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  THE TOP MEDXR POSTS OF 2025 Thank you for your support of the Mount Evelyn DX Report throughout 2025. Without your "views", "likes", "shares", and "retweets", I doubt I would have continued writing this blog. I appreciate your generous words of encouragement and friendship. It is always much appreciated. It is fascinating to see which posts on this blog captured our readers' interest. In category order, here are the "most-clicked-on" posts from the past twelve months. THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL POSTS! Without a doubt, two posts caused quite a stir and generated the most discussion. These were about listeners who use the Internet to access Kiwi and Web SDRs to gather information for their reception reports. They compile the report and send it off to the station, requesting a QSL card or eQSL. I listed many reasons why this was a problem (....for me) and why I don't think this is in the true spirit of the hobby. The first post ended...

  RADIO SINGAPORE ON MEDIUMWAVE ARCHIVE RECORDING FROM 1973 The recording below of Radio Singapore on 790 kHz in the mediumwave band was made on October 13, 1973. You will hear the station sign-off announcement and the national anthem. This recording was made using a Lafayette HA230 valve receiver and a small MW loop antenna. The distance the signal travelled was 6,081 km.  In the 60s and 70s, Radio Singapore operated on a range of frequencies in the mediumwave and shortwave bands. As part of the 1975 Geneva Frequency Plan, this 790 kHz channel moved to 792 kHz on November 23, 1978. Over time, FM channels were introduced and became popular with listeners. Suddenly, with very little fanfare, the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation ceased all its mediumwave outlets on December 31, 1993.   A disgruntled listener complained  about the sudden closure  in the January 8, 1994, edition of  The Straits Times newspaper. Does this sound familiar....suddenly disappearin...

  OPENING THE LOGBOOK - DECEMBER 1971 In October, we launched a new series on our MEDXR blog, which received strong positive reactions from our regular readers. Each month, I open up the old records to see what I (and others) heard during that month. It has been fun looking back at old issues of the Australian DX News (the newsletter of the Australian Radio DX Club), bringing back lots of memories. Here are some memories from  December 1971—54 years ago!  All frequencies in kHz; all times are UTC (or GMT, as we used to say in those days!). The Logbook The big highlight during December was the inaugural test transmissions from Radio Nederland's relay station in Talata, Madagascar. Initially, three frequencies were heard: 6020, 15260, and 15330 kHz. Another interesting new service was Colombo, Ceylon, on 21445 kHz. Test transmissions were noted by some ARDXC members, beamed to Europe in German and English. The tests were scheduled between 0700 and 1130 UTC on this frequency...

STATION NEWS AND DX QUICK TIPS December 5, 2025 GLOBAL TALK AMERICA - New Station! Suddenly appearing in November is the new Global Talk America. Apparently, programs are produced by ex-VOA Hausa staff in Washington. It primarily targets audiences in West Africa, particularly the Hausa-speaking regions of Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Cameroon, and Chad. Their core coverage area includes Nigeria — a region with one of the largest concentrations of Hausa speakers in the world. The service also reaches diaspora Hausa-speaking communities in Europe, North America, and the Middle East, who follow Hausa-language news for updates on political, social, and cultural developments back home. It has a constantly updated Facebook page that has a mix of posts in Hausa and English  https://www.facebook.com/gtahausa/ Here is the current schedule: Language Time (UTC) Days Area kHz TX Site Hausa 0500–0530 daily ...