Mount Evelyn DX Report

DX QUICK TIPS MAY 19, 2018 In amongst plenty of hamming on the new FT8 mode over the past two weeks, I also managed to check out some weak signal DX on the shortwave broadcast bands. Propagation conditions have been variable at times, but even poor conditions can sometimes yield surprising results! 👍 5845   SINGAPORE. BBC - Kranji. S/on 2200 in English WS to SEAs, NF (ex 5890), fair signal, May 8. ⭐⭐ 5940   ETHIOPIA. R. Deegaanka Soomaalida - Jijiga. Commentary in Somali at 1843, into a long and lively East African song at 1845. ID at 1852. A good signal with plenty of carrier but the audio level appeared to be down a fair way, May 16. 👍 6130   SWAZILAND. TWR Africa - Manzini. Bells interval signal at 1818 with English ID “This is Trans World Radio Swaziland”. Official s/on 1820 in the scheduled (presumed) Umbundu language with choral items and ID. Fair signal on May 16. Incidentally, the King of Swaziland has decided to change the nam...

RETRO RECEIVER REVIEW #12 Click on each photo for an enlarged view YAESU FRG-100 by Rob Wagner VK3BVW Yaesu has always been a builder of radios that were made to last. Over many years, its range of amateur transmitters, receivers, and transceivers on HF and VHF/UHF were always examples of fine workmanship. So many of the old FT101 transmitters and the FRG-7 receivers are still in operation today. The history of the company is briefly covered by Craig Seager VK2HBT in his excellent retro review of the FR-101S , and you can learn more about the company by visiting a little website about the Australian connection called Very Early Yaesu Musen Co. Amateur Radio Equipment in Australia by Greg Whiter VK4IG (ex VK3CA). Like the cat that has nine lives, the FRG-100 is one receiver that just hung on year after year. First launched in Japan in August 1992, it remained on the market until around 2007. During the early 2000s, on more than one occasion Yaesu indicated that it...

OZY RADIO BACK ON AIR My thanks to Ron Howard (CA, USA) for the heads up on this one. A message to Ron from Craig Allen (owner) at Ozy Radio advises that the broadcaster is now back on the air with 1 kW on 4835 kHz. The signal here at 0600 UTC today (May 9) was weak into Mount Evelyn. But it's only 4pm local, so should be much stronger here by 7pm. The station has been missing from 4835 since around the end of March. Prior to that, it was on 5045 kHz. 73 and good DX to you all!! Rob Wagner VK3BVW   Subscribe!! Follow @robvk3bvw