Sporadic-E TV & FM DX log from Perth, seasons at/near sunspot minimum
2003/2004 season		Oct	Nov	Dec, 2003	Jan, 2004	Feb	March
144 MHz	2Es
144 MHz	Es		15 (short skip FM)
FM 88-108	2Es		15 (Indonesia)	12 (Philippines)
FM 88-108	Es		15,22, 24	6,9	3
Samoa TV 55.25	4or5Es			12
NZ 55.25, 62.25	3Es			19,30	8
NZ 45.25, 50.75	3Es			2,3,5,6,9,11,12,18,19,25,26,30	2,3,8
SEAsia 48,55,61,62.25	2or3Es		15,21,26,27,29	3,6,8,9,12,14,15,29
all (>45 MHz)	all Es		14-17,19,21,22,	1-3,5,6,8,9,11-15,	2,3,8,10,19,22,27
			24,26-30	17-19,22,23,25-27,29,30
1997/1998 season		Oct	Nov	Dec, 1997	Jan, 1998	Feb	March
144 MHz	2Es
144 MHz	Es
FM 88-108	2Es
FM 88-108	Es		27	12,21,24,26,29,30
Samoa TV 55.25	4or5Es			26,30
NZ 55.25, 62.25	3Es			12,24,25,28	1
NZ 45.25, 50.75	3Es			12,13,16,24,25,26,28	1
SEAsia 48,55,61,62.25	2or3Es		27-30	19 (77.25), 30, 31	3,5,9,10,11
all (>45 MHz)	all Es		27-30	1,12,13,16,19,20,21,	1-5,9-11
				23-26,28-31	(few observations>11)
1996/1997 season		Oct	Nov	Dec, 1996	Jan, 1997	Feb	March
144 MHz	2Es
144 MHz	Es
FM 88-108	2Es
FM 88-108	Es		12		8,24,31
Samoa TV 55.25	4or5Es
NZ 55.25, 62.25	3Es			13	12
NZ 45.25, 50.75	3Es		13	8,13,14,15,25,26	5,7,8,12,25
SEAsia 48,55,61,62.25	2or3Es		13	16	1,26
all (>45 MHz)	all Es		12,13	3,4,8,13,14-16,21,25,26	1,2,5,7,8,10,12,24-26,31	2,3
			(incomplete observations)	(incomplete observations)	(incomplete observations)
1995/1996 season		Oct	Nov	Dec, 1995	Jan, 1996	Feb	March
144 MHz	2Es
144 MHz	Es
FM 88-108	2Es		29	22	25
FM 88-108	Es		29	18,21,23,24,25	7,14,20,25
Samoa TV 55.25	4or5Es			26	5,14,16,18,21	3
NZ 55.25, 62.25	3Es		29	17-19,21,22,24-26,29	3,4,5,14,16-21,25,26	3
NZ 45.25, 50.75	3Es		26,29	1,7,11,14,15,17-19,21,22,	3-5,7,9,14,16-21,	3,10
				24-26,29	23,25,26,28,30
SEAsia 48,55,61,62.25	2or3Es	21		5,16,18	24	25
all (>45 MHz)	all Es		5,6,7,10,12,26,27,29,30	1,5-9,11,14-19,	3-7,9,10,13-21,	1,2,3,4,6,
			(20-24 no observations)	21-26,29	23-31	10,11,25
1994/1995 season		Oct	Nov	Dec, 1994	Jan, 1995	Feb	March
144 MHz	2Es
144 MHz	Es
FM 88-108	2Es
FM 88-108	Es			28	14
Samoa TV 55.25	4or5Es
NZ 55.25, 62.25	3Es			28	14
NZ 45.25, 50.75	3Es			25,26,27,28	14
SEAsia 48,55,61,62.25	2or3Es		19	31	18
all (>45 MHz)	all Es		8,12,13,19,26	5,12,19,23,25-28,31	4,10,13,14,16-18,
					20,24,29
1993/1994 season		Oct	Nov	Dec, 1993	Jan, 1994	Feb	March
144 MHz	2Es
144 MHz	Es			11 (RTS5A)
FM 88-108	2Es				13
FM 88-108	Es			8,10,11	4,9,13
Samoa TV 55.25	4or5Es
NZ 55.25, 62.25	3Es			2,10,11,19,22	4,9
NZ 45.25, 50.75	3Es			2,10,11,18,19,20,21	4,8,9
SEAsia 48,55,61,62.25	2or3Es	27		4,5,	3,16,22-26	8,27
all (>45 MHz)	all Es		7	2-11,14,18-20,	2-5,8,9,12,13,15,16	5,6,8,27
			(incomplete observations)	22,23,27-29	22-26,28,29
1992/1993 season		Oct	Nov	Dec, 1992	Jan, 1993	Feb	March
144 MHz	2Es
144 MHz	Es
FM 88-108	2Es			24	16 (Orange), 24 (Melbourne)
FM 88-108	Es		30	24	24
Samoa TV 55.25	4or5Es
NZ 55.25, 62.25	3Es				5, 16 (+KHON 55.26!)
