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JI6IHG, JA7WFT, JM1LRA will be active from Koror Island, IOTA OC – 009, Palau 13 – 20 April 2017 as T88IH, T88FT and T88TA.
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NEWS UPDATE – Everything is okay. The team is very grateful for the great sponsoring from the ham community. The antenna material stored in Auckland is loaded into a shipcontainer. The cargo ship “Claymore II” departs New Zealand on January 31, 2017. We will board in Mangareva, French Polynesia, on February 14, 2017 to continue […]
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Twelve-year-old Bryant Rascoll, KG5HVO, of New Orleans, is the winner of The Dave Kalter Youth DX Adventure (YDXA) essay contest. Not only did he receive a transceiver, 50 feet of coax, a power supply, and a vertical antenna, he’ll be headed to Costa Rica this summer to take part in the YDXA DXpedition.
YDXA co-founder Todd Dubon, KD4YHY, made the award presentation at the January 26 meeting of …
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Pista HA5AO will return to Lesotho for humanitarian purposes 10 Feb – 26 Feb 2017.
He will operate mostly CW, 10 – 40 meters during his free time using the call sign 7P8EUDXF. He will be overseeing the project at a local orphanage that he started during his October, 2016 visit and will deliver donations received since then. Logsearch and OQRS is available on ha5ao.com Please use OQRS for all confirmation requests, do not send cards via the bureau.
For the October, 2016 operation – all OQRS direct and mail direct QSL requests were posted from Budapest on 23 January, 2017, bureau cards were forwarded to the HA bureau. LoTW was uploaded 28 December, 2016.
Money donated to 7P8EUDXF will be used only for humanitarian purposes. The results of Pista’s 2010 activity can be seen at:
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At the completion of this next visit the photo gallery on ha5ao.com will be updated.73,
Gene K5GS for Pista HA5AO
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HB9ARY will be active again from Mauritius Island, IOTA AF – 049, until 15 February 2017 as 3B8/HB9ARY.
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Paul, HB9ARY is again active from Pointe aux Sables, Mauritius as 3B8HC until February 15, 2017. QRV mainly on 80-6m, SSB & slow CW. QSL via NI5DX (direct).
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This morning, I woke up, tuned to 9,580 kHz and all I heard was static.
Other than when the Shepparton transmitting station has been silenced for maintenance in the past, 9,580 kHz is one of the most reliable frequencies I’ve ever know on shortwave. Radio Australia has met me there every morning I’ve listened since I was eight years old.
I feel like I’ve lost a dear friend and certainly a staple source of news on shortwave radio. I know I’m not alone–a number of readers have shared similar sentiments this morning.
Listening to Radio Australia on 12,065 kHz with the Titan SDR Pro.
Since the beginning of the year, a few of us have been making a concerted effort to thoroughly archive Radio Australia’s final days on the air. Mark Fahey, London Shortwave, Richard Langley, Rob Wagner and I (to name a few) have been making both audio and/or spectrum recordings.
At 0100 UTC on January 31, 2017, we heard the “Waltzing Matilda” interval signal for one last time. As I understand it, the crew at the Shepparton site left the transmitter on a few extra seconds extra so their famous interval signal would be, in essence, the final sign-off.
Our friend and contributor, Rob Wagner, from Mount Evelyn, Australia, posted an excellent recording/video of the final minutes earlier today.
Due to propagation and the time of day when the shut down happened, I was unable to make a recording, so I’m pleased others could.
Mark Fahey’s Wellbrook Mag Loop antenna.
I’m grateful to friend and contributor, Mark Fahey, who lives near Sydney, Australia, and was also able to record the final moments of Radio Australia as well. Mark recorded the shortwave service and RA satellite feed simultaneously.
Mark shares the following recordings and notes:
Recording 1
This is RA’s final few minutes on shortwave – it was recorded on 17840kHz.
The file picks up the regular program ending, then into a Promo for RA “Pacific Beat” (a Pacific current affairs program), then the classic RA Interval Signal then the transmitter clicks off and the void is heard.
Click here to download the MP3.
Recording 2
The file starts at exactly the same time as the first file, but in this example we are monitoring the Network Feed from Intelsat 18 at 180.0 degrees east (above the equator right on the international date line). This satellite feed is the way Radio Australia gets to the network of FM Transmitters they have scatted around the Pacific Region (which is why they feel they don’t need shortwave anymore for – most populated areas of Radio Australia’s target area now is covered by a network of Radio Australia FM transmitters).
Click here to download the MP3.
Some differences to the first file – Radio Australia is produced in FM quality stereo, though of course DXers only ever heard it in shortwave quality mono. So this network feed is in stereo and has a wider dynamic range that what DXer’s are familiar with from Radio Australia. At the end of the Pacific Beat Promo, Radio Australia goes straight into News, the closing of the shortwave service was not an event that would have been noticed for the typical listeners of RA who now listen via FM in Pacific capitals and major towns.
Thank you Mark for your comparison–I’ve never heard RA so clearly. Only you would’ve thought to simultaneously record the satellite feed! It gives the moment that much more context.
A number of SWLing Post contributors have been sharing recordings this morning. I will plan to collect these and put them on the Shortwave Archive in the near future.
Though senator Nick Xenophon says he will introduce legislation to Parliament to force the ABC to reinstate its shortwave radio service, we have to assume we’ve heard the last of Radio Australia and ABC on shortwave. (With that said, I understand Xenophon is a determined fellow.)
Rest assured: if Xenophon’s legislation gains traction, we will post updates!
No doubt, Radio New Zealand International’s shortwave service has just become that much more important in remote Pacific Islands. Click here to view RNZI’s schedule.
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Locals hold a wake to signal demise of ABC shortwave service; destroy a donated shortwave radio with a golden sledge hammer.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following report via ABC News 24 on Twitter:
The ABC has shut down its shortwave radio service to remote parts of Northern Australia and the Pacific. @MaddocksThomas reports http://pic.twitter.com/VPD3deSR9Z
— ABC News 24 (@ABCNews24) January 31, 2017
Click here to view this video on ABC News 24’s Twitter feed.
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After his recent activity in Algeria, Vlad UA4WHX is now active from Tunis, Tunisia as 3V8CB. QRV on usual bands, modes. QSL via LX1NO.
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Southgate ARC — Colin took rather an unusual approach to his activation of Yorkshire’s highest mountain, by constructing his equipment whilst on the summit
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Southgate ARC — A large, canyon-shaped hole has opened in the sun’s atmosphere, and it is spewing a stream of solar wind toward Earth
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Southgate ARC — The DKARS (Dutch Kingdom Amateur Radio Society) issues its own free PDF Magazine once every month. It contains articles written in English and Dutch
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Southgate ARC — Antennas, Coax and more questions from the Technician pool
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Southgate ARC — The Daily Herald reports the Lehi Community Emergency Response Team puts focus on amateur radio with weekly practice
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Southgate ARC — I’m an advocate of digital radio here in the U.S., and in this newsletter we’re keeping you up-to-date on the progress of digital radio in other countries as well
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Southgate ARC — The RSGB Board Proceedings for the November 19 meeting have been released, they note the Ofcom data issue with RSGB Yearbook 2017 was causing considerable work
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