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6 June 1996

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Times
Vol. 15, No.6 June '' 996

Broadcasting War in Ethiopia 20

By Harald Kuhl

The Horn of Africa has long been a hotbed of clandestine broadcasters

titoring voicing the views of various opposition parties. The airwaves have been
Titt7es=

á'he oh mh;:
calmer since 1991 when a coalition party began to rule in Ethiopia. Since
Mom lmri nr 1995, however, the Voice of Oromo Liberation has begun broadcasting
dhallen.r
'"X"'"`
.. again, this time from a site outside Ethiopia which is widely audible to DXers.
Why now and why from this undisclosed location? Harald Kuhl talks
with Taye Teferra, European coordinator of the station, in this revealing
interview.

Cover Story

"Hot listening in
"Hot-lanza"
By Michael Martin and Roger
Cravens

J my 19th to August 4th, all eyes and

ears will be on Atlanta for the run-
ning of the Centennial Olympic
Games. If you are one of the thou-
sands of visitors expected to visit FM/TV DX 101 24
Atlanta and the other venues in the By Loyd Van Horn
Southeast, welcome to the bestscan-
ning you have ever experienced! The younger generation Van Horn makes his writing debut in this
Although sensitive communica-
"introduction course" to FM and TV DXing. Though various types of
tions such as security for athletes and
dignitaries will be using scrambled propagation conducive to long -range reception occur throughout the year,
circuits, probably no daily activity summertime is traditionally one of the best times to enjoy this aspect of
around the region will be "routine" DXing, especially when summer storms make AM listening difficult. How-
during the Olympics. So that you ever, as Loyd discovered, it takes more than just fancy equipment to produce
won't miss a minute of monitoring,
we've prepared some extensive fre- results worth bragging about.
quency lists so you can program your

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scanner for your favorite agencies
beginning with your arrival at the
airport.
Our cover shows Andraz Vehovar

kayak venue -
of Slovakia on the challenging new
Tennessee's Ocoee
River. Photo by Harry Baughn.
 DEPARTMENTS

Letters 4 Federal File 82

Federal Surveillance Freqs
Reviews: Communications
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84
Grove Expo Update Satellite TV
Beginner's Corner 28 Satellite Broadcasting Guide
Going Down (LF) Experimenters Workshop 86
Scanning Report 30 Cool Ways to Design Circuits -III
Scanning on Line Skylink 88
Utility World 34 Wireless Computer ¡ANS
FBI on HF Computers & Radio 90
Readers have expressed a great deal Shortwave Broadcasting 38 Message Tracker
of curiosity about the Radio Shack OS1. Report 42 Net News 92
DX -394 shortwave receiver. Flow does English Lang SW Guide 43 Audio on the Internet
Club Circuit 67 What's New 93
this tabletop, priced under $400, stack
Propagation Conditions 68 Review: Grove TUN -4A
up against the classics? See Magne's 70
Below 500 kHz
review on page 98 for the bottom line. Magne Tests 98
Surfing for Longwaves
Parnass revisits the Uniden Radio Shack DX -394
American Bandscan 72 100
BC9000XLT (p.100) to pass along to Scanning Equipment
Exotic TV DX
readers some additional mods and tips Mods & Tips for BC9000XLT
Outer Limits 74
acquired over a year of operation. Antenna Topics 102
Micro Pirates Widespread
The Kite -Supported Antenna
Addressing a number of common On the Ham Bands 76
K.I.S. Radio 106
reception requirements, the Grove Amplitude Modulation
TUN -4A is not only an antenna CB- Ultimate Frugal Radio
Special Events Calendar 77 108
preselector /amplifier, but provides "a Ask Bob
DeMaw's Workbench 78
More on Current Flow
complete antenna system control unit." Tune a Random-Length Antenna
Stock Exchange 110
See page 96 for the review. Plane Talk 80
Closing Comments 112
Reader's Corner
The State of the Union

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"Herr Wullenweber was kid- am pleased to see that you obviously believe
napped by the Russians at the that it is an issue worthy of such coverage.
end of WWII and, consequently, "First, it is important to give credit where
they also have Wullenweber credit is due. The figures relating to costs of
sites. operating other international broadcasters, as
"WWII was certainly not the well as the number of international broad-
heyday of NAVSECGRU. It casting organizations worldwide, were quoted
wasn't even put in place until from a 1995 study conducted by Radio Aus-
the 1950's. We had about 10,000 tralia.
personnel in SECGRU in the "Second, if not for the formation and sub-
1970's. In the late 1980's, one sequent lobbying of the Coalition to Restore
site (Rota, Spain) had almost Full RCI Funding, the issue of RCI would
2000 people at it. The current have been a dead one five years ago. The
NAVSECGRU is a shadow of overwhelming media coverage throughout
its former self." Canada and worldwide, combined with the
Mee Bill Neill of Westminster, outpouring of support in the way of letters,
"..,Han artorbnees m .*dfl i to renew tondes with the V.S.
Colorado, adds this information: faxes, e-mail, etc. to the Canadian govern-
though that sae clearly hie senti. of the O.S. 7th Fleet. bat
meat
A tender f'S. mbesty offend
mainly in lotto May.
"Nobody con think of an
"Considerable information is ment from supporters and believers in RCI,
was more eaplicit. saio that nests around forma surprised everyone, including the Coalition
it OxidAitsi unit Chinai tnteelen:np exercises Korea. and the South Korea available about the Wullenweber
lianas or problems army hat [Link].(Ad people." os
hr ion leaden pian to rear
tre tonplanding serartty
represent
the reason at make nee sul
ththe Johnson. president of the Ja
Polley Research Institute. 'Pm
antenna and ancillary equip- members. The efforts of the Coalition had
arie between the I: S. and Japan
that boot led to the station
er or otono t,' S troops in Japan
-

