There are still no sunspots visible, and it is being conjectured that we may be passing through a "double hump" at the bottom end of solar cycle no. 23.
Cycle 24 does not appear to have commenced as yet, and long distance propagation on frequencies above about 11 MHz across darkness paths is currently very unreliable.
Despite this, there has been continuing excellent shortpath propagation from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East into Melbourne on 5, 6, 7, and 9 MHz between 1800 and 2000, with very few unoccupied channels.
This is a summary of selected items noted in the 5750-5985 spectrum, the lower portion of the 49 mb between 1930 and 2000 on March 11.
5750 KUWAIT VOA Dari
5810 PHILIPPINES RFA Tinang Mandarin
5850 GERMANY Polish Radio via Julich Ukrainian
5860 SRI LANKA VOA Iranawela Fars
i5875 ENGLAND BBC Rampisham English
5885 VATICAN VR various langs
5890 IRAN VOIRI Italian
5905 CHINA CRI Kashi Russian
5915 SLOVAK REP R. Slovakia Intern English
5920 RUSSIA VOR St Petersburg Russian
5925 CHINA CNR5
5935 GERMANY Polish Radio Wertachtal Ukrainian
5945 CYPRUS BBC English
5955 AUSTRAI VOV Moosbrunn French
5965 MALAYSIA RTM Kajang Malay
5970 ALBANIA CRI Cerrick French
5980 TURKEY VOT Turkish
5985 CHINA CRI Beijing Portuguese
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
AUSTRALIAN DX REPORT audio shortwave news magazine, episode 131 available!
The latest episode, no. 131, of the professionally compiled weekly AUSTRALIAN DX REPORT audio shortwave news magazine contains detailed monitoring research from Melbourne, schedule changes, and news aboutinternational broadcasters.
This is the SPECIAL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY EPISODE - it's 13 mins 12 secs, andmay be downloaded from
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Good listening to the Australian DX Report Episode No. 131!
Bob Padula,Melbourne
This is the SPECIAL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY EPISODE - it's 13 mins 12 secs, andmay be downloaded from
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Good listening to the Australian DX Report Episode No. 131!
Bob Padula,Melbourne
Monday, December 22, 2008
Excellent daytime propagation from Asia, 7 and 9 MHz
On Sunday Dec 21 I was in the mountains overlooking the Maroondah Reservoir, 65 km east of Melbourne.
I had the Eton E5 receiver with me, and I was pleasantly surprised at the strong daytime signals from Asia in mid-afternoon via the Daytime Asian Mode.
As usual for this Mode, signals appeared out of nowhere, peaking to excellent in a few milliseconds! No fading. Influenced by topside reflection from Sporadic E clouds moving over northern Australia.
These are some of the signals, noted between 0400 and 0430:
7130 MALAYSIA Sarawak
7210 VIETNAM national network
7270 MALAYSIA Sarawak
7290 INDIA regional
7295 MALAYSIA domestic relay
9530 VIETNAM national network
9595 JAPAN R. Nikkei
9620 CHINA CNR2
9645 CHINA CNR1
9665 N. KOREA KCBS
9685 CHINA CNR5
9720 CHINA CNR1
9730 MYANMAR
9750 MALAYSIA V. of Islam
9760 JAPAN R. Nikkei
9810 CHINA CNR2
9850 VIETNAM dialects
9875 VIETNAM dialects
The picture, above, was taken at the monitoring site on the Maroondah Track.
I had the Eton E5 receiver with me, and I was pleasantly surprised at the strong daytime signals from Asia in mid-afternoon via the Daytime Asian Mode.
As usual for this Mode, signals appeared out of nowhere, peaking to excellent in a few milliseconds! No fading. Influenced by topside reflection from Sporadic E clouds moving over northern Australia.
These are some of the signals, noted between 0400 and 0430:
7130 MALAYSIA Sarawak
7210 VIETNAM national network
7270 MALAYSIA Sarawak
7290 INDIA regional
7295 MALAYSIA domestic relay
9530 VIETNAM national network
9595 JAPAN R. Nikkei
9620 CHINA CNR2
9645 CHINA CNR1
9665 N. KOREA KCBS
9685 CHINA CNR5
9720 CHINA CNR1
9730 MYANMAR
9750 MALAYSIA V. of Islam
9760 JAPAN R. Nikkei
9810 CHINA CNR2
9850 VIETNAM dialects
9875 VIETNAM dialects
The picture, above, was taken at the monitoring site on the Maroondah Track.
