Skegness Log: 20-10-14 (MW)

 612 1700 TWN Radio Taiwan International, Lukang (CH) Time pips. Mix of oriental music and
              OM here. Fair  9678 km
 711 1800 TWN BCC Country Network, Tainan (TN) BCC jingle on the hour under France Info V weak
              9754 km
 720 1700 TWN BCC News Network, Taichung (TC) BCC jingle on the hour Vweak  9693 km **
 846 1700 TWN Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Kuanyin=Guanin (TY) Kuanghua ID. Thanks to Mauno Ritola and                   Tony Magon at Real DX for confirmation. V weak  9620 km
 864 1700 TWN BCC News Network, Kaohsiung (KH) Jingle at top of hour Vweak  9817 km **
 891 1700 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN) Really clear. Jingle and YL ID Weak  9754 km
 927 1700 TWN BCC Country Network, Taichung (TC) Personal first. BCC top of the hour jingle.
              Some audio before this. Mixing with Tajikistan and a painfully weak Chinese time
              signal. Vweak  9693 km **
1107 1700 CHN Xinjiang RGD Kazakh/CNR 8, Ürümqi/Hutubi-XJTS631 (XJ) Music, time pips, ID and
              anthem. Thanks everybody at RealDX for help Weak  6042 km **
1143 1800 TWN Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha/Chiangmei Ts un (PG) Thanks to Chuck &
              Jari at Real DX for pulling out the ID  Weak  9676 km **
1287 1700 TWN Han Sheng Kuangpo Tientai, Taichung (TCS) Flute music, just audible under Grozny
              V weak 9686 km
1296 1700 TWN BCC News Network, Tainan (TN) Painfully weak BCC jingle at the top of the hour
              V weak  9754 km
1557 1700 TWN RTI iLoveMusic 1557/Radio Taiwan Int., Kouhu (YL) Sign off and pips Weak  9715 km
1575 1700 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Yankee Doodle signature dominating  Weak
              9410 km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

This was an unexpected and one of my best openings to the far east so far. Reception probably received a boost as it coincided with a sudden rise in geomagnetic activity, which can often produce good results if you are on the band at that very moment.

There is a fair bit of noise across the band but it didn't mask out the above stations. As always, you will need headphones for some of the recordings as they are very weak and sometimes underneath European stations.


Recordings:

 846 unid EE & CC Perhaps Han Sheng 1700 20-10-14
 891 UNID oriental mixing BCC Local, Tainan 1700 20-10-14
 936 unid CHN 1700 20-10-14
 963 unids 1700 20-10-14
 981 CNR1, Multiple Sites 1700 20-10-14
1107 unid CHN 1700 20-10-14
1125 unid 1700 20-10-14
1143 unid 1800 20-10-14
1575 VOA, Ban Phachi 1700 20-10-14
1593 CNR1, Changzhou 1700 20-10-14


I have uploaded a Perseus file: 1700 20-10-14 top of the hour: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/vesalcew7bctei4/2014-10-20_165945_170015.wav


There were also a few other unidentified stations. I have posted recordings to Real DX, or maybe somebody here knows the identity of one or two of them.


1700:

Chinese: 639, 738, 756, 801, 846, 819x2, 936, 963, 981x2, 1044, 1107, 1125, 1179, 1287, 1305, 1359, 1377, 1530, 1593.

 657 Asiatic singing (Indian?) under Europe
 684 Oriental language under Europe? Slightly off frecuency too. 
 711 Oriental language. Weak to fair with France Info. Suspect Han Sheng
 765 Oriental lnaguage under Rossii
 774 Oriental language under BBC Leeds
 801 High pitched jingle under Germany
 828 UNID jingle under Europe
 963 Possibly two orientals
1368 Oriental music? Under BBC Lincolnshire
1404 Unrecognised jingle under Radio Cluj


Good DX!

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

Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna:  10ft x 25ft flag at 28 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor