K7WV  Grayland DXpedition Results  Oct 04-05 2008
     
                 K-Index during the DXpedition weekend. Spike at ~0500Z Oct 04 corresponds to sudden loss of all Alaskans.
                                Oct 05 conditions were notably better than Oct 04, corresponding nicely to the chart.
 
K7WV Grayland Dxpedition, WA  Oct 04-05 2008  Reception Log  Rig: PERSEUS SDR
153 RUSSIA Komsomolsk, 1153 Oct 05, R. Rossii music in RR, very strong (TR Oct 08)
180 RUSSIA Petropavlovsk, 1126 Oct 04, R. Rossii Man & woman in RR, fair strength (TR Oct 08)
189 RUSSIA Belogorsk, 1306 Oct 04, R. Rossii male in RR, fair (TR Oct 08)
234 RUSSIA Arman, 1354 Oct 05 R. Rossii with RR music // 153, 189, 279 (TR Oct 08)
279 RUSSIA Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk,1126 Oct 04, R. Rossii RR talk by male announcer. Strong. (TR Oct 08)
385 ALASKA OCC Yakutat Oct 04 0417 with transcribed aviation wx "for Yakutat" (TR Oct 08)
394 ALASKA RWO Kodiak Oct 04 0417 with transcribed wx broadcast "for Kodiak Island" (TR Oct 08)
404 ALASKA GCR Cordova Oct 04 0417 weak, under MOG (TR Oct 08)
414 ALASKA IME Sitka Oct 04 0417 loud (TR Oct 08)
429 ALASKA BTS Dillingham Oct 04 0417 (TR Oct 08)
524 ALASKA MNL Valdez Oct 04 0417 (TR Oct 08)
529 ALASKA SQM Level Island, Oct 04 0430 Transcribed WX broadcast with morse beacon ID (TR Oct 08)
531 JAPAN JOQG Morioka Oct 04 1207 Female in rapid JJ, fair (TR Oct 08)
549 JAPAN JOAP Naha, Okinawa Oct 05 1423 NHK-1, Two YLs speaking in JJ, //594 10 KW (TR Oct 08)
550 ALASKA KTZN Anchorage Oct 05 1401 ESPN sports talk, "KTZN" ID weak and well under KOPB. (TR Oct 08)
558 JAPAN JOCR Kobe CRK Oct 05 1418 Man and woman in JJ just under KK stn. (TR Oct 08)
558 S. KOREA HLQH Daegu Oct 04 1457 dominant with KK pop music and announcement by female.  (TR Oct 08)
560 ALASKA KVOK Kodiak Oct 05 1206 Local WX followed by ID "Kodiak's Pure Country AM 560 KVOK" (TR Oct 08)
567 JAPAN Oct 04 1153 Loud with male and female back and forth in JJ (TR Oct 08)
570 CANADA CKWH Whitehorse Oct 05 1202 Over KVI with CBC news (TR Oct 08)
576 RUSSIA R. Mayak synchros Oct 05 1300 "Moscow Nights" chimes followed by 5 short and one long time pips.  (TR Oct 08)
580 ALASKA KRSA Petersburg Oct 05 ID: "This is KRSA Petersburg, the station for faith, family and fun" (TR Oct 08)
590 ALASKA KHAR Anchorage Oct 05 1236 Weak, under KUGN with standards // 620 KGTL (TR Oct 08)
594 JAPAN JOAK Tokyo Oct 04 1153 Huge signal // 567 with male and female back and forth (TR Oct 08)
603 S. KOREA HLSA KBS2 Oct 05 1400 "KBS" ID and tone on the hour, followed by pop music. Good strength. (TR Oct 08)
612 JAPAN JOFB Shizuoka NHK2 Oct 05 1404 Loud, male announcer in JJ (TR Oct 08)
620 ALASKA KGTL Homer Oct 04 0417 Loud with legal ID, standards over KPOJ (TR Oct 08)
621 CHINA Heilongjiang presumed; Oct 05 1419 CC with man and woman back and forth with music background. //1341 (TR Oct 08)
630 ALASKA KJNO Juneau Oct 05 1400 "KJNO Juneau the Capital's Information station" all alone (TR Oct 08)
