Some logs also Febr 1st at 0200-0400 UT:
AUSTRALIA 15409.995 Reach
Beyond Australia (HCJB), Kununurra, religious
Japanese sce, 2230-2300 UT,
noted at S=9+30dB signal level in SDR
installation at Edmonton Alb-CAN, at
2250 UT on Jan 27.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3
Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 27)
BRAZIL 11780.009
Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia DF, S=9+25dB
signal into remote SDR unit
at Alberta-CAN, 2303 UT on Jan 27.
2 x 9.4 kHz wideband audio block visible.
Some BUZZ sound accompanied.
11780.008 Radio Nacional da Amazonia,
Brasilia DF, S=7 or -92dBm fair
signal, noted at 1850 UT on Jan
28.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 27 / 28)
CHINA CNR add new frequency from
Kunming for DRM test transmission.
Checked their services in DRM mode on Febr
1, all DRM outlets cover
10 kHz digital wideband range:
13825DRM mode
CNR Beijing towards northern China / Russian border,
S=9+20dB at 0309 UT on
Febr 1 in Hiroshima Japan SDR location.
13850DRM mode CNR Urumqi relay
from northwestern China, S=9+20dB signal
in Hiroshima and Tokyo remote SDR's.
0311 UT, Febr 1.
15250DRM mode CNR Kunming site. S=9+15dB in Hiroshima
Japan remote SDR.
At 0258 UT on Febr 1. Strong DRM signal, should be ready to
decode with
DREAM software for Japanese hobbyists in that area
...
15580DRM mode CNR Dongfang Island, 10 kHz digital wideband
block,
S=9 signal strength in Tokyo Japan. 0252 UT on Febr
1.
15710even CNR6 Beijing #491 station, Amoy language domestic
sce,
nice easy listening Chinese soft pop music singer by female
presenter.
0245 UT on Febr 1, S=9+20dB in Gifu Nagoya Japan
location.
17800DRM mode CNR Qiqihar location in north eastern China,
0030-0630 UT
on 30kW of power 225deg for Western and Southern China.
Even
sidelobe S=9 into northern Tokyo SDR site. 10 kHz data block.
And in 19
meterband noted a 'pearl chain' of strong radio signal jammer
against SOH
Taiwan signals underneath:
15940even CHNR1 jamming at S=9+25dB level at
0238 UT on Febr 1,
16 kHz wideband audio signal.
15970even CHNR1
jamming at S=9+25dB level at 0240 UT on Febr 1,
20 kHz wideband audio
signal.
15870even CHNR1 jamming at lower level of S=9 at 0242 UT on Febr
1,
? Maybe CNR1 Qiqihar location in north eastern China audio signal
?
15800even CHNR1 jamming at lower level of S=9 at 0244 UT on Febr
1.
15775even CHNR1 jamming at S=9+15dB level at 0246 UT on Febr 1,
12
kHz wideband audio signal.
15340even CHNR1 jamming at S=9+20dB level at
0254 UT on Febr 1,
12 kHz wideband audio signal.
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews Febr 1)
According to Chinese BCL information
site
<https:\\cahcn.github.io/>
China National Radio
announced on Jan. 10 that they will add new
frequency for DRM test
transmission from Jan 15.
That is 15250 kHz from Kunming, southern
China.
Chinese DXer confirmed it was already testing on Jan 7,
2019.
The transmission from Qiqihar northeastern China has been
already
add from Dec 15, 2018.
The newest DRM test schedule of CNR is
as follows:
6030 2025-1805(except Tue 0600-0900) Beijing 30kW
0deg
for Northern China.
9655 2200-0100 0800-1200 Urumqi 30kW
98deg
for Northern and Eastern China.
9870 0900-1200 Qiqihar 30kW
203deg for Southern China
11695 0100-0900 Dongfang Island 30kW 41deg
for Eastern and Southern China.
13850 0100-0800 Urumqi 30kW 98deg for
Northern and Eastern China
15250 0100-0900 Kunming 30kW 32deg for Northern
China
15580 0100-0900 Dongfang Island 30kW 16deg for Northern China
15735
0630-0900 Qiqihar 30kW 225deg for Western and Southern China
17800 0030-0630
Qiqihar 30kW 225deg for Western and Southern China
The future addition
will be 13825 kHz (0100-0900 Beijing 30 kW 175deg).
Reception reports should
be addressed to
<drmrtprc @ 163.com>
(Takahito Akabayashi,
Tokyo-Japan; via
wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 30)
CODAR
signals in fq range of 13917 to 13976 kHz at 0308 UT in Gifu-JPN.
(wb df5sx,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 1)
CUBA 15730.004 RHC Bauta low level
signal across Pacific Alaska path
into Tokyo Japan SDR remote installation at
0034 UT on Jan 29.
Remains me on the good old VoA US days across Bethany-OH
and Delano-CA...
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3
Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 26 / 27 / 29)
GUAM
17650.011 KSDA AWR Agat Guam relay site, S=9+25dB at 2358 UT
Jan 26, 'Asho
Chin' language scheduled here.
17880.019 KSDA AWR Agat Guam relay site,
S=9+15dB at 00-01 UT
Jan 27, Mandarin Chinese language scheduled here at 0002
UT.
Noted in Hiroshima / Tokyo Japan remotedly.
17880.018 KSDA AWR
Agat Guam relay site, S=8 in southern Thailand SDR site
at 00-01 UT on Jan
29, Mandarin Chinese language two females talk here
at 0012 UT.
