Monitoring Notes - 9 MHz band - early evening in Melbourne

There is continued exciting 9 MHz propagation into Melbourne in our early
evening window, 0800 to 0900, represented by a plethora of shortpath signals
from Asia and the Americas, and long path from Europe/ME/Africa.

Solar activity, as advised by the IPS in Sydney, is now categorized as
"low", with the 10.7 cm solar flux hovering around 130, and the daily SSN at
79.

This is a summary of key occupancies between 0800 and 0900 on December 15
2011.

9570 S. KOREA KBS English
9575 MOROCCO R. Medi, Arabic/French
9620 CHINA CNR2
9635 VIETNAM VOV East Sea service, rel Nat Network
9650 N. KOREA VOK Japanese
9665 N. KOREA KCBS Korean
9675 CHINA CNR1
9685 CHINA CNR5
9690 NIGERIA V. of Nigeria, Hausa. WAf txers are often heard via LP in this
time period here in Melbourne.
9750 JAPAN NHK Yamata Japanese
9765 NZ RNZI
9810 CHINA CNR2
9825 JAPAN NHK Yamata Japanese
9830 CHINA CNR1
9835 MALAYSIA RTM, Kajang, relay Sarawak programming, Malay
9880 CHINA CRI Chinese
9895 GERMANY RN-Nauen Dutch
9975 N. KOREA VOK Russian

Regards from Melbourne, one of the great cities of the modern world!

Bob Padula