"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
...

"Billy Smith" wrote in message
...
Here is something interesting that I found regarding the Chinese radio
situation. Any possibility it could be one of the mega transmitters for
hundreds of kilowatts.

I found a posting on asiawaves.net about a station used by Voice of
Russia/Voice of America. This transmitter is in the Far East of Russia
near Vladivostok which is far north and far east in Russia.

648 kHz
1000 kW RUSSIA Ussuriysk Voice of Russia / Voice of America (VOA)
Languages: Chinese, Korean
Directional antenna, azimuth 230 degrees Aug 2007


Vladivostok is NE of my location, and I regularly hear a station on 810
near there (when the Korean jammer is shut down). Never heard anything on
648 out of there, though.. their beam is pretty much due west, directly
into China, but can likely be heard in N. Korea as well. Not much chance
of being heard in the US, except MAYBE on the west coast using a
directional EWE or Beverage.



I know that from here in Indiana it was very common in the past to receive
the Chinese People's Broadcasting Stations from as far as Lhasa, Kunming,
and other locations at this QTH. Of course, I have been working with a
1500-2000 foot long wire for quite a few years as well. I'm currently
planning to work with a full fledged Beverage Antenna to hook up and see
what I can find for MW Dx.

That above posting regarding the Vladivostok station is actually in
Ussuriysk about 100 miles south of Vladivostok. I find it strange as well
but I did notice that propagation was very strange. Seems that last evening
there was a severe fading problem even on 75 meters as I could not pick up
many stations within 500 miles. It is like the bands went very long and I
also noticed that 160 meters was open to Australia and Indonesia earlier on
Sunday morning local US time.