[selected
SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews
Jan 26 / 27 / 29)
JAPAN 13650even NHK Radio Japan, Yamata, Thai
service to SoEaAsia,
S=9+50dB powerhouse signal, 2255-2320 UT, noted at 2258
UT on Jan 27 in
Alberta-CAN SDR site.
[also signals from KRE opened at
2300 UT on 11535, 11680 kHz via/on
Magadan, Alaska, Pacific coastline path in
Canada and western USA, wb.]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan
27)
17810even NHK Radio Japan Tokyo, via Yamata bcast center site at
0234 UT on
Febr 1, Japanese sce to all-Asia, central, south, SouthEast,
ME/NE
at 0155-0500 UT. Heard S=9 even in southern Japan -
inside.
15195even NHK Radio Japan Tokyo, via Yamata bcast center site at
0259 UT.
Heard S=9+15dB in southern Japan - inside. Japanese language section
final
ID and frequencies schedule annmt at 0259 UT.
(wb df5sx, wwdxc
BC-DX TopNews Febr 1)
KOREA D.P.R. 15104.988 Voice of Korea,
Kujang, in Chinese to South East
Asia, scheduled 0300-0355 UT. Heard at 0305
UT on Febr 1, S=8 on remote SDR
in Gifu Nagoya and in Hiroshima Japan. Shrill
women voice chorus by Korean
folk army corps, brassband played in
between.
Also \\ VoK 13650 kHz to South East Asia, but totally covered by
adjacent
CHN CRI Mandarin powerhouse on 13655 kHz latter S=9+35dB signal of
20 kHz
wideband audio, from Xianyang #594site-CHN, at 0324 UT on Febr
1.
13759.997 Voice of Korea, Kujang, in Spanish to South America,
via
Magadan Russia, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Pacific coast into
Latin America.
S=8, audio bandwidth 'small', talk in Spanish of
'partido central
communista'.
15179.995 Voice of Korea, Kujang, in Spanish to South
America too.
At 0302 UT but only S=7-8 strength only sidelobe signal into
Japan.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb
df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 1)
MALAYSIA 11665 kHz RTM Kajang,
probably RTM Wai/Limbang FM,
heard with HQ morning prayer at 0453 UT on Jan
27, limited S=7-8 signal
noted on remote SDR at Hiroshima Japan
post.
For the first time RTM heard again after some months break
in
transmission. But signal strength suffers a lot.
I guess they are
working now in approx. low 30-50 kW class strength.
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews Jan 27)
NEW ZEALAND 15720.012 odd fq R New Zealand-Int,
Rangitaiki, noted
with 7.4 kHz wideband audio as S=9+40dB powerhouse signal
into remote
Alberta-CAN site, at 0020 UT on Monday Jan 28.
15720.011
heard R NZi Rangitaiki in Tokyo Japan at 0246 UT on Febr 1.
English interview
of "report of animal park staff in US, ... aligators are
freezing now ...
etc.". S=9+10dB strength in Gifu Nagoya Japan site.
[selected SDR
options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 28
/ Febr 1)
PHILIPPINES 15639.973 FEBC Bocaue, in Jingpho [like Burmese
sounding]
program, S=9+20dB signal at 0054 UT on Jan 27.
15435even fq
FEBC Bocaue, in 'Tai Nua' language, S=9+15dB signal at
0058 UT on Jan 27.
Both noted in remote unit at southern Thailand tip.
[selected SDR
options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan
27)
17700even Radio Pilipina Manila, spread out from US IBB BBG bcast
center
in the 'Philippine colony' at Tinang site. News read by male announcer
in
English though, instead of mixed Filipino language section. Small audio
feed
bad quality for 'HiFi ears', like a field telephone line in WW II.
Mentioned
"built up national highway projects ... economic development the
countryside
....". 0234 UT, S=9+25dB signals in Gifu and Hiroshima. and
\\
17820even kHz from Tinang-PHL also, same power, same
characteristics,
at 0236 UT Febr 1 and also \\
15640even kHz from
Tinang-PHL also, S=9+20dB, same characteristics
at 0249 UT, but at 0250 UT
played symphonic violine and cello music,
8.5 kHz wideband audio
visible.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb
df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 1)
TAIWAN [probably] 15319.994 odd fq
at 0254 UT on Febr 1.
Strong S=9+15dB empty carrier already on air, seemingly
opening warm-up
by RTI Taiwan Paochung site.
[selected SDR options, span
12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr
1)
TAJIKISTAN 7545.007 RFA Orzu-TJK relay transmission in
Uyghur
language to 22 millions of Uyghur nationals in Kyrghyz/western
China
border region. At 1634 UT on Jan 26 covered totally by China
mainland
music jamming on 7545even fq.
Scheduled 16-17 UT. Noted at
S=9+30dB in remote unit at Zakynthos Greece.
CNR1 music jamming on 7545
kHz even
\\ CNR1 Beijing 9860 kHz also S=9+25dB strength.
[selected
SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews
Jan 26)
THAILAND 13745even RTHA Radio Thailand Bangkok in Thai
language
requested, via US IBB BBG bcast center relay site Udorn Thani
in
northeastern Thailand, at 0314 UT on Febr 1, smooth 'dulce' singer
duo
performed. S=8 in southern Japan.
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr
1)
