{"id":20573,"date":"2016-08-12T10:50:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T14:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=20573"},"modified":"2016-08-12T10:53:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T14:53:25","slug":"radio-australia-off-the-air-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/radio-australia-off-the-air-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Australia off the air this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Australia\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Mike Nikolich (N9OVQ), who writes:<\/p>\n

Radio Australia has been off the air all week. My buddy Ron Howard in California contacted reception.advice@abc.net.au<\/a>\u00a0regarding this issue, and received this response:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Thank you for your recent correspondence with regards to the\u00a0Radio Australia Broadcasts on Shortwave Radio in the SW\u00a0Pacific. We are currently working with our transmission\u00a0provider on a number of shut downs over the past week\u00a0and again over the next week to investigate a range of\u00a0technical and commercial issues for the service.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the meantime the services are still on air via our satellite services\u00a0on Intelsat IS18 and IS22 as well as our FM network across the\u00a0targeted markets in the SW Pacific (for detailed information please\u00a0see http:\/\/goo.gl\/2Y7xS3 ) and of course Radio Australia is online\u00a0at http:\/\/www.radioaustralia.net.au\/listen<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you also for your audio clip of ABC Alice Springs NT!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kind Regards,<\/strong><\/p>\n

ABC Reception Advice (Communications Networks)”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tom, you have more than 10,000 people regularly following your blog. Can you encourage your readers to contact Radio Australia and tell them how important their shortwave transmissions are to them? I have been listening to this station continuously since 1972 and I would be crushed if they left the air. I begin most mornings by listening to their loud, clear English language shortwave signal on 9,580 kHz.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks, Mike. Like many other SWLs, I too have noted that Radio Australia has been off the air this week. \u00a0Without a doubt, Radio Australia is my staple source of news on shortwave these days and a part of my morning ritual (cup of coffee and RA–!).<\/p>\n

I will send them an email immediately.<\/p>\n

Post<\/em> readers:<\/strong> if you enjoy Radio Australia, please take Mike’s advice and contact them<\/a> at your earliest convenience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Mike Nikolich (N9OVQ), who writes: Radio Australia has been off the air all week. My buddy Ron Howard in California contacted reception.advice@abc.net.au\u00a0regarding this issue, and received this response: “Thank you for your recent correspondence with regards to the\u00a0Radio Australia Broadcasts on Shortwave Radio in the SW\u00a0Pacific. We are currently working […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,3,43],"tags":[887,5338,368],"class_list":["post-20573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-australia","tag-mike-nikolich-n9ovq","tag-radio-australia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5lP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20464,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/eton-e1-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":20573,"position":0},"title":"Eton E1 on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"August 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader,\u00a0Mike Nikolich (N9OVQ), who writes: I am in the midst of downsizing and am selling my Eton E1 XM Receiver on eBay. 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