AIR plans to use these new freqencies for Regional Services from March 29, as replacements for operations which are currently in the 7100-7200 range. This is to conform to ITU requirements that no broadcasting service will beauthorized to use 7100-7200 after March 29, which will be allocated exclusively to the Amateur Service worldwide.
AIR 7 MHz regional services operate generally in the period 0230-1200 UTC, for daytime transmissions.
Bhopal 7430 (ex 7180)
Chennai 7380 (ex 7160)
Chennai 7270 (ex 7360)
Hyderabad 7420 (ex 7140)
Imphal 7335 (ex 7150)
Jaipur 7325 (ex 7120)
Lucknow 7440 (ex 7105)
Port Blair 7390 (ex 7115)
Shillong 7315 (ex 7130)
Rotating Headlines from this Journal!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Latest shortwave QSLs received - lots of them!
Here are details of my latest shortwave QSLs, received recently.
They include QSLs from 14 stations for transmitter sites not previously verified, bringing my “Station Tally” to 1033.
ALBANIA: CRI 11710 9435 Cerrick, col cds of National Indoor Stadium
ALBANIA: R. Tirana 7460, 6005, 6010, 9345 col cds of dancer in national costume
BELARUS: R. Minsk 7390 col cd shows National Academy of Sciences, 7135 cold cd shows views in Minsk
BULGARIA: R. Sofia 5900, 9800 col cds show Bulgarian Monasteries
CHINA: CRI, 15110 Kashi col cd Olympic Sports Centre Stadium; 5985 Beijing 7295 Urumqi col cds of National Stadium, 6135 Beijing 9600 Urumqi col cd shows Worker’s Indoor Arena
CZECH REP: R. Prague 9700 9730 col cds show former Czech gymnast, 9445 col cd shows Czech soccer player
ENGLAND: DW 11865, 9715 Rampisham col cds show Brandenburger Tor and stylized map of Europe
ENGLAND: RTI 6045 Rampisham col cd shows Taiwan Aborigines
FRANCE: Polish Radio via Issoudin 7345 col cd shops scene in Warsaw
FRANCE: RN 9690 Issoudin col cd of Windmill on River Gaasp
GERMANY: Bible Voice Broadcasting 6130, 6015, 9470, 6110 Wertachtal col cds show world map
GERMANY: NHK 9825 Nauen col cd shows Fisherman
GERMANY: Pan American Broadcasting 9515 Wertachtal col PDF document shows transmitter towers Emailed from Media Broadcast transmission provider
GERMANY: Voice of Russia 6145 Wertachtal col PDF document Emailed shows transmitter towers from Media Broadcast transmission provider
GERMANY: Polish Radio Wertachtal 6175 col cd shows Town Hall at Night, 5975, 6135, col cd shows Cathedral at Night, 7135 old cd shows views of Warsaw, 6050 col cd shows city buildings, 5850 col cd shows Krakow
GERMANY: WYFR 5970, 9635, 6115 Nauen col cds of 30th anniversary
GERMANY: WYFR 9620 9610 Wertachtal col cd 30th anniversary
MARIANAS IS: RFA Tinian 9865, 9850 col cds for RFA 12 anniversary, shows children’s’ painting
MOLDOVA: 6040 RN Kishinev col cd of Canal in Dremen
PHILIPPINES: R. Pilipinas 9395 Tinang plain card shows colored logo
ROMANIA: RRI 9655, 7215, 7130, 9525 col cds show Flowers in Botanical Gardens
RUSSIA: DW 5945 Krasnodar col cd shows DW 1953-2003 50th anniversary
RUSSIA: RFA 15535, Vladivostok 15635 Irkutsk col cds for RFA 12th anniversary, shows childrens’ painting
RUSSIA: WYFR 7440 Moscow, 6320 Samara col cds 30th anniversary
RUSSIA: Vatican Radio 12035 Irkutsk col cd shows rotating antenna
RWANDA: DW 6150 Kigali col cd shows Schweriner Dom
SOUTH AFRICA: 9735 Channel Africa Meyerton letter from Santech Broadcast Planning
SOUTH AFRICA: DW Meyerton 9825, letter from Sentech Broadcast Planning
SOUTH KOREA: KBS World 9805 Kimjae col cd show weightlifter
TAJIKISTAN: RFA 17510 Dushanbe col cd for RFA 12th anniversary, shows childrens’ painting
TAJISTAN: R. Prague Dushanbe 5870 col cd of Czech soccer player
THAILAND: VOA 9670 Udorn col cd shows Delano facilities
UAE: WYFR 9485 Dhabbaya col cd 30th anniversary
UKRAINE: R. Kiev International 7420 col cd shows country scene
USA: VOA 9575 Greenville col cd shows transmission towers
VATICAN: VR Santa Maria di Galeria 5910 col cd shows rotating antennas
ZAMBIA: Christian Voice 9430 Lusaka col cd shows station emblem
STATISTICS
Total SW QSLs received: 8296 (no duplicate frequencies, no utility stations, no time signal stations, no pirate stations)
Total SW Stations QSLd: 1033
Total Current Radio Countries QSLd: 229
Total Deleted Radio Countries QSLd: 24
Total SW reception reports sent out (since 1954): 10,842
Total response rate: 77%
Note: Achievements and statistics based on Standards developed by the former Australian DXing Federation.
