Military Collectors Group Post,Oct.12/97 Index: AUSTRALIAN COLLECTORS; Letter from John Mackesy BOB BOLIN?? EX-MEMBER PROFILE; Quark MEMBER PROFILE; Joe MEMBER PROFILE; Steve MEMBER PROFILE; Vlad THE KIWI RADIO WEEKLY; Are you interested? ******************************************************* AUSTRALIAN COLLECTOR; Letter from John Mackesy You wrote: I understand that there is a rather extensive collector network in Australia. Also, possibly told me by you, that .... Re: Australian collector network. Dennis, As of right now I wouldn't call the Aust collector network extensive - I'd call it "fragmented". Australia is about the same size as the USA, but the bulk of the population live in coastal areas. Having said that, about 70% of the pop. live in a relatively few major urban centres. Getting back to the population, there are only about 16 million Australian. Australia doesn't have a major defense electronics industry, doesn't have large military forces - nor does it often engage in large-scale military adventures. All this means we haven't the vast pool of goodies you folks enjoy. Bummer! I'm painfully aware of the need for some kind newsgroup to bind all the military collectors together. There is an organization (the Historical Radio Society of Australia - I used to be a member) which has a small core of mil collectors, but they're mostly old farts interested only in talking furniture and plastic consumer trash. It's my intention to start a newsletter to draw the mil collectors of Aust together for their/our mutual benefit, much as you've done with this group (you have my sincerest admiration for doing it). I also have a vision of a newsgroup like this. Why a newsletter? Simply this - everybody can read, a few can write, but computer skills are not universal. I'd suggest a major proportion of our fellow collectors are over 45; this is a bracket where computer literacy is not widespread, nor is there any significant effort to acquire those skills. Despite Australia having the 2nd highest per capita computer ownership in the world, most (older) people need a "killer application" to get involved with computing - I don't think the cost of hardware is a disincentive, the perceived need just isn't there. About the telephone thing - we have a very good and inexpensive long distance phone service in Australia, but I quite agree, email is the way to go. For myself, I'd much rather write than talk, but then again, written expression is by no means a universal skill. Getting back to the equipment, this machine is something I built myself a few years ago. It's a 486DX2-66, optimized for low RF radiation, this being an RF-sensitive environment. I started out with a 1987 IBM PS/2 tower case (micro channel architecture), extensively rebuilt it - stainless steel shielding, power supply mods and other intensive handiwork stuff. Incidentally, the old PS/2 case is made of some magic RF shielding plastic called Enshield - it really works! It's getting sort of obsolete now, and will be upgraded as soon as I find some spare bucks. I spoke to Steve about getting computerised - he was initially unenthusiastic about the idea (cost), until I suggested that he should be able to get his airline to pay for it. Think of the benefits of being plugged into Boeing, Pratt & Whitney, BAe, Collins, et al! To summarise: you're dead right, we need an email list like yours, we also need a newsletter, it will happen in time, with any kind of luck the collector network will gather strength. Regards, John VK3XAO "A march of a thousand miles starts with the first step" - Mao Zedong ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John, I'd be most happy to include any Aussies with this group that are interested. I realize that the distance between us would make material exchanges difficult, but the transfer of historical information would be of the utmost benefit, & our major goal. For instance, Myself & another member of this group are desperately trying to gather information on small scale actions taken during WW-II involving the US Marines & including "Para-Marines" in token participation with Australian forces. Official documentation of these activities in the US are almost non-existent. We believe that in learning more about these campaigns, that a better understand of how some radio equipment surviving today may have been used, such as the MAB & DAV among others. Very sadly however, our written history of combat in this theater seems to concentrate on the intranse of the US Army & the island hopping campaigns, or various Naval battles. believe