TRAVELS END - THE FINAL LOG BOOK ENTRY

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

Nov 7 = Lakes Entrance, south east Victoria

Sangean ATS 909

49mb:

5865   SRI LANKA. R. Farda - Iranawila. Music program including ID at 1920, good level, Nov 7.

5895   FRANCE. RFI - Issoudun. Russian to EEu at 1910, big signal on Nov 7.

5900   BULGARIA. KBS World R. - Kostinbrod. Russian news reports to Eu at 1915, good signal, Nov 7.

5915   ZAMBIA. ZNBC - Lusaka. Radio 1 service in a local language, fabulous Afro music with a jazz feel at 1925, fair signal but QRM from IBRA Radio's co-channel Arabic service (via Woofferton) till s/off at 1930, then Zambia in the clear, Nov 7.

5930   GERMANY. Echo of Europe - Nauen. 15 minute French service to Eu with an extended interview at 1933, till s/off 1945. Very good signal and scheduled for 15 minutes on Tues and Fri only, Nov 7. Website is http://echoofeurope.eu/en/

5945   ROMANIA. RRI - Tiganesti. Macedonian to SEu, fair signal at 1940, Nov 7.

5950   ETHIOPIA. Voice of Tigray Revolution - Addis Ababa. Nice signal at 1937 with Horn of Africa music show. Signs off by 2000 then KBS via Issoudun uses this freq for their French service, Nov 7.

5955   AUSTRIA. VoVietnam - Moosbrunn. French news at 1947 to SEu, impressive signal on Nov 7.

5980   TURKEY. VoT - Emirler. Turkish to Eu 1950, fair signal, Nov 7.

6190   STH AFRICA. BBC - Meyerton. English WS to SAf 1954 till s/off 2000, good on Nov 7.

6260   UZBEKISTAN. CVC - Tashkent. Hindi music to SAs at 1956, good signal till s/off, Nov 7.

41mb:

7220   DPRKorea. KCBS - Kujang. Korean revolutionary songs from 0935 to s/off 0950 exactly in the middle of a song, Nov 7.

7260   VANUATU. R. Vanuatu - Port Vila. A lovely signal at 0840 with a mix of happy island music and anncts in English and Bislama. However, it weakened considerably over the next hour and had almost disappeared by 0945 on Nov 7.

7275   KOREA REP. KBS World R. - Kimje. Japanese to East Asia at 0845, a good signal and no sign of PBS Xinjiang scheduled on the same freq at this time, Nov 7.

7410   AUSTRALIA. RA - Shepparton. English to Western Oceania 0700 to suddenly off at 0856 in the middle of a true story about a family hanging upside down in a ferris wheel near Sydney Harbour!! Cut off before the end of the story!!  Frustrating! Normal s/off is 0900, but not on Nov 7!

7555   USA. WEWN - Vandiver AL. Spanish programming with an interview at 0904, best signal on the band at this time (early evening here in southeastern Australia), Nov 7.

7570   USA. Overcomer Ministry - Okeechobee FL. Fair to poor signal with Brother Stair at 0910, Nov 7.

7580   DPRKorea. VoK - Kujang. Martial music in the Japanese service at 0912, good signal Nov 7.

31mb:

9400   PHILIPPINES. FEBC - Iba. Chinese (possibly Cantonese) to EAs at 1035, fair signal on Nov 6.

9430   PHILIPPINES. FEBC - Bocaue. Mandarin to EAs 1040, good signal. This is not the same programming as 9400, Nov 6.

9475   AUSTRALIA. RA - Shepparton. English to Oceania at 1043, Nov 6.

9570   KOREA REP. KBS World R - Kimjae. Korean to SEAs 1046, good signal, Nov 6.

9580   AUSTRALIA. RA - Shepparton. English to Oceania 1050, Nov 6.

9635   VIETNAM. VoVietnam - Son Tay. Network 1 service in Vietnamese at 1055, good signal on Nov 6.

9740   SINGAPORE. BBC - Kranji. English news at 1100 to SEAs, good signal Nov 6.

22mb:

13630   UZBEKISTAN. CVC - Tashkent. Hindu talks at 0430 to SAs, fair signal on Nov 7.

13730   ROMANIA. RRI - Not sure of the txer site, possibly Tiganesti. English to SAs at 0450 to s/off 0457, very weak on Nov 7.

13765   MADAGASCAR. Vatican R. - Talata-Volonondry. English to SAf at 0500, weak signal on Nov 7.

19mb:

15210   INDIA (Goa). AIR - Panaji. Arabic to ME at 0505, good with Indian songs on Nov 7.

15275   MADAGASCAR. DW - Talata-Volonondry. English commentary to SAf at 0510, fair on Nov 7.

15285   SAUDI ARABIA. BSKSA - Riyadh. Swahili service to EAf at 0515, fair on Nov 7.

15300   AUSTRALIA. RA - Shepparton. English to Sth Pacific 0520, Nov 7.

15415   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. BBC - Dhabayya. English news commentaries at 0525 to EAf, fair on Nov 7.

15515   KUWAIT. R. Kuwait. Arabic to EAs at 0530, fair signal on Nov 7.

15630   GREECE. Helliniki Radiophonia - Avlis. A mix of music and discussions from 0815, a very good signal on Nov 7.

15690   SRI LANKA. R. Farda - Iranwila. Farsi talks at 0830 after a station ID, fair on Nov 7.

15750   IRAN. VOIRI - Zahedan. Arabic to ME at 0835 with a poor signal, Nov 7.

16mb:

17560   IRAN. VOIRI - Kamalabad. English to SAs at 1027, NF for B14 but not as strong as the // 21510 on Nov 6.

17570   SAUDI ARABIA. BSKSA - Riyadh. Arabic to SAs at 1030, weak a fluttery signal on Nov 6.

17580   GUAM. KSDA - AWR - Agat. Mandarin to EAs at 1032, NF and very good signal on Nov 6.

13mb:

21510   IRAN. VOIRI - Kamalabad. S/on 1020 with the English service to SAs, NF and good signal on Nov 6.

That's it for the last log book entry of this tour through the eastern half of Australia. Now for the unpacking, returning the receivers and equipment to the radio shack, and catching up on the long list of jobs to to be done.....of which my dear wife has reminded me.

73 and have a great weekend everyone!

Rob Wagner VK3BVW