1460 0000 CAN CJOY
Guelph ON. CJOY call letters in splatter 5731 km
670 0600 CUB Radio Rebelde, Several sites listed. Presumed with
Spanish YL, as 710, etc.
710 0600 CUB Radio Rebelde, Several sites listed. Presumed with
Spanish YL, as 670 & 1180
740 0600 CAN CFZM Toronto ON. Welcome to the All Night Jukebox
from Toronto's AM 740 5698 km **
790 0600 USA WAXY The Ticket, South Miami FL. Well-splattered
ESPN ID 7157 km **
612 1700 TWN Radio Taiwan Int./Radio France Int., Lukang (CH)
Chinese YL over four pips, as 1098 9678 km **
1098 1700 TWN Radio Taiwan Int./R.Free Asia/Ikuan Tao/RFI, Kouhu
(YL) Chinese YL over four pips, as 612 9715 km **
1359 1700 CHN CNR1, Many sites listed. Heard regularly with echo
indicating more than one site received 0 km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
Monday, 21 October 2013
Sunday, 20 October 2013
Skegness Log: 20-10-13 (MW)
738 1600 CHN Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Ürümqi/Hutubi-XJTS631 (XJ) OM ID after time signal 6042 km **
864 1600 KOR HLKR KBS 1, Gangneung (gan) Presumed. Four pips on the hour, as 972 8759 km
1521 1800 CHN China Radio Int., Ürümqi/Hutubi-SARFT654 (XJ) -60dB! Stronger than BBC R Lincolnshire! 6041 km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Quite a different afternoon. I think JOIF was audible on 1413 again at 1500 but it was much weaker than yesterday. China was more in evidence this time. Urumqi 1521 back up in strength (and just a tad stronger my local than BBC Lincolnshire on 1368!) plus several other presumed/tentative outlets from Urumqi.
Three recordings of Xinjiang RGD below but I think only the third one contains the ID, which sounds like "Xinjiang Jenmin Guangbo Tientai" to me. Somebody might wish to correct my spelling.
Recordings:
738 Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Urumqi 1600 20-13-10
https://app.box.com/s/yefwyem9aw7ii98l144e
738 Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Urumqi 1700 20-13-10
https://app.box.com/s/3pu6i77o62ez9dib65e4
738 Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Urumqi 1800 20-13-10
https://app.box.com/s/yxuwaomw8gwz9g9x2jd7
1521 CRI, Urumqi 1800 20-10-13
https://app.box.com/s/srltskvonhb4tkdlljp9
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
864 1600 KOR HLKR KBS 1, Gangneung (gan) Presumed. Four pips on the hour, as 972 8759 km
1521 1800 CHN China Radio Int., Ürümqi/Hutubi-SARFT654 (XJ) -60dB! Stronger than BBC R Lincolnshire! 6041 km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Quite a different afternoon. I think JOIF was audible on 1413 again at 1500 but it was much weaker than yesterday. China was more in evidence this time. Urumqi 1521 back up in strength (and just a tad stronger my local than BBC Lincolnshire on 1368!) plus several other presumed/tentative outlets from Urumqi.
Three recordings of Xinjiang RGD below but I think only the third one contains the ID, which sounds like "Xinjiang Jenmin Guangbo Tientai" to me. Somebody might wish to correct my spelling.
Recordings:
738 Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Urumqi 1600 20-13-10
https://app.box.com/s/yefwyem9aw7ii98l144e
738 Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Urumqi 1700 20-13-10
https://app.box.com/s/3pu6i77o62ez9dib65e4
738 Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Urumqi 1800 20-13-10
https://app.box.com/s/yxuwaomw8gwz9g9x2jd7
1521 CRI, Urumqi 1800 20-10-13
https://app.box.com/s/srltskvonhb4tkdlljp9
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
Saturday, 19 October 2013
My First Japanese Reception!
Fukuoka City, Japan
Japan has always been a difficult country to receive in the UK, however, I 'dared' to assume that I would probably receive it one day because my east coast location gives me an extra lift in towards the far east.
