The VK3OT 50 MHz Tape Archives

"The Australian Connection"

Hosted by PA2HJS

Listen to those ZL's, JA's, K6's, KH6,s and so on... In Europe, we only dream about it...

You will need RealAudio to play the archives.

A part of the recordings were made by Kazu, JA1RJU, for which we are very grateful.

Listen to fragments from the VK3OT 50 MHz tape archives:

Solar Cycle 21

• VK7ZIF worked via aurora - 52 MHz - exact date unknown (16k)
• The VK7RNT beacon on 52.470 MHz, via aurora, March 1980 (24k)
• HL9TG calling CQ on 52.050, April 1979 (7k)
• HL9TG working VK3OT and VK7DA - April 1979 (27k)
• WA4TNV/KL7 calling CQ on 52.110 MHz - March 1979 (10k)
• KH6NS working VK3ATN - 6 March 1979 - 52 MHz(14k)
• KH6IAA working VK5SV on 52 MHz - 30 March 1980 (24k)
• VK9XT working VK4ZBJ (first) on 15 March 1980 on 52.050 MHz, recorded in Japan (45k)
• VK9XT working DU1GF (first) on 15 March 1980 on 52.050 MHz, recorded in Japan (42k)
• The VK9XI expedition had the keyer running in February 1980, many calls but no answer...recorded in Japan (39k)
• VK9XT working JA's with very strong signals - February 1989 (20k)
• VK9XT working VK8GF via backscatter - 15 March 1980 - 52.050 MHz - It wasn't easy...(66k)

Solar Cycle 22

• The P29BPL beacon is QRT now. Note the QRN which was also propagated via the ionosphere - (27k)
• In January 1995, the VKoIX beacon was strong, but the staff were gone...Over five hours, the beacon was strong and it could have been a new one for so many...(37k)
• AH6LR very strong with just 1 Watt QRP - (16k)
• European TV carriers around 48.250 - February 1989 - (16k)
• KP2A on the 29th of March, 1989 - Best DX of VK3OT: 16,800 kms - (13k)
• KP2A working is SSB - March 1989 (19k)
• KP4A - March 1989 - also very strong - (12k)
• KP4A and XE1MD? - This is a peculiar clip: You can hear KP4A and at about 15 seconds from the start of this clip, the receiver is retuned and you can hear XE1MD for a tick...(30k)
• KH6HH - 1991 - Europeans dream about this kind of signals - (15k)
• Another station from Hawaii - KH6IAA - (18k)
• Australians even work Hawaii with sporadic E - NI6E - Summer 1993 (12k)
• The same station in SSB - NI6E - Summer 1993 (12k)
• Example of the famous summer VK-JA path - JA1RJU - February 1996 (12k)
• Another example of the famous summer VK-JA path - JR2HCB - Summer 1996 (30k)
• Vietnamese FM signals on 62.5 MHz (14k)
• WA6BYA working into VK5 (12k)
• ZL2KT working ZL4TBN - January 1997 - Es propagation (19k)
• ZL3TIC (RE66) working VK6APZ (PF06) - Recorded midway in QF12 (25k)