Strong daytime signals for early winter!

Here in Melbourne, winter officially started on June 1, which is represented by very good daytime signals during the various propagation windows.

49 mb is good for shortparth from Europe, ME, and Africa until about 0000, and returns around 0200 for longpath, 10 am to noon here! 41 and 31 mbs from the same areas are good right through during our 10 am to 2 pm window, 0000-0400.

There is also excellent shortpath propagation from Europe, Middle East and Africa in the 19 and 16 mbs in the 0000-0500 period, with signals following the daylight route, and arriving in Melbourne from the west.

Yesterday afternoon I was out in the Olinda Forest 20 km east of here, and did some propagation research with the little Eton and a 5 m antenna, which revealed the following occupancies:

4790 PERU R. Nueva Atlantida, Iquitos, 0505

4985 BRAZIL R. Brasil Central, 0500-0530, peaking 0515 (Antarctic transmission path)

4915 BRAZIL Radiodif. Macapa, Brazil, 0510

5910 COLOMBIA Marfil Estereo, 0515

5945 GERMANY VOA-Biblis, Albanian 0515

5955 GERMANY RFE-Biblis, Moldovan *0400-0430*

6010 BELARUS 0515

6040 TURKEY VOT Turkish 0405

6090 AUSTRIA AWR-Moosbrunn, Farsi 0510

6180 PORTUGAL DW-Sines English 0400

6185 VATICAN VR various langs 0445
7205 GERMANY RFE-Biblis Russian 0355

7230 VATICAN RCI via Vatican relay 0355 Arabic

7265 GERMANY VOA-Biblis Turkish *0330-0400*

7290 GERMANY RFE-Lampertheim Caucausian langs 0300

7310 ENGLAND DW-Rampisham German 0300

7320 ENGLAND BBC-Skelton Farsi 0230-0330*

7350 ROMANIA RRI Romanian *0400

7390 GERMANY RFE-Lampertheim Tatir-Bashkir 0300

7410 CYPRUS BBC Arabic 0300

Higher Frequency Bands

11980 TURKEY Turkish 0415

15215 ROMANIA RRI Mandarin *0400

15350 ROMANIA RRI French *0500

17780 ROMANIA RRI Mandarin *0400

Regards from Melbourne

Bob Padula

Australian DX Report, episode no. 153 available

Excellent wintry propagation conditions are currently observed here in Melbourne on 41 mb, from mid-morning, across noon, and into the mid-afternoon. That's the four-hour window between 0000 and 0400, with this band now open for the full 24 hours.

Shortpath signals from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East dominate the period from 0000 until 0130; from 0130 until 0400, propagation from thoseregions is via longpath.

The 49 mb band is now open until 0030 for the same regions, for short path transmissions, and again from 0200 for longpath.

Good shortpath African signals are currently audible in the 49 mb band from as early as 1800, 4am Melbourne time, until 2300, 9am, which is two hours past our sunrise.

African signals on 49 mb include:

5895 RFI-Meyerton 2000-2200*

5915 R. Zambia 1900-2100*

5940 CVC-Zanbia 1800-2200

5995 R. Mali 1900-2300*

6005 BBC-Seychelles 1800-2230

6080 VOA-Botswana 2000-2200*

6090 R. Nigeria,Kaduna 2200-2305*

6165 Chad National Radio, 2000-2300*

6220 RTE-Meyerton *1930-2030*

Others of propagation significance:

5945 VOIRI morning Malay service *2230, parallel 7310

6055 VOIRI via Lithuania Spanish *2030

7240 CRI-Moscow 2250

7420 WYFR-Wertachtal Arabic 2245

7440 RRI new outlet in extended band English *2200

I have included a comprehensive summary of these 49 and 41 mb wintry propagation events in episode 153 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 theAustralian 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.

Your comments and feedback are welcomed!

The Australian Internet Radio Service is administered by the Electronic DXPress 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. 153!

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!

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

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

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