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Wednesday 23 January 2008

Frequencies 23-January-2008



khz UTC SINPO Country Station
15100 0910 44443 PAK Radio Bulgaria - Over modulating / muffled - (Listen Here)
15185 0919 33333 IND AIR Delhi ?? - Carrier Signal No Broadcast ????
15210 0922 55555 CHN China Radio Int. - English News - (Listen Here)
15270 0925 22223 CHN China Radio Int. - English News - Interferrence by Possibly Taiwan on same freq.
15295 0927 55545 MLA Voice of Malaysia (Usual moderate Over driving / modulation)
15310 0930 24333 G BBC - via Thailand.
15360 0931 35444 AUS CVC International - News
15770 0934 45544 IND All India Radio
9550 9841 45544 RUS Voice of Russia - English Sign off 1000 UTC - (Listen Here)
9650 1003 35443 KRE Voice of Korea - Japanese - Slightly Muffled.
9680 1007 45533 INS Radio Rep. Indonesia 4 - English - (Listen Here).

Friday 18 January 2008

Monitoring 13590khz - CVC International ?



On the newsgroup today one of the members pointed out he could usually hear CVC
International English broadcast, and the presenters had "Australian" accents, but
later found that it was possibly a S. African Broadcast from Zambia targetting
W.Africa, and was wondering if that was the case then why would they broadcast in
English ?

Well anyway, thought I would see what I heard on the freq for the next 24 hrs or so
and report it:

18/01/2008 - 0935 UTC - Faint signal used USB mode - (Listen Here)
18/01/2008 - 1047 UTC - CRI - Loud and Clear until 1059 UTC when CRI on 13580khz
targeting Oceania region had S20+ swaps this frequency -
(Listen Here)
18/01/2008 - 1241 UTC - Nothing Heard

... Bloody Alaram, Bloody well slept in have, got to wait till tomorrow to check 1700-2100

18/01/2008 - 2110 UTC - Nothing Heard
18/01/2008 - 2308 UTC - Nothing Heard
19/01/2008 - 0103 UTC - Nothing Heard - Some splatter from CRI 13580 khz
19/01/2008 - 1825 UTC - Nothing Heard

HF (Short wave) Moon Bounce - 19th / 20th January 2008

HAARP will be conducting an HF moon bounce experiment on January 19th and 20th. Here is the ARRL bulletin: http://www.arrl.org/?artid=7958.

Article Excert:

On January 19, listen on 6.7925 MHz from 0500-0600 UTC, and on 7.4075 MHz from 0600-0700 UTC. On January 20, listen on 6.7925 MHz from 0630-0730 UTC and on 7.4075 MHz from 0730-0830 UTC (depending on frequency occupancy
at the time of operation, it may be necessary to adjust the frequency slightly).

Based on previous experiments, investigators believe it should be possible to hear the lunar echoes with a standard communications receiver and a simple 40 meter dipole antenna.


For my own benefit I've computed the equivalent AEDT (+11) from UTC:

19/01/2008 - 6.7925 MHz - 1600-1700 AEDT
19/01/2008 - 7.4075 MHz - 1700-1800 AEDT

20/01/2008 - 6.7925 MHz - 1730-1830 AEDT

20/01/2008 - 7.4075 MHz - 1830-1930 AEDT

I'm going to give it a go and see if I can hear anything with my bogged standard home setup. I'm also going to use USTREAM to stream and record what I may or may not hear :).

Stay Tuned !!

Saturday 19/01/2008 0630 UTC First Night Moon Bounce Test

19/01/2008 - 0500 - I can hear the tone on 6792.5 khz - (Listen Here) its ~ 2min 30 sec in
19/01/2008 - 0600 - I can hear the tone on 7407.5 khz - (Listen Here) its ~ 1min 35 sec in.
19/01/2008 - 0615 - Here another recording with the ICOM R75 - DSP Noise Reduction off - (Listen Here)
19/01/2008 - 0650 - Final 10 min of tone - (Listen Here)

Well there could be a bit of bad news, you see the moon hadn't actualy rose beyond Canberra Horizon, which means based on chatter in the news groups, that I probably would not have heard the echo, but was most likely hearing the Transmitter. I'm still waiting on a email confirmation from the Moon Bounce team.

