From: "Sheldon Harvey" To: "Amateur Radio Operators/Les radio-amateurs" Subject: Radio H.F. Internet Newsletter VOL.3 NUMBER 010 Date: Monday, October 08, 2001 12:54 PM October 8, 2001 / le 8 octobre, 2001 Welcome to the October 2001 edition of the Radio H.F. Internet Newsletter. Another great batch of web sites for you to browse through. Enjoy! Bienvenue a l'édition d’octobre 2001 de "Radio H.F. Internet Newsletter". Sheldon Harvey Prop., Radio H.F. Editor/Publisher, Radio H.F. Internet Newsletter THE RADIO H.F. INTERNET NEWSLETTER VOLUME 3 NUMBER 010 OCTOBER 2001 Edited and Distributed by Sheldon Harvey Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada Copyright 2001 Radio H.F. Publications E-MAIL: hfnewsletter@yahoo.com WEBPAGE: http://www.total.net/~radiohf DISCLAIMER: The content and comments included in the web sites featured in this newsletter are those of the individuals, groups or organizations responsible for each web site. They do not necessarily represent those of the editor, unless specifically noted. TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE DISTRIBUTION LIST OF THIS NEWSLETTER, SIMPLY CONTACT ME BY E-MAIL. THE DISTRIBUTION LIST IS PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. Welcome to Vol. 3 Number 010 of the Radio H.F. Internet Newsletter. Previous issues of this newsletter can be found at the following URL: http://www.anarc.org/cidx/radiohf/index.html The e-mail address for all contributions, comments, and subscription requests, is: hfnewsletter@yahoo.com Remember that all contributors are entitled to a 2% discount on their next purchase from Radio H.F. As I finalize this month’s edition, U.S. and British forces have completed their first military incursions into Afghanistan. Events in the region, and the subsequent impact on the rest of the world are sure to follow swiftly. As a result, in this month’s edition, I have included numerous sites connected to these world events, including information on radio services, newspapers and wire services where you can obtain assorted and, in some instances, alternative news reports and opinions. I have also included a special “September 11, 2001 Zone” focusing on the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the United States. These dramatic events have shown how important radio and communications are to the world. Hopefully some of the resources featured here will be of assistance to you. I extend my best wishes to any of our subscribers who may have been personally effected by the events of September 11. I thank everyone for their comments and appreciation for the two special editions which I circulated in September. These editions were distributed to media outlets in Canada and the U.S., and received much attention and additional exposure. As a result we have many new subscribers joining us this month. We welcome them all aboard. I look forward to your input and comments and contributions. They are most appreciated. Best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving Day to all our Canadian subscribers and Happy Columbus Day to our American friends and, of course, Happy Halloween to everyone coming up at the end of this month. To lighten the somewhat serious nature and tone of the Newsletter this month, our “Fun and Services Zone” features some material relating to Halloween. Halloween, in the world of radio, is connected to a few things, pirate radio stations, and the famous “War of the World” radio broadcast of 1938. “The Radio Zone” has some sites related to both of these subjects. Enjoy! IMPORTANT NOTES: The “RCI (Radio Canada International) Action Committee” continues its work to restore and secure the operations and services of Radio Canada International, Canada’s voice to the world. Follow their work on their web site: http://www.geocities.com/rciaction Also the “Save BBC Coalition” continues its work to attempt to bring BBC World Service shortwave programming back to the radio in North America and the Pacific regions. Their web site is: http://www.savebbc.org So, let’s get going with this month’s information. Thank you to all the dedicated contributors for your input. CONTENTS THE COMMENTS ZONE THE CONTRIBUTORS ZONE SPECIAL: THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 ZONE THE RADIO ZONE THE GENERAL ZONE THE FUN & SERVICES ZONE THE PUBLICITY ZONE THE COMMENTS ZONE VERN MODELAND, Flippin, Arkansas: From a US monitoring list I frequent, I have gotten the link to your excellent newsletter. Thanks for all the information you have pulled together. It is very much