Mount Evelyn DX Report

RADIO CONTINENTE, VENEZUELA FROM 1972 Transcribed and Translated by Alfredo Cañote I do wish I had taken the time to record more shortwave radio broadcasts when I was a young man listening in the 1970s. But I guess I thought they would always be there on the radio dial. But alas, as we all now know, the vast majority of broadcasters from the 70s have moved on from shortwave transmissions to other forms of delivery. And a few just don't even exist any longer in any form! On another part of this blog site, I have a section called Rare Radio, containing a few of my recordings from the past. A regular reader to MEDXR and Twitter friend, Alfredo Cañote, has kindly supplied the transcribed texts of some of these recordings and included an English translation. Here's the first one: RADIO CONTINENTE, Caracas, Venezuela.  Recorded on October 8, 1972, at 1000 UTC (8.00pm local time in Melbourne) on 5030 kHz.   This recording is nearly 5 minutes long but is interesting f...

AUSSIE PIRATE ON ABC FREQUENCY Unlike the USA and some of Europe, Australia rarely has pirate radio activity. When it does appear, it pops up suddenly for a very short time and disappears just as quickly, usually because the programming is rubbish and/or nobody knows about it. Well....it didn't take long!   My colleague and fellow amateur radio operator, Peter Parker VK3YE, just happened to be monitoring 4835 kHz on the evening of January 31. Readers will recall that the ABC's Northern Territory Shortwave Service outlet from Alice Springs was the permanent resident on this frequency until midday on the 31st when, like the Tennant Creek and Katherine transmitter sites, it was shutdown. But, Peter heard something else on the supposedly empty channel that evening! At the same time, I could hear something on the frequency, but the signal was erratic and quite weak into Mount Evelyn. Peter's recording was much better. Check it out! The link to the embedded vi...