travett@PRCS3.DECNET.PHILIPS.BE (02/12/90)
Hi all,
Has anybody on the net got any times / freqs of AFRTS and / or World of
Radio that I could hear over here in the UK. I am interested in trying to pick
up stations like these, and also any other USA stations. I don't have a
particularly good listening system at the moment having only just moved house,
but the old FRG-7 ( for those of you who remember it ), seems to perform
reasonably well with the random length of wire I have draped around my spare
bedroom wall!!
Anyway any info on these stations ( and for that matter any other USA
stations ) would be gratefully received.
Thanks in advance,
Richard Travett, G8XYS.
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On Mon, 12 Feb 90 09:43:02 +0100 travett@PRCS3.DECNET.PHILIPS.BE writes: > Has anybody on the net got any times / freqs of AFRTS and / or AFRTS no longer broadcasts a regular service direct to listeners on shortwave. The programs for the most part go by satellite feed to local stations and wired networks. However, AFRTS does use a SSB shortwave feed from time to time using a transmitter in Barford, U.K. (I've never been able to figure out which of the 4 or so Barfords in the U.K.) They are now fairly regularly transmitting on 9242.4 kHz LSB and I just checked (16:54 UT) and they are there today. They were pretty consistent in January but sometimes using 9335 kHz. You might also try for the AFRTS BCB stations in the Federal Republic of Germany (actually American Forces Network Europe). Last December, when I was in Bern, Switzerland, I could AFNE stations on 873 kHz (Frankfurt, 150 kW), 1107 kHz (5 transmitters on this frequency), and 1143 kHz (8 transmitters on this frequency). The 873 kHz transmitter should be audible in the U.K. in the evening as long as there's no co-channel interference. ======================================================================== Richard B. Langley BITnet: LANG@UNB.CA or SE@UNB.CA Geodetic Research Laboratory Phone: (506) 453-5142 Dept. of Surveying Engineering Telex: 014-46202 University of New Brunswick FAX: (506) 453-4943 Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 ========================================================================
Will Martin <wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL> (02/13/90)
World of Radio times & freqs: (all via WRNO, New Orleans) UTC Day Time Freq (kHz) Thu 0130 World of Radio 7355 Thu 1630 World of Radio 15420 Fri 0000 World of Radio 7355 Fri 0130 World of Radio 7355 (this one sometimes 0200 UTC) Sat 0400 World of Radio 6185 Sun 0030 World of Radio 7355 Sun 2130 World of Radio 15420 (The above extracted from the previously-distributed DX Program list, with one added.) Note that WRNO tends to be VERY sloppy about starting the programs on time, and some nights (locally) they just simulcast their FM outlet and *never* run the World of Radio tape. So all you can do is tune in a little early and then leave the receiver on the frequency, or set up a long-duration tape recording system. Also, if there is a sports broadcast on, they will air WoR after the game is over, usually. Of course, a listener has no idea when that might be! So that means you have to leave this silly sports event on, low enough not to be bothersome but loud enough so you can hear when the transmission changes voice content so you can check for WoR coming on. I didn't bother to include the Radio for Peace International broadcasts, as they are so low-power as to not be very receivable in the UK. Hope this helps. Regards, Will