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58 37 19 W - 34 33 15 03 S
58 39 58 W - 34 33 12 S
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX July 11/12/13
AUSTRALIA Google Earth Imagery. NTSS network:
Tennant Creek (19d 40' 10"S, 134d 15' 44"E - high resolution);
Katherine (14d 23' 44"S, 132d 10' 45"E - high resolution);
Alice Springs (23d 48' 51"S, 133d 50' 50"E - high resolution)
(Douglas Johnson-USA, via Olle Alm, wwdxc BC-DX July 13)
Some changes of Radio Australia:
0400-0430 on 21780 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg in INSn, cancelled
0500-0530 on 11920 SNG 250 kW / 013 deg in Khmer, cancelled
0530-0600 on 11920 SNG 250 kW / 013 deg in Vietnamese, cancelled
0530-0600 on 17855 DRW 250 kW / 340 deg in Vietnamese, cancelled
0600-0630 on 17585 DRW 250 kW / 303 deg in INSn, new txion
0900-0930 on 11550 TAI 250 kW / 205 deg in INSn, cancelled
1300-1430 on 11825 DRW 250 kW / 340 deg in Chinese, addit. freq.
1400-1600 on 9625 DRW 250 kW / 303 deg in English, cancelled
2130-2200 on 9785 DRW 250 kW / 303 deg in INSn, cancelled
2130-2200 on 11550 TAI 250 kW / 205 deg in INSn, cancelled
2300-2330 on 9720 SNG 100 kW / 013 deg in Khmer, cancelled
2330-2400 on 11820 DRW 250 kW / 303 deg in Vietnamese, cancelled
2330-2400 on 15110 TAI 250 kW / 225 deg in Vietnamese, cancelled
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX July 25)
Effective Jul 03, R Australia moved from SW broadcasting to online
technology and local FM rebroadcasting to develop new audiences in Vietnam
and Cambodia. Cambodian broadcasts will revolve around the successful
placement of Khmer content on 'third-party' FM platforms in Cambodia. The
geographic coverage will be 70% and the population contact is estimated to
reach 85%. In Vietnam, the declining popularity of SW broadcasts and the
surging demand for online sces has opened the path for a live interactive
'Australia.. Vietnam' information and cultural exchange web portal. This
sce is located at
"Delivering content via new platforms, to new audiences and providing new
styles of programming is an international broadcasting trend that is being
led by R Australia, " stated John Westland, Manager of Projects and
Partnerships. At the same time, Radio Australia is now broadcasting from
two new txs near Townsville that are digitally (DRM - Digital Radio
Mondial) capable. These txs will enable RA to trial digital SW radio to
Asia and the Pacific. DRM is under trial in China by Chinese National
Radio - 800,000 radios and 14 txs, while Radio New Zealand International
(RNZI) has trialled and is successfully implementing DRM in the South
Pacific. DRM is also being widely trialled by a number of major providers
in Europe.
(Slightly abridged Press Release from the ABC, July 3; dswci DXW)
RA, July 26, at random times between 0940-1400, I checked different
frequencies and heard continuous Waltzing Matilda on 5995, 6020, 9560,
9580 and 9590; 6080 had usual programming; after 1400 UTC noted 5995//6080
with RA programming, 6020, 9560 and 9580 off the air, 9590 continued on
with non-stop Waltzing Matilda.
(Ron Howard-CA-USA, DXplorer July 26)
5050 ARDS reactivates HF sce. Now at 2110 I still have the faint signal,
measured as 5049.93 kHz by Spectrum Lab. Unfortunately there is a lot of
static crashes and some East European utility stations both on USB and
LSB.