The usual group of suspects plus a few new faces congregated for another groovy and great Spring Grayland DXpedition. The cast this time was:
 

Most everything we heard is shown best on this map, even though it cuts off a bit of the far flung places. New Zealand is right on the 225 degree line. The Australian coast barely appears at 245 degrees and you’ll just have to imagine the rest yourself.

So:

There were three antennas: 225 degrees, 270 degrees and 315 degrees. The length had been assumed to be 900 feet for the west antenna, and a little more for the others. The west antenna stops right at the beach edge, hence the shortness.
 
 

This time I brought a GPS unit and measured the end to end distance for the west Beverage as 660 feet. As a cross-check, I used the aerial photos from Mapquest along with the distance legend from the street photos. That gave me a distance of just under 700 feet. That would make the NW and SW antennas be about 950 feet. Each has the patented "Cat-a-Lac" Ó (a trademark of Atkins DX Industries) terminations; see descriptions below.
 
 

So we have a little less length in the antennas than previously guessed. That’s about half of what I would want normally, but just look at the stuff we get anyhow. Here are the theoretical patterns for the two antenna lengths, plus an 1800 foot antenna for comparison. All patterns are for a 1 MHz signal.

Lastly, you can see what sunrise looks like from Grayland. The entire USA except the Oregon coast is in sunlight. That, plus the sunrise enhancement, yields some really fabulous reception.
 
 

THE IONOSPHERE

High latitude paths were non-existent and the sun is to blame. The majority of the logs were from 3/23 and 3/24 UTC (Friday and Saturday night local time) and concentrated between 1400 and 1600 UTC. In the NOAA Kp charts below, it’s easy to see why the high latitude stuff was not good at all.

COMMENTS
 

GUY ATKINS
 

Picture a Southern fisherman on a lazy summer's day. He's had some success and bagged a few catfish. But, after an hour of inactivity he kicks back and dozes off, fishin' pole in the crook of his arm and straw hat drooping down over his sunburnt face. While he drifts off into dreams of LuLu Mae's rotund form, the biggest, meanest lunker in the lake starts to nibble his bait, toying with the hook. If Bubba had only been awake, he'd have yanked sharply on the pole, set the hook, and made off with a prize catch to parade around before his cousins at the Tip-Toe Too Bar & Grill...
 

A similar scenario of the "big signal that got away" possibly occurred at last weekend's Grayland DXpedition. Thinking that the mediumwave DX had finally faded out a little over two hours past sunrise, the Grayland participants began to discuss common topics like receivers, propagation, and getting much-needed sleep. For the most part, DX rigs were turned off or ignored. At about 2-3/4 hours past sunrise (8:48am PST) I absent-mindedly switched the AR7030 back on and listened a bit to 1566 kHz HLAZ, South Korea, putting in a weak signal in English. A formal, almost British-accented announcer mentioned "United States", "President Bush" and "politics". Oh well, I thought, at least we enjoyed their Chinese and Japanese language programming at typical powerhouse levels for hours earlier in the evening. It was now slightly above the noise level. After a few minutes, just prior to 1700 UTC, the English language signal was down in the mud and gone for good.
 

Some minutes later I realized that --hey-- HLAZ *doesn't* broadcast in English! A quick conversation with Nick Hall-Patch and Bruce Portzer confirmed what I had begun to suspect: the English-speaking station was possibly the sought-after All India Radio outlet at Nagpur (1000 kW). The antenna direction, known stations on the frequency, language, and time-of-day all point to AIR as a real possibility. Evidently as HLAZ had faded out, it was replaced by even juicier DX on 1566 as the sun rose higher and higher.
 

Could it have been the All India Radio station? We'll never know, as there were no recorders running at that late DX hour. We carefully "watched" 1566 the following morning--the last day of the DXpedition--but without success. India on 1566 is heard on occasion by the Newfoundland DXpedition crews, yet it's not been snagged from the West Coast USA. The only other known, confirmed logging of India on MW from the Pacific Northwest was accomplished by Patrick Martin of Seaside, OR in the mid-nineties. He heard and QSLed AIR Shillong, 864 kHz.
 

The mystery station on 1566 will remain a strong memory for me of the March 2002 Grayland DXpedition. Just as memorable, though, will be the enjoyable companionship of the other participants: Don Nelson (Oregon); Nick Hall-Patch (British Columbia); Bruce Portzer and Chuck Hutton (Seattle); John Bryant (Oklahoma); and for the first time we were joined by John Fallows (Alberta) of ERGO software fame and Bruce Conti (New Hampshire), well-known NRC member and accomplished DXer. (ECNA'er Bruce was heard muttering to himself as he flew out of SeaTac Airport; something about the friendly Seattleites, the polite drivers, and how much flirty-er the supermarket checkout gals are... :^)
 

Two additional highlights of the DXpedition were the information- filled "Show and Tell" session on Saturday afternoon, and the installation and performance testing of Beverage antenna terminations using bentonite-enhanced ground rods. (The ceremonial pouring of the "clumping style" kitty litter around the ground rods was a sight to behold; Bruce Conti's DXpedition web site will feature pictures of this solemn scene in the days to come.)
 

On to the loggings! As usual, my cruising of the bands did *not* employ the "take no prisoners" approach favored by some of the more prolific DXers at Grayland. So, you can expect to see a considerably wider variety and quantity of loggings (particularly MW) from other participants. Stay tuned...
 
 

JOHN BRYANT
 
 

Gee, it was a super time by/for all hands. Great fellowship, great info at Show and Tell and informally and some really GREAT DX. Both the Cybiko and the DX Radar showed their worth in the RRI Sorong logging... Nick spotted the activity on 909 and was savvy enough to know that it might be something good... Nick and the other Back Room Boys alerted the front room via the Cybiko and Don and I IDed the language (along with Guy) all within about 5 minutes, with no one taking their headphones off or moving a muscle. Those high-tech bass fishermen with their 200 HP racing bass boats and Fish Radar have got NOTHING on the Grayland crowd, by golly!
 
 

BRUCE CONTI
 

For this east coast North America DXer, Grayland will be remembered as more than just another DXpedition.  It was an experience.  Unfamiliar Asian languages, kitty litter antenna grounds, Cýbiko communicators, the sunrise bubble, and the decidedly high tech west coast DX culture made it truly unique.
 

Overcoming my unfamiliarity with Asian Pacific languages was easier than I expected, although more than three nights of DXing was obviously necessary to acquire enough radio knowledge to readily identify stations, slogans, names, and some of the more exotic languages.  More challenging was simply the fact that I was totally unfamiliar with west coast reception, international and domestic.  For me everything was new.  I was equally enthusiastic over reception of "ho-hum" Japanese powerhouses and the real DX catches that adrenalined the experienced left-coast crew.
 

Three Beverage antennas were aimed northwest, west, and southwest, however the front-to-back ratio seemed rather poor compared to my experiences with Beverages on the east coast.  Furthermore John Bryant had planned testing of a Byan remote-controlled termination resistance on one of the Beverage antennas, but in preliminary tests found that various resistance values had no effect on reception.  Upon learning why the Byan test was scrapped, and after experiencing the good domestic reception off the back of the Beverages, I said it was as if the Beverages weren't terminated.  We discussed different methods of termination.  There wasn't room for a Kaz termination consisting of the resistor and an additional length of wire or ground radial.  Replacing the suspiciously inadequate-looking short metal pins used for grounding with more substantial copper pipes was considered, but if the ground conductivity of the sand dunes was poor then there may not have been much improvement.  Lightbulb, Guy Atkins!  Guy proposed reinforcing the grounds with kitty litter.  It couldn't be just any cat litter.  It had to be clay-based clumping litter.  The key ingredient that gives clay cat litter its clumping characteristic is Bentonite.  The ionizing Bentonite would hold moisture like a sponge and expand to form a tight bond with the copper pipe to increase ground contact surface area.  Tests proved its worth.  As expected, the original grounding scheme was ineffective; there was no difference between a connection to ground and an open circuit.  A copper pipe ground reinforced with 25-lbs. of kitty litter produced some 20 dB of improvement in cursory front-to-back measurements.
 

