Mount Evelyn DX Report

STATION NEWS AND THE LOG BOOK October 30, 2015 The new transmission period - B15 - began last weekend and I have noted quite a few changes, both for the English services and in many other languages. And there are still more changes out there on the shortwave bands that I haven't discovered yet! So this will be the first of several instalments listing schedule changes and new frequencies (NFs). Here's what I've noted so far in the past week: B15 SCHEDULE CHANGES 5885   THAILAND. RFE/RL - Ban Dung. Russian now here for the B15 season at 2015, NF but I've got no idea what it's replacing! Good signal and runs // 5925 (via Lampertheim) which also happens to be a NF! Oct 29. 5955   CHINA. CRI - Xian. S/on 1000 in English to EAs till 1100, NF and fair signal on Oct 25. 5980   TURKEY. VOT - Emirler. Turkish to Eu at 2035, good signal and NF (I think it's ex 9460 kHz), Oct 29. 5990   ROMANIA. RRI - Galbeni. Romanian service to SEu at 2050, g...

RETRO RECEIVER REVIEW # 2 Click on each photo for a closer view HITACHI KH-3800W by Craig Seager VK2HBT Now here’s something different; a solid state “boat anchor” from a manufacturer usually only associated with mainstream consumer electronics.   Who would have thought that Japan’s Hitachi Corporation could boast credentials in the desktop communications receiver category?  It was certainly news to me, though predictably Hitachi produced several analogue portable sets in the 1970s that had one or more shortwave bands, in common with its major competitors such as Sony, Panasonic, Sanyo and Toshiba.  What’s more, the company managed to produce a model that performs rather well, if regarded in the context of the era in which it was made.  In fact, in appearance and behaviour, the KH-3800W is not unlike its contemporary, the Panasonic DR48.  The astute reader will deduce from that parallel that the KH-3800W was released in the late 1970s; 1978 to...

LATIN AMERICAN DX SURVEY 2015 Available for Free Download I have just finished compiling the 2015 survey of Latin American broadcasters. This list represents those stations that were monitored here at Mount Evelyn, Victoria, Australia. It is not intended as a complete list of all stations operating in South America. The survey covers many domestic South American stations as well as two international broadcasters between March and September this year.  Also featured in this year's survey is an article I wrote for the August issue of The Spectrum Monitor magazine entitled " Radio Verdad - Small Signal, Big Heart ", which focuses on this very unique Guatemalan broadcaster. DXers and shortwave listeners living in the northern hemisphere are now approaching their winter season, so this survey may be of interest and use to you. In previous years, there have been more than 2000 downloads of this document, so it appears to be very popular amongst MEDXR readers! This ...

STATION NEWS AND THE LOG BOOK September 30, 2015 STATION NEWS BRAZIL Rádio Bandeirantes - Lenildo da Silva reports that this station is no longer operating on shortwave (6090 and 9645 kHz) due to financial difficulties. Some staff were laid off in August, including members of the Sports News department (which is a substantial part of Bandeirantes programming). 11925 kHz has been inactive for quite some time now. This is sad news, as Rádio Bandeirantes has operated for many decades and been an important part of Brazilian broadcasting on shortwave. Here at Mount Evelyn, nothing has been heard in the past few days on 9645 kHz. Rádio Voz Missionária - In his Extreme DX blog, Lenildo also tells us that RVM has purchased its first DRM transmitter to operate in the 25 metre band. You can read more about this at the RVM website:  http://www.radiovozmissionaria.com.br/?p=1  under the title  Gideões Missionários da Última Hora compra Transmissor de Rádio!  Than...