NZ 45.25, 50.75	3Es				5,16,26
SEAsia 48,55,61,62.25	2or3Es		7	7,9	18
all (>45 MHz)	all Es		7,29,30	1,7,9,11,15,16,20,	1-3,5,6,12,14-16,18,	2,17,18,20
				24,25,27,31	24-26
1986/1987 season		Oct	Nov	Dec, 1986	Jan, 1987	Feb	March
144 MHz	2Es
144 MHz	Es
FM 88-108	2Es			13
FM 88-108	Es			11,13	8,11,13
Samoa TV 55.25	4or5Es			31
NZ 55.25, 62.25	3Es			26, 30,31
NZ 45.25, 50.75	3Es			6,11-13,20,21,23,24,26,30,31	1
SEAsia 48,55,61,62.25	2or3Es	11	27	24,25,26, 27, 28	2,3,5, 7, 9,15,16	7
all (>45 MHz)	all Es	11,17	2,14,15,20,21,	1,3-14,17-31	1-9,11,13,	7,8
			25,27,29,30		15,16,21,28-31
1985/1986 season		Oct	Nov	Dec, 1985	Jan, 1986	Feb	March
144 MHz	2Es
144 MHz	Es			(27, 29 elsewhere in VK)
FM 88-108	2Es
FM 88-108	Es			29,30	1,4,7
Samoa TV 55.25	4or5Es			30 (+59.75,1100-1220)
NZ 55.25, 62.25	3Es			24,25,27,29,30
NZ 45.25, 50.75	3Es			17,24,25,27,28,29,30,31	1,7,8
SEAsia 48,55,61,62.25	2or3Es			29	6
all (>45 MHz)	all Es		no observations	(no observations <17)	1-10
				17,19-21,24-31	(no obs. > 10 Jan)
1976/1977 season		Oct	Nov	Dec, 1976	Jan, 1977	Feb	March
144 MHz	2Es
144 MHz	Es
TV/FM 86-108	2Es		28	24, 26 (3ABCFM)
TV/FM 86-108	Es		2,16,20,28,30	2,11,13,24,26	2
Samoa TV 55.25	4or5Es
NZ 55.25, 62.25	3Es
NZ 45.25, 50.75	3Es	21	28	1,18,24,26		12
Mauritius 28.19	3Es		6,14	24,25,26
SEAsia 48,55,61,62.25	2or3Es	21
all (>45 MHz)	all Es	21	2,15-17,20,22,	1,2,4,5,8,11,13,14,16-20,	1,2,4,5,6,16,	12
			26,28-30	23-31	(limited daytime obs.)
1975/1976 season		Oct	Nov	Dec, 1975	Jan, 1976	Feb	March
144 MHz	2Es
144 MHz	Es
TV/FM 86-108	2Es
TV/FM 86-108	Es			7,15,18,22,26,31	1,7,18,29
Samoa TV 55.25	4or5Es
NZ 55.25, 62.25	3Es
NZ 45.25, 50.75	3Es		28	14,15,30,31	6
SEAsia 48,55,61,62.25	2or3Es		21, 29	4,8	14,23
all (>45 MHz)	all Es		18,19,20,21,24,25,	4-8,10-12,14,15,	1-3,5-8,10-12,14,	7,15,17
			26,27,28,29,30	17-20,22,23,26,30,31	16,18,21,23,26,29
1974/1975 season		Oct	Nov	Dec, 1974	Jan, 1975	Feb	March
144 MHz	2Es
144 MHz	Es
TV/FM 86-108	2Es		24	13
TV/FM 86-108	Es		24	29	5
Samoa TV 55.25	4or5Es
NZ 55.25, 62.25	3Es
NZ 45.25, 50.75	3Es		22,24,27,30	1,10,23,28,29
SEAsia 48,55,61,62.25	2or3Es
all (>45 MHz)	all Es		12,15-19,	1,10-16,18,	3-8,12,13,16,20,22,27
			22-24,27-30	23,27-30
1973/1974 season		Oct	Nov	Dec, 1973	Jan, 1974	Feb	March
144 MHz	2Es
144 MHz	Es
TV 86-108	2Es				1 (NBN3, WIN4)
TV 86-108	Es			2,8,15	1,8		24
Samoa TV 55.25	4or5Es
NZ 55.25, 62.25	3Es			31
NZ 45.25, 50.75	3Es			4,9,12,15,22, 31	2,8
SEAsia 48,55,61&62.25	2or3Es						2
all (>45 MHz)	all Es	(3,6)	8-11,13,15,17-19,	1-10,12,14,15,16,	1,2-4,7,8,10-15,	5,6,7,9,	2,3,9,
			20,21,23-26,28,30	17-19,22,23,25-29,31	17,21,22,31	17,20,23	(17),24

Last Updated on 29/1/04
By Tony Mann


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