Heres a true sample from a member from the USA, you can hear the Transmitter and then the echo - (Listen Here)

Heres also the Moon Bounce Report the team publish regarding the first attempt: http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/mbann.html. Australia gets a mention :) but no confirmation yet. They clearly explain the timing sequence with the transmitter burst for 2 seconds and listen for echo for 3 seconds and this cycle starts at the top of the hour and repeats for the whole hour. So if I make sure my computer clock is accurate I should be able to confirm if I can indeed hear the echo of if its just been the transmitters via skywave.

Stay Tuned for Tonights attempt.

Sunday 20/01/2008 0630 UTC Next Night Moon Bounce Test

Well will the Atomic Clock application running, along side with Audacity, Spectrum Laboratory's Spectrum Waterfall Analyser tools I was ready to catch this Moon Bounce ECHO.

But alas!!! It was not meant to be!!!!

Firstly was 6792.5 khz and based on the timing sequences, what I'm actually hearing is the Transmission Tone, faintly, and no sign of the echo.

I have two recordings:

1. The first is a screen video capture of the Atom Clock Software and the radios audio for audio to show the timings - (Listen Here)

2. is just an mp3 recording of similar period - (Listen Here)


Secondly the 7407.5 khz frequency had slightly louder tones, but still no detectable echo :( There was a couple of jokers also that played CW a few times :(

Like before two Recordings:

1. Video of Atomic Clock and Audio - (Listen Here)

2. Audio Only Mp3 - (Listen Here)

3 & 4: Screen Shots of Waterfall using Spectrum Lab.

Capt01 - http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=5g41h1xtkhi&thumb=4
Capt02 - http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=dz4jt0emgpl&thumb=4


Here is a screen capture of the Waterfall Spectrum for the last minute for Moon Bounce 2008:

Wednesday 16 January 2008

Frequencies 15-January-2008



khz UTC SINPO Country Station
5900 1128 55555 BUL Radio Bulgaria

Tuesday 15 January 2008

WEATHER SERVICE HAMBURG - RTTY

Came across "WEATHER SERVICE HAMBURG" 15/01/2008 1132 UTC on 10100.8 khz, USB, 50 baud and 450 shift. The frequency was very quiet there was no signal strength but the RTTY data was 90% copied.

After a little research I located the Hamburg RTTY Schedule which is a PDF detail the RTTY frequencies and broadcasts times.

Also the original site where I got the above link was here European Weather Forecasts.

Here a sample of what I copied:


WEATHER SERVICA HAMBURG
15.01.-008 6 UTC:

GENERAL SYNOPTIC SITUATIMN:
HIGH RUSSIA, RIDGE 1030 AN
TOLIA, IN THE WESTERN PARTH
WEAKENING, OTHERWIE NZARLY UNCHANGED9 FURTHER HIGH 1026
LIBYA,NEARLY UNCHANGED. LOW 1022 AEGEAN SEA WEAKENING
MOVING NORTHNBRTHEAST. GV CENTRE 983 SOUTHWEST OF
843)-,$, DEEPENING MOVINO NORTHEAST. LOW 1012 GOLFE DU
LION, MOVING EAST SLOWLZ. HI
1028 SOUTH OF THE AZORES
INTENSIFYING A LITTLE STATIONARY.

&DWD FORECAST OF TU, 15/01/2008 0 UTC:
WIND FORCE: BEAUFORT, WAVE HEIGHT: METRE

ADRIA-NORTH (44.'N 13.5E) SSTPC QQ C
TU 15. 12Z:8S 3 / 0.5 M //
TK 15. 18Z: SE 4 / 0.5 M //
WE 16. 00Z: =' 4-50 / 0.5 M RAIN //
WE 16# 06Z: S 4-5 / 0.5 M //
WE 16. 12Z: S 4-5 / 0.5 M //
&223 16. 18Z: SE 6 / 7 1 M RAI //
TH 17. 00Z: SE-S WYAU X I W M RAIN //

... Fair bit more weather information ...

