[HCDX]: The Chinese Number Station "New Star Broadcasting" Starts Fifth Channel

[Hans van den Boogert <hansfong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Chinese Number Station "New Star Broadcasting" Starts Fifth  Channel.

First noted on October 19, 1997, the Chinese number station "New Star Broadcasting Station" has now put out a fifth channel on the in-band frequency of 13750.00 kHz. Noted as early as 2300 UTC and as late as 0900 UTC. The format of broadcasts is the same as the other channels and identification is as follows: "Zheli shi Xinxing guangbo diantai, di wu tai" or "This is New Star Broadcasting Station, the fifth channel." This channel distinguishes itself from the other channels by a hum in the signal.

This fifth channels has probably been set up to relief the other four channels. Activity has been notably down (especially Sundays), broadcasts are usually on the hour or half hour (not always both) and sign-off time has been noted as early as 0900.

To recap, the frequencies of all channels are now as follows....

11430.00  New Star Channel 1
15388.04  New Star Channel 2
9725.00  New Star Channel 3
8300.01 New Star Channel 4
13750.00  New Star Channel 5

Greetings from a sunny Taiwan,

Hans van den Boogert - DSWCI 3029
Tucheng City, Taiwan
JRC NRD-525, Panasonic RF-B65L, Datong FL-3, 12/31 m. LW
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