Despite living on the east coast for three years however I was beginning to think it was never going to happen. Chinese signals come through in abundance at home on my northerly flag and especially on the BOG (Beverage On the Ground) I occasionally lay out in the marshlands of The Wash, just a few miles down the coast. Nothing! Just a few vague time signals which could have easily been Korean or Taiwanese.
This changed today when JOIF Fukuoka came in on 1413 kHz, but had it not been for the eagle-eared Paul Logan in Northern Ireland, I would never have known what I had missed. I had posted a link to my Perseus SDR file for 1700 to the SkywavesDX group. Paul missed two stations I had overlooked. One of which was JOIF. Click on the link below to hear how it sounded:
To think, I completely overlooked this. I was actually trying to hear what was happening underneath this signal, assuming it was just a European station. I have a rough idea of what Japanese sounds like too.
After posting a recording if this to the Real DX group I received a confirmation from member Hirpyuki Okamura that the language was Japanese. "O-Dori - No All Night Niiphon" was spoken which is a networked programme from 1242 JOLF. Although no local ID was heard there's nothing else this could be. JOIF is the only station from Japan on 1413.
After posting a recording if this to the Real DX group I received a confirmation from member Hirpyuki Okamura that the language was Japanese. "O-Dori - No All Night Niiphon" was spoken which is a networked programme from 1242 JOLF. Although no local ID was heard there's nothing else this could be. JOIF is the only station from Japan on 1413.
The path between Skegness and Fukuoka. 9225 kilometres to my north-east
Skegness Log: 19-10-13 (MW)
1566 1600 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Cheju Island (jej) Oriental language. YL & OM, as web 9067 km **
972 1700 KOR HLCA KBS Liberty 1, Dangjin (ccg) YL ID before pips and interval signal.
Over Hamburg 8740 km
1269 1700 CHN China Radio Int. Xuanwei/SARFT726 (YN) Interval signal under Neumunster.
Thanks Paul Logan for spotting this on my file 8559 km **
1413 1700 J JOIF KBC-Kyushu Asahi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) "O-Dori, No All Night Niiphon",
JOLF 1242 networked Thanks to Paul Logan and to Hirpyuki Okamura at Real DX
for the translation 9225 km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
My best afternoon of Asiatic DX ever - and this includes my BOG trips just down the coast.
Japan is a new country here and one I have never heard domestically, other than on short wave. I think there were other Japanese and Korean signals in too but the vocals were never clear enough to be certain.
HLAZ 1566 was good at times. Long time no hear for this one and it's the first time I have heard it at home in Skegness.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 340 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
972 1700 KOR HLCA KBS Liberty 1, Dangjin (ccg) YL ID before pips and interval signal.
Over Hamburg 8740 km
1269 1700 CHN China Radio Int. Xuanwei/SARFT726 (YN) Interval signal under Neumunster.
Thanks Paul Logan for spotting this on my file 8559 km **
1413 1700 J JOIF KBC-Kyushu Asahi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) "O-Dori, No All Night Niiphon",
JOLF 1242 networked Thanks to Paul Logan and to Hirpyuki Okamura at Real DX
for the translation 9225 km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
My best afternoon of Asiatic DX ever - and this includes my BOG trips just down the coast.
Japan is a new country here and one I have never heard domestically, other than on short wave. I think there were other Japanese and Korean signals in too but the vocals were never clear enough to be certain.
HLAZ 1566 was good at times. Long time no hear for this one and it's the first time I have heard it at home in Skegness.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 340 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
Friday, 18 October 2013
Skegness Log: 17-10-13 (MW)
610 0300 CUB Radio Rebelde, three sites listed. Cuckoo ID behind US Fox Sports station **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Conditions remain very poor to North America, but a new Cuban struggled its way though on 610. Three sites are listed: Bueycito with 10kW, Cienfuegos with 10kW and Guane with 1kW. This was competing with a presumed WIOD with its Fox Sports News programming.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Conditions remain very poor to North America, but a new Cuban struggled its way though on 610. Three sites are listed: Bueycito with 10kW, Cienfuegos with 10kW and Guane with 1kW. This was competing with a presumed WIOD with its Fox Sports News programming.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Not a lot ...
