Australian DX Report news magazine no. 160

Episode no. 160 of the Australian DX Report audio news magazine includes a propagation research analysis of current spectrum occupancy of the 9 MHz band, during the 2100 and 2300 time window, as monitored here in Melbourne.

It also features news and information about shortwave broadcasting, propagation, 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, Mobile Telephone delivery, iTunes capability, full RSS/XML/Atom feeds, and free subscriptions are supported - full details are
at the site.

It may also be accessed from the Home Page of the EDXP, at http://edxp.org

The site now has a brand-new look!

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. 160 and enjoy the musical breaks!

Propagation and Monitoring Report - 9 MHz spectrum

Sunspot activity continues to be non-existent, even though some sources
suggest that Cycle 24 has commenced!

Despite this, there continues to be excellent propagation into Melbourne
during our post-sunrise period, in the 2200 to 2300 window (8am to 9am),
dominated by shortpath signals from Asia, with some shortpath transmissions
from Europe, Middle East, and Africa and longpath from the Amdricas.

Here’s a summary of observations made on Jul 15, all in the 2200-2300 window
unless other indicated:

9280 Taiwan WYFR English
9325 Philippines VOA-Tinang Khmere 2200-2230*
9405 Philippines FEBC Asian langs *2230
9415 Philippines VOA English *2200-0000*
9430 China CRI –Urumqi French to 2230*
9435 Philippines FEBC Asian langs *2230
9440 Russia BBC-Vladivostok Mandarin *2200
9460 China CRIU-Kunming Mandarin *2200
9465 England DW-Rampisham German *2200
9470 India AIR national network
9475 Philippines VOA Indonesian *2200
9480 China CNR11 Tibetan *2100
9490 China CRI-Beijing Spanish *2200-2300*
9500 China CNR1 *2000
9515 China CNR2 *2100
9525 S. Korea KBS-Kimjae Mandarin *2200
9530 Vietnam VOV Vietnamese *2200
9535 Thailand VOA-Udorn Indonesian *2200
9550 Vietnam VOV Mandarin *2200
9560 Japan NHK-Yamata *2210 various langs
9565 USA R. Marti Greenville Spanish
9570 Spain REE Spanish
9580 S. Korea BBC-Kimjae Mandarin *2200
9590 China CRI-Beijing English *2200
9600 Vatican VR-SMG Mandarin *2200
9610 Thailand BBC-Nakhon Mandarin *2200 heavily jammed by China
9635 Chile CVC-Santiago Spanish
9640 China CRI-Kashi Spanish *2200
9650 N. Korea VOK Japanese
9665 China CNR-Beijing Mandarin *2200
9675 China CRI-Beijing Mandarin *2200
9685 China CRIU-Kashi Portuguese *2200
9695 Oman BBC Mandarin *2200-2300*
9710 China CNR1-Szg *2000
9745 China V. of Han Mandarin
9755 China CNR2-Beijing *2100
9775 Rwanmda DW-Kigali DW German
9785 Australia CVC-Darwin Indonesian *2200
9790 Romania RRI English *2200-2300*
9805 S. Korea KBS-Kimjae Korean *2200
9820 China CNR2 *2100
9830 Turkey VOT Turkish *2200
9840 Vietnam VOV *2200 Asian langs
9845 Marianas Isl RFA-Saipan Mandarin *2200
9860 China CRI-Kashi Esperanto *2200-2300*
9870 S. Korea RCI-Kimjae Mandarin *2200
9880 Germany RFA-Lampertheim Tibetan *2200
9890 Russia VOR-Moscow English
9900 China CNR1-Beijing *2000
9925 Germany HRT-Wertachtal Croatian *2200
9935 F. Guyana WYFR-Montsinery English NEW TEST FREQUENCY
9975 N. Korea VOK Mandarin *2200

Regards from Melbourne!

Bob Padula

HF action from Africa on 6 MHz around sunrise

Lots of HF action from Africa on 4, 5, and 6 MHz around our sunrise.

Here's a summary of what the 6 MHz band looked like on Jul 4, between 2000 and 2300, for African transmitters:

5895 S. AFRICA RFI-Meyerton French 2000-2200*

5905 MADAGASCAR RN English 2000-2100*

5915 ZAMBIA ZBC dialects 2000-2200*

5940 ZAMBIA CVC English 2000-2200

5995 MALI RTM Bamako French 2000-2300

6005 SEYHCELLES BBC English 2000-2300

6055 RWANDA R. Rwanda French 2000-2100*

6080 BOTSWANA VOA English 2000-2200*

6090 NIGERIA R. Nigeria, Kaduna dialects 2000-2305*

6135 S. AFRICA BBC-Meyerton, Portuguese *2030-2100*

6150 RWANDA DW-Kigali English 2000-2100*

6190 S. AFRICA DW-Meyerton English 2000-2100

From Bob Padula, in Melbourne!