Did someone say that SW broadcasters no longer issue QSLs?!!!
Regards from Melbourne!
Bob Padula
They include QSLs from 14 stations for transmitter sites not previously verified, bringing my “Station Tally” to 1033.
ALBANIA: CRI 11710 9435 Cerrick, col cds of National Indoor Stadium
ALBANIA: R. Tirana 7460, 6005, 6010, 9345 col cds of dancer in national costume
BELARUS: R. Minsk 7390 col cd shows National Academy of Sciences, 7135 cold cd shows views in Minsk
BULGARIA: R. Sofia 5900, 9800 col cds show Bulgarian Monasteries
CHINA: CRI, 15110 Kashi col cd Olympic Sports Centre Stadium; 5985 Beijing 7295 Urumqi col cds of National Stadium, 6135 Beijing 9600 Urumqi col cd shows Worker’s Indoor Arena
CZECH REP: R. Prague 9700 9730 col cds show former Czech gymnast, 9445 col cd shows Czech soccer player
ENGLAND: DW 11865, 9715 Rampisham col cds show Brandenburger Tor and stylized map of Europe
ENGLAND: RTI 6045 Rampisham col cd shows Taiwan Aborigines
FRANCE: Polish Radio via Issoudin 7345 col cd shops scene in Warsaw
FRANCE: RN 9690 Issoudin col cd of Windmill on River Gaasp
GERMANY: Bible Voice Broadcasting 6130, 6015, 9470, 6110 Wertachtal col cds show world map
GERMANY: NHK 9825 Nauen col cd shows Fisherman
GERMANY: Pan American Broadcasting 9515 Wertachtal col PDF document shows transmitter towers Emailed from Media Broadcast transmission provider
GERMANY: Voice of Russia 6145 Wertachtal col PDF document Emailed shows transmitter towers from Media Broadcast transmission provider
GERMANY: Polish Radio Wertachtal 6175 col cd shows Town Hall at Night, 5975, 6135, col cd shows Cathedral at Night, 7135 old cd shows views of Warsaw, 6050 col cd shows city buildings, 5850 col cd shows Krakow
GERMANY: WYFR 5970, 9635, 6115 Nauen col cds of 30th anniversary
GERMANY: WYFR 9620 9610 Wertachtal col cd 30th anniversary
MARIANAS IS: RFA Tinian 9865, 9850 col cds for RFA 12 anniversary, shows children’s’ painting
MOLDOVA: 6040 RN Kishinev col cd of Canal in Dremen
PHILIPPINES: R. Pilipinas 9395 Tinang plain card shows colored logo
ROMANIA: RRI 9655, 7215, 7130, 9525 col cds show Flowers in Botanical Gardens
RUSSIA: DW 5945 Krasnodar col cd shows DW 1953-2003 50th anniversary
RUSSIA: RFA 15535, Vladivostok 15635 Irkutsk col cds for RFA 12th anniversary, shows childrens’ painting
RUSSIA: WYFR 7440 Moscow, 6320 Samara col cds 30th anniversary
RUSSIA: Vatican Radio 12035 Irkutsk col cd shows rotating antenna
RWANDA: DW 6150 Kigali col cd shows Schweriner Dom
SOUTH AFRICA: 9735 Channel Africa Meyerton letter from Santech Broadcast Planning
SOUTH AFRICA: DW Meyerton 9825, letter from Sentech Broadcast Planning
SOUTH KOREA: KBS World 9805 Kimjae col cd show weightlifter
TAJIKISTAN: RFA 17510 Dushanbe col cd for RFA 12th anniversary, shows childrens’ painting
TAJISTAN: R. Prague Dushanbe 5870 col cd of Czech soccer player
THAILAND: VOA 9670 Udorn col cd shows Delano facilities
UAE: WYFR 9485 Dhabbaya col cd 30th anniversary
UKRAINE: R. Kiev International 7420 col cd shows country scene
USA: VOA 9575 Greenville col cd shows transmission towers
VATICAN: VR Santa Maria di Galeria 5910 col cd shows rotating antennas
ZAMBIA: Christian Voice 9430 Lusaka col cd shows station emblem
STATISTICS
Total SW QSLs received: 8296 (no duplicate frequencies, no utility stations, no time signal stations, no pirate stations)
Total SW Stations QSLd: 1033
