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Friday, April 30, 2021

Proposed ABC Great Western Interview on DXing


UNAIRED AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (ABC) RADIO INTERVIEW.
 
In September 2020, a producer/announcer at ABC Great Southern - 6WA in Wagin, Western Australia contacted and requested to interview me. I had previously logged their station in March of that year, so he thought 6WA listeners might be interested to learn the station was being heard as far away as Malaysia, not just in Western Australia. At first, I was reluctant to do the interview, but at his insistence I instead proposed writing and recording a Q&A monologue. This is the recording.
 
As the host of an early morning programme on 6WA he agreed to edit the recording, adding in his questions, comments, effects, etc. Days, weeks and months passed without the promised final edit.

A few months after submitting the recording I learned he had been transferred to another ABC station. What he did with the recording remains a mystery. I suspect it was never edited, and therefore it never aired. Perhaps the content of my monologue was too awkward or inappropriate for his audience, so he scrapped the idea. 
 
In any case, here is the recording I made and submitted. Give it a listen. 73.

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Thursday, April 29, 2021

QSLs for April 2021


HCJB Deutschland.
Nauen, Germany.

Radio Romania International. Galbeni, Romania. 

Radio Romania International. Galbeni, Romania.

Welle 370 via Channel 292*. Rohrbach, Germany.

Radio Taiwan International. Baochung, Taiwan.

 RX: Tecsun S-2000 and Alinco DX-R9T ANT: Passive Loop : QTH: Malaysia
*Remote RX: SDR ANT: Mini whip QTH: Malaysia via The Netherlands (Twente University)

 

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

HCJB Deutschland (via Nauen)

HCJB Deutschland, transmitting from Nauen (Germany), was received on 27 February 2021. A Russian language broadcast was monitored from 16.00 till 16.30 UTC. Reception on  9.500 kHz rated a SINPO of 44544 -- good signal strength, clear audio content despite moderate atmospheric noise. 

Reception report was emailed to various contacts. An eQSL was received on 27 April 2021.

RX: Tecsun S-2000 and Alinco DX-R9T ANT: Passive Loop : QTH: Malaysia

Monday, April 19, 2021

Radio Romania International (via Galbeni)

Radio Romania International, transmitting from Galbeni, Romania, was logged on 8 April 2021. English broadcast of Romanian folk music and current event programmes was monitored from 03.25 till 04.00 UTC. Reception on 11.825 kHz rated a SINPO of 25222 -- poor signal strength. occasionally audible content, severe atmospheric noise and fading. By 03.55 UTC signal was inaudible due to interference from NHK World Radio Japan.

Reception report was emailed on the same day. An eQSL card was received on 20 April 2021.


RX: Alinco DX-R9T ANT: Passive Loop : QTH: Malaysia

Radio Romania International (via Galbeni)

Radio Romania International, transmitting from Galbeni, Romania, was logged on 28 March 2021. English broadcast of Romanian folk music and current event programmes was monitored from 03.25 till 04.00 UTC. Reception on 11.825 kHz rated a SINPO of 25322 -- weak but audible signal, severe atmospheric noise and occasional fading under the noise. Reception worsened after 03.45 UTC. At 03.55 UTC interference from NHK Radio Japan overpowered your signal.


Reception report was emailed on the same day. An eQSL card was received on 20 April 2021.

RX: Alinco DX-R9T ANT: Passive Loop : QTH: Malaysia

Sunday, April 18, 2021

Welle 370* (via Rohrbach)

Welle 370* via Channel 292, transmitting from Rohrbach, Germany, was logged on 24 January 2021. German language programme was monitored from 11.00 till 11.59 UTC. The broadcast focused on 100 years of radio, in particular a visit to the "Museum fur Kommunikasie Berlin," as well as letters/emails from listeners and pop music. Reception on 6.070 kHz rated a SINPO of 55555.

Reception report was emailed on 25 January 2021. QSL card along with brochure was received on 19 April 2021.


*Remote RX: SDR ANT: Mini whip QTH: Malaysia via The Netherlands (Twente University)

Monday, April 5, 2021

Radio Taiwan International (via Baochung)

Radio Taiwan International, transmitting from Baochung, (Taiwan), was logged on 2 April 2021. English broadcast  from 03.00 to 04.00 UTC included segments of "Curious John", "In the Spotlight", "Classic Shorts" "News Playlist" and "On The Line", followed by broadcast times and contact details at sign-off. Reception on 15.320 kHz rated a SINPO of 55555 -- excellent on all accounts.

Reception report was emailed a few days later. QSL card arrived in the mail on 5 April 2021.

RX: Degen DE-1102 EXT ANT: random 3 meter wire QTH: Malaysia

Thursday, April 1, 2021

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