The group of seasoned west coast DXers demonstrated a passion for high-tech support.  In use were two innovations for DX efficiency; the ERGO-4 receiver remote control and logging software, and the DX Radar.  The ERGO software developed by John Fallows provided for receiver computer control, logging, a shortwave database, and the monitoring of propagation conditions and forecasts.  The DX Radar software developed by Nick Hall-Patch automatically checked all the 9-kHz split frequency signal levels and displayed results every two minutes, alerting DXers to transpacific signals that could otherwise pop up unnoticed at any time.  Another innovative idea was the use
of the Cýbiko Wireless Inter-tainment System, hand-held text communicators that allowed DXers to type and send messages to the rest of the group without interrupting their DXing.  (Thanks to Chuck Hutton who let me borrow a spare Cýbiko.) DX primetime is the opposite of the east coast experience.  Typically there's a peak in east coast transatlantic MW reception around local sunset until conditions settle down an hour or two later.  On the west coast, what was termed the "DX bubble" occurred during local sunrise well into the daylight
hours.  I experienced two different DX bubbles; enhanced reception of Asian Pacific signals during the first two mornings, and then the third morning favored down-under.

Thanks to Guy Atkins, John Bryant, John Fallows, Nick Hall-Patch, Chuck Hutton, Don Nelson, and Bruce Portzer for the opportunity to DX with such a talented pool of transpacific DXers.  73 and Good DX!
 
 

CHUCK HUTTON
 
 

No two Grayland Dxpeditions are the same. This time there weren’t many Aussie and NZ stations as opposed to last November when that’s all we heard and we heard a LOT of them. On the other hand, I didn’t hear a single Russian or Chinese except for a few eastern Chinese locations. Japan wasn’t that good overall, particularly the lower part of the band. Hawaii was poor. Oceania was even poorer.
 
 

Yet on the other hand, some of the upper band Japanese stations were at very good levels. Some new Taiwanese outlets were heard, including an amazing signal on 1161 in 6 KHz bandwidth that was so clear non-DXers later thought it was a shortwave signal. Indonesia was at stunning levels on 909 for a new log. I believe the 1 kw Korean on 1602 was in for a while but I’ll have to have someone listen to the tapes for a final answer.
 
 

My perpetual goal is to get a good log of India on MW. At sunrise (and spot checking before) I try 1566 and 1134 to see if anyone can be found under HLAZ / Japan. Nothing this time, but Guy’s snatch of EE means I will re-double the efforts next time. That’s a very polar path and we were DXing during unfortunate times as ionosphere ranged from unsettled to storm levels. That explains the missing high latitude stuff from Russia, central China, India, etc.
 
 
 

CH: This is a Cybiko. It’s a little wireless device that teens use to chat with each other. It has a range of 150 feet to 500 feet and operates at 900 MHz like cordless phones. They have tiny little keyboards and software to support chat rooms or broadcast messages to everyone. Just perfect for a bunch of Dxers that want to get tips from each other without having to scream at someone to take their headphones off, or jump up and go to one of the other rooms. They emit beeps or buzzes to let you know a message has arrived, and then places the message in a queue on the screen. There are two versions: a Classic (now discontinued I believe) and an Extreme. Both are always available in quantity on eBay. As we only use these things for Dxpeditions, we all have the cheaper Classic which can be had for $15 - $20 more or less. The Extreme is actually compatible with the Classic, but costs at least $30 - $45. The larger keyboard might just be worth it for some. As others wrote, as soon as someone found a juicy catch, the others knew about it without stopping what they were up to. Rechargeable battery and adapter included. Couldn’t tell you anything about the rest of the unit.
 
 
 
 

529 ALASKA, Level Island, "SQM". 0646 22 Mar. Big signal this evening and following night on this one. Repeated voice message about contacting flight services for transcribed weather. (Hall-Patch)

529 ALASKA, Level Island, SQM loud with code IDs 0521 3/24 (bp WA)

529 ALASKA SQM Level Island MAR 22 0805 - Good; weather beacon with a repeating message, "Transcribed aviation weather broadcast will be resumed at 1500 Zulu" and code IDs. [Conti-WA]

530 ALASKA, Adak, "ADK". 0927 22 Mar. MCW beacon, poor to fair; also fair 0745 23 Mar. (Hall-Patch)

530 ALASKA, Adak, ADK beacon loud w/code IDs 1105 3/24, gone at later rechecks (bp WA)

530 ALASKA ADK Adak MAR 24 1240 - Good; beacon with code IDs, only 25 watts according to PAL. [Conti-WA]

531 JAPAN, Morioka,JOQG. 1329 22 Mar. Poor to fairly good woman in JJ //594. (Hall-Patch)

531 t NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, 1XPI. 1354 24 Mar. Island language talk by woman, poor to fair, mixing with mx from presumed 2PM. (Hall-Patch)

531 NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, 1XPI, tentative, woman in island language fair-good 1322 3/24. No ID but format fits (bp WA)

531 AUSTRALIA 2PMKempsey, New South Wales MAR 24 1228 - Good; "One great song, then another great song, and another great song... from EZL," and at 1239 "EZL 531" ID. [Conti-WA]

531 AUSTRALIA 2PM(pres.) W. Kempsey , Mar 24 1225 - Caught this station with the now well-known call change (from 2MC) running a 50s/60s Rock Oldies format at quite good levels. (Bryant-WA)

531 JAPAN JOQG NHK1 Morioka , Mar 16 1349 - 2 men in JJ discussion at low level. Parallel 594. (Bryant-WA)

550 HAWAII, Wailuku, KMVI, 1448 3/24 "Sportstalk 55 KMVI" ID mixing with mainland stations (bp WA)

550 HAWAII KMVI Wailuku , Mar 21 1354 - Here with The Bob and Dan Show on ESPN Radio at good level. Local ad at 1354 and local ID as 'You are listening to Hawaii's only all sports ... KMVI, Wailiku.' Over/under KOAC, Corvalis, OR. (Bryant-WA)

558 FIJI, Naulu, Island music //1152 1303 3/24 (bp WA)

567 NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, 2YA, 1103 3/24 nx by woman, 1136 classical guitar //756 (bp WA)

567 UNID, 1430 3/24 what sounded like network feed in American English fair-poor in harsh 570 splatter. Possibly Guam, but way too much QRM to decipher it (bp WA)

567 NEW ZEALAND 2YA Wellington MAR 24 1100 - Fair; jazz instrumental, time pips marking the top of the hour, and "Radio New Zealand" ID into news. [Conti-WA]

567 NEW ZEALAND 2YA Wellington , Mar 24 1200 - Female news reader with 1200 News at poor level. Noted parallel to 657. (Bryant-WA)

567 UNID with fair-good classical music. (Hutton)

567 JAPAN JOIK NHK1 Sapporo , Mar 16 1352 - Noted here most mornings with programming parallel to 594. (Bryant-WA)

576 NEW ZEALAND, Hamilton, 1XLR, Southern Star, 1148 3/24 poor in domestic splatter w/EZ listening mx //657 (bp WA)

576 NEW ZEALAND 1XLR Hamilton MAR 24 1145 - Weak; Southern Star network with folk guitar instrumentals parallel a stronger 657 kHz signal. [Conti-WA]

580 ALASKA KRSA Petersburg , Mar 19 0309 - Heard here during sunset skip in a jumble with nomal dominant KFXD, Napa ID. ID was 'This is KRSA, Petersburg, serving southwest Alaska.' Believe that the programming was standards and even semi-classical instrumentals. (Bryant-WA)

594 NEW ZEALAND 3XL Timaru, Mar 24 1206 - Presumed 3XL with sports news, parallel 612 (3XG Christchurch). Soccer and cricket results. Fair-good. (ATKINS-WA)

594 JAPAN JOAK Tokyo MAR 23 1350 - Good; NHK1 network talk/discussion in Japanese, parallel 666 kHz. [Conti-WA]

594 JAPAN JOAK NHK 1 Tokyo , Mar 16 1352 - Noted here near dawn each morning of the DXpedition.. (Bryant-WA)

594 AUSTRALIA 3WV (pres.) Horsham , Mar 24 1245 - Believe this the one noted with Aussie-accented discussion of economics and politics at good level. (Bryant-WA)

612 t AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, 4QR. 1214 24 Mar. EE accented talk by man, poor in splatter. (Hall-Patch)

