Good propagation opening on 9 MHz

 

GOOD PROPAGATION OPENING ON 9 MHz.

 

Remarkable signals from Asia, Africa, Europe,and Middle East.

 

The continuing shut-down of international broadcasters is opening up many channels for reception of lower-powered local and domestic services, previously hidden beneath the super-powered transmitters.

 

An example of this is the activity in the 9 MHz band in the late afternoon and early evening window here in Melbourne, several hours before our mid-summer sunset. Study of channel occupancy in the time span 0730 to 0800 on January 1 2015 revealed many transmissions which are seldom or never heard, including several Chinese domestic broadcasters carrying their local daytime services. Propagation is complex, comprising mixed E and F1/F2  modes, with transmission paths over substantially daylight routes.

 

This is a summary of notable signals:

 

ASIA

9500 CHINA  CNR1

9570 KOREA REP KBS-Kimjae from  *0800 English

9595 JAPAN R. Nikkei Network 1

9635 VIETNAM VOV Network 1

9645 VATICAN VR-SMG Arabic from *0745

9650 N. KOREA VOK Japanese

9665 N. KOREA KCBS

9685 CHINA CNR5 Chinese

9730 MYANMAR Burmese

9750 CHINA Nei Menggu PBS, Hohhot, Mongolian

9760 JAPAN R. Nikkei Network 2

9810 CHINA CNR2

9830 CHINA CNR1

9850 CHINA Qinghai PBS, Xining, Tibetan

9875 N. KOREA VOK Russian

9930 PALAU T8WH-Koror at *0759 English

 

AFRICA

9575 MOROCCO R. Medi, French

9690 NIGERIA V. of Nigeria. at sign-on 0759, then Hausa

 

EUROPE

9790 FRANCE RFI-Issoudun French

9840 GERMANY RL-Lampertheim Russian

9645 VATICAN VR-SMG Arabic from *0745

 

AMERICAS

9615 ALASKA KNLS from *0755 Russian

9955 USA TOM-WRMI English