BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

Best wishes, Sean.
- Unquote - (Alokesh Gupta-IND, dxld Sept 6)
AUSTRALIA/GUAM The word from Radio Australia.
Flooding of homes (at least) in Shepparton, Victoria. Just heard about it
on the news. Google Shepparton floods for more, such as
So is the R. Australia transmitter site affected? Any transmissions
missing? At its own website,
the top story is flooding in Pakistan!
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Sept 6)
Flooding near Shepparton, any effect on R. Australia? I don't know where
the antenna is.
(Dan Say-BC-CAN, dxld Sept 7)
RA Flooding, Spurring, Jamming Hi Nigel, We are of course wondering
whether the RA site is threatened by the Shepparton flooding, or is it on
high enough ground?
This morning around 1216-1225 UT (Sept 7) I was getting a spur from RA on
9634+ kHz, but could not tell which transmitter it was coming from, 9475,
9560, 9580 or 9590 kHz. Later, one around 9535 kHz and some other spots.
Matched the audio to 9580 kHz. Something out of order due to the water?
Also, Cuba has started heavy noise and pulse jamming against something on
9965 kHz from 1400 UT. I.e. RA via Palau. I can't tell what else is there,
but maybe clandestine Radio Republica.
Another thing have rumors that the deal to ship Darwin transmitters to
Shep is off. Can you confirm? Regards,
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, to Nigel Holmes of RA, via dxld)
Total bollocks (like most good rumours). A Continental 418E and a 418F
both third-hand from Christian Voice ex-Cox Peninsula are being installed
at Shepparton IHFTS. A new 418G is undergoing acceptance testing in the
factory before being shipped to Shepparton. You can quote me.
The transmitting station at Shepparton is quite safe at the moment. It was
flooded in 1993year, but this time around it's only the flood channels
adjacent to the rivers that are filling up. After ten years of drought, we
need the water so we're not complaining.
Paste these co-ordinates into Google -36.3243 S 145.4235 E and you'll be
centred on the Shepparton IHFTS. The Goulburn River is to the west (left)
of the station by about 6 km and flows to the north. Zoom out to about
50 km high and you'll see the station relative to the river and the town.
I'll have a look at the output of the tx at Shepparton and see if
something is amiss. Usually the output is clean with the Harris/Gates
senders except when slightly misaligned - then spurs will appear at +/the
pulse-duration modulation frequency. This is around 65-75 kHz (depends
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