DX-Tips 23 to 29 January 2025

5925 khz
1500 UT 2025-01-28
CHINA
Beijing-Chaoyang/Gaobeidian/Shuangqiao "491"
CNR5 Cross-Strait Radio
MANDARIN: Spring festival coverage with woman speaking after ToH. Fair.
20250128_1500_UT_5925_khz_CHINA_CNR5_Cross_Strait_Radio.mp4

6055 khz
1300 UT 2025-01-27
JAPAN
Radio Nikkei 1
JAPANESE: Discussion about effect of blue light on health and sleep. Good.
20250127_1300_UT_6055_khz_Japan_Radio_Nikkei_1.mp4

6085 khz
1300 UT 2025-01-27
JAPAN
Yamata
Shiokaze
JAPANESE: Sign on by man over piano music. Deep fading. Good to fair.
20250127_1300_UT_6085_khz_Japan_Shiokaze.mp4

6115 khz
1100 UT 2025-01-26
TAIWAN
Tamsui
National Unity Radio
KOREAN: Sign-on by woman over dramatic music. Poor.
20250126-1100_UT-6115_khz-Taiwan_Tamsui_National_Unity_Radio_South_Korea.mp4

6125 khz
1100 UT 2025-01-26
CHINA
Beijing-Matoucun "572"
CNR-1
MANDARIN: Standard ToH ID & time pips. Woman speaking after that. Too noisy to translate.
20250126_1100_UT_6125_khz_CHINA_CNR-1_Mandarin.mp4

6125 khz
1300 UT 2025-01-27
CHINA
Beijing-Matoucun "572"
CNR-1
MANDARIN: Standard ToH ID & time pips. Man speaking about inspection of foods sold as a part of spring festival celebrations. Good.
20250127_1300_UT_6125_khz_CHINA_CNR-1_Mandarin.mp4

6170.1 khz
1100 UT 2025-01-26
KOREA, NORTH
Voice of Korea
FRENCH: Slightly off frequency. Standard sign-on "Ici la voix de la Korea". Fair to poor
20250126_1100_UT_6170_point_1_khz_NORTH_KOREA_VoK_French.mp4

6180 khz
1100 UT 2025-01-26
CHINA
Fuzhou (Fujian)
CNR-1
MANDARIN: ToH ID with time pips. Talk by woman. Used for jamming. Fair to poor
20250126_1100_UT_6180_khz_China_CNR-1.mp4

6185 khz
1300 UT 2025-01-27
KOREA, NORTH
Voice of Korea
MANDARIN and ENGLISH: Mixing of 2 distinct audio streams from VoK. Adjacent channel interference from CNR-1 on 6180
20250127_1300_UT_6185_khz_NORTH_KOREA_VoK_Mandarin_and_English.mp4

6190 khz
1500 UT 2025-01-28
CHINA
Beijing-Matoucun "572"
CRI
VIETNAMESE: Standard CRI Sign-on. Woman talking. Light echo heard. Fair
20250128_1500_UT_6190_khz_China_CRI_Vietnamese.mp4

6200 khz
1500 UT 2025-01-28
CHINA
Nanjing
Voice of Jinling
MANDARIN: Music heard until ToH. No timepips and no ID heard but abruptcut at 1500:30 in line with Jinling schedule. Fair to Poor
20250128_1500_UT_6200_khz_China_Voice_of_Jinling.mp4

6350 khz
1300 UT 2025-01-27
KOREA, SOUTH
Hwasung/Hwaseong
Echo of Hope VOH
KOREAN: K-pop music. ToH ID over piano music. Feature story about North Korean soldiers. Good
20250127_1300_UT_6185_khz_SOUTH_KOREA_Echo_of_Hope_VOH.mp4

7000 khz
0317 UT 2025-01-29
ALASKA
HAARP
HAARP: Sweeping tones. Very good
20250129_0317_UT_7000_khz_Alaska_HAARP.mp4

7780 khz
0800 UT 2025-01-26
USA
Voice of Indonesia via WRMI
ENGLISH: Clear ID by man heard at 0800:20. Poor. RSP1b
20250126_0800_UT_7780_khz_USA_Voice_of_Indonesia_via_WRMI.mp4

9330 khz
1600 UT 2025-01-28
UZBEKISTAN
Tashkent
CMI Voice of Wilderness
KOREAN: Presumed to be Voice of Wilderness because WBCQ/World's Last Chance doesn't usually make it to me at this hour and ToH legal ID heard. Man speaking. Fair. RSP1b
20250128_1600_UT_9330_khz_Uzbekistan_Tashkent_CMI_Voice_of_Wilderness.mp4

