Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Blog Logs - Australia


All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on sign-off*

4835, VL8A, Alice Springs, NT, 0812-0830*, Aug 05 and 08, English talk with music as background, getting chopped up by CODAR unfortunately, // 4910, 15331. (Bolland and Gonçalves). Also heard at 2133-2155, Aug 16, English, ABC news, weather report at 2140, "Sunday Morning" program. SINPO 35332. (Gonçalves)

4910, VL8T, Tennant Creek, NT, 2135-2153, Aug 16, cf. // 4835 VL8A, 24321, adjacent QRM from 4915. (Gonçalves). Also heard 0810-0830*, Aug 05 and 08, English talks about the environment, music. SINPO 15331. (Bolland and Gonçalves)

5025, VL8K, Katherine, NT, 2136-2150, Aug 16, cf. // 4835 VL8A and 4910 VL8T. SINPO 23321. QRM Benin. (Gonçalves)

6020, Radio Australia (Shepparton, VIC) *0900-0956, Aug 07, Interval signal for Pidgin to PNG, but they kept on playing it and program was aired; ditto re. // 9710; SINPO 35432, QRM from RNW in Dutch at *0930. (Gonçalves)

9710, Radio Australia (Shepparton, VIC) 1002-1100*, Aug 06, talks, music, news, SINPO 15422. (Gonçalves)

11750, HCJB, Kununurra, 0857-0910, Aug 14, English religious programme, ID at 0900 "HCJB Global Voice Australia", SINPO 24432. (Baste)

11840, Radio Australia (Darwin, NT) 2222-2253, Aug 06, English to Asia, "AM" programme: Home news, SINPO 55444. (Gonçalves)

15230, CVC International (Darwin) 0900, Aug 12, English, ID, songs, SINPO 24423. (Baste)

15515, Radio Australia (Shepparton, VIC) 2139-2210, Aug 12, English to the Pacific, exchange rates and financial reports, music, Olympics report, 25433 but deteriorating; very good on parallel 11840. (Gonçalves)
(Source: DX Window # 357 via Anker Petersen, Denmark)

Additional Australian logs
7240 Radio Australia, 1414, 8/11/08. Fair with Olympics sports coverage. Some slop from adjacent ham radio activity (Strawman-IA/Cumbre DX).

9710 Radio Australia, 1620, 8/17/08. Poor to fair with typical news feature (Strawman-IA/Cumbre DX).

13650, Radio Australia (Shepparton VIC)13630 2235 English 433 August 5 Two announcers with comments on water savings. Announcers program interview at 2238. //12080 [333] Brandon, 13635 [444] (S MacKenzie, CA)

4835, ABC, Northren Territority, Alice Springs, 0814-0830 Noted a male in English language comments with music as background. Signal which is threshold, is getting chopped up by CODAR unfortunately. (Chuck Bolland, August 5, 2008).

4910, ABC, Northern Territority, Tennant Creek, 0822-0830, Noted a female in English language comments until 0824 when music briefly heard. This followed with more English
comments from a male. Signal was threshold. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

15515, Radio Australia (Shepparton VIC) 15515 2210 English 333 Aug 11 OM interviewing an OM on the 2008 Olympics. MacKenzie-CA)