Asian openings

[Toomas Losin]

The last couple of nights have been reliable for Asian DX, with Japan, South Korea, and China making appearances. In particular, China Radio International was heard on 1017 kHz with a very strong top of the hour ID once Friday morning near sunrise; an hour earlier the same recording showed time pips from both the Chinese station and a Japanese station on the same frequency. Voice was also heard from both stations at the same time. Yes, it's a case of trans-Pacific co-channel interference!

Sunset in Japan happened a short while ago and I'm hearing carriers from the strong stations. NHK Japan on 774 has faint audio as well as HBC Radio in Hokkaido on 1287. There's sometimes a carrier on 1566 even though South Korea is still in sunlight. I'm hoping it'll be an interesting night!