appreciated here in the woods of the Arkansas Ozarks. JEAN BOUCHER, Sherbrooke, Quebec: Congratulations for your Radio H.F. Internet Newsletter SPECIAL EDITION ... very good !!! AL DUDLEY, Washington, DC: (commenting on the Special Edition) Excellent timing on this issue with good info. Thanks STEPHEN BEYER, Chelmsford, Massachusetts: I just found your web site a couple days ago while looking for USAF HF freq.'s. Your site is original in it's layout, very informative, and appears to be constantly updated with new information. Please add me to your newsletter. BOB BOUDREAU, Saint John, New Brunswick: I would like to subscribe to the newsletter. I am blind and cannot read the magazine, I received a copy of the special bulletins, and enjoyed them very much. Thanks for your attention. Let's keep the shortwave bands hopping. CHARLES LEGGATT, Toronto, Ontario: Just a short note to express my congratulations in doing such a fine job...DAMN FINE JOB! JERRY BROOKMAN, Kenai, Alaska: Thanks VERY MUCH!! It (the Newsletter) is EXCELLENT!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!! THE CONTRIBUTORS ZONE Saul Chernos, Toronto, Ontario Larry Dolan, Pierrefonds, Quebec Robert Ellis, Beaconsfield, Quebec Petro Giannakopoulos, Atlanta, Georgia Henrik Hargitai, Hungary Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec Alain Lafleche, The Interface Team Robert Lajoie, Longueuil, Quebec Tom McNiff, Burke, Virginia James Richardson, Live Scanner Audio Yahoo Group Daniel Sampson, Arcadia, Wisconsin Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia William Westenhaver, Montreal, Quebec Yahoo Weekly Picks SPECIAL – SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 ZONE THE CHAOS & THE COURAGE – NEWSDAY.COM http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-tapesgallery.htmlstory VIA James Richardson, Live Scanner Audio Yahoo Group These are tapes of radio transmissions between police officers and firefighters and their dispatchers at the scene of the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11. The tapes cover the period just before the first tower collapse at 10 a.m. through the second collapse and the chaotic aftermath. PENTAGON SCANNER AUDIO http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/trunkedsystem VIA James Richardson, Live Scanner Audio Yahoo Group A collection of files, stored in a Yahoo Briefcase file, coming from the Arlington, Virginia area, featuring audio from police, fire and emergency services following the terrorist attack on the Pentagon. AMERICA UNDER ATTACK - LIVE http://emc.elte.hu/~hargitai/wtcmemorial/ VIA Henrik Hargitai, Hungary I included this site in one of the two special editions of the Newsletter, but wanted to remind everyone again as many new files have been added to it. The webmaster says “In commemoration of those who died I have set up a new web site in which the live programs of radio and TV stations, and web screenshots are collected together to keep these terrible moments alive. No one can forget those moments, and this page is intended to keep the recorded transmissions on the Net living forever. “ PBS: AMERICA RESPONDS http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/ VIA Yahoo! Weekly Picks, Sept. 24, 2001 The U.S. Public Broadcasting System offers up this special site dealing with the events of September 11, 2001 and the follow-up. RESOURCES RELATING TO SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 http://www.freepint.com/gary/91101.html VIA Tom McNiff, Burke, Virginia A collection by Gary Price, Librarian & Information Consultant, in Washington, DC, gathering speeches, transcripts, news reports, streaming audio and video files, together with links to hundreds of related web sites. WEB ARCHIVIST http://www.webarchivist.org/ VIA William Westenhaver, Montreal, Quebec webArchivist.org is working with The Internet Archive in collaboration with the Library of Congress to identify and archive pages and sites related to the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001. We want to be sure that there is a solid historical record of this time. We are asking for volunteers to help us identify any web sites or pages that have information or content about the Sep11 Attack. We are especially interested in finding sites by individuals -- that record their feelings, experiences or opinions. We are also especially interested in finding non-American sites. RE:CONSTRUCTIONS http://web.mit.edu/cms/reconstructions/introduction.html VIA Yahoo! Weekly Picks, Sept. 24, 2001 Reflections on humanity and media after