Winter Monitoring Report from Melbourne - 4, 5, 6, 7,9 MHz

I was out in the Olinda Forest, 30 km east of the Melbourne CBD, on Friday afternoon July 3, 2009, a cold, bleak, and rainy winter day!

My visit was to review some walking tracks and to discover new winter Fungi, in this former logging region.

I took the little Eton E5 receiver with me, and did some HF propagation research in the mid-afternoon on 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 MHz, between 0500 and 0600.

Good longpath propagation from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, and shortpath from Asia and the Americas.

Here are some selected entries from my research, all in the 0500 to 0600 window:

4985 BRAZIL R. Brazil Central Portuguese

5910 COLOMBIA Manfil Estereo Spanish

5945 GERMANY VOA-Biblis *0500-0530 Albanian

6010 COLOMBIA LV de Tu Conciencia Spanish

6035 BOTSWANA VOA *0530-0600 French

6060 CUBA RHC English

6090 ANGUILLA TOM English

6095 SAO TOME VOA *0530-0600 French

6140 CUBA RHC English

6145 GERMANY AWR-Wertachtal *0500-0600* Bulgarian

6145 S. AFRICA BBC-Meyerton 0500-0530 Portuguese

6180 PORTUGAL DW-Sines 0500-0530* English

6185 MEXICO Spanish

6190 S. AFRICA BBC-Meyerton English

7230 GERMANY VOA-Lampertheim *0500-0600* Kurdish

7310 S. AFR ICA BBC-Meyerton English

9385 USA WYFR Okeechobee Arabic

9430 ZAMBIA CVC English

9535 FRANCE R. Algeria, Issoudin Arabic

9580 GABON Africa no.1 Moyabi French

9590 ALBANIA CRI-Cerrick Arabic

9610 ASCENSION BBC *0530-0600 Hausa

9685 CHINA CNR5 Mandarin

9770 GERMANY VOA-Nauen 0530-0600 Kurdish

9835 FRANCE RN-Issoudin *0500-0600* Dutch

9885 USA VOA-Greenville *0530-0600 French

Regards from Bob Padula, in Melbourne!

Australian DX Report audio news magazine, episode 158 available

I have included a summary of current mid-winter sunrise 11 MHz propagation into Melbourne in episode 158 of the Australian DX Report audio magazine. It also features news and information about shortwave broadcasting, propagation, 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, Mobile Telephone delivedry, iTunes capability, full RSS/XML/Atom feeds, and free subscriptions are supported - full details are at the site.

It may also be accessed from the Home Page of the EDXP, at http://edxp.org

The site now has a brand-new look!

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. 158 and enjoy the music - climb up the Mocking Bird Hill!

Bob Padula, Melbourne

On-Line Shortwave Chat Meeting Service - ready to roll!

Some of us will remember the IC Chat service we used several years ago. Technology has advanced a lot since then, and I would like to set up an on-line Shortwave Chat (Meeting) Schedule, initially as text, and possibly (later) as audio and/video.

If you are a Facebook user, you can enable Chat from the Icon at the bottom right of your Facebook screen!

There is a small learning curve to set up your Chat access, but after that it's a cinch!

In fact you can also do this from your Internet Enabled Mobile Phone, or Laptop with Wi-Fi connectivity!

If you are a Facebook User and would like to join in the proposed Chat Schedule, please reply to me soon, with your preferred times and days.

Once you have done that I will test the Chat with you personally.

Here in Melbourne, Rob Wagner and I tested out the Chat earlier today and it worked fine, almost in real time, with no delays which happened with IC Chat!!

You can join Facebook at http://www.facebook.com

I have also set up a new Facebook Group, known as "Shortwave Australia". This is free, for anyone, anywhere in the universe, or elswhere, interested in sharing and discussing any aspect of shortwave radio. A Discussion Topic is active, "The Future of Shortwave Radio", which already has some thoughtfully prepared and interesting views submitted to it.

You can join Shortwave Australia at
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=209180535396

From Melbourne, Australia, this is Bob, wishing you happy shortwave listening and chatting! Hear from you soon, and look foward to an on-line Shortwave Chat Meeting with you soon!