DX QUICK TIPS - August 20, 2022


 

DX QUICK TIPS
August 20, 2022


Reception conditions have been quite variable over the past week, with both good and bad patches. It was great to see Nigeria back on air after an absence. Also noted was Algeria using their new transmitter on 7430 kHz. Channel 292 is still being heard via the long path despite winter drawing to a close here.

LOCATION: Mount Evelyn, Victoria, Australia

EQUIPMENT: Yaesu FTDX3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, FRG-7, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Panasonic DR-48

ANTENNAS:  Horizontal Sky Loop 100m long, 30m full wave Delta Loop, 14 MHz Double Bazooka, ATU.


6155   AUSTRIA. R. Austria Int'l - Moosbrunn. 0545 German to Eu, classical orchestral music, poor signal at first but improved slightly before s/off, Aug 18.

👍👍 7254.94   NIGERIA. Voice of Nigeria - Abuja. 0618 in Hausa to WAf, discussion program, occasional mentions of Nigeria. 0630 - A few seconds of the usual crazy wind instrument music and into news reports and interviews with many mentions of Nigeria. This station has been missing for months now. Great to see it back again. Fair to poor signal until s/off at 0658. Then at 0713, the carrier returned with a high-pitched variable tuning tone for several minutes, then an open carrier noted until I finally quit monitoring at 0810. It seems like the 0700 Fulfulde and 0800 English services have not been restored yet. Aug 20.

7265   SÃO TOMÉ. VoA - Pinheira. 0600 French to WAf, weak signal via the long path over the Atlantic, continental NAm and into the Pacific. Aug 18.

👍👍 7430   ALGERIA. R. Algerienne - Ouargla. 0533 Arabic to WAf, frantic Algerian pop songs and anncts. Time pips at 0600 and a few seconds of news before cut-off at 06:00:30. Weak signal, Aug 20.

👍 9670   GERMANY. Channel 292 - Rohrbach. 0415 with Overcomer programming to Eu, a weak signal via the long path, afternoon reception. Still there as we come to the end of winter but will eventually disappear. Aug 20.

9790   FRANCE. R. France Int'l - Issoudun. 0425 French to EAf, current affairs show, fair signal via the long path, Aug 20.

9835   MALAYSIA. RTV Malaysia - Kajang. 0435 Sarawak FM relay with Malay pops, fair signal, Aug 20.

9900   IRAN. VoIRI - Zahedan. 0440 Arabic to ME, long commentaries, fair signal, Aug 20.

👍 9915   MADAGASCAR. BBC - Talata Volonondry. 0445 to 0600 English WS to EAf. Listening in USB to avoid the hideous French Navy STANAG on 9911 kHz. Fair signal and improved slightly from 0500 when it switched from 315 to 265 degrees for the SAf service (picking up a side lobe, I suspect!), Aug 20.

9975   USA. KVOH VoHope - Rancho Simi CA. 0450 American proselytizing, weak signal, Aug 20.

13580   OMAN. BBC - Al Seela. 0455 until s/off 0459, English WS to ME. // the Talata relay on 9915, poor signal, Aug 20. 

13650   IRAN. VoIRI - Sirjan. 0505 Turkish to ME, very good signal except for a slight audio hum, Aug 20.

15530   KUWAIT. R. Kuwait - Sulaibiyah. 0540 English to Eu, Kuwaiti news, very good signal, Aug 18.

15550   CHINA. CNR 7 Greater Bay Area R. - Beijing. 0535 Cantonese to southern China, interview program, fair signal and // 13770 (via Kashi) but barely audible there. Aug 18.

👍👍 15630   UZBEKISTAN. Iran International - Tashkent. 0530 Farsi to Iran, news, poor signal, Aug 18.

17520   ROMANIA. RRI - Tiganesti. 0515 French to CAf, detailed s/off anncts 0525, IS 0526, fair to poor signal, Aug 18.

17530   UAE. BBC - Dhabayya. 0520 English WS to EAf, current affairs programming, fair signal with occasional deep flutter fading. Aug 18.

17640   THAILAND. R. Thailand - Ban Dung. 0500-0530 English to NAm, fair to poor signal with multi-path echo, Aug 18.

👍 17790   MADAGASCAR. AWR - Talata Volonondry. S/on 0500 Arabic to ME, very good signal but rapid flutter fading at times, Aug 18.




I have had some very positive feedback from my recent Retro Receiver Review on the Panasonic RF-4800/4900 (a.k.a. DR-48/49). Thanks to all for your kind words. We add to this series on an occasional basis, so watch out for reviews of more receivers in the future.



73 and have a great weekend, everyone!

Rob Wagner VK3BVW



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