me, having been in Naval service myself, I am no Marine Corps proponent, but I'm appalled when any human sacrifice takes place without due public recognition, & historical documentation. Perhaps we can in future combine all our talents & knowledge to correct this & other matters. Please continue your work in consolidating all the Australian collectors, & let me know of your progress. Thanks, & Good luck Dennis ******************************************************* BOB BOLIN?? Today I got a post card from Bob Bolin who said he has located a source for the WW II Manuals done on Japanese Radios. Does anybody have an E-Mail address for him? He is at the University of Idaho If you have his e-mail address, please send it to me. Bill Howard THE WILLIAM L. HOWARD ORDNANCE TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE MUSEUM e-mail wlhoward@gte.net Telephone AC 813 585-7756 ******************************************************* EX-MEMBER PROFILE; Quark ed)Mr Quark didn't live up to our group standards, thus was a member for only a very short period of time. He is one of about five such persons that needed be weeded out. New Guy: Meet Quark Member profiles; I'd like to compile a member profile, it should include the following. > #1), your interest in collecting, what? > #2), your full name & email address(at least) > #3),why you collect? I collect anything that can be sold at a profit! Basic rule of Acquisition My Name is Quark and my brothers name is Rom, We can be reached at the Deep Space Nine space station. My brother Rom and I have been collecting things for years. We collect anything that we can resell at a profit. I am the president of the Promenade Merchants associaton. Wanted: Anything I can resell at a profit, especially phaser rifles. Available for trade 100 gross self sealing stem bolts 100 barrels of Yamuck Sauce Anything not nailed down, that you want ------------------------------------------------------------ ed) the above was submitted by Bill Howard, what the hell did he do with his time before he got a computer??? ******************************************************* MEMBER PROFILE; Joe Dennis, here is my profile: I began collecting and using mil radios when I was a teenager over thirty years ago. One of the principal reasons was that I inhabited a junk yard in town (Memphis) that had surplus from both the Naval Air Station and a nearby AF base in Arkansas. The radios and parts were affordable - an important consideration. Still have quite a few tubes I bought there. Also I became very familiar with Fair Radio Sales and G & G Radio (New York). I would pour over their catalogs. During those early years, I had BC-603s and R-394s and some various pieces of test equipment. Acquired my only R-390A (which I sometimes regret selling) in my early 20s. When I lived in Alexandria, VA (early 70s), I spent many hours in RITCO Electronics (still miss Bill Ritter after all these years) and SASCO Electronics (a wonderful place on King Street). When I moved back to Tennessee I had a TT-100 and a CV-89. Spent many hours with these hooked to my R-390A and printing out UPI and AP broadcasts. Still have a Mite machine in storage. Necessity, however, quickly turned to a real love of these sets, especially the tactical radios WW II on to the present. I collect and use (when possible) the PRC and VRC series of radios as well as sets such as the DAV, BC-611, BC-654, BC-721, GRC-9 etc. I even have some of the current sets: PRC-68, PRC-70, PRC-126, PRC-128, OF-158, RT-524A, GRC-106A, etc. It is very interesting to chronicle the development of tactical and HF radio, to see, in the sets themselves, the development of radio technology. But I also do enjoy using these sets. My six meter FM station gear is exclusively mil radios - from the RT-68 to the PRC-128. I spend a bit of time (not as much as I would like) doing volunteer work for the Louisiana Museum of Military History maintaining the com gear there (and anything else Glen wants me to do). I enjoy sharing what I can to support the museum. Joseph W Pinner Lafayette, LA KC5IJD EMail: kc5ijd@sprintmail.com (NEW PLEASE USE) kc5ijd@net-connect.net (OLD will still be valid for a month or so) ********************************************************* MEMBER PROFILE; Steve Dennis, Here's my profile. I got interested in electronics through the computer club at school. We did mostly programming and other stuff, but I thought that would too boring as a career so I decided to do an electronics degree. In 1993 I commenced a B Eng in Microelectronic Engineering. In 1994 I