Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Short Wave Listening

Just listening to short wave broadcasts from Vietnam and China. Right now, I am using my 10M vertical - The antenna is 8 feet long and is ground mounted. Receiver is my FT-840 on AM. Times are UTC.

0340 - 0355 on 6175 kHz is the Voice of Vietnam. Signal is s7 to s8 on my s-meter with some QSB. The Listener's Service program is giving reports received from all over the world. This is an English language broadcast!

0355 - 0400 on 6190 kHz is the China Radio International signal. Signal is S9+. They just signed off from their English language broadcast, but the news program that came on at 0400 is also in English. Strange to hear our news from the Chinese perspective.

0430 - 0500 on 6140 kHz is the Radio Havana Cuba. Signal is S9. Had English language news followed by music. Great if you enjoy Cuban rhythm.

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