620 HAWAII, Hilo, KIPA, 1130 3/24 way atop KTLK w/light oldies, "soft relaxing favorites, KIPA" ID (bp WA)

620 HAWAII KIPA synchros MAR 23 1410 - Good; "AM 620 and 790, it's Rainbow Radio," and nostalgia. [Conti-WA]

620 HAWAII KIPA Hilo , Mar 21 1416 - Heard at fair level with EZL standands mixing with KFDX, Nampa, ID and others. Brief ID at 1420. (Bryant-WA)

639 CHINA CNR1 Unk. Location , Mar 16 1410 - Male + female news reader with news and commentary program plus possible weather near bottom of hour in standard CC. Good level. Parallel 7230 and 7350. (Bryant-WA)

650 ALASKA KENI Anchorage MAR 23 0858 - Good; Art Bell, promos including "Dr. Laura, weekday afternoons from one to four, on Newsradio 650 KENI" and "Auto Talk, on Newsradio 650 KENI." [Conti-WA]

650 ALASKA KENI Anchorage , Mar 22 1414 - Local ID and news/talk programming surfaced briefly in a furball with KSTE, Sacremento and normally dominant CISL, Vancouver. (Bryant-WA)

657 NEW ZEALAND Unid., Mar 24 1155 - Southern Star Network station, parallel 576 1XLR. Classical piano music to fadeout 1200, but back up 1202 with mentions of Dunedin and Otago. Poor. (ATKINS-WA)

657 NEW ZEALAND 2YC Wellington MAR 24 1145 - Good; Southern Star network with folk guitar instrumentals parallel 576 kHz. [Conti-WA]

657 NORTH KOREA Pyongyang Pangsong, Kangnam MAR 23 1345 - Fair; talk in Korean, parallel 3250, 3320, and 6400 kHz. [Conti-WA]

657 NEW ZEALAND 2YC Wellington , Mar 24 1200 - Noted with news at poor level parallel to 2YA 567 kHz. (Bryant-WA)

666 JAPAN JOBK Osaka MAR 23 1350 - Good; NHK1 network talk/discussion in Japanese, parallel 594 kHz. [Conti-WA]

670 HAWAII KPUA Hilo MAR 22 1035 - Fair; call letter jingle, Art Bell, and at 1100 CBS news, under KBOI Idaho. [Conti-WA]

670 HAWAII KPUA Hilo , Mar 21 1447 - Noted here at good level over/under KBOI, Boise with what seemed to be CBS sports program. Singing KPUA at 1450 after a local Hawaiian PSA. (Bryant-WA)

675 NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch, 3YA, classical music //567 1250 3/24 (bp WA)

690 MEXICO XETRA Tijuana MAR 22 0857 - Fair; Miracle Mile of RVs ad, ESPN Radio, "Rosarito, Baja California, México" ID in Spanish, over CBU Vancouver. [Conti-WA]

690 MEXICO XETRA Tijuana BCN , Mar 19 0908 - Huge signal over riding CBU Vancouver with ESPN Sports and 'Xetra Sports 690'and ID in SS at TOH. (Bryant-WA)693 JAPAN JOAB NHK2 Tokyo , Mar 16 1245 - Logged throughout the DXpedition with sometimes excellent signals. Parallel the remainder of NHK2. (Bryant-WA)

693 JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAB. 1357 22 Mar. Fair in splash with woman with EE lessons, //774, which had very good signal. (Hall-Patch)

693 JAPAN JOAB Tokyo MAR 23 1335 - Good; NHK2 network English language lesson, "Would you like ice cream?" [Conti-WA]

700 t ALASKA, Anchorage, KBYR. 0829 23 Mar. "the outlaw, your kind of country" after country mx. Is this their slogan? I can't find a recent reference to it. (Hall-Patch) And to the rescue below, our best Alaskan DX’er, Bruce Conti of New Hampshire. Also, I did a quick web search and see that a recent Swedish Dxpedition reported hearing this slogan - CH

700 ALASKA KBYR Anchorage MAR 23 0810 - Fair; "Alaska's own... Outlaw AM" and C&W music, "Your country around the clock, The Outlaw." [Conti-WA]

700 ALASKA KBYR Anchorage MAR 23 0805 – Fair with country mx on top of a not-too-strong bunch on the channel, but I didn’t catch an ID. (Hutton)

702 JAPAN NHK2 unID MAR 23 1340 - Fair; piano instrumental between English lessons, then discussion in English about the benefits of physical activity, parallel 693 kHz. [Conti-WA]

702 AUSTRALIA 2BL Sydney , Mar 24 1203 - The 1200 World and Australian ABC News here at fair level. (Bryant-WA)

720 HAWAII KUAI Ele'ele MAR 22 1020 - Fair; Hawaiian music, over/under KDWN Las Vegas. [Conti-WA]

738 TAHITI RFO Papeete, Mar 24 1212 - Male announcer in FR. First noted as het 0415 (Papeete SS). Fair. (ATKINS-WA)

738 AUSTRALIA, Grafton, 2NR. 1211 24 Mar. EE talk with mention of Australia mixing with Tahiti. (Hall-Patch)

738 TAHITI, Papeete, R.Tahiti. 1218 24 Mar. Fair audio; man in FF briefly dominant over the splatter; also heard with fair signal 1300 24 Mar w/nx in FF. (Hall-Patch)

738 SOCIETY ISLANDS, Papeete, 0554 3/24 loud w/island mx, woman in Tahitian (bp WA)

738 FRENCH POLYNESIA RFO Mahina, Tahiti MAR 22 0750 - Fair; discussion in French, het against 740 KCBS San Francisco, at 0910 an improving signal. [Conti-WA]

738 FRENCH POLYNESIA RFO Tahiti Papeete , Mar 16 0930 - Noted here nightly throughout the DXpedition. Sometimes at good levels. (Bryant-WA)

738 UNIDS under Tahiti at 1300 3/24; across the hour was a confusing jumble of pips which seemed to include 5 short high pips on top of 6 short lower pips and more pips underneath but it was such a mix I can’t be sure of things. (Hutton)

738 TAIWAN BEL2 Penghu (tent.) , Mar 18 1145 - Tentative this with female speaker in standard CC. Not parallel 4990. Fair at times. (Bryant-WA)

747 JAPAN JOIB NHK2 Sapporo , Mar 16 1246 - Noted here throughout the DXpedition at good levels. (Bryant-WA)

750 ALASKA KFQD Anchorage MAR 23 0803 - Good; "This is your news station, AM 750 KFQD" and local news brief, Anchorage ads, valley weather, and Sports Overnight America talk, in KXL Oregon null. [Conti-WA]

750 ALASKA KFQD Anchorage , Mar 21 1427 - Pleased to hear KFQD with morning program in partial phase null of KXL Portland. Local weather, ads and ID. Good level but mixing with KXL and a third station. (Bryant-WA)

750 ALASKA KFQD Anchorage way on top of a phased KXL MAR 23 0753 with a nice "AM 750 KFQD" jingle. It was not so easy to get a nice phase null on KXL. Best ever heard by me from Grayland. Nothing at all from them 3/24. (Hutton)

756 NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, 1YA, good w/classical guitar music //567 1136 (bp WA)

760 HAWAII, Honolulu, KGU. 0726 24 Mar. "new 760 KGU" ID by woman, fairsignal, mixing with KFMB. (Hall-Patch)

774 AUSTRALIA 3LO Melbourne, Victoria MAR 24 1415 - Good; Australia vs. South Africa cricket play-by-play, Radio Australia mention. [Conti-WA]

774 JAPAN JOUB NHK2 Akita , Mar 16 1248 - Noted here throughout the DXpedition. This channel, along with 828 was consistently the strongest of the Japanese. (Bryant-WA)

792 t AUSTRALIA, Brisbane 4RN. 1355 24 Mar. Jazz piano and singing, likelythis, fair, with talk underneath. (Hall-Patch)

792 AUSTRALIA 4RN Brisbane, Queensland MAR 24 1250 - Good; classical music, time pips marking top of the hour, and "This is ABC news." [Conti-WA]

792 AUSTRALIA 4RN Brisbane QSLD , Mar 19 1221 - Noted in passing with country music and a DU accented DJ. Mentions of 'Stralia, Brisbane, Sydney, etc. Occasionally good level. (Bryant-WA)

