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May 2002, Volume 4, Number 05
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Welcome to Vol. 4 Number 05 of the Radio H.F. Internet Newsletter. Previous issues of this newsletter can be found at www.anarc.org/cidx/radiohf/ [right here! — Ed.].
Hello, everyone. Please accept my apologies for not getting this edition of the Newsletter out earlier. It has been quite a month since we were last together. I am in the process of switching jobs. For the past year, I have been doing some accounting work, on a part-time basis, for a notarial office here in Montreal. I have just wrapped up that project and am beginning a new assignment with a chemical firm next week. I have been putting in some very long hours training my replacement and getting things organized for the new job. As a result, most of my leisure activities have been put on hold for several weeks, including the production of this Newsletter.
This month's edition is somewhat shorter than usual, but still contains a lot of interesting material. Things should be back to normal next month. Thanks for your patience and understanding. Let's try to get the contribution rate up for the next issue as well. Our Contributors' list was considerably smaller this month.
Last month's survey question asked whether or not you use the Internet to listen to radio. Not nearly as big a response as last month on this question. Only 15 people took the time to answer. Here are the results:
11 people indicated that they listen to regular radio stations or on-line stations on the Internet
4 people indicated that they do not use the Internet for radio listening.
Only a few indicated their favourite stations on the Net. News and specialty music programming led the pack in interests.
Let's see if we can get a better turn-out with responses to this month's question. Our question this month is amateur radio related. This subject is one of the most hotly contested issues facing the amateur radio community throughout the world, so let's see what our H.F. Newsletters' think. Please, no long, drawn out reasoning behind your choice on this one. I just want a simple "Yes" or "No" answer. This should be fun. Let the sparks fly!
Should Morse code (at any level) be maintained as a requirement to acquire an amateur radio license for the H. F. amateur radio bands?
Results next month.
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This site was created to help promote the return of the original intent and meaning back to Memorial Day, to be a central point for finding information on the day, and to provide an on-line community for people to share their feelings, pride, respect and honor for those that gave their all. Memorial Day will be celebrated this year in the U.S. on Monday, May 27.
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Heritage Canada's website dedicated to Victoria Day, celebrated this year in Canada on Monday, May 20th.
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www.dxing.info
Via: Mika Mäkeläinen, Helsinki, Finland
DXing.info is the new reliable information source for radio hobbyists worldwide. Whether you are looking for the latest news on world radio, audio samples, logs, background articles, DXpedition reports or propagation information, you'll find it all on DXing.info. And should you need something that is not on DXing.info, there are links to guide you further to the best DX resources on the Internet. The content is aimed mainly at DXers interested in mediumwave and shortwave broadcasting stations, but also FM listeners, other radio hobbyists and broadcasting professionals should find useful material. The reference material, such as a glossary of DX terms with hyperlinks, is useful to the beginner and the veteran hobbyist alike.
www.boreddj.com
Via: Bored DJ-Direct
It's got radio gigs, gossip and games, and it's all free. Come grab free daily showprep like Boreddj's Hollywood Headlines which are updated on a daily basis, exchange show topic ideas, get up-to-the-minute news, play tetris and more. PD's your invited to add a job to our free gig board
dismuke.org/radio/
Via: Robert Ellis, Beaconsfield, Quebec
Vintage pop and jazz from 1925-1935 from a Mr. Dismuke of Texas. Also available on Live365. Robert says "I must now return to my Internet TUNER to listen to the above on my Internet RADIO. I still cannot find the Internet GAIN control, ANTENNA TUNER, BFO or LSB/USB knobs!!"
home.online.no/~tjabauge/radio/pictures/kvitsoy/
Via: T. S. Bauge, Norway
For many North American medium wave Dxers, the Kvitsoy, Norway medium wave outlet on 1314 kHz is one of the first trans-Atlantic medium wave stations logged. Mr. Bauge took a trip to this major transmitter site and has set up a great collections of this very impressive installation. Check it out! You wouldn't want to live anywhere near this set-up!
alien.mur.at/radiation/index.html
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
Here's an odd one! This is described as "An Installation for Short Wave Radios/Computer/Sound System by Robert Adrian and Norbert Math (Radio Technic: Oliver Huber) for ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL 1998."
