Yesterday evening I was once again able to listen to Radio Republik Indonesia Bada Aceh in Salzburg. The frequency 1251 kHz is usually occupied by the Qinghai Tibetan Service from Xining, China, (a nice reception in itself!) which only started transmitting yesterday after Banda Aceh had started broadcasting. This gave me the rare opportunity to listen to the Indonesian medium wave station from Sumatra almost undisturbed at the start of transmission at 22 UT.
Some very nice signals can be heard from Asia. Especially around 16-17 UT, when the European stations are not yet interfering, my QRO.cz K9AY++ antenna brings quiet but undisturbed signals from the Far East.
837 17.3 1701 CHN Xinyang GD Zonghe Guangbo, Xinyang (HE) 8155km 918 17.3 1655 IND Akashvani, Suratgarh (RJ) 5518km 972 17.3 1730 IND Akashvani, Cuttack A (OD) 7084km 972 17.3 1700 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) 8514km 990 17.3 1705 IND Akashvani, Jammu A (JK) 5344km 1098 17.3 1550 TWN Radio Taiwan International Chinese Channel, Kouhu (YL) 9270km 1098 17.3 1700 CHN CNR11 Tibetan Radio, Golmud/NRTA916 (QH) 6553km 1107 17.3 1600 CHN Shinjan Qazaq Radiosu/CNR 17, Hutubi/XJTS631 (XJ) 5494km 1143 17.3 1608 IND Akashvani, Rohtak (HR) 5734km 1143 17.3 1605 TWN Taiwan Ch¸ Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha (PG) 9224km 1242 17.3 1630 IND Akashvani, Varanasi A (UP) 6483km 1242 17.3 1615 VTN VOV5, Can Tho; (cnt) 9360km
Thinking about summer today: Insect mesh and fan installed. The fine mesh keeps all the fine dust from the meadows away from my PC fans, and the large fan managed to cool the air in the container by 2 degrees in 20 minutes in today’s test. This will come in handy in a few weeks’ time. The fan blows the air out of the container and the opening on the container wall was covered after the photo was taken.
My new ADS – an antenna disconnect switch to protect sensitive radio equipment from atmospheric overvoltages is finished. Thanks to Günter, DL4ZAO for development and documentation and to Rainer Bernedo, DF6RB for a perfect job. https://dl4zao.de/_downloads/ADS.pdf