
   This list will be updated periodically... have fun !

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