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1071 JAPAN JOMW Obihiro, Hokkaido , Oct 15 1140 - Was trying for NHK1, JOFK, Hiroshima and stumbled on yet another repeater station for Sapporo TV, JOWF-1440. Here with pops and talk show at fair level. New station for me. (Bryant-WA) 1071 JAPAN JOFK NHK1 Hiroshima , Oct 16 1338 - After the basu baru coverage, heard a typical weekend entertainment program, featuring a Japanese classical flamenco guitarist. Sometimes this signal was at very good level and sometimes it was over/under co-channel JOWM from Hokkaido. Very pleased as both stations are new to me. (Bryant-WA) 1071 JAPAN Obihiro, JOWM. 1256 16 Oct. Likely a JJ baseball game //1440. Lots of splash nil-poor. (NHP-WA) 1089 CHINA but don't know who, 1322 10/15. (Hutton) 1089 SOUTH KOREA HLCH Chungju seemingly // one of the stations mixing on 1044 at 1320 10/15. I'm not 100% convinced yet - gotta listen to the tapes again. (Hutton) 1089 JAPAN JOHB, 1433 10/16 Italian lessons //774, mixing w/Chinese music station (bp) 1098 MARSHALL ISLANDS, Majuro, 1038 10/16 huge signal, island music, woman in local language (bp) 1098 MARSHALL ISLANDS R. Marshalls V7AB Majuro, Oct 15 0937 - Nice island music at tune-in, but frequent fades. Woman in probable Marshallese language 0940, then fading again. Female announcer with 'V7AB' ID at 0944:20. The ID is 11 seconds into this recording: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/R_Marshalls_1098_ID.mp3 . Occasional fades to good level. On Oct 16, Marshalls faded up to a fair-good level at 1013 with female talk in Marshallese and island music choruses. Noted Oct 17 at 0918 with island music choruses and Marshallese announcer. Fair to good, but took a quick dive into the noise at 0920. Back up at 1026 with Black Gospel or R&B vocal music; female announcer 1029, and into soft music. Marshalls must have signed-off during a fade, as it disappeared by 1035. (Atkins-WA) 1098 JAPAN JOFN HBC Imagane , Oct 16 1409 - This noted at poor level with entertainment program (pops/talk) . Was clearly parallel to HBC key station JOHR, Sapporo. Only 100 watts. (Bryant-WA) 1098 MARSHALL ISLANDS (t) Marshalls (t). 1026 16 Oct. Island chanting; fair. (NHP-WA) 1098 MARSHALL ISLANDS 0923-, V7AB Oct 17 Nice ID given by same YL announcer I've heard the past few mornings with a good fade up after an EZL south pacific selection. V7AB clearly heard and then immediately into another selection (same style but a religious hymn). Went past their sked close down of 1030. Heard to at least 1035. Gone shortly thereafter when rechecked. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 1098 MARSHALL ISLANDS V7AD Majuro here as usual 1058 10/15 with mx. Not particularly strong but omnipresent. (Hutton) 1098 CHINA but unid 1510 to 1523 10/15 fair in CC. not a clue which. (Hutton) 1098 JAPAN JOFN Kitahiyama unknown power 1553 10/16 up just enough as the last of the sunrise DX disappeared. Got a clear parallel against 1287 to log another new one. Can't be running much power, but there is no power listed in Portzer's Pacific Asian Log. (Hutton) 1107 UNIDS 1358 10/16, weak jumble of audios, mix of pips & chimes 1400 (bp) 1107 JAPAN JOCF Kagoshima, Oct 17 1238 - Poor-fair level at tune-in, parallel to 1062 (but didn't find 1449 parallel). Japanese talk by male. (Atkins-WA) 1107 JAPAN Kanazawa, JOMR. 1433 16 Oct. ballad //1440; way under another JJ; poor. (NHP-WA) 1107 UNIDS 1327 10/17 fair to good with jazz music and talk mixing with semi-classical music. Parallel to 1062 which is weird - there's a 100 watt repeater of JOCF-1107 on 1062 but I am not going to believe that's what it was. (Hutton) 1116 AUSTRALIA 4BC Talkradio 1116, Oct 16 1120 - Male announcer taking phone calls from listeners, discussing family, how long in the country of Australia, etc. Presumed, as 4BC is the usual talk radio 'blowtorch' on 1116, according to Chuck Hutton. Good signal on peaks. (Atkins-WA) 1116 AUSTRALIA 1204-, 4BC Oct 16 Nice sudden fade up with Radio 1116 and 4BC ID after weather, and into a light variety show with bantering between a YL and OM. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 1116 AUSTRALIA Brisbane, 4BC, 0945 10/16, nice w/teletalk & local ads. Same thing 1044 10/17 (bp) 1116 JAPAN 1337 10/16, classical music & Japanese talk fair-nil, presume RNB (bp) 1125 JAPAN NHK2, 1459 10/17, Japanese talk, ...