Random Log 15 January 2016

For over a month propagation in South East Asia has remained poor. Reception has been limited to regional broadcasters and only stronger signals from Africa, Europe and the Americas. On some days, next to nothing has been detected, especially above 25 metres. While conditions are pretty much unchanged, the window of opportunity for decent DXing did open today, between 09.00 till 10.00 UTC.

Many stations in the region, most notably China, the Korean peninsula and Pacific, were heard across the short-wave bands. Surprisingly even WHRI in Cypress Creek popped up on the 25 metre band; however, WRMI at the same time surfaced only as a faint carrier. Radio Nikkei and Myanmar Radio were noted on at least two frequencies. And the puny signals of Sound of Hope appeared virtually everywhere.

Hopefully propagation will improve in coming days. Meanwhile, wherever you may be, happy DXing in the new year!

BRAZIL
Radio Nasional da Amazonia // 11.780 kHz // 45454 // 09.45 UTC - Station ID and promotional spots in Portuguese

CHINA
CNR 1 via Geermu // 4.800 kHz // 25422 // 10.50 UTC - Discussion in Chinese

CNR 2 via Xianyang // 11.835 kHz // 44454 // 09.50 UTC - Dialogue between female nd male announcers in Chinese

PBS Qinghai via Xining // 9.850 kHz // 44554 mixing with Sound of Hope // 09.55 UTC -monologue in Chinese

Voice of Strait via Fuzhou // 4.940 kHz // 25332 // 10.30 UTC - talking in Chinese

MONGOLIA
Voice of Mongolia // 12.035 kHz // 24322 - the usual noisy transmitter with more carrier than audio // 10.35 UTC - Mongolian pop music with female moderator speaking Japanese

MYANMAR
Myanmar Radio // 9.730 kHz // 54544 mixing with Sound of Hope // 09.55 UTC - Burmese pop music

INDIA
AIR Port Blair // 4.760 kHz //25221 - mostly carrier with faint audio when not fading // 10.35 UTC

INDONESIA
RRI Makassar // 4.750 kHz // 25421 // 10.55 UTC - talking in Bahasa Indonesia

JAPAN
Radio Nikkei 1 via Chiba // 6.055 kHz //24342 // 10.00 UTC - dialogue between female and male announcers in Japanese

KUWAIT
Radio Azadi (Radio Free Afghanistan) // 19.010 kHz // 55555 // 09.30 UTC - current event reports (?) in Pashto

SOLOMON ISLANDS
Soloman Islands Broadcasting Corporation // 5.020 kHz // 25421 // 10.50 UTC - music content

TAIWAN
Fu Hsing Broadcasting Corporation via Kuanyin //9.410 kHz //24442 // 09.30 UTC - monologue in Chinese

UNITED STATES
WHRI via Cypress Creek // 11.565 kHz //25442 // 09.40 UTC - English language programming featuring a sermon by Lester Sumerall

VIETNAM
Voice of Vietnam 4 via Daclac // 6.020 kHz // 24442 // 10.00 UTC - station ID and advertisements with jingles/music in Vietnamese