Total Current Radio Countries QSLd: 229
Total Deleted Radio Countries QSLd: 24
Total SW reception reports sent out (since 1954): 10,842
Total response rate: 77%
Note: Achievements and statistics based on Standards developed by the former Australian DXing Federation.
Did someone say that SW broadcasters no longer issue QSLs?!!!
Regards from Melbourne!
Bob Padula
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
45 YEARS OF PRODUCING "DX" BROADCASTS!
March 2009 represents my completion of 45 years of continuous involvement with writing, hosting, and broadcasting "DX" programs over domestic and international stations. So it now seems that I am in my 46th year of doing this sort of work!
So, here is my little story which may be of interest to all readers...!
My first involvement was in March 1964, when I started writing and taping the weekly 15 minute DX program, known as "The World at Your Fingertips", heard over two Victorian medium-wave stations - 3UL in Warragul, and 3SR in Shepparton. This was under the sponsorship of the Victorian Branch of the New Zealand DX Radio Association, of which I was a member. Sadly, the NZDXRA closed down in 2007.
In those days, there was no Australian national radio monitoring organisation - there had been such a club in the late 1930s, but it ceased in 1946. WAYF had in fact been on the air for a year or so previously, broadcast only over 3SR Shepparton, by Bruce Eastwood. On Bruce's retirement from the field, he invited me to take over, which I did, and I expanded its coverage by syndicating it over 3UL Warragul. In 1965, 3SR discontinued this, and other programming, due to a major change of focus, leaving us only with 3UL, which ran the show on Saturday mornings with a rather limited listenership. In 1966, I moved the show to 3NE Wangaratta, for a Sunday night release, which hosted our program continuously until 1976, when it was decided jointly that the program was no longer serving any useful purpose, either for the station or the hobby, and it was terminated.
From 1967 until 1976, the programs were written and remotely taped on alternate weeks by my South Australian colleague, the late Robert Chester, and myself.
My work in international radio DX programs began in 1965, when I commenced script writing for the weekly "Australian DXers Calling" over Radio Australia. The program first went on the air on July 9, 1946, and was written and presented by Graham Hutchins, Melbourne, who had been involved with the management of a local DX Club. I had been a keen and avid listener to the program since around 1953 as schoolboy, and I used to copy the details of the programs into a log-book.
That log-book is sitting in front of me as I write this, some 53 years later, and the program of February 13, 1955 reported that Radio France Asie, in Saigon, was on the air on 15430 0800-0815 and on 9775 at 1400 to Europe. The program also reported that RRI had installed a new 20 kW transmitter on 9550 (still there at Makassar!), and that Radio Australia would be carrying live commentary of the 5th Cricket Test between visiting England and Australia. Target areas were announced as including the West Indies, Africa, Korea, Japan, and the British Isles. As it turned out, I actually went to one day of that famous Test, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground!