9525 khz
1600 UT 2025-01-28
OMAN
a'Seela
BBCWS
DARI: Sign-on announcements including website info by woman and woman with fanfares. Several mentions of BBC London. Presumed news. Fair. RSP1b
20250128_1600_UT_9525_khz_Oman_aSeela_BBCWS_Dari.mp4

9620 khz
1700 UT 2025-01-27
INDIA
Bengaluru-Doddaballapur (Bangalore)
Akashvani
PERSIAN: No ToH UT ID, understandable as Iran, transmission target, is UTC +3:30. Indian music. Fair.
20250127_1700_UT_9620_khz_India_Akashvani_Persian.mp4

9685 khz
1600 UT 2025-01-28
TAIWAN
Paochung
Furusato no Kaze
JAPANESE: Welcome message and ID by woman. A story about the inauguration in Washington DC on 20 Jan followed as was heard an hour earlier on Nippon no Kaze. Very Good. RSP1b
20250128_1600_UT_9685_khz_Taiwan_Paochung_Furusato_no_Kaze.mp4

9685 khz
1500 UT 2025-01-28
TAIWAN
Paochung
Nippon no Kaze
KOREAN: Welcome message and ID by woman. A story about the inauguration in Washington DC on 20 Jan followed. Very Good. RSP1b
20250128_1500_UT_9685_khz_Taiwan_Paochung_Nippon_no_Kaze.mp4

9835 khz
1559 UT 2025-01-28
UK
Woofferton
VoA Radio Ashna
SOUTHERN PASHTO or DARI: No clear ID at ToH. Schedules list Dari at 1600 but there was no clear transition from Pashto at 1530. Man speaking. Good. RSP1b
20250128_1559_UT_9835_khz_UK_VoA_Radio_Ashna_Southern_Pashto_or_Dari.mp4

9855 khz
1559 UT 2025-01-28
CHINA
Beijing-Matoucun "572"
CRI
MANDARIN: Man delivering exciting message or lunar new year "we wish you good health and long life. we bless the great motherland". Overtime running past 1400 UT sign-off. Good. RSP1b
20250128_1559_UT_9855_khz_CHINA_CRI_Mandarin.mp4

12040 khz
2000 UT 2025-01-27
JAPAN
NHK
JAPANESE: IS into sign-on. Discussion between man and woman. Too noisy with fades to translate. Poor to fair.
20250127_2000_UT_12040_khz_Japan_NHK_Japanese.mp4

15120 khz
0300 UT 2025-01-28
CHINA
Beijing-Matoucun "572"
CRI
ENGLISH: CGTN Id at ToH. News read by man.Very noisy. Poor
20250128_0300_UT_15120_khz_CHINA_CRI_Engish.mp4

15160 khz
0300 UT 2025-01-28
CHINA
Jinhua
CRI
MANDARIN: ToH Id followed by talk by woman. Very noisy. Poor
20250128_0300_UT_15160_khz_CHINA_CRI_Mandarin.mp4

15410 khz
0245 UT 2025-01-28
INDIA
Bengaluru-Doddaballapur (Bangalore)
Akashvani
ENGLISH: Language is presumed as it is what listed various in-line schedules, but spoken speech was too noisy and muffed to discern. Poor
20250128_0245_UT_15410_khz_India_Akashvani_presumed_English.mp4

15420 khz
0400 UT 2025-01-28
MADAGASCAR
Talata Volonondry
BBCWS
SOMALI: Sign-on announcements mentioning BBC London. Time Pips at ToH. news. Fair to good.
20250128_0400_UT_15420_khz_Madagascar_BBCWS_Somali.mp4

15445 khz
0400 UT 2025-01-28
CHINA
Urumqi
CRI
RUSSIAN: Standard ToH ID. Talk by man, but NOT the usual repeat of the tofu feature as has been heard as of late. Fair. // 15665
20250128_0400_UT_15445_khz_China_CRI_Russian.mp4

15665 khz
0400 UT 2025-01-28
CHINA
Urumqi
CRI
RUSSIAN: Standard ToH ID. Talk by man, but NOT the usual repeat of the tofu feature as has been heard as of late. Fair to poor // 15445
20250128_0400_UT_15665_khz_China_CRI_Russian.mp4

16969.1 khz
0000 UT 2025-01-28
JAPAN
Kyodo News Agency
WEFAX 288: USB Several pages of news from Kyodo. Quality started out good and deteriorated to poor

20250128_0000_UT_16969_point_1_khz_USB_Japan_Kyodo_News_Agency_Wefax-1_resize.png