- pips, local ID lost under a blast of CKWX splatter, then National Anthem & music box IS (bp) 1125 CHINA 1509 10/17, 2 Chinese stations battling, one had echo chamber announcement 1512, then ad(?) using opening from Beethoven's 5th, 0814 had one with Star Wars theme (bp) 1125 JAPAN JOAD Okinawa NHK2, Oct 16 1326 - Likely this stronger NHK2 outlet on 1125 with march music, and male and female announcers with English lessons ('The power outage paralyzed the railway network; I made a mad dash for the train but the door closed in my face!'), parallel 774 Akita. (Atkins-WA) 1125 CHINA (t) to good+ level briefly with talk that sounded Chinese 1421 10/17 but not ID'ed. (Hutton) 1134 JAPAN JOQR Tokyo, Oct 15 1333 - Good level with romantic Japanese pop music, female announcer in Japanese. Mixing with possible KBS Liberty 1 station playing orchestral music & male vocals in Korean. JOQR still barreling in with fair-good audio at 1710, 2-1/2+ hrs. past local sunrise, with Korean in background at 1640. I left a hard drive recorder running on 1133.5 kHz to catch the final disappearance of carrier-- it didn't drop completely until 12 noon local time, which is 1900 UTC, 4-1/2 hours past sunrise! On Oct 16, heard JOQR again with fair-good audio at 1141. (Atkins-WA) 1134 JAPAN JOQR Tokyo , Oct 15 0930 - Heard with typical classical Japanese programming throughout the DXpedition, sometimes at excellent level. (Bryant-WA) 1134 SOUTH KOREA Kimpo, KBS Social Education . 1122 15 Oct. Fair w/woman in KK //972 followed by mx; trading places w/JJ talk. (NHP-WA) 1134 JAPAN Tokyo, JOQR. 1633 15 Oct. Japan & S. Korea mixing it up; JJ woman still there at 1657 w/fair strength. (NHP-WA) 1134 SOUTH KOREA 1624-, KBS 1 Social Education network Oct 16 Great reception // to 972 usually over JOQR Tokyo cochannel with Korean talk, non-stop. This is at 9:30 local, at least 2 hours after local sunrise!. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 1134 SOUTH KOREA, 1437 10/16 dominant w/KK talk //972, Japan in background (bp) 1143 TAIWAN Baisha, BEL3. 1357 15 Oct. Woman talking //738. (NHP-WA) 1143 TAIWAN BEL3 1016 10/17 poor but parallel 738 and 1593. (Hutton) 1152 JAPAN JOUB Akita NHK2, Oct 15 1340 - English lessons at tune-in: 'Are you sure you've never played golf before?' and 'Your slice is wicked!'. Noted parallel to 774. Good level on peaks. (Atkins-WA) 1152 JAPAN NHK2 Synchros , Oct 15 0935 - Noted at Fair level, //774. (Bryant-WA) 1170 REP. OF (SOUTH) KOREA HLSR KBS Gimje , Oct 16 1446 - Noted in passing with a HUGE signal. KK talk by men. (Bryant-WA) 1170 SOUTH KOREA Gimje, HLSR. 1146 15 Oct. //5975 in RR, woman. (NHP-WA) 1170 SOUTH KOREA, 1437 10/16 dominant w/KK talk //972/1134, way atop domestics. LOUD 1542 w/rap music(!) //972, only slightly weaker than locals KXRO & KWOK, stronger than local KBKW (bp) 1179 JAPAN JOOR Osaka, Oct 16 1014 - Male and female announcers in Japanese, replacing Vanuatu on the frequency. Fair level. Heard again Oct 16 with a fair-good signal of Japanese talk. (Atkins-WA) 1179 VANUATU R. Vanuatu, Oct 16 1002 - Very tough copy of man with speech or political talk, parallel to 7260. Into island music with chorus 1005. Weak, and barely identifiable through the shortwave parallel. At 1012, presumed JOOR Osaka was starting to fade up on the frequency. (Atkins-WA) 1179 JAPAN JOOR Osaka , Oct 15 0933 - Heard at good level with JJ popular tunes and talk. (Bryant-WA) 1179 JAPAN Osaka, JOOR. 1157 15 Oct. JJ talk by woman, mx interlude //1287. (NHP-WA) 1188 RUSSIA FEBC Khabarovsk, Oct 15 1349 - While trying to ID a Chinese lang. station on 1188, another station rose up with 'A Mighty Fortress is Our God' hymn, followed by another hymn. Presumed, but FEBC is the usual occ upant of 1188 with Christian programming. No announcer heard before the inevitable fade. (Atkins-WA) 1188 SOUTH KOREA, Seoul, 1367 10/17 FEBC probably the one with Chinese religious program in KEX splatter (bp) 1197 JAPAN 1237 10/16, 2 stations in Japanese, pop music on top, talk in background //1440 (bp) 1197 JAPAN JOWL Ashikawa, Hokkaido , Oct 15 1145 - Noted here all three mornings of DXpedition, sometimes at good level. Repeater for 1440 JOWF. (Bryant-WA) 1197 JAPAN Mito, JOYF. 1150 15 Oct. JJ talk //1440, fair to good; noted many other times as well. (NHP-WA) 1197 JAPAN 1622-, JOWL, STV Sapporo Oct 16 Fair to good reception at 0922 local! with Japanese talk, in parallel to JOWF 1440. Great signal for 3 kw!. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 1205.98 CHINA Yanbian RGD, Oct 16 1146 - Presumed, with Korean talk at 1146. This has been noted off-frequency before. Fair level on peaks. Also heard Oct 17 at 1217 with a strong level of Korean language. (Atkins-WA) 1205.98 CHINA Yanji, Yanbian RGD. 1218 15 Oct. Likely this w/KK talk by man; often at good level. (NHP-WA) 1206 CHINA CNR Korean Service Yanji , Oct 15 0938 - Noted here throughout the DXpedition, usually at moderate level. Korean lang. only. (Bryant-WA) 1206 CHINA Yanbian, 1141 10/17 Korean talk strong. Strong w/folk melody 1305 (bp) 1215 CHINA CNR 7, Oct 15 1210 - Probably this with definite commercial sound; mentions of 'Coca Cola' and 'radio' by male and female announcers in Chinese; CC pop music. Not CNR 2, as SW parallels were not parallel 1215. Tuned back to 1215 at 1255, and heard mentions of 'Guangdong' region at 1259:26, and a deep-voiced, pitch-lowered 'Enjoy the radio...' announcement or promo by male in English. Fair at tune-in, but very good by 1255. On Oct 16, CNR7 in again with Chinese pop music and talk. (Atkins-WA) 1215 CHINA CNR 7, Guangdong Province , Oct 15 1157 - This station serves the New Economic Zone of Shenzen, as well as Canton, Hongkong and Macao and is a very 'with-it' western-style station with commercials, etc. The long ID at 1200 UTC contained quite a few EE words, including 'AM' an 'FM' along with 'WWW' etc. Heard sporadically throughout DXpedition, somtimes at moderate levels. (Bryant-WA) 1215 CHINA Guangdong, CNR7. 