Words
from the participants
Guy Atkins:
Four months ago I had never heard of the Haida
Gwaii Indian nation, nor had I been anywhere within
700 miles of this beautiful place. However, thanks
to Walt Salmaniw and his gracious wife Wanda (a
native Haida, as it turns out), this DXpedition
was the most memorable ever--as much or more so
for the memories of food, friendship, and hospitality
than for the Dxing itself. Meeting top local Haida
artists, touring the new and expansive Haida Gwaii
Cultural Center, and being invited guests of a
Haida "potlatch" ceremony were episodes
not soon forgotten!
John and I joined early arrivers Bruce and Chuck,
who had the misfortune of having to fly into Masset,
rather than enjoy a 2-day, 21+ hour drive and
a 7-hour ferry ride complete with "operational
issues" that delayed our sailing until the
next morning. Walt had warned us sternly about
watching the highways for moose-- boulder-sized
creatures that can easily cut a DXpedition (and
a life) inconveniently short. Fortunately, all
we saw were many dozens of the yellow and black
moose warning signs along the way.
Maps and globes label this chain of 200 islands
as the "Queen Charlotte Islands," but
it really should be Haida Gwaii, as the native
people know it to be. The scenery is beautiful
and starkly remote--you can see the Alaskan panhandle
on the ocean's horizon from Walt and Wanda's Masset
Island, BC summer home. The location is ideal
for extended DXpeditioning, with easy access to
the north-facing Pacific beach. We had room to
run out Beverages, BOGs, terminated loops, and
Wellbrook prototype arrays to our heart's content,
although one antenna required major bushwacking
by Bruce "Machete" Portzer.
Safely at Walt and Wanda's special home on the
beach, we began six straight days of DXing, fueled
liberally by all manner of Haida native specialties.
My plan of dining on Cup-O-Soups and Pop Tarts
was quickly thwarted, as Wanda & company's
ongoing menu included treats such as fresh-caught
& smoked salmon, venison, red snapper, halibut,
huckleberry pie, salal berry jam, and much more!
With no local medium wave pests to speak of, the
band was eerily quiet during the daytime; 930
Ketchikan and 860 Prince Rupert were the only
stations of any significant strength. In fact,
Ketchikan was our test station for adjusting the
nulls on the Wellbrooks, since it is due north
of Walt and Wanda's Masset home.
Eat, sleep, DX... and repeat. That was the pattern
of main activities for our six days in Masset.
The DX we heard was fabulous, as the loggings
will show. Most enjoyable for me was hearing 1548
kHz, Deutsche Welle in Sri Lanka, and the unexpected
TAs from Holland, Algeria, UK, and even São
Tome (!) were just gravy on the DX plate. I logged
a number of new Japanese MW outlets on 10 kHz
frequencies simply due to the lack of local/regionals
from remote Haida Gwaii.
I know that from now on when I DXpedition from
familiar Grayland, WA, I'll think of Masset on
the Charlottes to the far north--where the band
is quieter, the food far better, and the natives
make you feel like a local! Walt and Wanda--thanks
for opening up your hearts and home to us; it
was a special time for all.
John Bryant:
Few of my lasting memories of the DXpedition to
Haida Gwaii are about the equipment we used or the
DX we heard. That is probably because I've wanted
to go to the Islands for almost half a century to
visit the homeland of the fabulously artistic Haida
nation. Like most of us, as a child, I was fascinated
by totem poles and the startling graphic images
that covered them. When I got into college and took
courses in graphics (required for budding architects)
I learned that many of the "tribes" or
"nations" of the upper Northwest made
totem poles and had similar stunning graphics; after
a bit more reading I found out that the Haida nation
had been the most successful at war and diplomacy,
the best seagoing navigators and the best, the purest
of ancient artisans. The Haida homeland was and
is the very large Queen Charlotte Islands which
lay almost 100 km. off the very northern coast of
Canada's British Columbia; they insist on calling
those home islands "Haida Gwaii."
Walt Salmaniw's lovely wife Wanda
is a Haida; they met when Walt served as the base
surgeon at the then highly-secret joint Canada/USA
radio monitoring station right outside Masset, on
the northern coast of the Islands. When they invited
several of us up to their new cottage on that same
north coast of Haida Gwaii, we were all really excited.
I was sure that it would be a double-barreled treat.
First, we'd get a chance to DX on the coast a looooong
way from most of the MW transmitters that bother
us so much in the Victoria/Seattle/Portland areas;
there was the added thrill, too, of DXing within
two or three miles of one of those super-secret
"Wullenweber Array" 1200 foot diameter
listening antennas. If the governments were willing
to put up hundreds of millions of dollars worth
of listening antennas on the north shore of Haida
Gwaii, the DX really oughta be great!
Secondly, with Walt and Wanda
both being local residents, during the DXpedition
we would have a good chance to meet some of the
artists, see their work and possibly understand
a bit more of the unique Haida culture. As it turned
out, we were more than rewarded on both counts:
fabulous DX, almost too much for even five of us
to adequately log and report and Haida hospitality,
food, art and friendship that was equally bountiful.
Its difficult to decide which
of the DX catches were my favorites. Our most newsworthy
catches were probably 1548 DW in Sri Lanka, 1530
VOA Sao Tome and 684-AIR Port Blair in the Andaman
Islands; the former two were heard first by Chuck
and Bruce, the latter by that wretch Walt, not 30
minutes after Guy and I, as the last two guests,
left the cottage on Haida Gwaii. I think that we'll
also likely never forget the trans-Arctic European
openings for three or four evenings in the early
part of the DXpedition. Apparently our trip to Haida
Gwaii coincided with the best TAr opening of this
solar cycle. For me, I heard more and better Europeans
and North Africans in those three or four evenings
than I heard in three DXpeditions to the Outer Banks
of North Carolina with Harold Cones. Lastly, I'll
not soon forget logging such a flood of Japanese
stations. After twenty years of specializing in
Japan, there were only a few that I had not heard
at least once before, but those few are precious.
And to hear so many so well in such a short time.
Priceless!
Finally, Guy Atkins and I chose
to drive up to the Queen Charlottes rather than
fly, as did the rest of the crew. We might have
decided to drive before we realized just how long
a trip we bargained for. British Columbia is VERY
large. Guy and I drove a full twelve hours north
through central BC to Prince George and then eight
hours west to the Pacific coast at Prince Rupert.
From there it was a 7 hour ferry ride and another
hour plus drive to the Salmaniw's cottage on the
north shore of Haida Gwaii. Guy and I would have
had fun doing that road trip no matter the territory
traveled through. However, British Columbia is stunningly
beautiful and, especially on the trip back, the
fall colors were simply gorgeous. Golden birch forests
in the evening sun and high Alpine glaciers in the
mists don't QSL, but they were certainly memorable,
as well.
Chuck Hutton:
Highlights flowed like rain back home in Seattle,
including:
- I was able to hear NHK1 on
990 and 999 and they completed my goal of hearing
each and every frequency on which NHK1 and NHK2
operate. That's a total of 40 frequencies for
NHK1 and 23 for NHK2.