Not a lot to report after the overnight geomagnetic disturbance, but TWR Asia from Kyrgyzstan put in a nice signal at 1700 today:
1467 TWR Asia, Krasnaya Rechka 1700 15-10-13
1521 CRI Urumqi was audible at 1400 but was quickly overtaken by Saudi Arabia a couple of hours later.
Good DX!
John
1467 TWR Asia, Krasnaya Rechka 1700 15-10-13
1521 CRI Urumqi was audible at 1400 but was quickly overtaken by Saudi Arabia a couple of hours later.
Good DX!
John
Sunday, 13 October 2013
Skegness Log: 13-10-13 (MW)
1660 0500 USA WWRU Radio Korea, Jersey City/Carlstadt NJ. 16-60 AM WWRU Jersey City ID 5539 km
1690 0500 USA WMLB Avondale Estates GA. V weak Voice Of The Arts ID in noise 6734 km
The X band has been hopeless here this season but I managed to squeeze out two weak IDs today.
I haven't been through my recent Asiatic DX recordings but I might make a few notes later. There have been LOTS of CNR outlets and a few South Koreans, going by the time signals, but little in the way of vocals IDs.
High latitude DX might have been dashed for a few days again as more geomagnetic disturbances take hold. Once again they seem to have been more intense than were forecast.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
1690 0500 USA WMLB Avondale Estates GA. V weak Voice Of The Arts ID in noise 6734 km
The X band has been hopeless here this season but I managed to squeeze out two weak IDs today.
I haven't been through my recent Asiatic DX recordings but I might make a few notes later. There have been LOTS of CNR outlets and a few South Koreans, going by the time signals, but little in the way of vocals IDs.
High latitude DX might have been dashed for a few days again as more geomagnetic disturbances take hold. Once again they seem to have been more intense than were forecast.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
Saturday, 12 October 2013
Skegness Log: 12-10-13 (MW)
1422 1600 CHN CRI, Kashgar=Kashi (XJ) CRI interval signal clear under Germany 5715 km **
558 1700 CHN Xinjiang RGD Uighur/CNR 13, Ürümqi/Hutubi-XJTS631 (XJ) Presumed with Chinese time signal 6042 km **
1359 1700 CHN CNR1, Many sites listed Pips and YL ID, as others **
1377 1700 CHN Xizang RGD Hanyu, Lhasa/SARFT602 (XZ) Tibet! Pips and ID 7474 km **
1377 1700 ARM TWR Asia/Voice of Russia, Gavar (grk) ID and TWR jingle 3626 km **
1539 1700 CHN CNR 1, Golmud/SARFT916 (QH) Time pips and ID 7135 km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Putting the above loggings down as firsts as I have never logged them from home before, only on BOG DX trips to The Wash.
I believe the 1359 site is Golmud though I don't see it listed in MW List. Can anybody confirm this?
Other oriental stations heard were as follows - all at 1700:
558 Chinese pips
729 Japanese time signal? (no S Korea listed here)
738 Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Kashgar or Urumqi
891 Chinese pips. Chinese/oriental music. Possible South Korean time signal too
963 Chinese pips
981 Four or five lots of Chinese pips
1413 Chinese pips
1494 Chinese pips x 2
1539 Chinese pips
North America was relatively poor overnight.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
558 1700 CHN Xinjiang RGD Uighur/CNR 13, Ürümqi/Hutubi-XJTS631 (XJ) Presumed with Chinese time signal 6042 km **
1359 1700 CHN CNR1, Many sites listed Pips and YL ID, as others **
1377 1700 CHN Xizang RGD Hanyu, Lhasa/SARFT602 (XZ) Tibet! Pips and ID 7474 km **
1377 1700 ARM TWR Asia/Voice of Russia, Gavar (grk) ID and TWR jingle 3626 km **
1539 1700 CHN CNR 1, Golmud/SARFT916 (QH) Time pips and ID 7135 km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Putting the above loggings down as firsts as I have never logged them from home before, only on BOG DX trips to The Wash.
