My Shortwave Logs and Trip Reports: June 2007

Friday 29 June 2007

Frequencies 29-June-2007

Freq   From    To    SINPO  Country  Station
(kHz) (UTC)   (UTC)
6020   1110    1114  55555  Australia     R.Australia.
6080   1116    1119  44143  Singapore     R. Singapore.
6195   1119    1121  54444  UK            BBC.

Friday 22 June 2007

Frequencies 22-June-2007

Freq   From    To    SINPO  Country  Station
(kHz) (UTC)   (UTC)
21790  0705    0710  24422  Russia      VOR.
17495  0710    0712  24433  Russia      VOR.
17635  0712    0714  44434  Russia      VOR.
17710  0714    0718  45544  China       CRI.
17750  0718    0720  24433  Australia   R. Australia.
15360  0725          55444  UK          BBC.

Thursday 21 June 2007

Frequencies 21-June-2007

Freq   From    To    SINPO  Country  Station
(kHz) (UTC)   (UTC)
11530  0745    0750  24232  USA        Family Radio - Arabic
11565  0750    0805  55545  USA        WHR - Hawaii
11620  0808    0810  24222  China      CRI.
11700  0815    0910  45444  Russia     Radio SvoBoda. ?? - Russian
11710  0912    0915  24333  Japan      R. Japan.  NHK - Jap - via Shelton UK
11730  0915    0916  21222  Japan      R. Japan.  NHK - English
11740  0916    0917  54545  Japan      R. Japan.  NHK - Jap
11795  0925    0930  42233  Turkey     R. Turkey. - Persian
11955  0940    0945  32233  Australia  CVC - Darwin
12085  0948    1005  43434  ?          V. Mongolia. Chinese / Eng from 1000 - 1030
9965   1005    1020  34233  Palau      KHBN - Koror
9740   1020    1115  55545  UK         BBC.

Tuesday 19 June 2007

Frequencies 19-June-2007

Freq   From    To   SINPO  Country  Station
(kHz) (UTC)   (UTC)
6110  0703    0740  34433  Chile        CVC-LA  VOZ, Santiago.
6150  0740    0800  34434  USA          University Network - Costa Rica "ALT LINK"
6145  0749    0750  33333  Japan        R. Japan NHK.
6165  0801    0804  34333  Japan        R. Japan NHK - Russian.
6095  0903    0910  55555  New Zealand  RNZI.
6020  0910    0912  55555  Australia    R. Australia.
5995  0913    0914  54545  Australia    R. Australia.
5980  0915    0920  33133  USA          R. Marti. Delano, Californa
5960  0920    0921  32232  Chile        CVC-LA  VOZ, Santiago.
5935  0922    0930  44434  USA          WWCR. Nashville Tennessee
5920  0930    0945  44444  Rusia        R. Rossii.
5755  0949    0951  44244  USA          KAIJ, Texas
5025  1005    1010  43343  Cuba         R. Rebelde. Havana

Monday 18 June 2007

Frequencies 18-June-2007

Freq   From    To   SINPO  Country  Station
(kHz) (UTC)   (UTC)
9750  0710    0725  34433  Malaysia     VOM.
9710  0725    0735  55545  Australia    R. Australia.
9660  0738    0740  55435  Australia    R. Australia.
9625  0742    0755  55545  Netherlands  R. Netherlands via Bonaire
9570  0800    0810  34343  S. Korea     KBS. via Soul
9505  0810    0825  44334  USA          Family Radio. Spanish
9370  0825    0833  34423  USA          WTJC - Newport NC (Faded / Lost 0833??)
7335  0845    0847  31433  Canada CHU - World Time
7335  0845    0855  33333  USA          WHRI - Angel 1
7355  0856    0915  44434  USA          KNLS - Anchor Pt, Alaska. ENG - 0857 then RUS
7505  0915    0925  45544  USA          KTBN - Salt Lake City, UTAH
6195  0930    0940  44334  UK           BBC -

Sunday 17 June 2007

Frequencies 17-June-2007


Freq   From    To   SINPO  Country  Station        
(kHz) (UTC)   (UTC)
17655 0410    0425  45534  USA          World Harvest Radio - Angel 3
6155  0440    0525  35533  Austria      Oesterreichischer Rundfunk
6110  0525    0555  32333  Japan        NHK (English Broadcast)
6090  0605    0625  34423  USA          ?? Family Radio ?? Except off by 5 kHz DRM BLASTED 0620 for 2 min
6080  0625    0635  33323  Africa       VOA via "Sao Tome and Principe"
6060  0638    0655  34333  Cuba         RHC - (News and Music)
5995  0830    0840  45544  Australia    R. Australia - (New Insurance Protection, micro dots)
5985  0855    0905  32333  USA          Family Radio -
5025  0905    1010  44435  Cuba         Radio REBELDE - Music and Mixed Programming
6890  1012    1015  42243  US           KNLS ( WCBC ) - Anchor Pt, Alaska
5905  1050    1105  45544  Netherlands  DW via Neth Antilles
5940  1107    1115  31122  Russia       R. Russia
5955  1115    1123  55444  China        CRI.
6000  1123    1125  33343  Cuba         RHC - (News and Music)
9900  1135    1140  55545  Netherlands  DW via Russia, Irkutsk
9740  1140    1210  54545  UK           BBC - Singapore

Description of my Radio Gear / Collection

ICOM R75 with DSP

This is a great radio, build in speaker lets it down, but piped through to my sound centre or headphones and sounds great for working those faint signals. Read some Reviews

Kenwood R1000

Another great radio, the sound from this radio is beautiful and warm, and can listen to weaker stations / ones suffering from fade very easy with out getting a headache. Read some Reviews

Yaesu FRG-7

A great little worker, but only for those stations that are in the clear from interfering side channels. Read some Reviews

Sangean ATS 505

It works, and is perfect for those camping trips were I am unable to hump my other radios. Read some Reviews

Degen DE1103

Wow, Wow, Wow !!! This little radio blows the Sangean ATS-505 out of the water, and I have even now not listened with the ICOM R75 or Kenwood R1000 since receiving and comparing the DE1103 against them. Yes the ICOM R75 is slightly more sensitive, however with the long wire antenna that came with the radio and the extremely low noise of the radios circuitry I was able to hear every single station that the ICOM received but just a maybe a S-Level lower. However the DE1103 handled fade and had a by far a better tone to listen to faint / fading stations.