800 ALASKA KINY, Mar 23 0510 - Super signal of US pop music to ID at 0523: 'Your music connection... KINY'. (ATKINS-WA)

800 ALASKA, Juneau, KINY. 0522 23 Mar. Nice big singing ID after lots ofsoft pop. Dominant on NW wire. (Hall-Patch)

800 ALASKA KINY Juneau MAR 23 0315 - Good; show promo, "...Hometown Radio KINY," adult contemporary music. [Conti-WA]

828 JAPAN JOBB Osaka, Mar 22 1422 - Female JJ talk at fair level, but just for 10-15 seconds at a time; dropping into the noise the remainder of the time. (ATKINS-WA)

828 JAPAN, Osaka, JOBB 1306 22 Mar. Poor w/man talking in splatter //774. (Hall-Patch)

828 JAPAN, Osaka, JOBB, 1320 3/24 wx by man in Japanese, then woman w/"JOBB" ID then classical music segue into talk show (bp WA)

828 JAPAN JOBB Osaka MAR 24 1310 - Good; NHK2 network language lesson parallel 747 and 774 kHz. [Conti-WA]

828 JAPAN JOBB 1405 3/24 xlnt with English language news about a kidnapping in Japan then a story about the Far East Russian district. (Hutton)

828 JAPAN JOBB NHK2 Osaka , Mar 16 1250 - Noted here throughout the DXpedition. This channel was usually the strongest TP on the band. (Bryant-WA)

846 KIRIBATI Radio Kiribati Naranakei , Mar 16 0940 - lHeard with talk in island language and into beautiful island chorus. (Bryant-WA)

873 JAPAN JOGB NHK2 Kumamoto , Mar 16 0821 - Kumamoto was here parallel the other NHK2s about 50% of the mornings. Usually with only a fair signal. (Bryant-WA)

891 S. KOREA, Busan, HLKB. 1404 22 Mar. Man talking, fair to poor //3930. (Hall-Patch)

891 t AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, 5AN. 1409 24 Mar. Cricket game, fair in splash, best on SW wire. (Hall-Patch)

891 JAPAN, Sendai, JOHK, good w/Japanese talk //594 1402 3/24 (bp WA)

891 JAPAN JOHK NHK1 Sendai , Mar 16 1301 - Sendai noted with world and national news by male news reader at fair level. Also at good level at 1209, MAR 18. (Bryant-WA)

900 HAWAII KNUI Kahului, Mar 23 1405 - Excellent signal of SE Asian folk-pop tunes, and male ancr in Tagalog or minority lang. S-9+20db level on Western Beverage. (ATKINS-WA)

900 HAWAII, Kahului, KNUI. 1354 23 Mar Big signal w/ID "we are the home of Hawaiian mx, AM-900 KNUI", after Hawaiian mx, best on SW wire. (Hall-Patch)

900 HAWAII KNUI Kahului, Maui MAR 23 1355 - Excellent; Hawaiian music, "We are the home for Hawaiian music, KNUI AM 900," and announcements in Hawaiian and English. [Conti-WA]

900 HAWAII KNUI Kahului , Mar 18 1125 - Fair level with usual Hawaiian music. Mixing with Victoria at good level. (Bryant-WA)

909 INDONESIA RRI Sorong, Mar 24 1315 - Nostalgia music selections ('Greensleeves' etc.); male and female announcers in Indonesian; signal in and out of noise. Lagu romantik music 1339; mentions of 'dari Jakarta' 1344. More lagu romantik 1350; phone interview 1355; music over TOH to announcer talk 1403. Woman announcer with mention of Jakarta and Sorong 1405. This catch was the highlight of the DXpedition for most participants; Indonesia is a very rare logging on MW from the Pacific NW. (ATKINS-WA)

909 INDONESIA RRI Sorong 3/24, starting at 1315 when Nick sent out the alert via our little wireless network. What a surprise! The only other MW Indonesian I had heard was the faintest, splash ridden few seconds of "Song of the Coconut Isles" on 999 with 100 kw, so it was a huge surprise to hear this which peaked at huge levels around 1340. No power listed in the WRTH, and if anyone knows the power I’d be curious to know it. I’m trying to get a Malaysian acquaintance to listen to this and tell us what transpired; it seems Malaysians will understand a bit of Indonesian. (Hutton)

909 t INDONESIA, Sorong. 1310 24 Mar. Fair to good signal in splash, first noted by DX Radar; initially thought to be man in Tagalog, then into choral mx, faded down on woman talking. "Greensleeves" melody at 1321, but no talk. Others heard mention of Djakarta by 1347, but I didn't. (Hall-Patch)

909 INDONESIA, Sorong, RRI strong-nil 1328-1357 3/24 w/light pops, Indonesian teletalk shows, mentions of Sorong & Jakarta. Audio somewhat distorted (bp WA)

909 INDONESIA RRI Sorong, Irian Jaya MAR 24 1330 - English nostalgic lounge vocals, Indonesian talk with Jakarta mention, as everyone seemed to jump on this one while I continued DXing oblivious of its rarity. [Conti-WA]

909 INDONESIA RRI Sorong, Sorong, Irian Jaya , Mar 24 1330 - This station first noted on Hall-Patch's DX Radar. Built to quite good levels by 1350 and kept right on going over TOH. Clearly Indonesian language with locally produced programming. Mostly discussion with some Indo-pops songs and phone calls, too. Many mentions of Sorong and several of Jakarta. There was no formal ID at 1400, though I did catch the woman announcer saying 'Dari Sorong' at 1400 (from Sorong.) I QSLed this station on the north coast of New Guinea Island in 1986 on 4875 kHz from Oklahoma. The v/s was Ricay D. Wader. I never thought I'd be privileged to hear this outpost station on MW. Wow! Thanks for the heads up, Nick!. (Bryant-WA)

918 JAPAN, Unid, woman in Japanese, riffs from Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" 1411 3/24, then faded, several listed (bp WA)

930 ALASKA KTKN Ketchikan MAR 23 0325 - Good; adult contemporary music, "Listen here for today's best music, on AM 930 KTKN." [Conti-WA]

936 AUSTRALIA 7ZR Hobart, Tasmania MAR 24 1425 - Fair; news, then a woman introduced "weather in Hobart." [Conti-WA]

936 AUSTRALIA 7ZR 1435 3/24 fair with man and woman in a discussion. Bruce had just heard a Hobart mention. Not very many Aussies at all tonight. (Hutton)

940 t HAWAII, Waipahu, KJPN. 1550 23 Mar. JJ talk by woman dominant on W wire likely this. (Hall-Patch)

945 t JAPAN, Muroran et al., JOIQ. 1342 22 Mar. Woman in JJ, followed by man. Fair signal; didn't think to check for parallel... (Hall-Patch)

945 CHINA CNR1 Unk. Location , Mar 18 1222 - Noted at fair level with M+F in standard CC, with music voice over at program end, 1230. Parallel 5030. (Bryant-WA)954 JAPAN JOKR Tokyo , Mar 16 1302 - Noted with JJ popular numbers hosted by a male DJ. JOKR was usually the strongest Japanese commercial station on the band. (Bryant-WA)

954 JAPAN JOKR Tokyo, Mar 24 1415 - Two male announcers in JJ with continuous talk. Very good signal before fades. (ATKINS-WA)

954 JAPAN, Tokyo, JOKR, good w/woman in Japanese 1518 3/24 (bp WA)

954 JAPAN JOKR Tokyo MAR 24 1535 - Good; discussion in Japanese. [Conti-WA]

954 JAPAN JOKR 3/23 1438 with several men in Japanese having a really good time. (Hutton)

963 JAPAN, NHK1 synchros. 1526 23 Mar. //1503, poor with woman in JJ talk. (Hall-Patch)

970 ALASKA KIAK, Mar 23 0520 - Interview with hockey players after game; mentions of Fairbanks fans and local media. Good, but fading fast. (ATKINS-WA)

972 UNID, talk in Indonesian, Tagalog or similar language 1338 3/24, good o/Korea. Gone by 1400. RRI Surakarta? (bp WA)

972 UNID several of us were trying for other Indonesian outlets after hearing 909 so well. There was something here from 1340 to 1353 that was not // 909, but I couldn’t pin it down. (Hutton)