www.thestoryguy.com
Via: Robert Ellis, Beaconsfield, Quebec
Ninety second radio pieces carried on many US stations and in mp3 at this site. Often described as where "The Rest of the Story" meets "Ripley's...." Hosted by radio veteran Phillip Dickerson. NOTE: Montreal and New England area listeners can hear these stories on the radio via WVMT-AM 620 in Burlington, Vermont.
www.wulfden.org/NVQS/index.shtml
Via: John Grow, Greenfield Park, Quebec
An informal organization of individuals in Northern Vermont who get together for the enjoyment and advancement of amateur radio technical and operating skills through the construction and operation of low powered radio equipment.
www.njdxa.org/links.html
Via: Elmer Standish, Courtenay, BC
Courtesy of K1DWU, John Woodstock, of Selden, New York, over 4,500 Ham Radio related links in over 60 categories, this is the mother lode of Ham Links. In addition, it's updated weekly.
www.qsl.net/dxlab/
Via: Elmer Standish, Courtenay, BC
"DXLab is a suite of inter-operating applications designed to automate DXing activities. Each application can be independently installed and utilized; when multiple applications are running, they sense each other's presence and inter-operate appropriately. All DXLab applications are free, and contain no advertising; they run on Windows 95, 98, 98SE, NT, 2000, and XP. Commercial use is expressly forbidden. DXView: displays DXCC information and country maps; plots QSOs, spots, beam headings, solar position, and the solar terminator in real time on a world map. Pathfinder: locates QSL information from web-accessible sources. Commander: controls and communicates with Icom, TenTec, Kenwood, and Yaesu radios; displays frequency-dependent settings for amplifiers and tuners. WinWarbler: conducts RTTY QSOs, with dual-channel diversity decode when an external RTTY modem is available."
www.northwinds.net/bchris/
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
These pages chronicle some of the events, inventions, and notable moments that made radio what it is today. With a quick study of this history, you may discover some interesting parallels between radio and the growth of the Internet.
radiodx.com/spdxr/Pacific_Heritage.htm
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
The Radio Heritage Collection is the realisation of New Zealand DXer David Ricquish's ambition to bring together radio stories in a readily accessible media. Too often these stories are published in a monthly magazine and thereafter rarely see the light of day. David has been joined in this project by Adrian Peterson, Martin Hadlow, Jack Fox, Paul Ormandy and numerous others.
www.connected-earth.com
Via: William Westenhaver, Montreal, Quebec
A unique collection of two centuries of telecommunications history, ranging from entire telephone exchanges to scraps of Victorian transatlantic cable, is being dispersed through museums around the country, while British Telecom instead maintains a virtual museum on the internet. Connected Earth, the £6m project announced yesterday by BT, includes creating new galleries and displays at museums including the Science Museum and the National Museum of Scotland, but also giving artifacts and funding to some small independent museums.
www.laud.no/la6nca/radio/
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
This Norwegian ham has assembled a very impressive collection of vintage radio equipment, in particular his German World War II radio collection. Browse through the pages and photos of this very unique collection of radios. Much of the text is in Norwegian, but some is also in English.
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www.archive.org/index.html
Via: William Westenhaver, Montreal, Quebec
The Internet Archive, working with Alexa Internet, has created the Wayback Machine. The Wayback Machine makes it possible to surf sites stored in the Internet Archive's web archive. The Wayback Machine was unveiled on October 24th at Berkeley's Bancroft Library.
www.iwm.org.uk/lambeth/index.htm
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
This London, UK based museum is not a museum of the distant past, but about people still alive today, their parents and grandparents. The wars of the twentieth century have affected each and every one of us in some way, and the Museum is here to tell all our stories. We cover all aspects of life in wartime - heroes, villains and the millions who are neither - and all human experience, at home and on the battlefield. Be sure to check out the Sound Archives in the Collections section of the site. It features some historic wartime radio recordings.
www.heavens-above.com
Via: David Guretzki, Montreal, Quebec
This site lets you enter your city's coordinates (or choose from a database of cities) and gives real-time predictions for when the International Space station, various satellites (including amateur ham satellites) and iridium flares are overhead (including frequencies). Also includes predictions for astronomical phenomena (comets, what stars and planets are going to be visible, etc.).
www.nfra.nl
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
Lots of interesting information and data referring to work in astronomy, radio astronomy, the LOFAR (Low Frequency Array), and a lot more.
dcoward.best.vwh.net/analog/
Via: Jerry Proc, Toronto, Ontario
This virtual museum explores the uncommon world of analog computers. One noteworthy device is the Ford Instrument Computer Mark 1. This was a USN shipboard-based mechanical analog computer used on aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, and destroyers during WWII.