joined the Queensland Maritime Museum. The radio room was a logical place to work. I have always been interested in nautical matters, and have a long time interest in WW2. The WT office on HMAS Diamantina was a way to satisfy all my interests at once. We had basically a sixties fit, and used the gear on the air as a ham station. Our aim was to convert the shack to a WW2 fit. At the end of 94 an estate sale came up from a guy who had a lot of WW2 stuff suitable for the ship. I went around to help the op of our shack collect some stuff. This guy's house made my jaw drop. He had a triple garage and all of under his house chock a block with mostly military radios. (Although from what I've heard can't be as much as U have Dennis!) I knew from that time that my house just had to look the same! I bought my first military boat anchor from that estate. It was a US navy GO9 transmitter. I find military radios fascinating because of the engineering and unlimited budgets that often go into their design. Seeing my face in the gold plating of a radio chassis is great. Commercial gear just can't compete. They are also fascinating because they come from a bygone age, several of my radios are more than twice as old as me. The hands on experience I have gained has really helped me in my career as well. In 1996 I finished my degree, and now work for an engineering design company specialising in GPS systems, and radio telemetry. Early this year I got my unrestricted ham ticket. I try to get on the air once a week. At present I havn't decided what direction to take with my radio collection. I would like other people to be able to enjoy my collection, but its not really big enough to do anything with, and I don't have much spare time. Biggest problem at present is lack of stuff to swap, and cash. Lack of space. Steve Hill VK4CZT 39 Banbury St. Carina. 4152. Brisbane. Australia. ********************************************************* MEMBER PROFILE; Vlad Mr. Starks, My name is Vladimir Dvorkin and based on the information I received from W. Howard I would like to ask you to accept me to the group of the Military Radio Collectors you organized and run. I accept and agree with your open letter listed below. I am a radio communications engineer working presently for Philips Consumer Communications in Fremont CA. Also I am Ham Radio operator since 1965. I came to this country from USSR (Russia) 16 years ago. Back in Russia I had a collection of Russian, German French and Italian military radios from 1930 to 1945. I lost my collection when was expelled from the country. Presently I have several WWII time German and US military radios I was able to find in this country so far. My biggest interest is German WWII radios. I have my own radio lab so I do all the restoration work myself and help others who need help. Best regards, Vlad Dvorkin KB9OLM ex. UA3ACR Home address: 4814 Bernal Ave apt. A Pleasanton CA. 94566 510-445-5720 work 510-461-1589 home ********************************************************** THE KIWI RADIO WEEKLY; If any of you would like to receive this weekly post, contact Bill, & he can forward it to you. It will not be a regular Military Collector Group Post. Dennis THE WILLIAM L. HOWARD ORDNANCE TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE MUSEUM e-mail wlhoward@gte.net Telephone AC 813 585-7756 Here is this weeks installment ---------- > From: KIWI RADIO > To: KIWI RADIO - NAPIER - NEW ZEALAND > Subject: THE KIWI RADIO WEEKLY VOLUME TEN - NUMBER TWO > Date: Saturday, October 11, 1997 2:57 PM > > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"THE KIWI RADIO WEEKLY"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------P O BOX 3103, ONEKAWA, NAPIER. NEW ZEALAND.------- > > EDITOR: Graham J Barclay. > Phone: 0064-6-835-9186. > Fax: 0064-6-835-9186. > Email: kiwiradio@writeme.com > WWW site 1: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9885 > WWW site 2: http://www.lls.se/jal/fr/kiwi.html > > This page is sponsored by: SRS-News - Sweden. > http://www.lls.se/jal/links.html > and http://www.lls.se/jal/index.html > > ######################################################## > > VOLUME TEN - NUMBER TWO > > October 12th 1997 > > Yes Friends, another week gone by ( seems to get faster as one gets > older), but who's complaining??. > > Radio St Helena day is only a couple of weeks away, and I guess that > the Ears of the world will be tuned to the static for that important > ID etc on 11092.5 KHz USB ( more info on the www site listed > in the next item), which is where we start todays