- HBC's main station on 1287
is a regular but it has a handful of lower powered
repeaters. I was able to hear some of them: 864
(3 kw), 900 (5 kw), 1269 (5 + 1 kw), 1368
(1 kw), 1404 (5 kw), 1449 (5 kw), and 1494 (1
kw). No luck with 801 (100 Watts), 1098 (power
not known) and 1557 (100 Watts). Next time....
- 610 CKRW from the frozen Yukon (Whitehorse) was a target and was heard within a few minutes of tuning to 610. Almost too easy.
- The 810 LPRT (40 or 100 Watts
- not sure) from Whitehorse was also heard when
I noticed the oddity of French language weather.
- 1566 UK: This was the first
TA I heard after plugging things up! I was making
the first of many checks for India but instead
heard a commercial English station which later
was ID'ed as County Sound Radio by Bruce.
- 1548: It was a thrill to hear
Sri Lanka with a decent signal since it's so far,
far away. It would have been the catch of the
trip had it not been heard once before.
- 1566: There were tantalizing pieces of something under HLAZ several times. Later I will have to study the recordings closely.
- 810: A surprise was the AFN station on 810 which is not widely heard.
- There were Filipinos on many frequencies. New stations included 1323 Nation Broadcasting, 1458 Bantay Radio, 1485, 1530, and more.
Those were the nocturnal highlights.
The daytime highlights were just as good, due to
the magnificent setting of Walts cabin just
off the beach in the forests of Haidi Gwaii (aka
the Queen Charlotte Islands). There was also the
great experience of watching Walt get inducted into
the Haida nation as his wife is a Haida. Add it
all up and this was a great experience, a great
vacation, and a great DXpedition.
Bruce Portzer:
This was by far my longest and most amazing
DXpedition ever. For one thing, we were several
hundred miles north of home, so there was a lot
less interference. It was nice having only three
stations within 100 miles of us. We had open water
to the north of us and land to the south of us,
which helped enhance reception of Trans-Pacific
and Trans-Atlantic stations at the expense of stations
to the south.
The TAs were absolutely
amazing at times. Some, such as Germany-1422 and
France-1377 were often equal to and sometimes stronger
than stations on neighboring domestic channels.
I expected reception patterns to favor the higher
latitude TAs, as is often the case in the Puget
Sound region. Those stations were indeed present,
but overall reception was similar to that reported
by New England DXers, with plenty of signals from
Spain, France, and North Africa. Some of my favorite
logs for the week include County Sound Radio-1566
(750 watts), Capitol Gold in Manchester on 1458
(5kw), Spain-1485, Holland-1395 (aka Big L),
Manx Radio-1368, and VOA Sao Tome on 1530 (mixing
with KFBK).
TP DX was likewise impressive.
Many channels were dominated by the usual powerhouses
we can hear at home or at Grayland. But with reduced
interference from adjacent domestics, it was possible
to hear them more clearly and hear others in the
background. For example, DZEM-954 was noted mixing
with JOKR one morning. The DX became much more impressive
around 1400 UT, after most of the domestics had
faded out. Some of the even channels were occupied
by 3 or 4 TP stations. For example, once KGO faded
out, China, North Korea, Russia, and AFN-Tokyo could
be heard on 810. Similarly, I was able to log China
Radio Internationals SE Asia service on 1080
mixing with the North Korean station and its South
Korean jammer. Other noteworthy logs included KTWG-801,
Changchun-1332, CRI stations on 1269 and 1296, and
a relog of Sri Lanka 1548. I hope to identify a
few more once I go back through the logs.
DU stations were anemic
Tahiti-738 was there weakly a couple of times, as
were a couple of the stronger Aussies.
I didnt spend much time
listening for domestic stations, but I did note
three from east of the Mississippi: WBZ-1030, WTAM-1100,
and WYLL-1160.
This was also my first DXpedition
with a software defined receiver, the RFSpace SDR-IQ.
I made good use of the SDRs ability to record
190 kHz of spectrum, and filled my hard drive with
200 GB of recordings. Ill be spending the
next few weeks listening to them as time permits.
The SDR opened up all sorts of new DX possibilities,
simply by recording large swaths of the band while
I tuned around on the R8A. For example, the SDR
captured a minute or so of readable audio from Manx
Radio during one of those recording sessions; otherwise
1368 had only a routine het. I tuned past the channel
many times in favor of more interesting stuff, and
wouldnt have heard it except for the SDR recording.
Like I said at the beginning,
this was my most exciting DXpedition of all times.
My thanks go out to Walt, his wife Wanda, and her
family for all the wonderful food and good times.
Walt Salmaniw:
This years dxpedition will go down as one
of my most enjoyable (and perhaps exhausting) dxpedition
ever. Arriving during prime DX season, I immediately
began dxing using an existing short 400 N/S
Beverage from UTC September 15th. Upon the arrival
of my first two guests, Bruce Portzer and Chuck
Hutton on the 16th, we immediately proceeded in
erecting a virtual DXers paradise with numerous
antennae including BOGs, a Wellbrook phased array,
a small corner fed loop, as well as the existing
N/S wire. Conditions for the most part were wonderful,
although deteriorating over time. My last morning,
however, appeared to be as good as an Asian opening
as Ive ever heard! John Bryant and Guy Atkins
arrived on the afternoon of the 17th after a minor
ferry delay, and jumped right into the serious dxing!
Although quite cramped, we nonetheless were all
quite comfortable, and enjoyed the sites and cuisine
of Haida Gwaii.
Personally, I was honoured by
the Haida nation by being adopted as a Raven into
my wifes aunts family. I was given the
Haida name of nung cung guduny us meaning
a kind person. It was a moving experience,
and I was delighted to have four close friends from
the dx world witness this event.
Pictures from the DXpedition
are available on the website of Guy Atkins, dial-up
and broadband
pages.
WHAT WE HEARD
John made this neat map showing
our catches (click to enlarge and open in a new
window):

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TP DX 
153
RUSSIA Norilsk, 1308 9/21 Radio
Rossii ID fair, only Russian LW audible at the time
(bp-QCI)
153
RUSSIA Komsomolsk. Sep 15
11:33 Radio Rossii. Not sure why it's not
in the most recent PAL. Heard every morning
at often very good levels with network programming.
Always // to other FE LW stations: 180, 189,
234, and 279. (Salmaniw-QCI)
171
RUSSIA Oyash Sep 19 12:33
Excellent morning for Russian LW stations.
I missed this one on other mornings, but it was
in today at a 7 level with usual Radio Rossii programs.
(Salmaniw-QCI)
180
RUSSIA Petropavlovsk Sep 15.
11:33 Radio Rossii. Regular with same comments
as 153. (Salmaniw-QCI)
189
ICELAND 0435-2152 9/21 good w/light
rock songs, some in English, faded across ToH, but
back 0502 w/news in presumed Icelandic (bp-QCI)
189
ICELAND Sep 16 03:47 . Presumed
logging at a 7 level. Heard on about half
of evenings. (Salmaniw-QCI)
189
RUSSIA Belogorsk Sep 15.
