MONITORING REPORT- 15, 17 and 21 MHz SPECTRUM

 

MONITORING REPORT- 15, 17 and 21 MHz SPECTRUM

 

Pre-sunrise propagation on Feb 6 2015 in to Melbourne on  15,17 and 21 MHz revealed a high level of spectrum occupancy, dominated by long path signals from Europe, Middle East, and Africa. and short path from the Americas.

 

This is a summary, between 1700 and 1730.

 

15155 FRANCE AWR-Issoudun  Oromo (from 1730)

15205 S. ARABIA Arabic

15225 S. ARABIA Arabic

15235 S. AFRICA Channel Africa Meyerton English

15285 EGYPT Amharic

15300 FRANCE RFI-Issoudun French

15335 FRANCE AWR-Issoudun Somali at 1735

15345 ARGENTINA RAE German

15435 S. ARABIA Arabic

15455 SAO TOME VOA English

15490 S. AFRICA AWR-Meyerton Maaisi language ( *** see Footnote)

15540 KUWAIT R. KUWAIT English

15570 VATICAN VR-SMG English

15620 SRI LANKA VOA-Iranawila Somali

15825 USA WWCR English

 

17560 S. ARABIC Arabic

17655 USA VOA-G Portuguese

17670 INDIA English at *1745

17775 USA KVOH Spanish

17780 ASCENSION  BBC English

17790 USA R. Africa via WRMI English

17830 ASCENSION BBC English

17850 FRANCE RFI-Issoudun French

 

21600 USA WHRI English (>>>This is the only HFCC-authorized operation on 21 MHz in this time period!)

 

Footnote: The Maasai, Masai or Maa language is a member of the East Niolitic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken by about 900,000 people in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The term Maasai refers to "one who speaks the Maa language".