Radio frequencies in Brisbane
Barry Evans
frequencies/stations/programs receivable in the Brisbane area? I would like
to listen to a few South Pacific Stations from PNG, Solomons, Vanuatu and
Fiji.
Thanks
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Barry Evans
barry...@bigpond.com
Richard Jary
What you can hear from Brisbane is only limited by your radio setup. You can
hear anything from around the world with a decent shortwave set and aerial.
Forget LW, the only thing there in Australia is aero beacons. Witha really
good aerial setup you might manage one of the Russian Far East stations, we
heard one from Rainbow Beach a few years ago.
MW & SW are good, MW provides plenty of opportunities to get Pacific and North
American stations especially as we go into winter. SW has lots to hear, the
frequencies for the countries you sound interest in are:
PNG: Lots of frequencies between 3.2 and 3.4 MHz, the strongest stations is
Port Moresby on 4890 kHz.
Solomon Islands: 1035 Honiara should be free up there (also a NZ station on the
channel), also try 945 Gizo and 1386 Lata. On shortwave they are very strong on
5020 and occasionally 9545 kHz.
Vanuatu: 1125 and 1179 are the MW frequencies, 4960 shortwave is by far the
best option here near Sydney.
Fiji is tricky, with no SW outlets. They have a number of MW frequencies but a
directional aerial system and good location is needed to get them away from the
interference.
If you feel like listening to French, try Noumea on 666 kHz.
Let me know if you want some more information, there are over 200 members of
the Australian Radio DX Club who are interested in picking up overseas
stations, including a recently formed Brisbane branch who are going to meet
every 2 months. If you want to give one of the blokes a call, I will pass on a
number. He has recently moved to Cleveland and can give you lots of advice on
aerials if you want.
Regards
Richard
Chief Editor, Australian Radio DX Club
Barry Evans
Thx for the excellent info. I have now discovered that my Sony HiFi and very
anchient Ghetto Blaster can not go below c.6 MHz. Snafu! Any recommendations
for one of those little digital pocket receivers? I used to have a Sony but
it was nicked when I was in PNG listening to Oz radio!
Cheers
Barry
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Paul Dwerryhouse wrote:
> Hehe. I was listening to the 5020kHz frequency about 6 or 7 years ago around
> Christmas time.
>
> They played a Bing Crosby song, followed up by Def Leppard. And all the
> jocks here reckon _their_ stations have the biggest variety! ;)
Before Canberra got an ABC station on 666, I used to tune the car radio to Noumea on
a Friday night. "Le American Top 40 avec Casey Casim", and they didn't play bad
music most of the time. After a night at the pub driving people home, the other
alchoholics in the car got a shock when the radio suddenly started spouting French.
Richard
Richard Jary
scanner capability in them are not very good on shortwave. Part of that is their
attempt to cover everything in such a small box, and the other limiation is the
antenna. Most of the Pacific stations transmit at around 5 MHz, a wavelength on
60 metres. The average foot-long rubber ducky on these sets doesn't tend to hear
a great deal. Plugging 5-10m of wire into them can improve the results
considerably, as long as you aren't too close to local transmitters.
There are a number of portables around if you don't want to spend serious money,
ranging from probably $150 upwards. These will all give quite good performance.
Another option is to go for an old valve receiver, either ex-military or
commercial, these can sometimes be found at garage sales as people don't know
what they are good for. Or look in the back of Radio & Communications magazine.
A good set will set you back between $100-$200. For their age and price
performance is often very good. And they glow in the dark :-)
73s
Richard
keith_...@my-deja.com
"Barry Evans" <barry...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> Richard,
> Thx for the excellent info. I have now discovered that my Sony HiFi
and very
> anchient Ghetto Blaster can not go below c.6 MHz. Snafu! Any
recommendations
> for one of those little digital pocket receivers? I used to have a
Sony but
> it was nicked when I was in PNG listening to Oz radio!
> Cheers
> Barry
>
The Sangean brand receivers at Dick Smith Electronics are probably worth
looking at. DSE seem to offer quite a range of price/performance
receivers.
Keith G Malcolm
6 Apr 2000
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Before you buy.
Alawn Transport
Try the International Listening Guide (ILG) website for SW stations. Forget
LW in the South Pacific. MW try a MW DX Group. There in no SW in the Pacific
French Territories or Fiji.
Actually for SW in the south pacific there is Vanuatu (4960kHz I Think??),
Solomon Islands (5020kHz) & around 16-20 frequencies from PNG mainly on the
90m band in out local evenings.
Regards
Ian
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