September 2003, Volume 5, Number 09, incorporating the Hurricane Isabel special issue of 15 September 2003 (volume 5, number 09b).
Edited and distributed by Sheldon Harvey
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Welcome to the September 2003 edition. We welcome aboard a number of new subscribers this month from around the world. We're glad to have you on board.
I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to send in comments about my rant from last month about the poor contribution rate to the Newsletter. Things have certainly picked up this month. If you have sent in material recently and it doesn't appear this month, it is most likely because it has been held over for next month. It seems that so many of you felt guilty for taking but not giving information in the past. As a result, we have too much material to include it all in this issue. That doesn't mean the rest of you shouldn't continue to send along material though.
In this month's Special Zone, we mark the second anniversary of the September 11, 2001 tragedies in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. I have included a few special memorial sites that I found on the web which mark the day in their own unique ways. I'm sure each and every one of us has our own vivid memories as well.
Editor's note: On 15 September 2003, Sheldon sent out a special issue dealing with Hurricane Isabel, which was expected to hit the east coast of North America shortly. In the web edition, the special issue has been incorporated into the regular September issue, in the Monthly Special Zone.
Cooler nights and shorter days are the rule of thumb here in Montreal. Fall is quickly approaching. It's always one of my favourite times of the year. I hope you are enjoying yourself, wherever in the world you may be.
Last month's survey question generated very little reaction. Only 16 people responded to the question, If you could be anything you wanted to be in the world; hold any type of job or position that you wished, what would you be?
Only three professions garnered more than one vote. On-air radio personality, meteorologist and rock musician each received two votes.
As was suggested in a few of the comments received recently, I'd like to try to find out a little bit more about the demographics of our readership. So, what better time to start than now, with a very basic question which every single one of you reading this should be able to take the time to answer. How old are you?
We'll break it down into age groups:
a) 18 years old or under
b) 19 to 25 years old
c) 26 to 35 years old
d) 36 to 45 years old
e) 46 to 55 years old
f) 56 to 65 years old
g) 66 years old or older
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Leonard Coombs, Wisconsin: "Thank you for the push on sending favorite sites in to you. I think we have a tendency sometimes to sit back and enjoy things without thinking that maybe we should participate and begin giving instead of always taking. I enjoy your newsletter and look forward to receiving it. You do a great job and are to be commended. Thank you."
John Fisher, North Chelmsford, Massachusetts: "I guess it's time I got off my ass and sent something in, as I have gotten so much out of the column (Newsletter)."
Chris Brand, Cheshire, England: "I just received my first newsletter and am greatly impressed by it (although saddened by the concern over lack of contributors). I've heard you on and off on RCI for years. A great job you do there too."
David Shindler, ??: "You are doing a great job and I'm sure your readers appreciate your efforts. But it would be good to figure out who is actually reading the newsletter. There are also other things you could do such as decreasing the frequency of the newsletter to every other month or quarterly, but that could in fact further decrease interest. Maybe you should do a survey of some type about the future of the site and see what the response is. Perhaps it's time to make a fundamental change in some other way, and that needs more thought and discussion."
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As I mentioned earlier, our contributors' list is much more healthy this month. Thanks to 12 people, including a few first time contributors, who took the time to share websites with us. I hope we can see this number continue to grow.
Chris Brand, Cheshire, England
Mike Brooker, Toronto, Ontario
Leonard Coombs, Wisconsin
John Fisher, North Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
Sheryl Paszkiewicz, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Dick Pearce, Brattleboro, Vermont
Ian Thompson, Korbel, California
David Ross, Hamilton, Ontario
Richard Sim, Goose Bay, Labrador & Newfoundland
Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia
Hugh Stegman NV6H, Culver City, California
Bill Westenhaver, Montreal, Quebec
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Editor's note: This section on hurricanes was originally sent out as a separate special issue on 15 September 2003. Here in the web edition, it is incorporated into the regular issue's "Monthly Special Zone," and is then followed by the regular September issue's special zone.