I believe the 1359 site is Golmud though I don't see it listed in MW List. Can anybody confirm this?
Other oriental stations heard were as follows - all at 1700:
558 Chinese pips
729 Japanese time signal? (no S Korea listed here)
738 Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Kashgar or Urumqi
891 Chinese pips. Chinese/oriental music. Possible South Korean time signal too
963 Chinese pips
981 Four or five lots of Chinese pips
1413 Chinese pips
1494 Chinese pips x 2
1539 Chinese pips
North America was relatively poor overnight.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
Friday, 11 October 2013
Skegness Log: 11-10-13 (MW)
1290 0300 USA WJNO West Palm Beach (FL) Can just make out call letters on the hour under
Venezuela 7044 km
1590 0500 USA WARV Warwick (RI) You're on 15-90 AM Life Changing Radio WARV Warwick -
Providence. 5308 km
1400 0600 USA WOND Newstalk-1400, Pleasantville (NJ)
WOND ID atop CBG 5673 km
1450 0600 USA WPGG "WPG Talk Radio 1450", Atlantic City (NJ)
Clear WPG ID. Fair! 5670 km
An improvement! It seems a while since I have heard North American signals like this. New York City stations were particularly good overnight between 0300 and 0600.
More good news in that 0700 is now waking up.
Other observations:
It was a more Florida morning this time with quite a few bits and pieces of audio from the more regular Florida stations. Although I didn't ID them, look for 610 WIOD Miami, 1020 WURN Kendall and 1360 WKAT (Spanish religion - IDs as Radio Luz). I think they were all present this morning, particularly at 0300.
1200 WXKS is becoming one of the strongest and most regular North Americans. This can be heard with Bloomberg IDs on the hour.
I will be looking towards the far east this afternoon.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
Venezuela 7044 km
1590 0500 USA WARV Warwick (RI) You're on 15-90 AM Life Changing Radio WARV Warwick -
Providence. 5308 km
1400 0600 USA WOND Newstalk-1400, Pleasantville (NJ)
WOND ID atop CBG 5673 km
1450 0600 USA WPGG "WPG Talk Radio 1450", Atlantic City (NJ)
Clear WPG ID. Fair! 5670 km
An improvement! It seems a while since I have heard North American signals like this. New York City stations were particularly good overnight between 0300 and 0600.
More good news in that 0700 is now waking up.
Other observations:
It was a more Florida morning this time with quite a few bits and pieces of audio from the more regular Florida stations. Although I didn't ID them, look for 610 WIOD Miami, 1020 WURN Kendall and 1360 WKAT (Spanish religion - IDs as Radio Luz). I think they were all present this morning, particularly at 0300.
1200 WXKS is becoming one of the strongest and most regular North Americans. This can be heard with Bloomberg IDs on the hour.
I will be looking towards the far east this afternoon.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Skegness Log: 08-10-13 (MW)
1280 0501 PTR WCMN
NotiUno, Arecibo (PR) Talk and ID 6848 km
It was a struggle to hear this. WCMN used to be a regular pest too. It's exotic DX now!
What has happened to the conditions? The indices are low but the DX keeps getting less and less. North America is almost non-existent with nothing getting through from NYC or NE Canada. Only one heard this morning on 1540, the station with the "your ideas matter" slogan at the top of the hour. There's never an ID with this one.
Only one other station of interest heard overnight on 1390 at 0500. Perhaps WISA Isabella with back-to-back Spanish slow/love songs. No IDs.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
It was a struggle to hear this. WCMN used to be a regular pest too. It's exotic DX now!
What has happened to the conditions? The indices are low but the DX keeps getting less and less. North America is almost non-existent with nothing getting through from NYC or NE Canada. Only one heard this morning on 1540, the station with the "your ideas matter" slogan at the top of the hour. There's never an ID with this one.
Only one other station of interest heard overnight on 1390 at 0500. Perhaps WISA Isabella with back-to-back Spanish slow/love songs. No IDs.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
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