11:33 Radio Rossii. Strong reception.
Same comments as 153. (Salmaniw-QCI)
209
MONGOLIA Sep 17 12:14.
Heard a number of times at weak level, and always
early. About a 7. Later in the morning,
the frequency would be taken over by a TWEB broadcast
from Alaska. Sep 19 at 12:32 at good 7 to
8 levels. For some reason, I never did hear
the more commonly reported 164. (Salmaniw-QCI)
234
RUSSIA Arman, Magadan.
Sep 15 11:33 Radio Rossii. Consistently
the weakest performer of the LW FE Russian stations.
(Salmaniw-QCI)
279
RUSSIA Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Sep 15 11:33. Radio Rossii. Consistently
the strongest performer (as is the case in Victoria)
with a “9” level. Heard daily.
(Salmaniw-QCI)
518
CHINA Sanya 1402 9/22 message beginning
SANYARADIO/XSI, the rest mostly garbled (bp-QCI)
518
CHINA Shanghai, 1445 9/19 messages
re dregding, gunnery exercises, etc, giving XSG
callsign (bp-QCI)
518
HAWAII Honolulu, 0940 9/18, NAVTEX
transmissions by USCG, various notices to mariners.
Also noted most other nights (bp-QCI)
518
JAPAN Kushiro,1342 9/18 IMPORTANT
WARNING FOR KUSHIRO ...JAPAN NAVTEX then message
about drifting buoy (bp-QCI)
518
JAPAN Naha, 1308 9/19 messages
re flares & rocket exercises by Navy near Okinawa
(bp-QCI)
518
JAPAN Otaru, 0929 9/19 IMPORTANT
WARNING FOR OTARU NAVTEX AREA, messages re bombing
exercises, search & rescue, submarine cable
laying etc (bp-QCI)
518
JAPAN Yokohama, 1324 9/18 Japan
Navtex, messages re gunnery exercises, weather for
Yokohama, etc. (bp-QCI)
518
PUERTO RICO San Juan, 1010 9/19,
weather report for Caribbean, Bahamas, etc (bp-QCI)
518
RUSSIA Petropavlovsk 0820 9/22
series of messages starting with COASTAL WARNING
PETROPAVLOVSK (bp-QCI)
518
SOUTH KOREA. Chukpyon, 1133 9/19
Korea Navtex detailed wx report for nearby waters
(bp-QCI)
518
TAIWAN Yenliaoken, 1431 9/19 Taiwan
Navtex messages re gunnery exercises (bp-QCI)
531
AUSTRALIA 2PM, Sep 22 1305 - JOQG
Morioka was strong at tune-in, but gave way to presumed
2PM Kempsey with English announcer and C&W music.
(Atkins-QCI)
531
JAPAN JOQG, NHK1, Morioka, Sep
18 1400 - Noted throughout the DXpedition. (Bryant-QCI)
531
JAPAN JOQG Morioka, Sep 20 1151
- Ricky Nelson's 'Travelin' Man' song at tune-in,
followed by 'Stand By Me.' Male announcer in Japanese
at 1155.Caught almost certain mention of Morioka
at 1158. Fair to good. (Atkins-QCI)
531
JAPAN Sep 15 12:15.
JOQG Morioka. NHK1. A regular throughout
the dxpedition at an 8 level. Often stronger
than // 594. On Sep 22 heard English cochannel
here, ? 2PM or 4KZ.(Salmaniw-QCI)
531
UNID 0447 9/20 soft rock tunes
in English, Faroe Islands most likely (bp-QCI)
540
CHINA Sep 24 14:11 CNR1 with multiple
echos. (Salmaniw-QCI)
540
JAPAN NHK1 Synchros, Sep 18 1400
- Heard about half the AMs of the DXpedition. (Bryant-QCI)
549
VIETNAM My Van, VoV2 1351 9/18
woman in Vietnamese //702 fair in splatter (bp-QCI)
549
VIETNAM V. of Vietnam 2 (t), My
Van , Sep 18 1411 - Tentative this in probable Vietnamese
at just above threshold when VOV1-675 was booming
in. Talk by man. (Bryant-QCI)
549
VIETNAM Sep 17 12:45.
Voice of Vietnam 2 at good level // to 783 and possibly
1089 at the same time. Strong at 13:34 on
Sep 18 and // to 702.(Salmaniw-QCI)
558
JAPAN JOCR, Kobe, Sep 18 1400 -
Noted most AMs of the DXpedition. (Bryant-QCI)
558
SOUTH KOREA HLQH Daegu fair //
603 1114 9-17. (Hutton-QCI)
567
JAPAN JOIK Sapporo, Sep 19 1222
- Heard nightly with Japanese EZL music and announcers
at good levels, parallel 594. (Atkins-QCI)
567
JAPAN Sep 15 12:16 JOIK Sapporo.
NHK1. Also a solid performer with 8 level
signals and // to 594. (Salmaniw-QCI)
567
UNID 0507 9/19 pop music fair,
English-like talk, likely Ireland but way too much
splatter from local CHTK-560 (bp-QCI)
570
CANADA Whitehorse absolutely owning
the channel with CBC Diana Kral interview 0555 Sep.
20 then "This is CBC Radio One serving the
Yukon at 570 AM from Whitehorse, truly north".
(Hutton-QCI)
570
CANADA Sep 19 13:40
CFHW Whitehorse with local weather (including snow!)
at excellent S9 + 20 level. (Salmaniw-QCI)
585
JAPAN JOPG, NHK1, Kushiro, Sep
19 1411 - NHK1 talk programming //594 at fair level.
Other co-chan NHK1s are highly unlikely. (Bryant-QCI)
585
JAPAN Sep 17 12:49 JOPG Kushiro,
Hokkaido with NHK1 // to 531, 594, etc with an ethnic
music program (Laotian or Vietnamese sounding).
Fair level. (Salmaniw-QCI)
590
ALASKA Anchorage, KHAR, 0543 9/19
atop w/jingle ID & standards (bp-QCI)
594
JAPAN JOAK, NHK1, Tokyo, Sep 18
1400 - Noted throughout the DXpedition. (Bryant-QCI)
594
JAPAN JOAK Tokyo, Sep 21 1228 -
VERY strong signals every morning of DXpedition,
parallel to 585 and other NHK1 outlets. Noted this
morning with light jazz tunes and two male announcers
in Japanese. NHK ID at 1231. (Atkins-QCI)
594
JAPAN Sep 15 12:17 JOAK Tokyo.
NHK1 heard throughout at 9 level. (Salmaniw-QCI)
594
PHILIPPINES 1410 9/21, Tagalog
talk u/JOAK-594, probably DZBB (bp-QCI)
594
PHILIPPINES Sep 21 14:10
Filipino station here, cochannel JOAK. 3 listed.
(Salmaniw-QCI)
594
VIETNAM Sep 23 12:36.
Voice of Vietnam loud over JJ ! (Salmaniw-QCI)
603
CHINA unid 1449 9/22 several ads
in Chinese, pop music, 1459 theme music, time pips,
possible something dientai ID by woman (bp-QCI)
603
CHINA Sep 17 13:00.
