31 meters bandscan

Here's a quick shortwave bandscan from a few hours ago I made with my portable shortwave receiver. It shows that the shortwave bands are still very busy, especially at the prime time hours in Asia.

Date: 9th September 2014
Time: 1600-1700 UTC

Receiver: Sony ICF-7600D
Antenna: 20 metres of insulated wire


Stations:

• 9310 - VOA Deewa Radio - Pashto - Udon Thani - 4
• 9320 - VOA - Burmese - Tinian - 3
• 9335 - VOA Deewa Radio - Pashto - Iranawila - 4
• 9355 - VOA Deewa Radio - Pashto - Udon Thani - 5
• 9370 - CNR-1 Jammer - 4
• 9370 - Radio Free Asia in Uighur -  Dushanbe - 2
• 9410 - BBC World Service - English - A'Seela - 3 (with strong Chinese noise jamming)
• 9410 - CNR-5 in Mandarin - Beijing - 2
• 9420 - CNR-13 in Uighur - Lingshi - 4
• 9420 - CNR-6 in Mandarin - Beijing - 2
• 9425 - Voice of Korea - German - Kujang - 4
• 9435 - Voice of Korea - French - Kujang - 2
• 9445 - IRIB VOIRI - Arabic - Kamalabad - 4
• 9455 - CNR-1 Jammer - 4
• 9455 - Radio Free Asia - Mandarin - Saipan - 2
• 9460 - Voice of Turkey - Turkish - Emirler - 5
• 9475 - Radio Australia - English - Shepparton - 4
• 9490 - BBC - Hindi - A'Seela - 3
• 9500 - Radio Romania International - French - Tiganesti - 4
• 9515 - KBS World Radio - English - Kimjae - 4
• 9526 - Voice of Indonesia - Arabic - Jakarta - 4
• 9530 - Voice of Turkey - Azeri - Emirler - 5
• 9540 - Radio Australia - English - Kranji - 4
• 9550 - China Radio International - Vietnamese - Beijing - 2
• 9555 - CNR-1 Jammer - 3
• 9555 - Radio Free Asia - Uighur - Al-Dhabbaya - 2
• 9565 - CNR-1 Jammer - 3
• 9565 - Voice of America - Tibetan - Udon Thani - 3
• 9570 - China Radio International - English - 3
• 9575 - Medi Internationale - Arabic - Nador - 2
• 9580 - IRIB VOIRI  - Bengali - Kamalabad - 5
• 9595 - All India Radio - Russian - Bangalore - 5
• 9605 - BBC - Hindi - Kranji - 5
• 9620 - All India Radio - Pashto - Aligarh - 4
• 9630 - CNR-8 - Kazakh - Lingshi - 4
• 9640 - KBS World Radio - English - 4
• 9655 - IRIB VOIRI - Armenian - Sirjan - 5
• 9665 - China Radio International - Hausa - Kinming - 3
• 9680 - CNR-1 Jammer - 5
• 9680 - Radio Taiwan International - Chinese - Paochung - 4
• 9696 - CNR-1 Jammer - 4
• 9695 - Radio Free Asia - Mandarin - Agignan Point - 3
• 9720 - Deutsche Welle - Amharic - Kigali - 4
• 9730 - Voice of Vietnam - Russian - Sontay - 5
• 9740 - KBS World Radio - Korean - Kimjae - 5
• 9745 - Guanghua zhi Sheng - Chinese - Kuanyin - 3
• 9750 - Radio Japan - Japanese - Yamata - 5
• 9760 - Radio Free Europe - Tajik - Al-Kuwait - 3
• 9770 - China Radio International - Hakka - Urumqi - 4
• 9790 - Radio Ashna - Pashto - Tinang - 3
• 9810 - Radio Romania International - Romanian - Galbeni - 4 (+RTTY QRM)
• 9820 - IBRA Radio - Tigriniya - Al-Dhabbaya - 4
• 9830 - Adventist World Radio - Bulgarian - Nauen - 5
• 9840 - Radio Liberty - Russian - Lamperthein - 4
• 9860 - China National Radio 1 - Chinese - Beijing - 5
• 9870 - AIR New Delhi - Hindi - Bengaluru - 4
• 9885 - BSKSA Foreign Service - Uzbek - Riyadh - 3
• 9890 - Voice of Korea - English - Kimjae - 3
• 9890 - CNR-13 - Uighur - Lingshi - 3
• 9900 - BBC - Sinhalese - Kranji - 3 (+RTTY QRM)
• 9940 - Radio Free Asia - Burmese - Iranawila - 2
• 9975 - CNR-1 Jammer - 4
• 9975 - Radio Free Asia - Uighur - Tinian - 2
• 9996 - RWM Time Signal Station - 5
• 10000 - BPM Time Signal Station - 3

Total: 65 stations at a time, most of them with a fair to good signal quality, received using a cheap world band portable receiver and random wire antenna

Conclusion: Shortwave is still alive and going strong!