Good propagation from Africa and Middle East in mid-afternoons

It's still winter here in Melhourne - the days are generally overcast and
bleak - around 4 degrees at sunrise, and maxima about 13 degrees.

Despite that, good propagation prevails in our mid-afternoons, with nice
signals on 9, 11, and 13 MHz from Africs, Europe, and the Middle East,
following the darkness shortpath, arriving in Melbourne from the south
Pacific.

Here's a summary of important spectrum occupancies of July 21, 2010, in the
window 0500 to 0600 (3pm-4pm here) from transmitters located in the above
regions.

This propagation research was done at a field site in the Warrandyte State
Park, on the banks of the Yarra River, 20 km east of central Melbourne, with
the Eton E5 receiver and 3m of random antenna.

9420 GREECE VOG Greek
9430 ZAMBIA CBC English
9465 RWANDA DW-Kigali German
9560 TURKEY VOT Turkish
9575 MOROCCO R. Medi French
9580 GABON. Africa No. 1, Moyabi
9825 S. AFRICA DW-Meyerton
9880 LIBYA V. of Africa, Arabic

11605 S. AFRICA RFI-Meyerton French
11645 GREECE VOG Greek
11820 CYPRUS BBC-Limassol Arabic
11940 IRAN VOIRI Dari
11980 TURKEY VOT Turkish
12015 CYPRUS BBC-Limassol Somali
12025 CYPRUS BBC-Limassol Russian

13600 MADAGASCAR R. Dabanga, Talata, dialects
13660 OMAN BBC Arabic
13720 ABU DHABI Sudan BS, Dhabbaya Arabic
13740 IRAN VOIRI Dari
13750 IRAN VOIRI Russian to 0530*
13780 RWANDA DW-Kigali Russian to 0530*
13820 CYPRUS BBC-Limassol Russian

Regards from Melbourne, Australian Rules Football capital of Australia!

Bob Padula