A nice surprise yesterday with a very strong 10 minute opening to Melbourne (along with a couple of other Victorians). Followed immediately by Lakes Entrance. As the two Lakes Entrance ones I got were same frequencies as used in Melbourne, I am unsure if they came up as Melbourne left, or if they were already there, but were drowned out by the strong Melbourne signals. 7.15 - 7.25pm 89.5 3PNN Bendigo 89.9 3TSC Melbourne w/- RDS* 90.7 3SYN Melbourne 91.1 3ABCRR Bendigo 91.5 3PTV Melbourne w/- RDS* 92.3 3ZZZ Melbourne 93.1 3SBS Melbourne 94.5 3WWM Nhill 97.9 3RIM Melton 89.5 3APL Bacchus Marsh 98.9 3NOW Melbourne North West Suburbs 7.25 - 7.40pm 89.9 Racing Lakes Entrance 90.7 3REG Lakes Entrance *RDS photos below
Some good Tropo was noted during the morning on Sunday the 19th. Here's the details: 91.1 3ABCRR Bendigo 93.5 3BBO Bendigo 96.5 2JJJ Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA) 97.3 2ABCFM MIA 98.1 2PNN MIA 98.9 2ABCRN MIA 99.7 2RGF Griffith 102.7 2ABCFM Central Tablelands 104.3 2ABCRN Central Tablelands 105.7 ? Too weak to ID, possibly Albury. plus very weak Western Victoria.
Some more E-Skip activity from the past few days, including a surprise opening to NE Tasmania. Tasmania is rarely heard here. 10/1/14 12.15pm 92.1 6PNN Southern Agricultural 92.9 6JJJ Southern Agricultural 93.3 ? 94.5 6ABCFM Southern Agricultural 95.3 6AAY Albany 96.9 6ABCRN Southern Agricultural
The title of the post makes it sounds exciting but in fact it has been quiet. This is proving to be a poor season for E's. The last lot of activity was on the 3rd and 5th of January. The 3rd saw a 10 minute opening, while the 5th had one 5 minute opening followed later by a series of E's reception lasting only a minute or two. 3/1/14 Midday - 12.10pm 93.3 4SBS Brisbane 94.5 4PNN Gympie 94.9 4MIX Ipswich 95.3 4SCR Gympie 97.3 4BFM Brisbane 5/1/14 10.55 - 11am 96.9 4RFM Moranbah 97.9 4ABCFM Mackay 98.7 4RGM Mackay 99.5 4JJJ Mackay 101.1 4QAA Mackay 102.7 4ABCRN Mackay 104.9 4QAA Moranbah
First log for 2014 and it was the Western Australians who popped in for a visit. No sign of Perth this time though. 2/1/14 1.40 - 2.55pm* 92.1 6PNN Southern Agricultural 92.9 6JJJ Southern Agricultural 93.3 6ABCFM Bunbury 94.1 6JJJ Bunbury 94.5 6ABCFM Southern Agricultural 94.9 6KAN Katanning 95.3 6AAY Albany 95.5 6ABCFM Kalgoorlie 95.7 6BUN Bunbury 96.3 6PNN Wagin 96.9 6ABCRN Southern Agricultural 97.1 6ABCRN Kalgoorlie 97.9 6KAR Kalgoorlie 98.7 6JJJ Kalgoorlie *The main time frame for the bulk of the E-Skip. Southern Agricultural (Albany) continued to reappear for minutes at a time for another 30 minutes.