1210 15 Oct. Commercial CC pop mx, sounders etc; "Voice of Old China" sounds more like "new commercial Asia". (NHP-WA) 1215 CHINA CNR7, 1140 10/16 man & woman in Chinese. Strong w/pop music, mand & woman in Chinese (bp) 1224 JAPAN Kanazawa, JOJK. 1425 16 Oct. Man talking JJ //594 nil-fair (NHP-WA) 1242 JAPAN JOLF Tokyo , Oct 15 1220 - Noted in passing with JJ pops show at good level. Heard all three AMs of DXpedition. (Bryant-WA) 1251 CHINA (t) Chinese Unid , Oct 15 1255 - Woman talking in standard CC continuously until 1259, then one minute of open air followed by 4+1 CNR time pips. Was unable to find a SW //. Qinghai??. (Bryant-WA) 1251 RUSSIA Ussuriysk, VoR. 1241 15 Oct. Tentatively this /w/CC talk by man, but no //6145; 7305 had CC but was not //1251. No ID at 1500. Noted many other times, but no success with parallels. (NHP-WA) 1251 CHINA 1045 10/17 unknown station w/Chinese talk, fair 1100 w/man & woman talking, pips in background possibly from another station, then talk using Mexican Hat Dance as background(!). Woman spoke across ToH 1200 (pips in background), then traditional Chinese music, a second Chinese station in background (bp) 1278 JAPAN 1439 10/16 fair-good //1287 (bp) 1278 JAPAN JOFR Fukuoka , Oct 15 1222 - Noted in passing with JJ pops show. Fair to poor level. (Bryant-WA) 1287 JAPAN JOHR Hokkaido Hoso, HBC, Oct 15 1408 - Male and female talk, parallel to 1368. Excellent signal. Still in with fair-good audio at 1650. (Atkins-WA) 1287 JAPAN JOHR Sapporo , Oct 15 0940 - Noted here throughout the DXpedition. Sometimes at spectacular levels. The usual informal JJ talk and pop tunes. (Bryant-WA) 1287 JAPAN (t) Sapporo, JOHR. 1134 15 Oct. JJ talk by woman; by 1136 there was an internet address given by man as part of an ad? . (NHP-WA) 1296 JAPAN 1519 10/16, phone talk //594 fair-good (bp) 1305 SOUTH KOREA, 1620 10/16, audible most of the night, still there //3930. Teletalk //3930 1234 10/17 (bp) 1305 SOUTH KOREA HLSV, Uijin , Oct 15 0949 - Good at times in KK throughout the morning. (Bryant-WA) 1305 SOUTH KOREA Uljin, HLSV. 1638 16 Oct. Briefly fair w/KK talk by man //3930; poor-fair. (NHP-WA) 1322.9 CHINA Govorit Pekin , Oct 15 1356 - China's FS in Russian noted here all three mornings of DXpedition. Was on channel on 10/16 & 10/17. Was // to 963Khz. (Bryant-WA) 1322.9 CHINA CRI. 1407 15 Oct. Woman in RR //963. (NHP-WA) 1323 CHINA CRI, 1556 10/16, strong ending Russian program, then Chinese music o/loud growl. Loud in Russian 1111 10/17 o/unid talk (bp) 1332 AUSTRALIA 0938 10/16 unid oldies music & ad in Aussie English. Probably unneeded 4BU (bp) 1332 JAPAN 1234 10/16, good w/ads & Tokai Radio ID (bp) 1332 JAPAN JOSF Nagoya, Oct 15 1105 - Hoping for Philippines here, but language turned out to be Japanese. Most likely JOSF at 50 kw, as the other JJ on frequency is only 0.1 kw. Fair-good at peaks. Still hanging in with poor-fair audio at 1651. (Atkins-WA) 1332 JAPAN JOSF Nagoya , Oct 15 1106 - Noted in passing with a pop music show. Good throughout the night. (Bryant-WA) 1359 CHINA CNR1 Unkn. Loc. , Oct 15 1450 - Heard here with general CC talk programming. // 5030, but with a distinct satellite delay. Generally fair level only. At Top of Hour, there were clear mentions of 'WWW dot' followed by a URL in standard CC and 'e-mail' also followed by an address in standard Chinese. That sure sounded strangely satisfying to this old Cold Warrior. (Bryant-WA) 1359 CHINA CNR1. 1514 15 Oct. Woman in CC //5030, then man, o/u splash. (NHP-WA) 1359 CHINA CNR1, 1506 10/16 poor in splat //6030 (bp) 1368 JAPAN NHK1, 1233 10/16, fair //594 (bp) 1368 JAPAN 1455 10/16 piano music //594 o/u unid talk (bp) 1368 JAPAN 1555 10/16 2 stations still audible, woman //594 NHK, ads //1287 (bp) 1377 CHINA CNR1 , Oct 15 1310 - Heard here at good level swamping the NHK2 signal. Man talking continuously. // to 5040. Heard also late on 17th. Refer to 1593//828 log.(Bryant-WA) 1377 JAPAN NHK2 Synchros , Oct 16 1249 - Heard here intermittently throughout the DXpedition. Sometimes at very good levels. (Bryant-WA) 1377 CHINA CNR1. 