Monitoring Report

There have been good solid signals in the Melbourne mid-afternoon period
between 0330 and 0530 on 6 MHz, 7 MHz, 9 MHz and 11 MHz.

Spectrum occupancy is high, many long-path signals from Africa, Europe and
Middle East, and shortpath from Asia and the Americas.

This summary was made on November 25 at the Pound Bend Reserve, Warrandyte
State Park, 20 km east of central Melbourne, and on November 26 in the
Olinda Forest, 45 km east.

November 25
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5960 CANADA CRI-Sackville 0525
6150 CUBA RHC 0525
6195 N. ANTILLES NHK-Bonaire 0515 Spanish

7220 ROMANIA RRI 0520 Romanian
7275 TUNISIA 0500 Arabic
7295 FRANCE R. Algeria via Issoudin 0515 Arabic
7315 FRANCE R. Dabanga, Issoudin 0520 Sudanese
7335 VATICAN VR 0530 var langs
7360 VATICAN VR 0530 var langs
7375 GERMANY V. of Croatia via Wertachtal 0520 Croatian

9520 GERMANY RL-Biblis 0355 Tajik
9675 S. ARABIA BSKSA 0350 Arabic
9565 BRAZIL R. Tupi 0430
9595 JAPAN R. Nikkei 0510 Japanese
9690 ROMANIA RRI *0400 English
9760 GERMANY RL-Lampertheim 0400 Russian
9870 INDIA AIR nat net 0400 Hindi

Nov 26
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11750 SRI LANKA VOA-Iranawela 0345 African langs
11780 GERMANY VOA-Lampertheim 0345 Somali
11810 S. KOREA KBS-Kimjae 0350 Korean
12025 KUWAIT RL 0345 Uzbek

Bob Padula
Melbourne