Super MW Conditions This Morning
 

The ionosphere really cooperated this AM! Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and
possibly Russian stations were heard across the low- and mid-band of
mediumwave, from 1340 to 1440 UTC. In all, I had 23 mediumwave split
frequencies heard with at least "threshold" audio.

Strongest of all were 594 (Japanese), 693 (Japanese), 774 (Japanese), 972
(Korean), and 1143 kHz (Chinese).

Particularly noteworthy was 693 JOAB Tokyo with English news, parallel to
774 with Radio Japan news including shortwave frequencies and meterband
announcement. A short recording is he
http://www.guyatkins.com/files/JOAB_693_EE_nx.mp3 The announcer in the clip
seems to be talking about the overnight mooring of the USS Lake Erie
(http://www.lake-erie.navy.mil/) at Hidekei (sp?) Port in Japan, with
mention's of the vessel's special defensive radar capabilities.

I also had Chinese coming in on 738, which was likely the Hunan Satellite BS
station from Changsha, at 200 kw.

Most intriguing was a possible Russian station, 657 kHz heard around 1350.
If so, it's the R. Rossi station in Chita, Siberia. A short recording is
he http://www.guyatkins.com/files/657_kHz.mp3 Can anyone help confirm
the language? I didn't get the frequency exactly at zero-beat in LSB, so
it's a bit squawky.

Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA USA
Modified RA6790GM & R75
Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+
450 & 700 ft. Beverage Antennas

The language on 657 was positively identified by someone on the HCDX mailing
list whom I know to be a Korean expert. He also was able to understand a few
phrases:
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I listened to it a couple of times again and got the following:

Socialism ,
If we can not solve solve
World
Republic (as in North Korean Republic)
possibly a reference to Kim Chong-il (current North Korean leader)
Korean peninsula

It is a political talk about some sort of a problem on the Korean Peninsula.

My inclination is Pyongyang BS.

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--Guy


"4nradio" wrote in message
news:4Vzad.219257$MQ5.63712@attbi_s52...
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Most intriguing was a possible Russian station, 657 kHz heard around 1350.
If so, it's the R. Rossi station in Chita, Siberia. A short recording is
he http://www.guyatkins.com/files/657_kHz.mp3 Can anyone help confirm
the language? I didn't get the frequency exactly at zero-beat in LSB, so
it's a bit squawky.

I was driving around in my Toyota this morning and while tuning around AM band
thought it was unusually quiet and alive with signals. This was 10-11AM local
time EST. Even 1450, normally a jumble was bring a clear Atlantic City in Sag
Harbor, NY