630 CHINA CNR2 Oct 05 1418 Dominant with man talking in CC (TR Oct 08)
639 CHINA CNR1 Oct 05 1421 CC operatic music then talk by female, resumption of music (TR Oct 08)
640 ALASKA KYUK Bethel Oct 05 1400 Legal ID, all alone (TR Oct 08)
648 RUSSIA Oct 05 1420 Loud with talk by two males in KK (TR Oct 08)
650 ALASKA KENI Anchorage Oct 05 1400 "News radio 650 KENI Anchorage, a Clear Channel Station" (TR Oct 08)
657 N. KOREA Pyongyang Oct 05 1200 martial music with time pips on hr, KK talk by angry sounding female (TR Oct 08)
666 JAPAN JOBK Osaka Oct 04 1157 Man speaking slowly in JJ, Time pips on hour. //594 and equally loud. (TR Oct 08)
666 RUSSIA R. Mayak, Komsomolsk Oct 04 1400 with clear "Moscow Nights" Mayak chimes. (TR Oct 08)
666 PHILIPPINES DZRH Manila Oct 04 1400 Male announcer briefly over JOBK and Mayak chimes with call letters in EE, right at TOH. (TR Oct 08)
670 ALASKA KDLG Dillingham Oct 05 1400 "This is KDLG Dillingham, also heard on KIAL Unalaska, KSDP Sand Point, KNSA Unalakleet and K201VA King Cove" (TR Oct 08)
675 VIETNAM Hanoi Oct 04 1257 man and woman back and forth with chimes/gongs just prior to TOH, then time pips. Fair to good. (TR Oct 08)
693 JAPAN JOAB Tokyo Oct 04 1152 NHK2 Loud with EE lesson (TR Oct 08)
700 ALASKA KBYR Anchorage Oct 05 1400 promo for Glen Beck show, ID: "AM 700 KBYR" (TR Oct 08)
702 N. KOREA Oct 05 1205  // 657 but much weaker (TR Oct 08)
711 S. KOREA HLKA KBS1 KK pop and man talking in KK good level (TR Oct 08)
729 CHINA Jianxi Oct 05 1419 Huge signal and well on top. Female and male back and forth in CC. (TR Oct 08)
729 JAPAN JOCK Nagoya Oct 05 1405 Huge signal, man in JJ well on top of weaker CC stn. (TR Oct 08)
738 TAIWAN BEL2 Penghu Fisheries Station Oct 05 1420, // 1143 but this freq much louder. (TR Oct 08)
738 S. KOREA HLKG Daegu Oct 05 1419 under strong Taiwan Fisheries station with male in KK. (TR Oct 08)
747 JAPAN JOIB Sapporo Oct 05 1420 EE lesson, very strong. (TR Oct 08)
750 ALASKA KFQD Oct 05 1400 "KFQD Anchorage" musical ID jingle well on top of KXL (TR Oct 08)
756 CHINA CNR1 Oct 04 1140 Commercials in CC (TR Oct 08)
770 ALASKA KCHU Valdez Oct 05 1400 "Weekend Edition from NPR", health PSAs to TOH (TR Oct 08)
774 JAPAN Oct 04 1159 NHK2 EE lesson with man and woman, very loud. Man: "OK, now it's time to wrap it up for today. See you again next Monday" Woman: "I hope you enjoyed the countdown!", time pips on hr. (TR Oct 08)
780 ALASKA KNOM Nome Oct 05 1400 ID: "KNOM Nome, it's six o'clock", ABC News, over KKOH (TR Oct 08)
790 ALASKA KCAM Glennallen Oct 05 1300 "The Voice of the Copper River Valley" (TR Oct 08)
792 S. KOREA HLSQ Goyang Oct 05 1419 pop music by female singer KK, announcement by man, next song. Good strength. (TR Oct 08)
800 ALASKA KINY Juneau Oct 05 1400 "You're listening to Juneau's hometown radio station KINY" (TR Oct 08)
828 JAPAN JOBB Osaka Oct 04 1157 NHK2 EE lesson, man and woman. Good strength. (TR Oct 08)
830 ALASKA KSDP Sand Point Oct 05 1206 NPR News followed by ID: "You're listening to KSDP…" (TR Oct 08)