Welcome to this special edition of the Radio H.F. Internet Newsletter.
I have decided to circulate this special edition to provide you with reference sources pertaining to Hurricane Isabel, currently a Category 4 Atlantic hurricane. It is currently anticipated to hit the eastern Atlantic coast of the United States later this week, most likely somewhere between South Carolina and New Jersey.
This information will not only be useful for this particular storm, but for the monitoring and tracking of future hurricanes throughout this and future hurricane seasons.
Sheldon Harvey
Prop., Radio H.F.
Editor/Publisher, Radio H.F. Internet Newsletter
This is the official website of the National Hurricane Center, based in Miami, Florida. This site will provide updated information regularly on the status of all currently active tropical storms and hurricanes.
This award-winning concept was created by Jim Williams in late 1997. The idea of this site is to allow the visitor to feel close to the storm without feeling the affects, unless you are in the path of the storm. As soon as a city either in the Caribbean, the United States or Central America is within the strike probabilities, the city with the highest probability will be featured. The information provided in the links is information gathered through years of research. Be sure to click on the links for radar, local radio station audio links, web cams, weather observations, emergency information links and photographs, as they pertain to each individual storm. Most uniquely, during major storms, Williams will broadcast his own on-line live programme, from his own studios, updating current developments.
At Hurricane Alley you will find as much information as possible concerning tropical cyclones worldwide. The site provides you with as much information as there is available on the Internet about the most awesome of Mother Nature's storms.
In addition to tracking current storms, this site offers a lot of background information into these storms, plus provides numerous links to other sources about hurricanes to be found on the Internet.
This site is all about tracking storms, warning folks, and preventing injuries and deaths that would otherwise be catastrophic. This site is updated as storms form and they are able to track them. It is important to note that the people at this site are not Meteorologists and this is not an official source of information; however they are greatly concerned and interested in these storms.
Created and updated by Bill Snyder, Los Angeles amateur radio operator AA6KC, this site lists high-frequency hurricane season intercepts that have been gleaned from numerous sources. Times and frequencies are subject to frequent change, and are listed for reference only. Check frequently during hurricane season for updates. This is the original Hurricane Frequencies list, published during every hurricane season since 1991.
www.ominous-valve.com/hurrlist.txt
This is a similar H.F. radio frequency listing hurricane related transmission. It is produced and updated by Hugh Stegman, California amateur operator NV6H.
Amateur radio has been serving the National Hurricane Center since 1965. When the network is active, it can be monitored, on shortwave, on 14325 kHz upper sideband. This group of amateur radio operators exists
- to disseminate hurricane advisory information to marine interests, Caribbean Island nations, emergency operating centers, and other interest for the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific as promulgated by the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.
- to obtain weather information from reporting stations and observers who are not part of the routine network for the National Weather Service, or the World Meteorological Organization, and forwarding it to the National Hurricane Center.
- to function as a backup communication link for the National Hurricane Center, emergency operating centers, the National Weather Service, and other vital interests involved in the protection of life and property before, during and after hurricane events.
- to relay initial damage assessments of hurricane damage to the National Hurricane Center.
Weather Matrix is a worldwide organization of over 6700 amateur and professional weather enthusiasts — meteorologists, storm chasers and spotters, and weather observers from all parts of the globe. Founded in 1996, Weather Matrix is the largest online weather community. The site offers many weather related links and information, as well as specific information relating to hurricanes.
This MW radio station in Raleigh, North Carolina, is doing many special broadcasts about the storm. Simply click on the "Listen Live" logo to hear what is going on.
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This site is dedicated to the men, women and children who lost their lives. It continues to grow in content as more about those lost on September 11th is added regularly.
Within a few days of the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York, the Museum of the City of New York engaged the noted photographer Joel Meyerowitz to create an archive of the destruction and recovery at Ground Zero and the immediate neighborhood. The 9/11 Photographic Archive will eventually number more than 5,000 images and will become part of the permanent collections of the Museum of the City of New York where it will be available for research, exhibition, and publication.
This site uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and presents the history of the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania and the public responses to them.
A resource for historians, museums, archives, and other collecting institutions on preserving and interpreting the physical evidence of the September 11 attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center.
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Alinco products, including the DX-70-TH, are available from Radio HF. Contact Radio HF for pricing and availability on this model and all other products. See Radio H.F. contact information for mailing address, telephone or fax numbers, or e-mail address.
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www.part15.org/mwa/lobby.html
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
Medium Wave Alliance (established 1 October 1997) is a loose confederation of people who are interested in receiving or transmitting unorthodox signals on medium wave frequencies (the AM broadcast band). This includes, among other topics, very low power unlicensed broadcasting that is legal in some countries (e.g. under the Part 15 rules in the US). The purpose of MWA is to help radiophiles share information about these activities and to encourage more people to participate.
www.emwg.info
Via: Chris Brand, Cheshire, England
On these pages you will find all information about this publication. You can also download the latest edition as a PDF file. You can choose various subjects you need from the menu on the left of the website.
patriot.net/~croft/AIRWAVES/airwaves.htm
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
This is a companion site to a book of the same name dealing with the history of 156 AM radio stations in the New York City area from 1921 to 1996.
members.lycos.co.uk/chrisbrand1977/
Via: Chris Brand, Cheshire, England
The site looks at many aspects of broadcasting, specializing in international radio. It is home to various radio information; Internet radio, old receivers, QSL cards, and a selection of articles written for the communications press.
www.beatlesradioshow.com
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
This is the longest-running weekly Beatles' tribute show anywhere. You can listen to the show anytime you want by using a built-in player. Check out the cool features while enjoying the latest program.
www.geocities.com/deanbedford/jam.html
Via: Bill Westenhaver, Montreal, Quebec
This site details the history of the BBC quiz show, but it also has statistics about how often various guests have appeared and, last but not least, transcripts of more than 400 episodes of "Just a minute," with apparently more transcripts being added as time goes on. The gentleman who puts this site together (from his e-mail address, he's in New Zealand) is obviously quite a fan of the show, to say the least.
www.ominous-valve.com/hurrlist.txt
Via: Hugh Stegman NV6H, Culver City, California
There are always plenty of radio frequencies used during the annual hurricane season. This extremely helpful list is compiled by Mr. Stegman, and has been updated to August 25th.
www.dxing.info/video/DX_on_CNN.ram
Via: David Ross, Hamilton, Ontario
Here is a worthy item. See Finish Dxers in action at a Dxpedition with a video clip from CNN. You'll need an audio/video player to see this one.
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All AOR products and accessories are available from Radio HF. Contact Radio HF for pricing and availability on this model and all other products. See Radio H.F. contact information for mailing address, telephone or fax numbers, or e-mail address.
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Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
With NASA so much in the news these days, particularly after the scathing report released in August, let's look across the pond and see what is happening in space exploration and research, from a European point of view.
www.forgotten-ny.com
Via: Yahoo Weekly Picks
Instead of the usual tourist traps, this site shares the quirky, lesser-known side of the Big Apple and its environs. Visit classic diners, Victorian mansions, vintage ads and signs, and cobblestone back streets that remain from a bygone era. Odd bits of New York history are remembered here, from an abandoned subway tunnel Walt Whitman wrote about in the 1840s to psychedelic crockery plastered on East Village lampposts in the 1990s. Both local and world histories are featured in the countless statues of famous and formerly famous folks in Central Park. Through this special guided tour of New York, you can take a trip back in time while never leaving the modern city.
imagingeverest.rgs.org/Concepts/Virtual_Everest/-1.html
Via: Yahoo Weekly Picks
To mark the anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) in conjunction with the British Council in Nepal has created an exhibition called Imaging Everest from its collection of approximately 20,000 photographs taken on the nine Mount Everest Expeditions between 1921 and 1953.
