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