tragedy. An on-line resource and study guide, designed to spark discussions and reflections about the media's role in covering the events of 11 September 2001 and their aftermath. Re:Constructions represents the work of students, staff, faculty, and friends of MIT's (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Program in Comparative Media Studies. It is not the work of an academic department. It is the work of a community which felt it had to do something to make a difference. We study media and so this is what we had to contribute. THE RADIO ZONE I thought it would be helpful to add links to a few international shortwave broadcast stations which will include frequencies and time schedules where you can listen to their broadcasts on shortwave. Some sites will also have on-line streaming audio. These links are all courtesy of Daniel Sampson of Arcadia, Wisconsin, editor of Prime Time Shortwave at http://www.triwest.net/~dsampson/shortwave/ A NOTE TO AMATEUR OPERATORS: Many of today’s H.F. transceivers are “general coverage” receivers, allowing you to monitor these shortwave broadcasters, plus other point-to-point communications services, such as military, aeronautical and maritime services, all found outside the amateur radio H.F. bands. RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL http://www.rcinet.ca/ CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL http://english.cri.com.cn/ ALL INDIA RADIO http://air.kode.net/ VOICE OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN http://www.irib.com/worldservice/ ISRAELI RADIO – KOL ISRAEL http://www.israelradio.org/ RADIO PAKISTAN http://radio.gov.pk/ VOICE OF RUSSIA http://www.vor.ru/ VOICE OF AMERICA http://www.voa.gov/ BBC WORLD SERVICE http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/index.shtml UNITED NATIONS RADIO http://www.un.org/av/radio/ VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec UN Radio was founded in 1946 to promote the universal ideals of the United Nations, including peace, respect for human rights, gender equality, tolerance, economic and social development and the upholding of international law. From their site, find out where they can be heard, and listen on-line to some of their programmes. CANADIAN COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION http://www.rcc.ryerson.ca/ccf/index2.html VIA Larry Dolan, Pierrefonds, Quebec An excellent historical database of broadcasting information in Canada. I’ll let the site describe itself – “During the 20th century, Canadians have been at the forefront of communications. The "roots" of nearly all electronic communication in today's world are here in Canada. From Marconi's first Trans-Atlantic message - to Reginald Fessenden, the Canadian who invented the method and who in 1906 spoke the first words ever transmitted by wireless - to Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone - to XWA (CFCF) Montreal, one of the world's first radio stations (September 1919) - to one of the world's first cable television system - Canadians have always been leaders in the development of telecommunications. It is to these people that the Canadian Communications Foundation dedicates this project. This database has been assembled by the School of Radio and Television Arts at Ryerson Polytechnic University in association with the Canadian Communications Foundation.” HISTORY OF AMERICAN BROADCASTING http://members.aol.com/jeff560/jeff.html VIA William Westenhaver, Montreal, Quebec It's assembled as a selection of links to essays on various topics...plus an extensive page of outside links...and there are some fascinating things here. (Check, for example, the section on the broadcast of the crash of the Hindenburg.) THE INTERVAL SIGNALS ARCHIVE PAGE http://www.intervalsignals.net/ VIA Petro Giannakopoulos, Atlanta, Georgia The Interval Signals Archive is a collection of audio clips of foreign radio stations, with identification announcements in various languages, signature tunes and jingles, and of course interval signals. The web site undergoes regular development, with new sound clips being added to the collection and existing ones modified. MEDIA IN UZBEKISTAN http://uzland.narod.ru/fact/media.htm VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec Details on radio, TV, newspapers and other media in the country of Uzbekistan, the country that could become a staging ground for U.S. troops in the Afghanistan conflict. RUSSIAN RADIO http://www.russianinternet.com/radio/ VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec A list