AUSTRALIA. 4835, Ozy Radio, March 30 was the best day so far; 1204 (after the news) the usual format of
commercial announcement for radios ("We have thousands of satisfied customers around the world. So why
not join them today?"), followed by laughing kookaburra, then nice "Waltzing Matilda"; followed by former
Australian jazz-rock group,The Southern Contemporary Rock Assembly (SCRA), with "
Roly Poly." Any day
that this is strong enough for me to ID a song that I had never heard before, well that's a good day, even
if it's poor reception. My "Roly Poly" audio clip at
http://goo.gl/QvPTLH .
At 1220, started to notice a definite
second audio that was mixing here with Ozy Radio;
assume was
AIR Gangtok (Sikkim); by 1305 could only make out a distinctive het (SAH);
Glenn Hauser (WOR iog) today reported 1229-1234 with SAH, along with Ozy Radio. Was perfect timing to hear audio
from AIR Gangtok, as their local sunset was at 1222 UT. Today was the first time I have heard Gangtok since Craig
started broadcasting here. Gangtok had recently been broadcasting rather erratically, as was not on the air every day.
Ron, listening at Asilomar State Beach, California, USA
Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire
Email received 0456 UTC, on March 31, from Craig (owner and operator of Ozy Radio):
"Hi Ron - Thanks for the report. I knew AIR 4835khz may cause some problems but ABC Australia used
4835khz for the last 40 years and a lot of HF radios in Australia have this frequency pre tuned into there
radios and the ABC still advertise this frequency on there website so it's a win win.
Craig Allen
OZY RADIO"