During the recent Poipu, Hawaii Ultralight DXpedition a weak, strange
station was showing up on 702 kHz under North Korea's ancient music (and
throbbing, off-frequency hum) every morning from 1530-1630 UTC, with a foreign
language that was a total mystery to me. Whenever I tried a recording the
buzzing hum from North Korea would go on the warpath and derail the effort, and
because of the station's marginal signal and NK's obnoxious transmitter it
seemed like the 702 UnID would remain a mystery for the duration.
Finally at 1604 UTC on November 6th the 702 mystery station built up its
strength enough to push KCBS and its hum down into the noise, and I was able to
get a good recording of a totally unfamiliar language
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/3y5qkg7yu8o49lc4ab520bfiw006kqrg
Fortunately a couple of awesome Finnish DXers (Mauno and Mika) on Real DX
identified the language as Arabic, coming from the BBC Arabic Service
transmitter in A'Seela, Oman (at 8,425 miles, or 13,559 km). Even considering
the 800 kW transmitter, this was pretty stunning DX for a 5 inch FSL antenna
set up near the beach in Poipu, Hawaii.
Checking John Bryant's records from his 2007 Easter Island DXpedition, I
see that John received the 750 kW station 1413-BBC from A'Seela, Oman during
his trip, but not this station. Considering the strength and reliability of
702-BBC into Hawaii, my guess is that it could put somewhat of a signal into
the west coast in deep winter, especially on the ocean coast when propagation
is still in play around 1600 UTC. At least one DXer that I know will be looking
for it :-)
Gary DeBock (DXing at Poipu, Hawaii from November 3-8)
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/l61xhqoq9ki7b6kl9bz41yunangvr6ap
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