Both last night (March 8, 8:00 UTC and later) and the night before Radio Australia seems to be two transmitters short.
Missing were the transmissions on 9590 kHz (8:00 UTC to 16:00?) and 9580 kHz (8:00 to 14:00), 7240 kHz (14:00-17:00?).
Also not heard was the earlier transmission on 9660 kHz and perhaps the Tok Pisin program on 9710 kHz. (Insomnia radio, accuracy not guaranteed).
Transmissions still present were 13630 until 9:00, but after that the only English language programming was on 9475, aimed as Asia, but weak and noisy here in Western North America (Seattle). And Tok Pisin on 6020 and 5995.
6020 shifts from Tok Pisin to English at 11:00 or 12:00 UTC, but often has strong interference from (last I checked) Radio Veritas in the Philippines broadcasting in Chinese at 12:30-14:00 (have not yet checked if this is still happening).
And when 6020 (English) shifts to 5995 at 14:00 it's getting stepped on by one of the American christian stations for the first hour. (The guy that sounds like Mr. Rodgers on Quaaludes. I've never bothered to figure out if that is "Pastor Pete", or "Harold").
6080 kHz is there around 14:00, but weak.
Mark Zenier mzen...@eskimo.com Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)
> Both last night (March 8, 8:00 UTC and later) and the night before > Radio Australia seems to be two transmitters short.
> Missing were the transmissions on 9590 kHz (8:00 UTC to 16:00?) > and 9580 kHz (8:00 to 14:00), 7240 kHz (14:00-17:00?).
> Also not heard was the earlier transmission on 9660 kHz and perhaps > the Tok Pisin program on 9710 kHz. (Insomnia radio, accuracy not > guaranteed).
> Transmissions still present were 13630 until 9:00, but after that the > only English language programming was on 9475, aimed as Asia, but weak > and noisy here in Western North America (Seattle). And Tok Pisin on > 6020 and 5995.
> 6020 shifts from Tok Pisin to English at 11:00 or 12:00 UTC, but often has > strong interference from (last I checked) Radio Veritas in the Philippines > broadcasting in Chinese at 12:30-14:00 (have not yet checked if this is > still happening).
> And when 6020 (English) shifts to 5995 at 14:00 it's getting stepped on > by one of the American christian stations for the first hour. (The guy > that sounds like Mr. Rodgers on Quaaludes. I've never bothered to figure > out if that is "Pastor Pete", or "Harold").
> 6080 kHz is there around 14:00, but weak.
> Mark Zenier mzen...@eskimo.com > Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)
I guess I noticed the same thing, but I was too sleepy and ready to crash to pay much heed - I just chalked it up to poor band conditions (which were not quite that bad, since RNZI on 31m was decent if not stellar). I hung it up shortly after 0800, so I cannot vouch for anything in the wee hours.
You didn't happen to give Mongolia a try last night, did you, by chance? It's that time of year...
In article <dc96c825-ebbf-4929-9435-8fe137c05...@p3g2000pra.googlegroups.com>,
bpnjensen <bpnjen...@yahoo.com> wrote: >On Mar 8, 7:45 am, mzen...@eskimo.com (Mark Zenier) wrote: >> Both last night (March 8, 8:00 UTC and later) and the night before >> Radio Australia seems to be two transmitters short.
>> Missing were the transmissions on 9590 kHz (8:00 UTC to 16:00?) >> and 9580 kHz (8:00 to 14:00), 7240 kHz (14:00-17:00?). ... >I guess I noticed the same thing, but I was too sleepy and ready to >crash to pay much heed - I just chalked it up to poor band conditions >(which were not quite that bad, since RNZI on 31m was decent if not >stellar). I hung it up shortly after 0800, so I cannot vouch for >anything in the wee hours.
Well, 9590 was back today. And 6020 is still a mess at 13:00.
>You didn't happen to give Mongolia a try last night, did you, by >chance? It's that time of year...
There used to be a whole string of their regional stations on 5 Mhz, but I thought that they had been shut down, so I've not tried recently. (One really quiet night a couple of decades ago they were all there laid out just like in Passport).
There's also a whole lot more noisy electronics in my neighborhood since then, making that band a bit irritating to monitor, even with a noise canceler box.
Mark Zenier mzen...@eskimo.com Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)
> In article <dc96c825-ebbf-4929-9435-8fe137c05...@p3g2000pra.googlegroups.com>,
> bpnjensen <bpnjen...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >On Mar 8, 7:45 am, mzen...@eskimo.com (Mark Zenier) wrote: > >> Both last night (March 8, 8:00 UTC and later) and the night before > >> Radio Australia seems to be two transmitters short.
> >> Missing were the transmissions on 9590 kHz (8:00 UTC to 16:00?) > >> and 9580 kHz (8:00 to 14:00), 7240 kHz (14:00-17:00?). > ... > >I guess I noticed the same thing, but I was too sleepy and ready to > >crash to pay much heed - I just chalked it up to poor band conditions > >(which were not quite that bad, since RNZI on 31m was decent if not > >stellar). I hung it up shortly after 0800, so I cannot vouch for > >anything in the wee hours.
> Well, 9590 was back today. And 6020 is still a mess at 13:00.
> >You didn't happen to give Mongolia a try last night, did you, by > >chance? It's that time of year...
> There used to be a whole string of their regional stations on 5 Mhz, > but I thought that they had been shut down, so I've not tried recently. > (One really quiet night a couple of decades ago they were all there > laid out just like in Passport).
> There's also a whole lot more noisy electronics in my neighborhood since > then, making that band a bit irritating to monitor, even with a noise > canceler box.
> Mark Zenier mzen...@eskimo.com > Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)
I hear ya about the noisy electornics. Yecchh.
Mongolia is on 12 MHz now; not perfectly situated band-wise for 2-3 AM (U.S. West Coast) listening, but once in awhile you catch it just right...
The listed 12.085 MHz freq is still good from 1030 to 1100z in English...
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