[HCDX] THE SPECTRUM MONITOR IGNORANT ABOUT SHORTWAVE BROADCASTING

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

This successor publication to the defunct Monitoring Times is edited and published by Ken Reitz, who previously convinced Bob Grove that MT did not need yours truly as a columnist.

Now Ken in the inaugural issue publishes mistake after mistake in his own introduction to SW stations; he`s obviously very out of touch: with extreme amusement, I quote and correct them:

``Brief quotes used in reviews are permitted, provided that attribution is given.``

T S Mâs G u i de t o Shor t wav e  By Ken Reitz KS4ZR

ARN/AFRTS Armed Forces Network/Armed Forces Radio and Television Service was once a major shortwave presence with a full lineup of programs taken from major U.S.-based radio networks and rebroadcast on many shortwave frequencies. Today the service is limited to four frequencies from two locations; Guam (Pacific Ocean) 13,362 kHz (daytime), 5,765 kHz (nighttime) and Diego Garcia (Indian Ocean) 12,759 kHz (daytime), 4,319 kHz (nighttime) all in USB. Whatâs left of their shortwave schedule is here.

GH: It`s AFN, not ARN. As we reported exclusively months ago, the GUAM station has been closed down.

Caribbean Beacon (University Net) The late Dr. Scott and Pastor Melissa Scott (his widow) beam their message from Anguilla, BWI on 11.755 MHz (daytime) and 6.090 MHz (nighttime).

GH: it`s 11775 kHz; how about proofreading?

Radio Cairo provides limited English service to North America on 15710 kHz from 1800-2100 UTC.

GH: ??? TOTALLY IMAGINARY. No such frequency or time to NAm. Ever.

HF Pirate Radio Unlicensed shortwave broadcasters, operate mostly within a small set of frequencies above and below 6025 kHz. . .

GH: It`s above and below 6925, of course! Or the traditional 6955.

Radio Havana A vestige of the Cold War with less strident voice, RHC also has one of the few remaining DX news programs in Arnie Corroâs "DXers Unlimited."

GH: It`s Coro. And he *never* includes any DX news (i.e. other stations, frequencies, times, logs), thus avoiding any political no-no`s. Mostly about propagation and ham radio, do-it-yourself projects. Have you ever axually listened to it?

Radio Kuwait often one of the biggest signals into North America from the mid-East, Radio Kuwait English transmission are found afternoons at 15540 UTC.

GH: Often? Biggest? Maybe for a few months in summer; inaudible in winter. Frequencies are expressed in kHz, not UTC.

Radio Pakistan has a full schedule of broadcasts in several languages, but not English. Try your luck with this shortwave schedule.

GH: Full? DOES include *some* English, like 5-minute newscasts.

Voice of Africa Sudan Radio a tough catch in Arabic on 7205 kHz.

GH: Not tough at all. Try it around 0300 UT.

Voice of Guyana found on 3290 offers extensive English programming from 0000 â 0400 and 0800 â 2400 UTC.

GH: Unfound. Has been INACTIVE FOR YEARS!

Voice of Tajikistan transmits on 7245 in English for one hour from 0100-0200 UTC.

GH: I think English at 01 is on their web schedule, but 7245 does not come on until 0200, tsk2. WRTH does show English at 13-14 on same, hardly ever reported and also needs to be confirmed. 

BTW, as a matter of style, if you use the word ``from`` before a time, you should use the word ``to`` before the next time. If you just use a hyphen, you should say ``at`` the xxxx-xxxx time, as I just did above.

Voice of Zimbabwe, "The independent voice of Zimbabwe," operates on 4880 kHz with this schedule.

GH: He`s mixed up Mugabe`s official VOZ, with SW Radio Africa, the clandestine which is on 4880 via South Africa. As in many entries; no hotlink really there.

WJHR Milton, Florida, private religious broadcaster operating between 1400-2200 UTC on 15500 kHz.

GH: It`s 15550-USB. Do you ever really tune across the bands, notice?

WRMI "Radio Miami International," a private shortwave broadcaster serving Latin America from Miami, Florida. Frequency: 9950 kHz.

GH: Always on 9955, of course. Also serves North America, a bit.

WRNO New Orleans, Louisiana, one of the original private shortwave broadcasters from the 1980s when it was known as "The Rock of New Orleans," it now transmits religious programming on 15590 and 7506
kHz.

GH: 15590 continues to be registered but has not been used in MANY years, including not since the new owners took over.

So TSM is NOT the place to go for accurate coverage of SWBC

(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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