1540 0000 CAN CHIN Toronto ON. My ideas and opinions matter, apparently. Well, my opinion isn't
very high and as for my ideas, may I suggest a proper station identification
at the top of each hour? Fair 5668 km
570 0500 USA WMCA New York NY. 5-70 WMCA ID Weak 5547 km
580 0500 CAN CFRA Ottawa ON. Fair to good levels. 5-70 CFRA is a division of Bell Media, etc.
Fair 5332 km
850 0500 USA WFTL West Palm Beach FL. References to Newstalk and WFTL letters heard twice.
Weak 7047 km **
1566 1600 IND AIR National Channel, Nagpur MH. ID and broadcast information Weak 7418 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
Friday, 1 November 2013
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Skegness Log: 29-10-13 (MW)
1190 0000 USA WOWO Fort Wayne IN. Newstalk ... and 92.3 FM ... in the noise, sung WOWO
jingle 6227 km **
1300 0100 USA WGDJ Rensselaer NY. WDGJ call letters spoken clearly in pile-up 5392 km
1600 0100 USA WUNR Brookline MA. WUNR call in Spanish 5251 km
1310 0200 USA WCCW Traverse City MI. WCCW IDs in pile-up 5967 km **
1340 0200 USA Unidentified, CBS News jingle. No chance of catching vocals but so rare to
hear anything like this on 1340
570 0300 USA WMCA New York NY. WMCA call in mush and crap 5547 km **
1470 0300 USA WWNN Pompano Beach FL. WWN ID in the noise/weak pile-up 7094 km
1200 0400 USA WOAI San Antonio TX. Newsradio Twelve Hundred WOAI. San Antonio's breaking
news ... and weather 7950 km **
891 1600 CHN Ningxia RGD, Yinchuan/Peng (NX). Nice clean ID. Presumed site as 200kW. Presumed
other txs here too due to echoes. Tnx Chuck Hutton at Real DX 7595 km **
1494 1600 CHN Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Ten txs listed. Powers unknown. Clear ID above Euros.
Tnx Chuck Hutton at Real DX **
927 1700 TJK NHK Radio Japan/Voice of Russia, Dushanbe/Yangiyul (dsb). Warbly ID on the hour.
Only audible in AM due to transmitter fault 5329 km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Recordings:
927 Radio Japan, Dushanbe 1700 29-10-13
891 Ningxia RGD, Yinchuan 1600 29-10-13
1200 WOAI San Antonio TX 0400 29-10-13
1494 Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Multi-tx 1600 29-10-13
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
jingle 6227 km **
1300 0100 USA WGDJ Rensselaer NY. WDGJ call letters spoken clearly in pile-up 5392 km
1600 0100 USA WUNR Brookline MA. WUNR call in Spanish 5251 km
1310 0200 USA WCCW Traverse City MI. WCCW IDs in pile-up 5967 km **
1340 0200 USA Unidentified, CBS News jingle. No chance of catching vocals but so rare to
hear anything like this on 1340
570 0300 USA WMCA New York NY. WMCA call in mush and crap 5547 km **
1470 0300 USA WWNN Pompano Beach FL. WWN ID in the noise/weak pile-up 7094 km
1200 0400 USA WOAI San Antonio TX. Newsradio Twelve Hundred WOAI. San Antonio's breaking
news ... and weather 7950 km **
891 1600 CHN Ningxia RGD, Yinchuan/Peng (NX). Nice clean ID. Presumed site as 200kW. Presumed
other txs here too due to echoes. Tnx Chuck Hutton at Real DX 7595 km **
1494 1600 CHN Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Ten txs listed. Powers unknown. Clear ID above Euros.
Tnx Chuck Hutton at Real DX **
927 1700 TJK NHK Radio Japan/Voice of Russia, Dushanbe/Yangiyul (dsb). Warbly ID on the hour.
Only audible in AM due to transmitter fault 5329 km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Recordings:
927 Radio Japan, Dushanbe 1700 29-10-13
891 Ningxia RGD, Yinchuan 1600 29-10-13
1200 WOAI San Antonio TX 0400 29-10-13
1494 Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Multi-tx 1600 29-10-13
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, 28 October 2013
Skegness Log: 28-10-13 (MW)
1060 0200 USA WQOM
Natick MA. WQAM ID after ad or promo 5266 km
1350 0200 USA KRNT Des Moines IA. Sung jingle KRNT Des Moines then cute little girl saying
"My daddy tells me to listen to the Mike Pace Show" 6669 km **
1350 0200 USA WARF Akron OH. Cincinnati Federals Radio Network on ESPN 5980 km **
1280 0300 USA WNAM Neenah-Menasha WI. WNAM Neenah Menasha ID. ABC News 6178 km
1510 0400 USA KCKK Littleton CO. ID "... visit ....colorado.com for more information.
