Mount Evelyn DX Report

RADIO DENMARK ON SHORTWAVE - January 1973 Radio Denmark operated a small overseas shortwave service beginning in 1948, transmitting in Danish. In February 1990, it ceased broadcasting from its homeland and used the more powerful transmitters of Radio Norway. But on December 31, 2003, Radio Norway also closed it shortwave services, resulting in Radio Denmark leaving shortwave permanently. This recording was made on January 3, 1973 on 15165 kHz. The receiver used was a Lafayette HA230 with a dipole antenna. Thanks for watching! 73 and good DX to you all, Rob Wagner VK3BVW CLICK HERE for VK3BVW Live Stream (Clublog)   Subscribe!! Follow @robvk3bvw QRZ callsign lookup: Search Callsign lookups provided by qrz.com © Rob Wagner, Mount Evelyn DX Report, and contributors 2012-2019

The Mount Evelyn tree that brought down power lines near us after the storm (photo: K. Redford) BIG STORM BRINGS SOME GOOD DX! After several very hot late Spring days, an afternoon change yesterday (Nov 21) brought cooler weather, but no rain. The sudden gusty change in wind direction caused havoc throughout much of Victoria, and certainly in my own area where power blackouts were the order of the day. A few streets away from me, a very large tree toppled over across power lines taking out all local electricity for around 10 hours. I had to decide whether to sit in the rapidly approaching darkness with not much to do or take advantage of a DX opportunity! So I fired up the Yaesu FTDX3000 transceiver via the always-ready 13.8v sealed lead acid battery that sits on the floor of the radio shack. Several hours at the radio proved profitable! No electrical noise at all! The only interference appearing on the dial was the faint carriers coming out from the Apple Macbook Pro laptop ...

DXING AT LAKE NILLAHCOOTIE Using the Tecsun PL-680 Receiver Here is a video below of some unexpected late morning signals on the 31mb as we head towards summer in southeastern Australia. Lake Nillahcootie is a good place for a spot of weak signal DXing with stations mainly from Asia. In this video, I use the very reliable Tecsun PL-680 and a random wire antenna strung in the trees. Thanks for watching, 73 and good DX to you all! Rob Wagner VK3BVW CLICK HERE for VK3BVW Live Stream (Clublog)   Subscribe!! Follow @robvk3bvw QRZ callsign lookup: Search Callsign lookups provided by qrz.com © Rob Wagner, Mount Evelyn DX Report, and contributors 2012-2019

Radio Nederland QSL card for the reception of a broadcast on 25650 kHz via the  Talata, Madagascar relay station in 1981. (from the author’s collection) WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE 11-METER BAND? (This post is an edited version of an article I wrote for "The World of Shortwave Listening" column of The Spectrum Monitor magazine - August 2019 issue. Further details on this excellent publication are available at www.thespectrummonitor.com ) Recently, I was sitting in the radio shack mulling over the lack of activity on the shortwave broadcast bands. Sure, the solar cycle is still bouncing around on the bottom of the curve with little sign of recovering anytime soon, resulting in some pretty ghastly radio wave propagation on occasions. Of course, many of the international broadcasters and domestic regional stations have permanently left the radio dial. I dwelled on all this vacant space that is still assigned and available for use by world broadcasters. However, it i...