CQ CQ CQ DE DDK2 DDH7 DDK9
FREQUENCIES 4583 KHZ 7646 KHZ 10100.8 KHZ
RYRYRYRSYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYGYRYRS



Now while on the topic of RTTY Maritime broadcasts, is it just me or is there now (for a while actually) a very small number of Maritime RTTY broadcasts ?. It such a shame :(

Broad Sprectrum Noise on 40m Band

G'day Guys,

While listening to the 40m Band (~13/01/2008 1025 UTC) trying to catch VA7MLW Canadian sailing solo round the world, the band was a total wash out with this spectrum noise. I have a recording of this BLOODY annoying spectrum noise, which I was sure is OVER THE HORIZON RADAR (OTHR) or something very similar.

Heres the video recording of me performing a Bandscan from 7100khz down to 6500 khz - http://ustream.tv/recorded/K86S2mXnhNYZzaOknbgAMg or an MP3 version here: http://www.mediafire.com/?5dcdndzhh1t

I put a call out to a couple of newsgroup forums and got confirmation that it was indeed an OTHR and is believed to emanate from China (Paracel Islands). I was also provided with a link to the follow website: Region 1 Intruder
Watch
. The website is full of interesting details of this and much other in-band nastiness.

If anyone else has encountered the same or similar BUZZ / spectrum noise share it with us, by leaving a comment with information on where/when you heard it and if you have a recordings of it send us the URL to the recording :)

While on the topic of OTHR's, I was given the following useful link which describes the Russian "Woodpecker" HF Radar. Also here is an interesting semi-technical description of OTHR systems. Although a fairly long read, it is nevertheless interesting and descriptive:http://pubs.drdc.gc.ca/PDFS/unc64/p527279.pdf

Regards
Mark

Sunday 13 January 2008

Frequencies 13-January-2008



khz UTC SINPO Country Station
17525 0451 45545 HWA KWHR World Harvest R.3
17530 0501 25442 USA Radio Free Afghanistan
17725 0511 35543 CHN China Radio Int.
17820 0515 35444 AUS CVC International
17855 0517 35544 CHN China Radio Int.
9410 0605 35544 G BBC (English - Targeting Africa via CYP)

Saturday 12 January 2008

CANADIAN HAM (VA7MLW) SAILING AROUND THE WORLD

For the past month at least I've been checking in on the 40meter sked via 7104khz / 7097khz between VA7MLW and VK and ZL stations.

Heres a recording 12/01/2008 1220 UTC - (Listen Here).

Here is a small article (one of many out on the internet)

CANADIAN HAM SAILING AROUND THE WORLD.

A Canadian radio amateur and sailor Glenn Wakefield, VA7MLW, is now south of
Australia as he continues his attempt to sail solo, non-stop around the world.
He has set out on his westerly circumnavigation trek from Victoria, British
Columbia and expects to take 10 months before returning to home port.

His 40-foot sloop called Kim Chow has had extensive modifications for the trip.
Glenn VA7MLW has reached Australia having rounded the southern tip of Tasmania
and at last report was in the Southern Ocean headed for the Falkland Islands.

He has been keeping regular skeds with Cliff ZL4AS, Richard ZL4QU and Ron ZL4RMF
AT 0930 UTC on the 40 meter band.

Glenn has an ICOM 802 SSB marine radio. After the skeds has been heard chatting
with VK radio amateurs and is hoping to engage in many QSOs with others before
ending his trip in July.

You can listen for VA7MLW on the usual 40 meter Maritime frequencies.

- Robert Broomhead, VK3KRB

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Frequencies 12-January-2008



khz UTC SINPO Country Station
17525 0345 25433 HWA KWHR World Harvest R.3
15195 0349 14332 J NHK Radio Japan
15260 0351 13332 IRN IRIB Teheran
15295 0352 34443 MLA Voice of Malaysia - (Listen Here)
15560 0404 24233 RUS Voice of Russia - (English)
15720 0406 24333 NZ RNZI
13690 0408 45544 AUS R. Australia
13740 0410 45534 IRN IRIB Teheran
7135 1116 55545 G BBC (Indonesian) via SNG
7255 1118 55545 THA Radio Thailand
7265 1119 54444 D Deutsche Welle