AM Fifteen Ten, KCKK Littleton Denver. FM 93 7 K229BS Lakewood"
OVER WUFC! 7442 km **
1550 0500 CAN CBEF Windsor ON. Presumed with French CBC news 5987 km **
800 0600 CAN CKLW Windsor ON. Presumed. Partial ID "The Information Station",
CKLW's slogan 6004 km
820 0600 USA WBAP Fort Worth TX. WBAP Fort Worth Dallas, KPLX 99.5 FM ...
a Cumulus Station 7624 km
830 0600 USA WCCO Minneapolis MN. WCCO call letters heard twice in splatter 6369 km **
1130 0600 USA KTCN Minneapolis MN. Difficult despite equal levels WBBR. YL ID, mentioning
103.5 FM. ABC News 6413 km
1150 0600 USA WHBY Kimberly WI. WHBY, Kimberly ..... Fox Cities ... Splattered ID 6156 km
920 0700 CAN CKNX Wingham ON. This is CKNX ID. Canadian Press news 5771 km
1040 0700 USA WHO Des Moines IA. Download the iHeart radio app. Newsradio 10-40 WHO
Des Moines 6648 km
1290 0700 USA WKBK Keene NH. WKBK ID in pile-up 5276 km
1520 0700 USA KOKC Oklahoma City OK. KOKC Oklahoma City and KRXO. CBS News. ID clear in
WWKB silence! 7412 km **
1540 0900 USA KXEL Waterloo IA. Usual ID - KXEL Waterloo Cedar Falls. ABC News. Still going
at 0900 6546 km
981 1600 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Hsinfeng (HC) ID on the hour 9626 km **
1017 1700 TWN BCC Country Network, Hsinchu (HC) Top of the hour jingle ID 9628 km
1575 1700 THA Voice of America/Radio Saranrom, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Yankee Doodle
in the mix 9410 km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
A welcome return to good North American conditions (at last!) with some mid-western activity. 850 KOA was also tentatively heard at 0400 when 1510 KCKK was audible. In fact there were many stations which got away due to being splattered over or just not quite strong enough to push through the pile-ups. 1230 had a few bits and pieces of audio, including tentative IDs. I could hear ABC News and USA Radio News on 1230 around 0500 and 0600 but any presenter's vocals were obscured by the co-channel mess.
Other curiosities were USA Radio News and CBS News, heard on 1300, as was an echoey of USA Radio News on 1360, both around 0600, indicating two stations.
Recordings:
1520 KOKC Oklahoma City OK 0700 28-10-13:
https://app.box.com/s/zmn3xj22xf7k75nwlg5n
1230 unid. 0600 28-10-13:
https://app.box.com/s/mwmh3ynl2ds4xb9r5nig
1130 KTCN Minneapolis MN 0600 28-10-13:
https://app.box.com/s/farq7j1lnc5waqhj27lg
1510 KCKK Littleton CO 0400 28-10-13:
https://app.box.com/s/l7oxofuhht6vj4b6j4b7
820 WBAP Fort Worth TX 0600 28-10-13:
https://app.box.com/s/ukqt38od1dj04gnifsfq
1350 KRNT Des Moines IA 0200 28-10-13:
https://app.box.com/s/1kp3zhm30byoxgy23za8
Geomagnetic activity continues to be quiet and North America is booming in on several channels before local midnight tonight.
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
1350 0200 USA KRNT Des Moines IA. Sung jingle KRNT Des Moines then cute little girl saying
"My daddy tells me to listen to the Mike Pace Show" 6669 km **
1350 0200 USA WARF Akron OH. Cincinnati Federals Radio Network on ESPN 5980 km **
1280 0300 USA WNAM Neenah-Menasha WI. WNAM Neenah Menasha ID. ABC News 6178 km
1510 0400 USA KCKK Littleton CO. ID "... visit ....colorado.com for more information.