issue. > > ************************ > > RADIO ST HELENA > > Some news has been received from St Helena about the broadcast on Sun > Oct > 26. Please take a look on > http://www.sthelena.se > for the updated infos. > > > John Ekwall > ************************ > > KIWI BROADCAST vai Radio RJK CANCELLED!! > > KIWI Radio will NOT be on air today via Radio RJK, as the > operator has "COOKED" the finals in his transmitter, We suspect > that he was not being carefull when he was "Playing" with it. > Just a carefull warning to us all that if you don't know what you > are doing, then Don't do it, it can be an expensive exercise to repair > but also a long delay can happen, especially if you live anywhere like > New Zealand where the Finals Tubes/Valves are NOT available here > and have to be imported into the country, this can be a long wait > as well. We think it is often cheaper to " buy" your friends a beer > or two and get the job done properly at a much cheaper cost to you. > > We are not aware of when Radio RJK will be active again, but we will > keep you posted. > > KIWI's FM station ( in partnership with Radio Sue ) is called > SOUNDWAVE FM, and tests over the past week or so have been good, > even to the point of " annoying" another microbroadcaster in the > Hawke's Bay area of New Zealand. > It seems that the "War" may have started., In the past week we have > had three separate "incidents" that have accurred ONLY since we > began to broadcast on FM. ( we do note that the "Other" station > has changed their original reason for starting their station from being > Totally Commercial free, (as quoted in a newspaper item) to now > sounding like any other FM station with commercial content being > included and the change of music format has only made their station > go from OK to bad ( my opinion ONLY). > Our station SOUNDWAVE FM will NOT follow their example. > When we promise NO commercial content - we mean it. > > ********************** > > RADIO MARABU WILL BE BACK WITH TWO 24 HOUR > BROADCASTS AT OCTOBER !!! > > Radio Marabu will be on the air again with two another long time > 24 hours transmissions at the 2nd weekend at October from Saturday > the 11th starting at 18.00 hours UTC until Sunday the 12th > at 18.00 hours UTC and at the 3rd weekend of October from Friday > the 17th starting at 18.00 hours UTC until Saturday the 18th at > 18.00 hours UTC. > > FREQUENCY IS 6275 kHz. > > The programme line-up is as follows: > > 1st hour: "Gittare X Radioshow" with Marcel - German > including an exclusive interview with German band > "Rosenstolz" > > 2nd hour: "Blast Off Radioshow" - German > including an interview with shocking American band > Marilyn Manson > > 3rd hour: "Dark Beat Radioshow" with Günter Radermacher - German > Wave, Gothic and more > > 4th hour: "Soundhazard Radioshow" with Sebastian - German > Crossover at his best > > > > The programmes will be repeated on a four hour time slot. > > Radio Marabu - P.O. Box 1166 - 49187 Belm - Germany > Tel.: 05406/899484 Fax: 05406/899485 > E-mail: RadioMarabu@t-online.de > ULR: http://www.mediaDD.de/radiomarabu/ > *************************** > > Salve, dexistas! > > HOME PAGES DE INTERESSE: > http://www.fr.flashnet.it/cgi-bin/425dxnews-list - Assinatura de DX > News. > http://www.en.com/sers/k8yse/opdx.html - Ohio DX Bulletin. > http://www.netonecom.net/~kl8w/bad.html - Bay DX'ers Area. > http://www.cpcug.org/user/wfeidt - DX Bulletin. > http://www2.pcix.com/users/mikes/publlc_html/index.html - DX em geral. > http://www.qth.com/ka9fox/ - concursos e informações. > http://www.alfcom.com/cqcontest/contest.html - concursos. > http://www.qni.com/~kg022/antenna.htm - esquemas de antenas. > http://www.qth.com/antena/antenna.htm - antenas e transformadores. > http://www.theporch.com/~shimshow/otheractivities.html - antenas, índice > da revista QST. > http://brink.com.brink/qrp/ - Sobre QRPS. Diversos itens. > http://www.acs.ncsu.edu/HamRadlo/HF/qrp/projects/80m-xmitr-2.html > http://www.acs.ncsu.edu/HamRadlo/HF/qrp/projects/20m-xmitr.html > http://arpa.ampr.org - Associação dos Radioamadores do Paraná. > http://www.online.com.br/wcenter/py1aa.html - Labre/Rio. > > Abraços, > Valter Aguiar. > ****************** > SAN MARINO. > > From Saturday December 20th, 1997 > on SW dial from the Republic of San Marino > > RADIO SAN MARINO INTERNATIONAL > > CHECK THE PAGE http://www.mannelli.com/rsmi > FOR MORE NEWS - ALL DETAILS > COMING SOON > > San Marino, October 5th, 1997 > > RSMI@mannelli.com > > *************************** > > From: Ludo Maes > > Dear Radio-Friend, > > Welcome to this