AIH88 DXpedition Log
(INCOMPLETE)
October 13-27, 2018
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Europe
(excluding Iberia) |
kHz: |
day.month. |
time
UTC: |
station,
comments: |
1476.0013 |
21.10. |
0100 |
Asfalttelegrafen,
Borås |
6035 |
26.10. |
1441 |
Radio
Nord, Vaxholm |
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Iberia |
kHz: |
day.month. |
time
UTC: |
station,
comments: |
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Note: As with all continents,
only rarities are listed. Another 100+ Spanish
stations would have been available as well.
Iberia (Spain, Portugal, Azores, Gibraltar
& Andorra) counting as a separate continent
is a Finnish DXers' quirk, underscoring Iberia's
traditionally strong status in Nordic DXing
and the distinctive character of its broadcasting
scene.
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Africa |
kHz: |
day.month. |
time
UTC: |
station,
comments: |
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Asia |
kHz: |
day.month. |
time
UTC: |
station,
comments: |
531 |
13.10. |
-1601* |
DZBR
Tanauan closed down. The closing ID before the
national anthem was impressive: "This is
DZBR 531 AM, a commercial broadcast radio station
owned and operated by Allied Broadcasting Center
Inc. DZBR 531 AM operates daily from 5 o'clock
a.m. to 12 o'clock midnight at 10 kilowatts
on 531 kiloherz as authorized by the National
Telecommunications Commision of the Republic
of the Philippines under a temporary permit
number DSB-0562-2016. Its studio and transmitter
is located at Tanauan ..." |
540 |
13.10. |
1410 |
NHK1
Nagoya via Nanao/Matsumoto, with a regional
break // JOCK 729 |
576 |
13.10. |
1410 |
NHK1
Nagoya via Hamamatsu, regional progamming every
day at this time for five minutes // JOCK 729
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639 |
17.10. |
1430 |
Thazin
Radio, Pyin U Lwin, a familiar station on shortwave
from years ago, but nice to spot also on the
AM band. There's an English-language program
at 1430-1500 UTC. |
639 |
17.10. |
1500 |
Radio
Thailand, Bon Klang/Na San |
647.9998 |
26.10. |
2000 |
JOIG
NHK1 Toyama |
765 |
13.10. |
1300 |
JOJF
Kofu/Uenohara, Yamanashi Hoso identifies as
"YBS Radio" |
792 |
13.10. |
1255 |
JOQK
NHK1 Niigata via Takada, with a regional break |
819 |
13.10. |
1259 |
HLCN
MBC Gwangju |
837 |
13.10. |
1410 |
NHK1
Hokkaido via Nayoro // JOIK 567. Not the first
time to hear this, but maybe I should finally
also report it. |
1161 |
13.10. |
1410 |
NHK1
Hokkaido // JOIK 567 |
1170 |
16.10. |
1244 |
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Ordos PBS, Ordos NM, announcing FM 89.6. Apparently
a new frequency, unless this was some rebroadcast.
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1323 |
26.10. |
2000 |
JOQG
NHK1 Morioka via Yamada |
1359 |
13.10. |
1440 |
JOJB
NHK2 Kanazawa via Wajima, an ID at this time
on Saturdays, and closing down soon thereafter. |
1377 |
13.10. |
1440 |
JOTC NHK2 via Hachinohe
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1413 |
13.10. |
1251 |
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Hegang PBS, Hegang HL  |
1512 |
13.10. |
1440 |
JONB
NHK2 Nagano via Matsumoto/Komagane |
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Australia
& Oceania |
kHz: |
day.month. |
time
UTC: |
station,
comments: |
549.0003 |
13.10. |
1320 |
+
TAB Trackside Radio, Opapa, Napier-Hastings.
Trackside Radio has a new interval melody which
is played very often, making the station easy
to identify.  |
570 |
19.10. |
1414 |
KUAI
Eleele HI, "570 and 104-5 FM, Kauai's Country"
- a nice station with a very nice format! |
575.9979 |
13.10. |
1322 |
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Star, Hamilton. The most common Star frequncies
of 657 (656.9992), 882 (881.9994) and 1494 (1493.9990-1494.0003)
were also heard during this fabulous afternoon
opening.  |
611.9996 |
13.10. |
1347 |
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Star, Nelson/Christchurch/New Plymouth  |
629.9994 |
13.10. |
1343 |
Radio New Zealand, Opapa, Napier-Hastings.
