Frequencies 26-October-2008

Using Icom R75 - Slinky Dipole, QTH: Canberra

khz    UTC    SINPO   Country      Station  
13725  0258   35544   IRN          IRIB Teheran - Sirjan - STID and Sign off 0301
13740  0303   25333   IRN          IRIB Teheran - Ahvaz
13780  0320   35333   CHN          China Radio Int - Kumming
15195  0325   25333   J            NHK Radio Japan - Female Singing and interview, then more singing.
15210  0329   45444   CHN          China Radio Int.
15325  0330   25433   J            NHK Radio Japan - Same broadcast as 15195
15350  0332   25333   CHN          China Radio Int.
15490  0334   25333   ???          Asian Instruments
15720  0336   25222   NZL          Radio New Zealand Int.
17615  0338   53455   ??           Can just hear R Free Asia in background under the jamming Asian Instruments.            
17625  0340   35333   CHN          CNR 2 China Business R.
17650  0341   15221   ??           Male presenter, European language  
17710  0342   33333   CHN          China Radio Int.
17715  0343   24332   IND          All India Radio - Some QRM from 17710
17735  0345   35334   CHN          Jamming Asian Instruments - can hear something in background.
17810  0346   25333   J            NHK Radio Japan
9535   0350   35544   E            Radio Exterior Espana - via Noblejas Spain
9600   0352   25222   CUB          Radio Habana Cuba
9690   0359   35543   CHN          China Radio Int. - via Noblejas Spain - Signed off
9690   0400   15331   ROU          Radio Romania Int. - English - Female voice heard

12290  0404   15332   Maritime Distress - faint traffic heard.

DEGEN 1103 - Died after many hours of use

G'day,

Just a short blurp to say that my DEGEN 1103 broke a few weeks back, which means I've now had it 18mths back. I actually bought two at the time, one for me and one for my brother, and his appears to be still going strong.

My ltitle radio broke in the strangest way, in that while on shortwave, any frequency I was that was ODD number, would be muted, while any frequency I was on that was EVEN was still fine. I opened it up to see if there was any obvious lose connection, but nothing obvious was found.

So Straight onto EBAY and ordered another one. Well it arrived few days back, and guess what ?? It sucked big time. I can only conclude that it faulty in that all through the shortwave band my local AM stations are ghosting very loudly and strongly, and that is just using the internal whip. When I plug in the external long wire antenna the overloading is even worse.

So I've contacted the ebay seller and without any hassles has indicated that he'll replace it with another one and swears that the radio was new from DEGEN. So come Monday I've parcel it up and ship it back.

Fingers crossed that the next one will be ok.

Cheers
Mark

Frequencies 6-October-2008

Using Kenwood R1000 - Slinky Dipole, QTH: Canberra

khz    UTC    SINPO   Country      Station  
9250   2015   25522   EGY          Radio Wadi el-Nil
9280   2035   33333   ???          Arabic Chanting / Praying

Bugger the Topfield PVR5000t (Digital HDD recorder) has become a major source of spectrum noise. The power supply must be having issues. Need to see what I can do. For now if its plugged in and turned on you have a hum at about a beat a second. Turning it to stand by reduces the hum beat / cycle but still have a high noise level / floor. Unplugging it stopped the broad source of wide sprectrum noise. The wife ain't going to be happy with that one. Well while she is still having a sleep in, lets continue with the band scan :)

khz    UTC    SINPO   Country      Station  
9370   2103   25422   USA          WTJC Newport, NC - English male singing
9385   2110   35443   USA          Radio Free Asia - Koren (via Northern Marianas)
9410   2114   25432   G            BBC, (via Skelton Cumbria) Playing Classical Music
9420   2118   24433   GRC          Voice of Greece
9450   2121   14321   USA          Eternal Word Television Network, Inc. - Periodic singing /
                                   music would come through.
9500   2127   23332   AUS          Radio Australia - Co Channel with CRI with fading CRI 
                                   periodically comes through louder than R.Australia
9510   2133   35433   CHN          CNR 2 China Business R.
9545   2135   35534   D            Deutsche Welle (German)