Does anyone know if the "cuckoo clock" time pips on 918 kHz are from the Chinese station in Shandong, or from the 200 kW Cambodian station in Phnom Penh? In this Cook Island recording at 1658 on April 11th the female Cambodian announcer starts out dominant, and the Cambodian National Anthem starts off at 55 seconds, mixing with Shandong's Chinese until 1:41 into the recording, when the "cuckoo clock" time pips start (thanks to Hiroyuki Okamura and Jari Letinen for identifying the Cambodian anthem). But Cambodia's anthem continues during and after the time pips, which would seem odd for a station to broadcast if it is playing a national anthem in a sign-off routine. On the other hand Shandong's speech stops during the time pips at 1700 UTC, and seems to resume after them. Does anyone know if Shandong is the source of the strange time pips? https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/takoyz5d3l19wockuky8x1e0d8m8fiv0
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
