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Friday, May 22, 2009

Excellent propagation on 7 MHz at noon in Melbourne

Excllent propagation conditions are currently observed here in Melbourne on 7 MHz, from mid-morning, across noon, and into the mid-afternoon. That's the window between 0100 and 0400, with the band open for the full time span.

Between 0100 and 0130, shortpath signals from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East dominate, and from about 0130 to past 0400, longpath mode occurs forthe same regions. North American transmitters on 7 MHz are also audible, via shortpath, from 0130 to 0400 and later.

On 6 MHz, Voz Cristiana, Santiago, Chile, has been giving good signals on 6070 (actually on 6069) for its Spanish service, shortpath mode over theAntarctic region, from fade in at around 2300 to past 0000. This is unusual propagation, local time here is 9 am to 10 am.

I have included a comprehensive summary of these 6MHz and 7MHz propagation events in episode 152 of the Australian DX Report audio news mgazine, which also features news and information about shortwave broadcasting,propagation, further monitoring notes, new schedules, extracts from schedules, and schedule updates.

It's 15 mins duration, and may be downloaded from the Website of the Australian Internet Radio Magazine, at

http://airm.edxp.org

The site allows you to listen to the ADXR and other audio features directly(streaming audio) via your MP3 player, or via the site's embedded mini-player. Podcasts, iTunes capability, full RSS/XML/Atom feeds, and free subscriptions are supported - full details are at the site.

Your comments and feedback are particularly important!

The Australian Internet Radio Magazine is administered by the Electronic DX Press Radio Monitoring Association.

You can also hear the episodes on-air, via WWCR Nashville, every Sunday at0200-0215 on 5070 and on Mondays 1145-1200 on 15825. The WWCR release is also available as streaming-audio, live, from
http://wwcr.com

Good listening to the Australian DX Report Episode No. 152!

Saturday, May 16, 2009

151st Episode of the Australian DX Report is now available

The 151st Episode of the Australian DX Report is now available - a weekly audio news magazine with news and information about shortwave broadcasting, propagation, monitoring notes and schedule updates.

It's 15 mins, and may be downloaded from the Website of the Australian Internet Radio Service, at
http://airm.edxp.org

The site allows you to listen to the ADXR and other audio features directly(streaming audio) via your MP3 player, or via the site's embeddedmini-player. Podcasts, iTunes capability, full RSS/XML/Atom feeds, and freesubscriptions are supported - full details are at the site.

The ADXR is compiled from the resources of the Electronic DX Press RadioMonitoring Association.

Your comments and feedback are particularly important!

If you are a regular listener to the ADXR, please consider sending a small donation, to help pay for the site's upkeep! There is a link at the site to let you donate simply and quickly via PayPal.

You can also hear the episodes on-air, via WWCR Nashville, every Sunday at 0200-0215 on 5070 and on Mondays 1145-1200 on 15825. The WWCR release is also available as streaming-audio, live, from
http://wwcr.com

Good listening to the Australian DX Report Episode No. 151!

Bob Padula,Melbourne

Monday, May 11, 2009

Continuing excellent daytime propagation on 17 MHz and 21 MHz

Despite the absence of sunspots (who needs them anyway!), there is continuing excellent propagation into Melbourne during our after noon window, on 17 and 21 MHz.

This is dominated by transmitters located in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, with signals following the shortpath (daylight) route from the west.

Channel occupancy on 17 MHz is extremely high.

Here is a summary made on May 9, between 0500 and 0530, from a field site in the Dandenong Ranges National Park, 30 km east of the Melbourne CBD, using the Eton E5 receiver and 5 m of antenna.

The location was at the junction of Management Road 13 and Olinda Creek Rd, near the Olinda Creek.

17485 CHINA CRI-Kashi, Arabic
17505 CHINA CRI-Kashi, English
17540 CHINA CRI-Kashi, English
17550 CHINA CNR, Beijing
17560 THAILAND IBB-Udorn, Russian
17565 CHINA CNR-Beijing
17595 CHINA CNR-SGZ
17605 CHINA CNR-Beijing
17615 MARIANAS RFA-Tinian, Mandarin
17625 CHINA CNR-Beijing
17640 CYPRUS BBC, English
17655 IRAN VOIRI, Russian to 0530*
17670 KUWAIT IBB, Pashto
17685 THAILAND IBB-Udorn, Pashto
17715 INDIA, various langs to 0530*
17720 CHINA CRI-Kashi, German
17730 CHINA CRI-Xian, English
17735 THAILAND IBB-Udorn, Tibetan
17740 CHINA CRI-Xian, Vietnamese
17770 THAILAND IBB-Udorn, Georgian
17790 THAILAND BBC-Nakhon, English
17810 JAPAN NHK-Yamata, English
17820 AUSTRALIA CVC-Darwin, Indonesian
17830 AUSTRALIA CVC-Darwin, Mandarin
17835 PAKISTAN R. Pakistan, Urdu
17845 INDIA, Arabic
17855 CHINA CRI-Beijing, English
17880 MARIANAS IBB-Saipan, Mandarin
17890 CHINA CNR-Beijing
17895 S. ARABIA BSKSA, Arabic

21550 MARIANAS RFA-Tinian, Mandarin
21690 MARIANAS RFA-Tinian, Mandarin

Sunday, May 10, 2009

150th Annversary Episode of the Australian DX Report



The 150th Annversary Episode of the Australian DX Report is now available - a weekly audio news magazine with news and information about shortwave broadcasting, propagation, monitoring notes and schedule updates.

It's 15 mins, and may be downloaded from the Website of the Australian Internet Radio Service, at

http://airm.edxp.org

The site allows you to listen to the ADXR and other audio features directly (streaming audio) via your MP3 player, or via the site's embedded mini-player. Podcasts, iTunes capability, full RSS/XML/Atom feeds, and free subscriptions are supported - full details are at the site.

The ADXR is compiled from the resources of the Electronic DX Press Radio Monitoring Association.

Your comments and feedback are particularly important!

If you are a regular listener to the ADXR, please consider sending a small donation, to help pay for the site's upkeep! There is a link at the site to let you donate simply and quickly via PayPal.

You can also hear the episodes on-air, via WWCR Nashville, every Sunday at 0200-0215 on 5070 and on Mondays 1145-1200 on 15825. The WWCR release is also available as streaming-audio, live, from
http://wwcr.com

Good listening to the Australian DX Report Episode No. 150!


Bob Padula, Melbourne