The most common RNZ frequencies of 567, 756,
1116 and 1143 AM were also heard, but not
listed separately in this log.
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670 |
23.10. |
1358 |
KPUA
Hilo HI |
701.9959 |
13.10. |
1250 |
Magic,
Auckland, has local frequency-specific station
identifications. I got this verified back in
2010, when it was still Radio Live. BTW, JOKD
(NHK) is higher at 701.9994 kHz, so it is also
easy to see the difference. |
710.9943 |
13.10. |
1324 |
TAB
Trackside Radio, Wellington |
720 |
13.10. |
1400 |
Radio
New Zealand, Invercargill |
728.9987 |
13.10. |
1244 |
Radio
Sport, Whangarei |
729 |
13.10. |
1350 |
Radio
New Zealand, Tokoroa |
810.0000 |
13.10. |
1228 |
BBC
World Service, Auckland. The station airs local
promotional announcements for the Auckland Radio
Trust, which funds the operation. There are
also sponsors' announcements, which in practise
are just like commercial spots on any other
nation. It was fun to listen to this without
any interference by BBC Radio Scotland, normally
one of the strongest stations on the dial! |
810 |
13.10. |
1400 |
+
Radio New Zealand, Dunedin. At the top of the
hour there was RNZ News read by Vicki McKay,
host of the All
Night Programme.  |
828 |
13.10. |
1254 |
TAB
Trackside Radio, Palmerston North |
846 |
13.10. |
1328 |
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Newstalk ZB, Masterton. The most common ZB stations
were 1026, 1035 (1034.9977) and 1080 (1079.9998)
AM, which were quite strong.  |
846 |
24.10. |
0810 |
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Radio Kiribati, Kiritimati. This one is much
more difficult to catch than the Tarawa transmitter
on 1440 AM. In Aihkiniemi, an antenna pointing
at 9 degrees is ideal for this, while 30 degrees
works best for 1440 AM.  |
854.9986 |
13.10. |
1330 |
Rhema,
Hamilton. Rhema was best on its most common
frequency of 1251 AM from Auckland. Even during
this exceptionally good opening, no other Rhema
stations were heard than these two. |
873 |
13.10. |
1319 |
TAB
Trackside Radio, Tauranga |
891 |
13.10. |
1321 |
Magic,
Wellington, with a local station ID at this
time. Two years earlier I listened to this station
while driving around Wellington, but it was
even nicer to finally pick it up also in far-away
in Finland. |
927 |
13.10. |
1330 |
Newstalk
ZB, Palmerston North |
954 |
13.10. |
1316 |
TAB
Trackside Radio, Hamilton |
981 |
13.10. |
1327 |
Radio
New Zealand, Kaikohe |
989.9991 |
13.10. |
1340 |
TAB
Trackside Radio, Nelson. Radio Apna seems to
be lower on 989.9976 kHz. |
999 |
13.10. |
1329 |
Manawatu
People's Radio, Palmerston North, relaying the
BBC World Service at this time |
1017 |
13.10. |
1330,1350 |
Newstalk
ZB, Christchurch |
1062 |
13.10. |
1231 |
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Radio Sport, Whanganui  |
1071 |
13.10. |
1231 |
Radio
New Zealand, Masterton |
1071 |
13.10. |
1313 |
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TAB Trackside Radio, Ashburton  |
1125 |
13.10. |
1243 |
Radio
Sport, Pakowhai, Napier-Hastings |
1152 |
13.10. |
1250 |
Newstalk
ZB, Timaru |
1160.9992 |
13.10. |
1242 |
Te
Upoko o Te Ika Radio, Wellington, with Maori
language jingles. Adrian at the station even
sent me a Finnish-language confirmation! At
this time the station relayed Turanga FM programming. |
1197 |
13.10. |
1330 |
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Newstalk ZB, Whanganui  |
1206 |
13.10. |
1316 |
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TAB Trackside Radio, Dunedin  |
1224 |
13.10. |
1356 |
TAB
Trackside Radio, Invercargill |
1241.9975 |
13.10. |
1229 |
1XX
Whakatane needs to be reported once more, because
they didn't reply to my report a year earlier |
1260 |
13.10. |
1302 |
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TAB Trackside Radio, Christchurch  |
1314 |
13.10. |
1200,1232 |
Radio
New Zealand, Gisborne |
1314 |
13.10. |
1332 |
Star,
Invercargill. "Star! Isn't it great to
hear songs that you can sing along to. Star!"
