Mount Evelyn DX Report

 DX QUICK TIPS May 22, 2021 More than 20 countries are represented in this lot! Monitoring from the past two weeks. 🌟   3325   INDONESIA. RRI - Palangkaraya. Mandarin service 1130, into Japanese 1200, fair signal. // 4750 but weaker there and under heavy co-channel CNR 1 QRM. May 10.  And again at 1913 with pop selections in the Dutch service, fair signal, May 21. 3480   KOREA REP. Voice of the People - Kyonggi-do Koyang. The usual Korean commentaries at 1145. Good clear signal with only light siren jamming. The other outlets of 3910, 3930, 4450, 6520, and 6600 could barely be heard under a much heavier bombardment of noise jamming. May 10. 🌟   3900   INNER MONGOLIA. PBS Hulunbuir - Hailar. At this time of year, this low-powered (10kW) Chinese outlet can be first heard here at f/in 1115 and makes the distance quite well by 1145 when it is just after sunset in Hailar. Largely Mandarin propaganda programming to the masses! May 14. 3925 ...

A "mud map" aerial view of my current set-up of antennas   ANTENNAS....BIG LOOP ANTENNAS! (This post is an edited version of an article I wrote for "The World of Shortwave Listening" column of The Spectrum Monitor magazine - April 2021 issue. Further details on this excellent publication are available at www.thespectrummonitor.com ) It seems that these days, small loop antennas for use on the high-frequency bands are just as popular as ever. Much is being written about them, and a quick web search brings up a host of links to designs for both passive and active loops, construction issues, and forums with plenty of opinions on which loops work the best. And there are a growing number of manufacturers selling loops, including the long-established Wellbrook, W6LVP, Alpha, Chameleon, and MFJ offerings, along with any number of loops for sale on eBay. These “loops on a pole” are ideal for the growing number of shortwave listeners and hams who find themselves in apartment...

  DX QUICK TIPS May 9, 2021 OK. It's a very busy day here today.   This is a quick "no-frills" post from Ron Howard (USA) and myself! 😊 Firstly, from Ron Howard: RAMADAN 2021 - This year have recently been checking the former RRI frequencies for any new activity. None noted on 3344.86 (RRI Ternate), 3905 (RRI Merauke), 4789.98v (RRI Fak Fak), 4869.9 (RRI Wamena), 4925 (RRI Jambi) nor 7289.92 (RRI Nabire). In past years, Ternate often reactivated just for Ramadan, but no longer so. (May 3) AUSTRALIA . 5055, Radio 4KZ, on May 1, noted cutting off at 1303:50* UT.   BANGLADESH . 4750, Bangladesh Betar (External Service), 1250-1258 UT, May 1. In English and mixing with CNR1; thanks to Dr Hansjoerg Biener, who on March 29, via WOR iog, first reported that BB had corrected their long standing audio problem. Yes, heard today with clear audio; giving the history of Pakistan/Bangladesh relations and about the 1974 agreement between them, as well as the India/Bangladesh water agre...

Photo: AWA SPOTLIGHT: BBC ASCENSION ISLAND RELAY STATION (This post is an edited version of an article I wrote for "The World of Shortwave Listening" column of The Spectrum Monitor magazine - April 2021 issue. Further details on this excellent publication are available at www.thespectrummonitor.com ) A recent QSL card for the long-established BBC Ascension Island relay station now features some interesting information on the antennas and transmitters at this important site. Actually, it is not a standard QSL card with pretty pictures but rather a tri-folded paper verification. And both sides of this QSL are packed with facts about the island, the transmitters and the antennas. If only all QSLs contained this type of data on their transmitting facilities! Encompass Digital Media now manages the BBC relay station at Ascension (South Atlantic Ocean) along with Woofferton (England) and Dhabayya (United Arab Emirates). Ascension is a lump of volcanic rock located at S7°53’53.1672”...