Mount Evelyn DX Report

SHORTWAVE IN THE NEWS Here is a collection of new and very recent online articles relating the shortwave radio hobby. If you missed some of these, now is your opportunity to catch up!! Sit back and enjoy! The end of an era - BBC Relay Station site handed back to Seychelles   For around 25 years, the BBC operated it’s important relay station from the nation of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. This facility was vital in ensuring a strong and reliable signal into Africa for its English World Service programming as well a variety of African languages. This news article reports on the official handover of the relay  station’s main buildings, electrical services, antenna towers and surrounding land to the people of this island nation. There are some excellent images of the antennas in the report. http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/1792/The+end+of+an+era+-+BBC+Relay+Station+site+handed+back+to+Seychelles High Noon in Wertachtal Are you the sort of person wh...

RADIO FREE SARAWAK - THE PLOT THICKENS!! Jammed Off Air Long time readers of this blog will be aware that I like to keep a close eye on Radio Free Sarawak. It's an interesting station in the pro-democracy movement in Malaysia, and it is one of a growing number of stations that pays for air-time on the shortwave bands in order to get its message out to those who most need to hear it. Over the last four years, RFS has been broadcasting in the 19 metre band (with the occasional interruption) to villagers living in remote parts of Sarawak. Last Friday (November 14) the station announced on its Facebook page that it would be suspending its shortwave service until further notice. However, the option of listening online remains in operation (although this is not an option for the station's primary target audience with no Internet). The statement released by the station is as follows: Radio Free Sarawak (RFS), has today announced that, after months of deliberate...

TRAVELS END - THE FINAL LOG BOOK ENTRY Well, I arrived home last night after 5779 km on the road in four weeks. Accommodation in 15 motels, cabins and homes. Up through the middle of Victoria, New South Wales, to the Queensland "Sunshine Coast" and hinterland(north of Brisbane), down along the NSW coast, into eastern VIC and back to Mt Evelyn. This was the longest trip away from home since my wife and I did our big European/England tour in 2009, and the longest trip since my heart surgery and various hospitalisations during 2010-12. And I was travelling solo, too. I feel I have achieved something which has given me great confidence for the future. For what it's worth.......... Here is a quick report on some listening done during the last two days before finally arriving back home. All listening was done on the old Sangean ATS 909 portable receiver and a random length of wire (usually around 15 metres long). Locations: Nov 6 = Eden, south east New South Wales ...