837 JAPAN JOQK Niigata Oct 04 1153 good signal with male and female in rapid JJ (TR Oct 08)
850 ALASKA KICY Nome Oct 05 1300 ID:"You're listening to KICY Nome", non-stop inspirational music. All alone and loud. (TR Oct 08)
855 N. KOREA Sangwon Oct 05 1403 Brief announcement in KK, then light instrumental music. Good strength. (TR Oct 08)
864 S. KOREA HLKR Gangneung Oct 05 1421 strong with man in KK, pop music in background. Then telephone conversation. (TR Oct 08)
870 ALASKA KSKO McGrath Oct 05 1300 truncated TOH ID; "...and KHNS Haines, members of Community Radio of Alaska. It's five o'clock". Loud and all alone. (TR Oct 08)
873 JAPAN JOGB Kumamoto Oct 05 1403 NHK2 EE lessons, EE conversation between adult and child, huge signal. (TR Oct 08)
890 ALASKA KBBI Homer Oct 05 1359 "Listener supported public radio this is KBBI 890 AM Homer" (TR Oct 08)
891 S. KOREA HLKB Busan Oct 04 1258 KK soft pop music with KK talk by female. Good strength. (TR Oct 08)
909 JAPAN JOVX Abashiri STV Oct 04 1357 Music and JJ talk by female. // 1440 main STV station. 5 KW (TR Oct 08)
918 CHINA CNR2 Oct 05 1420  Loud and a pronounced echo effect from multiple locations. (TR Oct 08)
920 ALASKA KSRM Soldotna Oct 05 1400 ID: "Listen for your chance to win the Double Dividend on KSRM" (TR Oct 08)
927 CHINA UNID Oct 05 1445 Female singing CC pop with good signal. (TR Oct 08)
930 ALASKA KTKN Ketchikan Oct 04 0407 (TR Oct 08) "AM 930 KTKN Ketchikan" by female between songs (TR Oct 08)
936 CHINA Anhui Oct 05 1419 Loud with male and female in CC with background flute. (TR Oct 08)
945 CHINA UNID CNR1 man in CC with music background Oct 04 1158 fair signal (TR Oct 08)
954 JAPAN JOKR Tokyo TBS Oct 05 1300 Music clips and man in JJ with good strength on the hour. (TR Oct 08)
963 CHINA CRI Oct 05 1405 loud with Man in RR dominating underlying KK station (TR Oct 08)
972 S. KOREA HLCA Dangjin Oct 05 1500 Loud with light pop music, KK talk and time pips on the hr. (TR Oct 08)
981 CHINA CNR1 Oct 05 1403 Huge signal with woman in CC with traditional music playing in background. (TR Oct 08)
990 CHINA UNID Oct 05 1400 Five short one long time pips on hour; commercial and CC talk by man. Loud. Another music station in background. (TR Oct 08)
999 N. KOREA Hamhung Oct 04 1300 Fanfare type music and man and then woman with reverb effect just past TOH. KK (TR Oct 08)
1008 CHINA Oct 04 1400 Not // 981 CNR1, CC man and woman rapid fire back and forth mixing it up with JONR. (TR Oct 08)
1008 JAPAN JONR Osaka ABC Oct 05 1402 (TR Oct 08)
1017 CHINA Oct 05 1402 CRI with KK program with female announcer (TR Oct 08)
1017 JAPAN JOLB Fukuoka Oct 05 1403 Commercials in JJ, rapid-fire announcers w/ music (TR Oct 08)
1026 CHINA Beijing Oct 05 1418 with female in CC fair signal. (TR Oct 08)
1035 CHINA UNID Oct 05 1404 Echo effect noted from synchros (TR Oct 08)
1044 CHINA CRI Oct 05 1402 with JJ program; man in JJ (TR Oct 08)
1053 JAPAN JOAR Nagoya CBC Oct 04 1300 Man in JJ with fair signal, overlain with unusual sounds (bubble jammer?) (TR Oct 08)