of Russian radio stations, with links to their homepages and to streaming audio, where available. RADIO & U.S. MILITARY PSYOPS http://www.qsl.net/yb0rmi/army.htm VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec An investigative report by Nick Grace on various psychological radio operations of the past. COVERT ACTION – PSYCHOLOGICAL & RADIO/PROPAGANDA OPERATIONS http://intellit.muskingum.edu/intellsite/covertaction_folder/covertactionpsyrad.html VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec A collection of references and links to information about psychological propaganda projects including radio stations and broadcasts. BC-245 INTERFACE http://www.senss.ca.tc/ VIA Alain Lafleche, The Interface Team Freeware software for owners of the Uniden Bearcat BC-245 Trunk Tracker hand-held scanner. CWTYPE MORSE TERMINAL 1.10 http://www.itprodownloads.com/filedownload?fileid=245095 VIA Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia This downloadable program for CW-operators allows users to transmit from the keyboard or a paddle connected to a joystick or LPT connector. The handle of the transceiver (PTT and CW keying) is made through one of the COM or LPT-ports. RADIO’S “WAR OF THE WORLD” BROADCAST 1938 http://members.aol.com/jeff1070/wotw.html VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec All the detailed background and historical information about one of the most famous radio broadcasts of all time, including a link to the complete script of the broadcast, plus other interesting tidbits and facts. PIRATE RADIO CENTRAL http://www.blackcatsystems.com/radio/pirate.html VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec An excellent web page of information and links to other sites dealing with the subject of free or pirate radio broadcasting. Halloween is notoriously one of the most active days for pirate broadcasting internationally, so very timely to include this at this point in time. THE GENERAL ZONE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANISATION http://www.nato.int/ VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec The official site of NATO, with lots of reaction to the current world crisis. MIDDLE EAST NEWS SERVICE INC. http://www.middleeastwire.com VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec Middle East News Service Inc., is a news service venture formed in 1998 to be a global media service provider and syndicator of news and information about the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions to a world-wide audience. Middle East News Service has become the leading Online content provider of news and information by producing, disseminating and syndicating news that accurately reflects the political, economic, social and cultural realities of the Middle East and North Africa, with particular emphasis on economic and financial coverage and policy analysis. DAWN http://www.dawn.com VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec DAWN is Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper. Updated round-the-clock, with a major update before 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT). Given the attention focused on this important country right now, this newspaper should be of great interest. INQ7 INTERACTIVE INC. http://www.inq7.net/ VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec Inq7 Interactive, Inc. is the new joint venture of two media giants, the Philippine Daily Inquirer and GMA Network, Inc. This new site is an expansion of the http://www.inquirer.net, the Philippines biggest web site which was ranked no. 11 in http://www.100hot.com's January 24 ranking of the most visited news sites in the world. COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS http://www.cpj.org/ VIA Saul Chernos, Toronto, Ontario A non profit, non partisan organization dedicated to the global defense of press freedom, including regional home pages from different parts of the world, including lots of material from Central Asia. THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES http://www.tenc.net/ VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec An alternative news source, with independent editors putting their thoughts and views across on a variety of stories, including the terrorist events of September 11, 2001 THE PSYWAR SOCIETY http://www.kaymoore.demon.co.uk/psywarsoc.html VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec An International Association of Collectors of Aerial Propaganda Leaflets and Psychological Warfare Historians, focusing on psychological warfare