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Thursday, 14 November 2013

Skegness Log: 14-11-13 (MW)

1140 0200 USA WQBA La Voz de Miami, Miami (FL) WQBA Miami ID in Spanish V weak  7146 km
 738 1600 CHN Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Ürümqi (XJ) OM ID after time pips Weak  6042 km
 900 1600 CHN CNR 1?, Site? YL Beijing ID after six pips. V weak
 981 1600 CHN CNR 1, Multiple sites YL Beijing ID after pips V weak
1044 1600 CHN Xinjiang RGD Uighur/CNR 13, Multi-tx Tentative. Chinese ID after time pips but
              not in // Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe V weak
1359 1600 CHN CNR 1, Three sites together Echoey YL Beijing ID after pips. Third pip shortly
              after. Clear and dominant. Probably Golmud in there. Weak
1494 1600 CHN Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Multiple txs Pips, OM ID, as 738. Echo, indicating
              more than one tx received Weak **
1539 1600 CHN CNR 1, Golmud/SARFT916 (QH) YL Beijing ID after pips V weak  7135 km
 603 1700 CHN China Radio Int./Voice of Russia, Dongfang/SARFT871 (HA) CRI Interval signal
              V weak  9494 km


** Personal Skegness 'First'

Does anybody know if that standard YL "Beijing... " ID heard on CNR 1 is used on other CNR national networks? She is very distinctive and it might just narrow down a station I heard earlier today.


Some recordings of today's DX:

1494 Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Multi-tx 1600 14-11-13
https://app.box.com/s/nqumqdtv1w848zjharwd

738 Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Urumqi 1600 14-11-13
https://app.box.com/s/576dye2ivo8yxamd6a4r

1044 1600 14-11-13
https://app.box.com/s/vysjbplvuk1ira1gk2d4

I think there is an ID on 1044 but it's quite well buried. I suspect it's the Uighur outlet of Xinjiang RGD, going by the conditions. I think there was a Kazakh outlet on another frequency, but I can only guess with some stations.


I moved my flag slightly yesterday. It now points towards 15 degrees (Google Maps is quite clear it is 14 degrees but I hate to be that pedantic). Hopefully this will improve DX from the far east. West coast North America, Alaska and Hawaii should still get through (now there's wishful thinking!) and perhaps with a little less interference from the east coasters.

Background noise levels have improved too, surprisingly, and are down to -120dB in the X band, gradually tapering off to below -130dB at the bottom of the band. About 3 to 5dB of noise at the top of the band is caused by my router or its psu. The noise drops to -125 when the router is switched off.


Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com

Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna:  10ft x 25ft flag at 15 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor  

Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Skegness Log: 13-11-13 (MW)

1476 1600 THA Sor. Wor. Thor. Chiang Mai, Lamphun/Ban Pratu Khong (lpn) Thanks to Mauno for 
              the translation. YL ID on the hour which can be heard in my recording.  
              V weak  8928 km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Really pleased to bag this one. I have always dreamed of bagging a local station from Thailand.  I love those names "Wor Sor Thor" and "Ror Sor Por" etc. What do they mean? :O) 

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com

Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna:  10ft x 25ft flag at 15 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor

BBC Video - "The Very Particular World Of Amateur Radio"

Or did they mean "Peculiar"? I am not sure of what to make of this. Does the video paint us in the right light?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24917880

Via the bureau OM!

John

Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Skegness Log 12-11-13 (MW)

 711 1500 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Hsinfeng (HC). Flute interval signal, as 981 Weak
              9626 km


 801 1500 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Kuanyin (TY). Flute interval signal V weak
              9620 km


 846 1500 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Kuanyin (TY). Flute interval signal, just
              detectable V weak  9620 km


 981 1500 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Hsinfeng (HC). Flute interval signal, mixing with
              China and others Weak  9626 km


1269 1500 CHN China Radio Int./Voice of Russia, Xuanwei (YN). Interval signal under Germany Vweak
              8562 km


The return of Asiatic DX after a lull for a few days.

JOIF 1413 was trying to poke through the Europeans with its familiar time signal at 1700. I am sure I could hear Japanese on the channel but the co-channel QRM, chiefly from Spain, squashed it flat. 1350 JOER seemed to be in parallel at this time (1600) but was well down in the noise.

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; Mestorx

Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Skegness Log: 06-11-13 (MW)

 711 1500 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Hsinfeng (HC) Barely audible. Could just make out the flute signal V weak  9626 km

 801 1500 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Kuanyin (TY) Top of the hour flute, as 981 V weak  9620 km

 981 1500 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Hsinfeng (HC) Top of the hour flute amid other stations V weak  9626 km

1359 1500 CHN CNR 1, Multi-tx At least three lots of Chinese time pips audible Weak

1593 1500 CHN CNR 1, Changzhou (JS) Beijing ID after pips Fair  8938 km

1386 1559 KOR HLAM MBC, Mokpo/Samho (jen) To think, I initially I thought this was Japanese! Thanks to Chuck, Mauno and Thomas
              at Real DX for listening and confirming this. Listed with just 10kW. Recording at:
              https://app.box.com/s/ih9m4r4xvp9o0lhvjt83 Weak  8946 km **


** Personal Skegness 'First'

Well, I am even more speechless. Had it not been for the kind help from the guys at Real DX I would not have discovered the identity of my 1386 station this afternoon. I thought I had heard an NHK ID in there but the station was confirmed as HLAM by the guys at Real DX. Apparently, this is quite a rare catch even in Scandinavian climes!

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; Mestorx

Sunday, 3 November 2013

Skegness Log: 03-11-13 (MW)

 603 1500 CHN China Radio International, Dongfang (HA) CRI Interval signal. V weak  9494 km

 711 1500 TWN BCC Country Network, Tainan (TN) BCC Jingle on the hour. V weak  9754 km **

 801 1500 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Kuanyin (TY) Haunting flute interval signal 
              and ID. As 981. V weak  9620 km

 846 1500 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Kuanyin (TY) Haunting flute interval signal and 
              ID. As 801 and 981. V weak  9620 km **

 891 1500 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN) Clearest yet. Top of the hour jingle. YL audio.
              V weak  9754 km


 981 1500 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Hsinfeng (HC) Haunting flute interval signal
              and ID. As 801 V weak  9626 km


1287 1500 TWN Han Sheng Kuangpo Tientai, Taichung (TCS) Haunting flute music, as 801, etc.
              Very weak 
but clear. 9686 km **

1323 1500 CHN China Radio International, Ürümqi (XJ) Presume Urumqi. English ID. Weak  6041 km

1377 1500 CHN CNR 1, Xingyang (HE) Pips and Beijing ID, equal levels with Lille. Fair  8307 km

 738 1531 CHN Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Ürümqi (XJ) Shouting YL, as web stream. Weak  6042 km

 711 1644 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Hsinfeng (HC) Haunting flute music, as others, 
              mixing BCC jingle. Vweak  9626 km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

One which got away during the afternoon: Around 1545 on 738 kHz I heard Chinese YL speech mixing equal levels with an Arabic station. There was another station in the background playing what sounded like Chinese music. The Chinese music 'seemed' to be the same as that heard on the Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai webstream which I followed for about 15 minutes, but it was too weak to be certain. The dominant Chinese YL was clearly the same as the Xinjiang RGD Uighur webstream which has been a regular visitor.

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, 2 November 2013

Skegness Log: 02-11-13 (MW)

 710 0600 CUB Radio Rebelde, Several transmitters here. Echoes from more than one transmitter.
              ID and cuckoo. Fair


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

Skegness Log: 01-11-13 (MW)

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

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

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