- yes, indeed it is great! |
1323 |
13.10. |
1327 |
Coast,
Hawera |
1341 |
13.10. |
1218,1350 |
Newstalk
ZB, Nelson |
1350 |
13.10. |
1219 |
Radio
Sport, Rotorua. Also the more common Radio Sport
frequencies of 774, 792, 1089, 1332 (1332.0008)
and 1503 AM were heard at times this afternoon,
but are not listed in this log. |
1358.9986 |
13.10. |
1327 |
Coast,
New Plymouth, couldn't have given a more fitting
station ID: "The perfect night plan, love
the music, Coast" with lots of familiar
EZL and pop music. |
1376.9995 |
13.10. |
1314 |
Radio
Sport, Levin, airing a bunch of station identifications,
promotional announcements and commercial spots,
many of which were just 15 seconds in duration.
Fabulous reception quality! Other than these
breaks (this one lasting 5 minutes 30 seconds),
programming consists only of a relay of Fox
Sports Radio from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., which during
NZ summer time is equal to 0900-1600 UTC. |
1395 |
13.10. |
1400 |
Newstalk
ZB, Oamaru |
1413 |
13.10. |
1218 |
Newstalk
ZB, Tokoroa |
1449 |
13.10. |
1200,1400 |
Radio
New Zealand, Palmerston North |
1458 |
13.10. |
1400 |
Radio
New Zealand, Westport |
1475.9982 |
13.10. |
1325 |
TAB
Trackside Radio, Auckland |
1521 |
13.10. |
1216,1312 |
Radio
Sport, Tauranga |
1547.9986 |
13.10. |
1316 |
TAB
Trackside Radio, Rotorua |
1584.0243 |
13.10. |
1321 |
Radio Hauraki, Pakowhai, Napier-Hastings, is
NZME's rock music station. The best ID was heard
at this time. Better signal on the 30-degree
antenna, which drops out much of the Japanese
interference. Hauraki is on a distinct offset
frequency, which makes it easy to recognize
any NZ opening on Jaguar. |
1593 |
13.10. |
1327,1400 |
Coast,
Christchurch |
1602 |
13.10. |
1302,1344 |
Radio
Reading Service, Levin, relaying Radio New Zealand.
Heard better with the 46-degree antenna. The
feed was about 5 seconds behind when compared
to RNZ frequencies. |
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North
America |
kHz: |
day.month. |
time
UTC: |
station,
comments: |
540 |
19.10. |
0500 |
KMLB
Monroe LA, "This is Newstalk 105.7 and
540 KMLB" |
550 |
19.10. |
0733 |
KRAI
Craig CO, "55 Country KRAI" |
560 |
24.10. |
1311 |
KVOK
Kodiak AK, "98,7, AM 560, Kodiak's country
station" |
580 |
24.10. |
1100 |
KIDO
Nampa ID |
600 |
21.10. |
0500 |
WSNL
Flint MI |
620 |
24.10. |
1043 |
KIGS
Hanford CA |
630 |
19.10. |
0500 |
KYFI
St. Louis MO, "KYFI St. Louis, an inspirational
light shining in the dark" |
630 |
20.10. |
0552 |
WREY
St. Paul MN, "El Rey, 94.9 FM" |
690.0055 |
24.10. |
1105 |
KRCO
Prineville OR, // FM 96.9 |
700 |
19.10. |
0752 |
CJLI
Calgary AB, "Positive, uplifting, inspirational,
this is AM 700 CJLI, The Light" |
790 |
24.10. |
1028 |
KSPD
Boise ID, "Solid Talk AM 790 KSPD" |
790 |
24.10. |
1100 |
KFPT
Clovis CA |
800 |
20.10. |
0801 |
KQCV
Oklahoma City OK, Bott Radio Network |
849.9916 |
24.10. |
1000 |
KHHO
Tacoma WA, "South Sound Talk 850 AM KHHO
Tacoma" |
960.0081 |
24.10. |
0719 |
KALE
Richland WA, "106-1 More FM" |
990 |
24.10. |
1030 |
KTMS
Santa Barbara CA |
1010 |
26.10. |
0900 |
WPCN
Stevens Point WI // 92.1 FM |
1190 |
16.10. |
0459 |
KDMR
Kansas City MO, listing all of its stations,
apparently all simulcasting the same Catholic
programming |
1190 |
26.10. |
2258 |
WNWC
Sun Prairie WI, "Faith 104.7 and AM 1190
WNWC Sun Prairie Madison" |
1209.9961 |
20.10. |
1002 |
KEVT Sahuarita AZ. The station used to relay
KAVV-FM, whose manager Paul Lotsof verified
my report. Lotsof recently got more publicity
than he ever wanted. His PSA, which was seen
as giving advice to paedophiles, resulted
in a major uproar in the local, national and
even international
media.