update about TDP, the "Transmitter Documentation > Project". > Since our last mailing (August 4, 1997) a wealth of additional > information about shortwave radio has been added to our website. > > Here are the details : > > 1) DIGITAL Shortwave Radio > > Shortwave radio broadcasting is moving into the digital age as well. > Here you will find information about the proposed systems with technical > details and the manufacturers, organisations and radio stations involved > in this fascinating evolution which will certainly cause a revival of > shortwave radio broadcasting. > > 2) Shortwave Radio STATIONS > > Links to the websites of the radio stations that broadcast on shortwave, > sorted in the most comprehensive way possible. Have a look to convince > yourself. > > 3) TDP Shortwave Transmitter MUSEUM > > We are building up a museum with technical information about shortwave > broadcast transmitters that are no longer manufactured today but are > still in use at many sites around the world. We have lots of > documentation in our archives to include on this page, only time has > prevented us right now to extend it more, but be sure to have a look > from time to time to find the information you need. > > 4) TDP SERVICES > > If you are looking for airtime or for a shortwave transmitter, or if you > have airtime or a shortwave transmitter for sale, be sure to visit our > "TDP Shortwave Transmitter AIRTIME" and "TDP Shortwave Transmitter > MARKETPLACE" services. > > 5) The MANUFACTURERS Pages > > If you want to consult the website of a shortwave ANTENNA, TRANSMITTER > or TUBE manufacturer, here you will find the links, addresses, telephone > and fax numbers. > > 6) The booklet TDP SW-97, the "Transmitter Documentation Project". > > TDP SW-97 is a booklet listing all the shortwave broadcast transmitters > installed around the world with every possible detail plus a number of > articles and statistical breakdowns. > Ordering information, press releases, references and reviews can be > found right here. > > Be sure to have a look at our website at http://www.ping.be/tdp to > consult any of the above information. We just moved to a faster server > which should give you a quick access to our pages. > > Kind regards, > Ludo Maes > > Our web site deals with shortwave radio broadcast transmitters in all > possible ways. > We supply information (in our publication TDP SW-97) on the shortwave > transmitters installed around the world with every possible detail. > If you need a new or second hand shortwave transmitter, antenna or tube, > this is the place to be. > If you want to sell a shortwave transmitter, this is the place to be. > If you want to hire or sell airtime on a shortwave transmitter, this > is the place to be. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > TDP c/o Ludo Maes Tel : +32 3 314 78 00 > P.O. Box 1 Fax : +32 3 314 12 12 > B-2310 Rijkevorsel E-mail : tdp@ping.be > BELGIUM Web : http://www.ping.be/tdp > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ************************ > > FOR SALE: > SECRETS OF HAM RADIO DXING (HARDCOVER) > BY DAVE INGRAM -K4TWJ - 180 PAGES > EXCELLENT COND. $9.OO + SHIPPING > > DX POWER - BY EUGENE TILTON - K5RSG > PAPERBACK EXCELLENT CONDITION - 250 PAGES > $9.00 + SHIPPING > > (both books for $15.00 + shipping) > > DE JERRY-WW0E ww0e@juno.com > ********************* > > AUSTRALIAN FM PIRATE ??? > > Station noted on 105.1 again on Saturday 11th of October at 0700UTC > playing continous mix. > This is the first time this frequency has been active in the last few > weeks. > I am of the opinion that this station (NOW FM) is a pirate though I > might be wrong. > > (Anon - Australia) > ( ed note: This station is in the Bundaberg area of Queensland, > Australia.) > ********************** > RADIO LONDON RSL: > > Plan's are being made to put another Radio London RSL on the air > but this time from London and on FM. The application for the licence > has to be in this Tuesday and ships are being looked at this weekend > as a base for the station, which would 'link' from the ship based studio > to the main FM outlet. > > There are plans for a possible RNI Revival next spring also. > (AW-RFLSW) > ****************** > GLENN HAUSER'S SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 97-16, Oct 8, 1997 > > WORLD OF RADIO schedule changes: WWCR has added another time, > UT Sun 0130 on 5070. Still Thu 2030 15685, Sat 0600 3210 and > 5070, Sat 1130 5070, Sun 0900 3210, Mon 0300 3215, Tue 1230 > 15685. We have also added KNOR, 1400, Norman OK, Sat 1330 UT, > but next week may move a