Unid CC station at good level. (Salmaniw-QCI)
603
JAPAN NHK1 Synchros, Sep 18 1400
- Noted about half the AMs of the DXpedition. (Bryant-QCI)
603
SOUTH KOREA HLSA Seoul fair //
558 1114 9-17. (Hutton-QCI)
603
SOUTH KOREA Sep 22 13:36
HLSA with non-stop music, // to 558 with co-channel
NHK underneath. Very strong. (Salmaniw-QCI)
610
CANADA CKRW Whitehorse 0542 Sep.
20 on top with Youve got it locked on
CKRW then rock mx. I wondered if this would
be heard at all and I caught it within a minute
of tuning to 610. (Hutton-QCI)
610
CANADA Sep 20 05:44
CKRW Whitehorse with Radio Netherlands Sportstalk.
ID just heard by Chuck Hutton. Good
reception. Weather, news headlines, and ID
for CKRW 610 Whitehorse heard at 13:31. 5
degrees outside. (Salmaniw-QCI)
612
AUSTRALIA 4QR, Brisbane, Sep 22
1425 - Heard well over JOLK for the only DU logging
of the DXpedition. (Bryant-QCI)
612
AUSTRALIA Sep 21 12:40 4QR
co-channeling with an oriental station. Became
stronger by 13:32. (Salmaniw-QCI)
612
JAPAN JOLK, NHK1, Fukuoka, Sep
18 1400 - Noted most AMs of the DXpedition. (Bryant-QCI)
612
JAPAN JOLK Fukuoka, Sep 21 1236
- Sporting event or Japanese drama, with lots of
yelling and crowd noises in Japanese. Parallel to
603. Fair-good. (Atkins-QCI)
612
JAPAN Sep 17 13:00
JOLK Fukuoka with NHK1 at 7 to 8 level. Very strong
at 14:47 on Sep 22. (Salmaniw-QCI)
621
NORTH KOREA Pyongyang Bangsong,
Sep 20 1448 - KK talk at great level, dominating
R.Rossii. (Bryant-QCI)
621
RUSSIA excellent Russian talk and
mx 1458 Sep. 19, assumed to be Khabarovsk even though
they are said to be off at 1300 per the PAL. (Hutton-QCI)
621
RUSSIA R. Rossii, Khabarovsk, Sep
18 1430 - Listed as other affiliation, but running
R. Rossii at this time // various longwave outlets.
Noted about half the AMs of the DXpedition. (Bryant-QCI)
621
RUSSIA GTRK Dal'nevostochnaya,
Khabarovsk, Sep 23 1318 - Very strong, but for only
a few minutes before fading beneath splatter, with
male in Russian and hard-drivin' blues and rock
music. Presumed. (Atkins-QCI)
621
RUSSIA Sep 18 14:24
Russian drama listed for this Khabarovsk outlet,
with // to 279. Not signing off at listed
13:00. Thanks to John Bryant for pointing
this one out. (Salmaniw-QCI)
630
ALASKA Sep 20 08:06
I'm quite sure I can hear KIAM cochannel to KJNO
(Juneau with news) with religious programming.
I'll have to look for IDs to be certain. (Salmaniw-QCI)
630
CHINA Sep 24 14:20 CNR2 strong
with multiple site echos. //6065. (Salmaniw-QCI)
648
JAPAN JOIG, NHK1, Toyama, Sep 18
1400 - Noted about half the AMs of the DXpedition.
(Bryant-QCI)
648
RUSSIA V. of Russia, Ussuriysk,
Sep 23 1215 - Traditional Russian folk songs, then
man talking in KK with RR also. Language lesson?
(Bryant-QCI)
648
RUSSIA VOA, Sep 22 1318 - Tentative,
with female announcer in Korean, as listed in PAL.
Poor signal. Also heard 9/23 with excellent Voice
of Russia signal in Korean at 1215. (Atkins-QCI)
648
RUSSIA Sep 22 13:46 Voice
of Russia in KK. At good level. I suspect
my unid may be the same. Very strong at 12:18 Sep
23. (Salmaniw-QCI)
648
UNID Sep 15 12:33.
At weak "6" level, not NHK1. (Salmaniw-QCI)
657
NORTH KOREA Pyongyang Bangsong,
Sep 18 1400 - Noted throughout the DXpedition, always
running noticeably below assigned frequency. (Bryant-QCI)
657
NORTH KOREA Pyongyang, Sep 22 1348
- Orchestral music and chorus, parallel to 3250.
Very strong signal. (Atkins-QCI)
657
NORTH KOREA Sep 15 12:35.
Pyongyang with usual piano music and // to 3320,
at an 8 level. Heard also Sep 17 (a subpar morning)
at 13:11 // to 3320 and 3250. Also noted a
cochannel piano music on this day. Believe it or
not, it was at S9 + 30 at 13:48 on Sep 22.(Salmaniw-QCI)
666
CHINA (t) Sep 17 13:23 unid
CC with a good signal, but I could not find any
// frequencies. Also had piano co-channel.
(Salmaniw-QCI)
666
JAPAN JOBK, NHK1, Osaka, Sep 18
1400 - Noted throughout the DXpedition. (Bryant-QCI)
666
JAPAN JOBK Osaka, Sep 19 1227 -
Amusing Western-themed drama in Japanese, with horse
neighs and cowboy music and sound effects. Fair
level. (Atkins-QCI)
666
JAPAN Sep 15 12:36
JOBK at a 7 level. Osaka with NHK1.
Not quite as strong or regular as the other low
band JJ. Sep 21 at 14:52 heard them with strong
signal and an English cochannel. No idea who
this could be? (Salmaniw-QCI)
666
PHILIPPINES DZRH Manila rising
on top of Japan 1322 Sep. 17. (Hutton-QCI)
666
PHILIPPINES Manila DZRH, 1511 9/21
Tagalog discussion mixing w/Japan (bp-QCI)
666
PHILIPPINES Unid., Sep 21 1453
- Fast-talking male announcer in Tagalog, beneath
JOBK Osaka. Poor-fair. Presumed a Philippino here,
probably the stronger DZRH. (Atkins-QCI)
666
VIETNAM Sep 23 12:53. A most
interesting frequency with 3 audios heard, with
the strongest being Voice of Vietnam. (Salmaniw-QCI)
670
ALASKA Dillingham, KDLG 1200 9/19,
ID for KDLG, KIAL-1450, KSDP-830, KNSA-930, + FM
translator, into BBC nx //KNSA-930 (bp-QCI)
675
HOLLAND Sep 19 04:34
Presumed Arrow Rock Radio at good level with rock
music. (Salmaniw-QCI)
675
JAPAN NHK1 Synchros, Sep 18 1400
- Noted about half the AMs of the DXpedition. (Bryant-QCI)
675
VIETNAM V. of Vietnam 1, Sep 18
1400 - Noted about half the AMs of the DXpedition.
