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Radio Australia Shortwave Broadcast Schedule & Frequencies


~ SHORTWAVE BROADCASTING ~
| Australia | Fiji | Guam | Indonesia | Japan | New Zealand | Palau | Papua New Guinea | Philippines | Sarawak | Singapore | Thailand | United Kingdom - BBC World Singapore | United States - Voice of America |
| United States - Radio Free Asia | Vanuatu | Vietnam |

Radio Australia and ABC have now ceased all shortwave transmissions.

Services are available via satellite or internet only.

31/1/17
Radio Australia broadcasts through a transmitting station at Shepparton, Victoria.
Times are shown in UTC. All frequencies are in KHz H3E unless specified.

 

Australian Local Shortwave Broadcasts (ABC)

TX Site Day Night
Roe Creek 4835 4835
Katherine 5025 2485
Tennant Creek 4910 2325


Radio Australia Shortwave Schedule
Effective 6 November 2016

Please Note ; All Radio Australia Shortwave Transmissions Cease from Brandon in Queensland on January 31st, 2015
Services to Asia and the Middle East have now also ceased.
Radio Australia will cease transmission 31 January 2017

 

Papua New Guinea

15415 kHz       21:00-09:00 UTC
12065 kHz
       09:00-21:00 UTC

 

Bougainville (PNG), Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu

15240 kHz       21:00-09:00 UTC
12085 kHz
       09:00-21:00 UTC

 

New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa
17840 kHz       21:00-09:00 UTC
9580 kHz
         09:00-21:00 UTC




Radio Australia Services to PNG

UTC

Day

Language

Band

kHz

kW

Location

 

2100- 0730

 

1-7

 

English

 

19

 

15415

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0730-0800

 

1-5

 

Tok Pisin

 

19

 

15415

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0730-0800

 

6, 7

 

English

 

19

 

15415

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0800-0900

 

1 - 7

 

English

 

19

 

15415

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0900-0905

 

1-5

 

French

 

19

 

15415

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0900-0905

 

6,7

 

English

 

19

 

15415

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0905-1000

 

1-7

 

English

 

19

 

15415

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

1000-1030

 

1-5

 

Tok Pisin

 

25

 

12065

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

1000-1030

 

6, 7

 

English

 

25

 

12065

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

1030-2100

 

1-7

 

English

 

25

 

12065

 

100

 

Shepparton

Day 1 = Monday, Day 7 = Sunday

Services to Bougainville, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu

 

UTC

Day

Language

Band

kHz

kW

Location

2100-0730

 

1-7

 

English

 

19

 

15240

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0730-0800

 

1-5

 

Tok Pisin

 

19

 

15240

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0730-0800

 

6,7

 

English

 

19

 

15240

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0800-0900

 

1-7

 

English

 

19

 

15240

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0900-0905

 

1-5

 

French

 

19

 

15240

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0900-0905

 

6,7

 

English

 

19

 

15240

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0905-1000

 

1-7

 

English

 

19

 

15240

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

1000-1030

 

1-5

 

Tok Pisin

 

25

 

12085

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

1000-1030

 

6,7

 

English

 

25

 

12085

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

1030-2100

 

1-7

 

English

 

25

 

12085

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

Day 1 = Monday, Day 7 = Sunday

Services to New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa

UTC

Day

Language

Band

kHz

kW

Location

2100-0730

 

1-7

 

English

 

16

 

17840

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0730-0800

 

1-5

 

Tok Pisin

 

16

 

17840

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0730-0800

 

6, 7

 

English

 

16

 

17840

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0800-0900

 

1-7

 

English

 

16

 

17840

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0900-0905

 

1 - 5

 

French

 

16

 

17840

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0900-0905

 

6, 7

 

English

 

16

 

17840

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

0905-1000

 

1-7

 

English

 

16

 

17840

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

1000-1030

 

1 - 5

 

Tok Pisin

 

31

 

9580

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

1000-1030

 

6, 7

 

English

 

31

 

9580

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

1030-2100

 

1 - 7

 

English

 

31

 

9580

 

100

 

Shepparton

 

Day 1 = Monday, Day 7 = Sunday

 

 

Satellite Intelsat-18

Transponder: G17C
Downlink Freq: 4070.5 MHz
Polarity: Right Hand Circular
Modulation Format: QPSK
Symbol Rate: 3.448 MS/ps
FEQ: 3/4
Receiver: DVB-S2 MPEG4

OTHER REGIONS
RA broadcasts are directed to the Asia-Pacific region. These broadcasts may be heard in other regions but reception may be variable. RA broadcasts directed to the central Pacific may be heard in North America. Broadcasts directed at South Asia may be heard in the Middle East and Europe.

RA NEWS REPORTING
World news with emphasis on the Asia-Pacific regions is broadcast on the hour, seven days a week. Detailed Australian news is broadcast Monday to Friday at 0105, 0305, 0505, 0905, 1105, 1305, 1505, 2305 UTC and Saturday and Sunday 0905, 1105, 1305 and 1505 UTC. Asian news is broadcast at 1005, 1205 and 1405 daily. Pacific news is broadcast at 0705 and 1905 UTC Monday to Friday.

RA TRANSMISSION INFORMATION
Detailed information on RA satellite, internet and other HF services may be obtained from:

Radio Australia
Transmissions Manager
GPO Box 428G
Melbourne
VIC  3001

or:

FAX      +61 3 96261899 (International)    03 96261899 (Australia)
Phone   +61 3 96261500                            03 96261500

or:

VIA THE INTERNET
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au

 

 


 Information is correct as of 31 January, 2017