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1210 |
24.10. |
1311 |
KHKR
Washington UT |
1220 |
25.10. |
1216 |
KDOW
Palo Alto CA, "Bay Area's business leader
AM 1220 KDOW". Thanks to Chief Engineer
Mike Russell for verifying my report! |
1230 |
24.10. |
1259 |
KSJK
Talent OR, part of Jefferson Public Radio |
1260 |
20.10.
24.10. |
0506
0558 |
WPNW
Zeeland MI |
1260 |
21.10. |
1000 |
KLYC
McMinnville OR |
1290.0011 |
20.10.
24.10. |
1304
1011 |
tent.
KAZA Gilroy CA, in Vietnamese, occasionally
quite well |
1299.9990 |
24.10. |
0859 |
WLXG
Lexington KY, "ESPN Sports Radio 1300 and
92-5. WLXG Lexington, an LM Communications broadcasting
station" |
1300 |
24.10. |
1200 |
KPMO
Mendocino CA |
1310 |
20.10.
24.10. |
1300
0900,1200 |
KMKY
Oakland CA // 92.9 FM |
1320 |
20.10. |
0959 |
KOFA
Yuma AZ, "Border Radio" gives detailed
top-of-the-hour IDs, listing all its FM repeaters
on the Arizona Community Radio Network |
1370 |
24.10. |
1059 |
KGEN
Tulare CA, "La Ley" |
1410.0065 |
24.10. |
0900 |
KERI
Bakersfield CA. In some station IDs, the call
letters were pronounced as one word, "Keri".
The exact frequency was drifting gradually upwards
on the dial. |
1430 |
20.10. |
0900 |
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WYMC Mayfield KY // 93.9 FM  |
1440 |
17.10. |
0800 |
KKXL
Grand Forks ND, "The Fan is 1440 AM KKXL
Grand Forks brought to you by Midco Sports Network,
covering our region's sports action better than
ever before, ... The Fan" |
1450 |
24.10. |
1000 |
KTRP
Notus ID |
1480 |
20.10. |
0800 |
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KBXD Dallas TX  |
1490 |
20.10. |
1000 |
KQTY
Borger TX |
1540 |
20.10. |
0803 |
KEDA
San Antonio TX |
1580 |
20.10. |
0759 |
KHGG
Van Buren AR, "The Sports Hog KHGG 1580
AM and 101.1 FM ..." |
1579.9947 |
20.10. |
0936 |
KKTS
Evansville WY |
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Central
America & Caribbean |
kHz: |
day.month. |
time
UTC: |
station,
comments: |
540 |
20.10. |
0734 |
XEHS
Los Mochis SN, "La Mejor, 90.9" |
1069.9976 |
20.10. |
0814 |
XESP
Guadalajara JL is an old acquintance, but noted
here because I got the exact offset and because
it has a new slogan, "Rock and Soul" |
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South
America |
kHz: |
day.month. |
time
UTC: |
station,
comments: |
630 |
15.10. |
0458 |
LW8
Radio San Salvador de Jujuy was about to close
down |
1069.9994 |
22.10. |
0503 |
ZYI427
Rádio Industrial, Várzea Grande
MT |
1120 |
14.10. |
0201 |
CW21
Radio Salto, Salto |
1170 |
26.10. |
0603 |
CX32
Radiomundo, Montevideo |
1370.0286 |
15.10. |
0532 |
OAU7L
Radio Andina, Juliaca |
1409.8417 |
14.10. |
0456 |
Radio
Corporación Wayra, Juliaca |
1440 |
14.10. |
0505 |
HJNZ
Colmundo Radio, Medellín |
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2025 and updated later
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