The untimely passing of Graham in 1965 now required RA personnel to personally prepare and read the weekly scripts. I had been a regular contributor to the program since 1963, and I was surprised when RA invited me to assume script writing responsibility in 1965. I continued to write the scripts each week until 1982, which were read by senior RA announcers. I was not permitted to include any information about stations in Communist-bloc countries, such as Radio Peking, Radio Moscow, Radio Tirana, etc! I was also instructed to give as much information as possible about the Voice of Free China broadcasts. Those directions emanated from sources extremely high up in the Australian Government. I complied!!!
In 1972, I was appointed the script manager, where I introduced and trained other Australian DX hobbyists to these duties, with all of us sharing the roster coordination and writing tasks. The shared arrangements continued until 1976, when the program was discontinued as part of a major and extraordinary change in RA policy.
However, RA's Japanese department had also been using the scripts for many years, translating them into its weekly "DX Time" programs, and we continued to prepare the scripts for the Japanese service until it itself was closed down in 1989.
Estimates as to the number of regular listeners to "DX Time" were put at many millions. That was in the days of the 1970s following the CB "boom", when enormous numbers of Japanese schoolchildren were attracted to shortwave listening, coining the term "BCL" (ie, "broadcast listener"), fuelled by the burgeoning Japanese electronics' manufacturing industry. This massive exposure of millions of Japanese children to the hobby was reflected in the vast numbers of QSL reports received by Radio Australia's Japanese section, the majority of which were for reception of "DX Time"! It was an enormous flood, which was beyond the capability of RA to manage. I helped RA to process those reports, most of which were "gimme QSL" requests - there were mountains of mail in big boxes!
Several of the "DX Time" writing team of the 1970's and 1980's are currently members of the Electronic DX Press Radio Monitoring Association, including Craig Tyson and Mick Ogrizek.
RA's Indonesian service also took the scripts for its own DX program until 1989, but there is no longer any Indonesian DX program.
Following representations from listeners, in 1982 RA decided to reintroduce a "communications" program in the English service, calling it "Spectrum", which ran until September 1983. This was hosted by the late Dick Speekman, formerly of Radio Netherland's "DX Juke Box" (which had also been closed down!) I assisted Dick with weekly SW and DX notes, as well as being an interviewee, until that program was subsequently terminated in September 1983!
One month later, it reappeared under the new name of "Talkback", prepared by RA staffers and Dick was no longer involved. Each week, until June 1985, I wrote the shortwave news, and visited RA's studios in the new East Burwood (Melbourne) complex to tape the shows. This was a new experience for me - everything had to be precisely scripted - no colloquial expressions - no departure from the written scripts - and no jokes. I was given full access to the complex, and had to book a studio and operator in advance. There were also strict rules for annunciation, pronunciation, and "speaking style" to ensure that the Australian accent didn't seem too prominent!
These studio facilities at the time were an eye-opener, state-of-the-art, with everything on large tape spools, running at 1 7/8 inches/sec. Everything broadcast had to be backed-up and archived for several weeks. It helps the soul to know that what you are taping will be going out to the entire world in a few hours time!
The East Burwood complex was closed down some years ago when ABC's operations were centralised in the Melbourne central business district "Southbank" building. The East Burwood buildings remain, and have been converted into residential units. The surrounding land has been re-developed and is now closely packed with houses.
"Talkback" came to an abrupt end in June 1985 and the popular DX news was never replaced.
I had, and continue, to be involved with DX-type program production over other international broadcasters. This has included "Pacific DX Report" over the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (1979-1981), "South Pacific DX Report" over HCJB (1979-1986), "DX Newsline" over Trans World Radio Guam (1982-1992), and "DX News" over Adventist World Radio Guam (1994 onwards). Since 1995, I have been doing the monthly "Australian DX Report" scripts over HCJB and WHRI, and since 1999 over Adventist World Radio Asia. Since May 2006, I’ve been producing the weekly “Australian DX Report” over WWCR, Nashville, Tennessee, with 142 episodes having been produced.