.
ett nani for re Mebane.
Even bdnre the Taiwan Trista
veteran of the Kenai] War and
can tell you the dit'.tren ment, much of it from the US succeeded in drawing domestic and interna-
at thons,. about 27900 are en Oki- á0i thtnod between ;play and then le
awe a. mina math of Taiwan.
day um! too
demo did not was no South Kareap arm Navy. About ten years ago, I tional attention to a matter which five years
mantle Oki
was able to obtain the following ago, hardly anyone wanted to talk about.
Ed Schwartz spied this photo in the Chicago Tribune, and publications from the Naval Se- "Past history leads us to believe that, come
says, "Check what stands behind the man in the photo curity Group Training Facility December 1996, we'll be back to the drawing
(taken in Okinawa). I'll be only we radio junkies would at Corry Station, Florida (all board. The government has indicated that
know what it is!" numbers prefaced by they hope to be able to meet with various
NAVELEX0101): groups throughout the balance of this year to
The Wullenweber Unveiled 108 - Naval Security Group Elements: find alternate sources of funding for the ser-
102 - Naval Communication Station Design; vice, but the time is short and money is
As expected, April's tantalizing but ad- 103 - HF Radio Propagation and Facility Site Selection; difficult to come by.
mittedly incomplete story on the Wullenweber 104 - HF Antenna Systems (contains considerable engi- "It is most disturbing to hear current RCI
antenna did elicit some additional informa- neering information on Wullenweber arrays). Executive Director, Mr. Terry Hargreaves,
tion and further reference sources from our "Further, information about the equipment telling listeners to a Montreal talk show that
readers. The following message from Dave used at Wullenweber sites is found in the 'it isn't my job to lobby to save Radio Canada
Rogers of Plano, Texas, filled in a lot of gaps. following Naval Rate Training Manuals: International.' The government continually
"The Wullenweber antenna was stationed 0500-LP- 068 -0110 - Electronics Technician 1 &2 hands the operations of the service back to
at various NAVSECGRU (Naval Security 0500-LP- 070 -2000 - Electronics Technician 3 & 2 CBC, resulting in the placing of CBC execu-
Group) Bullseye (Wullenweber) sites around 0500-LP- 075 -0110 - Radioman 1 &C (Chief) tives at the helm of a service which they don't
the world. The antenna is for HF (shortwave) 0502-LP -051 -1410 - Radioman 3 & 2 believe in.
use only. There are two separate arrays which 0502-LP -051 -1610 - Cryptologic Technician M, 3 & 2 "The Coalition would like to see a sepa-
are concentric. The Lo -band array covers 2- 0502-LP -051 -1760 - Communications Technician O, 3 rate, protected budget, somewhat like
10 MHz and has 40 elements, while the Hi- &2 Canada's contribution to the United Nations.
band array covers 8 -30 MHz and has 120 0502 -LP-051 -2500 - Principles of Radio Wave Trans- "On behalf of the Coalition, we wish to
elements. The arrays are backed up by a mission publicly thank everyone for their continued
ground screen which improves directivity. 0502 -12-051 -2550 - Cryptologic Collection Equipments support."
"The key element in the design of the "As for `very interesting reading,' prob- In recognition of those who have worked
antenna system was the goniometer, which is ably the more salient would be The Puzzle so hard over the past five years, we acknowl-
a mechanical rotating switch used to switch Palace by James Bamford, published in the edge the hard -working members of this com-
the input from one antenna to the next. Know- early 1980's." mittee, who are: Wojtek Gwiazda, Maggy
ing which antenna is currently selected al- Akerblom, Daniel Black, William
lows one to `point' the array in a particular Westenhaver, and Sheldon Harvey. You can
direction for DF (direction finding). Gonios
Credit Where Credit is Due
contact the Coalition at 1250 de la Visitation,
have since been replaced by electronic The following is exerpted from comments Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2L 3B4 (514)
switches. by Sheldon Harvey of Greenfield Park, Que- 521 -3082 fax; or send your support for RCI to
"There were far more than 14 antennas bec, on the March cover story about Radio the Rt. Honorable Jean Chretien, Prime Min-
built by the Navy. The USN had 25 sites Canada International. ister, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario,
worldwide at one time. Also, the Air Force "I would like to thank Monitoring Times Canada K1 A 0A6, (613) 957 -5556 fax.
Security Service has a similar antenna system for once again giving front page prominence
which is a three -band design at other loca- to the plight of Radio Canada International. I (Continued on Page 104)
tions.