1323 15 Oct. CNR1 //6030 two men in CC slightly delayed from 6030. (NHP-WA) 1377 JAPAN 1402 10/16, English news //1386 fair (bp) 1386 JAPAN NHK2, 1232 10/16 Japanese talk good (bp) 1386 JAPAN Unidentified NHK2, Oct 16 1238 - Female announcer speaking in Japanese, parallel to 747, 774, and 828. Good level. One of four possible 10-kw NHK2 stations on 1386. At 1641 retune, I caught the music box sign-off music for NHK2 stations at a fair level. (Atkins-WA) 1386 JAPAN NHK2 Synchros , Oct 16 1250 - Heard here intermittently throughout the DXpedition. Sometimes at very good levels. (Bryant-WA) 1386 TAIWAN Hsinchu, BED87. 1430 15 Oct. Musical interlude then more EE lessons //1539; mixing w/NHK2. (NHP-WA) 1386 JAPAN NHK2 synchros. 1640 16 Oct. s/off w/anthem and music box, pretty poor in splash, but amazing so late; several 10 kw to choose from. (NHP-WA) 1386 JAPAN 1640-, NHK 2 Oct 16 4 10kw stations to choose from with their sign-off procedures. Unfortunately, the initial speech portion was in the mud, then faded up nicely for the music box ending. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 1395 CHINA (t) seemingly CC at 1150 on 10/15, a good China morning. 5 low and 1 high pips on the the hour, nut I was not able to pull an ID as the signal was poor and the slop was not. (Hutton) 1404 JAPAN JOQL HBC Kushiro, Hokkaido , Oct 16 1400 - This noted at good level with multiple IDs as 'HBC' at TOH. Was clearly parallel to HBC key station JOHR, Sapporo. (Bryant-WA) 1404 JAPAN JOQL Kushiro fair 1348 10/16 in a mix, parallel 1287 making for an easy ID. (Hutton) 1413 JAPAN JOIF Fukuoka KBC, Oct 16 1243 - Tentative, with Japanese sports (baseball?), possibly parallel a very weak Japanese station on 1485. Also possibly parallel the NHK1 baseball game on 594. Poor level. (Atkins-WA) 1413 JAPAN JOIF Fukuoka , Oct 15 1235 - Heard here at poor level with JJ discussion by ladies. (Bryant-WA) 1413 JAPAN Fukuoka, JOIF. 1336 15 Oct. Man and woman in JJ // 1197 which was excellent. (Allnight Nippon program) (NHP-WA) 1413 JAPAN Fukuoka, JOIF. 1501 16 Oct. Woman and man in JJ //1440; nil-fair. (NHP-WA) 1413 UNID 0958 10/16 fair-poor unusual female vocal, sounded middle eastern, possibly the Aussie SBS station (bp) 1422 JAPAN JORF Yokohama , Oct 15 1012 - Heard with JJ talk here at fair level underneath an unid off-channel signal on 1422.1. (Bryant-WA) 1422 JAPAN Yokohama, JORF. 1400 16 Oct. JJ talk by man leading to a single tone on hour, can't dig out an ID; poor-good. (NHP-WA) 1440 JAPAN JOWF STV Sapporo , Oct 16 1257 - Noted here with Japanese sporting event (basu baru?) at good level. This formerly exotic logging was pretty much available at will throughout the DXpedition. (Bryant-WA) 1440 JAPAN Sapporo, JOWF 1231 10/16, Japanese talk dominant. Way atop freq 1330 10/16 w/STV Radio ID Still dominant 1602 (bp) 1440 JAPAN Sapporo, JOWF. 1148 15 Oct. JJ talk by man and woman; dominant. (NHP-WA) 1449 JAPAN JOQM HBC Abashiri , Oct 16 1407 - This noted at fair level with pops and talk program similar to 'All-Night Nippon.' Was clearly parallel to HBC key station JOHR, Sapporo. (Bryant-WA) 1449 JAPAN JOQM Abishiri poor 1412 10/16 but I just punched 1287 into VFO B and voila, a parallel for an easy ID. (Hutton) 1458 CHINA Nei Menggu, 1412 10/17, Mongolian talk //4785 fair. Very good at 1527 recheck, stronger than 4785 SW! (bp) 1458 CHINA Nei Menggu RGD Baotou? , Oct 17 1452 - Noted here with mixed programming of music and talk at fair level // 4785 kHz. (Bryant-WA) 1458 CHINA Inner Mongolia, Nei Menggu fair 1414 10/17 pleasantly on top and quite easily parallel 4785 for a surprise log. Thanks to Bruce Portzer for checking the SW parallel after noting an unid language here. (Hutton) 1475 MALAYSIA (EASTERN) RTM Kota Kinabalu , Oct 16 1301 - This propaganda station in Tagalog noted here in audio only briefly at fair to good level. Remains off-channel. (Bryant-WA) 1475 MALAYSIA Kota Kinabalu, RTM . 1236 16 Oct. Just a beefy carrier; at 1301, noted singing and woman in Tagalog . (NHP-WA) 1494 UNID mix of two stns 1243 10/15, one seemed Japanese and the other I can not be sure about. A tough channel that rarely yields audio at Grayland. (Hutton) 1494 CHINA (t) woman in seeming CC but without hearing the standard "guangbo dientai" ID I am lost and helpless. 1253 10/15. (Hutton) 1494 UNIDS two in a weak mix 1418 10/16, one of which may have been // 1287 but was just too weak to even imagine being sure. (Hutton) 1494 JAPAN 1442 10/16 fair in KWOK splat //1350/1287, then faded under someone w/Eagles song (bp) 1503 MICRONESIA Kosrae, 0921 10/17 loud w/chorale island music (bp) 1503 MICRONESIA V6AJ Kosrae, Oct 17 0913 - Fair signal of island music at 0913; male announcer in island language 0926. Island choral music at 1040 retune, but unfortunately the signal faded for good before the 1100 sign-off time. Last August at Grayland I was able to catch a V6AJ callsign at 1100* sign-off. (Atkins-WA) 1503 JAPAN NHK2 Synchros , Oct 15 0955 - These were the usual, but not only, dominant throughout the DXpedition. Usually at fair level. //774, etc. (Bryant-WA) 1503 JAPAN Akita, JOUK. 1355 16 Oct. Fast talking JJ man //594 nil-good (NHP-WA) 1503 MICRONESIA (t) Kosrae, V6AJ. 1022 17 Oct. Woman in unID language after island mx nil-fair (NHP-WA) 1503 MICRONESIA 1044-, V6AJ Voice of Kosrae Oct 17 Sudden fade up to good levels with islands music. Very enjoyable early Sunday listening. Weak Korean or Japanese cochannel just audible, but V6AJ dominates nicely. No luck on the other Micronesian on 1449 yet. Faded away by 10:50. