AUSTRALIAN SHORTWAVE GUIDE
EDITION
34 — A08 SEASON
* available mid-April 2008
* handy A5 booklet
format, commercially printed, saddle stitched
* sponsored by the Australian Electronic DX Press Radio Monitoring
Association
*
postal mailed
The ASWG Edition 34 is a no-frills
reference, covering the seven–month
international shortwave transmission period commencing March 31 2008, and
concluding
on October 26 2008, known as the “A08 International Transmission
Season”
With several hundred entries, it provides comprehensive
information of
shortwave broadcasting schedules for transmissions intended for Australia,
New Zealand and the Pacific
Islands, for broadcasts in all languages. The
complete schedules for Radio Australia and CVC-Australia are included.
The data is arranged in two sections, by studio
country and starting time.
Each entry shows broadcasting organization, frequency, starting time,
finishing time, language,
target area, transmitter site, transmitter
country, studio country, and days of operation.
The ASWG is compiled from
an extensive worldwide network of broadcasters,
frequency planners, engineering consultants, professional monitors, and
members
of the Electronic DX Press Radio Monitoring Association. Information
is also included from the detailed research by the
author, himself a
communications engineer and journalist, with over 45 years experience at
both the professional and
hobby level.
The ASWG has been around for
a long time and was first published in 1982 as
a supplement to an early Australian commercial electronics magazine. When
that
magazine ceased operations in 1992, BTA became an independent
publication, ultimately transforming itself into the "Australasian
Shortwave
Guide", and subsequently became "Shortwave Broadcasts to Australia and
Oceania".
Edition 34 is simply titled "The Australian
Shortwave Guide".
It was originally published four times a year,
corresponding to the four
international transmission seasons. Publication was reduced to twice-a-year
when the September
and June schedule coordination seasons were phased out by the ITU.
Note: The electronic MS-Excel version has
been discontinued
Proceeds from sales assist with costs of marketing,
printing, packaging and
mailing.
