Skegness Log: 25-10-13 (MW)

1350 1655  J  JOER RCC Chugoku Hoso, Etajima/Okimi (chg-hir). Japanese YL and OM // 1413 
              9252 km **

1413 1700  J  JOIF KBC-Kyushu Asahi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk). Getting quite regular lately!
              Japanese OM & YL, as 1350  9225 km

1557 1700 TWN Radio Taiwan Int., Kouhu (YL). Presumed. Time signal and YL in oriental language.
              Presume sign-off. https://app.box.com/s/1yv2kw2gwdc5sq7pwuaf  9715 km **

1017 2100 CHN China Radio Int./CNR 8, Changchun/SARFT523 (JL). CRI interval signal.
              https://app.box.com/s/ft21f8agfvotjj00ky7j  8011 km **

1566 2100 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Jeju=Cheju (jej). Almost like a local! Frequencies and ID just before
              the hour. https://app.box.com/s/vmxqopnirwl5f1sqo9mv  9067 km.
            
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More good conditions to the far east.

Very annoyingly, we suffered a power failure (we have several a week here out in the sticks) a few seconds after 1700 which damaged the SDR file. The file is still completely playable though (phew!) with the top of the hour section intact, but Wavchopper is unable to chop down the file because of the damage. So the remaining file is almost 600MB in size and I would love to upload this to a file storage site but I cannot find one which will allow such large files. If anybody knows of one please let me know asap as I would really like to archive this file.


The following might be worth further investigation:

702 1700 25-10-13: Chinese time signal and ID at 15 seconds.
https://app.box.com/s/zhogg5nnbtmk8payrl8v

1359 1700 25-10-13: Chinese OM and music. Time signals. YL echoey ID at 55 seconds.
https://app.box.com/s/gg1zt50zi3a29igjccto

1413 JOIF Fukuoka 1655 25-10-13. I just want somebody to listen to the recording and confirm this is really what I am hearing. I have no doubt in my mind but I find I keep pinching myself about the reception of Japan here.
https://app.box.com/s/8bq8vuaqcqlptuvwk8mz


Finally, these two are very weak. It has been suggested that 720 could be North Korea and 729 Vietnam. I can just imagine I am hearing the North Korean national anthem on 720. They are too weak for comfort however.

 720 1700 25-01-13; Chinese time signal and possible v weak YL ID
https://app.box.com/s/cn0wby49pwgk55ig1r66

 729 1700 25-10-13: Japanese time signal? Possible v weak YL ID?
https://app.box.com/s/67fvrda05tmm98q021bp


Some rough notes on other Asiatic DX. "Long pip" refers to those time signals used in the far east which could refer to South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, etc. and I include these just to show the amount of Asiatic DX which was coming in yesterday. Any audio was just that bit too weak for identification. I have cross-referenced them with the audio heard on Asiatic SDR files from Finland just to confirm I am on the right track with these.

 540 Long pip
 558 Chinese pips
 567 V v weak long pip under R Rossi
 594 Long pip
 612 V v weak long pip
 666 Long pip
 702 Chinese pips and ID
 711 Long pip
 720 Chinese pips x 2
 729 Long pip
 747 Indian music - clear under Holland // 783
 774 Oriental music, under Leeds
 828 Long pip
 855 Chinese pips
 963 Chinese pips
 981 Chinese pips
 990 Chinese pips
1044 Chinese pips x2
1071 V v weak Long pip
1098 Chinese pips
1170 V v weak Long pip
1224 V v weak long pip
1287 V weak Japanese pip
1305 Chinese pips
1341 Chinese under R Ulster
1377 Chinese pips
1386 V weak long pip
1404 Chinese pips
1413 Chinese pips under Fukouka
1467 TWR Kyrgyzstan
1494 Chinese pips
1539 Chinese pips
1557 RTI, Kouhu
1593 Chinese time signal

Well, the conditions haven't blown out yet so hopefully there will be more Asiatic DX along this afternoon.

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  

Skegness Log: 24-10-13 (MW)

 981 1600 CHN CNR1, Multi-tx At least two lots of pips today. Usual echoey Beijing YL ID. 
              Recording: https://app.box.com/s/uzzzymxvn9bksqzsoroq

1413 1600  J  JOIF KBC-Kyushu Asahi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Presumed. Three Japanese pips, 
              OM in Japanese. No ID as far as I can tell, but jingle ID before music. 
              Recording: https://app.box.com/s/35gncffzeoscl93wzny2  9225 km

1566 1600 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Jeju=Cheju (jej) Fair peaks. ID sequence. 
              Recording: https://app.box.com/s/ul1d1k02sp0lumundmcf  9067 km

Nothing much in the way of North American DX again, despite other's reporting good conditions. The path is still open to the far east though.

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

Skegness Log: 23-10-13 (MW)

1440 0100 USA WRED Westbrook ME. WRED Westbrook ID mentioning 963 FM  5103 km **
1540 0400 USA WDCD Albany NY. ID - At 15-40 AM WDCD Albany. ABC News  5389 km **
 864 1600 ARM TWR Asia, Gavar (grk) Interval signal running for six minutes or more.
              Good signal  3626 km **

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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

Skegness Log: 22-10-13 (MW)

 580 0600 CAN CFRA Ottawa ON. CFRA, a division of Bell Media. ID and news  5332 km
 610 0600 USA WIOD Miami FL. Newstalk 6-10 (????) WIOD ID  7118 km **
 820 0600 USA WBAP Fort Worth TX. WBAP ID and news  7624 km
1000 0600 USA WMVP Chicago IL. ESPN Chicago ID after ad  6322 km
 780 0605 USA WBBM Chicago IL. Full ID, sung jingle and mention of WBBM FM 106.9  6311 km **
1575 1600 THA Voice of America/Radio Saranrom, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) ID, Frequencies,
              another ID. News in Asiatic language  9410 km **

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Here's a recording of VOA Ban Phachi: https://app.box.com/s/reothy18aly0zvcuxrjz

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    

Skegness Log: 21-10-13 (MW)

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 **

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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    

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

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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

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:

1413 JOIF Fukuoka 1659 19-10-13

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. 

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 **

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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

Skegness Log: 17-10-13 (MW)

 610 0300 CUB Radio Rebelde, three sites listed. Cuckoo ID behind US Fox Sports station **

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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

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