In 1997 I launched the EDXP Internet Radio Service, where my weekly "Australian DX Reports" (with music!) may be downloaded free of charge by anyone, anywhere!
So, to answer your question as to "how long have I been working with DX programs? "... continuously since March 1964, which seems to be about 45 years!
All of the work is done on a voluntary, spare-time basis, and I have lost count of the number of hours dedicated to the tasks over all those years. Unlike some people I neither seek payment, nor insist on recognition for all of this - I do it because I enjoy it, with a desire to help others. As a matter of fact, the Australian Government must have seen something in what I was doing, as it awarded me the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1981, "for services to the community in shortwave radio", with the approval of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Award is unique, and no similar distinction has ever been made within the Australian Honours List.
So, there you are...
Regards!
Bob Padula, Melbourne, Australia March 2009
So, here is my little story which may be of interest to all readers...!
My first involvement was in March 1964, when I started writing and taping the weekly 15 minute DX program, known as "The World at Your Fingertips", heard over two Victorian medium-wave stations - 3UL in Warragul, and 3SR in Shepparton. This was under the sponsorship of the Victorian Branch of the New Zealand DX Radio Association, of which I was a member. Sadly, the NZDXRA closed down in 2007.
In those days, there was no Australian national radio monitoring organisation - there had been such a club in the late 1930s, but it ceased in 1946. WAYF had in fact been on the air for a year or so previously, broadcast only over 3SR Shepparton, by Bruce Eastwood. On Bruce's retirement from the field, he invited me to take over, which I did, and I expanded its coverage by syndicating it over 3UL Warragul. In 1965, 3SR discontinued this, and other programming, due to a major change of focus, leaving us only with 3UL, which ran the show on Saturday mornings with a rather limited listenership. In 1966, I moved the show to 3NE Wangaratta, for a Sunday night release, which hosted our program continuously until 1976, when it was decided jointly that the program was no longer serving any useful purpose, either for the station or the hobby, and it was terminated.
From 1967 until 1976, the programs were written and remotely taped on alternate weeks by my South Australian colleague, the late Robert Chester, and myself.
My work in international radio DX programs began in 1965, when I commenced script writing for the weekly "Australian DXers Calling" over Radio Australia. The program first went on the air on July 9, 1946, and was written and presented by Graham Hutchins, Melbourne, who had been involved with the management of a local DX Club. I had been a keen and avid listener to the program since around 1953 as schoolboy, and I used to copy the details of the programs into a log-book.
That log-book is sitting in front of me as I write this, some 53 years later, and the program of February 13, 1955 reported that Radio France Asie, in Saigon, was on the air on 15430 0800-0815 and on 9775 at 1400 to Europe. The program also reported that RRI had installed a new 20 kW transmitter on 9550 (still there at Makassar!), and that Radio Australia would be carrying live commentary of the 5th Cricket Test between visiting England and Australia. Target areas were announced as including the West Indies, Africa, Korea, Japan, and the British Isles. As it turned out, I actually went to one day of that famous Test, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground!
The untimely passing of Graham in 1965 now required RA personnel to personally prepare and read the weekly scripts. I had been a regular contributor to the program since 1963, and I was surprised when RA invited me to assume script writing responsibility in 1965. I continued to write the scripts each week until 1982, which were read by senior RA announcers. I was not permitted to include any information about stations in Communist-bloc countries, such as Radio Peking, Radio Moscow, Radio Tirana, etc! I was also instructed to give as much information as possible about the Voice of Free China broadcasts. Those directions emanated from sources extremely high up in the Australian Government. I complied!!!
In 1972, I was appointed the script manager, where I introduced and trained other Australian DX hobbyists to these duties, with all of us sharing the roster coordination and writing tasks. The shared arrangements continued until 1976, when the program was discontinued as part of a major and extraordinary change in RA policy.
However, RA's Japanese department had also been using the scripts for many years, translating them into its weekly "DX Time" programs, and we continued to prepare the scripts for the Japanese service until it itself was closed down in 1989.
