toad@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> (02/10/90)
One thing that I hoped would appear on this group since it's beginning
was more station guides & lists.. (I'd rather listen than read about
listening).
So, I'm posting some. The format is: time, freq, short description.
This is just a short list of things I've logged (I type these in for myself)
in about three hours over two days in the past week, and mostly I was just
scanning a couple meter bands.
>From this simple format I can then sort by frequency and time.
For example, if my file is called my.log, then
sort my.log | uniq > ~/new/sw/my.time
sort -n +1 my.log | uniq > ~/new/sw/my.freq
(on unix) creates files sorted by time, and frequency (requires some minor
post-editing).
If we all worked together, we could probably come up with something better,
listing begin and end times, broadcast areas, etc. As it is, I still have
something that's pretty useful to me. I don't have time to hack out such a
thing. Perhaps a friendly program that prompts for various fields, or a gnu
mode for such...
Or, if you have a favorite station/area, maybe you could put together their
schedule? Some people already do this, posting DX shows or the frequencies
and times for Radio X.
However, I might merge in some others' logs, though I don't have much time
for it, and will post the merged lists if you like, though if someone else
volunteers that's fine. If you send any, try to follow this format (regexp):
^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\t[ 0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\t.*
ie,
4-digit utc time, a tab, a leading space for <10000kHz, a tab, and anything.
This insures the above sort's will work. Also, include your location and
perhaps what you use to listen (eg, I have a Panasonic rfb-60).
I hope some people find this useful, and not too many flame...
Corrections/expansions welcome as well.
thanks,
-todd
ps: if you can't for some reason sort these files,
I can also send you sorted versions. Specify
whether you'd like it by date and/or time.
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some abbrevs:
nx - news
mx - music slov/slav - unknown slavic lang
sp - spanish xtian - christian
ch - chinese
deu - german // - on parallel frequencies
dx - `long distance'; ie, SW, or one who listens to such
<500 ends before 0500 UTC
-400- still broadcasting at 0400
**** Recieved from Pittsburgh, PA (80 W / 40 N)
**** using Panasonic RFB-60, no external antenna,
**** by Todd Kaufmann.
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#L 080 00 W / 40 25 N
Date: 6-Feb-90
UTC Freq description
0050 5960 RCI
0050 5975 BBC ``Megamix'' show (Next wk, from NYC)
0050 5995 VoA ``This is America'' (in special English)
0100 7400 CSM
0100 6165 R.Netherlands; 0122: Research File
//6020?
address: English Section, R.Netherlands, Box 222,
1200 JG Hilverson
The Netherlands
->0125. 0130: Dutch; 0330: English
0100 6145
0100 15155 //9745 HCJB 0200 DX Partyline
0100 9745 //15155 HCJB 0200 DX Partyline
0100 5960 //9755 RCI Eng; 0130: French
0100 9755 //5960 RCI Eng; 0130: French
0100 9535 //11845
0100 11845 //9535
0133 17650 //15235 ?Exotic music; Sp.
0133 15235 //17650 ?Exotic music; Sp.
0133 17665 //17690 slovak; contemporary music
0133 17690 //17665 slovak; contemporary music
0133 17720 R.Moscow (?)
0133 17860 Deu.
0133 17867 mx
0138 15130 mx
0138 15170 sp mx trad. <0200
0138 15200 mx rock L? <200
0138 15215 mx L? <200
0141 15250 VoA? <200
0141 15260 //5975 BBC <some story>
0141 5975 //15260 BBC <some story>
0141 15270 Deu. -215-
0141 15280 mx classical <200
0141 15315 Deu. (R.Moscow?) <200
0141 15340 sp mx* <200
0141 15380 mx <200
0141 15390 sp; 0215: eng //5975
0145 15410 R.Sofia (Deu?) <200
0145 15440 xtian; 0215:mx
0145 15580 U.S. sports -215-
0146 9445 VoT mx; 0200: Turkish
0146 9455 0200: Eng
0200 11670 Fr.
