This morning, before heading out the door, I tuned around the 31 meter broadcast band. I’ve actually been recording 640 kHz of the 31 meter band for almost 24 hours, trying to capitalize on the fact that propagation conditions have been the best I’ve seen in several months. At some point in the future, I’ll load this recording, tune through it and remind myself what’s possible when propagation is favorable! Check out the waterfall screenshot above.

Asian stations had a strong showing on the band in eastern North America this morning.

Here are the stations I logged starting around 12:30 UTC today:

9395 WRMI English

9410 China National Radio 5 Chinese

9420 China National Radio 13 Uyghur

9430 FEBC Radio Chinese

9440 China Radio International Cambodian

9460 China Radio International English

9470 UNID (weak)

9490 Voice of America Korean

9500 China National Radio 1 Chinese

9515 China National Radio 2 Chinese

9540 China Radio International Chinese

9550 Radio Havana Cuba Spanish

9570 China Radio International Cantonese

9575 All India Radio Tibetan

9580 Radio Australia English

9600 China Radio International English

9620 All India Radio Sindhi

9635 Voice of Vietnam 1 Vietnamese

9640 Radio Havana Cuba Spanish

9645 China Radio International English

9650 Radio Sonder Grense Afrikaans (with QRM)

9660 Radio Taiwan International Chinese

9665 KCBS Pyongyang Korean (weak)

9680 Radio Taiwan International Chinese

9700 Radio New Zealand International English

9710 China National Radio 1 Chinese

9720 Reach Beyond Australia (HCJB) Indonesian

9730 China Radio International English

9735 Radio Taiwan International Indonesian

9740 BBC English

9750 NHK World Radio Japan (?) Japanese

9760 China Radio International English

9785 China Radio International Laotian (?)

9805 Radio Marti Spanish (w/accompanying Cuban jammer)

9820 Radio Habana Cuba Spanish

9830 China National Radio 1 Chinese (with RTTY QRM)

9835 RTM Sarawak FM Malaysian (very weak)

9840 Voice of Vietnam English

9845 China National Radio 1 Chinese (weak)

9855 China Radio International Chinese

9870 AIR New Delhi Hindi

9880 KSDA-AWR Guam Korean

9920 FEBC Radio Hre

9955 WRMI English

9980 WWCR English

10000 WWV Ft. Collins

That’s 46 signals in a space of 640 kHz–not bad!

I dare say: these excellent band conditions will not last forever.

Make time to play radio today!

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