Path: utzoo!utgpu!ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca!CUVMA!SWL-L Date: Mon, 12 Feb 90 12:09:51 EST Reply-To: LANG@UNB.CA Sender: Short Wave Listener's List From: LANG@UNB.CA Subject: Re: AFRTS and World of radio.. help! X-To: travett@PRCS3.DECNET.PHILIPS.BE, To: UofToronto LAN redistribution References: Message of Mon, Message-ID: <90Feb12.123428est.58492@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: bitnet.swl-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu On Mon, 12 Feb 90 09:43:02 +0100 travett@PRCS3.DECNET.PHILIPS.BE writes: > Has anybody on the net got any times / freqs of AFRTS and / or AFRTS no longer broadcasts a regular service direct to listeners on shortwave. The programs for the most part go by satellite feed to local stations and wired networks. However, AFRTS does use a SSB shortwave feed from time to time using a transmitter in Barford, U.K. (I've never been able to figure out which of the 4 or so Barfords in the U.K.) They are now fairly regularly transmitting on 9242.4 kHz LSB and I just checked (16:54 UT) and they are there today. They were pretty consistent in January but sometimes using 9335 kHz. You might also try for the AFRTS BCB stations in the Federal Republic of Germany (actually American Forces Network Europe). Last December, when I was in Bern, Switzerland, I could AFNE stations on 873 kHz (Frankfurt, 150 kW), 1107 kHz (5 transmitters on this frequency), and 1143 kHz (8 transmitters on this frequency). The 873 kHz transmitter should be audible in the U.K. in the evening as long as there's no co-channel interference. ======================================================================== Richard B. Langley BITnet: LANG@UNB.CA or SE@UNB.CA Geodetic Research Laboratory Phone: (506) 453-5142 Dept. of Surveying Engineering Telex: 014-46202 University of New Brunswick FAX: (506) 453-4943 Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 ========================================================================