(Bryant-QCI)
675
VIETNAM Voice of Vietnam 1, Sep
20 1200 - Tuned in at top of hour to catch VoV1
mixing with a Chinese station and rising to the
top with mentions of 'Vietnam' by male. Fair. Also
heard 9/23 with very good signal at 1220. (Atkins-QCI)
675
VIETNAM Sep 15 13:31
Voice of Vietnam 1st program heard frequently and
often at near armchair levels with nice VV music.
On at least one occasion no time pips or ID at the
TOH noted. Very good reception on Sep 17.
(Salmaniw-QCI)
680
ALASKA Barrow, KBRW, 1343 9/20
probably the one w/BBC nx pgm, faded by 1355, will
have to wait yet again for a proper ID (bp-QCI)
680
ALASKA Sep 20 13:44.
KBRW presumed from Barrow with BBC programming using
my N/S mini-Beverage. Fits their programming,
but as yet no positive ID. Perhaps buried
in the audio files somewhere? Thanks to Bruce
to pointing this one out. (Salmaniw-QCI)
684
ANDAMAN ISLANDS Sep 24 14:25
My personal coup with Indian music parallel to SW
4760. I maintained watch on this frequency
for over the next hour. Reception varied from
poor to quite good. I'll have to watch the
recordings to see if I can pick up anything more.
Sorry that John and Guy had to leave just a few
minutes earlier! (Salmaniw-QCI)
684
CHINA 1500 9/20, Zhongyang Renmin
Guangbo Dientai ID fair atop channel (bp-QCI)
684
JAPAN NHK1 1347 9/20 NHK1 //JOAK-594,
mixing w/2 other stations (bp-QCI)
684
JAPAN JODF + Synchros, Morioka,
Sep 20 1200 - Noted with All Night Nippon(?) mixing
with JOAG. Tough copy but good level. (Bryant-QCI)
684
JAPAN JOAG, NHK1, Nagasaki, Sep
20 1200 - Heard with time pips and into news//594,
but very poor and mixing with IBC commercial network
co-chan. (Bryant-QCI)
684
SPAIN Sevilla, RNE1, 0509 9/17
good w/man & woman in Spanish (bp-QCI)
684
SPAIN RNE1, Sevilla, Sep 19 0413
- Heard with seeming news and commentary at fair
level. Later //ed to 738 RNE1, Barcelona. (Bryant-QCI)
684
SPAIN Sep 17 05:05 Radio Nacional
1, Sevilla with Spanish language and ballads. (Salmaniw-QCI)
684
UNID. Sep 21 14:53 Quite
late in the morning, heard, “Bye guys”.
Not sure who? ?Filipino. (Salmaniw-QCI)
684
UNID 1356 9/20 woman in unid language,
rolled her Rs when she spoke, faded down by 1400.
Indian type music & bits of talk in unid lang
at 1425 recheck, no pips at 1430. (bp-QCI)
685
RUSSIA Khalatyrka, 1454 9/20 HY
beacon weak w/morse IDs, hetting 684 (bp-QCI)
685
RUSSIA Sep 20 14:25
HY Beacon weakly audible from Khalatyrka, Kamchatka.
(Salmaniw-QCI)
693
ENGLAND Droitwich et al, BBC5 0440
9/19, talk show fair in 690 splat (bp-QCI)
693
JAPAN JOAB, NHK2, Tokyo, Sep 18
1400 - Noted throughout the DXpedition. (Bryant-QCI)
693
JAPAN Sep 15 13:01 JOAB Tokyo
with powerhouse signals NHK2 at 9 levels. (Salmaniw-QCI)
702
AUSTRALIA 2BL Sydney, Sep 21 1343
- Talk on currencies, economics, and various topics
by two male announcers in English. Fair, and parallel
1548 4QD Emerald. (Atkins-QCI)
702
AUSTRALIA Sep 21 13:54.
2BL Sydney mixing with another Asian station, both
at equal level. Overall a good DU morning
with an upswing in A/K indices. Rechecked
at 14:03 by which time NHK2 had taken over over
2BL (Salmaniw-QCI)
702
JAPAN NHK2 Synchros, Sep 18 1400
- Noted most of the AMs of the DXpedition. (Bryant-QCI)
702
JAPAN JOKD Kitami, Sep 19 1232
- Female talk parallel to 747 JOIB, so presumed
this rather than JOFB Hiroshima. Fair to good. (Atkins-QCI)
702
NORTH KOREA KCBS, Chongjin, Sep
18 1400 - Noted about half the AMs of the DXpedition,
//873. (Bryant-QCI)
702
NORTH KOREA Sep 15
13:02. On approximately 702.07. Also
cochannel JOKD on 702.0 from Kitami, Hokkaido with
NHK2 programming at a 7 level. Presumed JOKD
as there's also JOFB from Hiroshima. North Korean
heard // to 2850 on Sep 17. (Salmaniw-QCI)
702
UNIDENTIFIED Unid., Sep 21 1348
- Christian contemporary music and sermon beneath
2BL Sydney, with a Chinese station thrown into the
mix for good measure. Perhaps DZAS Manila?. (Atkins-QCI)
702
VIETNAM Danang, VoV2, 1333 9/18
Vietnamese talk //549 o/u NHK (bp-QCI)
702
VIETNAM Sep 18 13:34
Voice of Vietnam 2 // to 549. Cochannel North
Korea on 702.06 and NHK2 (JAPAN). (Salmaniw-QCI)
711
AUSTRALIA (or NEW ZEALAND).
Sep 17 15:06 Most likely 4QW St George, Queensland,
and less likely 2XP Radio Trackside, Wellington.
DU accented EE at poor to fair level. (Salmaniw-QCI)
711
JAPAN NHK1, Unk. Location, Sep
20 1437 - NHK1 JJ talk clearly // 594 and others.
Unlisted in any reference. (?)(Bryant-QCI)
711
SOUTH KOREA HLKA, Sorae (Seoul),
Sep 18 1400 - Noted about half the AMs of the DXpedition.
(Bryant-QCI)
711
SOUTH KOREA Sep 21 14:13.
HLKA massive here. (Salmaniw-QCI)
711
UNID 1354 9/18 & several other
times, woman in SE Asian language u/Korea, didn't
seem to be //Vietnam-675 (bp-QCI)
711
VIETNAM Sep 17 13:30 Voice
of Vietnam 1 with VV talk. Heard again on Sep 25
12:27 at good level. (Salmaniw-QCI)
719.83 NORTH
KOREA Sep 18 13:29. Very loud
with S9 + 10 signal and // to 2850. (Salmaniw-QCI)
720
ALASKA Kotzebue, KOTZ, 1401 9/19
signon by woman in native language, then man in
English fair mixing w/CNR2 (bp-QCI)
720
CHINA CNR2, 1459 9/19 ending English
lessons by man & woman, then time pips 1500
(bp-QCI)
720
JAPAN JOIL, Kitakyushu, Sep 24
1751 - Presume this one, heard twice, but unable
to parallel. (Bryant-QCI)
720
JAPAN Sep 24 13:55 JOIL.
Thanks to John for pointing this one out.