bit later on Sats (Hauser) > > THIS WEEK ON WORLD OF RADIO 913: Sputnik relaunch, R. Free > Asia in the money, Kansas City stations swap, expanded-band > activity, RHC contests, Ethiopian clandestine identified, > pirate specials from Europe, Media Network may reduce SW > content even further, and much more (Hauser) > > WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE--as of October 8, 1997 > from Glenn Hauser > > WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE, SHORT VERSION > effective October 8: > NOTE: some important changes in our schedule on WWCR=- > > On WWCR Nashville, Thu 2030 15685, Sat 0600 5070 AND 3210, Sat 1130 > 5070, Sun 0130 5070 [NEW], Sun 0900 3210, Mon 0300 3215, Tue 1230 15685. > > On RFPI Costa Rica: Fri 2000, Sat 0400, 1100, 1800, Sun 0200, > 0900, 2300, Mon 0700, Tue 1900, Wed 0300, 1000--on 15050 AM in 1900-2400 > period, 7385 2200-1200, 7585 0000-1200. > > NEW!! On WGTG, Georgia, UT Tue 0400 on 5085-USB. If the tape arrives > before Monday additional unscheduled times may occur, such as UT Mon > 0500 on 5085-USB or on 9400 Sat, Sun daytime > (Hauser, Oct 8) > > ********************* > Re: New UK Radio Guide - CORRECTION: > > Unfortunately the press release which I posted last week > giving details of the new 15th edition of "Radio Stations in the United > Kingdom" gave the wrong address for the British DX Club's web site. > > The correct address is: www.umist.ac.co.uk/BDXC [BDXC must be in > capital letters] > > Full details of how to order the publication are available on the > BDXC-UK web site at this address. If you don't have access to the web > and would like further details, > please send an e-mail to: bdxc@bigfoot.com > > 73s Dave > ****************** > CORRECTION from Burnet Pollard Books - New Zealand: > > In our last update we quoted Passport to World Band Radio at NZ$40.00, > our mistake, the price is NZ$42.95 from September 30th. > We also stock the Australasian Shortwave Guide from Bob Padula > for Customers in New Zealand ONLY at NZ$10.00. > > Regards > Micheal Pollard > Burnet Pollard Books > Email: xtr42152101@xtra.co.nz > ****************** > > ROCK-IT RADIO : > Hello everyone, > > Due to rapid expansion and some minor health reasons, we have > decided to expand greatly the service of Rock-it radio and to lighten up > my load a little bit. We have just purchased a more professional mixer > with 8 channel capability so hopefully our broadcasts will be that much > more cleaner also. > I will still be handling the initial programming and broadcasts for the > internet via real audio. As a reminder you can hear Rock-it Radio via > real audio at: http://www.palmsradio.com/raindex.htm. > They are our web server for web radio via Real Audio and also run > station KPLM- Palmsradio out of Corpus Christi Texas. > However, to help us out we have just hired 3 new people to join us > in > the Rock-it effort this last week. First would like to welcome a long > time > friend and radio professional David Luttrell formerly from radio station > KXRT in Taos New Mexico has moved back into our area. He will be in > charge of broadcasts of Rock-it Radio programs of newer stations that > has come aboard the Rock-it family on AM and FM.and will also help in > sales and promotions. His voice I concede is much more professional > then mine so we plan on taking advantage of that. > I have also hired my niece Debbie Snowdove who will be starting up > a new branch of Rock-it Radio known as Snowdove Radio. And will feature > native American and Inuit music to primarily serve the Inuit and > Athabascan communities. As a new station in Karluk Alaska on Kodiak > island will soon be completed for the native population. Myself and > Dave Luttrell will also be looking to expand Snowdove Radio onto the > internet and web radio. Any questions you may contact Debbie at: > Debofalaka@aol.com. > She has already signed an agreement along with Rock-it Radio at KPFN - > Puffin Radio in Seward, Alaska. > Finally now that we now have over 30 stations covering the > Rock-it. We have also hired Kris Ralston back in California to start > assisting as > secretary and in dubbing tapes that will be going out and also > catalogging > our ever increasing music selections, as we are continually looking to > expand as the only provider of American rare and unreleased Rock & Roll, > Rhythm and Blues, Rockabilly and Doo-wop music of the 1950's. > In the future we would like to again expand our Italian outlets > like we had in 1996 and also return to shortwave from there to possibly > cover europe again. The