Friday, December 19, 2008
AUSTRALIAN DX REPORT audio shortwave news magazine, episode 130
The latest episode, no. 130, of the professionally compiled weekly AUSTRALIAN DX REPORT audio shortwave news magazine contains detailed monitoring research from Melbourne, schedule changes, and news about international broadcasters.
This is the SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EPISODE - it's 14 mins 18 secs, and may be downloaded from
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.
Good listening to the Australian DX Report Episode No. 130!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Good propagation on 9MHz around sunrise
Sunspot activity remains very low – from Nov 18 to Dec 9 it was zero. From Dec 10 to 12 it ranged from 12 to 14 spots, but dropped back to zero from Dec 14 to 16.
However, good propagation here in Melbourne continues in our morning period, in the pre and post sunrise window, with the highlight being the strong shortpath signals from Europe, Africa, Middle East and Africa noted on 31 metres, between 1900 and 2100.
We are now passing through the December solstice period – earliest sunrise in Melbourne was at 1851 on December 2 through December 14. Due to the Earth’s axis being tilted, our latest sunset doesn’t occur until 0945 on January 31.
This means that we have maximum sunlight hours during most of January, resulting in many opportunities for researching the enigmatic and mysterious daytime propagation Modes from Asia and Africa, which are very unpredictable, and influenced by solar activity!
This is a summary of selected spectrum occupancies observed in the 9MHz band in the window from 1900 to 2000 on December 17, with several newly introduced frequencies noted.
9250 EGYPT R. Cairo Arabic
9310 EGYPT R. Cairo English
9335 SRI LANKA R. Farda Iranawela Farsi
9365 FRANCE RTI Issoudin French
9390 FRANCE R. Algeria Issoudin Arabic
9470 INDIA AIR National network
9480 GERMANY WYFR Nauen English
9490 GERMANY VOA Biblis *1930-2000* Turkish
9500 GERMANY WYFR Wertachtal Arabic
9525 ROMANIA RRI German
9535 CHINA CREI Beijing Portuguese
9550 RWANDA FEBA Kigali Arabic
9610 CANADA RCI Sackville French
9620 AUSTRIA AWR Moosbrunn *1900-1930* French
9695 GERMANY DW Wertachtal French
9735 RWANDA DW Kigali Portuguese
9830 JORDAN Amman Arabic
9885 UAE WYFR Dhabbaya English
9970 BELGIUM BRT Wavre French
9980 USA WWCR English
9990 EGYPT R. Cairo Hausa
Regards from Melbourne!
However, good propagation here in Melbourne continues in our morning period, in the pre and post sunrise window, with the highlight being the strong shortpath signals from Europe, Africa, Middle East and Africa noted on 31 metres, between 1900 and 2100.
We are now passing through the December solstice period – earliest sunrise in Melbourne was at 1851 on December 2 through December 14. Due to the Earth’s axis being tilted, our latest sunset doesn’t occur until 0945 on January 31.
This means that we have maximum sunlight hours during most of January, resulting in many opportunities for researching the enigmatic and mysterious daytime propagation Modes from Asia and Africa, which are very unpredictable, and influenced by solar activity!
This is a summary of selected spectrum occupancies observed in the 9MHz band in the window from 1900 to 2000 on December 17, with several newly introduced frequencies noted.
9250 EGYPT R. Cairo Arabic
9310 EGYPT R. Cairo English
9335 SRI LANKA R. Farda Iranawela Farsi
9365 FRANCE RTI Issoudin French
9390 FRANCE R. Algeria Issoudin Arabic
9470 INDIA AIR National network
9480 GERMANY WYFR Nauen English
9490 GERMANY VOA Biblis *1930-2000* Turkish
9500 GERMANY WYFR Wertachtal Arabic
9525 ROMANIA RRI German
9535 CHINA CREI Beijing Portuguese
9550 RWANDA FEBA Kigali Arabic
9610 CANADA RCI Sackville French
9620 AUSTRIA AWR Moosbrunn *1900-1930* French
9695 GERMANY DW Wertachtal French
9735 RWANDA DW Kigali Portuguese
9830 JORDAN Amman Arabic
9885 UAE WYFR Dhabbaya English
9970 BELGIUM BRT Wavre French
9980 USA WWCR English
9990 EGYPT R. Cairo Hausa
Regards from Melbourne!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Asian Propagation Mode intensifies, 7, 9 MHz
As anticipated, the annual summer occurrence of the daytime specialized Asian Mode has materialized.
This was apparent on December 9, here in Melbourne, with very strong signals from Malaysia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Japan and India audible in the period 0400-0500 in the 7 and 9 MHz bands.
This is 2pm-3pm local time, with this shortpath propagation following all-daylight transmission paths.
This phenomenon occurs each summer, and is more pronounced during years oflow or declining sunspot activity.
The propagation mechanism is not yet clearly understood, and has been studied by myself, with a few others, since it was "discovered" in the late1960s.
It is believed to be caused by multi-mode activity, caused by reflection off the top surface of Sporadic E clouds passing over the Australian continent.Under such circumstances, signals enter the ionosphere, enter the E and F layers, and are refracted back towards the earth's surface, striking the top surface of Sporadic-E clouds. Signals then continue upwards, and are refracted by the normal E and F layers back to earth.
This means that there is no intermediate ground reflection, resulting in greatly reduced absorption/attenuation on the total transmission path.
Propagation up to distances of 10,000 km, and greater, have been observed for this specialized daytime mode, on frequencies which would not normally propagate via conventional ionospheric refraction.
In past years, signals on frequencies as low as 4 MHz have been observed,from transmitters in the Indochina and Indonesia regions, at local noon Melbourne time.
Careful study of this mode will reveal that signals do not "fade-in" or"fade-out", but appear and vanish very abruptly, similar to long-distance Tropo propagation of VHF or UHF.
Signals will appear quickly, remain audible for variable periods, rangingf rom a few seconds to an hour (or more), with no fading. Signal strengths can be extremely high, hitting S9+20 regularly! Peculiarly, transmissions from the same geographical area, on different frequencies, generally are not audible simultaneously. Unfortunately, the abandonment of many HF services from Asia in recent years has significantly reduced the "pool" of frequencies which may be observed.
The mode, due to its unpredictability and variability, offers excellent opportunities for study and research of HF propagation into South Eastern Australia, and for extending the growing body of comparative data about the phenomenon in the present period of very low sunspot activity, global warming and climate change.
Documentation of this propagation event at a professional engineering level is expanding, and the phenomenon is now included in the formal training curriculum offered by the Australian Government's Ionospheric Prediction Service, Department of Radio and Space Services.
These are the entries of December 9, 2008, relevant to the HF Broadcasting Service, from a field site near Melbourne,in the Dandenong Ranges National Park, using the Eton E5 and a couple of metres of random wire for an antenna!
It would be interesting to explore this propagation mechanism in greater depth with a narrow band spectrum computer controlled specrum analyser, witha recordable digital screen display, measuring frequency versus amplitude over defined time spans, linked to a suitable professional receiver, rather than toys such as the Eton!
7130 MALAYSIA RTM Sarawak, dialects 0405-0430
This was apparent on December 9, here in Melbourne, with very strong signals from Malaysia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Japan and India audible in the period 0400-0500 in the 7 and 9 MHz bands.
This is 2pm-3pm local time, with this shortpath propagation following all-daylight transmission paths.
This phenomenon occurs each summer, and is more pronounced during years oflow or declining sunspot activity.
The propagation mechanism is not yet clearly understood, and has been studied by myself, with a few others, since it was "discovered" in the late1960s.
It is believed to be caused by multi-mode activity, caused by reflection off the top surface of Sporadic E clouds passing over the Australian continent.Under such circumstances, signals enter the ionosphere, enter the E and F layers, and are refracted back towards the earth's surface, striking the top surface of Sporadic-E clouds. Signals then continue upwards, and are refracted by the normal E and F layers back to earth.
This means that there is no intermediate ground reflection, resulting in greatly reduced absorption/attenuation on the total transmission path.
Propagation up to distances of 10,000 km, and greater, have been observed for this specialized daytime mode, on frequencies which would not normally propagate via conventional ionospheric refraction.
