Technical Topics, May 1999
The Radio Boys Search For The Mystery Phantom Signal
NASWA member, Journal compositor, and NASWA web site guru, Ralph Brandi, ran into an interesting problem recently which I would like to share with you this month.
One of the problems we encounter when moving into a new location is not knowing what to expect in the way of radio interference. The prudent person will take a portable radio and listen for the usual power line leakage, light dimmer buzzes, etc. But some of the more subtle problems are sometimes missed. That was Ralph’s problem. Ralph wrote to me to see if I had any suggestions. Here is what he said.
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Pirate Radio Report, April 1999
Back From the Winterfest!
Hello all. I am glad to report that the Winterfest ’99 in Kulpsville, PA was a success, pirate wise.
It was great to meet a lot of old friends. Pirate Stevie was there from Switzerland along with his chocolate bars. It was nice to meet Peter Worth of Anteater Radio who had some interesting pirate radio tales to share. The forum on pirate radio was again hosted by George Zeller and Andy Yoder and was well attended as usual.
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Tropical Loggings, April 1999
| 2310 |
AUSTRALIA |
ABC |
2/26 1116 mx, EG ID (Ziol-NY) |
| 3205 |
NEW GUINEA |
R Sandaun |
3/7 0908 island mx (Nels-OR) 3/6 1157 EG pgm, addr, nx //4890, mx (Nove-NC) |
| 3215 |
SULAWESI |
RRI Manado |
2/22 1200 RRI nx //4753 (Line-KS) |
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Country List Committee Report, March 1999
The Country List Committee is pleased to announce the addition of Puerto Rico to the NASWA Country List as a radio country.
A majority of the seven member committee approved the addition.
The decision is based on information from an official source, Wayne E. Eternicka, broadcast operations specialist at the Department of the Navy, Naval Media Center, Washington, DC, that recent broadcasts of AFRTS programming on 6,458.5 kHz, were from a Navy transmitter located in Puerto Rico.
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Shortwave Center, March 1999
Two Voices from the South: A Bit of History
by Pedro M. C. de Castro, Lorena-SP, Brazil
pmcc@easygold.com.br
The highlands in the northeast of Rio Grande do Sul are one of the few areas with blizzards in Brazil. Near the Peak of Igreja, 6100 feet, the Pelotas-Uruguay River is born. Instead of running east to flow into the ocean only 40 miles away, the river initially flows to the northwest and then to the south, undertaking a long trip across the continent. It flows into the sea only near Buenos Aires, Argentina, more than 1,000 miles from its source. This vast portion of land, surrounded by water, wasn’t part of the original Portuguese domains in South America. Several conflicts involving the Portuguese and the Spanish colonizers turned the area into a no-man’s land for over a century, and led to the division of the territory into two parts in 1828: The Province of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in the north and the Republic of Uruguay in the south. Conquerors of their territory, but unsatisfied with their lack of autonomy, the people of Rio Grande proclaimed an independent republic in 1836. They supported a war against the Brazilian Monarchy until 1845, when they surrendered. Giuseppe Garibaldi, hero of Italian unification, fought in this war, aside the Republicans, and met his wife Anita.
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Technical Topics, March 1999
The Sun And Short-Wave Reception
(Part 10)
This month we conclude our examination of how the sun influences shortwave propagation. We will look at some of the information available on the Internet at a click of the mouse to help you make your own propagation predictions. I will be presenting some pretty complicated URL’s (Internet web site addresses) so you may want to wait for this article to be posted on the NASWA web site so you can then just copy and paste the URL’s.
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Listener’s Library, February 1999
Well here we go with another year. At least we are moving toward the Millennium with a notable improvement in the sun spot situation. Let’s ring in the New Year with what has become an annual tradition.
Passport to Worldband Radio
1999 Edition
Editor in Chief: Lawrence Magne
382 pages + extensive “Blue Pages”
$19.95
International Broadcast Services, Ltd.
Box 300
Penn’s Park, PA 18943
www.passport.com
ISBN 0-914941-48-8
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NASWA Notes, February 1999
March will be a busy month for shortwave listeners. First, the 12th annual Winter SWL Festival will take place March 11-13 at the Holiday Inn in beautiful Kulpsville, PA. See all your favorite friends and not so favorite friends at North America’s premier radio gathering. In addition to numerous members being in attendance, you will also find much of the editorial staff and the entire Executive Council present. We look forward to seeing you there! (Note particularly that the dates on the registration form printed last month were incorrect; the correct dates are March 11-13. We apologize for the inconvenience.)
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Pirate Radio Report, February 1999
Welcome to the February 1999 edition of THE PIRATE RADIO REPORT. This month we have a first hand report of a visit by the FCC from Tommy Pickles of Radio Halloween plus some more of your logs.
My FCC Visit by Tommy Pickles
In case you don’t know who I am, I’m Tommy Pickles, the owner/operator of shortwave pirate station Radio Hallowe’en. I’ve been active the past few Halloweens, playing scary sound effects, stories about haunted houses, etc. The usual Halloween stuff.
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Easy Listening, January 1999
BBC World Service: Big Changes
For months, the BBC has hinted that changes were afoot in World Service philosophy and programming. Effective January 10th, the World Service becomes even more like an all-news radio station with a significant expansion of The World Today. The World Today was launched last year as Europe’s “Breakfast” news program; we in the Americas were treated to half-hour versions at 0400 and 0500, while Europe received the program continuously from 0400 to 0700. At the time, The World Today effectively replaced Europe Today in the program lineup.
What does that mean to us in the Americas? For starters, 12 of the 24 hours of the day will feature minimum half hour weekday newscasts as follows:
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