1062 S. KOREA HLKQ KBS Oct 05 1403 Man, excited woman in KK dominant, over weaker CC language station (TR Oct 08)
1062 CHINA Zhujiang Oct 05 1402 Under HLKQ coming to the top briefly, series of CC commercials with mostly female announcers (TR Oct 08)
1071 JAPAN JOFK Hiroshima NHK1 Oct 04 1300 weak with man in JJ (TR Oct 08)
1080 ALASKA KUDO Anchorage Oct 05 1206 Air America, "the best of The Lionel Show" at equal strength with KFXX (TR Oct 08)
1089 CHINA UNID Oct 05 1440 loud signal with woman singing traditional music, then CC talk by female (TR Oct 08)
1098 JAPAN UNID Commercial JJ station Oct 04 1431 Two JJ men talking with music in background. (TR Oct 08)
1107 S. KOREA HLAV Pohang MBC Oct 05 1400 man in KK (TR Oct 08)
1107 JAPAN JOMR Kanazawa MRO (presumed) Oct 04 1110 (TR Oct 08)
1110 ALASKA KAGV Big Lake Oct 05 1400 "KAGV 1110 broadcasting from Houston, Alaska and licensed by the Federal Communications Commision as KAGV Big Lake" just over KBND (TR Oct 08)
1116 JAPAN UNID Oct 05 1445 J-Pop music with male announcer in rapid JJ, then resumption of same song. (TR Oct 08)
1125 JAPAN NHK2 synchros Oct 05 1441 EE lesson with male and female EE conversation. Nice signal briefly (TR Oct 08)
1134 JAPAN JOQR Oct 05 1401 on top of China station briefly with man in JJ, rapid talk with music in background (TR Oct 08)
1134 S. KOREA Hwaseong KBS1 Oct 05 1441 KK pop // 1170 over JOQR at brief fadeup (TR Oct 08)
1143 TAIWAN BEL3 Penghu Fisheries Station Oct 05 1421 CC dialect by female announcer. Fair to good strength. (TR Oct 08)
1152 JAPAN NHK2 synchros Oct 05 1433 Female in JJ fair to good. (TR Oct 08)
1161 TAIWAN UNID Oct 05 1440 with singing man and flute, then man talking, then woman singing with modern instrumentation, not // 981 CNR1. Didn't sound like Mandarin dialect. Loud at 1445. (TR Oct 08)
1170 S. KOREA HLSR Gimje Oct 05 1400 Brief music interlude then KK talk by female, just over KPUG (TR Oct 08)
1179 JAPAN JOOR Osaka Oct 05 1440 Loud with discussion among several males in JJ. (TR Oct 08)
1197 JAPAN UNID commercial stn Oct 05 1421 JJ Female talking excitedly. (TR Oct 08)
1206 CHINA Yanbian Oct 05 1440 Huge signal with female in KK with background piano music. (TR Oct 08)
1224 JAPAN JOJK Kanizawa Oct 05 1422 Man and woman in discussion in JJ (TR Oct 08) 
1242 JAPAN JOLF Tokyo Nippon Hoso Oct 04 1159 poor with female in JJ. Loud and alone with JJ commercials Oct 05 1429 (TR Oct 08)
1251 CHINA UNID Oct 05 1420 Brief music clips and CC talk by male. (TR Oct 08)
1260 JAPAN JOIR Sendai 'Tohoku Hoso' Oct 05 1429 YL in JJ speaking slowly, talk show joined with man and excited female both with "Konbanwa" ("Good evening")  (TR Oct 08)
1269 JAPAN JOHW/JOFM Oct 05 1429 Loud and alone with nice J-Pop music mix in JJ (TR Oct 08)
1278 JAPAN JOFR Fukuoka RKB Oct 05 1429 Big signal with several commercials then man and woman announcer. "Konbanwa" (Good evening) to start show. (TR Oct 08)
1278 CHINA Oct 05 1432 Fadedown of JJ station and fadeup of CC station to nice signal. CC Talk by man. (TR Oct 08)