In past years, signals on frequencies as low as 4 MHz have been observed,from transmitters in the Indochina and Indonesia regions, at local noon Melbourne time.
Careful study of this mode will reveal that signals do not "fade-in" or"fade-out", but appear and vanish very abruptly, similar to long-distance Tropo propagation of VHF or UHF.
Signals will appear quickly, remain audible for variable periods, rangingf rom a few seconds to an hour (or more), with no fading. Signal strengths can be extremely high, hitting S9+20 regularly! Peculiarly, transmissions from the same geographical area, on different frequencies, generally are not audible simultaneously. Unfortunately, the abandonment of many HF services from Asia in recent years has significantly reduced the "pool" of frequencies which may be observed.
The mode, due to its unpredictability and variability, offers excellent opportunities for study and research of HF propagation into South Eastern Australia, and for extending the growing body of comparative data about the phenomenon in the present period of very low sunspot activity, global warming and climate change.
Documentation of this propagation event at a professional engineering level is expanding, and the phenomenon is now included in the formal training curriculum offered by the Australian Government's Ionospheric Prediction Service, Department of Radio and Space Services.
These are the entries of December 9, 2008, relevant to the HF Broadcasting Service, from a field site near Melbourne,in the Dandenong Ranges National Park, using the Eton E5 and a couple of metres of random wire for an antenna!
It would be interesting to explore this propagation mechanism in greater depth with a narrow band spectrum computer controlled specrum analyser, witha recordable digital screen display, measuring frequency versus amplitude over defined time spans, linked to a suitable professional receiver, rather than toys such as the Eton!
7130 MALAYSIA RTM Sarawak, dialects 0405-0430
7160 INDIA AIR Chennai, domestic 0425 to sign-off 0430
7210 VIETNAM VOV nat net 0415-0430 peaking 04207
270 MALAYSIA RTM Sarawak, dialects, 0405-0500
7285 MALAYSIA RTM Kajang, English 0400-0500
7290 INDIA AIR Thirunanathapuran, domestic, 0426-0450
7295 MALAYSIA RTM Kajang, English domestic, 0400-0500
9595 JAPAN R. Nikkei, Japanese 0405-0430
9730 MYANMAR Yangon, 0420-0445 domestic
9750 MALAYSIA V. of Islam, Kajang, super strength, English, 0400-0500
9760 JAPAN R. Nikkei, Japanese 0410-0500
9850 VIETNAM VOV dialects *0400-0500
9875 VIETNAM VOV dialects *0400-0500
Regards!
Regards!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Excellent HF propagation continues
The sunspot count continues to be zero, and has been at that level since November.
It is well known across the engineering profession that sunspot activity is only one of many geo-physical conditions which affect long-distance HF propagation. I am continually amazed at the self-styled rubbish which is being written in hobby newsgroups by people with little understanding of HF transmission, falsely believing, without qualification, that low sunspot activity is "causing" long-distance propagation to be non-existent.
These people fail to understand that low sunspot activity will cause a depression of Optimum Working Frequencies to as low as 10 MHz for long-distance transmission paths crossing darkness, or semi-darkness regions. Transmission on daytime paths continues to be excellent worlwide on frequencies between 15 MHz and 22 MHz
During periods of low sunspot activity, HF commmunication services shift operating frequencies downwards for maintaining effective simplex or duplex transmission over darkness zones or long distance circuits.
Here in Melbourne, propagation continues to be very good on all bands at appropriate times of the day and night, for long-distance transmission paths. Some strong daytime signals are already appearing from Asia and Africa on 7 and 9 MHz, following all-daylight paths, some of this supported by multi-mode propagation via reflection off the top of Sporadic-E clouds over north and central Australia, with no intermediate ground reflection.
These phenomena occur regularly here in Victoria during our summer months, with Absorption Limiting Frequencies dropping to very low levels between our local noon and mid-afternoon.
Here's a summary of propagation highlights of December 4 from Melbourne, with long-path denoted as "LP", Asian daytime paths as "AS", African daytime paths as "AF":
It is well known across the engineering profession that sunspot activity is only one of many geo-physical conditions which affect long-distance HF propagation. I am continually amazed at the self-styled rubbish which is being written in hobby newsgroups by people with little understanding of HF transmission, falsely believing, without qualification, that low sunspot activity is "causing" long-distance propagation to be non-existent.
