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- Subject: 639 Mystery Australians Identified
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- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 03:42:50 -0400 (EDT)
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Hello All,
For those interested, a couple of Australian members of the Ultralight radio group have identified (and provided information) about the two 639 mystery stations recorded on MP3's during the last (exceptional) morning at Cape Perpetua.
Sam Dellit of the ADXC listened to the MP3 recording linked below and deciphered a "Coffs Harbour" mention at 1:40 into the recording-- identifying the commercial-type format as from the 5 kW station 639-2HC in Coffs Harbour, NSW.
http://www.mediafire.com/view/2xzvhhxb2g4rlx0/639-UnID-Aus-1338z082614PL380.MP3
Identifying the other 639 station (running the ABC LR network) in the recording below was a little trickier. It had been noted as parallel to 891-5AN which runs the LR network, but there are two ABC LR network stations on 639-- a 10 kW transmitter in Port Pirie, South Australia and a 1 kW transmitter in Mossman, Queensland. Paul Philbrook of South Australia provided the critical information that there is a 30 minute time delay in ABC programming between the South Australia and Queensland states-- so that any 639 signal directly parallel to 891-5AN must be the 10 kW station 5CK in Port Pirie, South Australia. Thus the identity of the LR network station dominant on 639 during the next recording was nailed down as 5CK.
http://www.mediafire.com/view/2v9c95naed95a5z/639-UnID-Aus-1342z082614PL380.MP3
The third and final morning of the Cape Perpetua DXpedition had quite a few wild mixes of Australian stations like this on various frequencies-- so it's going to take some time before all the identities are nailed down. At least the Australian DXers have completely solved the 639 mysteries.
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (back in Puyallup, WA)
7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight +
15" DXpedition FSL antenna
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