Mount Evelyn DX Report

MASSIVE STORM MAJOR POWER OUTAGE Around 6pm on Thursday (Aug 27), Melbourne was hit by a fierce storm and relentless winds. Although it lasted only 15 minutes, the destruction across much of the city was devastating with huge trees uprooted and crashing onto homes and cars. Tragically, three people lost their lives, including a four-year-old boy.  Photo: L. Williams Most of the eastern half of the city and surrounds were plunged into darkness. One of the worst-hit areas was Mount Evelyn. Although there was no major damage to my own property, other houses in my street were not so lucky. And the parkland reserve across the road from us saw a number of trees down. We spent two nights in darkness before electricity was restored. Two days later, I write this post to the accompanying sounds of chain saws attempting to clear away the debris. Although we were busy here cleaning up for much of the time, I did manage to spend several hours in front of the radios in the early afternoon of Fri...

DX QUICK TIPS August 17, 2020 Over the past week or so, the solar flux index has ventured into the low to mid-70s after having been stuck in the low to mid-60s for what seems like an eternity now. The A and K indices have also seen a few days of elevation. These changes have resulted in a small uptick in recent shortwave conditions, which is encouraging. There will still be periods of solar inactivity, but if the start of Cycle 25 has not occurred in earnest yet (and I suspect it might have) then it can't be far away now! For shortwave enthusiasts in the southern hemisphere, frequencies above 11 MHz will still be pretty dead in the evenings but better reception can be expected as we get through the spring season. For northern hemisphere hams and SWLs, make the most of the higher frequencies during the remainder of your summer and early autumn because you will be heading down to the wintertime lower frequencies before you know it! And don't forget that as we near th...

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