[HCDX] Unidentified Religious Station on 9985 kHz

["Eric Zhou" <dxer@xxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Last week some Chinese listeners reported that there appeared a very mysterious religious station in Mandarin on 9985 kHz, 31 meter band. 

I have followed this station for two days. It starts from 1200 UTC and ends on 1350 UTC abruptly. What perplexes me most is that the station broadcast religious songs or hymns one by one and all the time. The songs were all in Mandarin Chinese, solo or chorus. No announcer, no radio ID and no announcement. The signal strength was very strong and I suppose that the power of the transmitter is at least 80 kilowatts! 

I checked B04 ILG database Premium Version and Nagoya DXers Circle's B04 Shortwave Frequency list and found no record, but WRTH 2005 says 9985 kHz is T8BZ - KHBN the Voice of Hope. I feel confused because KHBN Palau already broadcasts in Mandarin on 9965 kHz regularly. Is it a test transmission from KHBN?  

Here is the recording of the UnID on 1256 UTC, March 28, 2005: 
http://bcl.bbs.net/admin/filelist/09985-050328-1256.mp3
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