Estimates as to the number of regular listeners to "DX Time" were put at many millions. That was in the days of the 1970s following the CB "boom", when enormous numbers of Japanese schoolchildren were attracted to shortwave listening, coining the term "BCL" (ie, "broadcast listener"), fuelled by the burgeoning Japanese electronics' manufacturing industry. This massive exposure of millions of Japanese children to the hobby was reflected in the vast numbers of QSL reports received by Radio Australia's Japanese section, the majority of which were for reception of "DX Time"! It was an enormous flood, which was beyond the capability of RA to manage. I helped RA to process those reports, most of which were "gimme QSL" requests - there were mountains of mail in big boxes!
Several of the "DX Time" writing team of the 1970's and 1980's are currently members of the Electronic DX Press Radio Monitoring Association, including Craig Tyson and Mick Ogrizek.
RA's Indonesian service also took the scripts for its own DX program until 1989, but there is no longer any Indonesian DX program.
Following representations from listeners, in 1982 RA decided to reintroduce a "communications" program in the English service, calling it "Spectrum", which ran until September 1983. This was hosted by the late Dick Speekman, formerly of Radio Netherland's "DX Juke Box" (which had also been closed down!) I assisted Dick with weekly SW and DX notes, as well as being an interviewee, until that program was subsequently terminated in September 1983!
One month later, it reappeared under the new name of "Talkback", prepared by RA staffers and Dick was no longer involved. Each week, until June 1985, I wrote the shortwave news, and visited RA's studios in the new East Burwood (Melbourne) complex to tape the shows. This was a new experience for me - everything had to be precisely scripted - no colloquial expressions - no departure from the written scripts - and no jokes. I was given full access to the complex, and had to book a studio and operator in advance. There were also strict rules for annunciation, pronunciation, and "speaking style" to ensure that the Australian accent didn't seem too prominent!
These studio facilities at the time were an eye-opener, state-of-the-art, with everything on large tape spools, running at 1 7/8 inches/sec. Everything broadcast had to be backed-up and archived for several weeks. It helps the soul to know that what you are taping will be going out to the entire world in a few hours time!
The East Burwood complex was closed down some years ago when ABC's operations were centralised in the Melbourne central business district "Southbank" building. The East Burwood buildings remain, and have been converted into residential units. The surrounding land has been re-developed and is now closely packed with houses.
"Talkback" came to an abrupt end in June 1985 and the popular DX news was never replaced.
I had, and continue, to be involved with DX-type program production over other international broadcasters. This has included "Pacific DX Report" over the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (1979-1981), "South Pacific DX Report" over HCJB (1979-1986), "DX Newsline" over Trans World Radio Guam (1982-1992), and "DX News" over Adventist World Radio Guam (1994 onwards). Since 1995, I have been doing the monthly "Australian DX Report" scripts over HCJB and WHRI, and since 1999 over Adventist World Radio Asia. Since May 2006, I’ve been producing the weekly “Australian DX Report” over WWCR, Nashville, Tennessee, with 142 episodes having been produced.
In 1997 I launched the EDXP Internet Radio Service, where my weekly "Australian DX Reports" (with music!) may be downloaded free of charge by anyone, anywhere!
So, to answer your question as to "how long have I been working with DX programs? "... continuously since March 1964, which seems to be about 45 years!
All of the work is done on a voluntary, spare-time basis, and I have lost count of the number of hours dedicated to the tasks over all those years. Unlike some people I neither seek payment, nor insist on recognition for all of this - I do it because I enjoy it, with a desire to help others. As a matter of fact, the Australian Government must have seen something in what I was doing, as it awarded me the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1981, "for services to the community in shortwave radio", with the approval of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Award is unique, and no similar distinction has ever been made within the Australian Honours List.
So, there you are...
Regards!
Bob Padula, Melbourne, Australia March 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Monitoring from the Sherbooke Forest
On March 14 2009 I was in the Sherbrooke Forest, Dandenong Ranges National Park, about 35 km east of the Melbourne CBD.
This Park has now been reopened after the terrible bushfires - all fires across Victoria have now been contained, due to heavy rain in the past two days.
Propagation on 9 MHz in the period 0430 to 0500 at Sherbrooke was excellent, and this is a summary of longpath signals from Africa and the Middle East, using the Eton E5 and a 3 m antenna in a fern tree.