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phibot.org
Via: Elmer Standish, Courtenay, BC
Here's a special search engine designed specifically for all you math and science geeks out there. I suppose nerds can look, too — but be forewarned: this is a "No Dweeb" zone. You can look for just about anything you want (related to the appropriate field). The results should be both relevant and up-to-date. But, before those of you who hate math and science tune me out, let it be known that even mortals can find some interesting stuff through phibot. Go on, give it a go.
crystalpepsi.captainmike.org
Via: Bill Westenhaver, Montreal, Quebec
As Bill points out, this site dedicated to this short-lived soft drink from Pepsi just goes to show you that there's nothing so obscure that somebody won't do a personal fan site about it.
www.wackyuses.com
Via: Elmer Standish, Courtenay, BC
Discover hundreds of little known uses for well know products and learn the weird histories and bizarre facts behind the products.
yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html
Via: Elmer Standish, Courtenay, BC
A very, very unique on-screen clock. Just go to the site. There is no download necessary.
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20th Anniversary Hamfest du Québec. Location: Aurel Racine Curling Club, Highway 30, exit 181. Times: vendors 06:00, public 09:00. Admission: 5,00$, tables 15,00$. Talk-in: 145.370. Information: Denis Chouinard (450) 746-0814, e-mail ve2cbs@hotmail.com. Website: www.hamfest.qc.ca.
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CIDX is Canada's national radio monitoring club, serving radio hobbyists since 1962. This year marks CIDX's 40th year of serving its members. Our monthly newsletter, Messenger, covers all aspects of the radio monitoring hobby. Sample copies of recent issues are available for $2.00 each, in Canada or the U.S., or $3 elsewhere. Membership is open to radio hobbyists worldwide. Visit the CIDX website (www.anarc.org/cidx/) for complete information, as well as special features and website profiles, or to get a membership application.
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The International Radio Report, on CKUT-FM Radio McGill, 90.3 MHz FM in Montreal, is available via the Internet on RealAudio at www.ckut.ca, Sunday mornings at 10:30 AM Eastern time (1430 UTC Apr.-Oct., 1530 UTC Nov.-Mar.). Now in its 14th year on the air, co-hosts Sheldon Harvey and Bill Westenhaver present this weekly half-hour of news, information and developments in radio broadcasting. Check out the CKUT website for the station's complete list of unique programmes.
You can also listen to recent International Radio Reports whenever you like. Thanks to one of our longtime listeners, Ricky Leong, archived editions of the programme are available on demand at members.fortunecity.com/crazyaboutradio/. Also, you can send your comments to the International Radio Report by e-mail to radioreport@yahoo.com.
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Every Sunday evening, on the West Island Amateur Radio Club (www.PubNIX.Net/wiarc/) 2-metre repeater, 146.910 MHz (-600), following the Swap Net at 20:00 Eastern, tune in for the "Montreal DX Listeners Net," a 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. Now in its 8th year, it has had over 500 different participants. The net is operated by Sheldon Harvey, VE2SHW. Please feel free to participate. The Swap Net begins at 20:00, 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 20:20 or 20:30 Eastern, and runs to approximately 22:00.
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You can also hear Sheldon Harvey on his bi-weekly "CIDX Report" on Radio Canada International, Canada's international shortwave broadcaster, on the Maple Leaf Mailbag show. Check out the Radio Canada International website (www.rcinet.ca) for complete details of times and frequencies. RCI also has a free e-mail news service available which issues daily bulletins of news and information from and about Canada. See the instructions on the RCI website if you wish to subscribe. When you travel abroad, take Canada with you, with Radio Canada International on shortwave.
A reminder to check out the RCI Action Committee website (www.geocities.com/rciaction/), to find out what you can do to help save Radio Canada International from drastic budget cuts.
Note: Due to a labour dispute between the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and one of its unions, much of the programming of Radio Canada International, including the Maple Leaf Mailbag, is disrupted.
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