972 SOUTH KOREA, Tangjin, atop w/time pips and Korean talk 1400 3/24, much weaker than normal. (bp WA)

972 SOUTH KOREA HLCA Tangjin MAR 23 1450 - Good; telephone talk in Korean. [Conti-WA]

972 REP OF KOREA HLCA KBS Dangjin , Mar 16 1304 - Here each morning of the DXpedition, often at excellent levels. (Bryant-WA)

981 CHINA, various CNR1. 1516 23 Mar. Man and woman in CC //5030, poorreadability in heavy splash. (Hall-Patch)

981 CHINA CNR1 unID MAR 23 1518 - Fair; man in Chinese parallel 5030 kHz. [Conti-WA]

990 HAWAII KHBZ (tent.) Honolulu , Mar 24 1450 - Noted what I believe was KHBZ with over-night talk program, PSAs and local slogans. This was long after dawn in Grayland. Will send a tentative report. (Bryant-WA)

1008 JAPAN JONR Osaka MAR 23 1445 - Fair; talk in Japanese. [Conti-WA]

1008 NEW ZEALAND 1ZD Tauranga MAR 24 1215 - Fair; News/Talk ZB telephone talk parallel 1035 kHz, well over an unID nostalgia music station. [Conti-WA]

1008 NEW ZEALAND 1ZD Tauranga , Mar 24 1220 - Noted at poor level, parallel to 1152. (Bryant-WA)

1008 JAPAN JOHR Osaka , Mar 16 1310 - With talk by M+F and into popular music followed by a commercial string. (Bryant-WA)

1035 t NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, 2ZB. 1432 22 Mar. Man and woman in accented EE might have been this. (Hall-Patch)

1035 S. KOREA, Pohang, HLCP. 1511 23 Mar. //3930, mostly poor strength, man talking in KK. (Hall-Patch)

1035 SOLOMON ISLANDS, Honaira, 1309 3/24 BBC request/dedication program //5020 fair-poor u/NZ (bp WA)

1035 SOLOMON ISLANDS SIBC Honiara MAR 24 1015 - Fair; beautiful island music, over 2ZB New Zealand. [Conti-WA]

1035 NEW ZEALAND 2ZB Wellington MAR 23 0910 - Fair; telephone talk, "Eleven minutes past the hour on News/Talk ZB..." over an unID music station. [Conti-WA]

1035 SOUTH KOREA HLCP P'ohang, Kyongsang-Bukto MAR 23 1510 - Fair; KBS1 with a man in presumed Korean, parallel 3930 kHz. [Conti-WA]

1035 SOLOMON ISLANDS SIBC Honiara , Mar 16 1017 - Pop music and then a time check by female announcer 'It's 17 minutes past nine.You are listening to Radio Hapi Isles.' and into weather in tok pisin. Fair level, parallel 5020. (Bryant-WA)

1035 REP OF KOREA HLCP Pohang , Mar 17 1035 - Noted with mixture of KK talk and music in parallel with 1305 and 3930 kHz. Not parallel 972. Poor to threshold level. (Bryant-WA)

1035 NEW ZEALAND 2ZB Wellington , Mar 24 1220 - 'News Talk ZB' at poor level. Parallel to 1152. (Bryant-WA)

1044 UNID. 1532 23 Mar. Fair to good opera singing. Had assumed China, but since realized that KBS (see 1305 below) was running opera about the same time. (Hall-Patch)

1053 S. KOREA, jammer. 1254 22 Mar. No coastal DXpedition is complete without this one making big whooshing sounds. Surprising amount of splatter however. Noted as late as 1604 this morning. (Hall-Patch)

1053 JAPAN, Nagoya, JOAR. 1553 23 Mar. JJ talk by man, briefly dominant on all wires, but whooshing from S.Korea started to take over; also noted 1408 24 Mar. (Hall-Patch)

1053 UNID, 1344 3/24 EZ instrumental listening music fair, hoped for listed RRI station due to concurrent reception on 909 / 972 but gone before they gave any anmts (bp WA)

1053 UNID 1355 3/24 good with classical piano mx, an interlude of talk by a woman, rising to very good level over the hour with possible ID and 1 pip. This should be ID’able when the tape is reviewed. The hope at the time was Indonesia as we had just finished the 909 logging frenzy. (Hutton)

1053 NORTH KOREA Jammer MAR 22 1350 - Loud warbling noise. [Conti-WA]

1053 REP. OF KOREA Bubble Jammer , Mar 18 1241 - Bubble jammer noted at good level here each morning of the DXpedition. (Bryant-WA)

1062 unID. 1440 23 Mar. Male talk briefly battling with splash sounded Tagalog? (Hall-Patch)

1062 UNID, 1523 3/24 teletalk in what sounded like Tagalog, gone b7 1526, but back in at 1536 recheck (bp WA)

1080 unID MAR 23 1130 - International news in British-accented English, then at 1145 BBC World Service ID and sports news, under KOTK Oregon. [Conti-WA]

1098 MARSHALL ISLANDS V7AD Majuro, Mar 23 1025 - 'If I Had A Hammer' tune 1025; male announcer with possible ID 1028; brief clips of oldies tunes 1030. Poor-fair. (ATKINS-WA)

1098 MARSHALL ISLANDS V7AD Majuro MAR 23 0925 - Fair to good; mellow vocals, then at 1001 "V7AD World News Special" promo. [Conti-WA]

1098 MARSHAL ISLANDS V7AD Radio Majuro, Majuro , Mar 19 1230 - Noted here throughout the DXpedition at fair to good carrier level, but with quite low level modulation. The transmitter is being left on the air after sign-off (1000 sked) and heard as an Open Carrier as late as 1400. (Bryant-WA)

1110 HAWAII KAOI Kehei , Mar 24 1500 - Listed as silent in some references. This station positively IDed with call, local time-check, local commercials and network (?CBS?) news. Mixing with two Pacific Northwest stations. Fair at peaks. (Bryant-WA)

1116 t NEW ZEALAND, Nelson, 2YX. 1316 24 Mar. EE accented talk by man, poor to fair in splash. 4BC logged later and is most common, but this signal best on SW wire. (Hall-Patch)

1116 AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, 4BC. 1402 24 Mar. EE news by woman, fair signal, best on west wire, "southern cross network news" announcement, 2UE ID also. (Hall-Patch)

1116 AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, 4BC, loud w/teletalk 1413 3/24 (bp WA)

1116 AUSTRALIA 4BC Brisbane, Queensland MAR 22 1150 - Fair; telephone talk, local ad string with many Brisbane mentions.  MAR 23 1225 - Fair; talk about Australia, local ads.  MAR 24 1135 - Fair; "1116 4BC" ID and talk. [Conti-WA]

1116 AUSTRALIA 4BC Brisbane QSLD , Mar 19 0852 - Sports talk show here at fair level, ID as 'Sports Today on 4BC Brisbane.'. (Bryant-WA)

1125 JAPAN, phone interview in Japanese 1209 3/24, fair in s1120/1130 splatter (bp WA)

1134 AUSTRALIA Unidentified, Mar 22 1405 - Aussie accented EG fading in and out, with mentions of New South Wales. Possibly 2AD Armidale, NSW. Poor-fair. Mixing with JOQR Tokyo by 1415. (ATKINS-WA)

1134 JAPAN, Tokyo. JOQR. 1349 23 Mar. Believe there was a "bunka hoso" ID during a reverberated male voice, good to fair; lots of chatter by man and woman. Also noted in passing 1407 24 Mar with JJ talk, but poorer than previous two mornings. (Hall-Patch)

1134 JAPAN JOQR very good with an excited young woman 1413 3/23. 1427 3/23 excellent+ with a jingle ID in EE. I check this frequency constantly hoping to hear a bit of AIR India but it’s either this or Korea until sunlight kills off the last of the signal. (Hutton)

1134 S. KOREA, Kimpo. 1418 22 Mar. Man talking fr-pr //972 which was stronger; no sign of JJ at this time. (Hall-Patch)

1134 JAPAN, Tokyo, JOQR, 1058 3/24, good w/Japanese talk, single tone 1100. Mixing w/Aussie 1516. Still good 1559 w/Japanese talk, 1600 time signal (bp WA)