0200 11680 slov
0200 11715 chinese
0200 11740 V.o.Free China
0203 11760 Fr. RCI(?)
0203 11775 Sp.
0203 11810 Sp. -220-
0203 11820 R.Habana nx
0203 11845 Eng. <225
0203 11935 eng; 0227: Scottish ?
0210 15120 //11935 //9615 R.South Africa
0210 11935 //15120 //9615 R.South Africa
0210 9615 //11935 //15120 R.South Africa
0216 15325 //5960 NHK, in Japanese (RCI relay)
0216 5960 //15325 NHK, in Japanese (RCI relay)
Date: 7-Feb-90
0013 11820
0015 9545 Sp.
0015 9590 //5975 BBC
0015 5975 //9590 BBC
0017 9620 Sp.
0017 9630 US Rock
0017 9685 R.Moscow
0022 9700
0022 9745 mx
0022 9755 //5960 RCI/CBC
0022 5960 //9755 RCI/CBC
0023 9360 Sp; mx -347-
0023 9395 //9420 Slov
0023 9420 //9395 Slov
0023 9435 Kol Israel -349- but not continuous
0023 9445 VoT mx
0023 9455 VoA
0023 5995 VoA --diff from 9455
0028 9480 R.Moscow, Sp.
0028 9495 Slov
0029 9505 WFYR xtian
0030 9525 Sp mx
0030 9555 Slov
0031 9570 R.Bucharest, Sp.; mx
0036 9605 Fr.
0300 9410 //5975 BBC 0422: World of Finance
0300 5975 //9410 BBC 0422: World of Finance
0300 9420 Sp, mx <355
0300 9445 VoT -347- ; 356: tone
0300 9455 WSHB : CSM
0300 9465 Sp -357- VoA? <400
0300 9495 us rock; 400: Sp
0300 9505 xtian -400-
0300 9515 Sp -400-
0300 9520 Sp -400-
0300 9535 mx, xtian -426-
0309 9545 //9605 Deutsche Welle 0309: Newsline Cologne; 400: Deu
0309 9565 Dutch/Swed <400
0309 9575 VoA -400-
0313 9590 mx; 400 xtian? ; 427 bells
0313 9605 //9545 DW
0315 9630 Sp
0315 9645 //5960 NHK (via RCI) -400.
0315 5960 //9645 NHK (via RCI) -400.
0315 9655 Slov
0315 9680 VoFree China (Taiwan) 400: Chinese
0315 9685 R.Moscow; 0400: Sp
0318 9690 //9770 R.Beijing ?
0318 9770 //9690 R.Beijing ? -413-
0318 9750 mx; 330: Sp
0318 9765 mx (Sp) <330
0322 9790 //9800 RSA? 330: mx, 400: Fr
0322 9800 //9790 RSA? 330: mx, 400: Fr
0322 9850 WCSM: CSM Letterbox/DX show? <400
0325 9885 R.Swiss Int'l 325- mx, 330: Ital, 420: Eng
0332 9710 R.Habana
0332 9735 Deu -413-
0332 9760
0332 9780 Arabic -413-
0336 9825 Sp: Eng lessons -417-
0342 9915 //5975 BBC -420-
0342 5975 //9915 BBC
0347 9395 ; 355: tones
0354 15155 HCJB (was playing a tape backwards!)
0356 9400 time signal?
0359 9490 R.Sofia
0407 9600 //5975//9610 BBC 434: "Network"
0407 5975 //9600//9610 BBC
0407 9610 //5975//9600 BBC
0407 9630 Sp
0409 9640 Moslem chanting?
0409 9650
0409 9655 mx
0409 9660 slov
0409 9700
0413 9725
0413 9745 Fr
0413 9765 R.Moscow
0418 9840 //9455 CSM
0418 9455 //9840 CSM
0418 9850 faint chanting
0421 9943 sp
0421 9425 slov
0426 9570 slov
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