A15 MONITORING RESEARCH

A15 MONITORING RESEARCH

As predicted, there have been hundreds of frequency changes made by international broadcasters since the start of the A15  season on March 30.

This is a summary of notable frequency occupancies, made here in the pre-sunrise window here in Melbourne on March 30, examining the 11 MHz, 13 MHz and 15 MHz bands in the time-span 1730 to 1800.

Solar activity remains low. with the 10.7 cm Solar Radio Flux down to 134, and the Equivalent Smoothed Sunspot at 88.

Of note are :

- The cessation of all transmissions from Kigali, Rwanda

- The rearrangement of DW and AWR relays to alternative sites, due to the closing of the Kigali facility

- Increased usage of the Issoudun facility in France

- Transmissions in the Beja language for Sudan

- CRI use of 15 MHz for night-time broadcasts in  French for Africa

11510 FRANCE R. Denge Kurdistane, Issoudun Kurdish

11650 CHINA CRI-Xian Esperanto

11725 ALBANIA CRI-Cerrick Arabic

11780 GERMANY RFE-Lampertheim Russian

11825 CHINA CRI-Beijing Croatian

11835 TURKEY German

11865 IRAN Bosnian

11875 CHINA CRI-Urumqi Russian

11955 FRANCE RTI-Issoudun Russian

11985 MARIANAS RFA-Tinian Korean

12005 THAILAND R. Farda, Udorn Persian

12015 CHINA CRI-Beijing English

12055 VATICAN VOA-SMG Somali

12080 SAO TOME VOA Amharic

13570 CHINA CRI-Xian English

13590 VATICAN VOA-SMG English

13685 IRAN Swahili

13760 CHINA CRI-Kashi English

13870 THAILAND VOA-Udorn Oromo

15155 FRANCE AWR-Issoudun Oromo

15170 GERMANY AWR-Nauen Kabyle

15205 S. ARABIA Arabic

15245 FRANCE V. of Eritrean Forum, Issoudun, Tigrinya

15375 FRANCE DW-Issoudun French

15310 ENGLAND BBC-Woofferton Dari

15435 S. ARABIA Arabic

15445 GERMANY NHK-Nauen Japanese

15510 ENGLAND IBRA-Woofferton Beja

15560 FRANCE DW-Issoudun French

15570 VATICAN VR-SMG English

15630 FRANCE VOA-Issoudun Oromo

15680 CHINA CRI-Kashi French