AM Fifteen Ten, KCKK Littleton Denver. FM 93 7 K229BS Lakewood"
OVER WUFC! 7442 km **
1550 0500 CAN CBEF Windsor ON. Presumed with French CBC news 5987 km **
800 0600 CAN CKLW Windsor ON. Presumed. Partial ID "The Information Station",
CKLW's slogan 6004 km
820 0600 USA WBAP Fort Worth TX. WBAP Fort Worth Dallas, KPLX 99.5 FM ...
a Cumulus Station 7624 km
830 0600 USA WCCO Minneapolis MN. WCCO call letters heard twice in splatter 6369 km **
1130 0600 USA KTCN Minneapolis MN. Difficult despite equal levels WBBR. YL ID, mentioning
103.5 FM. ABC News 6413 km
1150 0600 USA WHBY Kimberly WI. WHBY, Kimberly ..... Fox Cities ... Splattered ID 6156 km
920 0700 CAN CKNX Wingham ON. This is CKNX ID. Canadian Press news 5771 km
1040 0700 USA WHO Des Moines IA. Download the iHeart radio app. Newsradio 10-40 WHO
Des Moines 6648 km
1290 0700 USA WKBK Keene NH. WKBK ID in pile-up 5276 km
1520 0700 USA KOKC Oklahoma City OK. KOKC Oklahoma City and KRXO. CBS News. ID clear in
WWKB silence! 7412 km **
1540 0900 USA KXEL Waterloo IA. Usual ID - KXEL Waterloo Cedar Falls. ABC News. Still going
at 0900 6546 km
981 1600 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Hsinfeng (HC) ID on the hour 9626 km **
1017 1700 TWN BCC Country Network, Hsinchu (HC) Top of the hour jingle ID 9628 km
1575 1700 THA Voice of America/Radio Saranrom, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Yankee Doodle
in the mix 9410 km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
A welcome return to good North American conditions (at last!) with some mid-western activity. 850 KOA was also tentatively heard at 0400 when 1510 KCKK was audible. In fact there were many stations which got away due to being splattered over or just not quite strong enough to push through the pile-ups. 1230 had a few bits and pieces of audio, including tentative IDs. I could hear ABC News and USA Radio News on 1230 around 0500 and 0600 but any presenter's vocals were obscured by the co-channel mess.
Other curiosities were USA Radio News and CBS News, heard on 1300, as was an echoey of USA Radio News on 1360, both around 0600, indicating two stations.
Recordings:
1520 KOKC Oklahoma City OK 0700 28-10-13:
https://app.box.com/s/zmn3xj22xf7k75nwlg5n
1230 unid. 0600 28-10-13:
https://app.box.com/s/mwmh3ynl2ds4xb9r5nig
1130 KTCN Minneapolis MN 0600 28-10-13:
https://app.box.com/s/farq7j1lnc5waqhj27lg
1510 KCKK Littleton CO 0400 28-10-13:
https://app.box.com/s/l7oxofuhht6vj4b6j4b7
820 WBAP Fort Worth TX 0600 28-10-13:
https://app.box.com/s/ukqt38od1dj04gnifsfq
1350 KRNT Des Moines IA 0200 28-10-13:
https://app.box.com/s/1kp3zhm30byoxgy23za8
Geomagnetic activity continues to be quiet and North America is booming in on several channels before local midnight tonight.
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
Sunday, 27 October 2013
Skegness Log: 27-10-13 (MW)
1300 0500 USA WOOD Grand Rapids MI. "Newsradio .... WOOD, 1069 FM", etc. 6111 km
870 0600 USA WWL, New Orleans LA. ID - The News Talk and Sports Leader,
8-70 WWL New Orleans 7427 km **
612 1600 TWN Radio Taiwan International, Lukang (CH). Clear ID, also ion English: RTI News
Recording: https://app.box.com/s/xw5rnkqjthxn1xgw8oxj 9678 km
711 1600 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Hsinfeng (HC). Clear ID on the hour. Recording:
https://app.box.com/s/cclwofzxc1qfgfe73szk. Thanks: Portzer/Ritola at Real DX
for help. 9626 km **
801 1600 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Kuanyin (TY). ID on the hour. Clear ID on the
hour, as 711. Thanks: Portzer & Ritola at Real DX for help 9620 km **
891 1600 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN). Interval signal at top of hour, as 1017 and 1296.
Thanks: Makelainen/Ritola for help 9754 km
1017 1600 TWN BCC Country Network, Hsinchu (HC). Interval signal at top of hour, as 891 and 1296.
Thanks: Makelainen/Ritola at RealDX for help 9628 km **
1287 1600 ? Trans World Radio, Unidentified country. Interval signal **
1296 1600 TWN BCC News Network, Tainan (TN). Interval signal at top of hour, as 891 and 1017. **
Thanks: Makelainen/Ritola for help 9754 km
1377 1700 CHN CNR 1, Xingyang/SARFT554 (HE). Equal and at times OVER France Info. Beijing ID.
Recording (in 7kHz USB): https://app.box.com/s/nlsnxv71mzwy4a6n17xz 8307 km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Even more great conditions to the far east!
