luria@ucbvax.ARPA (Marc Luria) (12/20/84)
A friend recently gave me an old shortwave radio. I haven't been able to receive much except Radio Moscow. What I'd like to do is be able to listen to Israel Radio. Can anyone suggest any books I could read about shortwave? Does anyone know the frequencies and times of Israel Radio and or the BBC World Service? The radio is made by Reader's Digest and all I have is the antenna they provide. I assume that an External antenna would improve reception. There is a jack for one. I live in an apartment so an indoor antenna would be preferable. Can anyone suggest what I should use for such an antenna?
wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (12/22/84)
> A friend recently gave me an old shortwave radio. I haven't been able > to receive much except Radio Moscow. What I'd like to do is be able to > listen to Israel Radio. Can anyone suggest any books I could read about > shortwave? Does anyone know the frequencies and times of Israel Radio > and or the BBC World Service? > From the December issue of Miller Publishing's The Shortwave Guide, which I happen to have with me here at the office, you lucky person!: Kol Israel: 0000-0030 GMT 7412, 9440, 9815 0100-0130 GMT the same 0200-0230 GMT the same 0500-0515 GMT 9009, 9440, 9815 kHz 2000-2030 GMT 7412, 9440, 9815 kHz 2230-2300 GMT 7410, 9440, 9815 kHz (I wonder if 7410 is a misprint?) (These are the scheduled English-language transmissions.) (GMT is Greenwich Mean Time, which is 6 hours ahead of Central Standard. So 0000 GMT is 1800 or 6 PM CST, 0500 GMT is 2300 or 11 PM CST, etc.) A note in the October Review of International Broadcasting mentions the possibility that the 0000 and 0100 broadcasts might also be on 11655 and 15585 kHz, and the 0200 also on 11655 kHz, and the 2230 one might also be on 12025 kHz and 15585 kHz. (The later RIB has a by-country schedule, but I don't have it with me, drat!) As for the BBC, there are many different relay stations and lots of frequencies. For general purposes, in the US evening, 6175 kHz is the best. 9510 kHz is also good for later in the evening/night. 21660, 15070, and 15260 are good in the mornings, at different times, as various relays come on and off. As for sources of info. The best is (in my opinion): Review of International Broadcasting Glenn Hauser PO Box 490756 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33349 (Sample issue $1.50 US, subscription $18 US) Next is: The Shortwave Guide Miller Publishing 424 West Jefferson St. Media, PA 19063 (Sample issue 95 cents, subscription $9.95) [Tell 'em both Will Martin sent you... It won't do you any good, but it'll inflate my ego...] The former is a small-format magazine; the latter is a tabloid paper. Regards, Will Martin USENET: seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin or ARPA/MILNET: wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA