Path: utzoo!utgpu!ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca!CUVMA!SWL-L Date: Thu, 8 Feb 90 11:25:19 EST Reply-To: "WSHB Station Mgr." Sender: Short Wave Listener's List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was From: "WSHB Station Mgr." Subject: Re: Interference with WSHB X-To: swl-l@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: UofToronto LAN redistribution Message-ID: <90Feb9.085413est.57756@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: bitnet.swl-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu > Does anyone know what is the station which is interfering with WSHB's > 0000Z broadcasts on 7400 KHz currently? It seems to be *exactly* on > 7400, and is nearly as strong as WSHB here in the Washington DC area. Yes, we do know the source of the interference; it is Radio Kiev. We have contacted the Soviet Embassy in Washington, and they are assisting us in contacting Radio Kiev. When we requested this frequency, Radio Kiev was off the air, but they returned to the airways on 7400 shortly after we began usiing this frequency. We have suggested that perhaps each station could shift by 5 or 10 khz, so as to stop co-channeling, but still remain close by the desired frequency (and not lose any listeners). We are working cooperatively to solve this problem. > What happens in such a case? Is it fairly hard for a station to change > to a new frequency, and thus they both go on interfering with each > other? Well, besides what I have just mentioned, a complete frequency change may occur(if we cannot work out the solution given above, we have already applied to the FCC for a different frequency altogether). As you can see, US international broadcasters coordinate their frequencies through the FCC. The FCC then corrdinates these with the ITU (International Telecommunications Union), so as to minimize world-wide interference. Unfortunatley, the USSR does not currently follow these coordination practices, although they have indicated a strong willingness to help sole this current problem on 7400 KHz. -- But I DO work. I oversee the BIG PICTURE! C. E. Evans ...!uunet!wshb!cee