Here's a quick shortwave bandscan from a few hours ago I made with my portable shortwave receiver. It shows that the shortwave bands are still very busy, especially at the prime time listening hours in Asia.
*Date*: 9th September 2014 *Time*: 1600-1700 UTC *Receiver*: Sony ICF-7600D *Antenna*: 20 metres of insulated wire *QTH*: Troyan, Bulgaria *Stations*: - 9310 - VOA Deewa Radio - Pashto - Udon Thani - 4 - 9320 - VOA - Burmese - Tinian - 3 - 9335 - VOA Deewa Radio - Pashto - Iranawila - 4 - 9355 - VOA Deewa Radio - Pashto - Udon Thani - 5 - 9370 - CNR-1 Jammer - 4 - 9370 - Radio Free Asia in Uighur - Dushanbe - 2 - 9410 - BBC World Service - English - A'Seela - 3 (with strong Chinese noise jamming) - 9410 - CNR-5 in Mandarin - Beijing - 2 - 9420 - CNR-13 in Uighur - Lingshi - 4 - 9420 - CNR-6 in Mandarin - Beijing - 2 - 9425 - Voice of Korea - German - Kujang - 4 - 9435 - Voice of Korea - French - Kujang - 2 - 9445 - IRIB VOIRI - Arabic - Kamalabad - 4 - 9455 - CNR-1 Jammer - 4 - 9455 - Radio Free Asia - Mandarin - Saipan - 2 - 9460 - Voice of Turkey - Turkish - Emirler - 5 - 9475 - Radio Australia - English - Shepparton - 4 - 9490 - BBC - Hindi - A'Seela - 3 - 9500 - Radio Romania International - French - Tiganesti - 4 - 9515 - KBS World Radio - English - Kimjae - 4 - 9526 - Voice of Indonesia - Arabic - Jakarta - 4 - 9530 - Voice of Turkey - Azeri - Emirler - 5 - 9540 - Radio Australia - English - Kranji - 4 - 9550 - China Radio International - Vietnamese - Beijing - 2 - 9555 - CNR-1 Jammer - 3 - 9555 - Radio Free Asia - Uighur - Al-Dhabbaya - 2 - 9565 - CNR-1 Jammer - 3 - 9565 - Voice of America - Tibetan - Udon Thani - 3 - 9570 - China Radio International - English - 3 - 9575 - Medi Internationale - Arabic - Nador - 2 - 9580 - IRIB VOIRI - Bengali - Kamalabad - 5 - 9595 - All India Radio - Russian - Bangalore - 5 - 9605 - BBC - Hindi - Kranji - 5 - 9620 - All India Radio - Pashto - Aligarh - 4 - 9630 - CNR-8 - Kazakh - Lingshi - 4 - 9640 - KBS World Radio - English - 4 - 9655 - IRIB VOIRI - Armenian - Sirjan - 5 - 9665 - China Radio International - Hausa - Kinming - 3 - 9680 - CNR-1 Jammer - 5 - 9680 - Radio Taiwan International - Chinese - Paochung - 4 - 9696 - CNR-1 Jammer - 4 - 9695 - Radio Free Asia - Mandarin - Agignan Point - 3 - 9720 - Deutsche Welle - Amharic - Kigali - 4 - 9730 - Voice of Vietnam - Russian - Sontay - 5 - 9740 - KBS World Radio - Korean - Kimjae - 5 - 9745 - Guanghua zhi Sheng - Chinese - Kuanyin - 3 - 9750 - Radio Japan - Japanese - Yamata - 5 - 9760 - Radio Free Europe - Tajik - Al-Kuwait - 3 - 9770 - China Radio International - Hakka - Urumqi - 4 - 9790 - Radio Ashna - Pashto - Tinang - 3 - 9810 - Radio Romania International - Romanian - Galbeni - 4 (+RTTY QRM) - 9820 - IBRA Radio - Tigriniya - Al-Dhabbaya - 4 - 9830 - Adventist World Radio - Bulgarian - Nauen - 5 - 9840 - Radio Liberty - Russian - Lamperthein - 4 - 9860 - China National Radio 1 - Chinese - Beijing - 5 - 9870 - AIR New Delhi - Hindi - Bengaluru - 4 - 9885 - BSKSA Foreign Service - Uzbek - Riyadh - 3 - 9890 - Voice of Korea - English - Kimjae - 3 - 9890 - CNR-13 - Uighur - Lingshi - 3 - 9900 - BBC - Sinhalese - Kranji - 3 (+RTTY QRM) - 9940 - Radio Free Asia - Burmese - Iranawila - 2 - 9975 - CNR-1 Jammer - 4 - 9975 - Radio Free Asia - Uighur - Tinian - 2 - 9996 - RWM Time Signal Station - 5 - 10000 - BPM Time Signal Station - 3 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/31-meters-bandscan.html _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] 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
