{"id":9404,"date":"2014-04-26T09:26:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T13:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9404"},"modified":"2014-04-26T09:26:14","modified_gmt":"2014-04-26T13:26:14","slug":"radio-australia-in-na-best-times-and-frequencies-on-saturdays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/radio-australia-in-na-best-times-and-frequencies-on-saturdays\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Australia in NA: best times and frequencies on Saturdays?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ABC-Grandstand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9405\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ABC-Grandstand.jpg\" alt=\"ABC-Grandstand\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ABC-Grandstand.jpg 512w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ABC-Grandstand-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ABC-Grandstand-100x56.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a>My good friend, Rob De Santos, is trying to identify the best times and frequencies to hear <em>Radio Australia<\/em> across North America on Saturdays. Can you help him?<\/p>\n<p>Rob writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am updating a page on my website with shortwave info on Radio Australia\u2019s Grandstand coverage of Australian football. Typically this occurs on Friday night \/ Saturday morning US time (0330 to 1230 UTC Saturday, varies). As you all know, RA does not target North America and hasn\u2019t for some time however some of the frequencies can be heard here.<\/p>\n<p>I can tell you which ones I can hear in Columbus, OH but that doesn\u2019t really give me much feel for all of the USA or Canada so I need your feedback. What is best in Vancouver, BC and Naples, FL are not likely identical and not at the same hours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which RA frequencies are best at your location between 0330 and 1230 UTC Saturdays?<\/strong> Are there particular hours better than others?<\/p>\n<p>If you can [comment here]\u00a0with the best frequencies and your QTH that would be terrific. The more geographic diversity and individual experience I can get the better advice I can give on the web page.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<br \/>\nRob de Santos&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Readers: if you can help Rob, please comment below. \u00a0<em>Many thanks in advance!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My good friend, Rob De Santos, is trying to identify the best times and frequencies to hear Radio Australia across North America on Saturdays. Can you help him? Rob writes: &#8220;I am updating a page on my website with shortwave info on Radio Australia\u2019s Grandstand coverage of Australian football. Typically this occurs on Friday night [&hellip;]<\/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":[56,3,651,43,2114],"tags":[368,2794,2795,2796,2797],"class_list":["post-9404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","category-sports","tag-radio-australia","tag-radio-australia-grandstand-football","tag-radio-australia-north-america","tag-radio-australia-shortwave","tag-rob-de-santos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2rG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4513,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/radio-australia-to-broadcast-coverage-of-the-afl-grand-final\/","url_meta":{"origin":9404,"position":0},"title":"Radio Australia to broadcast coverage of the AFL Grand Final","author":"Thomas","date":"September 25, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio Australia via NASWA) Radio Australia will broadcast coverage of the AFL Grand Final on Saturday 29 September 2012 from 0430-0745 UT. 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