I have logged a few of Radio Taiwan International's English language broadcasts here in rural central Alaska a few times, sometimes better then others.
On Wednesday September 7th at 1547UTC, I logged the English broadcast on 11685khz. I would give this reception a SINPO Rating of 22232. The signal was poor with lots of static, fading and noise plus if you listen closely, you'll clearly hear interference from another radio station on the same or nearby channels. I made a 4 1/2 minute recording. At about 6 seconds in, you very clearly hear a male say "Radio Taiwan International". What follows sounds like a language learning segment, english and mandarin or other asian language. That 4 1/2 mintue recording is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbAYz6O7JNc <https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DxbAYz6O7JNc&h=TAQFWriFMAQF4c1xgqaP5fFkz8_2TO8RNo02bW75dvGu2pQ&enc=AZNMQ2m5sER2Vl9d_lUDM_fF82LVO2st8Zex8QDHz_gWdmsS6TzWGnNPlFlD6LcSd7D6TSvuG1LuFriOL-Efxlr2ujkE2pgE9Crx4YqXb90q44iOqYsWCZuOmcqbeN9wFXSg8d3xXlu04HNT6dRtSItb2sIV-HfzxrGi4_l8JG0pOA&s=1> On May 22nd, 2016 at 1123UTC, I heard an English broadcast from RTI as well on 11600khz. The audio quality was not that great, it sounded like a serious echo was going on. It appears to be some kind of interview program between a man and a female RTI presenter. The signal overall was on the lower side of good. Here is a recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg6oBTu8Blw <https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVg6oBTu8Blw&h=WAQENjN5RAQHvKNep6EktNrY_gSAcFSxA08ov9sFilXYIYw&enc=AZOt9sMiJCIXHMvMvPnUPfCiK97pgFZeJ5s4QdLbC4fmTUsqb011wXeHwWMfbKfPgV2QUt-ejMd_BGKldo7trbUIhlgsqe2uOSGi3kIHsT1kDpm9tEYU9YLWizDERNgeJl3p4bxQB3z6QcOerphZc3X6C253RpJYQoTWUNy6dkRYZQ&s=1> On September 8th at 0356UTC, I logged the 15320khz english broadcast. I would give it a SINPO rating of 12112.There is ALOT of static/atmospheric noise on the channel and the signal is very weak. I recorded 5 minutes worth and took the 3 best segments of the reception and put them together. In the first part of this one clip which is 11 seconds, a male gives out a frequency and time schedule. In the second part of this clip which is 9 seconds, the same man gives out what I assume is the PO Box mailing address for RTI. In the 3rd and final part of this clip, that same man says simply "Radio Taiwan International" I warn you, the reception is really rough and If I didn't know what to look for, this would be impossible to have nailed down. Here's the link to the audio: https://app.box.com/s/kkcoe959r5iphbjvvnjoz2n0qxslhevz On June 25th, 2016 at 1112UITC, I heard an English broadcast on 7445khz. The signal was about an 8 out of 10 overall. There was only light fading with no interference from other stations and nearly no atmospheric noise/interference. My recording starts with what sounds like a native English speaker talking about the origin of boat races. A 7 minute recording of my reception can be hear here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0wSucGQrfQ This reception above is slightly above normal/average, but not by too much. One RTI staffer was a bit surprised I heard the 7445khz signal so well. Tecsun PL880, EmTech ZM2 Antenna tuner, DXEngineering HF PreAmp and 225 foot long wire. _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