Only 1 kw, a KBC station in Kitakyushu. (Salmaniw-QCI)
720
RUSSIA Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 1307 9/21
VOR Japanese service fair //7175 (bp-QCI)
720
RUSSIA V. of Russia, Sep 22 1333
- Probably VoR here with female Japanese announcer.
I checked the parallels shown in PAL for the low-power
Japan outlets, and none were parallel to 720. VoR
is scheduled at this time for Japanese language.
Good level. (Atkins-QCI)
720
RUSSIA Sep 15 13:03
VOR in JJ from Yushno Sakhalinsk at an 8 level.
Regular on this frequency. (Salmaniw-QCI)
729
CHINA Jiangxi RGD, Nanchang, Sep
18 1400 - Presume this one, noted about half the
AMs of the DXpedition in standard CC. (Bryant-QCI)
729
JAPAN JOCK, NHK1, Nagoya, Sep 18
1400 - Noted about half the AMs of the DXpedition.
(Bryant-QCI)
729
JAPAN Sep 15 13:04
JOCK Nagoya with NHK1 programming // to 594 at a
9 level, with coch oriental. (Salmaniw-QCI)
738
JAPAN UNID JJ Commercials, Sep
20 1210 - Two different JJ commercial stations in
a furball at good level. (Bryant-QCI)
738
PHILIPPINES Sep 17 15:09
Weak Filipino talk, presumed DZRB, Bulacan, Manila.
(Salmaniw-QCI)
738
SOUTH KOREA HLKG, Gyeongsan, Sep
18 1400 - Noted about half the AMs of the DXpedition.
(Bryant-QCI)
738
SOUTH KOREA, Gyeongsan, HLKG, 1359:30
9/22, good ID in Korean w/mentions of KBS, AM &
FM, then call ID & pips, into news (bp-QCI)
738
SOUTH KOREA Sep 15 13:05.
Presumed KBS1 from HLKG at 9 level. (Salmaniw-QCI)
738
SPAIN RNE1, Barcelona, Sep 19 0507
- Noted at fair/poor level // RNE1 Sevilla on 684.
News. (Bryant-QCI)
747
HOLLAND Sep 20 03:59 Very
strong with presumed Radio 1 programming in Dutch.
(Salmaniw-QCI)
747
JAPAN JOIB, NHK2, Sapporo, Sep
18 1400 - Noted throughout the DXpedition. (Bryant-QCI)
747
JAPAN Sep 15 13:10
JOIB Sapporo with, of course, 9 signal strength
heard along with all the JJ powerhouses at all times
in the morning, and frequently past 9:00 am local.
(Salmaniw-QCI)
747
NETHERLANDS Radio 5(t), Flevoland,
Sep 20 0350 - Tentative this briefly at good level
with what sounded to be Dutch programming, though
I really did not recognize the language. (Bryant-QCI)
747
SOUTH KOREA HLKH Bia, Sep 18 1437
- Continuous talk by a male announcer in Korean.
Finally nailed this weak KBS 1 station in the background
of very strong JOIB Sapporo, by stumbling upon a
parallel HLKA on neighboring 756. The clarity of
the SDR-1000's audio really aids in listening 'into'
a signal for nuances such as a very weak co-channel
station far in the background of a dominant station.
(Atkins-QCI)
750
ALASKA Sep 18 05:50
KFQD Anchorage relaying Channel 2 TV at excellent
level. (Salmaniw-QCI)
756
CHINA CNR1 Synchros, Sep 19 1335
- Good level //945 & 5030. (Bryant-QCI)
756
JAPAN JOGK Kumamoto parallel 594
at 1451 Sep. 19. (Hutton-QCI)
756
JAPAN Sep 22 15:02 JOGK Kumamoto
10 kw with NHK1 program at fair to good level.
HLKA KBS1 also cochannel under the JJ station.
(Salmaniw-QCI)
765
JAPAN UNID Commercial Synchros,
Sep 18 1400 - Noted several times during the DXpedition.
(Bryant-QCI)
774
CHINA Hubei RGD, Sep 23 1502 -
Presumed this 200 kW station, dominating usually
powerful JOUB Akita. Noted a repeated mailing address
with mentions of Hubei by male announcer, chatter
by man and woman, and brief orchestral music. Very
strong signal. (Atkins-QCI)
774
JAPAN JOUB, NHK2, Akita, Sep 18
1400 - Noted throughout the DXpedition. (Bryant-QCI)
774
JAPAN JOUB Akita, Sep 23 1543 -
Checked back on this frequency and 747 also, to
catch vibraharp (xylophone) sign-off tune. All NHK1
noted signing off at 1545*. (Atkins-QCI)
774
JAPAN Sep 15 13:15.
JOUB Akita, with NHK2 programming. Very strong
at a 9 level, but with strong cochannel CC or KK
station(s). (Salmaniw-QCI)
790
ALASKA Glenallen, KCAM, 1359 9/19,
Christian music, full ID, woman singing NA, then
Fox news strong (bp-QCI)
792
AUSTRALIA Sep 21 14:17
4RN Brisbane strong. Again on Sep 22 at 14:14.
(Salmaniw-QCI)
792
SOUTH KOREA HLSQ Goyang 1458 Sep.
22 stupendously excellent with music and call letters
in English. (Hutton-QCI)
801
CHINA 1515 Sep. 21 with good guangbo
diantai ID but I can't match up the important part
before it. (Hutton-QCI)
801
GUAM Agana, KTWG, 1401 9/21 good
w/promo, legal ID by girl or young woman (bp-QCI)
801
GUAM KTWG Agana, Sep 21 1358 -
End of Bible program in English, 'with the reading
of Oswald Chambers' 'My Utmost for His Highest,'
published by Discovery House Publishers.' Promos
for upcoming 'Extreme Radio, with Bill Scott' show,
then nice voice-over piano music ID by female: 'bringing
the peace of God's Word to the Pacific, this is
KTWG, Agana, Guam.' Good signal level. (Atkins-QCI)
801
GUAM Sep 17 15:11 KTWG heard
a number of times with same American preacher at
fair level. Heard many times during the dxpedition.
ID as "the Voice of the Martyr" at 13:58
on Sep 21. At 14:02, full ID in English as: "Bringing
the word of God to the Pacific, this is KTWG, Agana,
Guam". Strong level too. (Salmaniw-QCI)
801
UNID 1442 9/20, male talk possibly
in Tagalog (bp-QCI)
810.05 NORTH
KOREA Sep 17 14:48 Usual fare,
// to 2850, plus others including RR. Heard
again on Sep 22 at 14:08 cochannel Radio Rossii.
(Salmaniw-QCI)
810
CANADA LPRT Whitehorse noticed
because of French weather report under KGO 0528
Sep. 20. (Hutton-QCI)
810
CANADA Sep 16 06:30 Environment
Canada’s rarely reported weather channel from
Whitehorse heard here with continuous loop in English
and French of local weather. Heard under cochannel
domestic at fair level. (Salmaniw-QCI)
810
CHINA Zhejiang RGD (pres.), Hangzhou,
Sep 19 1530 - Presume this one with standard CC
programming. Noted several AMs. (Bryant-QCI)
810
JAPAN AFN Tokyo 1453 Sep. 22 with
r&b and rock, AFN mention. Good, but fading
and taking turns with other TP's. A bit of a surprise
as I can't remember when it was last reported from
the west coast. (Hutton-QCI)
810
JAPAN Tokyo, AFN, 1508-1529 9/22
hard rock music w/American English anmts, no ID
noted but AFN website lists Z-Rock at this time
& Chuck heard AFN ID just before 1500 (bp-QCI)
810
JAPAN Sep 22 14:59 .
