Radio Australia 19000 Khz 2:30 UTC July 16 2013 Dog walk log

[glimmer twin]

Heard on "barefoot" Sangean ATS 909x while walking the dog (China, the DX'ing doggie). Awesome summer time, after dark, reception. As Glenn Hauser would say SSOB in fact OSOB. Strongest Station On Band...Only Station On Band. Heard a news story about a North Korean cargo ship that was stopped in the Panama canal & found to be carrying high tech missile components picked up in Cuba. Also a story about an astronaut on a space walk from the ISS who's spacesuit apparently malfunctioned & filled with water (!) Killer reception on ATS 909x with wide bandpass setting for superior audio. I really dig Radio Australia but I'm in my non working summer mode & I never get up in time to hear them in the local mornings. Reception at this hour is better anyway. Parallel 15160 (01:00- 05:00 UTC) was not heard, only JBA carrier. The 19 Mhz frequency is in use from 23:00 - 03:00 with a 5 degree beam change from 65 to 70 at 1:00 UTC.

I also noticed a few ZL's & VK's on 20 meters. It was a good opening to that part of the world I guess.

[skeezix]

Your dog walks sure are productive for DXing.

[glimmer twin]

The credit all goes to the Sangean ATS909x. I am finding it to be an outstanding little radio.I used to have a DX 398 15 years ago & really loved it but it couldn't handle the salt air from when I lived on an island off the coast of Maine. I used to take it to work with me on a lobster boat & it pretty much got trashed. I am taking much better care of this one.

[kmorgan]

Also a story about an astronaut on a space walk from the ISS who's spacesuit apparently malfunctioned & filled with water (!) Killer reception on ATS 909x with wide bandpass setting for superior audio. I really dig Radio Australia but I'm in my non working summer mode & I never get up in time to hear them in the local mornings. Reception at this hour is better anyway. Parallel 15160 (01:00- 05:00 UTC) was not heard, only JBA carrier. The 19 Mhz frequency is in use from 23:00 - 03:00 with a 5 degree beam change from 65 to 70 at 1:00 UTC.

I also noticed a few ZL's & VK's on 20 meters. It was a good opening to that part of the world I guess.

he sure it was water that was filling up his suit? I think if I were in outer space, and my suit malfunctioned, it would not be "water" that filled it.

Great job on the Sangean- I had one, and regretfully gifted it not long after purchase to a poorer, less radio-gifted family member (still grumbling about that... me: Indian giver  ) I have no luck running onboard antx only on the only batt powered carry-able radio I now own, a Grundig (grrr.. ) Field Radio S350DL. It also has a very annoying glitch of drifting- up to 200 khz + or - in rapid succession. I suppose I could drag a long wire behind me if I ever wanted to take a walk with it...

[skeezix]

I really dig Radio Australia but I'm in my non working summer mode & I never get up in time to hear them in the local mornings. Reception at this hour is better anyway. Parallel 15160 (01:00- 05:00 UTC) was not heard, only JBA carrier. The 19 Mhz frequency is in use from 23:00 - 03:00 with a 5 degree beam change from 65 to 70 at 1:00 UTC.

I also noticed a few ZL's & VK's on 20 meters. It was a good opening to that part of the world I guess.

R Aus in the morning 0800-1500Z on 9580 has been coming in forever. While its mostly too early for me as well, I record it. Also listen to them in the car while on the way to work. Makes being stuck in a traffic jam enjoyable.  R Aus has changed their schedule and there was some sort of re-organization with ABC. Unknown what the future holds for R Aus.


They're on (for anyone else interested) in NAm evenings:
13630 (2100-2300Z)
15160 (0100-0500Z)
15240 (2200-0900Z)
15515 (2000-2300, 0300-0600Z)
17795 (2300-0300Z)
19000 (2300-0300Z)
21740 (2100-0100Z)

NAm mornings:
9580 (0800-1500Z)
11945 (0600-1000Z)


Radio New Zealand is usually pretty good on 15720.