1134 AUSTRALIA, Armidale, 2AD 1452 3/24, tentative w/ads in Aussie accent, one gave phone number sounding like 6872 59 double 0 or similar. Per Aussie phone listings, phone numbers in the Armidale area start with 6, while for 3CS's area they start with 4 and for 6CI they start with 9. (bp WA)

1134 JAPAN JOQR Tokyo MAR 23 1440 - Excellent; Japanese pop music, NCB network ID, "Countdown" program promo, and JOQR jingle. [Conti-WA]

1134 JAPAN JOQR Tokyo , Mar 23 1110 - Noted here with JJ discussion between M+F at moderate level. (Bryant-WA)

1134 REP OF KOREA KCBS Hwaseong , Mar 17 1356 - Broadcasting JJ programming until TOH when reverted to KK. KCBS time pips (3+1) then news headlines before beginning a very informal programming. It sounded like a remote from a very busy tavern. Hard to believe this 500 kW station is broadcasting JJ programming co-channel with JOQR, NCB Tokyo! Programming was parallel KCBS outlet on 972. (Bryant-WA)

1134 SOUTH KOREA Hwaseong 1535 3/23 atabout an even level with pest JOQR, both good. (Hutton)

1143 t TAIWAN, Baisha, BEL3. 1457 23 March with woman singing CC song, fair in splatter. (Hall-Patch)

1143 UNID 1531 3/23 xlnt play in what sounds like Chinese, over a big jumble of others. VOA Philippines is CC at the time, and there’s also Taiwan. Dunno. (Hutton)

1143 t JAPAN, Kyoto, JOBR. 1600 23 Mar. JJ talk by woman with long pip, fair o/u Taiwan. Presume that 3 short and one long pip following were Taiwan. This is the only JJ listed. (Hall-Patch)

1143 JAPAN JOBR Kyoto MAR 23 1515 - Fair; woman in Japanese. [Conti-WA]

1152 AUSTRALIA?, 1455 3/24, weak talk in DU English, into country music (bp WA)

1152 FIJI R.Fiji 1, Rakiraki MAR 24 1525 - Presumed this with island music, Bruce Portzer said Fiji was common on this frequency. [Conti-WA]

1152 NEW ZEALAND 3ZC Timaru , Mar 24 1220 - 'News Talk ZB' programming noted at poor level but clearly in parallel between 1152 kHz. 3ZC Timaru, 1035 2ZB Wellington and 1008 1ZD Tauranga. (Bryant-WA)

1161 UNID. 1447 23 Mar. Sounded like CC singing, but no // with CNR1. Taiwan also listed. (Hall-Patch)

1161 TAIWAN BCC unID MAR 23 1600 - Fair; flute music leading to the top of the hour marked by four descending notes, a mid-note and beep, symphonic music, and announcements in Mandarin/Taiwanese language, either BED86 or BED89. [Conti-WA]

1161 TAIWAN BED86 and BED89 3/23 1511 to 1532 the second biggest surprise of the Dxpedition for me. A truly awesome signal for awhile in 6 KHz bandwidth from about 1525 on with man and woman talking in Taiwanese dialect, interlude of really pretty, old-fashioned Chinese mx, man at 1530 with ID in Mandarin and then back to Taiwanese dialect. I played this for two China-born people I work with and they spotted the Mandarin ID for me. This guy was way on top almost all the time but occasionally I could hear a few stations way in the background including someone playing Oriental music. (Hutton)

1179 t JAPAN Osaka, JOOR. 1508 22 Mar. JJ talk by man, poor to fair in splatter. (Hall-Patch)

1179 JAPAN JOOR Osaka , Mar 17 1317 - Radio play with both men and women. Very informal. Fair level. (Bryant-WA)

1188 JAPAN JOKP NHK1 Kitami , Mar 21 1342 - Noted here at threshold level in parallel with 594, NHK1 Tokyo. (Bryant-WA)

1197 JAPAN unID MAR 22 1345 - Good; man in Japanese, pop music. [Conti-WA]

1197 JAPAN JOWL Asahikowa 3/23 poor at 1349 with man in JJ. The fun part was to hear it be parallel to 1440, clinching this as the 3 kw JOWL rather than 10 kw JOBF or 5 kw JOYF. (Hutton)

1197 JAPAN JOWL Asahikawa (pres.) , Mar 17 1157 - JJ talk and classical Japanese music program. This station noted regularly throughout DXpedition. (Bryant-WA)

1206 AUSTRALIA, Grafton, 2GF, tentative, 1511 3/24 Aussie teletalk fair, then gone, only time heard this night. (bp WA)

1206 CHINA Yangbian RGD Yangbian, Man. , Mar 18 1243 - Noted with KK (usual language) phone-in program at good level. (Bryant-WA)

1242 t JAPAN, Tokyo, JOLF. 1558 22 Mar. Likely this one with high energy commercial JJ natter; a great cuckoo clock and pips across hour, then realized recorder not running... (Hall-Patch) (That’s OK – I ran the first 15 minutes of the Dxpedition with no audio cable to my recorder – CH)

1242 JAPAN, Tokyo, JOLF, 1124 3/24 man & woman in Japanese, drum thumping in background. Still in w/talk 1557 (bp WA)

1242 JAPAN JOLF Tokyo MAR 23 1257 - Good, in-studio discussion, sounded like sports topics, cuckoo clock time pips marking the top of the hour. [Conti-WA]

1242 JAPAN JOLF Tokyo , Mar 17 1200 - Single time pip then female announcer with voice-over net ID and into instrumental music. Poor level. (Bryant-WA)

1242 JAPAN JOLF Tokyo , Mar 23 1327 really good with an excited DJ and quite listenable at times usingthe 6 KHz bandwidth of the R8B. Definitely a bit stronger than normal and one of the very strongest JJ’s rather than the usual 594 / 693 / 774 etc. (Hutton)

1287 t JAPAN, Sapporo, JOHR. 1544 23 Mar. Rapid JJ talk by man and woman, fair to good, rising over splatter. Also noted 1251, but splatter much worse. (Hall-Patch)

1287 JAPAN, Sapporo, JOHR, 1122 3/24, pop mx, man in JJ, HBC mention (bp WA)

1287 JAPAN JOHR Sapporo, Hokkaido MAR 22 1335 - Good; man and woman in Japanese. [Conti-WA]

1287 JAPAN JOHR Sapporo ., Mar 17 1237 - Fair to good level with JJ talk by two men. (Bryant-WA)

1296 UNID, DU male with 1940s pop tunes in briefly 1119 3/24, probably NZ which carries this type of pgm at this hour (bp, WA)

1296 JAPAN JOTK Matsue, Shimane MAR 22 1608 - Good; piano instrumental parallel 1503 kHz. [Conti-WA]

1296 JAPAN JOTK NHK 1 Matsue , Mar 22 1224 - Running a radio play at moderate level. JOTK presumed. (Bryant-WA)

1305 S. KOREA, Uljin, HLSV. 1542 23 Mar. KBS1 operatic singing, fair to quite good //3930. (Hall-Patch)

1305 REP OF KOREA KBS Uljin , Mar 17 1327 - Mixture of KK talk and music in parallel with 1035 and 3930 kHz. Sometimes peaking to fair level. Not parallel to 972. (Bryant-WA)

1305 UNID 1608 Mar 23 pretty good with pop mx of the thumping disco beat kind and a woman talking. Like Nick and John, I should have checked parallels but didn’t. I’ll have to check out the language since Nick was listening just a few minutes earlier and heard opera mx. (Hutton)

1314 t JAPAN, Osaka, JOUF. 1325 22 Mar. JJ talk by woman, fair, but way too much splatter for readability. (Hall-Patch)

1332 t JAPAN, Nagoya, JOSF. 1505 22 Mar. JJ talk by man and woman, only fair to poor u/splatter. (Hall-Patch)

1332 JAPAN JOSF Nagoya , Mar 17 1325 - Noted in passing at fair to poor levels. Female discussion in Japanese. (Bryant-WA)

1332 JAPAN JOSF 3/23 1334 good with pop mx and better than normal signal. 1504 3/23 very, very good with man in JJ. (Hutton)

1377 CHINA, CNR1. 1530 23 Mar. Big "Zhongyang renmin guangbo dientai" by man, though what the sirens preceding this announcement portented, I know not. (Hall-Patch)

