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Friday, May 22, 2009

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!

Saturday, May 16, 2009

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

Monday, May 11, 2009

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

Sunday, May 10, 2009

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

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Excellent propagation in 49, 41, 31 and 25 mbs

As winter approaches, there is excellent propagation into Melbourne during various "spectrum windows", particularly during our daytime hours, from all continents.

Morning signals in the 49 mb are now audible well beyond 2300, over two hours past sunrise, shortpath from Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Brazilian signals are also observed in the 49, 31 and 25 mbs in the window 2000 to 2200.

Ths is a summary of important spectrum ccupancies noted on April 29, which include newly introduced frequencies for A09.

5945 IRAN VOIRI, *2230-2330* Malay
5980 RUSSIA V. of Russia, Moscow, *2300 Russian
5990 BRAZIL R. Senada 2000-2100
5990 SLOVAKIA IRRS, Rimavksa-Sobota, *0430-0530* English religious programming
6100 ROMANIA RRI, *2300 Spanish
7250 CHINA CRI, Urumqi, *2300 Spanish
7260 CHINA CRI, Kashi, *2330 Sinhala
7370 CHINA CRI, Urumqi, 2345 Mandarin
7390 CHINA CRI, 1005, Russian
7410 CHINA CNR8, 1015, Minority Language Network, Korean
7555 USA WEWN, 1030 Spanish
9620 TURKEY RCI via NEW RELAY (Emirler) to Asia, *0100 English
9635 BRAZIL R. Aparecida, 2000-2130
9710 CHINA CNR1, *2100
9745 CHINA V. of Han, 2115
9815 GERMANY VOA, Nauen, *2030 French
9820 CHINA Guangxi Foreign BS, Nanning, 2345, Vietnamese
9900 CHINA CNR1, 2105
11520 UISA WEWN, 0510 English
11530 USA WYFR, 0515, French
11580 USA WYFR, 0515
11780 BRAZIL R. Nacional, 2105-2200
11815 COSTA RICA REE, 2110





Monday, April 27, 2009

Monitoring notes of newly introduced A09 frequencies

Still no sunspots, so here are some monitoring notes of newly introduced
frequencies for A09.

April 25 - from my home town of Mont Albert, pre-sunrise period:

5950 UAE Zimbabwian Community Radio, Dhabbaya, English and African langs
*2000-2100*
5970 FRANCE RN, Issoudin, Dutch, *2100
6040 ENGLAND RN, Rampisham, Dutch, *2000
6010 BELARUS Belarussian Radio, Home Service, 2030
6065 ROMANIA RRI. French, *2000
6155 GERMANY Polish Radio, Wertachtal, Polish, *2100
7370 IRAN VOIRI, Russian. *1930
7395 MADAGASCAR R. Sweden, Talata, 2005
7490 UZBEKISTAN R. Free Chosun, Tashkent, Korean, 2030
7530 ARMENIA R. Free North Korea, Yerevan, Korean, 2015

April 26 - mid-afternoon, from the Olinda Forest, Dandenong Ranges National
Park, 40 km east of Melbourne CBD

6040 TURKEY VOT, Turkish, 0415
7300 BULGARIA R. Sofia, Russian, *0430
7350 ROMANIA RRI, Romanian, 0440
9555 BULGARIA R. Sofia, Russian, *0430
9565 BRAZIL R. Tupi, 0440
9735 F. GUYANA, VOR, Montsinery, English, 0445
11625 VATICAN VR, Arabic, 0435
11635 GERMANY Bible Voice Broadcasting, Wertachtal, Amharic, 0430
11730 INDIA AIR, Arabic *0430
11980 TURKEY VOT, Turkish 0415
13650 CYPRUS BBC, Arabic 0430

Regards from Melbourne!