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Karel asked me to write something about the Asian
stations I have heard on the MW-band here in Holland:
Well here are some "personal rules", maybe they
will be able to serve as a help for you:
1- I only have been able to hear stations on
frequencies which were completely free in my part of the world. For instance
1395,1440 or 1467. So no QRM from Euro stations.
2-the A-index was always under 5, as you know the
sun has this 27/28 days-cyclus, so I used this cyclus to "predict" good days to
tune in. This did not mean I actually heard them on all "good" (a<5) days.
Over the last 3 years I succeeded 6-7 times!! Now I have acces to Internet I
will be better able to note when there are good solar conditions and there MIGHT
be an opening to Asia!
3-Stations were only audible for 20 minutes or
less, mostly this was the time of local sunset overthere (for instance 23.40 UTC
for Thailand)
4-I am honest to admit I could not note positive
ID's at any time. But: I have noted clear talk in Korean on 1467 or talk in
Thai language on 1395 and 1467 or Chinese talk on 1440 and 1351. I am a
languagefreak myself and with help of DX-friends I clearly identified these
languages, so I am sure that I heard a Thai station on 1467. But: which
station?? yes, there I depend on the info given by Dx-literature! The Chinese
stations on 1440 are still UNID to me, in my logbook I have only noted names of
Chinese stn heard by Scandinavian DX'ers on these frequencies.
Best wishes,
Julius
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