9410 CYPRUS BBC
9675 S. ARABIA BSKSA Arabic
9700 TURKEY VOT *0458 Turkish
9704 ETHIOPIA Amharic
9745 S. AFRICa Channel Af French
9755 RWANDA DW Kigali Arabic
9780 YEMEN R. Sanaa Arabic
9820 IRAN VOIRI Hebrew
9865 IRAN VOIRI Azeri
9875 IRAN VOIRI Dari
9885 MADAGASCAR VOA Talata
9895 IRAN VOIRI Arabic
The 6 and 7 MHz bands were not propagating very well in this time period!
Some photos from where I went!
This Park has now been reopened after the terrible bushfires - all fires across Victoria have now been contained, due to heavy rain in the past two days.
Propagation on 9 MHz in the period 0430 to 0500 at Sherbrooke was excellent, and this is a summary of longpath signals from Africa and the Middle East, using the Eton E5 and a 3 m antenna in a fern tree.
9410 CYPRUS BBC
9675 S. ARABIA BSKSA Arabic
9700 TURKEY VOT *0458 Turkish
9704 ETHIOPIA Amharic
9745 S. AFRICa Channel Af French
9755 RWANDA DW Kigali Arabic
9780 YEMEN R. Sanaa Arabic
9820 IRAN VOIRI Hebrew
9865 IRAN VOIRI Azeri
9875 IRAN VOIRI Dari
9885 MADAGASCAR VOA Talata
9895 IRAN VOIRI Arabic
The 6 and 7 MHz bands were not propagating very well in this time period!
Some photos from where I went!
Monitoring Notes 5750-5985 spectrum
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
Comments and feedback from readers of this Weblog would be appreciated!
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
Comments and feedback from readers of this Weblog would be appreciated!
Friday, March 6, 2009
AUSTRALIAN SHORTWAVE GUIDE (ASWG) EDITION 23 — A09 SEASON
AUSTRALIAN SHORTWAVE GUIDE (ASWG) EDITION 23 — A09 SEASON
* Available mid-April 2009
* A4 commercially printed format
* Produced in conjunction with the Australian Electronic DX Press Radio Monitoring Association
* Postal mailed
* Author: Bob Padula
The ASWG Edition 23 is a no-frills reference, covering the seven–month international shortwave transmission period commencing March 29 2009, and concluding on October 26 2009, known as the “A09 International Transmission Season”.
With several hundred entries, it provides comprehensive information of shortwave broadcasting schedules for transmissions intended for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, for broadcasts in all languages. The complete schedules for Radio Australia and CVC-Australia are also included.
The data is arranged in two sections, by studio country and starting time.Each entry shows broadcasting organization, frequency, starting time,finishing time, language, target area, transmitter site, transmitter country, studio country, and days of operation.
The ASWG is compiled from an extensive worldwide network of broadcasters, frequency planners, engineering consultants, professional monitors, and members of the Electronic DX Press Radio Monitoring Association.
Information is also included from the detailed research by the author, himself a communications engineer and journalist, with over 47 years experience at both the professional and hobby level.
The ASWG has been around for 27 years, and was first published in 1982 as a supplement to an early Australian commercial electronics magazine. When that magazine ceased operations in 1992, ASWG became an independent self-funded project and is now published twice a year.
Proceeds from sales assist with costs of research, marketing, printing,packaging and mailing.
ORDERING FROM AUSTRALIA
$10 - cash, personal cheque, bank cheque, Australian Money Order, financial institution cheque, mint Australian stamps, PayPal - see below.
Payment may also be made via direct transfer to the following Bank Account
ROBERT JOHN PADULA
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA
RICHMOND, VICTORIA
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 06 3441 10008133
(Note: If paying via direct credit to the CBA, it is imperative that you flag your payment as "ASWG23” and advise me with your name and address details, at bobpadula@mydesk.net.au
ORDERING FROM OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA
US$10 / 10 Euro / 6 British Pounds / A$10 - cash, five international reply coupons, Australian mint stamps to the value of A$10, international bank transfer, international bank draft, PayPal – see below.