These people fail to understand that low sunspot activity will cause a depression of Optimum Working Frequencies to as low as 10 MHz for long-distance transmission paths crossing darkness, or semi-darkness regions. Transmission on daytime paths continues to be excellent worlwide on frequencies between 15 MHz and 22 MHz
During periods of low sunspot activity, HF commmunication services shift operating frequencies downwards for maintaining effective simplex or duplex transmission over darkness zones or long distance circuits.
Here in Melbourne, propagation continues to be very good on all bands at appropriate times of the day and night, for long-distance transmission paths. Some strong daytime signals are already appearing from Asia and Africa on 7 and 9 MHz, following all-daylight paths, some of this supported by multi-mode propagation via reflection off the top of Sporadic-E clouds over north and central Australia, with no intermediate ground reflection.
These phenomena occur regularly here in Victoria during our summer months, with Absorption Limiting Frequencies dropping to very low levels between our local noon and mid-afternoon.
Here's a summary of propagation highlights of December 4 from Melbourne, with long-path denoted as "LP", Asian daytime paths as "AS", African daytime paths as "AF":
7125 MOLDOVA VOR Kishinev Russian 0445 LP
7150 RUSSIA VOR Krasndar English 0445 LP
7220 GERMANY RL Wertachtal Tatir-Bashkir 0455 LP
7295 MALAYSIA RTM Kajang English 0400 AS
7485 THAILAND R. Farda Udon Farsi *2000-2130*
9530 VIETNAM VOV Hanoi nat network Vietnamese 0430 AS
9700 TURKEY VOT Turkish *0500 LP
9730 MYANMAR R. Myanmar Yangon, Burmese 0400 AS
9745 S. AFRICA Channel Africa Meyerton English 0450 AF
9750 MALAYSIA V. of Islam Kajang English 0430 AS
9850 VIETNAM VOV Hanoi dialects network 0445 AS
9875 VIETNAM VOV Hanoi dialects network 0445 AS
11580 USA WYFR Okeechobee Portuguese 0415
11660 CHINA CNR2 0400 AS
11730 INDIA AIR Arabic *0430 AS
11805 CHILE CVC Santiago Spanish 0415
11895 ROMANIA RRI English 0430 LP
11925 IRAN VOIRI Hebrew *0430 LP
12045 CHINA CNR1 0400 AS
12060 IRAN VOIRI Turkish *0430 LP
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Excellent signals on 60 mb after sunrise
There has been excellent propagation in the 60 mb into Melbourne in the period around sunrise and for about an hour later, from 1800 to past 2000, for shortpath transmissions originating in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
The recently introduced channel of 4765 from the Tajik Radio, at Dushanbe, has been one the strongest signals.
This is what the band looked like on December 2, 2008:
4765 TAJIKISTAN Tajik Radio, Dushanbe, 1830-2000, Tajik
4770 NIGERIA R. Nigeria, Kaduna 1830-2000
4780 DJIBOUTI R. Djibouti, 1800-1900
4828 ZIMBABWEZBC, Gweru, 1830-1900
4845 MAURITANIA R. Mauritania, Nouachkott 1800-2000
4880 S. AFRICA SW R. Africa, Meyerton, 1800-1900*
4930 BOTSWANA VOA, 1830-1900
4965 ZAMBIA CVC, Lusaka, 1800-2000
4976 UGANDA R. Uganda, Kampala, 1830-2000
5010 MADAGASCAR RTV Malagasy, Tananarive, 1800-1900
The recently introduced channel of 4765 from the Tajik Radio, at Dushanbe, has been one the strongest signals.
This is what the band looked like on December 2, 2008:
4765 TAJIKISTAN Tajik Radio, Dushanbe, 1830-2000, Tajik
4770 NIGERIA R. Nigeria, Kaduna 1830-2000
4780 DJIBOUTI R. Djibouti, 1800-1900
4828 ZIMBABWEZBC, Gweru, 1830-1900
4845 MAURITANIA R. Mauritania, Nouachkott 1800-2000
4880 S. AFRICA SW R. Africa, Meyerton, 1800-1900*
4930 BOTSWANA VOA, 1830-1900
4965 ZAMBIA CVC, Lusaka, 1800-2000
4976 UGANDA R. Uganda, Kampala, 1830-2000
5010 MADAGASCAR RTV Malagasy, Tananarive, 1800-1900
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Monitoring Notes and Audio Version
With no sunspots visible, the 13 MHz band, 22 metres, is offering good propagation in the period 1830-2000.
