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Loggings => MW Loggings => Topic started by: Shortwave_Listener on August 15, 2022, 0415 UTC

Title: UNID 550 AM 0410 UTC 15 Aug 2022
Post by: Shortwave_Listener on August 15, 2022, 0415 UTC

I can hear a Chinese (or other similar Asian language) station on 550 AM with my Sony ICF-2010. I cannot find any stations with an Asian language format on that frequency in Canada or the USA. The signal is 3/10 on the signal indicator but easily heard.

Title: Re: UNID 550 AM 0410 UTC 15 Aug 2022
Post by: skeezix on August 15, 2022, 0425 UTC

I checked here at 0420Z and nothing resembling that here.




National NC-125 with Wellbrook FLX1530LN loop antenna

Title: Re: UNID 550 AM 0410 UTC 15 Aug 2022
Post by: Shortwave_Listener on August 15, 2022, 0505 UTC

I tried to listen for an ID at 0500 UTC (I believe all stations in the USA and Canada must ID in English at the top of the hour regardless of what language the rest of the program is) but KARI from Washington came on and obliterated the UNID station  >:( The UNID station was still 3/10 on the signal strength meter and when KARI came on it jumped to 7/10.

Title: Re: UNID 550 AM 0410 UTC 15 Aug 2022
Post by: Paul B. Walker, Jr. on August 31, 2022, 1859 UTC

i wonder if what you had was a 549 from SE Asia

Title: Re: UNID 550 AM 0410 UTC 15 Aug 2022
Post by: Shortwave_Listener on September 01, 2022, 0633 UTC

I wish but I used SSB to confirm the carrier frequency of 550 kHz.

Title: Re: UNID 550 AM 0410 UTC 15 Aug 2022
Post by: Paul B. Walker, Jr. on September 02, 2022, 1812 UTC

Quote from: Shortwave_listener on September 01, 2022, 0633 UTC

I wish but I used SSB to confirm the carrier frequency of 550 kHz.

The only logical answer is KARI with some paid programming and when KARI come on, they were switching from day to night power/pattern