Radio Reference Web Page

Just re-reading some articles in my April CQ magazine and saw this article that I missed.

Check out this web site: RadioReference.com

And I quote: "For those obsessed with monitoring almost any type of radio communication, the frequency listings on the site are a great resource. Just to give you an idea of the tremendous scope of listings, here are some of those available: AM/FM/TV broadcasters, police, fire and safety, airports, railroads, military, sports and marine."

I've just started looking around in this site and clicked on the Data Base line, Oklahoma, then Wagoner county ... the site listed frequencies used by the towns in the county and those used by the county as well.

You do need to join (free) but this looks to be an excellent resource!

... AR

Short Wave Listening

Just listening to short wave broadcasts from Vietnam and China. Right now, I am using my 10M vertical - The antenna is 8 feet long and is ground mounted. Receiver is my FT-840 on AM. Times are UTC.

0340 - 0355 on 6175 kHz is the Voice of Vietnam. Signal is s7 to s8 on my s-meter with some QSB. The Listener's Service program is giving reports received from all over the world. This is an English language broadcast!

0355 - 0400 on 6190 kHz is the China Radio International signal. Signal is S9+. They just signed off from their English language broadcast, but the news program that came on at 0400 is also in English. Strange to hear our news from the Chinese perspective.

0430 - 0500 on 6140 kHz is the Radio Havana Cuba. Signal is S9. Had English language news followed by music. Great if you enjoy Cuban rhythm.

Short Wave Listening

Buy a copy of Monitoring Times every so often. Interesting articles, but also has a Shortwave Guide that shows you what is available every hour ... a real bargain!

Voice of Russia AM Radio Broadcast at 7.335. Very strong S7 signal around 10 pm CST. English News program at 11 pm (0500 Z)

Radio Havana Cuba English AM Broadcast News on 6.000 at 11 pm CST. Signal about S7 with QSB.

China Radio Int'l English AM Broadcast News on 6.190 at 11 pm CST. Sig abt s9!

40M To Get Better After Mar 29

7100-7200 kHz shortwave broadcasts to cease (Link)

For many years the portion of the band from 7100-7300 kilohertz has been allocated to short wave broadcasters outside the Americas and not available to radio amateurs outside ITU Region 2. At the World Radio Conference WRC-03 in 2003 it was agreed that the broadcast stations would move out of the section 7100–7200 kilohertz on 29 March 2009 and that portion would become a worldwide exclusive amateur allocation afterwards


From Shortwave Central blog ... AR