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Shortwave Broadcast / 2.5 mHz WWVH

« on: September 05, 2016, 0541 UTC »

2500   HAWAII. WWVH - Kokelo Point. At 1250 with a weak but readable (just!) signal. No sign of Fort Collins. Nice to hear it coming through on a day when there was a fair geomagnetic disturbance during that time.  Sept 3.

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Shortwave Broadcast / R. Rossii Returns!

« on: September 03, 2016, 1307 UTC »

5900 kHz  RUSSIA. R. Rossii - location unknown (perhaps Khabarovsk?). IDs and news in Russian at 1300, a fair signal. Back on SW again! Thanks to Hiroyuki Okamura (Japan) for the tip off!

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: AIR Gangtok 4835 - Rare Reception

« on: August 31, 2016, 1112 UTC »

Aug 31 @ 1015 UT - ABC VL8A 4835 kHz is still off air. Perhaps another chance for others to hear Gangtok?

Rob VK3BVW

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Shortwave Broadcast / AIR Gangtok 4835 - Rare Reception

« on: August 31, 2016, 0029 UTC »

As posted last night, the ABC regionals on 4835, 2325 and 2485 are all off air. This has left a vacant channel for the much weaker All India Radio regional outlet at Gangtok to appear, as noted by Ron Howard, Timm Breyel and myself. While the ABC remains off-air (and who knows for how long....), see if you can catch Gangtok. I have posted a full report on my blog if you're interested!

http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/air-gangtok-4835-khz-rare-reception.html

Good luck everyone, Rob VK3BVW

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Shortwave Broadcast / 5050 VoBeibu Bay

« on: August 30, 2016, 1118 UTC »

5050   CHINA. VoBeibu Bay Radio - Nanning. Cantonese service with pop music programming and male/female announcers. Fair signal but local noise here a problem tonight.

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Shortwave Broadcast / ABC Regionals Off-Air

« on: August 30, 2016, 1057 UTC »

Ohhhh……4835 kHz ABC VL8A Alice Springs NT is missing tonight!! Technical problems? 1015 UTC

2325 VL8T Tennant Creek NT also missing! 1020 UTC

2485  VL8K Katherine NT 1020 UTC. Perhaps a planned outage for all three stations?

Strange! August 30.

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Shortwave Broadcast / 4774 Peru

« on: August 30, 2016, 1056 UTC »

4774.9   PERU. R. Tarma - Tarma, Junín. Peruvian songs and anncts. Disappointingly weak signal at 1047

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Clandestine Stations / CLANDESTINE STATIONS ALIVE AND WELL - Part 2

« on: August 19, 2016, 2204 UTC »

CLANDESTINE STATIONS ALIVE AND WELL - Part 2
The second part in this series on interesting and unusual clandestine broadcasters. Includes several frequency updates since the original article was published in The Spectrum Monitor last April.

http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/clandestine-stations-alive-and-well_19.html

73, Rob vK3BVW

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Shortwave Broadcast / RA-Shepparton - All three freq now on.

« on: August 19, 2016, 0316 UTC »

Radio Australia is back on now, using the usual 17840, 15415, and 15240 kHz till around 0700 in English. Great to hear them back on air again. Let them know you care!! Thank them for returning to shortwave and tell 'em you missed 'em!! Go to the RA FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/RadioAustralia/

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Clandestine Stations / Clandestine Stations Alive and Well - Part 1

« on: August 07, 2016, 2218 UTC »

Here is an edited version of an article I wrote back in April for The Spectrum Monitor magazine. It's more of an introductory thing, and I expect there won't be any revelations for you guys! 

http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/clandestine-stations-alive-and-well.html

Cheers all,

Rob VK3BVW

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Shortwave Broadcast / R. Liberty - Get it while it's hot!

« on: June 20, 2016, 0551 UTC »

9635   GERMANY. R. Liberty - Lampertheim. Russian service at 0550, good signal. The Russian service is reported to cease on June 26. Another BBG stuff-up!

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Shortwave Broadcast / VoH - Africa - 9680

« on: June 20, 2016, 0546 UTC »

9680   ZAMBIA. VoHope Africa - Lusaka. American preaching and religious songs 0533, fair signal June 20.

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Shortwave Broadcast / 9815 - Another EiBi Error!

« on: June 20, 2016, 0533 UTC »

9815   BOTSWANA. VOA - Moepeng Hill. World and African news in English for EAf at 0515, then sports report. EiBi and HFCC both list this as in the Kinyarwanda language at this time, but not so! Begins English at 0505 till s/off 0530. Fair signal June 20.

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Shortwave Broadcast / 6175 - Eibi / WHRI Error

« on: June 20, 2016, 0532 UTC »

6175   USA. VoVietnam - Cypress Creek SC. Concluding the Spanish service to CAm at 0427 after some type of Vietnamese pop music, then WHRI ID and details in English, followed by a prompt s/off 0430. Both EiBi and WRHI's own website indicate that the Angel 1 transmitter continues on from 0430 till 0800 after the closure of the VoV service at 0430. But this appears not to be the case as the txer definitely leaves the frequency at 0430. June 20.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Argentina - 15344 kHz

« on: June 16, 2016, 2219 UTC »

15343.95   ARGENTINA. R. Argentina al Exterior - General Pacheco. A weak signal at 2145 with a discussion, then song. Time pips at 2200 then Spanish. A little distortion on the audio, June 16.