Date: 03 Mar 93 19:57:00 UTC From: wb6oco Subject: Shortwave Well, let's see if I can list a few shortwave frequencies here. You won't find any major startling news on these, but sometimes you find things discussed (like the New World Order, for example) which are discussed in a manner that indicates everyone else in the world knows all about it, but our media is not telling us about it. BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation VOA = Voice of America DW = Deutsche Welle (Cologne, Germany) CSM = Christian Science Monitor (EXCELLENT news reporting) RKI = Radio Kol Israel RA = Radio Australia SRI = Swiss Radio International RS = Radio Sweden RB = Radio Baghdad RH = Radio Havana (Cuba - Castro's propaganda station) RDI = Radio Dublin International RN = Radio Netherlands BBC VOA DW CSM RKI RA SRI RS RB 5975 6035 3995 9455 7465 7140 6135 9695 11740 6005 7265 6045 9870 9435 9560 13635 11705 11755 6110 7280 6085 13760 11605 11910 13685 11960 11827 6175 7405 7225 15665 15100 13605 21500 17740 13660 9600 9455 7235 17555 9915 9575 7390 11820 9635 9055 RH RN RDI RNI 12095 9700 9058 15070 11760 9610 9655 6020 6910 9650 15360 15580 11725 11950 9590 15400 17785 13700 17800 17705 All of these stations broadcast at varying times of the day and direct their transmission to particular areas of the world. Sometimes you'll hear the same station and the same program on more than one frequency; sometimes you'll hear the same station and different programming on different frequencies. Sometimes you'll tune in a station that's 'supposed' to be one thing and you'll find some other station on it; they swap around a lot according to who's on the air at a given time and who isn't -- and often they don't care whether they trample another station or not. Also, propagation factors mean that the above 10mHz frequencies are more easily heard in the daytime, and the below 10mHz frequencies are more easily heard evenings. The below 9mHz frequencies are more easily heard in the early morning hours (0300+ local). Also, of course, you can pick up accurate time signals from WWV at Fort Collins, Colorado, and WWVH in Honolulu, on 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20mHz. Canada also has time signals, but I don't remember the frequencies. One note: You will find ALL the foreign-based stations far to the left politically. Good luck, and have fun! Hope you hear a couple of clandestine stations transmitting code groups just to keep your blood flowing -- or some of the occasional 6.6mHz stuff in rapid-fire Spanish with machine gun fire in the background. 73's. Don, WB6OCO.