used through the years in various conflicts. PROFESSIONAL PILOTS RUMOUR NETWORK http://www.pprune.org/ VIA Robert Lajoie, Longueuil, Quebec The Professional Pilots Rumour Network (PPRuNe) is a web site dedicated to professional pilots and those who are considering a career as a pilot. The main focal point is the The Bulletin Board where there are nearly 70 forums. SKYSERVER SCIENCE PROJECTS http://skyserver.sdss.org/en/proj/ VIA Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia Our Science Projects are designed to interactively teach you some of the most important concepts in astronomy. You will use our web site to look at hundreds of thousands of images, containing tens of millions of stars and galaxies, most of which have never been seen by a human eye. You will use these images as data to answer the same questions that astronomers have answered over the past hundred years. J-TRACK SATELLITE TRACKING http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTime/JTrack/ VIA Robert Lajoie, Longueuil, Quebec J-Track is a program created so you could quickly and easily keep track of your favorite orbiting objects in the categories of spacecraft, weather, search & rescue, and amateur radio. J-Track lets you choose from a fairly large list of satellites. SPACE IMAGING http://www.spaceimaging.com/level1/index32.htm VIA Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia Space Imaging is a world leader in digital Earth information to better map, measure, monitor, and manage the world we live in - from our national assets to global crop production. Space Imaging's already diverse collection of resources grew with the launch of IKONOS, the world's first one-meter resolution, commercial imaging satellite, on September 24, 1999. Included in the site are some excellent views of the World Trade Centre site and the Pentagon. THE DEGREE CONFLUENCE PROJECT http://www.confluence.org/index.php VIA Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures and stories will then be posted here. THE ROSETTA PROJECT http://www.rosettaproject.org:8080/live VIA Yahoo! Weekly Picks, Sept. 24, 2001 The Rosetta Project is a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers working to develop a contemporary version of the historic Rosetta Stone. In this updated iteration, our goal is a meaningful survey and near permanent archive of 1,000 languages. Our intention is to create a unique platform for comparative linguistic research and education as well as a functional linguistic tool that might help in the recovery of lost languages in unknown futures. THE INTERNET ARCHIVE http://www.archive.org/ VIA William Westenhaver, Montreal, Quebec The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) public nonprofit that was founded to build an ‘Internet library,’ with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in the Presidio of San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and others. In late 1999, the organization started to grow to build more well-rounded collections. WORLDWIDE LEARN http://worldwidelearn.com/ VIA Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia At this site you'll find hundreds of online courses, degree programs, certificates, professional continuing education and learning resources in 49 subject areas offered by educational institutions, companies and individuals from all over the world. THE FUN & SERVICES ZONE HALLOWEEN.COM http://www.halloween.com/ VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec A great collection of links to sites about Halloween, vampires, witches, werewolves, haunted houses, ghosts, cemeteries, scary stories, etc. THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN http://www.tartans.com/halloween.html VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec Trace the origins of the most commercialized holiday in North America, after Christmas, with lots of links to related sites. 