Long path signals from North America, and shortpath from Asia include observed on December 1, 2008, include:
13605 INDIA AIR GOS 1830-1900 English
13650 CANADA RCI Sackville 1800-1900 English
Other propagation observed on December 2008 between 1900 and 2000 included short path signals:
5820 RUSSIA WYFR Samara German
7270 SPAIN REE Arabic
7455 FRANCE R. Algeria via Issoudin Arabic
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Long path signals from North America, and shortpath from Asia include observed on December 1, 2008, include:
13605 INDIA AIR GOS 1830-1900 English
13650 CANADA RCI Sackville 1800-1900 English
Other propagation observed on December 2008 between 1900 and 2000 included short path signals:
5820 RUSSIA WYFR Samara German
7270 SPAIN REE Arabic
7455 FRANCE R. Algeria via Issoudin Arabic
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Monitoring Report - 6200-6300 extended band spectrum
This is a spectrum study of the extended-band range of the 6 MHz band, from 6205-6300, observed on December 1 2008 between 1900 and 2000.
That time period is about one hour after local sunrise, with good shortpath signals from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
This frequency range is shared with the maritime service worldwide, on a non-interference basis.
6205 IRAN VOIRI 1930-2000 Italian
6235 RUSSIA VOR Armivir 1900-1930* Russian
6245 RUSSIA VOA Moscow 1900-2000 English
6255 EGYPT R. Cairo 1900-2000 German
6260 UZBEKISTAN CVC Tashkent 1900-2000 Hindi
6290 EGYPT R. Cairo 1900-1930 Arabic
6300 ALGERIA R. Nac. de la Rasd, 1900-2000 Arabic
That time period is about one hour after local sunrise, with good shortpath signals from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
This frequency range is shared with the maritime service worldwide, on a non-interference basis.
6205 IRAN VOIRI 1930-2000 Italian
6235 RUSSIA VOR Armivir 1900-1930* Russian
6245 RUSSIA VOA Moscow 1900-2000 English
6255 EGYPT R. Cairo 1900-2000 German
6260 UZBEKISTAN CVC Tashkent 1900-2000 Hindi
6290 EGYPT R. Cairo 1900-1930 Arabic
6300 ALGERIA R. Nac. de la Rasd, 1900-2000 Arabic
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Propagation and Monitoring Report
Sunspot activity continues to be zero, with no spots visible in the ten day sequence from November 18 to 28. It is still not known whether Cycle 24 has actually commenced.
In Melbourne, good propagation is noted in the lower area of the 11 MHz band, 11550-11700, in the period 2100-2200, represented by very strong longpath signals from North America, and short path propagation from Africa and Asia.
These are occupancies observed on Nov 29:
11520 USA WEWN English
11550 USA WEWN Spanish
11565 USA WYFR German
11620 INDIA English
11650 AUSTRALIA RA Shepparton English
11655 MADAGASCAR RN Dutch
11660 AUSTRALIA RA Shepparton
11690 RWANDA DW Kigali English
11695 AUSTRALIA RA Shepparton English
11700 USA WYFR Spanish
SOUTH KOREA - KBS World Radio
From Oct 26, 2008, KBS World Radio is listed for these new, or rearranged channels:
5935 (Skelton relay) 1900-2000 Arabic (ME/Af)
6045 (Sackville relay) 0600-0630 Spanish, 0700-0800 Korean (Eu)
6065 1100-1200 Mandarin
6155 0900-0930 Japanese
15160 0900-1000 Korean (Eu/ME/Af)
15175 1600-1700 Korean (Eu/ME/Af)
5935 (Skelton relay) 1900-2000 Arabic (ME/Af)
6045 (Sackville relay) 0600-0630 Spanish, 0700-0800 Korean (Eu)
6065 1100-1200 Mandarin
6155 0900-0930 Japanese
15160 0900-1000 Korean (Eu/ME/Af)
15175 1600-1700 Korean (Eu/ME/Af)
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