[DX] BC Station on 7.040

[Ron & Madhavi]

Today (22/12) there were reports on "DX Summit" of a strong BC station =
which various sources thought could be in Western Europe. I myself heard =
it in Jamaica, between 0100-0200 at 59+20.

A mail to Victor Goonetileke, one of the best known Short Wave listeners =
and professional BC analysts atound,  resulted in the following =
comments.

Quote:
> The BC Station on 7040:  This BC station was first noted on the 2nd or =
3rd
> of December playing western classical music on the international
> broadcasting bands.  Direction finding from Europe thought it could be =
in
> Europe going by the strong signals and top quality modulation. =
However,
> Direction finding here in Colombo Sri Lanka put the direction between
> 355-005 degrees and our own knowledge of strength and propagation  =
made the
> obvious deduction that it was from China.  The station is located in =
South
> West China  according to Wolfgang Bushel doing research on our =
findings=20
Unquote:

I noticed a station in Columbia estimated the heading to be 052 and =
another in Wisconsin put it at 042.=20

I hope this guy moves off as it is very strong and sits in the middle of =
our ham band!

73,
Ron, 6Y5/4S7RO=20


=20


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