13TH TRACK – HALLOWEEN RADIO http://www.iconacraft.com/NobodyRecords/13thTrack/index.html VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec Find Halloween radio broadcasts, sound effects, ghostly soundtracks, etc. Lots of fun for the whole family. HALLOWEEN ON THE WEB http://www.halloween-online.com/ VIA Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec Explore the Internet’s largest source of information pertaining to Halloween, October 31. WEB LENS http://www.weblens.org/ VIA Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia This gateway to almost 5,000 Internet research resources was compiled to help you access the tools and resources discussed in the column, and will help shave hours off your search sessions! WebLens features dozens of embedded searches and links to thousands of the Net's most popular search engines, directories, metasearch tools, music and image searchers, people finders, company locators, reference tools, job databases, recipe archives, scholarly research resources and more. New content is added weekly, including a growing e-Commerce section. Please feel free to bookmark this comprehensive collection of Net search tools and come back often. THE GETTY VOCABULARY DATABASES http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/ VIA Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia The Getty vocabulary databases are the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT), the Union List of Artist Names (ULAN), and the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN). They comprise terminology important for the description of art, architecture, and material culture. They are built and maintained by the Getty Vocabulary Program. The Getty vocabularies are compiled resources that grow through contributions from various Getty projects and external institutions. The vocabularies may be accessed in online "browsers" FINNISH ROAD ADMINISTRATION http://www.tieh.fi/eindex.htm VIA Robert Ellis, Beaconsfield, Quebec For those with ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do check this out. Watch border traffic from Russia to Finland, or follow weather reports on the Finnish roads network!!! TOP 10 BLOG http://www.haidi.org/topten/index.shtml VIA Yahoo! Weekly Picks, Sept. 24, 2001 Top Ten Blog! is a collaborative web log featuring the on-going creation of Letterman-style top ten lists. Most recent posts appear at the top. To find the current topic, you might have to scroll down a little bit. DOGNOSE HEAVEN http://www.dognoses.com/ VIA William Westenhaver, Montreal, Quebec The front page of the web site says it all: “How many times have you wasted hours on end, scouring the Web, searching for that perfect picture of a dog's cold, wet nose? Admit it, we all have. Take heart, proboscis canis admirers. Now, you can find all the dog noses you could dream of, all conveniently located in one place! Big noses. Small noses. Flat noses. Long noses. Black, pink, or brown. From boxers to beagles, from huskies to hounddogs. They're cold, wet, and ready to sniff your ear! THE PUBLICITY ZONE RADIO H.F. CANADA'S SPECIALIST IN SHORTWAVE, SCANNING, AMATEUR RADIO, ANTENNAS, ACCESSORIES & PUBLICATIONS, SINCE 1995. PLEASE CHECK OUT THE NEW RADIO H.F. WEBSITE AT: http://www.total.net/~radiohf *****RADIO H.F. GIFT CERTIFICATES***** Radio H.F. gift certificates are available, excellent as gifts for the upcoming holidays. If you would like to get someone something from Radio H.F., but you aren't sure what, you can order gift certificates, for any value, good for an unlimited period of time. Contact Radio H.F. for complete details. ALL PRICES QUOTED HERE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL PRICES ARE IN CANADIAN DOLLARS. U.S. PRICES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AMATEUR EQUIPMENT SPECIALS FOR OCTOBER 2001 ICOM IC-706MKIIG all mode mobile $1599 ICOM IC-910H all mode $2399 ICOM IC-746 HF/6m/2m base station $2249 ICOM IC-718 New HF base $1129 ICOM IC-T81A 4 band portable $ 419 ICOM IC-V8 NEW 2 meter portable $ 259 KENWOOD TS-870 HF base $2979 KENWOOD TS-B2000 HF/6m/2m/70cm base $2949 KENWOOD TS-2000 HF/6m/2m/70cm base $3349 KENWOOD TM-D700A Dual band mobile $ 949 KENWOOD TH-F6A Triband portable $ 649 KENWOOD TH-48AT 70 cm. handheld $ 249 RANGER RCI-5054DX 6 meter $ 529 YAESU NEW FT-1000M-KV Base $3999 YAESU NEW FT-817 5w QRP 160m-70cm $1149 YAESU FT-920 HF/6m base station $1969 YAESU FT-100D Mobile $1599 YAESU FT-840 HF base station $ 989 YAESU FT-847 HF, 6m, 2m & 70cm $2229 YAESU FT-1500 2 meter mobile $ 289 YAESU FT-2600M 2m mobile $ 299 YAESU FT-7100 New dual band mobile $ 569 YAESU FT-90R New dual band mobile $ 519 YAESU NEW FT-1500 2m mobile $ 279 YAESU VX-1R miniature HT $ 239 YAESU VX-5R New Triband portable $ 459 POPULAR AMATEUR FAVOURITES A.D.I. AT-201HP 2m 5W portable $ 179 A.D.I. AR-147 PLUS 2m mobile $ 259 ALINCO DJ-V5EH w/800 cellular coverage $ 449 ALINCO DR-605TQ Dual band mobile $ 549 ALINCO DR-140TQ 2m mobile $ 299 ALINCO DR-610TQ Dual band $ 779 ALINCO DX-70TH HF & 6m base $1299 ICOM IC-756 PRO HF transceiver $3929 ICOM IC-2100H 2 meter mobile $ 289 ICOM IC-207H Dual band mobile $ 499 ICOM IC-2800 New dual band mobile $ 749 ICOM IC-T22H 2m portable $ 329 