On Mar 8, 7:45*am, (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?). *

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 *
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...

Bruce

In article ,
bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 8, 7:45*am, (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
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)

On Mar 9, 7:23*am, (Mark Zenier) wrote:
In article ,

bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 8, 7:45 am, (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 *
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...

http://www.angelfire.com/biz/mrtv/frword.html

....and here is their outdated website which may still have good
information on it :-)

http://www.angelfire.com/biz/mrtv/

Bruce Jensen