Friday, July 09, 2010

Propagation notes from down under

interesting observations from our friend down under. Thanks, Bob


Well, the shortest day has passed and we're on the way to spring and autumn!

The excellent trans-noon propagation in the 0100 to 0300 period on 6 MHz and 7 MHz is now history - I wait for the Day Time Modes on those bands which occur during spring and summer!

Morning propagation pre-sunrise on 49mb has been excellent, shortpath from Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia. Afternoon propagation on 6 MHz, 7 MHz, 9 MHz, 11 MHz, excellent, in period 0400 to 0500, longpath from Europe, Middle East, Africa, and shortpath from Asia and Americas.

Here are some selected entries:

Morning 2000 to 2100 on July 8
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5830 KUWAIT R. Farda Farsi
5870 PHILIPPINES VOA Tinang Korean
5920 RUSSIA VOR Krasnodar Spanish
5975 ABU DHABI WYFR Dhabayya English NEW FREQUENCY
5980 IRAN VOIRI Albanian *2030
5995 GERMANY RL Biblis Belarusian
6025 IRAN VOIRI Arabic
6040 MOLDOVA RN Kishinev Dutch
6050 KUWAIT R. Kuwait Arabic
6055 RWANDA R. Rwanda French
6110 ETHIOPIA R. Farna dialects
6115 GERMANY WYFR Nauen Arabic
6150 RWANDA DW Kigali English

Afternoon 0400 to 0500 on July 7 (at Jumping Creek reserve, Warrandyte State
Park)
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5960 CANADA NHK Sackville Japanese
6000 BULGARIA R. Sofia Greek
6105 GERMANY RL Lampertheim Belarusian
6110 ETHIOPIA R. Farna dialects
6130 LITHUANIA NHK Sitkunai *0430 Russian
6190 S. AFRICA BBC Meyerton English

7240 RWANDA DW Kigali English
7275 TUNISIA Arabic
7295 FRANCE R. Algeria Issoudin Arabic
7350 IRAN VOIRI Arabic

9610 IRAN VOIRI Hebrew
9875 MADAGASCAR V. of People, Talata, dialects
9945 TAJIKISTAN VOR Dushanbe Spanish

11635 SRI LANKA R. Farda Iranwela Farsi
11650 CHINA CRI Kunming Vietnamese
11670 CHINA CNR2 Mandarin
11680 N. KOREA KCBS Korean
11805 ABU DHABI Sudan R. Service Dhabayya dialects
11875 IRAN VOIRI Hebrew
11940 IRAN VOIRI Dari
11960 SYRIA Arabic
11980 TURKEY VOT Turkish
12020 CUBA RHC Spanish
12045 ABU DHABI DW Dhabbaya English

LATE NEWS!
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WYFR observed with new morning transmission in Indonesian on July 7 signing on at 0000 on 11865 from the Paochung site in Taiwan. Excellent propagation into Melbourne!

Regards from Melbourne!
Bob Padula