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- Conf: SCIENCE Topic: HAM RADIO Ref: 41PL2660 Date: 01/20/91
- From: MICHAEL VANDEBUNT Time: 05:44 pm
- To: ALL (Read 1 times)
- Subj: GULF SWL FREQS.
-
- Here are the latest schedules from shortwave broadcasters in the Persian
- Gulf area. Some of the times and frequencies may be different from those
- given in published sources before the start of the war:
-
- {all times are in Universal Time (UTC)}
- {all frequencies are in kHz}
-
- Time Frequency
- --------- ---------
- Radio Baghdad 2100-2300 13660 (try LSB, better audio)
- Radio Amman Jordan 2000-2200 9560
- Radio Damascus Syria 2005-2100 12085
- " " 15095
- R. Baghdad 0230-0430 11830
- Voice of Turkey 0300-0400 9445
- " " 17880
- Voice of the U.A.E 2200-0000 9600
- (Abu Dhabi) 11985
- " " 13605
- U.A.E. Radio (Dubai) 0330-0400 11940
- " " 13675
- " " 15400
- Kol Israel 2300-2330 \ / 9435
- 0000-0030 \/ 11605
- 0100-0130 /\ 15640
- Radio Amman Jordan 0500-0600 13655
-
- Radio Cairo Egypt (unknown) 9475 (reception is poor)
-
- N.B. For Kol Israel, all three frequencies are in use during all three
- broadcasts. Intervening broadcasts are in French (i.e. 1/2 hour English,
- 1/2 hour French).
-
- All broadcasts listed are (or should be) in English. Due to the volatile
- nature of the situation in the area, all the above are subject to change.
- This is especially true of R. Baghdad.
-
- SPECIAL NOTE: Some of these stations can be heard with relative ease here
- in the midwest. Others are difficult to hear even with good receiving
- conditions. If you are using the built-in whip antenna on your SWL
- receiver, I strongly recommend that you use instead an external antenna.
- A simple long-wire antenna will DRAMATICALLY improve reception at little
- or no cost. Use single conductor wire (the type that works best is
- whatever is available) and run it from your receiving position for as long
- a distance as you can in a more or less srtaight direction. 30 feet of
- wire will work, 100 feet is even better (the length is not critical, but
- longer is better). If you can get the antenna high above the ground it
- will work better (I have had good results with 130 ft. of wire draped over
- some bushes 4 ft. off the ground). You can use the antenna indoors by
- taping it to the ceiling. To couple the antenna to your receiver, strip
- the insulation from the end of the wire and wrap it around the whip
- antenna. WARNING: If the antenna is out of doors it should either be
- safely grounded, or taken down during electrical storms.
-
- Mike, N9KHZ
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