Italian Radio Relay Service has always been > very good to us. And we look forward to continue our relationship with > them. > Again, in the meantime those around the world can still here us at the > above stated web address. Again, thanks to Andrea Borgnino you can > still view our web page also that has been updated at: > http://www.alpcom.it/hamradio/freewaves/rock_it.htm > We are also looking into extending our range of our microbroadcast > outlet on 88.1 FM to continue to serve our small local community. If > not 24 hours at least during the weekends 24 hours. > Also, we will continue to seek more people that wish to relay the > Rock-it radio programming and we should receive a relay again in New > Zealand soon. Graham Barclay and his$Kiwi Radio newsletter should keep > us informed of that event. > We are also looking into returning on the 6955 scene also very soon > so with that and closing we will leave you with our snail mail address. > > Rock-it Radio > P O Box 5617 > Ventura, California > USA 93005 > > God Bless and take care everyone, > Bennie Dingo > Rock-it Radio > > > P.S:. Those that wish to carry rock-it Radio as you can tell we are > again > looking to expand..... may receive a demo tape by writing to the above > address or... via e mail at our address "rockitrad@aol.com" or those > interested in American/ Canadian Native Broadcasts and music > should Email : Debofalaka@aol.com > ********************* > > > If you have ever been stuck with a 'returned to sender' when sending > a > letter to a US MW station or just don't know the address try the > following link . > http://www.fcc.gov/mmb/asd/seacall.html > this takes you to the FCC page and gives you the mailing address for the > station/license holder for a "Callsign" > > For those of you like myself who lack a comprehensive list of stations' > mailing address, the FCC mass media bureau's website has helped > somewhat. > > They have the station's owners addresses listed. It's not great, but at > least it's a start. Bookmark the following site, if you haven't already > http://www.fcc.gov/mmb/asd/seacall.html > > Wishing good DX. > > Jeff Ryan > West Chester, PA > http://www.cs.wcupa.edu/~jryan/post.html > This is the AM/FM/TV DX mailing list. > ( M Nicholls / J Ryan via Greyliners) > **************** > Free Radio Service Holland > > Remember that FRS will be on Oct. 18th/19th. Trms start > Oct. 18th in the early evening hours at approx. 18.00 UTC (could also be > a little earlier) and continue 24 hours on 5805. > Maybe..reception in NZ..you never know. Last year we were received in > Australia at the beginning of the broadcast (19.05 UTC). Sun Oct. 19th > we are on 6210 (start 06.52 UTC) and 6245 (07.30 UTC). > > 73's, > PV > ****************** > > WANTED : Your not needed Books: > > Thanks to many DXers last year's Cumbre DX Book Exchange was a big > sucess. > We matched over 250 SWLs who donated their old book to a SWL in a > developing country. As many of you know the new Passport To World Band > Radio has hit the shelves. We still have requests left over from this > year. Mostly from India. Maybe it's time you consider giving your PWBR > or old WRTH to a needy SWL in a developing country. If you are not > familiar how the project works > please read on. Email me if you are interested and I will be glad to > send > you an address. > > -73, > > Ulis > Email: ulis@ix.netcom.com > > > CUMBRE DX BOOK EXCHANGE > > Cumbre DX is sponsoring a project to help out some of our > fellow DXers in developing countries. If you are willing > to send your 1997 (yes, 1997) World Radio-TV Handbook or > Passport to World Band Radio to a needy Dxer, please contact > Hans Johnson or Ulis Fleming. We will send you the address > of a DXer who needs a book. We are also asking that you pick > up the cost of shipping the book to the DXer. While we know > that this is asking a lot,consider for a moment how hard > it was for you when you were trying to DX without any > reference books. And you'll make a new friend along the way. > Both PWBR and the WRTH have agreed to donate 10 books each, > but we are counting on YOUR support as well. We would also > like to hear from DXers who are in need of a book and we > will do our best to see that you get one. > > ( via Cumbre DX ) > ************************* > > See you next week - Happy Dxing > > 73's > > Graham J Barclay > KIWI RADIO - NEW ZEALAND > http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9885 > Email: kiwiradio@writeme.com When finished reading use browser back button or go to http://www.prc68.com/MCGP/MCGP.html