From: cee@wshb.csms.com ( CSMS Sr Station Mgr)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Shortwave Stations of The Christian Science Monitor
Keywords: Technical descriptions of WCSN, KHBI, and WSHB
Date: 1 Jul 91 20:42:03 GMT
Organization: WSHB, Christian Science Mon. Synd., Cypress Creek, SC, USA


	After having recieved several requests for information and data on
the more technical aspects of our shortwave stations, I have prepared the
following brief descriptions of our 3 SW stations.
	Please feel free to post or e-mail comments on the descriptions, and
if more information would be useful.

ED

		SHORTWAVE STATIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
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|	WCSN	Scotts Corners, Maine, USA	045.08.06N	068.33.35W   |
|		One 500 Kw ABB SW transmitter				     |
|		One TCI dual band curtain antenna, 4 X 4 dipole array, horiz.|
|	        slewable. 						     |
|			Bearings 045,060,075(boresight),090,105 deg.         |
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|		Program feeds from THE WORLD SERVICE of THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE|
|		MONITOR in Boston, Massachusetts via Satcom F2R, tp 1.       |
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|	Construction begun in 1985, WCSN was on-air in March of 1987, with   |
|	service to Europe, Africa, and Middle East.  The station is "ski     |
|	lodge" in design, with 10,000 SFT.  Station has one 750 Kw stand-by  |
|	generator, and employs 13 people.				     |
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|	KHBI	Agingan Point, Saipan, Marianas Islands	015.07.20N 145.41.37E|
|		Two 100 Kw Continental SW transmitters			     |
|		Three TCI curtain antennas, 4 X 4 dipole array, horiz. slew. |
|		A-1	Bearings 310,325,340(boresight),355,010 deg.	     |		     |
|		A-2	Bearings 240,255,270(boresight),285,300	deg.	     |
|		A-3	Bearings 165,180,195(boresight),210,225	deg.	     |
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|		Program feeds from THE WORLD SERVICE of THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE|
|		MONITOR in Boston, Massachusetts, via Satcom F2R, tp1 to Pt. |
|		Reyes, Calif; then via Intelsat 174 to Saipan.		     |
|									     |
|	KHBI, originally KYOI Super Rock, was built in 1981 to broadcast com-|
|	mercial R&R format to Japan.  The original station had one 100 Kw    |
|	transmitter and one TCI antenna.  Purchased by The Christian Science |
|	Monitor Syndicate in 1987, the station was expanded to its present   |
|	configuration in 1989. Station broadcasts to USSR, China, Japan,     |
|	Korea, India, Middle East, Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand.    |
|	The station is "pill box" in design, with 3200 SFT, and one 750 Kw   |
|	stand-by generator.  KHBI employes 9 people.			     |
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|	WSHB	Cypress Creek, South Carolina	032.41.02N    081.07.51W     |
|		Two 500 Kw ABB transmitters 				     |
|		Five TCI dual band antennas - one 4 X 4 dipole array, horiz. |
|		slewable (A1/A2), two 2 X 2 dipole array, non-slewable (A3/A4|
|		& A5/A6), and two 2 X 2 dipole array, horiz. slewable (A7/A8 |
|		& A9/A10).						     |
|		A1/A2	Bearings 122,137,152(boresight),167,182 deg.         |   |
|		A3/A4	Bearing  025 deg.				     |
|		A5/A6	Bearing  315 deg.				     |
|		A7/A8	Bearings 230,245(boresight),260 deg.		     |
|		A9/A10  Bearings 173,188(boresight),203 deg.                 |
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|		Program feeds from THE WORLD SERVICE of THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE|
|		MONITOR in Boston, Massachusetts, via Satcom F2R, tp 1.	     |
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|	WSHB began construction in December, 1987, and was on-air on March   |
|	27, 1989.  The station serves Eastern and Western North America,     |
|	Europe, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, South America, and   |
|	Australia.  WSHB is neo-metropolitan in design, with 19,000 SFT on   |
|	360 acres, and operates 3 750 Kw generators in peak load shaving with|
|	its power supplier.  The station employs 16 people, including a      |
|	Rigger, Computer System Engineer, and Senior Station Manager for all |
|	three SW sites.							     |
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 C. Ed Evans, Senior Station Manager, CSMS * cee@wshb.csms.com  (803)625-5555
 WSHB, Cypress Creek, SC * WCSN, Scotts Corner, ME * KHBI, Saipan, Mariana I.
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