First noted by Chuck Hutton with English news, cochannel
more dominant Radio Rossii. Another CC cochannel
in there too. (Salmaniw-QCI)
810
NORTH KOREA Hwadae,1452 9/17, quite
weak //2850 u/Russia & China after KGO fade
out (bp-QCI)
810
NORTH KOREA Kaesong 1519
Sep. 19 with a few seconds of music that seemed
// 2850. (Hutton-QCI)
810
RUSSIA R. Rossi, Razdol'noe, Sep
19 1410 - R. Rossii programming //279, dominating
San Francisco in null of Wellbrook array. Good level.
(Bryant-QCI)
810
RUSSIA Sep 18 13:53
Strong reception in RR with Radio Rossii ID at 13:55.
Possibly cochannel AFN Tokyo at same time in English.
Sep 23 at 14:39 heard a religious phone-in program
at good level. How times have changed! (Salmaniw-QCI)
819
NORTH KOREA KCBS, Pyongyang, Sep
18 1400 - Noted about half of the AMs of the DXpedition.
(Bryant-QCI)
819
SOUTH KOREA, Gwangju, HLCN,
1348 9/22 loud o/N Korea w/ads & pop music,
listed as local pgm at this time. Time pips
& MBC ID 1400, then new in Korean (bp-QCI)
819
NORTH KOREA Sep 22 14:05
Strong signal with Stalinist marshal music.
Weak jamming appears to be present. (Salmaniw-QCI)
820
ALASKA Fairbanks, KCBF, 0959 9/17,
ESPN stuff & legal ID fair o/KGNW.
Mixing w/KGNW many times throughout the week (bp-QCI)
828
CHINA Beijing good with "Beijing
xinwen guangbo diantai" ID at 1130 Sep. 17.
(Hutton-QCI)
828
JAPAN JOBB, NHK2, Osaka, Sep 18
1400 - Noted throughout the DXpedition. (Bryant-QCI)
828
JAPAN JOBB Osaka, Sep 20 1228 -
Heard briefly with woman in Japanese before giving
way to a Chinese station on the frequency. Came
back quickly at 1230 with a nice mention of Osaka.
Good. (Atkins-QCI)
828
JAPAN Sep 15 13:17
JOBB Osaka with NHK2 programming. Not as strong
today as other days at a 7 only, plus another cochannel.
(Salmaniw-QCI)
837
CHINA unid, 1022 9/17 several ads
in CC, then phone talk show, 1100 had pips, fanfare
& something dientai ID, another possible ID
at 1214 recheck (bp-QCI)
837
CHINA CNR1, Unk. Location, Sep
20 1215 - Noted twice during the DXpedition //945.
(Bryant-QCI)
837
FRANCE France Info, Nancy, Sep
20 0442 - Noted at fair level only, but definite
FF and //1377&1206. (Bryant-QCI)
837
JAPAN NHK1 stations (2) parallel
594 at 1451 Sep. 19. (Hutton-QCI)
837
JAPAN NHK1 Synchros, Sep 23 1520
- Noted //594 and others. Fair at post-dawn band
fade. (Bryant-QCI)
837
JAPAN JOQK Niigata, Sep 21 1246
- Japanese talk and music, parallel to 585. Fair,
but went into a deep fade by 1249 and was gone.
(Atkins-QCI)
837
JAPAN Sep 15 13:18
JOQK from Nigata with 10 kW heard here under pres.
HLKY. I suppose it could also be the 1kw Hokkaido
station. (Salmaniw-QCI)
837
SPAIN (or Canary Is) Sep 17 05:20
Spanish heard here weakly at fair level, with some
IBOC hash. 4 COPE stations are listed on the
mainland and a 10 kw Canary Is. Station. (Salmaniw-QCI)
837
UNID Sep 23 13:44. Strange
language, not sounding CC or JJ or KK. No
idea who. Sep 24 at 14:46, I've made the same
comment. "Problema" heard.
I wonder whether this is a Filipino?(Salmaniw-QCI)
837
UNIDENTIFIED Unid., Sep 23 1335
- Interesting station here, with unknown language
that sounds perhaps like Vietnamese or Thai.
Very strong on peaks, but totally in the noise much
of the time. Co-channel stations-- Japanese and
Korean lang-- fading up at 1350. A Chinese
station (CNR1?) was on top with 'Guangbo Dientai..'
at 1400:30. No sign of the station with unid. language
past 1350. (Atkins-QCI)
846
JAPAN Sep 25 12:38 JOCP Koriyama
with listed 5 kw NHK1 //594. Other NHK1 synchros
listed here as well. Good level. (Salmaniw-QCI)
850
ALASKA Nome, KICY, 0700 9/17, loud
o/KOA w/ID “with approval of the FCC &
the Geneva Convention, we turn our signal westward
towards Russia & begin Bcing the good news of
the gospel in the Russian language”, signal
then dropped about 10 db as Russian program started
(bp-QCI)
850
ALASKA Sep 18 07:00
Strong reception of KICY, Nome. (Salmaniw-QCI)
854
SPAIN Murcia et al, RNE1, 0409
9/19 man in Spanish fair in 950 splatter, Onda Cero
listed (bp-QCI)
864
JAPAN 2 HBC relays 1446 Sep. 21
fair, parallel 1287. (Hutton-QCI)
864
JAPAN Unid., Sep 20 1233 - A mix
of two or three low-power Japanese stations audible
weakly on this frequency. (Atkins-QCI)
870
ALASKA McGrath, KSKO, 0959 9/17
good w/jazz show, ID for KUAC-FM Fairbanks, KSKO,
KIYU, etc (bp-QCI)
873
JAPAN JOGB, NHK2, Kumamoto, Sep
18 1400 - Noted about half of the AMs of the DXpedition.
(Bryant-QCI)
873
JAPAN JOGB Kumamoto, Sep 19 1308
- Japanese language male announcer, co-channel with
at least one Chinese station, maybe two. Good level.
Also heard 9/21 at excellent level with 'Tidbits
in English' language lesson program. (Atkins-QCI)
873
JAPAN Sep 15 13:19
JOGB. Kumamoto with NHK2 programming, often
at fantastic strength, but one can still hear cochannels.
