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The Reach Beyond Australia transmitter building and curtain array at Kununurra Reach Beyond Australia  A19 Broadcast Schedule March 31, 2019 to October 26, 2019 The new A19 transmission season begins at the end of this weekend! My thanks to Margaret Penford of RBA for this advance information. 73 and good DX to you all, Rob Wagner VK3BVW   Subscribe!! Follow @robvk3bvw

Radio 1 personalities from the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (via ZNBC) DX QUICK TIPS  March 30, 2019 A few loggings from Mount Evelyn over the past week. 5830   USA. WTWW - Lebanon TN. Live preaching from a room with an echo at 0635. Early reception for March, I am more likely to see this type of reception in mid-winter. Weak signal, Mar 17. ⭐⭐ 5915   ZAMBIA. ZNBC - Lusaka. As reported by guest contributor, Ron Howard in our last DX Quick Tips ,  the Radio 1 service was also noted here at Mount Evelyn with a discussion program inc. telephone talk-back at 1940. A quick NBC ID between speakers at 1945. Later noted at 2030 with African songs. This is back on air after a spell away. Initially, the signal here was only fair on this clear channel, but improved significantly by 2115. Eventual s/off at 2200 after ID and national anthem. Mar 24. YouTube video below: 5925   FRANCE. RFI - Issoudun. French news to WAf at 0630. Ver...

NEW KIWI SDR IN FINLAND Most MEDXR readers will be familiar with online remote radio and SDR facilities through KiwiSDR, WebSDR, GlobalTuners and the like. On the SDR.Hu website there is a huge array of online receivers spread across the globe. But here's a new one....and it's really very good! Jari OH6BG tells me that he has just opened up his new web-based KiwiSDR at Maalahti, Finland. The site is close to the sea at just 4 m ASL. The antenna system currently boasts a Hy-Gain AV-640 multiband (40M/30M/20M/17M/15M/12M/10M/6M) vertical right next to the sea, plus three stacked Hy-Gain TH7DX tribanders (20M/15M/10M) at a 42-meter-tall fully rotatable tower, plus a 10-dB low-noise-figure preamp by Clifton Laboratories. Jari writes: "Please note that this is a high-performance antenna system which means that, especially at local sunset, the kiwi will often produce spurious signals as the signals somewhere on the HF bands can exceed or be close to S9+60 dB! Currently,...

15 THINGS I’VE LEARNED 
ABOUT FT8 
 

It's been nearly one year since I started exploring the hugely popular weak signal digital mode known as FT8. About nine months ago on the MEDXR blog, I produced a short video detailing some background into the issues in setting up the communication protocol between the computer and the rig.


 Later, I wrote a longer and more detailed post about a few of the technical specifications behind the FT8 software. I also spent some time explaining how FT8 and WSPR modes can be utilised by shortwave listeners who might be keen to explore something new. That article is called FT8, WSPR and the Shortwave Listener .

 Then several months ago, I wrote another post called QSLs....Real Paper QSLs! displaying a selection of cards I had received resulting from contacts made on FT8.

 And now, having made more than 1600 QSO during the year on FT8, I have prepared the little video below that reflects on a few of the things I've le...

DX QUICK TIPS March 23, 2019 Guest Contributor: Ron Howard Top U.S. DXer, Ron Howard, has been very active monitoring the shortwave bands over the past week. He has kindly sent me his observations and so I am delighted to be able to pass them onto our enthusiastic readers. There's some wonderful stuff here! AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ, from 0912+, on March 19, with pop songs (Bobby Goldboro with "Honey," Willie Nelson singing "On The Road Again," Carole King with "Sweet Seasons," etc). ⭐⭐ BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar (now not carrying their Home Service as usual, but temporarily with only the External Service), at 1230, on March 22, noted in English till 1300 test tone; at 1309, test tone off and start of assumed Nepali programming; as usual, mixing with CNR1. Thanks very much to info from Hans Johnson on Facebook WRTH. So are all the former External Service frequencies down? BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, on March 22, at 1136, with pop (west...

By Ingmar Runge - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34594448 TOUR OF THE RUSSIAN "WOODPECKER" There is an excellent article that has been published by CNN Travel of the long decommissioned giant Duga radar, along with fascinating photos. It seems that people can go on organised tours of the site! Take your Geiger counter! 😉 https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/duga-radar-chernobyl-ukraine/index.html 73 and good DX to you all, Rob Wagner VK3BVW Current local time in Mount Evelyn, Australia CLICK HERE for VK3BVW Live Stream (Clublog) QRZ callsign lookup: Search Callsign lookups provided by qrz.com © Rob Wagner, Mount Evelyn DX Report, and contributors 2012-2026

DX QUICK TIPS  AND STATION NEWS March 2, 2019 A SUMMER AFTERNOON BAND OPENING: There was a little mini-opening on 9 mHz from Europe to Mount Evelyn on February 27 between 0300 and 0430 UTC (1-2:30 pm AEST). These signals come via the long path across Central America and the South Pacific. They are rarely heard in summer but are a daily occurrence in late autumn through winter and into early spring. So, it was interesting to monitor these signals so early this time of year in summer! 9420   VoGreece - Avlis. Greek programming 9490   R. Republica via Issoudun, France in Spanish 9510   VoA via SM Galeria, Vatican at s/on 0330 in Somali 9570   CRI via Cerrik, Albania in Mandarin 9620   NHK via Nauen, Germany in Japanese 9740   RRI via Tiganesti, Romania in Spanish 9790   RFI via Issoudun, France in French at s/on 0400 Also noted were the weak all-daylight short path signals from Asia (CNR, CRI, AIR, SOH and Vietnam), plus a lone ...