7280 1121 54334 CHN Voice of Strait (Same broadcast on 7305 China National Radio 1)
7305 1128 24343 CHN China National Radio 1
7325 1131 24233 PNG Wantok Radio Light (Lots of static dumps from near by storms).
7445 1133 25333 PAK Radio Pakistan -(Paying pop music "Betty Davies eyes").
7505 1136 25333 USA KTBN Salt Lake City, UT
7580 1140 35544 KRE Voice of Korea - (Japanese)
4895 1200 35433 IND AIR Kurseong - killed by 4900 1201UTC
4900 1201 44444 CHN Voice of Strait
4910 1203 23332 IND AIR Jaipur
4920 1204 22222 IND AIR Chennai
4920 1204 22223 IND CHN PBS Xizang
4925 1206 23332 INS RRI Jambi (Sumatera)
7105 2045 44434 G BBC (Russian)
7120 2051 14332 HOL Radio Nederland (English)
7140 2052 34333 G BBC - (Arabic) - (Listen Here)
7250 2101 45534 CVA Radio Vaticana (English) - (Listen Here)
7275 2109 34434 E Radio Exterior Espana - (Broadcast of Footy Match - Listen Here)
7295 2114 12331 MLA RTM Traxx FM ??? - Playing Pop Music.
7305 2125 14433 USA WYFR Family Radio - (French)
7375 2127 34433 USA Radio Farda - STID 2128UTC - Sign off 2130 UTC - (Listen Here)
7405 2133 24433 USA Voice of America (Targeting AFG, via KWT)
7425 2135 14433 USA Radio Liberty (Targeting EEu, via KWT)
7450 2136 14433 GRC ERT3 Makedonias
11935 2143 34433 D Deutsche Welle


Friday 11 January 2008

Frequencies 11-January-2008



khz UTC SINPO Country Station
12085 0840 34443 MNG Voice of Mongolia (Muffled) - (Listen Here)
9615 0854 12233 ALS KNLS Anchor Point - (Listen Here)
9570 0858 53444 KOR KBS World Radio - (Listen Here)
9550 0912 55544 RUS Voice of Russia - (Listen Here)
12035 2045 55545 E Radio Exterior Espana - (Listen Here)
11930 2050 15322 USA Radio Marti - (Targeting Cuba)
11915 2053 12222 ARS BSKSA Holy Quran - Servere HUM, non local noise
11880 2055 45434 AUS Radio Australia
11825 2057 12222 POR RdP Radio Portugal - (Listen Here), sound like a football match and a goal was scored.
Had to listen to it in USB as AM was just shockingly bad.
9775 2010 25534 POR RdP Radio Portugal - (Listen Here) - Thats a better copy :) Station ID 2116 UTC - (Listen Here).
9630 2125 25433 E Radio Exterior Espana
9585 2128 25544 USA Voice of America - Sign off 2130 UTC - (Listen Here) - Targeting Ukraine - Via Morocco
9555 2138 24533 ARS BSKSA 1
9420 2140 35534 GRC Voice of Greece - (Listen Here) - Female singer

Wednesday 9 January 2008

Sony CDX-GT260/GT360 In Action

G'day All,

After a couple people in the "rec.radio.shortwave" news group asked how the Sony CDX-GT260/360 performed, I've decided to post a couple of video of the Sony CDX GT260 AM/FM/SW car Radio which is installed in my wifes Suzuki.

Video1:

Quick scan of SW2 from 9500 khz to 17500 khz. I just used quick scan, and am sure there would have been a fair few more stations picked up if I had manually scanned. - its a 15mb video approx 3min 30sec.

http://www.mediafire.com/?0ljjgceexoz


Video2:

Shows what happens when the car starts / is running. Like I've said earlier a power supply filter / condenser may help fix this, but I haven't needed to worry about this. - its 5mb ~ 1min 30 sec

http://www.mediafire.com/?eg11gzp2g1x


Picture 1:

Shows the external AM/FM whip antenna. Looks very similar to a 27mhz cb antenna.

http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=9vdmz30njsm&thumb=4


Hope this helps

Mark

Frequencies 09-January-2008

Well I'm back Home in beautiful Canberra. So to to clarify all Radio Logs and Records made between 24th December 2007 and 07th January 2008 were made from Brisbane, Australia.

