A very enjoyable weekend, as always in Grayland, WA DX site using 3 700+' Beverage antennas aimed NW, W, and SW terminated on the Pacific Ocean. Receiver this time was my AOR 7030+ using ERGO 3 computer control software. Unlike other DXpeditions, conditions did not seem to favour any one area, as you can see by my loggings below. Thanks to John Bryant and Don Nelson for erecting the antennas before the arrival on Friday of myself and Nick Hall-Patch. Happy listening, and happy Canada Day to all Canadians, and an early Happy 4th of July to the Americans..........Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC Canada.
? 5080, 1358-, Russian 'names' station Jun 29 First time I've heard anything like this. Rather than numbers, ongoing lists of Russian names are read. Seems to originate from Russian Far East, as strongest on NW Beverage. Anyone else hear anything like this? Ended at 1405:45. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) AUSTRALIA 2325, 12:41-, ABC Northern Territory Jun 30 Good strong signal, with a program about religion (what do we do when we pray). Parallel 2485 was a bit weaker, and 2310 only poor. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) BOLIVIA 5952.45, 1058-, R.Pio Doce Jun 29 Fair reception with talk by male in Spanish. Lots of splatter. ?ID by YL at top of hour. Too weak to be sure of content. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) BOLIVIA 6155.07, 0246-, R.Fides Jun 29 Decent signal best on LSB to avoid a lot of splatter from upper side. Latin music without any announcements. Brief ID at 0301, but otherwise continuous music. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) BRAZIL 4914.96, 0320-, R.Difusora Jun 29 Nice jingle ID as Radio Difusora. Fair + signal in Portuguese. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) BRAZIL 11815, 0258-0300*, R.Brasil Central Jun 29 Beautifiul full ID at sign-off in Portuguese. Interesting propagation as 11815 best using SW Beverage, while stronger 4985 best using W Beverage. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) ECUADOR 4919, 0855-, R.Quito Jun 29 Fair reception with frequent IDs in Spanish. Talk by man and woman. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) LAOS 4662.28, 1208-, R.Houa Phan Jun 29 Weak talk, but equal to parallel 6130. This morning, 11:23 30/6 weak, but in the clear on 4662.24. A tentative logging. Difficult for me to tell this from a Vietnamese station. I'll check again at 1200 for //6130. Confirmed with Big Ben type gongs just before 12:00. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) LAOS 7145, 1325-, R.LAOS Jun 29 Relatively strong signal in French until just before 1330, then dead air until 1331 and ID as Lao National Radio, in English. Modulation must have diminished, because little heard after this. Lots of adjacent splatter. Following morming at 13:11 tune in, 30/6 French monotone by YL. About same strength as yesterday. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) MADAGASCAR 7310, 0330-, VOICE OF PEOPLE Jun 30 Fine signal tonight despite WHRI being back on the air. Crash start at 0330 with African music program. Must be a weekly Saturday night (UTC Sunday morning) program. About the best I've heard them except when 7315 off the air. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) MONGOLIA 12015, 1021-, VOICE OF MONGOLIA Jun 29 Good to very good signal with English program of Mongolian music with the same woman who's been presenting for years! Nice to hear them so well again!. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) MYANMAR 5985.80, 1427-, R.Myanmar Jun 29 Burmese vocals at fair level. More or less obliterated by splatter by 14:30 when English scheduled. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) NEW ZEALAND 9500, 1430-, Democratic Voice of Burma Jun 29 Excellent reception. Open carrier until 1430, when signed on in presumed Burmese, with many mentions of kHz. Best using LSB to avoid a bit of adjacent splatter. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) NORTH AMERICAN PIRATE 6925, 0512-, KRPS Jun 30 Tuned into this one with a monologue about marijuana's safety, economic benefits of hemp. About a S5 signal. Signed off about 0520 IDing as KRPS. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) NORTH AMERICAN PIRATE 6950, 0147-1650*, Voice of the Abnormal Jun 30 Very strong signal just booming in with very clean audio, and professional sounding programming. QSL information. Toke along with me. Send the right information to: POB 69, Elkhorn, NEBRASKA 68022, USA. Holy Smoke continued, with a Gregorian sounding chant for Cannabis. Then a song called The Perfect Dope. Followed by Ave Maria (with a pot slant?). Then What if God was one of us? What if God smoked cannabis. 0211, again requests and comments for upcoming shows. Elkhorn, address again. Unfortunately by the old clock, or wet roach, time is up. Until we meet again, the smoking herb is forever lit. Remain forever abnormal. Into a final song about pot. Immediately off at 0215 (I have exactly 30 minutes on the MD). No email address given unfortunately. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) NORTH AMERICAN PIRATE 6950, 0217-1650*, KIPM Jun 30 Immediately after completion of Voice of the Abnormal, about 90 seconds later, KIPM signed on (haven't heard him for a while), with a S9+10 signal. Usual sign-on 'Your selectors are locked, your channel are ?', then slow drawn out KIPM ID, with same Elkorn, Nebraska mail-drop. Welcome back! Allen Maxwell was once an AMA licensed physician (heard this one before). Went on to talk about a splenectomy. Went on until after 03:10 or so, then changed frequency to 6925 (Maxwell is predictable that way). Same strength and into same sign-on ID. When rechecked at 0432, Max had moved to 6955 with an ad I haven't heard before, and into the Star Spangled Banner. Please write to KIPM. 'We need more letters. What do you want me to do....'. ' We need every one of you to write now to KIPM.' He then proceeds to suck one of his eyeballs out with a vacuum. Has Maxwell totally lost it now? Now the other eye. Again, not my cup of tea. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1737, 12:50-, NDB aerobeacon KUT Jun 29 Fair reception with continuous slow CW K-U-T. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2410, 08:45-, R.Enga Jun 29-30 Noted with poor, but building strength on the 29th. I neglected to check on the 30th. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3204.98, 08:55-, R.Sandaun Jun 29-30 Radio West Sepik (Sandaun) good reception with Tok Pisin. Following morning, measured on 3204.96. Did not break for national news at 10:00. Non-stop island music, the a Johny Cash piece, and a gospel medley. Tok Pisin at 10:21, but no definite IDs noted. Time check for 20 past 8:00. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3220, 08:45-, R.Morobe Jun 29-30 Very good reception with IDs in Tok Pisin. Following day, monitored them from before 10:00 with 'Let me be there in the morning', then into the national news, but not until 10:01:45. Encountered a major problem with echos, which resolved after the relay ended. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3235, 09:25-, R.West New Britain Jun 29 I'm thrilled to see that many of the PNG stations have returned. Now's the time to moitor them again, as I suspect this is a temporary reversal of the general decline of SW broadcasting in PNG, owing to national elections. Tok Pisin, with many mentions of provincial elections, ballot boxes, provincial administrator William ?, and West New Britain heard numerous times. Good reception. Following morning heard after 0930 with religious hymn, 'Ballad of St John'. Full ID noted after the ballad. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3245, 08:45-, R.Gulf Jun 29-30 Fair to good reception with Tok Pisin about the 4th of July. Following day noted after 09:30 with much music and talk, but no definite ID. Best reception on LSB to avoid QRM. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3260, 09:30-, R.Madang Jun 30 No mention of this station on the 29th in my log, and specifically noted not on the air on the 30th after 09:30. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3275, 09:40-, R.Southern Highlands Jun 29-30 Fair reception with election talk, into local music. Poor to fair on the 30th. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3290, 09:42-, R.Central Jun 29-30 Poor signal due to heavy utility interference, but heard with Tok Pisin, into local music. Fair reception the following day after 09:30 with the hets eliminated by the notch filter. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3290, 0907-, R.Central Jun 29 Nice steady S7 to S9 signal with local guitar and vocals. Lower modulation woman in Tok Pisin at 0909. Other PNGs audible at this time: 2410 (poor), 3204.96 (Radio West Sepik good/vgd 1-12),. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3305, 09:45-, R.Western Jun 29-30 Poor reception with Tok Pisin on the 29th. The following day, heard at same time with country and western music at fair to good levels. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3315, 10:49-, R.Manus Jun 29-30 Not on the 29th, but back on the 30th. National news at 09:00, and also heard at 10:49 at good to very good level with C&W music, Tok Pisin with mentions of transparency, and accountability. Interviewed Vanuatu's PM, Mr Edward ?. LSB found to be best to avoid QRM. At 10:53 there was a conch shell call, followed by information about an Australian website cocerning the colonial legacy. Local time check, and into western music. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3325, 2129-, R.North Solomons (Radio Bougainville) Jun 29-30 Not heard on the 29th, but logged after 09:30 with fair reception with some cochannel interference. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3335, 09:30-, R.East Sepik Jun 29-30 Not on the air on the 29th, nor the 30th. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3345, 09:00-, R.Northern Jun 29-30 NOT heard either day. My notes have no reference to this station, so not sure if the transmitter still exists or not. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3355, 09:50-, R.Simbu Jun 29-30 Strong signal but with muddy audio with talk, and into western music after open carrier for some time. Following morning, again very strong with religious talk re Sarah and Abraham, and mentions of Christian radio, thank you, Mondai, Number 1 asking in Tok Pisin. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3365, 09:45-, R.Milne Bay Jun 29-30 Not heard on the 29th, and only came across a weak het on the 30th, so I'm not sure about this one. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3375, 09:50-, R.Western Highlands Jun 29-30 Good reception 29/6. Same time on the 30th with Tok Pisin, mentioning private enterprise, education, white man, Great Britain number one. ID at 10:43. National news at 09:01:40 on the 30th, with switch to local program at 09:14. Fair to good. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3385, 10:09-, R.East New Britain Jun 29-30 Heard on both days. After the national news relay, reverted to local programming at 10:11 answering a call from the field from a correspondent. 'Hello. We have you loud and clear. Count number 12 ballot box....' The language did not sound Tok Pisin, but rather more likely one of the many indiginous languages. Reception was very good, but utterly boring with the counts of each ballot box. Apparently (thanks for the information from Don Nelson), there has been major concern re ballot rigging, due to past fraudulent results, and so major care was undertaken to prevent this, this time around. Continued with this same format past 13:11, long after the other stations had signed off (or faded out). This same count by the box continued the following day with some utility interference. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3395, 09:00-, R.Eastern Highlands Jun 30 No mentions in my logbook for the 29th, and definitely not on the air on the 30th. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3905, 10:00-, R.New Ireland Jun 29-30 Very nice to see this station back. Beautiful signal with full ID and time check for 8:00 in Tok Pisin. Following day heard at 09:30 with just minor ham QRN. Local ID, and then a public service annoucement for AIDS: 'Use condoms all the time'. A Scottish piece followed. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4890, 09:30-, NBC Port Moresby Jun 29-30 Usual superb reception on both mornings. Heard well past 12:00. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PERU 4746.85, 1027-, R.Huanta 2000 Jun 30 Spanish programming at weak levels, presumed to be this one. EZL and Andean music, and talk. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) PERU 4826.45, 1033-, R.Sicuani Jun 30 Weak audio in Spanish. Again a presumed logging, with two men talking. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) RUSSIA 11840, 0850-, Radio Sakhalin Jun 30 Local ID in Russian, then into American C&W song, Lone Star. Very good. Presume this hour has local programming. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) RUSSIA 17735, 0458-, R.EZRA Jun 30 Final broadcast in the present series, with usual transmitter tones, and into programming at TOH. 0504 time check, ID, and mention of program to WCNA. Good with mild fades. Latter, reception becoming more difficult with only a S3 to S5 signal. At the end of transmission, mentions he'd like to come back and broadcast perhaps to Africa. Unfortunately the late hour for the west coast causes reception to be highly variable, from excellent to poor. I found the 2330 transmission much more dependable. Thanks John for your efforts. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) SOUTH AFRICA 7235, 0400-, ADVENTIST WORLD R. Jun 29 Incredibly strong signal in African accented English and into religous music. Track1-7. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) TANZANIA 5050.1, 0356-, R.Tanzania Jun 29 Poor to fair reception of this African, with local music, and talk in local language. Generally a lot of noise tonight. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) TIBET 4905, 1231-, Tibet Peoples BS Jun 29 Good reception of Lhasa in either Chinese or Tibetan presumably. Parallels noted 4920, 5240, and 6200 (all weaker). Rechecked at 12:55 with even better signal, to hear Cuban music! Short talk by male, then more traditional Chinese music. Just before top of hour announcement by YL and into rather martial sounding NA. Followed by further talk by YL and OM. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) UZBEKISTAN 17775, 1340-, R.TASHKENT Jun 29 Good reception from Radio Tashkent in English about economic matters. Other parallels not heard today. Long lists of contact addresses, email, phone numbers! I suspect these are business contacts, rather than for Radio Tashkent. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada) Your use of Yahoo! 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