Cash payment in any other currency is acceptable, to the equivalent ofAUS$10.
ALL CHEQUES MUST BE IN AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS, AND DRAWN ON AUSTRALIAN BANKS
WHERE TO SEND YOUR PAYMENT
Orders and payments should be sent to:
ROBERT J. PADULA, 404 Mont Albert Road, Mont Albert,Victoria 3127, AUSTRALIA
PAYPAL ORDERS
Please use this E-mail address when ordering through PayPal,
bobpadula@mydesk.net.au
and advise your name and address details so I know to whom and where your copy should be sent! On-line ordering via PayPal is very quick and easy, and there is a direct PayPal Link at the home page of the EDXP
http://edxp.org
NOTE TO NEW ZEALAND LISTENERS
The ASWG may be ordered in New Zealand from Burnet Pollard Books, PO Box 5589, Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand. Please telephone 03 3544997, or E-mail to radiobooks@xtra.co.nz, to check on availability and pricing.
Best regards from Melbourne, Australia!
Bob Padula
* Available mid-April 2009
* A4 commercially printed format
* Produced in conjunction with the Australian Electronic DX Press Radio Monitoring Association
* Postal mailed
* Author: Bob Padula
The ASWG Edition 23 is a no-frills reference, covering the seven–month international shortwave transmission period commencing March 29 2009, and concluding on October 26 2009, known as the “A09 International Transmission Season”.
With several hundred entries, it provides comprehensive information of shortwave broadcasting schedules for transmissions intended for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, for broadcasts in all languages. The complete schedules for Radio Australia and CVC-Australia are also included.
The data is arranged in two sections, by studio country and starting time.Each entry shows broadcasting organization, frequency, starting time,finishing time, language, target area, transmitter site, transmitter country, studio country, and days of operation.
The ASWG is compiled from an extensive worldwide network of broadcasters, frequency planners, engineering consultants, professional monitors, and members of the Electronic DX Press Radio Monitoring Association.
Information is also included from the detailed research by the author, himself a communications engineer and journalist, with over 47 years experience at both the professional and hobby level.
The ASWG has been around for 27 years, and was first published in 1982 as a supplement to an early Australian commercial electronics magazine. When that magazine ceased operations in 1992, ASWG became an independent self-funded project and is now published twice a year.
Proceeds from sales assist with costs of research, marketing, printing,packaging and mailing.
ORDERING FROM AUSTRALIA
$10 - cash, personal cheque, bank cheque, Australian Money Order, financial institution cheque, mint Australian stamps, PayPal - see below.
Payment may also be made via direct transfer to the following Bank Account
ROBERT JOHN PADULA
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA
RICHMOND, VICTORIA
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 06 3441 10008133
(Note: If paying via direct credit to the CBA, it is imperative that you flag your payment as "ASWG23” and advise me with your name and address details, at bobpadula@mydesk.net.au
ORDERING FROM OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA
US$10 / 10 Euro / 6 British Pounds / A$10 - cash, five international reply coupons, Australian mint stamps to the value of A$10, international bank transfer, international bank draft, PayPal – see below.
Cash payment in any other currency is acceptable, to the equivalent ofAUS$10.
ALL CHEQUES MUST BE IN AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS, AND DRAWN ON AUSTRALIAN BANKS
WHERE TO SEND YOUR PAYMENT
Orders and payments should be sent to:
ROBERT J. PADULA, 404 Mont Albert Road, Mont Albert,Victoria 3127, AUSTRALIA
PAYPAL ORDERS
Please use this E-mail address when ordering through PayPal,
bobpadula@mydesk.net.au
and advise your name and address details so I know to whom and where your copy should be sent! On-line ordering via PayPal is very quick and easy, and there is a direct PayPal Link at the home page of the EDXP
http://edxp.org
NOTE TO NEW ZEALAND LISTENERS
The ASWG may be ordered in New Zealand from Burnet Pollard Books, PO Box 5589, Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand. Please telephone 03 3544997, or E-mail to radiobooks@xtra.co.nz, to check on availability and pricing.
Best regards from Melbourne, Australia!
Bob Padula
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