Mount Evelyn DX Report

RADIO NEPAL  VERSUS  WWV/WWVH RADIO RECORDING FROM 1973 Here is an old recording from my archives. It is Radio Nepal on 5000 kHz, recorded near the sign-off around 1720 UTC on July 7, 1973. It does battle with the time and frequency stations WWV and WWVH. I believe I listened to it on my Lafayette HA230 receiver with a dipole antenna. This one has an interesting backstory, which I discuss in the video's introduction. As always, thanks for watching! 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 ...

Antenna setup on a very chilly Heard Island. WONDERFUL VIDEOS ON  HAM RADIO DXPEDITIONS In some aimless trawling on the web this past weekend, I stumbled across really fabulous videos on some major DXpeditions undertaken during the past 20 years. No doubt, there will be some in the MEDXR readership who have seen a few or perhaps all of these films. But as I enjoyed them so much, I thought I would draw your attention here to the site where they are collectively stored, just in case you missed any of these documentaries. James Brooks 9V1YC has done a fabulous job in writing, filming and editing these productions. We don't just hear and see the mammoth tasks involved in preparing for and undertaking the actual DXpeditions, hauling massive loads of equipment, food, water, and other survival gear to extremely remote outposts across the globe. But we also learn about the history of the destinations and the wildlife that inhabit these locations. You won't be able...

BURKINA FASO ON 30M Max DK1MAX is currently operating from the West African nation of Burkina Faso (formerly the Republic of  Upper Volta). Using the callsign XT2MAX, this DXpedition is running from April 17 to 25, using CW and FT8. From his QRZ.COM page, Max lists the planned operating frequencies for FT8: FT8 Fox/Hound mode: Planning to operate 5 kHz above the standard frequencies. This depends on band usage and QRM situation. Look for XT2MAX FT8 f/h here: 1845, 3578, 5357/5362, 7079, 10141, 14079, 18105, 21079, 24920, 28079 kHz 160m JA 1845/1908 kHz split. I was delighted to make a QSO with XT2MAX on April 19, which was completed at 0654 UTC on 10141 kHz.  I had been chasing this one since it first started two days earlier. During those two days, I could hear all the callers but no signal from XT2. Then, checking at the same time on the third day, suddenly the XT2 signal was breaking through quite well. I had four shots at calling before getting a r...

From Radio Tamazuj's Facebook page DX QUICK TIPS and STATION NEWS Plus other bits! April 13, 2019 Following my post last week on A19 TRANSMISSION SEASON - 100+ New Frequencies Monitored  (thanks for all the great Facebook feedback and comments everyone!!), I have since discovered a few extra new frequencies (NFs!) during my monitoring. 5945   NEW ZEALAND. RNZI - Rangitaiki. English to WOc 0945, NF (ex 7330). Excellent signal, Apr 7. 9440   OMAN. BBC - Al Seela. English WS to ME at 0300-0400, good signal and NF for A19, Apr 11. 9490   GERMANY. R. Japan - Nauen. 0300-0500 Japanese to ME, fair signal and NF (ex 9620). NHK has previously used this freq in A18 and A17 for the northern summer broadcast periods. Apr 11. 9620   FRANCE. RFI - Issoudun. French to EAf 0400-0500, good signal and NF (ex 7390), Apr 11. 9685   U.A.E. VoA - Dhabayya. Kinyarwanda service to EAf 0330-0430, weak signal and NF for A19. Slight co-channel CNR 5 QRM, Apr 11....

A19 - 100+ NEW FREQUENCIES MONITORED. The new A19 transmission season began last weekend. I have been very busy scanning the international shortwave bands, checking out what has changed since the start of the A19 transmission season this week. And, as expected, there has been much movement across the spectrum by most of the major players. Where possible, for each item I have tried to identify the former frequency used in the B18 season. But this can be quite hard at times because schedules can be quite complex, or drastically changed by the broadcaster, making it difficult to arrive at comparisons. There are well over 100 frequency changes observed below, so if you are missing your favourite station, then it may be listed below! Additionally, in my travels across the bands, I observed a few interesting signals that were not on new frequencies. These include 7289.92 Radio Republik Indonesia - Nabire (Papua), 11860 Rep. of Yemen Radio Sana’a, as well as 15515 and 15529.72 Ra...