Radio Australia audio problems
 

For the second time in a week or so, Radio Australia was having
digital fidgits. Between about 12:40 UTC and 15:00 UTC, there were
five second long drop outs, some silent, some starting with a funny
klaxon buzz noise. Since the good audio lasted between two seconds
to only a portion of a minute, it made "interesting listening".

Was anyone listening to other sources, like the Web, C Band satellite, or
the domestic Australian Radio National transmitters? And did they have
that problem?


Mark Zenier

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(Mark Zenier) wrote:

For the second time in a week or so, Radio Australia was having
digital fidgits. Between about 12:40 UTC and 15:00 UTC, there were
five second long drop outs, some silent, some starting with a funny
klaxon buzz noise. Since the good audio lasted between two seconds
to only a portion of a minute, it made "interesting listening".

Was anyone listening to other sources, like the Web, C Band satellite, or
the domestic Australian Radio National transmitters? And did they have
that problem?

I've noted this in another thread and while we are on the subject of RA
what's up with the transmitter on 12080 KHz? They have distorted audio
at times on that frequency. Tuning to other parallel frequencies reveals
no distortion so it's not the program source.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Mark Zenier wrote:

For the second time in a week or so, Radio Australia was having
digital fidgits. Between about 12:40 UTC and 15:00 UTC, there were
five second long drop outs, some silent, some starting with a funny
klaxon buzz noise. Since the good audio lasted between two seconds
to only a portion of a minute, it made "interesting listening".

Was anyone listening to other sources, like the Web, C Band satellite, or
the domestic Australian Radio National transmitters? And did they have
that problem?

I noticed that 21740 went off the air early the other evening. Are they
having transmitter problems or just the audio feed?


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For the second time in a week or so, Radio Australia was having
digital fidgits. Between about 12:40 UTC and 15:00 UTC, there were
five second long drop outs, some silent, some starting with a funny
klaxon buzz noise. Since the good audio lasted between two seconds
to only a portion of a minute, it made "interesting listening".

I was hearing the same thing yesterday from Australia on 9580, and this
morning heard exactly the same thing from Radio Canada International on
17820. I thought my radio was dying.

Telamon wrote in message ...
In article ,
(Mark Zenier) wrote:

For the second time in a week or so, Radio Australia was having
digital fidgits. Between about 12:40 UTC and 15:00 UTC, there were
five second long drop outs, some silent, some starting with a funny
klaxon buzz noise. Since the good audio lasted between two seconds
to only a portion of a minute, it made "interesting listening".
....

I've noted this in another thread and while we are on the subject of RA
what's up with the transmitter on 12080 KHz? They have distorted audio
at times on that frequency. Tuning to other parallel frequencies reveals
no distortion so it's not the program source.

Up here in Seattle, I havn't received a usable signal on 12080 all winter.

Well, it was hapening again (Mar 27, 15:00 UTC), on 9590, but not on
9475, so it must be a transmitter site problem. I think that's
midnight there, so they must have a bit of trouble getting somebody
out of bed, or out of the pub, to go kick the right equipment rack.

Does anyone have the transmitter sites by time and frequency for RA?

(And I wonder if the Christian Scientists are going to hire the
Russiansto jam RA again this summer, like the last couple of years.
9585 at 12:00 UTC. It'll be kind of tough with them on both 9590
and 9580).

Mark Zenier

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(And I wonder if the Christian Scientists are going to hire the
Russiansto jam RA again this summer, like the last couple of years.
9585 at 12:00 UTC. It'll be kind of tough with them on both 9590
and 9580).

You didn't really mean to say 'jam', did you?


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starman wrote in message ...
Mark Zenier wrote:

(And I wonder if the Christian Scientists are going to hire the
Russiansto jam RA again this summer, like the last couple of years.
9585 at 12:00 UTC. It'll be kind of tough with them on both 9590
and 9580).

You didn't really mean to say 'jam', did you?

Yup. There were huge chunks of the 9 MHz band open, but they
just happened to pick a frequency 5 kHz away from RA's only
reliable frequency into North America (and probably parts of
the Pacific). RA even put a note on their web site recommending
a 11 MHz frequency, (which wasn't as good here, as it was the
same frequency as Radio Kiev, which sometimes stepped on it,
depending on propagation).

And the Christian Science web site was vague about where the
transmitter was (but it warmed up to strains of Mussorgsky
(sp?)), and what the coverage area was. They said China,
but they were sending a strong blast in the opposite direction.

The fact that RA moved their 11 MHz transmission down to 9590 kHz
in their B03 schedule, right next to the existing 9580, seems to
me that they're sending a message to somebody. There's probably
an interesting inside story, but I expect I'll never know.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident

Mark Zenier wrote:

starman wrote in message ...
Mark Zenier wrote:

(And I wonder if the Christian Scientists are going to hire the
Russiansto jam RA again this summer, like the last couple of years.
9585 at 12:00 UTC. It'll be kind of tough with them on both 9590
and 9580).

You didn't really mean to say 'jam', did you?

Yup. There were huge chunks of the 9 MHz band open, but they
just happened to pick a frequency 5 kHz away from RA's only
reliable frequency into North America (and probably parts of
the Pacific). RA even put a note on their web site recommending
a 11 MHz frequency, (which wasn't as good here, as it was the
same frequency as Radio Kiev, which sometimes stepped on it,
depending on propagation).

And the Christian Science web site was vague about where the
transmitter was (but it warmed up to strains of Mussorgsky
(sp?)), and what the coverage area was. They said China,
but they were sending a strong blast in the opposite direction.

The fact that RA moved their 11 MHz transmission down to 9590 kHz
in their B03 schedule, right next to the existing 9580, seems to
me that they're sending a message to somebody. There's probably
an interesting inside story, but I expect I'll never know.

Why would CS want to jam RA? In fact, jamming is supposed to occur on
the same frequency as the targeted country.


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