North Korea often heard // to 2850 here. (Salmaniw-QCI)
873
NORTH KOREA Sinuiju 1233 9/18 fair
w/lively female vocal //2850 (bp-QCI)
873
NORTH KOREA KCBS, Unk. Location,
Sep 18 1400 - Noted about half of the AMs of the
DXpedition. (Bryant-QCI)
873
NORTH KOREA KCBS Sinuiju, Sep 22
1355 - Korean orchestral music, very strong and
parallel to 2850. 3+1 time pips and ID exactly per
PAL 'Choson Chungang Bangsong imnida' at 1400. (Atkins-QCI)
882
UNID 1420 9/19 woman in unid language
fair-poor, Indian-like music, possibly TWR Sri Lanka
(bp-QCI)
882
WALES BBC Wales Synchros (pres.),
Sep 20 0516 - This seems the only possibility listed
in my references; rose briefly to really good level
with British EE talk by female. (Bryant-QCI)
890
ALASKA, Homer, KBBI 1359 9/21 incredibly
loud, spattering from 880-900 w/regional weather,
promo for station garage sale (selling off old broadcast
equipment, phone system, etc), then NPR news (bp-QCI)
890
ALASKA Sep 24 16:03.
ID for KBBI Homer cochannel CJDC, but regular here
in the early mornings and after the TPs have faded.
Good level. Incidentally, I continued to hear
audio until past 16:04 for the TPs today.
(Salmaniw-QCI)
891
ALGERIA ENRS 1(t), Ouled Fayet,
Sep 218 0403 - Actual frequency was 890.97 kHz and
programming was in Arabic. No ID heard, but this
is the only Arabic speaker listed. Possibly could
have been Turkey. Has anyone noted a station on
this channel running noticeably lower than 891 recently?
(Bryant-QCI)
891
JAPAN JOHK, NHK1, Sendai, Sep 19
1141 - Heard //594 at poor level. Typical NHK1 JJ
talk. (Bryant-QCI)
891
JAPAN Sep 15 13: 30
JOHK NHK1 from Sendai is my assumption with 8 level
signal. (Salmaniw-QCI)
891
THAILAND Sep 21 14:17
Radio Thailand 1st Network strong with tribal type
music. (Salmaniw-QCI)
891
UNIDENTIFIED Unid., Sep 21 1424
- 'Hill country' tribal singing in SE Asian language,
beneath JOHK Sendai. Possibly R. Thailand First
Network (So. Wor. Thor.). Fair level. (Atkins-QCI)
900
ALASKA Fort Yukon, KZPA 1007 9/17
jazz flute music //870 weak. ID for KUAC-FM
etc 1100 poor mixing w/TP pips & chimes, no
sign of CKMO (bp-QCI)
900
ALASKA Sep 17 06:00. I’m
quite certain that I heard KZPA Fort Yukon, cochannel
Village 900 (which is the usual powerhouse here).
Typical NPR programming noted, then undermodulated
talk by a male just before TOH (typical for Alaska).
No definite ID, but hopefully I'll find one in the
SDR IQ recordings. (Salmaniw-QCI)
900
JAPAN JOHO Hakodate 1454 Sep. 21
another HBC outlet heard parallel to the main guy
on 1287. One of the toughest of the bunch of HBC
repeaters. (Hutton-QCI)
900
JAPAN unid, 1426 9/17 good w/JJ
talk w/classical music bits at times, signal nosedived
1428 (bp-QCI)
909
ENGLAND BBC5, 0413 9/17, news program
fair in 910 splatter (bp-QCI)
909
ENGLAND Sep 17 05:20
Most likely BBC Radio 5 here with audio, but difficult
to follow due to splatter. (Salmaniw-QCI)
909
JAPAN JOCB, NHK2, Nagoya, Sep 18
1400 - Noted about half of the AMs of the DXpedition.
(Bryant-QCI)
909
JAPAN Sep 15 13:59 .
Interesting channel as JOCB Nagoya heard here with
English lessons after 14:00, and another cochannel,
unident. Sep 23 at 14:52 very interesting!
JOVX heard (5kw) // to 1440, cochannel to JOCB (10kw)
//828 as well as a CC station. All at decent
levels. (Salmaniw-QCI)
918
CHINA Sep 15 14:20.
Multiple site echos heard at 14:20 with CNR2 programming
at 8 level. (Salmaniw-QCI)
920
ALASKA Soldotna, KSRM, 0700 9/17
"Now in our 39th year, this is Nxtalk 92, KSRM
Kenai-Soldotna-Homer" into ABC news, loud (bp-QCI)
930
ALASKA Unalakleet, KNSA, 1159 9/19
fair in jumble w/music & ID //KDLG-670.
Local KTKN running OC (apparently lost their satellite
feed) (bp-QCI)
936
CHINA Anhui, 1100 9/17 pips, chimes,
chorus, Anhui RGD ID by high pitched woman.
Likely the one w/alternating Chinese/English news
1504 9/19 (bp-QCI)
936
CHINA Anhui RGD, Hefei, Sep 18
1400 - Noted about half of the AMs of the DXpedition.
(Bryant-QCI)
936
SOUTH KOREA HLKD KBS 3 'Voice of
Love', Sep 23 1227 - Tentative; male and female
in Korean dominating this frequency for a few minutes,
then dropped beneath a Japanese station, then Chinese,
and finally rose to the top again with more Korean
programming. Fair-good. (Atkins-QCI)
945
CHINA CNR1, Multiple Locations,
Sep 18 1400 - Noted throughout the DXpedition //5030.
(Bryant-QCI)
945
CHINA CNR1, Sep 19 1320 - Drama
program in Chinese, parallel to 4460. Good to excellent
level. (Atkins-QCI)
945
CHINA Sep 23 13:24
CNR1 //5030 at fair strength. (Salmaniw-QCI)
945
JAPAN NHK1 1420 9/22 Japanese talk
u/ China //594 (bp-QCI)
945
JAPAN NHK1 Synchros, Sep 23 1457
- //594. Heard well, dominating co-chan CNR1. (Bryant-QCI)
954
CHINA 1200 9/20, someone playing
the Chinese NA, then talk in what sounded like Mongolian.
Probably Hulun Buir RGD in Hailar, Nei Menggu, possibly
relaying CNR-8 (which carries Mongolian 1200-1300),
good signal mixing with JOKR (bp-QCI)
954
JAPAN Tokyo, JOKR, 1343 9/17 good
w/JJ talk TBS Radio mention (bp-QCI)
954
JAPAN JOKR, Tokyo, Sep 18 1400
- Noted about half of the AMs of the DXpedition.
(Bryant-QCI)
954
JAPAN JOKR Tokyo, Sep 21 1257 -
Female announcer in Japanese, with mention of the
English phrase 'news talk.' Fair signal before deep
fade. (Atkins-QCI)
954
JAPAN JOKR Tokyo, Sep 19 1326 -
Man and woman Japanese announcers in rapid talk.
Fair under splatter. Also heard 9/21, fair. (Atkins-QCI)
954
PHILIPPINES Manila, DZEM, 1443
9/19 religious talk in English o/JOKR, then faded.
Mixing w/JOKR w/DZEM ID & Tagalog talk 1454
(bp-QCI)
954
SPAIN OCR, Madrid, Sep 19 0430
- Heard for about an hour in Spanish, peaking to
good level around 0530 (tx SR??). (Bryant-QCI)
954 &nb |