Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Blog Logs - China


All times UTC // parallel frequency

3900, Hulun Buir PBS, Hailar, Nei Menggu, 2130-2320, Feb 15 and 27, Chinese talk, ID, music, 23432. (Cody and Fransson)

3990, Gannan PBS, Tianshui, Hezou, Gansu, 2250-2310, Feb 28, instrumental music and talk, 23432. (Cody)

4460, Voice of China, Beijing, 1035-1045, Feb 23, Chinese comments. Signal was poor. (Bolland)

4750, Qinghai PBS, Xining, Qinghai, 2200-2220, Feb 21, TS, talk and nice programme of songs, 35433. (Cody).

5039.9, Fujian PBS, Fuzhou, Fujian, 2255-2310, Feb 20, orchestral tune, TS and talk, 34333. (Cody).

5050, Voice of the Strait, Fuzhou, Fujian, 2223-2240, Feb 22, clock ticking until *2225, opening orchestral music, station ID, talk and orchestral music, 34333. (Cody).

5050, Guangxi FBS, Nanning, Guangxi, 0000-0018, Feb 24, orchestral tunes, songs and ann, 33433. QRM WWRB. (Cody)

5050, Voice of the Strait (scheduled for Mandarin) and Guangxi FBS (scheduled for Cantonese), 1305-1317, Feb 29, mixing together at about equal strength, mostly talking. Interesting reception conditions! (Howard)

6115, Voice of the Strait, Fuzhou, 0955-1000, Feb 29, music and Chinese comments, weak signal. Signal was blocked somewhat at 1000 by station on 6120 coming up. Still could hear Voice of the Strait, but it was difficult. (Bolland)
(DX Window #345 via Anker Petersen, Denmark)

Additional China logs:
4830 China Huayi Broadcasting Company (Fuzhou) also heard here in western Tennessee on 3/21 with a fairly good signal (SINPO 34323) 1236-1240. Assumed it was this station, as the language was definitely Mandarin. Good to see it confirmed by others. (Jim Evans, TN)

3990, Xinjiang PBS Urumqi, 2359-0023, Mar 10, Mandarin. Announcer duo with talk b/w exotic ballads & musical selections; fair at best over mild ARO chatter; //4890 poor under CODAR & band noise. (Scott Barbour-NH)

4800 CPBS Geermu, 1234-1238, 3/25/2008, Chinese. CNR-1. Woman talking with a few bars of upbeat traditional music a couple of times a minute. Poor signal with usual CODAR interference (SINPO 22222). (Jim Evans, TN)

4830 China Huayi BC, 1235-1304, March 22, on air phone conversationswith many "ni hao" (a standard "hello" greeting), "Wei. Wei." (atraditional Chinese phone greeting also roughly meaning, "Hello.Hello.") and the distinctive "ba ba ba" (number 888) and seemed like"shi" (number 4). Assume this must be a local phone number for thisprogram? ToH 5+1 pips. Thanks to Mark Schiefelbein's initial tip.(Ron Howard-CA)

4900 Voice of the Strait (Fuzhou), 1257-1300, 3/17/2008, Chinese. Talk by woman. Time pips on the hour followed by talk by man. Very poor signal, barely above the noise.(Jim Evans, TN)

4900 Voice of Strait, 1243, 3/23/08. Weak signal but in the clear. Pop music programing was poor to fair overall (Strawman-IA/NASWA Flashsheet # 331 via Rich d'Angelo).

7110 CNR-1 (Shijiazhuang), 1232-1235, 3/18/2008, Chinese. Talk by woman. Upbeat traditional music with thesounds of children talking. Good signal (SINPO 34333). Parallel 7290 (Beijing) noted with much weaker signal.(Jim Evans, TN)

7345 CNR-1 Beijing, 1126-1134, Mar 18, Mandarin. Ad string; ID at 1130 followed by announcer with news and sound bites. Signal poor-fair listening in ECCS-LSB. (Barbour-NH)