From now till my next holiday, all logs and records should be considered to have been made from Home QTH Canberra.


khz UTC SINPO Country Station
9820 0705 14232 TUR Voice of Turkey
9765 0709 42222 NZL RNZI. - (Listen Here) (Loud Carrier signal swamping RNZI, possibly TURKEY ??)
9740 0715 25433 EQA HCJB Voice of Andes - (German) - (Listen Here)
9700 0723 45544 TUR Voice of Turkey
9690 0724 25433 ROU Radio Romania Int. - (German) - Signed off 0726 - (Listen Here)
9625 0730 55545 HOL Radio Nederland
9595 0731 44544 USA Adventist World Radio - (Arabic) - (Station ID in many langauges)
9575 0733 24433 MRC Medi 1
9400 0735 45434 BUL Radio Bulgaria
5745 0925 35433 USA WYFR Family Radio (Spanish)
5835 0927 35433 USA WHRI World Harvest R.2 - (English)
5890 0928 45444 USA WWCR 4
5900 0930 55545 F Radio France Int. (Mandarin)
5920 0935 41242 USA WBOH Newport, NC - (AM - Bad Choppy / muffled) - (USB - 80% copy, still slightly muffied).
5935 0937 43443 USA WWCR 2 - (can hear Radio Rossii in background)
5950 0940 53544 USA WYFR Family Radio - (can hear VOR in background)
5980 0942 32233 USA Radio Marti
6890 0946 24443 USA WYFR Family Radio
7140 0949 34554 KRE Voice of Korea KCBS
7220 0952 54534 USA Radio Svoboda / Liberty - Russian - (Listen Here)

Monday 7 January 2008

Frequencies 07-January-2008



khz UTC SINPO Country Station
11785 0253 25433 INS Voice of Indonesia - (Listen Here)
15445 0325 15332 D Deutsche Welle (Targeting E Africa)
7545 0531 34433 ISR Kol Israel
9885 0535 25433 USA Voice of America (Targeting Africa) via Morocco
9710 0540 14433 E Radio Exterior Espana
9700 0550 45534 TUR Voice of Turkey
9580 0602 35533 GAB Africa No.1 - (French) - (Listen Here)
9550 0623 44534 CUB Radio Habana Cuba - (Listen Here) - (Slight interference from co-channel VOR).
9410 0635 45544 UK BBC (targeting N. Africa) - (Listen Here).
11600 0900 33333 CZE Radio Prague
11605 0901 33333 TWN Radio Taiwan Int. (Japanese)
11650 0904 45544 MRA KFBS Saipan (Russian) - (Listen Here)
11690 0910 45544 HRV Voice of Croatia - (Listen Here)
11750 0915 54544 AUS HCJB Australia - (Listen Here)
11815 0920 34544 J NHK Radio Japan
12000 0923 55545 J NHK Radio Japan
17595 1120 15433 E Radio Exterior Espana
21560 1124 25544 HOL Radio Nederland
21670 1126 15332 ARS BSKSA Riad
13790 1128 35433 IRN IRIB Teheran


Frequencies 06-January-2008




khz UTC SINPO Country Station
5975 1149 54444 VTN Voice of Vietnam 1
5860 1153 55555 USA Radio Farda (KWT) - (Listen Here)
7255 1201 55555 USA Voice of America (Indonesian)
13760 2158 25222 CUB Radio Habana Cuba
13640 2200 54555 J NHK Radio Japan (English - some co-channel interference from VOA) - (Listen Here)


Saturday 5 January 2008

Frequencies 05-January-2008




khz UTC SINPO Country Station
15495 0408 23433 KWT Radio Kuwait - (Listen Here)
15690 0416 14333 USA Radio Farda
17685 0420 45534 USA Radio Free Afghanistan - Abrupt Sign Off 0430 UTC (Listen Here) - Via Thailand
17770 0444 15333 USA Radio Liberty - Via Thailand
17895 0446 55545 ARS BSKSA Holy Quran - (Listen Here)
19010 0450 25433 USA Radio Free Afghanistan
21570 0454 24544 USA Voice of America
21725 0456 15443 AUS Radio Australia
12080 0458 35544 AUS Radio Australia
12060 0459 35534 IRN IRIB Teheran - (Listen Here)
11955 0505 35544 UK BBC
11895 0512 15322 NHK Radio Japan - (Spanish - CAm)
11810 0513 25433 JOR Radio Jordan
9700 0520 25433 TUR Voice of Turkey
9575 0523 25423 Morocco Radio Medi. - (Listen Here)
7475 0546 25323 GRC Voice of Greece - (Listen Here)
7400 0559 35433 BUL Radio Bulgaria - (Good Sig, but quiet volume)
7305 0603 35543 HOL Radio Nederland
13710 0612 55545 IRN IRIB Teheran (Spanish) - (Listen Here)
13740 0620 35444 IRN IRIB Teheran
6185 0917 45544 CHL CVC Voz Cristiana ?? - (Listen Here)

Friday 4 January 2008

Frequencies 04-January-2008

Well now that the coverage of the Sydney to Hobart, Melbourne to Hobart and Pittwater to Coffs (Pittwater) is over for another year, my radio is once again free to tune the shortwave bands. So lets see what I hear :)




khz UTC SINPO Country Station
15075 0318 15422 IND All India Radio
15110 0321 15332 CHN China Radio Int. (English)
15120 0323 15322 CHN China Radio Int. (English)
15240 0325 55555 AUS R. Australia
15275 0327 34533 THA Radio Thailand (Listen Here)
15335 0333 55545 UK BBC
15415 0335 55555 AUS R. Australia
15435 0336 15332 CHN China Radio Int.
15460 0337 35544 USA Radio Liberty
15470 0338 14332 RUS Voice of Russia (Russian)
15480 0340 14332 CHN China National Radio 1
15500 0341 35544 CHN CNR 2 China Business R.
15515 0342 55555 AUS R. Australia
15550 0343 25333 CHN China National Radio 1
15560 0343 15222 RUS Voice of Russia (Russian)
15590 0345 25433 USA Radio Liberty
15710 0357 35533 CHN China National Radio 6
15720 0358 35544 NZL RNZI (Listen Here - Ghost Riders in the Sky)
15770 0500 35533 IND All India Radio
3925 1010 55434 J Radio Nikkei 1
3935 1019 45232 NZL ZLXA Reading Service (Lightning Static dumps)
3985 1027 43232 CHN CNR 2 China Business R.
4460 1028 55544 CHN China National Radio 1
4557 1029 55433 KRE KCBS Pyongyang (AINDF) - Singal was great volume
was low.
4605 1031 35333 INS RRI Serui (Irian Jaya)
4790 1033 45433 INS RRI Fakfak (Irian Jaya)
4800 1035 35433 CHN China National Radio 1
4905 1036 25222 CHN PBS Xizang
5020 1038 35222 SLM Solomon Islands B.C.
5025 1040 22232 CUB Radio Rebelde - (Listen Here)
5030 1046 34433 CHN CHN China National Radio 1
5070 1048 45434 USA WWCR 3



Thursday 3 January 2008

Pittwater to Pittwater - Update


Pittwater to Coffs is to start 1200 AEDT Jan 2nd 2008.

The race will be proceeding but not to Coffs Harbour.

New Course:
-------------


Due to heavy weather new course will now be
Pittwater -> Port Stephens -> Botany Bay -> Pittwater.



New Skeds:
----------


1805 today 4483 and/ or 2524,6516

0005 3rd Jan

0805 3rd Jan

1805 3rd Jan

0005 4th Jan




Here are the recording of the Skeds:

02/01/2008 1205 AEDT - http://www.mediafire.com/?6fmw1d9kzmy
03/01/2008 0005 AEDT - http://www.mediafire.com/?cwmgzzdi9t9
03/01/2008 0805 AEDT - http://www.mediafire.com/?7xxbmi7czin

WILD JOE has finished and heading for the Club 0805 Sked 50 min 47 sec into recording :)