I would highly recommend this radio to anyone, especially with the Sony AN-LP1 Active Loop Antenna, the radio is bless pulling in many stations at bed time with minimal fade which doesn't annoy the wife anymore :)

Read some Reviews.

Sony XR-5100 In Car Cassette / AM/FM/SW Radio

This radio is installed in my Pajero 4x4, and wherever I go I always have a shortwave. The only downside is that it is currently connected to the Pajeros electric antenna, its short and does ok for the strong SW stations while the car is not running. However to getting more out of this very capable radio, I attach some light weight stranded cable and run it out in any direction I can or want. I have a 5 meter version for quick hook-up while having a coffee or toilet break and a 40 meter version for longer stop overs / DXing on cold Canberra nights. With the extra length of cables attached to the car antenna (longer one needs to support on the 4x4 snorkel (raised air intake) to prevent the weight of the cable snapping the antenna of :(.

Sony CDX-GT260 / GT360 In Car CD / AM/FM/SW Radio

I originally had the Sony XR-5100 SW/AM/FM Car Radio. It worked great as long as I had the car engine stopped. A length of wire added to the car antenna was used to allow the radio to reach it full potential. A couple of CONS was that it was Tape Deck cd a CD Player and there was no AUX input.

Well the wifes radio finally died in her Suzuki ~2 months back, so we went to the local auto shop (Supercheap) and too my surprise there was the Sony CDX-GT260 SW/AM/FM radio. I thought Bugger me, looked at the price and had to look twice as it was priced AUD$136. It was a CD Player and it also had AUX input jack on the front. Turned to the wife and said, "DARLS" here a nice little radio for yer :) Well the price was perfect and I still did not beleive it till I got to the till and it rang up as AUD$136. JACKPOT!!

Installed it in her car and done a few tests with and without the ext. antenna wire and it WORKED fine. Ran in side and said the wife "I WANT ONE" she busted out laughing and we headed of to get one.

But to our shock it was the last one hence the sell out price. We finally tracked down once at another store but it was the GT360 can't remember now, and was $199, but the bloke at the store knew the other bloke and bingo said if I wanted it now he could give it to be for AUD $149. SOLD!!! Raced over and picked it up and installed it in to the Pajero. The only difference between the two models appears to be EQUALIZER modes I thinks apart from that they are identical :)

So from me and my Wifey, we can both say they and the (XR-5100) are great SW/AM and FM car radios. But remember to always keep a bit of hookup wire to get its full potential when stopped at the side of the road / camping.

SW1: 2940 - 7735 kHz

SW2: 9500 - 18135 kHz

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race - 2006

I love tuning in to the the yacht race each year starting on Boxing Day to catch the action. 2006 was a bit quiet nothing too dramatic as it all happened on the first night two maxi's retired with mast damage and the one bit of radio traffic that I wish I had captured onto tape / mp3 was the "Ray White Koomooloo" sinking incident. Now I'm slightly paraphrasing here but here goes.

JBW is the relay yacht and it as busy dealing with co-ordinating with the Police Launcher to get a injure crewman of one of the maxi's (MAXIMUS I think).

Then the yacht Koomooloo comes on frequency and asks how long would the Police Launcher take to get to them (most have missed the initial radio traffic from Koomooloo reporting initial troubles). Anyways JBW asks Koomooloo to standby for a sec and come back with info that the the Police Launcher would take about 2 hours or so.

This is what I remember and was freaky / funny. After the radio operator of Koomooloo received the info he must have went and discussed with the captain and comes back on frequency and calm as anything says "JBW, JBW, Koomooloo, hmmmm 2 hours is insufficient......... We are taking on water and will probably only last at most 1 more hour. We would like to declare MAYDAY, MAYDAY any vessel in vicinity of LAT / LONG".

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/a,DfIBuVj0mDNRDReOA9xJ9acOzxqpS6
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/p1dMBbRZSli,2q2Iw59sqzwHeWGPXWED
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/SNTggbhSS.9oFo.ozsX2RbmVyZs1EGo5
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/6OMu8RkRAdYmvZuR2DTLlxRjxOX7Kml1
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/hvQ3.TF0Ojhuuy.6dRHp55.VBYK3cgTY
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/99m6prQ0q6ciT80OBfKsyAUyBKjIDFx4

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Friday 29 June 2007

Frequencies 29-June-2007

Friday 22 June 2007

Frequencies 22-June-2007

Thursday 21 June 2007

Frequencies 21-June-2007

Tuesday 19 June 2007

Frequencies 19-June-2007

Monday 18 June 2007

Frequencies 18-June-2007

Sunday 17 June 2007

Frequencies 17-June-2007

Brisbane QTH 2007

Charlotte Pass August 2007

Listening Post Thredbo

Condamine Gorge - XMAS / NEW YEARS 2006

Cold Night - Mum, Dad and Robbie at Lake St Clair on our Tassie Trip 2007

New Years Eve 2005 - My Wife Tanya and I

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