This morning, I tuned around the 31 meter band and was surprised with favorable propagation out of Asia (see spectrum waterfall above–click to enlarge).

I started logging a few stations, but the effort quickly turned into a full band scan/survey. I logged everything I could easily hear between the 9,390-10,000 kHz portion of the 31 meter band.

I logged 52 stations and omitted eight that I considered too weak for good copy.

I used my WinRadio Excalibur SDR connected to a large horizontal delta loop wire antenna.

The number of broadcasts originating in or targeting China is pretty phenomenal: the 31 band is your oyster, if you speak Chinese.

31 Meter Band 1200 – 1300 UTC, all frequencies in kHz

9390 Radio Thailand Malaysian (1200Z) then English (1230Z)

9410 China National Radio 5 Chinese

9430 FEBC Radio Chinese

9440 China Radio International Cambodian

9460 China Radio International English

9475 Radio Australia English

9490 Voice Of America Korean

9500 China National Radio 1 Chinese

9515 China National Radio 2 Chinese

9530 Voice Of America Chinese

9540 China Radio International Chinese

9550 China Radio International Vietnamese (covered by CRI Cantonese distortion)

9570 China Radio International Cantonese (transmitter spewing distortion 50 kHz wide)

9580 Radio Australia English (covered by CRI Cantonese distortion)

9590 China Radio International Russian (covered by CRI Cantonese distortion)

9600 China Radio International English

9620 China National Radio 6 Chinese

9635 Voice of Vietnam 1 Vietnamese (slightly below freq)

9640 Radio Havana Cuba Spanish

9645 China Radio International English

9655 China Radio International Chinese

9660 Radio Taiwan International Chinese

9680 Radio Taiwan International Chinese

9700 Lower Sideband communication (UNID)

9710 China National Radio 1 Chinese

9720 China Radio International Filipino

9730 China Radio International English

9735 Radio Taiwan International Indonesian

9740 BBC English

9745 Guanghua zhi Sheng Chinese

9750 Radio Kuwait Arabic

9730 China Radio International English

9770 KBS World Radio Chinese

9775 China National Radio 2 Chinese (vy weak)

9785 China Radio International Laotian

9790 Voice Of Islamic Republic of Iran Pashto

9810 China National Radio 2 Chinese and All India Radio Telugu

9820 Radio Havana Cuba Spanish

9825 Voice Of America Chinese

9830 China National Radio 1 Chinese

9840 Voice of Vietnam English

9850 Radio Habana Cuba Spanish

9855 China Radio International Chinese

9860 China National Radio 1 Chinese (vy weak)

9880 KSDA-AWR Guam Korean (vy weak)

9900 Radio France International Chinese

9920 FEBC Radio Bahnar (w/Jamming)

9940 Reach Beyond Australia (HCJB) Indonesian

9955 Radio Slovakia International English (via WRMI/WRN)

9975 KTWR Guam Chinese

9990 Radio Farda Persian

10000 WWV Fort Collins English

I recorded two broadcasts during the scan–both at 12:30 UTC: Radio Thailand (9,390 kHz) and Radio Slovakia (9,955 kHz). I will post them soon.

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