1287 JAPAN JOHR Sapporo HBC Oct 05 1430 Loud with J-Pop music clips and sponsor announcement by excited JJ female. (TR Oct 08)
1296 JAPAN JOTK Matsue Oct 05 1429 Male and female back and forth in JJ. Good signal. (TR Oct 08)
1305 S. KOREA HKSV Uljin Oct 05 1441 Discussion with two males in KK. Loud. (TR Oct 08)
1314 JAPAN JOUF Osaka OBC Oct 05 Loud with man and woman back and forth in rapid JJ, then commerials (TR Oct 08)
1323 CHINA CRI Oct 04 1300 CC traditional music. "guanbo dientai" ID at TOH Then female in RR.Strong signal. (TR Oct 08)
1330 ALASKA KXLJ Juneau Oct 05 1234 Air America "Best of the Lionel Show". Fair, but only signal until wiped out by KKPZ sign-on at 1245. (TR Oct 08)
1332 JAPAN JOSF Nagoya Oct 05 1429 Huge signal with a string of catchy musical JJ commercials (TR Oct 08)
1341 CHINA Heilongjiang presumed; Oct 05 1421 Man and woman in CC with music in background at times. // 621 but louder. (TR Oct 08)
1350 JAPAN JOER Hiroshima RCC Oct 05 1419 Loud and dominant with several males and females in back and forth discussion (TR Oct 08)
1359 CHINA CNR1 Oct 05 1442 Chorus music in CC at fair strength (TR Oct 08)
1368 JAPAN NHK1 synchros Oct 05 1420 Male speaking slowly in JJ (TR Oct 08)
1377 CHINA CNR1 Oct 05 1420 Loud with female singing CC Operatic music, female announcer. (TR Oct 08)
1386 JAPAN Oct 05 1443 NHK2 EE language lessons. Station underneath sounds like KK pop music (TR Oct 08)
1395 CHINA UNID Oct 05 1420 CC Pop music, fair signal. (TR Oct 08)
1440 JAPAN JOWF Sapporo STV Oct 05 1420 Female speaking in JJ, loud signal. (TR Oct 08)
1404 JAPAN UNID commercial JJ station Oct 05 1446 J-Pop music and female talking excitedly.  (TR Oct 08)
1413 JAPAN JOIF Fukuoka Oct 05 1430 Big signal and all alone with music clips and excited man in JJ (TR Oct 08)
1422 JAPAN JORF Yokohama R. Nippon Oct 05 1429 Loud with string of commercials in JJ (TR Oct 08)
1449 JAPAN JOQM Abashiri HBC Oct 05 1444, // main HBC station on 1287 (5 KW) (TR Oct 08)
1458 CHINA Nei Menggu Oct 05 1440 Choral music by male choir. Fair strength. (TR Oct 08)
1467 S. KOREA HLKN Mokpo KBS Oct 05 1445 Man talking in KK, poor to fair (TR Oct 08)
1476 JAPAN Iida NHK2 0ct 05 1440 EE Lang Lesson. Fair strength. (1 KW!) (TR Oct 08)
1494 JAPAN JOYR Okayama RSK Oct 05 1418 man, woman and music clips in JJ (TR Oct 08)
1503 JAPAN JOUK Akita Oct 04 1445 Talk in JJ between several males and females (TR Oct 08)
1512 JAPAN NHK2 Oct 05 1440 EE language Lesson (TR Oct 08)
1557 TAIWAN WYFR Family Radio Oct 05 1419 EE programming, mentions of "Family Radio" Fair to good. (TR Oct 08)
1566 S. KOREA HLAZ Cheju Oct 05 1400 Loud with music and CC talk, bells ringing on the hour. (TR Oct 08)
1575 THAILAND VOA Oct 04 1230 EE "Welcome to the Voice of America in Lao", then into Laotian lang. program, huge signal (TR Oct 08)
1593 CHINA CNR1 Oct 05 1400 commercials, 5 short time pips on hr. Loud. (TR Oct 08)
1602 JAPAN NHK2 synchros (1 KW) Oct 05 1445 JJ talk by male and then female, speaking slowly. (TR Oct 08)