[HCDX]: News from China

[Hans van den Boogert <hansfong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Voice of the Strait with reduced hours.

Since the beginning of this year Voice of the Strait has dramatically reduced it's broadcasting hours. The two networks have been merged into one and the daytime broadcast has been eliminated. Broadcasting hours are now as follows:

2055-0000 (morning broadcast)
0855-1800 (evening broadcast)

846, 1269, 4900, 5050, 6115, 7280, 9505 kHz and 90.6 MHz are the announced frequencies. Exact schedule unknown yet, but at 0855 s/on 9505 is used, while later in the evening 4900 and 5050 are used (the later only came on late January)

Obviously not many people have noticed this, but it might show the start of a change in attitude of the communist regime towards Taiwan.

On the other hand it may be even simply a cost cut. After all, shortwave awareness is very low in Taiwan and shortwave radio's were even being banned until the end of martial law. With the proliferation of FM not many people are inclined to tune into shortwave. Also, the mediumwave band is so full of Taiwanese stations that the only two mainland stations audible in Taipei are 540 kHz CNR 2 and 549 CNR Chinese World.

Still an interesting development.
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China Hua-yi Broadcasting Company with new frequency

As a result of VoStrait dropping their long-time frequency of 4940 kHz, China Hua-yi Broadcasting Company has immediately taken over this channel and is using it for it's evening broadcast which ends at 1600 UTC now. 4940 runs // to 4830 kHz, but this channel was not observed until the end of January.

At last check China Hua-yi BC is still using 6185 kHz for their mid-day broadcast which starts at 0255 UTC.
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There seems to be an increased activity on the domestic shortwave scene in China, apart from the two cases mentioned above. I encourage everyone to observe and report new outlets/frequencies or broadcasting times. In case of doubt please first check for parallel outlets of CNR 1, CNR 2, CNR Taiwan and CNR Chinese World. 

You can also check the Radio China web site (http://www.swl.net/radiochina) and in the "Fun with Chinese" section you will find audio clips with identifications of the following Chinese stations:

China National Radio
China Radio International
China Huayi Broadcasting Corporation
Fujian PBS
Gansu PBS
Heilongjiang PBS
Jiangxi PBS
Voice of the Strait
Xinjiang PBS

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For people who are curious what mid-afternoon reception in Taiwan is like, here a 49 mb bandscan done on January 28 from 0715 till 0745 UTC (1515 till 1545 local time)

6015.0 0715 Jamming, probably against KBS Seoul which is in this frequency.
6030.0 0716 CNR 1 //7504 SINPO 25333
6055.0 0717 NSB Radio Tanpa 1 //9595 SINPO 25333
6064.0 0718 UNID music SINPO 15121
6070.0 0719 Radio Pyongyang in Japanese //7580, 9650 SINPO 35344
6085.0 0721 CBS Taiwan in Mandarin with the variety network. Jammed, but slightly. //11775 heavily jammed.
6115.0 0726 NSB Radio Tampa 2 //9760 Carpenters music.
6125.0 0728 Radio Pyongyang in Mandarin //7200, 9345 SINPO 35344
6145.0 0730 Radio Japan in Japanese SINPO 35232
6165.0 0732 Radio Japan in Japanese //6145 SINPO 35343
6180.0 0733 CBS Taiwan, in Mandarin with the variety network. //6085, jammed.
6250.33 0734 Pyongyang Broadcasting Service with singing SINPO 34343
6398.83 0737 Pyongyang Broadcasting Service //6250.33 SINPO 33333

Greetings and good listening.

Hans van den Boogert - DSWCI 3029
Location: Tucheng City, Taipei, Taiwan
mailto: hansfong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
web: http://www.swl.net/radiochina/ 
equipment: JRC NRD-525, Datong FL-3, Sangean ATS-909, Panasonic RF-B65, 30 m LW, 17 m T2FD
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