1377 CHINA CNR1 Unk. Location , Mar 17 1220 - Male and female news reader in standard CC with news and commentary at good level. Parallel to 5955 kHz. Also noted in RR at 1405 on MAR 20, but believe this still the transmitter. (Bryant-WA)

1377 UNID , Mar 16 1310 - As with DXpeditions for past 15 months or so, a HUGE open carrier noted here several AMs of the DXpedition. Believe this to be the Chinese transmitter on this freq., between programs. (Bryant-WA)

1386 JAPAN, NHK2 synchros. 1341 22 Mar. Woman & man in EE, fair, //774. (Hall-Patch)

1386 JAPAN NHK2 unID MAR 22 1420 - Good; classical music parallel 774 kHz, there are four 10 kW NHK2 stations on this frequency. [Conti-WA]

1386 JAPAN NHK2 Synchros , Mar 16 1313 - Noted here most mornings of the DXpedition. (Bryant-WA)

1386 JAPAN NHK2 fair with JJ talk 3/23 at 1338. There are three 10 kw and one 5 kw stations listed. (Hutton)

1440 JAPAN JOWF Sapporo 3/23 poor –fair at 1349 with man in JJ parallel to 1197. There’s not much on 1440 here, so it’s not too unusual to log this fellow on good Japanese nights when it can rise over the weak rumble. (Hutton)

1422 JAPAN JORF Yokohama , Mar 16 1318 - Low talk by Japanese man noted here most mornings. (Bryant-WA)

1475 MALAYSIA RTM Kota Kinabalu MAR 22 1210 - In presumed Maylay or Tagalog language, pop/island music, fadey signal sometimes 20 dB strong and at other times dropping to the noise floor. [Conti-WA]

1475 MALAYSIA RTVM Kota Kinabalu , Mar 19 1253 - Noted here most of the morning as strong het. Occasional threshold audio around 1245. Only ID is that this propaganda station is only one in world on 1475. (Bryant-WA)

1500 HAWAII KUMU Honolulu , Mar 18 1128 - Dominating frequency at peaks with EZ jazz programming. IDs as 'Kumu, AM 1500.' Sometimes mixing with Chinese programming from (presumed) Duncan, BC station. (Bryant-WA)

1500 HAWAII, Honolulu, KUMU. 1359 23 Mar. "koomoo AM 15 hundred" ID by man; big signal dominating channel. (Hall-Patch)

1500 HAWAII KUMU 3/24 1416 all alone on the channel with "Koo-moo" ID. Not agood Hawaiian night at all but they still made it. (Hutton)

1503 JAPAN, Akita, JOUK. 1332 22 Mar. Poor signal in splatter, woman talking //531. (Hall-Patch)

1503 JAPAN NHK1 unID MAR 22 1605 - Good; man in Japanese, piano instrumental, parallel 1296 kHz, MAR 23 1015 noted parallel 3607.5 USB, the WRTH only lists JOUK but the PAL indicates a second NHK1 station on 1503 kHz, and at 1455 fair; parallel NHK1 3970 kHz.  (3970 signed off at 1500 after time pips marking the top of the hour.) [Conti-WA]

1512 AUSTRALIA, Newcastle, 2RN, 1508 3/24 Aussie talk noted in passing (bp WA)

1539 t JAPAN, NHK2 synchros. 1522 23 Mar. EE talk by man and woman, poor tofair, best on NW wire. Must have been dozing, as never checked for a parallel. (Hall-Patch)1548 t AUSTRALIA, Emerald, 4QD. 1425 24 Mar. Cricket broadcast, good strength. (Hall-Patch)

1539 CHINA BED78(pres.) Tainan , Mar 22 1305 - Believe this heard with seeming news or commentary in standard CC until 1315 followed by a mixture of EE phrases and CC which may have been EE language lessons. (Bryant-WA)

1548 AUSTRALIA, Emerald, 4QD, strong w/sportscast 1436 3/24. Still there w/awesome signal 1458 (bp WA)

1548 AUSTRALIA 4QD ABC Central Queensland, Emerald MAR 22 1225 - Poor; sports report in English.  MAR 24 1510 - Australia vs. South Africa cricket commentary parallel 612 kHz. [Conti-WA]

1548 AUSTRALIA 4QD, Emerald , Mar 24 1420 - Presumed this noted in passing with Aussie-accented discussion of cricket. Fair to poor level. (Bryant-WA)1557 TAIWAN WYFR Family Radio Kouhu , Mar 17 1205 - Noted in passing at good level with music program in standard CC. (Bryant-WA)

1557 t TAIWAN, Kouhu, Family Radio. 1309 22 Mar. Likely this with portentous mx; man and woman in CC, good signal. (Hall-Patch)

1557 TAIWAN Family Radio 1359 3/23 fair with man in CC, Taipei mentioned several times, ran right over the hour with no obvious break or ID. At 1400:30 a woman took over. (Hutton)

1566 PHILIPPINES DXID (very tentative), Mar 22 1240 - Faint but clear Koranic recitations in Arabic beneath strong HLAZ, Korea. Long pauses, then more recitations. PAL lists DXID as an 'Assoc. of Islamic Development' station in Pagadian, Philippines for 1566. Evidently gone for good by 1245. (ATKINS-WA)

1566 UNIDENTIFIED Unid., Mar 23 1650 - Very weak audio here, but clearly discernable as formal-sounding English. Male announcer with mentions of United States, President Bush, and politics. Gone by 1658. Nearly three hours past local SR. (ATKINS-WA)

1566 SOUTH KOREA, Cheju, HLAZ. 1259 22 Mar. Good w/JJ talk by man. Noted many times, of course. (Hall-Patch)

1566 SOUTH KOREA HLAZ Jeju MAR 22 1140 - Good; man in Asian language, and at 1215 an excellent signal over an unID music station. [Conti-WA]

1566 unID MAR 22 1245 - Koranic recitations under HLAZ, perhaps DXJR Philippines. [Conti-WA]

1566 REP OF KOREA HLAZ Cheju Island , Mar 17 1234 - This FEBC outlet noted throughout the DXpedition around 1300 with sometimes phenomenal levels. Religious programming in CC and JJ. (Bryant-WA)

1566 SOUTH KOREA HLAZ 1402 3/23 most excellent, as it was for a lot of the morning. It was – as usual – the strongest TP during the Dxpedition. There wasn’t even much competition, as the really big Japanese stations like 774, 594, etc. were not so good. Still in and really excellent at 1634 (8:34 AM local time), 2 hours after local sunrise of 6:38 AM. (Hutton)

1575 THAILAND VOA Bangkok, Mar 23 1520 - Business English lesson 'Will Mr. Blake sell his robot to Beijiing? He must negotiate carefully with the foreign office.' VOA ID 1529, announcements of upcoming programs, PSA on child immunization, 1530 UTC time check, and into Special English news. Very good signal; some fades. (ATKINS- WA)

1575 THAILAND VOA Bangkok, Mar 22 1510 - Strong signal of Thai or minority language; male announcer with continuous talk. Heavy metal and rap music faint in the background-- possible AFN network, Japan (1575 best on NW beverage antenna). (ATKINS-WA)

1575 t JAPAN, AFN. 1513 22 Mar. Somebody underneath likely Thailand, with rap mx, only on NW wire. (Hall-Patch)

1575 THAILAND, Ban Phachi. VoA. 1632 23 Mar. Poor to fair w/unID language (Bangla listed, sounded vaguely islandish) //7280 and 9855, mention of VoA in whatever language it was. (Hall-Patch)

1575 THAILAND VOA Ban Phachi, Ayutthaya MAR 22 1240 - Good; presumed Lao language per WRTH, parallel 6030 kHz. [Conti-WA]

1575 THAILAND VOA 3/23 1448 really, really good with English language lessons followed by a VOA ID and news at 1500. (Hutton)

1575 unID MAR 22 1515 - Rock/rap music under VOA Thailand, perhaps one of the Japan AFN stations. [Conti-WA]

1575 THAILAND VOA Ayutthaya , Mar 17 1225 - Noted for 90 minutes in SEAs languages with strength peaking at S-9!. (Bryant-WA)

