Mount Evelyn DX Report

STATION NEWS AND THE LOG BOOK May 27, 2017 STATION NEWS CHINA There have been a few new frequencies appearing for CNR and PBS Xizang stations over the past week. Renovations at transmitter sites are being carried out on normal frequencies, so some alternative channels have been brought into service. I have noted some of these below in this week's log book. The Aoki frequency list has just confirmed a schedule for PBS Xizang on these frequencies: Mandarin: 7240kHz - S/on 2000-2400, then 15680kHz at 0000-1357, and 7240kHz at 1358-1805 s/off Tibetan: 7385kHz - S/on 2100-2400, then 13870kHz at 0000-1230, and 7385kHz at 1230-1805 s/off COLOMBIA Many long-time DXers will remember Radio Sutatenza in Bogota, operating on 5075, 5095 and 6075 kHz up until the early 1990s when it was forced to close due to financial problems. This station also transmitted on a number of mediumwave outlets in Bogota, Cali, Barranquilla, Magangue, and Medellin. It's primary focus was ed...

STATION NEWS AND THE LOG BOOK May 20, 2017 STATION NEWS ARGENTINA Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior (RAE) has apparently been having difficulties with its senders at the General Pacheco transmitter site recently. While they are being repaired, the station has decided to outsource its international service to WRMI. This makes great sense! And it enables the station to keep in touch with listeners. It is unclear just how long this arrangement will continue. But if you hear the broadcasts via the Okeechobee FL transmitters, it would be a nice courtesy to drop them a note to say you heard the broadcasts and value the efforts they have made to keep the service going while repairs are under way. The address is: RAE Argentina to the World P.O Box 555 1000 CABA Buenos Aires ARGENTINA Or you can contact them via email at  conexionrae@radionacional.gov.ar  or via Twitter @conexionrae Here's the schedule for RAE broadcasts via WRMI, as it currently stands: ...

RADIO COLOSAL FROM 1973 Transcribed and Translated by Alfredo Cañote Here is the third in our series of Rare Radio Recordings. A regular reader of MEDXR and Twitter friend, Alfredo Cañote, has kindly supplied the transcribed text for this recording, and included an English translation. RADIO COLOSAL, Neiva, Huila, Colombia.  Broadcasting for many years on the frequency of 4945 kHz in the 60 meter band, Radio Colosal was heard fairly well in Australia.  It operated with a power of 2.5 kW into a half-wave dipole antenna. Radio Colosal  was a part of the TODELAR network of stations until December 31, 1980, and then switched over to the CARACOL network. A few years later it disappeared from the shortwave bands forever. The station was known as a poor verifier, and not many QSL letters were sent to listeners. However, there was the occasional pennant, such as the one featured at the top of this post (alas, not mine!) I made this recording on October 13...

AUTUMN SURVEY - 6, 7 AND 9 MHZ 0300 TO 0500 UTC It's late autumn at Mount Evelyn. Winter is fast approaching and officially begins on June 1. This means that daytime DX is very much present for those of us in the southern hemisphere. The international shortwave bands are alive for most of the day, especially the frequency range between 6 and 14 mHz. During our local afternoons (1-4pm), 0300-0600 UTC, signals from Europe, Africa and the Middle East can be heard on 6, 7 and 9 mHz via the long path (predominantly in darkness at this time of year) across the Atlantic Ocean, Central America and the Pacific. For example, Radio Japan's service on 6105 kHz via Issoudun, France to Central America continues on and arrives at Mount Evelyn with a powerful signal by 0400 UTC. Long path reception (grey coloured line) from Issoudun follows an almost all darkness route. This map shows daylight/darkness zones at 0300 UTC on May 3. And signals originating from North America...

This picture tells the story. No more watts coming out of the Shepparton transmitters! RADIO AUSTRALIA - A POSSIBLE RETURN? (I wrote this article for "The World of Shortwave Listening" column of The Spectrum Monitor magazine - April 2017 issue. Further details on this excellent publication is available at www.thespectrummonitor.com ) If you have been following the saga surrounding the closure of Radio Australia on shortwave over the past few months, you will already be aware that this once strong international broadcaster has now gone. But is this really the end? Could we see Radio Australia (RA) rise from the ashes? Moments before the big switch-off. Back on January 31, I had been given the green light to attend the final broadcast from RA’s Shepparton transmitters by the station manager, Steve Ashmore. My intention was to record the historic event through video and photographs. Unfortunately, I had to cancel the visit due to an ongoing illness. Making the ...