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 1503 MICRONESIA 0917 10/17 good mx for a while. (Hutton) 1521 JAPAN NHK2 synchros. 1455 15 Oct. Woman in JJ, followed by stringed mx //774. (NHP-WA) 1521 JAPAN NHK2 synchros. 1328 16 Oct. Lively light opera mx poor-fair (NHP-WA) 1521 JAPAN various NHK2 stations fair-poor the big guy on 774 1330 10/16. (Hutton) 1521 JAPAN NHK2, 1326 10/16 classical music fair in splatter //774/1152 (bp) 1530 unID. 1545 16 Oct. Woman talking JJ, under somewhat phased KFBK poor-fair (NHP-WA) 1530 CHINA unid 1537 10/16 way under KFBK but clearly Chinese. (Hutton) 1539 TAIWAN BCC Information Network, Tainan, Oct 15 1420 - English lessons, with discussion and comments on the subject of mortgages and home buying, by man and woman announcers. Into Chinese language 1424 and music in the background. 'Worship Jesus Now' hymn 1426. Noted parallel frequencies of 1062, 1386 and 1467 with discussion about computers in schools and education by two men in English. Warnings about emails and spam 1438. Good level when not in a deep fade. (Atkins-WA) 1539 TAIWAN Tainan, BED78. 1420 15 Oct. EE lessons on buying a house, interspersed w/CC. (NHP-WA) 1539 TAIWAN (t) an English discussion program (not the NHK2 style language lesson) and I seem to recall that Taiwan is known to carry EE. 1444 10/15. (Hutton) 1548 AUSTRALIA 4QD Emerald , Oct 16 1302 - ABC Hourly News heard here at fair level only. (Bryant-WA) 1557 CHINA-TAIWAN WYFR Family Radio, Kouhu , Oct 15 1015 - Noted here at moderate levels throughout the night, with CC Christian programming. (Bryant-WA) 1557 TAIWAN 1528 10/17, WYFR probably the one w/religion in American English (bp) 1557 TAIWAN Kohou, WYFR. 1339 17 Oct. Seemed to be a CC broadcast, with vocal mx, but not //WYFR Mandarin broadcasts on SW 7250. 1512 16 Oct had slow EE religious discussion, not able to find //. 6280 was EE but not this. (NHP-WA) 1557 AUSTRALIA 2SM Taree one of only a few DU's and it was in only because WYFR Taiwan was not in yet, 1004 10/16. Had 2SM's country music show. (Hutton) 1566 SOUTH KOREA HLAZ Cheju, Oct 15 1239 - Excellent signal with presumed sermon in Japanese. Background audience sounds, etc. Beautiful Chinese language signal at 1500 retune, listenable in wide bandwidth S-AM mode. (Atkins-WA) 1566 SOUTH KOREA HLAZ Cheju Island , Oct 15 1016 - Heard at studio quality S-9+30 during peak times and always at an excellent level. Christian FEBC programming in various Asian langs. (Bryant-WA) 1566 SOUTH KOREA Cheju Island, HLAZ. 1636 15 Oct. Back after its pattern change at 1630, fair signal, vocal mx. (NHP-WA) 1566 SOUTH KOREA, Cheju, HLAZ, 1225 10/17, quite loud 35db/S9, in Japanese (bp) 1566 SOUTH KOREA HLAZ Cheju 1422 10/15 xlnt as usual and just for fun I was messing around with the wide filters (6 kHz) in the Drake. Didn't matter - there still was no interference and the signal was still awesome. (Hutton) 1575 JAPAN Unidentified American Forces Network Station, Oct 16 1530 - Heavy rock music, very strong at times, over/under VOA Bangkok's News in Special English. VOA dominated 1532-1535, then the music station began to strengthen again to challenge Thailand. (Atkins-WA) 1575 THAILAND VOA Ayutthaya, Oct 15 1242 - Noted this regular in passing, with powerful signal in possible Vietnamese. At 1505 retune, noted news in special English by male announcer. On Oct 17, VOA 'News Now' in English was heard at a good level at 1202, and at 1400 with 'VOA' ID and mentions of UN Secretary General Kofi Anan in Vietnamese or other language. (Atkins-WA) 1575 THAILAND VOA Ayuthaya , Oct 15 1017 - Heard throughout the DXpedition, often at good to excellent level, with usual VOA Asian programming. News in Special EE was particularly interesting... and how DO you explain the US presidential race, anyway???. (Bryant-WA) 1575 JAPAN AFN Japan Misawa (pres.) , Oct 16 1504 - Almost certainly this 800 watter with EE pops records and EE PSAs, over/under VOA Thailand. This one at northern tip of Honshu most likely rather than 200 watter at Sasebo Navy Base in southern Japan. First time for me to hear the network that was my life-line when we lived near Tokyo 25 years ago. (Bryant-WA) 1575 THAILAND Ban Phachi, VOA. 1259 16 Oct. "welcome to Voice of America special English; good-fair. (NHP-WA) 1575 unID. 1532 16 Oct. Rock mx o/VoA, possibly AFN synchros in Japan; fair. (NHP-WA) 1575 JAPAN 1537-, AFN Oct 16 Great clash between VOA Thailand (at 1000 kw) with news in special English and AFN Japan with 3 stations listed at 250, 600 and 1000 watts. The latter (presumed) had non-stop rock music, occasionally coming up to very decent levels. At 15:40 there was some talk, but not at a level that I could be certain of the contents. I thought that I had heard an AFN ID at 15:30. Will need to check the MD. At 15:42 there was definitely English noted under VOA. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 1575 THAILAND VOA, 1501 10/16 VOA News Now in English good o/another station in American English (probably AFN). News Now good 1218 w/talk about HIV (bp) 1575 JAPAN AFN (tentative), 1107 10/17 R&B music atop freq (bp) 1575 THAILAND 1200-, VOA Oct 17 Strong reception with VOA news now program. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 1575 JAPAN AFN stations (3 at 1 kw each) apparently the source of English 1440 10/15 with ads for Microsoft products (Word 2003, etc). (Hutton) 1584.02 unID. 1505 15 Oct. Possible Palau w/ pop mx. (NHP-WA) 1584 PALAU (assumed) with fair pop mx 1430 10/15. Songs almost always lead right into the next song and the songs are a mix of US r&b, reggae standards, an Oriental pop song, and ??? (Hutton) 1584 CHINA unid sometimes rising up out of the growl on the channel 1432 10/15. (Hutton) 1584 CHINA 1105 10/17 Chinese talk fair atop channel (bp) 1584 JAPAN NHK1 big handful of 100 watt stations nicely parallel 594 1429 10/16. If only I could get a local ID. (Hutton) 1584 CHINA but unid 1557 10/16 with Chinese-ish classical mx, pips and ID at top of the hour but I can't make it out. (Hutton) 1593 CHINA CNR1, Oct 15 1540 - Chinese opera music heard here, and parallel to 6030. Fair to good signal level. (Atkins-WA) 1593 CHINA CNR1 Heilongjiang?, Oct 17 1420 - Dreamy, Chinese orchestral music on vibra harp parallel to 1134, 5030 and 6030, in place of the possible Russian language station heard on 1593 earlier in the evening. Fair level, but reception made tougher by unid. Japanese station on the frequency. (Atkins-WA) 1593 RUSSIA Russkoe Radio, Angarsk, Oct 17 1320 - Very tentative, with poss. Russian language beneath NHK2 Japanese (JOTB/JOQB). The Russian male speaker occasionally challenged the Japanese station for strongest on the frequency, but mostly it lurked in the background. (Atkins-WA) 1593 JAPAN NHK2 Synchros , Oct 16 1251 - Heard here intermittentantly throughout the DXpedition. Sometimes at very good levels. (Bryant-WA) 1593 CHINA CNR1 , Oct 15 1315 - Heard swamping usual dominant NHK2 Synchros with CC talk. // 5040. (Bryant-WA) 1593 CHINA CNR1 , Oct 17 1420 - This surfaced from the 1593 furball, clearly //5060 and 6030. Later, after NHK2 sign-off at 1500, this noted //CNR1 1377 and, until 1510, //828 (probable Beijing News Station.) All at fair level only. (Bryant-WA) 1593 RUSSIA Russkoe Radio Angarsk (t) , Oct 17 1317 - Three signals were present on 1593: the NHK2 synchros, CNR1 and what sounded clearly RR which dominated for several minutes 1315-1320. The only relevant PAL listing is Angarsk. Tentative this at fair level. (Bryant-WA) 1593 CHINA CNR1. 1324 15 Oct. //6030 w/two men in CC, slightly delayed from 6030. (NHP-WA) 1593 TAIWAN 1016 10/17 poor but parallel 738 and 1143, only 1 kw! (Hutton) 1593 CHINA CNR1, 1208 10/16 Chinese talk o/Japan (bp) 1593 JAPAN NHK2, 1319 10/16, weather, local ID I think for JOQB (need to replay minidisc) (bp) 1602 JAPAN NHK2 synchros. 1404 15 Oct. Woman in EE nx //774. (NHP-WA) 1602 JAPAN NHK, 1229 10/16 Japanese talk //1593 (bp) 1611 AUSTRALIA 1014 10/16 pop music, "Radio 2" ID fair-poor (bp) 1611 unID. 1128 16 Oct. Light pop mx, poor in murk; no ID across the hour. Carriers also noted 1629 1665 1683.3 1701.1 (NHP-WA) SHORTWAVE 2959.95 INDONESIA 1317-, RPDT Manggarai Oct 16 Powerful signal at times, but with deep fading as we approach local dawn. Some Western music, and a fair amount of dead air between selections. Brief talk. I did hear 'Makassar' earlier, but no IDs as yet. Guy Atkins and I tried for about 2 hours in July, never to hear an ID, but reception is much better today. Long monologues by the same OM, with brief musical interludes. At 1350, I noted the same Indonesian vocal on 4790 RRI Fak Fak, as here, but not in parallel. A coincidence, I assume, as there were different announcers afterwards. Another announcer came on after this...a woman with a very penetrating voice, with announcements. Very commonly heard in the South Pacific. Likely person to person messages, as they were repeated twice. Often at armchair level! Still going strong at 14:12! Many names heard like Anton, Katerina, Marta, etc. Mentioned Makassar and Bali at 14:13. I'm sure I heard 'Riverside' a few times too. Finally finished at 14:23, with EZL filler, and then a more lively piece at 14:23:45. More long monologue by the same YL announcer, and then into a C&W song at 14:32:30. Call in at 14:34 with mention of Manggarai. More static crashes noted as we approach dawn. Caller again mentioned Manggarai, and then back to the same C&W song. Another caller at 14:39 with immediate mention of Manggarai. Someone within the motel switched on a TV at 1442 spoiling the signal during fades. Big fade up at 14:50 barelling through the TVI. Again faded up at 14:58. Love Ambon at 1500 without any apparent announcements, and a big increase in noise, but carrier seems off by 1503. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 2960 INDONESIA, RPDT2 Manggarai, Oct 16 1310 - Male announcer in Indonesian with a monotone delivery at tune-in. Many mentions of Indonesia. Soft Indonesian pop music 1352 (same artist & song as on 4790, but not parallel, just a coincidence). Female announcer 1356 reading a long list of items twice-- likely personal ads, with mentions of various Indo cities like Fak Fak and Manggarai. No ID at top of hour, but continued messages. Announcement by a different woman (I think) 1423 with mentions of Kalimantan, and into orchestral music. More messages to 1432 jaunty (almost country western) music bracketing a male phone caller or reporter 1434; multiple mentions of Manggarai 1439-1441. Lagu romantik tune at 1450 and pop music 1457. Love Ambon sign-off music noted at 1459:45, and sign-off 1501* without break-in announcement or ID. Signal initially fair at 1310, but improved to good later-- except for some TV harmonics QRM. A short clip of Manggarai can be heard here: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/RPDT2_Manggarai_16_Oct_2004_1358.mp3 (Atkins-WA) 3223 INDIA, AIR Shimla, Oct 16 1338 - Tentative. Very weak signal of Hindi talk which seemed parallel to 4840. (Atkins-WA) 3905 PAPUA NEW GUINEA, R. New Ireland, Oct 17 1250 - Melanesian pops at tune-in; male announcer in Pidgin with phone interview or caller at 1255; more PNG pop music 1256. Announcer at top of hour with frequent mentions of 'program'. Radio New Ireland ID at 1205 and 'come up long 9:05' time check, and then off at 1306*. Very good signal. (Atkins-WA) 3905 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1300-, Radio New Ireland Oct 17 Great reception from this old friend with typical western oldie EZL instrumental music following a male announcer in Tok Pisin. Good to very good reception. Again mention about National Service, Sunday night, and 3905 , meters, and 5 kw, studios....Radio New Ireland mentioned. Off the air shortly after without NA.and carrier off. Nice to hear them again. I'm sure he said 5 kw, as opposed to listed 10, but I'll have to confirm the MD recording to be sure. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 3960.95 INDONESIA, RRI Palu, Oct 16 1320 - Presumed, with a strong signal of Indonesian male announcer and phoned-in news or other brief segments by male reporter. (Atkins-WA) 3976 INDONESIA 1557-, RRI Pontianak Oct 15 Strong S7 to S9 signal with Koran recitation. Off without announcements at 1605. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 4604.86 INDONESIA 1306-, RRI Serui Oct 16 Excellent reception of network news in Bahasa Indonesia. Business news at 1306. USB spoiled by a ute. At 1309, the talking continued under music! I heard this several times after the TOH. Stopped a minute later. Mentions of Malaysia, 'bomba'. C & W music again over the YL at 13:13. When rechecked at 1316, no music again. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 4750 INDONESIA 1356-, RRI Makassar Oct 17 Armchair copy of this powerful Indonesian. I should have a very good MD over the ToH. Call to prayer just before. Ramadan has started I believe. Mentions of kHz at 1506. Lovely ID for RRI Makassar at 1506:30. (see MD2-3). (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 4790 INDONESIA 1338-, RRI Fak Fak Oct 16 Superb armchair level with EZL music. Very nice! Interesting how all Indo stations have that somewhat muffled audio. Very characteristic. Off sometime before 13:58 recheck. Will listen to the MD. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 4840 INDIA 1359-, AIR Mombai Oct 17 Good reception with talk in presumed Hindi. Some CW interference on USB. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 4910 ZAMBIA, ZNBC, Oct 16 1624 - Tentative. Noted faint scraps of African music and talk here, at Lusaka sunset, two hours past Grayland sunrise. Announcement or ID by woman at 1730. Only audible on the NW Beverage, because it was the quietest antenna. A strong het was also heard on R. Christian Voice's frequency of 4965. (Atkins-WA) 4960 PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Catholic Radio Network, Oct 16 1347 - Continuous soft EZL music, Christian contemporary music, and instrumental versions of hymns from 1347 to 1507 uninterrupted by announcers or IDs. I reviewed a recording of this and could not find anything but nonstop music. Presumed CRN due to the programming; excellent signal strength-- 4960 continued until well past sunrise before fade out. (Atkins-WA) 4960 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1415-, Catholic Radio Network Oct 16 While monitoring 2960 Manggarei, I've been watching 4960 in the background, with a very nice strong signal. It's being recorded, so I'll have a review on my way home from Grayland tomorrow. