Tuesday, September 08, 2009

First Chinese NDB Heard In Europe (Edit: Norway)?

Maybe not. I don't have the statistics. But NDB Database expert Michael Oexner was very enthusiastic when I asked him what station on 439 kHz ID'ed "WD". His reply:

WD-439.0 Zhonghao/Taiyuan/Wusu CHN N37 39 30 E112 46 54

Heard today with my Perseus connected to a 58-degree beverage at 1800 UTC. The distance should be roughly 6,500 km. Extremely weak, of course. Thanks for your info, Michael!
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5 comments:

  1. Kari + Johanna09 September, 2009 04:56

    Hi Bjarne

    Chinese NDB's were heard many times last winter here in southern Finland.

    kari oh5yw

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  2. Kari + Johanna09 September, 2009 04:59

    continue....

    here stations:

    338 HKG Hong Kong CHN 352 OY Urumqi / Diwopu / Fukang CHN
    398 RM Urumqi /Diwopu CHN

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  3. Bjarne Mjelde09 September, 2009 05:03

    Thank you Kari, I stand corrected. I was too aroused I suppose...

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  4. MO09 September, 2009 20:05

    Hi Bjarne,

    Far East NDB reception was pioneered by Vesa Hienonen in Finland last winter. He logged HKG-338 Hong Kong, OY-352 and RM-398 Urumqi and from Indonesia OJ-375.0 Hasanuddin - all European firsts at that time if I'm not mistaken.

    Last season saw also European DXers logging 4 NDBs from Pakistan for the first time: PS-308 Peshawar, QT-348 Quetta, MT-387 Multan and KE-410 Chor.

    Let's hope for another rewarding season :-)


    vy 73 + gd DX

    Michael

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  5. sm6pxj13 September, 2009 07:27

    SM6BHZ's beacon on 504 kHz has been heard in China recently. Last time Sept 12 between 20.24-20.46 UTC.
    I think he is using WSPR-mode.
    73/Christer SM6PXJ

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