www.hibernia.ca/index.html
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
Learn all about the Hibernia offshore oil project off of Canada's east coast. This site gives you all the details of the project, together with an excellent picture gallery of the operation.
oceanlink.island.net/oinfo/deepsea/deepsea.html
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
The deep sea layers of our oceans are where the really neat stuff is found. To learn about some representative organisms in these other layers and the adaptations they need to survive there, click on the ocean layer you want to investigate. Great photos and some pretty bizarre creatures are found here.
www.globemaster.de
Via: Richard Sim, Goose Bay, Labrador & Newfoundland
This is an aviation database of US Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Army military bases and units.
www.airodyssey.net/reference/
Via: Richard Sim, Goose Bay, Labrador & Newfoundland
This is your small aviation cheat sheet. You will find here mostly lists for the codes used in civil aviation, a glossary, a communications basic guide including radio call signs, and even in-flight announcements.
www.abebooks.com
Via: Leonard Coombs, Wisconsin
Although we don't usually include commercial sites in the Newsletter, this one could prove very useful to many subscribers. It is a site devoted to out of print books together with rare ones as well. I found it great for getting some of those old books I enjoyed as a youth for my grandchildren.
allrecordlabels.com
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
This site offers a comprehensive listing of over 10,600 record label websites indexed by genre, format, and location.
www.minidisc.org
Via: Ian Thompson, Korbel, California
The website for anything you can think of related to minidisc, the highly versatile recording format that unfortunately never quite took off in the United States.
cargolaw.com/index.html
Via: Leonard Coombs, Wisconsin
This site labels itself as "The Internet portal to international transportation." This is an unbelievably busy site with all sorts of links, cameras, newsletter, and much more.
www.qsl.net/n1yln/railroad.htm"> Via: John Fisher, North Chelmsford, Massachusetts
This is a great resource for the railroad buffs, with links to railroads, rail museums, rail groups and clubs, historical information, etc.
www.trainweb.org/gearedsteam/
Via: Ian Thompson, Korbel, California
This is a great resource for those interested in the geared steam locomotives that were used extensively in logging and mining operations from the late 1800s through the mid 1900s. Shays, Heislers, Climaxes, Willamettes... they're all described here, with lots of historical tidbits and photographs.
New Publications from the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).
ARRL's VHF/UHF Antenna Classics
Build your own portable, mobile and fixed antenna designs. ARRL's VHF/UHF Antenna Classics includes antenna project articles gathered from the 1983 to 2003 issues of QST. Designs include ground planes, J-poles, mobile antennas, Yagis and more. Authors include well-known antenna designers such as L. B. Cebik, W4RNL, Dick Stroud, W9SR and Steve Powlishen, K1FO. VHF and UHF antennas are among the smallest and often easiest antennas to build. Many of the projects included in this book require inexpensive parts which you can find at most hardware stores. Build a better antenna for your hand-held radio. Construct a 2-metre Yagi that will rival similar commercial antennas. Build a dual-band vertical for 146 and 445 MHz. The results will be rewarding!
First edition, 2003, published by ARRL (ISBN 0-87259-907-8) #9078 — $23.00 Canadian. Shipping in mid-September!
The Complete DX'er, 3rd edition, by Bob Locher, W9KNI
One of the most popular DX books ever written! Covers nearly every significant aspect of DXing. Learn how to REALLY listen, how to snatch the rare ones out of the pile-ups, the excitement of landing the new one, and the agony of defeat. Since its first publication in 1983, The Complete DX'er has become the guidebook for the rising DX hunter. This third edition fully retains the approach and feel of this all time classic. It is a highly entertaining diary of a serious DX chaser, and at the same time full of lessons for DXing success!
223 pages, published by Idiom Press. (ISBN 0-9617577-0-1) #9073 — $29.95 Canadian. Now in stock.