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 5019.90 SOLOMON ISLANDS , 1539-, SIBC Oct 15 Good reception at 0845 local time! with BBCWS news relay. Surprisingly strong for almost 1 1/2 hours after sunrise. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 5020 SOLOMON ISLANDS SIBC Honiara, Oct 17 1048 - Very good signal with hymns in Pidgin; Sermon by man in English, reading Bible verse (in English & Pidgin) about the unjust judge who granted a widow's request. Male announcer 1100 with sign-off announcements, ID, and mentions of returning to the air at 6 o'clock tomorrow. Further announcements and AM & SW frequencies given by woman, and into Solomons national anthem 1103. Brief pause, then BBC relay began. (Atkins-WA) 5102 KASHMIR 1417-, Voice of Freedom of Jammu and Kashmir Oct 16 Using my second receiver, I noted a decent signal on 5102.0, and assume the clandestine Jammu and Kashmir station. Only USB is useable, as there was a ute on LSB and CODAR as well spoiling the show. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 7260 THAILAND, R. Thailand, Oct 16 1057 - While monitoring R. Vanuatu towards their 1100* sign-off, R. Thailand's interval signal began at 1058. At 1100, a male announcer indicated 'This is Radio Thailand's Foreign Service broadcasting from Bangkok... The following program is in Vietnamese.' Good signal with Vanuatu underneath until Vanuatu's national anthem and sign-off. (Atkins-WA) 7260.11 VANUATU R. Vanuatu, Oct 15 0950 - Reggae song 'Africa Unite' at tune-in; pop music, then female announcer with R. Vanuatu ID at 0957. Good to very good signal. (Atkins-WA) 7260.13 VANUATU 1038-, Radio Vanuatu Oct 16 Strong reception, so obviously back to their previous reception, measuring S9 + 10 to 20 with lovely south seas music in Bislama. A live concert from the sounds of things, with brief intro by a Male between selections. Should propagate much further afield! Spoiled by Radio Thailand coming on at 11:00. Still relatively strong, however and still going at 11:05. Into NA shortly after and then OC. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 9960 ARMENIA 1805-, Voice of Armenia Oct 16 Fair reception of French programming, and into same old IS, and into German at 1806. Into presumed news. Many mentions of Armenia. English is scheduled at 18:25. Only able to use LSB, since USB is destroyed by utility. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 11720 PHILIPPINES 1731-, Radio Filipinas Oct 16 Crash start after open carrier and very short orchestral piece into Tagalog, without any ID that I could hear. Very good reception with parallels of 15190 and 17720 also heard weakly. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 11900 CHINA 1701-, CRI Oct 16 Very powerful English news transmission re Vladimir Putin's visit to China. During fades, RCI's DRM broadcast can be clearly heard grinding in the background. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 11960 MALI 1712-, Radio Mali Oct 16 Very strong reception with Arabic speaker, well over 2 cochannels (BBC in Albanian and CRI in Russian listed). I'm surprised how well this station has been received over the years about the same time (up to their sign-off at the TOH). Not commonly reported. Must take the cake for boring programming, however. Same male announcer droning on and on and on. Not a single musical break. Must be lecturing or something. He was cut-off in mid sentence and followed the canned sign-off announcement in French, which itself was yanked a few seconds after 1800. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 13865 ICELAND 1756-, Iceland Radio Oct 16 Violin piece from 1755 tune-in until talk by YL over phone quality audio a few minutes later. All in Icelandic, of course. Fair to good at times. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 17635 FRANCE 1734-, Voice of Africa, Tripoli Libya Oct 15 English programming with thickly accented male discussing Libyan issues. Relatively easy to follow due to the speaker's care to enunciate each vowel. 'The leader of the revolution'....'Libyan people'. 'The British prime minister, Tony Blair has sent a message....about cooperation between the Jamahiriya and Britain'. At 17:43 concluded with 'this is the end of the news?. Thank you for listening.' Immediately into French. Fair at times. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
