Propagation and Moniitoring from Melbourne

There continues to be excellent propagation into Melbourne at many times
over the full 24 hours.

Here is a summary of selected spectrum usage, as monitored on December 21,
2011:

11 MHz, early afternoon 0300 to 0400 - longpath Europe, Africa, Middle East,
shortpath Asia, Pacific, Americas

11620 INDIA Urdu
11625 MADAGASCAR Vatican Radio via Talata Swahili
11710 ARGENTINA RAE French
11735 INDIA Dari to 0345*
11785 GERMANY VOA-Biblis Somali
11795 THAILAND VOA-Udorn Tajik
11800 UAE Sudan R. Service via Dhabbaya Arabic
11825 ROMANIA RRI Spanish
11840 CUBA RHC Spanish
11845 CHINA CNR2
11850 ROMANIA RRI Spanish
11895 ROMANIA RRI English
11905 SRI LANKA SLBC Hindi
11935 N. ANTILLES NHK-Bonaire Japanese
" CHINA CNR5
11980 TAJIKISTAN RFA-Dushanbe Chinese
12015 SRI LANKA RFE-Iranawela Turkmen
12030 RUSSIA VOR-PK English
12035 CYPRUS BBC Arabic

9 MHz, early afternoon 0400 to 0430 - longpath Europe, Africa, Middle East,
shortpath Asia, Pacific, Americas

9500 IRAN VOIRI Arabic
9560 CHINA Xinjiang PBS Urumqi Uyghur
9655 TURKEY English *0400
9705 ETHIOPIA R. Ethiopia Amharic
9740 IRAN VOIRI Arabic
9750 Nei Menggu PBS Hohhot Mongolian
9790 CUBA CRI-Habana Chinese
9840 RUSSIA VOR-PK English
9850 VIETNAM VOV Dialects Network *0400
9855 RWANDA DW-Kigali English
9885 BOTSWANA VOA English
9895 IRAN VOIRI Arabic

MALAYSIA
The Voice of Malaysia, Kajang, has not been audible in Melbourne for several
weeks for
transmissions which had been directed to the Pacific in Malay and English,
0400 to 1000, on 9750 and 15295.

Regards from Melbourne!

Bob Padula