As many of our regular readers know, we at THE PIRATE RADIO REPORT had been keeping an eye on the latest radio ship, the MV Electra which was being outfitted in East Boston, MA.
Well, the ship left Boston sometime in March. Allan Weiner has finished his part of the project and the rest of the project is being overseen by disbarred lawyer, Dr. Scott Becker.
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The ionosphere refracts short-wave signals back to earth. The sun strongly affects the ionosphere. But you probably knew that.
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by Marlin Field
The Billy Graham Center at Wheaton, Illinois, has been in existence since 1980. A division of Wheaton College, it is dedicated to the study and promotion of world evangelism. It has three parts. Books and magazines received by the Center go to the BGC Library while artifacts go the BGC Museum. The Archives, the third part, is a collection of documents about non-denominational Protestant evangelism and foreign mission work based in the United States, especially since about 1900. The Archival Reading Room is on the third floor of the Center. A staff member is always available to help those who come to the Reading Room. It is open daily Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and on Saturday from 10:00 to 2:00, except during college holidays. The Archives include diaries, correspondence, business records, posters, films, slides, scrapbooks, audio tapes, videotapes, phonograph records, maps, photographs, and microfilms. Unlike the library, the material must be used in the Archives. Every year, according to Robert D. Shuster, Director of the Archives, “Hundreds of scholars, pastors, missionaries, authors, and college students use the documents housed there.”
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| 2460 | UNID Ham? 4/10 0458 lite rock mx, ID, ads w/phone Number 337-3116 (Sgru-NY) |
| 3210 | COSTA RICA REE Relay 3/7 0201 //5990, 5970, 6055, 6125 nx, jingle, IDs (Serr-IT) |
| *3215 | MADAGASCAR AWR 1530-1600 in Malagasy, IS, EG ID, FR, GG, SP BP 700 Tananarive, phone 261-2022-40465, powerful (Vagh-MAUR) |
| 3215 | SULAWESI RRI Manado 3/14 1200 SCI, nx, poor (Line-KS) |
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The number of short-wave listeners has declined over the past 5 years. The decline is due mainly to two causes: The rise of the Internet; and the absence of any really bloody wars to follow on short-wave radio. This fall-off in SWLs has really put the squeeze on NASWA’s finances. To save money NASWA management contemplated shutting down the world famous research facility, The NASWA Research Lab (NRL).
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Here’s a FINAL reminder that the 11th edition of the Winter SWL Festival will take place on 12-14 March 1998 in beautiful and Dxhistoric Kulpsville, PA. Check the Calendar of Events and February’s Journal (page 60) for a registration form. As usual, I look forward to meeting many of our members at this year’s event!
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Hello and welcome to the March edition of the PIRATE RADIO REPORT. I hope many of you have already made your plans to attend the 11TH ANNUAL SWL FEST in KULPSVILLE, PA this March 12th through 14th. I’m planning to be there.
This month I’m going to explain some rules as regards to reporting to pirate stations. I know many of our members are relatively new to the hobby, so I hope that the following information is of use, especially to them.
If you are bothered by noise and interference from sources in your home or apartment building, this month’s column may have the solution to your problem.
I live in a multiple dwelling townhouse. My own TV and computer and my neighbor’s TV sets were disturbing reception on the short-wave bands. By implementing the techniques contained in this article, I eliminated any interference above 3 MHz.
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Howdy! I hope you Holidays were everything you wanted them to be and hope you managed to get some time at the dials. DX season started slowly for me this year-just too much work stuff interfering with the radio stuff-but got a major boost when I was part of the HATDX team at the DX Palace in Buxton, on the outer banks of North Carolina. The DX and the tuning oil flowed and a great experience was had by all. From this prime location we were able to log all the Indian transmitters as well as a buncha other really good catches. If you have not gone on a DXpedition you owe it to yourself to do it: not only is the radioing fun but so is the conversation and the occasion.
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