Contact Radio HF for pricing and availability on all publications. See Radio H.F. contact information for mailing address, telephone or fax numbers, or e-mail address.
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www.statehousegirls.net
Via: Sheryl Paszkiewicz, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
SHG Resources demystifies and clarifies the overwhelming amount of information available on the Web by organizing topics into three areas: State Pages, Channels, and Featured Sections. There are also lists of radio stations provided here.
www.driverguide.com
Via: Leonard Coombs, Wisconsin
If you picked up some hardware for a computer at a hamfest or garage sale, this is the place to get the drivers and/or software. A great site!
www.worldtimeserver.com
Via: Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia
Does anybody really know what time it is? Take some time to learn about world time by exploring this unique website.
etud.iut-cachan.u-psud.fr/~unilang/index.php?setlang=en
Via: Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia
The main purpose of the UniLang Community is to provide a home for everybody interested in any aspect of language(s) or linguistics. We try to bring together everybody who wants to talk about languages, linguistics, literature, culture, translation, communication etc.
www.tvguide.com/Listings/index.asp?I=63891
Via: Dick Pearce, Brattleboro, Vermont
Hope this works for you folks north of the border. It's the program guide for Direct TV satellite television service and can access program details up to 2 weeks in advance.
www.wikipedia.org
Via: Alan Bosch, Arlington, Virginia
Wikipedia is a multilingual project to create a complete and accurate free content encyclopedia. We started in January 2001 and are currently working on 153,932 articles in the English version. Visit the help page and experiment in the sandbox to learn how you can edit any article right now.
www.spychecker.com/home.html
Via: Dick Pearce, Brattleboro, Vermont
Sometimes shareware or freeware that you download off the Internet includes spyware — software programs that track your activities on-line and send those results to Internet marketing companies so that ads you see are based on your interests. The problem is that often you won't even know a program has spyware. At this site, you can enter the name of the program you want to download and it'll tell you if it's spy free. The database is maintained daily. New software is added or removed as needed. Information is gathered from Internet sources, ad companies and reliable sources in the software distribution industry. Currently, there are almost a thousand indexed software titles.
www.spamid.net
Via: Mike Brooker, Toronto, Ontario
Here is a good anti-spam site, to help track down the spammers. Copy and paste the headers into the box provided, click "prepare e-mail", and you will get the "abuse" address of the spammer's ISP (usually abuse@[ISP] ) where you can complain about the abuse and hope to get the sender's account terminated. Of course, if the ISP is in Korea, Russia or China (the axis of evil when it comes to spam), reporting will do f*** all.
Radio H.F. Nature Division — A new product line from Radio H.F.
Radio HF has opened up a new division featuring books and publications for the nature lover. The Radio H.F. Nature Division stocks books on birding, animals, insects, flowers, trees, and other nature-related subjects. Our catalog will include some of the most popular titles in the field, including:
National Audubon Society Field Guides
National Audubon Society Picket Guides
Sibley Field Guides to Birds
Willow Creek Press books and calendars
Willow Creed Press Pet Owners' Guides
Peterson Field Guides (birds, plants, mammals, insects, reptiles, fish)
Peterson Audio Cassettes and CDs
Storey Books (birds, cats, dogs, butterflies)These, plus many other nature related publications are now available through Radio H.F. If you are interested in any of these subjects, please contact Radio H.F. Nature Division for a complete catalog. See Radio H.F. contact information for mailing address, telephone or fax numbers, or e-mail address.
The Radio H.F. website will soon be expanded to include the listing of publications available through our Nature Division.
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Note: all times given are in local time. Check with the local contact person for any last-minute changes or corrections. For obvious logistical reasons, only Canadian events, or those of particular interest to Canadians (e.g., Dayton Hamvention), are listed. Compiled by Vernon Ikeda, VE2MBS, Pierrefonds, Quebec and Radio Amateurs of Canada.
