{"id":15211,"date":"2015-10-20T09:41:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T13:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=15211"},"modified":"2015-10-20T09:41:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T13:41:18","slug":"excellent-current-conditions-evidenced-by-todays-31-meter-logs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/excellent-current-conditions-evidenced-by-todays-31-meter-logs\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellent current conditions, evidenced by today&#8217;s 31 meter logs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/31meterband-waterfall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15212\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/31meterband-waterfall.jpg\" alt=\"31meterband-waterfall\" width=\"756\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/31meterband-waterfall.jpg 756w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/31meterband-waterfall-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This morning, before heading out the door, I tuned around the\u00a031 meter broadcast band. I&#8217;ve actually been recording 640 kHz of the 31 meter band for almost 24 hours, trying to capitalize on the fact that propagation conditions have been the best I&#8217;ve seen in several months. At some point in the future, I&#8217;ll load this recording, tune through it and remind myself what&#8217;s possible when propagation is\u00a0favorable!\u00a0Check out the waterfall screenshot above.<\/p>\n<p>Asian stations had a strong showing on the band in eastern North America this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the stations I logged starting\u00a0around 12:30 UTC today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9395 WRMI English<\/li>\n<li>9410 China National Radio 5 Chinese<\/li>\n<li>9420 China National Radio 13 Uyghur<\/li>\n<li>9430 FEBC Radio Chinese<\/li>\n<li>9440 China Radio International Cambodian<\/li>\n<li>9460 China Radio International English<\/li>\n<li>9470 UNID (weak)<\/li>\n<li>9490 Voice of America Korean<\/li>\n<li>9500 China National Radio 1 Chinese<\/li>\n<li>9515 China National Radio 2 Chinese<\/li>\n<li>9540 China Radio International Chinese<\/li>\n<li>9550 Radio Havana Cuba Spanish<\/li>\n<li>9570 China Radio International Cantonese<\/li>\n<li>9575 All India Radio Tibetan<\/li>\n<li>9580 Radio Australia English<\/li>\n<li>9600 China Radio International English<\/li>\n<li>9620 All India Radio Sindhi<\/li>\n<li>9635 Voice of Vietnam 1 Vietnamese<\/li>\n<li>9640 Radio Havana Cuba Spanish<\/li>\n<li>9645 China Radio International English<\/li>\n<li>9650 Radio Sonder Grense Afrikaans (with QRM)<\/li>\n<li>9660 Radio Taiwan International Chinese<\/li>\n<li>9665 KCBS Pyongyang Korean (weak)<\/li>\n<li>9680 Radio Taiwan International Chinese<\/li>\n<li>9700 Radio New Zealand International English<\/li>\n<li>9710 China National Radio 1 Chinese<\/li>\n<li>9720 Reach Beyond Australia (HCJB) Indonesian<\/li>\n<li>9730 China Radio International English<\/li>\n<li>9735 Radio Taiwan International Indonesian<\/li>\n<li>9740 BBC English<\/li>\n<li>9750 NHK World Radio Japan (?) Japanese<\/li>\n<li>9760 China Radio International English<\/li>\n<li>9785 China Radio International Laotian (?)<\/li>\n<li>9805 Radio Marti Spanish (w\/accompanying Cuban jammer)<\/li>\n<li>9820 Radio Habana Cuba Spanish<\/li>\n<li>9830 China National Radio 1 Chinese (with RTTY QRM)<\/li>\n<li>9835 RTM Sarawak FM Malaysian (very weak)<\/li>\n<li>9840 Voice of Vietnam English<\/li>\n<li>9845 China National Radio 1 Chinese (weak)<\/li>\n<li>9855 China Radio International Chinese<\/li>\n<li>9870 AIR New Delhi Hindi<\/li>\n<li>9880 KSDA-AWR Guam Korean<\/li>\n<li>9920 FEBC Radio Hre<\/li>\n<li>9955 WRMI English<\/li>\n<li>9980 WWCR English<\/li>\n<li>10000 \u00a0WWV Ft. Collins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s 46 signals in a space of 640 kHz&#8211;not bad!<\/p>\n<p>I dare say: these excellent band conditions will not last forever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Make time to play\u00a0radio today!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, before heading out the door, I tuned around the\u00a031 meter broadcast band. I&#8217;ve actually been recording 640 kHz of the 31 meter band for almost 24 hours, trying to capitalize on the fact that propagation conditions have been the best I&#8217;ve seen in several months. At some point in the future, I&#8217;ll load [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,43,1167],"tags":[3537,4325,412],"class_list":["post-15211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-31-meter-band","tag-logs","tag-propagation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3Xl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12023,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/23-january-2015-a-friday-morning-31-meter-band-scan\/","url_meta":{"origin":15211,"position":0},"title":"23 January 2015: A Friday morning 31 meter band scan","author":"Thomas","date":"January 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning, I tuned around the 31 meter band and was surprised with favorable\u00a0propagation out of Asia (see spectrum waterfall above--click to enlarge). I started logging\u00a0a few stations, but the effort\u00a0quickly turned into a full band scan\/survey. \u00a0I logged everything I could easily hear between the 9,390-10,000 kHz portion of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"31-Meter-Waterfall-Spectrum","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/31-Meter-Waterfall-Spectrum-1024x444.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/31-Meter-Waterfall-Spectrum-1024x444.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/31-Meter-Waterfall-Spectrum-1024x444.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11183,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/recording-and-logging-band-openings-last-night\/","url_meta":{"origin":15211,"position":1},"title":"Capturing spectrum and logging band openings last night","author":"Thomas","date":"October 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Last night, band conditions were superb above 7 MHz. Both the 31 and 25 meter bands\u00a0seemed crowded with stations; for a moment, it felt like a true solar peak. This morning, solar flares have dampened down the excitement but I imagine conditions could favorably change at times this weekend, so\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"My 31 meter band spectrum display last night. Strong signals across the board. 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Propagation--especially on the higher bands--has been the best it's been in several weeks. As I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sony-ICF-SW100-Outside-Fall","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-ICF-SW100-Outside-Fall.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-ICF-SW100-Outside-Fall.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-ICF-SW100-Outside-Fall.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-ICF-SW100-Outside-Fall.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8755,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/nothing-on-shortwave-i-still-disagree\/","url_meta":{"origin":15211,"position":3},"title":"Nothing on shortwave?  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