Thanks to the guys at Real DX for listening to my recordings I have bagged a few goodies this afternoon. For a while now I have been wondering what the little top of the hour jingle ID is I sometimes hear on 891. When I heard the same jingle today on 1017 and 1296 I had to do some further investigation. After posting my recording of the jingle, Mika and Mauno replied to confirm the jingle belonged to the BCC in Taiwan.
So I found a web stream of the BCC News Network and recorded their top of the hour. This was what I heard: https://app.box.com/s/audoygm2f8rdqy2lzk8z Note that cute little jingle. It penetrates the noise well in the same way a weak CW signal would. Now get your headphones on (you may need them) and listen to my recordings of the same jingle on 891, 1017 and 1296 respectively: https://app.box.com/s/2nsg32mkbluy8qk4yhsc Tricky, but clearly(ish ;O) the same jingle. Luckily, there is only one BCC Network station on each of the three frequencies. 819 and 1296 are the same site too.
Going back to the power interruptions which affected my 1700 file from the 25th, I discovered that Rapidshare still accept large file size uploads, which is a good job as this one is over a GB in size! This is the link - http://rapidshare.com/share/12BCF0A09A9E01C795EF45EA2676AEEB if anybody wants to listen to the file.
Finally, does anybody know where the TWR site is on 1287? I don't see this listed.
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
870 0600 USA WWL, New Orleans LA. ID - The News Talk and Sports Leader,
8-70 WWL New Orleans 7427 km **
612 1600 TWN Radio Taiwan International, Lukang (CH). Clear ID, also ion English: RTI News
Recording: https://app.box.com/s/xw5rnkqjthxn1xgw8oxj 9678 km
711 1600 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Hsinfeng (HC). Clear ID on the hour. Recording:
https://app.box.com/s/cclwofzxc1qfgfe73szk. Thanks: Portzer/Ritola at Real DX
for help. 9626 km **
801 1600 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Kuanyin (TY). ID on the hour. Clear ID on the
hour, as 711. Thanks: Portzer & Ritola at Real DX for help 9620 km **
891 1600 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN). Interval signal at top of hour, as 1017 and 1296.
Thanks: Makelainen/Ritola for help 9754 km
1017 1600 TWN BCC Country Network, Hsinchu (HC). Interval signal at top of hour, as 891 and 1296.
Thanks: Makelainen/Ritola at RealDX for help 9628 km **
1287 1600 ? Trans World Radio, Unidentified country. Interval signal **
1296 1600 TWN BCC News Network, Tainan (TN). Interval signal at top of hour, as 891 and 1017. **
Thanks: Makelainen/Ritola for help 9754 km
1377 1700 CHN CNR 1, Xingyang/SARFT554 (HE). Equal and at times OVER France Info. Beijing ID.
Recording (in 7kHz USB): https://app.box.com/s/nlsnxv71mzwy4a6n17xz 8307 km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Even more great conditions to the far east!
Thanks to the guys at Real DX for listening to my recordings I have bagged a few goodies this afternoon. For a while now I have been wondering what the little top of the hour jingle ID is I sometimes hear on 891. When I heard the same jingle today on 1017 and 1296 I had to do some further investigation. After posting my recording of the jingle, Mika and Mauno replied to confirm the jingle belonged to the BCC in Taiwan.
So I found a web stream of the BCC News Network and recorded their top of the hour. This was what I heard: https://app.box.com/s/audoygm2f8rdqy2lzk8z Note that cute little jingle. It penetrates the noise well in the same way a weak CW signal would. Now get your headphones on (you may need them) and listen to my recordings of the same jingle on 891, 1017 and 1296 respectively: https://app.box.com/s/2nsg32mkbluy8qk4yhsc Tricky, but clearly(ish ;O) the same jingle. Luckily, there is only one BCC Network station on each of the three frequencies. 819 and 1296 are the same site too.
Going back to the power interruptions which affected my 1700 file from the 25th, I discovered that Rapidshare still accept large file size uploads, which is a good job as this one is over a GB in size! This is the link - http://rapidshare.com/share/12BCF0A09A9E01C795EF45EA2676AEEB if anybody wants to listen to the file.
Finally, does anybody know where the TWR site is on 1287? I don't see this listed.
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, 25 October 2013
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.
** Personal Skegness 'First'
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
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.
** Personal Skegness 'First'
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
Thursday, 24 October 2013
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
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
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
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 **
** 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
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 **
** 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
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
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 **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
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
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 **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
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
Monday, 21 October 2013
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 **
** 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
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
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
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