1584 UNIDS multiple stations 1548 3/23 – one good with talk and then Stevie Wonder song, the other underneath wasn’t good enough to do much with. Neither was // 1602 so neither was South Korea. There’s a 10 kw Philippine station but that’s the only real possibility, leaving me to wonder who the other station was? (Hutton)

1593 JAPAN, Matsue/Niigata, NHK2. 1422 22 Mar Opera singing //774, fair to poor; also noted 1539 this morning. (Hall-Patch)

1593 JAPAN NHK2 unID MAR 22 1400 - Good; news from Tokyo about Japanese government, parallel 774 kHz, both JOQB and JOTB carry NHK2 with 10 kW on this frequency. [Conti-WA]

1593 CHINA CNR1 Unk. Location , Mar 18 1246 - English language lesson ending at 1245 with instrumental music. Into seeming lengthy PSA between segments; almost a radio play. Excellent production. Parallel 5030. CNR pips at hour. (Bryant-WA)

1593 JAPAN NHK Synchros (Niigata/Matsue) , Mar 21 1340 - Noted here mixing with the Chinese with EE lessons // 774. Poor. (Bryant-WA)

1593 JAPAN 1405 3/23 NHK2 poor in an even mix with another Oriental station, but I did not get a chance to check parallels and see if it was John’s China station. (Hutton)

1593 JAPAN / UNID nice mix of stations at fair level 1543 3/23 with NHK2 generally on top but someone else holding their own at times. Maybe John’s CNR1 station, but WRTH doesn’t list a CNR1 station so I didn’t think to check CNR1. Bad DX’ing. (Hutton)

1602 JAPAN, NHK2 synchros. 1607 23 Mar. Man declaiming, poor strength, //1593. (Hall-Patch)
 
 
 

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AUSTRALIA 2310, 1106-1115, VL8A Alice Springs Mar 22 Cricket match broadcast and discussion between two sportscasters. Excellent signal, parallel 2325 VL8T (vy good) and 2485 VL8K (good). (ATKINS-WA)

BOTSWANA 4820, 0326-0340, R. Botswana Mar 24 R&B music building in strength 0326 to deep-voiced male announcer 0339 in lang.; into more pop music. Fair-good; presumed. (ATKINS-WA)

BRAZIL, 6180 , 0238 3/24 Brazilian pops, Portuguese talk, Radio Nacional ID (bp WA)

BRAZIL, 4885 0300 3/24 unid w/Portuguese talk, disappeared abruptly (s/off?). 3 listed (bp WA)

BURMA 4725, 1143-1201, R. Myanmar Mar 23 Presumed this with old US pop tune, woman ancr. in unid lang. with mentions of Myanmar 1155. Fair level, but strong, intermittent milcomm QRM on 4725 at 1157. Anmts and exotic woodwinds 1200. (ATKINS-WA)

CANADA, 6175 Sackville relay, Voice of Vietnam, 0245 3/24 ID & news by man & woman in English (bp WA)

ETHIOPIA 7165.4, 1615-1630, R. Ethiopia Mar 23 Michael Jackson and other US pops, soul, and R&B music to 1629 woman announcer in EG 'You are listening to the internal service of R. Ethiopia'. Fair to good signal. (ATKINS-WA)

FRANCE 3965, 0435-0458*, RFI Mar 23 Male and female announcers in French; brief musical interludes. RFI 'new age' theme music 0457; suddenly off in mid-note 0458*. Good level. (ATKINS-WA)

GABON 4890, 0353-0457*, R. France Internationale Mar 24 Man and woman with talk in FR; off at 0457*. Poor-fair at Moyabi SR. (ATKINS-WA)

INDIA 3223, 1420-1426, AIR Shimla Mar 23 Woman ancr in Hindi with commentary or talk. Jingles, short ads or anmts in Hindi 1425. Fair- gd. Also heard fair 3/24 at 1438 with passionate speaker and poss. political talk. (ATKINS-WA)

INDIA 3365, 1432-1437, AIR Delhi Mar 24 Good signal of announcers in Hindi. Presumed. (ATKINS-WA)

INDIA 3945, 1432-1435, AIR Gorakhpur Mar 23 Male announcer in Hindi, beneath R. Tampa. Best on southwest Beverage antenna-- textbook skewed-path propagation example. Gorakhpur in the clear by 1455 recheck, with primitive vocals. No break at TOH. Fair-good. Also heard 3/24 with sitar music; again, best on SW Beverage. (ATKINS-WA)

INDIA 4760, 1204-1210, AIR Pt. Blair Mar 23 Nice hymn-sounding subcontinental vocals by woman; brief anmts by male in Hindi 1207, followed by tabla music. Good level. (ATKINS-WA)

INDIA 4760, 1436-1443, AIR Leh Mar 23 Leh noted weak with male ancr in Hindi, beneath stronger Pt. Blair signal of woman ancr and Hindi film music. Thanks Don Nelson for tip via CDXN (Cybiko DX Network). (ATKINS-WA)

INDIA 4775, 1212-1230*, AIR Imphal Mar 23 Presumed sermon in lang.; Christian hymn by acapella choir 1215; anmts by male 1229, and sign- off abruptly at 1230*. Fair-gd. (ATKINS-WA)

INDIA 4840, 1558-1603, AIR Mumbai Mar 22 Nice signal of sub- continental tabla & string-instrument music, nearly 2 hours past local SR. Brief announcement or ID at 1600. Best by far on SW beverage (skewed path reception). (ATKINS-WA)

INDIA 4850, 1447-1451, AIR Kohima Mar 24 Hindi film music beneath powerful CNR2, Beijing. Fair. Hyderabad 4800 and Kolkata 4820 also noted. (ATKINS-WA)

INDONESIA 2960, 1235-1241, RPDT Manggarai Mar 24 Announcer with monotone talk in Indonesian. Weak signal only on NW Beverage. (ATKINS- WA)

INDONESIA 3264.7, 1241-, RRI Gorontalo Mar 24 Male announcer and lagu romantik selections. Announcements (but no ID) and into a few seconds of SCI at 1259, but then dead air suddenly, or abrupt sign-off. Powerhouse signal. (ATKINS-WA)

INDONESIA 3325, 1301-1304, RRI Palangkaraya Mar 24 Jakarta network news relay with items from around Indonesia. Excellent level and parallel 3976 and 3344.8. (ATKINS-WA)

INDONESIA 3976, 1455-1510, RRI Pontianak Mar 22 Wonderful, slow female vocals with stringed instrument accompaniment; very primitive and exotic. No break at TOH. Excellent S9+20db signal. (ATKINS-WA)

INDONESIA 4000.1, 1305-1310, RRI Kendari Mar 24 Fair signal of Jakarta news relay, parallel 3976, but in a big shadow of Nei Menggu PBS China on 4000. (ATKINS-WA)

IRAN, 6090 at 1515 3/24 talk in presumed Farsi good //9885 (bp WA)

NEW ZEALAND 3935.1, 1025-1039, ZLXA Levin Mar 22 Interview program apparently about South Pacific politics. Poor-fair level with ham QRM. (ATKINS-WA)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3205, 1058-1105, R. Sandaun Mar 22 Nice native vocals to ID and log drums 1100. PNG news by male ancr in Tok Pisin and mentions of Sandaun, Vanimo provincial government, and 'long walkabout...'. Very good signal. (ATKINS-WA)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA BANDSCAN 3/23/02 1054 UTC (ATKINS-WA)

VENEZUELA, 4980 at 2057 3/24, Latin pops, Ecos del Torbes ID (bp WA)

ZAMBIA 4965, 1541-1610, R. Christian Voice Mar 23 Christian pops to trumpet fanfare 1559, local QRM buzz over top-of-hour (bad timing!), and into man and woman talking in EG. 'He's The One For Me' song 1603. 'Christian Voice... the right call, every day of the year' ID at 1608. Poor, but periods of fair-gd level approaching Zambia SS, and a full TWO hours past local SR. Only audible on SW Beverage antenna (longpath). Still in at 1620 with Christian drama, and signal was going through odd propagational peaks every 20 seconds or so. (ATKINS-WA)

ZAMBIA 6265, 0347-0400, ZNBC Radio One Mar 24 Thomas Mapfumo tune to 0350 ancr in lang; children's choir music 0351. Good signal and peaking nicely at Lusaka SR. 'ZNBC Radio One' ID at 0400. (ATKINS-WA)