[HCDX]: Radio Australia B99 schedule

[Richard Jary <jary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The new Radio Australia schedule valid from 0000 31 October 1999 reflects
the current difficulties in covering their existing South East Asian targets
while trying to get signals into Indonesia/East Timor. The cost of running
the Taiwan relay is around twice that of running transmissions via Cox
Peninsula/Darwin, and the current status of Darwin is that 5 out of 6
transmitters and 6 out of 7 aerials are available for use immediately. All
it takes is the political will. The primary range of Darwin is 1500-8000 km
making East Timor to close, however tests will be conducted shortly from
Shepparton to investigate E layer daytime propagation in the 7 and 9 MHz
bands. I hope to be able to give details of these tests before they occur.
Other international broadcasters have shown interest in using Shepparton to
give a signal into the Indonesian region but capacity does not allow this at
present. Re-opening Darwin would allow other RA transmissions to be shifted
there to allow use of Shepparton into Indonesia.

The new schedule shows the following frequency use: (S=Shepparton 100kW,
B=Brandon 10kW, S*=Sheparton 70kW)

5995B	0800-0900	English
5995B	0900-1100	Tok Pisin
5995B	1100-1400	English
5995S	1400-1800	English
6020S	0900-1100	Tok Pisin
6020S	1100-1400	English
6080S	1800-2100	English (Tok Pisin 2000-2100 M-F)
6180S	1400-1800	English
7240S	1800-2200	English (Tok Pisin 2000-2100 M-F)
9445S	1100-1230	Chinese
9445S	1230-1330	Vietnamese
9445S	1330-1430	Australian Defence Forces program
9500S	1430-1530	Vietnamese
9500S	1530-2130	English
9580S	1100-2130	English
9660B	2100-2200	English
9660B	2200-2300	BBC WS relay
9660B	2300-0800	English
9660S	1700-2100	English
9710S	0800-0900	English
9710S	0900-1100	Tok Pisin
11650S	1200-1700	English
11660S	1330-1430	Australian Defence Forces program
11660S	1430-1700	English
11695S	2130-0000	Indonesian
11880S	0900-1100	English
11880S	1100-1230	Chinese
11880S	1230-1330	Vietnamese
11880S	1700-2200	English
12080B	0900-1100	Tok Pisin
12080B	1100-1200	English
12080B	2000-2200	English
12080B	2200-2300	BBC WS relay
12080B	2300-0900	English
13605S	0800-1200	English
15230S	2200-2300	Chinese
15230S	2300-0000	Khmer
15240S	0000-0800	English
15415S	0000-0100	Vietnamese
15415S	0100-0900	English (Khmer 0500-0600 M-F, IN 0800-0830 M-F)
15415S	2130-0000	English
15515S	0200-0900	English
17580S	2130-0800	English
17750S	0000-1100	English (Khmer 0500-0600 M-F, IN 0800-0830 M-F)
17795S	2200-0200	English
21725S	0100-0900	English
21740S	2100-0100	English
21820S*	0900-1400	English
(Direct from Nigel Holmes, RA to ARDXC)

73s

Richard Jary
jary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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