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wave dish and rain combined to take that 800 Forbes said it's unlikely the radio pervert will
It At Home
Leave
MHz trunked system off the air. One month ever be caught.
C E N T E N N I A L earlier, a windstorm froze the system, forcing
police and firefighters to use cellular and Beware the Motor -Mouth
wired telephones to contact their dispatchers.
W'*11
OLYMPIC GAMES Keeping Track
Anyone who has ever watched the person
in the car in front of you [weave] as he or she
talks on a cellular phone [Oops! Off on the
It's hard to believe, but ham radio opera- According to FCC officials, the total num- shoulder again!] already knows this story.
tors are being told not to bring their radios to ber of (licensed) radio stations in the United Researchers say that people with a cell

-
the Olympics in Atlanta this summer. Leave
your handheld radio at home you won' t be
allowed inside the gate, says Andrew Funk,
States is 12,034. That's up from 11,987 last
September. AM stations added only one new
station since the last figures came out in late
phone in the car have a 34 percent higher risk
of having an accident than people who do not
have cell phones. What' s more, people who
KB7UV and a member of the Olympic Broad- 1995. That brings their total to 4,909. Whereas, use their cell phones a lot (50 minutes or more
cast Frequency Coordination Committee. thirty -two new FM stations swelled the ranks a month) are five times more likely to crash
According to Funk, all RF radiating de- of facilities using frequency modulation to a than motorists who talked less.
vices will be strictly controlled at the event. In total of 5,306. The Cellular Telephone Industry dismissed
fact, according to Worldradio, all RF gear, the study, saying, "It has glaring research
including broadcast equipment, will be re- shortcomings." We wondered, what about
Porno Jammer
quired to pass a separate Olympic certifica- those other people who use radios in their
tion inspection in addition to the normal FCC According to newspaper reports, police in cars? Researchers ignored the question of 2-
certification. Vancouver, Canada, have been harassed by a meter and CB users.
"radio amateur" who jammed their radio traf-
fic with the sound of a couple having sex. It's
On The Road Again Satellite Saves Driver

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No sooner had the United Kingdom's
Radiocommunications Agency the equiva-
spector Al Forbes said -
extremely dangerous, Vancouver police In-
referring to the
jamming, not the sex. The fleshy blasts, be-
Truck driver James Foster was not particu-
larly happy when they installed a satellite

Commission -
lent to the U.S. Federal Communications
settled into their new offices
in London's dockside region, than the facility
lieved to be from the soundtrack of porno-
graphic movie, followed the police from chan-
nel to channel as they attempted to avoid the
tracking device in his rig. An invasion of
privacy, sniffed the driver. Some time later,
Foster, who has diabetes and high blood pres-
was damaged by a bomb blast. No one was jammer. sure, collapsed in his truck after leaving Or-
injured, but the RA was forced to pack up and "They obviously know all the frequen- lando, Florida.
once again go on the road in search of a new cies," said Forbes. In emergencies, police Transcontinental Refrigerated Lines,
home. At press time, it was not known when could be heard over the interference, although Foster's employers, used the global position-
or where it will be relocated. the grunting was a distraction. Inspector ing system to locate Foster' s truck and then
called local paramedics. When the EMTs
Er, you might ought to repeat that last arrived, they reportedly found Foster only
800 MHz System Works transmission, captain. I copied you up hours away from death. There is no mention
Not all is doom and gloom when a new 800 to the part where you said, "00000h, of whether the event has changed the driver's
aaaaaaahh, more, more!"
George Beard -
MHz radio system comes to town, says reader
at least not to the people
who use it as part of their job.
opinion about the device.

On the Move
"Interesting notice in the paper about the
800 MHz system of the Kansas City, Kansas, CB is, admittedly, a low priority with the
Fire Department, " says Beard. According to FCC these days. There's too much money to
the report, the new system has given the be made auctioning off frequencies for the so-
department state -of- the-art communications. called emerging technologies. CBer Danny
"The new radio service has given us capabili- Lee Coffield managed, however, to get the
ties we have needed for some time," says Fire FCC's attention.
Chief John Bergman. Not one whimper about What makes Coffield's run -in the with
blackouts, dead spots, or other complaints feds interesting is that he was nailed, not for
that sometimes accompany the installation of high -powered operation but for out -of-band
these high -tech systems. operation. Agents of the FCC' s Los Angeles
The Kansas City, Kansas, story is in con- office discovered Danny Lee operating a modi-
trast to the adjoining Kansas City, Missouri, fied Cobra on 27.7744 MHz in September of
Fire Department 800 MHz system which re- 1993.
portedly does not work well. Kansas City, How he was nailed is also interesting: The
MO, is about three times larger in population FCC said that modification of a CB to trans-
than Kansas City, KS. mit out -of-band voids the radio's type accep-
In Portland, Oregon, trouble continued to tance (that silver sticker on the radio's back)
nag the system when a misaligned micro- and thus invalidates anyone' s authority to use
the radio.
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Coffield was fined $2,000 but has man- her time and makes three follow -up calls
aged to avoid paying based on several legal