Oakville, Ontario, 19–21 September
Radio Fest 2003. Sponsored by the Ontario DX Association. Location: Monte Carlo Inn, 374 South Service Road E. Admission: $10 for the weekend. Information: Harold Sellers (905) 853-3518, e-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.odxa.on.ca/radiofest.html.
London, Ontario, Sunday 21 September
London Amateur Radio Club 26th Anniversary 2003 Fleamarket. Location: Western Fair Grounds, Special Events Building. Times: vendors 07:30, public 09:00–13:00. Admission: public $6.00, tables $10.00. Talk-in: VA3LON 147.060+ (ctcss 114.8). Information: Jeff Peacock VE3IOS (519) 294-6623, e-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.boomspeed.com/dogxray/larc.html.
Drummondville, Québec, Saturday 27 September
14th Annual Hamfest Centre du Québec. Location: College St. Bernard, 25 Avenue des Frères. Times: vendors 07:00, public 09:00. Information: Jacques Genereux (819) 478-2847, e-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.9bit.qc.ca/~ve2crd/hamfest/.
Radio H.F. will be there!
Ancaster, Ontario, Saturday 18 October
Hamilton Amateur Radio Club Hamfest 2003. Location: Merritt Hall (Ancaster Fair Grounds) on Highway 53 (Garner Road) between Southcote Road and Kittymurry Lane. Times: vendors 07:00, public 09:00–12:00. Admission: public $6.00, tables $10.00. Talk-in: VE3NCF 146.760-. Reservations: Mardy (905) 648-0187, e-mail [email protected]. Website: www.hwcn.org/link/radio.
Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Saturday 18 October
Annual Greenwood Flea Market. Location: 14 Wing Community Centre, Church Street. Times: vendors 08:00, public 10:00–14:00. Admission $2.00, tables no charge. Talk-in 146.058, VE1WN 147.240+. Reservations: Guy Campbell VE1NC (902) 825-6151, e-mail [email protected].
Longueuil, Québec, Saturday 25 October
Hamfest de Rive-sud de Montréal. Location: Place Desaulniers, 1023 boul. Taschereau. Times: vendors 06:00, public 09:00–15:00. Talk-in: VE2RSM 145.390-. E-mail: [email protected]. Website: www.ve2clm.ca/hamfesta.htm.
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and hundreds of other specialty radio communications publications, CD-ROMs and software are available from Radio H.F. The catalogue can be viewed by going to the Radio H.F. website at www.total.net/~radiohf/, under publications, or go directly to the catalogue at: www.anarc.org/cidx/radiohf/Cat2003Feb.html.
You can see details of the new releases from ARRL, plus other ARRL products such as RSGB publications, on the ARRL website (www.arrl.org/catalog/?category=What's+New).
Don't forget the new Radio H.F. Nature Division. Hundreds of books in the fields of birding, animals, plants, etc. Contact Radio H.F. Nature Division for a complete listing of the titles currently available (they are not yet in the on-line catalogue).
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The Resources Zone:
Top of this section | Canadian International DX Club | International Radio Report | Radio Canada International
The following is a listing of clubs, groups, nets and radio broadcasts which I either operate, present, or am actively involved in.
CIDX is Canada's national radio monitoring club, serving radio hobbyists since 1962. This is CIDX's 41th 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.
The Resources Zone:
Top of this section | Canadian International DX Club | International Radio Report | Radio Canada International
The International Radio Report, on CKUT-FM Radio McGill, 90.3 MHz FM in Montreal, is available on the Internet at www.ckut.ca, Sunday mornings at 10:30 AM Eastern time (1430 UTC Apr.–Oct., 1530 UTC Nov.–Mar.). Now in its 15th 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 some of the programmes are available on demand at members.fortunecity.com/crazyaboutradio/. Also, you can send your comments to the International Radio Report by e-mail to [email protected].
The Resources Zone:
Top of this section | Canadian International DX Club | International Radio Report | Radio Canada International
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, with host Ian Jones. 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.
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