ICOM IC-T2H 2m portable $ 239 ICOM IC-T7H Dual band portable 6 watts $ 339 KENWOOD TM-261A 2m mobile $ 309 KENWOOD TM-V7A Dual band mobile $ 699 KENWOOD TS-570SG HF/6m base station $1849 KENWOOD TS-570DG HF base station $1649 KENWOOD TS-50 HF mobile $ 979 KENWOOD TH-22AT 2m portable $ 239 KENWOOD TH-D7A data communicator $ 549 KENWOOD TH-G71A mil-spec Dual portable $ 359 YAESU FT-1000D HF base $6299 YAESU FT-600 HF mobile $1249 YAESU FT-3000m 2m mobile 70 watts $ 629 YAESU FT-50RDH portable $ 369 YAESU FT-VX150 2m portable $ 239 Other models of Icom, Kenwood and Yaesu, Alinco, A.D.I. plus accessories for all brands are also available. RECEIVERS & SCANNERS ALINCO DJ-X10 Wide band receiver $ 599 ALINCO NEW DJ-X2 wide band receiver $ 399 ALINCO NEW DJ-X2000 wide band receiver $ 989 A.O.R. NEW AR-8200 Mark II receiver $ 999 A.O.R. AR-16B mini portable receiver $ 349 DRAKE R8B communications receiver $1959 GRUNDIG YB-300PE Portable SW $ 99 GRUNDIG YB-400PE Portable SW w/SSB $ 229 GRUNDIG SATELLIT MILLENNIUM 800 $ 779 ICOM IC-PCR1000 PC Receiver w/SSB $ 799 ICOM IC-PCR100 PC Receiver $ 449 ICOM IC-R2 tiny wideband receiver $ 369 ICOM IC-R3 wideband receiver NEW $ 799 ICOM IC-R10E portable receiver $ 699 SONY ICF-SW07 Shortwave portable $ 699 SONY ICF-SW7600G Shortwave portable $ 299 SONY ICF-SW40 Shortwave portable $ 190 UNIDEN SC-180 100ch portable $ 319 UNIDEN SC-200 200ch w/CTCSS $ 379 UNIDEN BC-245XLT Trunktracker II Port. $ 449 UNIDEN BC-780XLT Trunktracker mobile $ 599 YAESU VR-120 compact receiver $ 399 YAESU VR-500 wideband receiver $ 529 YAESU VR-5000 general coverage base $1499 YUPITERU MVT-7100 receiver $ 549 YUPITERU MVT-7300 receiver $ 599 YUPITERU MVT-9000MKII receiver $ 899 Other models of shortwave receivers and scanners available from AOR, Drake, Fairhaven, Lowe, Grundig, Sony, Sangean, Uniden, and Icom. FAMILY RADIO SERVICE (FRS) Radio H.F. carries a good selection of these popular two-way radio units available by Cobra, Cherokee, Icom, Kenwood, Maxon, Midland, Motorola, Standard and Uniden. Contact Radio H.F. for pricing and availability. Details and specifications of the units can be found on the Radio H.F. web site. FEATURE PRODUCT – OCTOBER 2001 NEW – KENWOOD TH-F6A TRI-BAND HANDHELD Finally the Amateur Handheld that everyone has been waiting for, the new Kenwood TH-F6A. A 144/220/440 MHz transceiver/receiver with dual-channel receive capability in a compact and powerful design. The first Tri-Band HT with 3 bands you can operate EVERY DAY! The TH-F6A boasts a list of unique features the competition is still scratching their heads over. This unit is available from Radio H.F. at the introductory price of $649 Canadian. Check out the complete details on this unit from the Kenwood web site at: http://www.kenwood.net/products/index.cfm?AMA=open&ama_hheld=open&radio=TH-F6A&selection=Amateur&ID=193 FEATURE PRODUCTS – OCTOBER 2001 POPULAR NEW PUBLICATIONS Once again this month, there are several new publications being released. Radio H.F. is making these publications available as soon as they hit the market. 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Visit the Radio H.F. web page and follow the link to the updated list. http://www.total.net/~radiohf MAILING ADDRESS: RADIO H.F. P.O. Box 67063-Lemoyne St. Lambert, Quebec J4R 2T8 HOURS OF OPERATION: Monday to Saturday, 10 AM to 5 PM (Eastern) CLOSED Sunday TELEPHONE & FAX: (450) 671-3773 TOLL FREE IN CANADA ONLY: 1-800-463-3773 E-MAIL: radiohf@total.net WEBPAGE: http://www.total.net/~radiohf THE PUBLICITY ZONE - HAMFEST/FLEAMARKET CALENDAR NOTE: All times quoted are local. Saturday, October 13 NNYARA Hamfest and Computer Show - Lake Placid, New York Northern New York Amateur Radio Association Location: Horse Show Grounds Route 73, Lake Placid,NY Vendors: Friday Oct 12 5 PM to Saturday Oct 13 8 AM Public: Sat. Oct 13, 8 AM to 4 PM Admission: Early Bird $3.00, Gate $4.00 Talk-in: N2JKG 145.110 – Information - Tom Dick, KF2GC 4 Jenkins Avenue, Saranac Lake, NY, 12983 E-mail kf2gc@arrl.org WEB: http://www.geocities.com/nnyara Saturday, October 13 Hamilton Amateur Radio Club Annual Fleamarket - Ancaster, Ontario Location: Marritt Hall - Ancaster Fair Grounds - Rymal Road, (Highway 53,) Ancaster, between Southcote Road and Kittymurry Lane. Vendors 07:00 Public 09:00 to 14:00 Admission $5 Tables $10 Talk-in VE3NCF 146.760 (-) Information: Mardy Eedson VE3QEE 905-648-0187 or 657 Tomahawk Crescent, Ancaster, Ont. L9G 3N2 E-mail ve3qee@rac.ca WEB: http://www.hwcn.org/link/radio Saturday, October 27 York Region Hamfest 2001 - Markham, Ontario Location: Markham Fairgrounds - McCowan Road at Elgin Mills Road East, Markham Vendors 6:30 AM Public 9 AM to 2 PM. Admission $5.00 Talk-in VE3YRA 145.350- Information: York Region Amateur Radio Club, c/o Hamfest Co-ordinator Jan Gibson, Box 28590, Aurora, Ontario L4G 6S6 E-mail: YRARC_HAMFEST@hotmail.com WEB: http://www.yrarc.on.ca/fallfest.htm Saturday, October 27, 2001 South Shore ARC Hamfest - Longueuil, Québec Location: Place Desaulniers, Corner of Taschereau and Desaulniers, Longueuil, Qc Time: Vendors 6 AM; Public 9 AM - Admission: $5.00 Tables: $10.00 Talk-in: VE2RSM 145.390– Tables or Information: Francois Drien, VE2FDA at (450)672-9994 e-mail: ve2clm@amsat.org WEB: http://www.cam.org/~ve2clm/hamfesta.htm RADIO H.F. WILL BE THERE THE PUBLICITY ZONE CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DX CLUB CIDX is Canada's national radio monitoring club, serving radio hobbyists since 1962. Our monthly newsletter, Messenger, covers all aspects of the radio monitoring hobby. Our October 2001 edition is now available. Sample copies are available for $2 each, in Canada or the U.S., or $3 overseas. Membership is open to radio hobbyists worldwide. Visit the CIDX web site for complete information, as well as special features and web site profiles, or for a membership application. http://www.anarc.org/cidx/ CIDX also has a Yahoo On Line Club Room where members and guests can meet, post news items and discuss items in the chat room. To join in, go to the following URL http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/cidxclub THE PUBLICITY ZONE INTERNATIONAL RADIO REPORT The International Radio Report, on CKUT-FM Radio McGill, 90.3 FM in Montreal, is available via the Internet on RealAudio, live streaming, and on the airwaves of CKUT, Sunday mornings at 10:30 AM Eastern (1430 UTC). Now in our 13th year on the air, I, and co-host Bill Westenhaver, present this weekly half-hour of news, information and developments in radio broadcasting. Visit the Radio McGill web page for full CKUT programming: http://www.ckut.ca You may also listen to the International Radio Report when you like. Archived editions of the programme have been posted on the web, thanks to the initiative of Ricky Leong, of Brossard, Quebec. Please check: http://members.fortunecity.com/crazyaboutradio/ Send your comments or questions to the International Radio Report, by e-mail, to radioreport@yahoo.com THE PUBLICITY ZONE - MONTREAL DX LISTENERS NET Sunday evenings, on the West Island Amateur Radio Club Repeater, 146.910 MHz., following the swap net at 8 PM Eastern, tune in for the Montreal DX Listeners Net, featuring news about all aspects of radio; shortwave, AM/FM, utilities, scanning, amateur radio. Included are listening tips, developments in broadcasting, reception reports, HF and scanner frequency information, special topics, questions and comments. This net is in its 8th year, and has had close to 500 different participants during this period. The net is operated by Sheldon Harvey, VE2SHW. Please feel free to participate. The Swap Net begins at 8 PM, followed by a calendar of events including upcoming hamfests, amateur radio contests and special events amateur stations, plus a list of local events and meetings. The DX Net usually begins around 8:20 to 8:30 PM Eastern, and runs to approximately 10 PM. THE PUBLICITY ZONE RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL You can hear my bi-weekly "CIDX Report" on Radio Canada International, Canada's international shortwave broadcaster, on the Maple Leaf Mailbag Show. Find the times and frequencies on the Radio Canada International web site. When you travel abroad, take Canada with you, with Radio Canada International on shortwave. http://www.rcinet.ca That's all for this month. Radio H.F. is a mail order, telephone and on line business, with great products, great prices, and personalized service. Be sure to check out the Radio H.F. web site at http://www.total.net/~radiohf Please feel free to submit any information for the Newsletter by e-mail to hfnewsletter@yahoo.com All previous editions of the Newsletter can be found at: http://www.anarc.org/cidx/radiohf/index.html Best wishes and 73 from Sheldon Harvey, VE2SHW Owner, Radio H.F. President, Canadian Int. DX Club ===== Sheldon Harvey Owner-Radio H.F. Canada's specialist in radio communications http://www.total.net/~radiohf President-Canadian International DX Club Canada's national radio monitoring club since 1962 http://www.anarc.org/cidx/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1