Mount Evelyn DX Report

  DX QUICK TIPS June 23, 2023 It has been a busy few weeks here, so I am just starting to catch up on another MEDXR blog post. The radio has been on and below are a few monitoring observations from the shortwave broadcast bands. In addition, I have been cruising the ham bands and have had successful QSOs with the Ducie Island expedition, Eswatini, Gibraltar, Lakshadweep Islands, Mauritius and Kiribati.  5915   MYANMAR. Myanmar R. - Naypyidaw. 1055 Burmese commentary. ID at 1059, anncts, then into easy listening Burmese pop song. A weak signal at first tune-in, but improved to a fair level by 1125. Monitored until 1210 when the signal was good at sunset, 6:39 pm local time in Naypyidaw. June 16.  6185   CHINA. China Huayi BC - Fuzhou, Fujian Province. 1113 Mandarin beamed across the Taiwan Strait. Only about 240 km between Fuzhou and Taipei. Enjoyable programming with continuous laid-back Chinese pop songs. Fair signal. 7255   U.A.E. BBC - Dhabayya. BBC An...

RETRO RECEIVER REVIEW #20 SONY ICF-5900W by CRAIG SEAGER VK2HBT This time around, I thought we might direct our attention to one of the many portable receivers of yesteryear, and it is perhaps appropriate that we choose a manufacturer that continued to produce quality equipment featuring shortwave coverage until long after. I’m sure our Japanese friends will concur with the submission that Japan is a land of short-lived, but enthusiastically embraced fads.  Whether it be karaoke, yo-yos with brains, electronics pets or Pokémon, each craze sweeps the country in such a way that captures the attention of the rest of the world and is usually associated with some pretty smart home-grown technology.   In the mid to late 1970s, shortwave listening (or “BCL”) was the flavour of the month, with teenagers (and some older folk!) compiling large QSL collections and forming SWL and DX clubs all over the country.  Nowadays, you’d be fairly hard-pressed to find any external broadcas...