Tuesday, December 3, 2013

70 countires in 3 weeks: the fun of short wave listening starts now!

After 3 weeks of mostly random tuning, I've managed to log broadcasts from 68 countries, as per the DXCC list. Except for a dozen or so, these transmitters are mostly either large and powerful with plenty of on-air time, or small ones that are close to Australia - like Cross Radio from Micronesia, Solomon Island on 6080 KHz, and Vanuatu.

The fun of short wave listening starts now! From now on I intend to target specific stations, which means sitting on a specific frequency at a specific time for the band to open in a certain direction, or for the broadcaster to start the program.

This strategy yielded loggings of Radio Argentina Exterior [country #69] and Belarus [#70].

Here is the list of the 68 "easy" ones from Sydney:

Alaska, Albania, Anguilla, Armenia, Ascension Island, Asiatic Russia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Djibouti, North Korea, Egypt, England, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, European Russia, Germany, France, Greece, Guam, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Mariana Islands, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Korea, South Africa, Romania, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican, Vietnam, West Malaysia, Zambia.

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