Despite the continuing low level of solar activity, propagation into Melbourne has been excellent during our early to mid-afternoon window.Long-path signals from Europe, Africa and the Middle East dominate the 6, 7, 9, 11, and 13 MHz bands in the period 0300 to 0600. Shortpath signals from the Americas and Asia have also provided good results in the same bands, and also on 15, 17, and 21 MHz.
I was in the Warrandyte State Park, 15 km from the Melbourne CBD, on the afternoon of Thursday September 17, and I had the little Eton receiver with me, and 5 metres of antenna tossed into some ti-trees. This as at a barbecue area in the Jumping Creek Reserve.
This is a sample of entries observed:
All times UTC
5960 Canada NHK Sackville Japanese 0505
5965 Vatican VR SMG English 0500
" Costa Rica REE Spanosh 0515
5990 Slovak Rep. IRRS Rimatska Sobota English religious px 0500
6015 Austria RN Moosbrunn Dutch *0500
6040 Turkey VOT Turkish 0510
6130 Germany NHK Wertachtal Russian 0430
6175 Canada VOV Sackville Vietnamese 0430
7215 Romania RRI French 0450
7245 Rwanda DW Kigali English 0430
7250 Vatican VR SMG French 0445
7265 France RFI Issoudin French 0430
7275 Tunisia RTT Arabic *0500
7310 S. Africa BBC Meyerton English 0450
7335 Vatican VR SMG various Eur langs 0400-0500
7365 Germany HRT Wertachtal Croatian 0500 - new channel replacing 9925\
7400 Bulgaria RB Bulgarian 0430
9430 Zambia CVC Lusaka English 0500
9480 Rwanda DW Kigali German 0510
9490 Portugal R Sweden, Sines Swedish 0500
9510 Romania RRI Romanian 0515
9545 Germany DW Wertachtal Russian 0500
9555 Romania RRI Russian 0515
9610 Iran VOIRI Hebrew 0430
9635 Vietnam VOV Hanoi 0430 Vietnamese new East Sea Service
9655 Romania RRI French *0500
9705 Ethiopia R. Ethiopia local langs 0445
9720 Peri R. Victoria Lima 0430
9735 F. Guyana VOR Montsinery English 0430
9790 France RFI Issoudin French 0445
" Cuba CRI Havana Cantonese 0445
9850 Vietnam VOVB Dialects Network 0430-0530
9855 Iran VOIRI Russian 0505
9880 Russia VOA Krasnodar Spanish 0510
9895 Madagascar V. of the People, Talata English 0505
9945 Russia VOR Dushanbe Spanish 0500
9955 USA R. Pragua via WRMI Spanish 0500
9875 Vietnam VOV dialects network 0500
13640 Iran VOIRI Turkish 0500
13650 Cyprus BBC Arabic 0520
13680 Uzbekistan CVC Tashkent English 0500
13710 Iran VOIRI Turki 0505
13720 Abu Dhabi Sudan BS via Dhabbaya Arabic 0515
13750 Iran VOIRI Russian *0500
13775 Russia VOR Vladivostok English 0515
13800 Abu Dhabi R. Dabanga, Dhabbaya, Arabic 0515
13810 Sri Lanka R. Farda Iranawila Farsi 0500
13840 Madagascar R. Dabanga, Talata Arabic 0515
21550 Marianas RFA Tinian Mandarin 0510
(Bob Padula, Melbourne, Australia)