03/01/2008 1805 AEDT - http://www.mediafire.com/?7tyzoccnqz3

Tuesday 1 January 2008

Frequencies 01-January-2008


khz UTC SINPO Country Station

6000 0659 34322 Cuba R. Habana Cuba (English, Sign off 0700)
5880 0702 25422 ? Number Stations.
5850 0704 25322 USA WEWN Birmingham, AL
7220 0718 45544 HOL Radio Nederlands
7250 0722 25533 CVA Radio Vaticana (F)
7325 0735 25433 PNG Wantok Radio Light.
7400 0738 35533 BUL Radio Bulgaria

New Years Eve DXing

Me Listening to RNZI waiting for first of many 2007/2008 New Year DX :)

What can I say, it started of poorly and ended poorly. By this I mean, I was listening to New Zealand 5x5 on 9765 khz, then they changed to 13840 khz and the reception was piss poor. I should have taken this a a hint towards what the rest of the night was going to be like.

BTW I used the TWIKI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_zones but I found it to be mostly accurate, but at the same time fairly obvious mistakes etc. For example Solomons is down for +1100 however it was +1000 in line with Sydney/Mebourne etc.

Any ways here goes, (Please note that I'll get the WMA recordings up ASAP for those that say LISTEN HERE).


+1200Radio New Zealand(10min Before, 5min before, 1min before, NY)
+1100Solomon Is.(Listen Here) - Before I found timezone was wrong under TWIKI it was actaully +1000.
+1000Radio Australia(Listen Here)
+0900Brisbae 4KQ(Listen Here)
+0830ABC - Alice Springs(Listen Here)
+0800Voice of Korea(Listen Here)
+0700China Radio Intl'(Listen Here)

By this time I was full of Beer and very TIRED and frustrated with the HF Propagation, so headed of to bed.


+0200TurkeyAt Midnight lost Transmission and CRI came up (Listen Here).
+0100Unable to find Country with signal to Australia :(
0000 United Kingdom - BBC11955 khz was viable but signed on at 0000 leaving me with 9740 khz which was PISS POOR - (Listen Here) you can just hear Big Ben.

Again full of frustration I shut down and went back to bed for more sleep.

-0900AlaskaTuned in to KNLS 7355 / 6150 khz but they did appear to ack new year :(
-1000HawaiiTried KWHR but again they also did not ack new year :(


Happy New Year Everyone :)
Mark

Frequencies 31-December-2007


khz UTC SINPO Country Station

21580 0050 25533 USA VOA
17875 0053 24422 Australia R. Australia
17795 0056 24422 Australia R. Australia
17750 0057 55555 Australia R. Australia
17715 0058 55545 Australia R. Australia
15720 0059 15432 UK BBC (Via NZL)
15425 0101 25543 China CRI (Chineese)
15415 0102 55555 Australia R. Australia
15240 0103 55555 Australia R. Australia
13690 0104 55555 Australia R. Australia
15690 0425 25322 USA Radio Farada (via CLN Sri Lanka)
15720 0433 55545 New Zealan RNZI
12045 1445 55545 India Feba Radio (English Sign off)

Brisbane QTH 2007

Brisbane QTH 2007
Heres my little Listening Post at Brisbane

Charlotte Pass August 2007

Charlotte Pass August 2007
The DEGEN 1103 in action on the ski slopes

Listening Post Thredbo

Listening Post Thredbo
Degen DE1103 and Long Wire - Thredbo Camp Site June 2007

Condamine Gorge - XMAS / NEW YEARS 2006

Condamine Gorge - XMAS / NEW YEARS 2006
Brother Robbie and I listening to the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race scheduled radio morning Check in. Those swags are very confortable.

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

Cold Night - Mum, Dad and Robbie at Lake St Clair on our Tassie Trip 2007
It was a very cold night, but man that fire was bueatiful. Using the Sangean ATS-505 coupled with external 100ft wire for MW DXing.

New Years Eve 2005 - My Wife Tanya and I

New Years Eve 2005 - My Wife Tanya and I
You can see the FRG-7 we brought in my New Years as a Family. Starting with New Zealand / Melborne / Brisbane then lost count after that :) And it finished for me with BBC broadcast of chimes of Big Ben Clock from London.