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[HCDX] Loggings from the Queen Charlottes
Summer (oh well, almost summer) DX is alive and well on the Queen Charlotte
Islands. Enjoy the following, and apologies for any errors in advance as
I've just arrived home. Receiver used was an AOR 7030+, with a classic
Beverage N/S and a Beverage on the ground running E/W. Exciting loggings
at times! ....Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC.
UNKNOWN 999, 1206-, unknown May 18 English religious broadcasting. HLCL,
Korea is listed as a Christian broadcaster, but do they do so in English as
well?. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
JAPAN 1089, 1222-, JOHB, Sendai May 18 Fair reception of English lesson
with splash from domestics on 1090. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
JAPAN 1152, 1228-, JOPC, Kushiro May 18 NHK2 English language lesson with
discussion about whether Pluto should be considered a planet. Although
several NHK2 stations are listed, the Hokkaido station is the most likely.
(Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
AUSTRALIA 1566, 1309-, 3NE Wangaratta May 18 Battling it out with HLAZ,
Korea. English variety programming with many mentions of
Australia. Sometimes dominating HLAZ. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
BELARUS 11930, 0357-, Belorussian Home Service 1st Programme May 19 Nice
reception with open carrier at 03:55 tune-in. Single interval tone, and
then in Belarusian ID and news headlines dealing primarily with local news.
Then weather for Miensk, Brest and Grodno mentioned. Rain and 15 to 17
degrees in the capitol. Minimal het noted. A good solid S7
signal. Presumably the same transmitter that once used 11960 during the
same time period in the past. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4960, 1155-, Catholic Radio Network May 19 Reception is
fair to good with inspirational hymns. Seemingly low modulation. Much
better when rechecked at 13:15 (after my MW dx session), with 'God is
Watching Us' by female vocal. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 7120, 1157-, Radio Wantok Light May 19 Poor reception with
Christian vocals, and talk in ?Tok Pisin at 11:57. No where near as strong
as the virtual armchair copy when they were first on the air several years
back!. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1725, 1215-, GA aeronautical beacon Goroka May 19 Very
happy to hear this 50 watt beacon at surprisingly very good levels! I
don't believe I've ever heard this one, with only KUT 1737 Kutubu being the
only PNG beacon audible. It was, but at only fair levels. (Salmaniw,
Masset, B.C.)
AUSTRALIA 2325, 1319-, VL8T Tennant Creek May 19 Excellent reception of ABC
programming with a call-in show regarding numismatics. 2310 VL8A Alice
Springs was not on the air this morning. Parallel to 2485 VL8K Katherine
was also well heard, with it's characteristic buzzing audio. (Salmaniw,
Masset, B.C.)
KOREA (NORTH) 2850.05, 1324-, KCBS May 19 Superb reception with very clean
audio with the usual strident female vocalist, marching to socialist
victory ;-) !!!. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
INDONESIA 2960, 1327-, RPDT2 Manggarai May 19 Fair reception with
Indonesian talk by a male. A real mom and pop sounding operation.
(Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
CHINA 3280, 1334-, Voice of Pujiang May 19 Straight 5-5-5 signal with very
modern programming with many mentions of Shanghai. At 13:35 a pop song in
English (I didn't recognize it),interrupted several times by a young
sounding female. A real contrast to KCBS, North Korea!. (Salmaniw, Masset,
B.C.)
INDONESIA 3325.05, 1339-, RRI Palangkaraya May 19 Fair to good reception
with easy listening Indo music by a female vocalist. I suspect both PNG
and Indonesia was very strong this morning as there are several presumably
PNG open carriers still present on 90 meters. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
INDONESIA 3344.97, 1342-, RRI Ternate May 19 Good reception with a western
pop song, which seems a bit odd for an Indo station, but sure enough
afterwards the usual sing-song Indo voice of a young lady came on. Akin to
Filipino to me. Open carrier at 13:44:45. Then at 13:45:00 returned with
more traditional Indonesian vocal. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
INDIA 3365, 1347-, AIR Delhi May 19 I wonder whether the very strong
carrier and weak audio is from an open carrier from PNG. I suspect
so. Indian music heard in the background, which would have been quite
strong if not for the cochannel OC. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
UNIDENTIFIED 3480.95, 1354-, Unidentified May 19 Good reception, esp in USB
to avoid a loud het. I suspect this is Korean. None of my more recent
lists show anything, except for a deleted station in the DBS. Voice of the
National Salvation, Wonson. I suspect this is the same station. I have
always been confused over whether or not these clandestine stations beamed
north or south ever really left the air. Now I'm really confused. After a
short musical piece muddy audio by a man and woman. Perhaps this is one of
those Kurdish clandestines? NA or some such piece at 14:01. Very
interesting! NA ended suddenly at 14:02:30. I have a good audio clip here
if anyone wishes to have a listen!. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
INDONESIA 3578.77, 1404-, RSPK Ngada May 19 A tentative logging as audio
was very weak with my local sunrise having taken place quite some time
ago. I am hearing very weak Indo talk by a male. Back into music at
14:14. Now barely audible. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
CANADA 3757LSB, 1419-, Ham net May 19 Rather fascinating ham net discussing
aerial spraying conditions, trap lines, etc. Mostly good reception.
(Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
JAPAN 3925, 1421-, Nikkei Radio Broadcasting Corp May 19 Superb reception
with even a short English clip (an interview with an English speaker about
fuel cell technology), without Japanese translation. Many mentions of
Nikkei weekly. 'Home page' and 'www' mentioned. Parallel 6055 equally
strong. 9595 just slightly weaker. Possibly an English lesson, since the
same male returns explaining what the term 'rev' means! Society for
testing English proficiency incorporated mentioned at 14:28 as the
presenters of this program. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
INDIA 3945, 1433-, AIR Gorakhpur May 19 Urdu is listed at this time
(Foreign service) with typical middle eastern/sub continental audio, likely
Koran recitation. Poor to fair reception but quite clean audio. (Salmaniw,
Masset, B.C.)
INDONESIA 3976.06, 1438-, RRI Pontianak May 19 Very good reception despite
only a S3 to S5 signal. Very clear, with only a minimal of the typical
bassy sound of most Indos. Several mentions of Pontianak. Best heard on
my West facing BOG (Beverage on Ground). (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
CHINA 4000, 1444-, Nei Menggu PBS May 19 Good reception with Chinese
programming. Parallel to 4620 (poor) and 6045 (very good). No sign of RRI
Kendari just above this frequency. Mongolian service is listed on 4525
(good reception), 4785 (fair), and 6195 (good under cochannel BBCWS ...I
think this is Singapore, but references not in front of me). (Salmaniw,
Masset, B.C.)
TAJIKISTAN 4635.07, 1452-, Tajik Radio First programme May 19 Presumably
Dushanbe but off slightly from nominal frequency and a bit of a buzzy
signal. Not sure for certain as it's too weak to ascertain any content.
(Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
USA 4666, 1456-, San Francisco Aeroradio May 19 Couldn't help but mention a
silky smooth sounding female op on this frequency calling and receiving
calls from airliners over the Pacific. Good reception. (Salmaniw, Masset,
B.C.)
TIBET 4820, 1500-, Xizang PBS May 19 ID in Chinese as listed in the DBS
mentioning 'Xizang.... .... Dientai'. Good reception. Parallels 5935
(very good), 7170 weakly heard under cochannel. Tibetan service heard on
4905 (good), 4920 (fair to good), 5240 (poor to fair), and 7385 (poor).
(Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
INDONESIA 4925, 1510-, RRI Jambi May 19 Presumably them at fair to good
reception hours after my local sunrise with easy listening modern vocal.
(Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
TURKMENISTAN 4930, 1511-, Turkmen Radio HS2 May 19 Again a presumed logging
at poor to fair level with EZL western sounding music. Not sure who else
this could be. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
SOLOMON ISLANDS 5019.87, 1519-, SIBC May 19 Fair to good reception of BBCWS
relay with world news. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
AUSTRALIA 774, 1245-, 3LO Melbourne May 20 A fascinating morning! The best
of the 3 so far and I'm pleased with my west aiming BOG. Definitely an
Australian morning compared with a northerly emphasis the previous 2
mornings. Presumably 3LO battling it out with JOUB, with the Aussie
usually overtop with a very nice signal! The Aussie noted in // to 747 so
likely 7PB Hobart. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
UNIDENTIFIED 792, 1255-, unid, later 4RN Australia May 20 Tantalizing! I'm
listening to Indian sounding instrumental music at fair to almost good
levels. Sure doesn't sound like Australia, but I'll know soon enough if
the signal holds. Of course by the TOH, the signal had faded and then came
back just after 13:00 at which time the signal was from 4RN. The same or
different stations? I would have loved to report Nepal or Pakistan, but
alas, most likely just 4RN!. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
NEW ZEALAND 3935.1, 1350-, ZLXA May 20 Weak audio in English dominated by a
loud continuous utility sounding QRM. Can't make much more out,
unfortunately. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
VIETNAM 4739.70, 1355-, Radio Son La May 20 Very distinctive music
immediately identifiable. Although not nearly as good as heard in
Grayland, nonetheless still a decent signal at S5. Audio still a little
distorted, but nowhere nearly as bad as when previously heard in Grayland
last year. A very brief announcement just after 14:00 and then off.
(Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
OMAN 15140, 1406-, Radio Sultanate of Oman May 20 Good S6 to S6 signal with
English news and ID at 13:07. A very minor low level hum
present. Headlines at 14:10. 'That's it for the moment from the news desk
of Radio Sultanate of Oman', heard at 14:11. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
SWAZILAND 15359.89, 1412-, TWR Swaziland May 20 Noted them on an
off-frequency with their IS and an ID as, 'This is Trans World Radio,
Swaziland'. Then off at 14:15. My out of date ILG (from A05) shows
Urdu. Weak but in the clear. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
VIETNAM 9839.92, 1427-, Voice of Vietnam May 20 Strong reception of VoV's
Japanese service with sign-off announcements and then open
carrier. Indonesian scheduled from 14:30. Sure enough at 14:30 no IS
heard, but into the same ident song as I recall from the 70s. (Salmaniw,
Masset, B.C.)
RUSSIA 5890, 1433-, Shiokaze program May 20 No chance to make anything out
of them, although reception was strong. Completely obliterated, though, by
a very loud pulsing buzz jammer on both USB and LSB. Darn!. (Salmaniw,
Masset, B.C.)
INDIA 4970, 1440-, AIR Shillong May 20 Easy listening western music with a
nice clean S5 signal. Brief English talk just before this song by a
YL. Then a Beatles song (As my guitar gently weeps). Then another Beatles
song (Life goes on). Same YL announced the previous songs and the next
one. Morse intruder suddenly came on at 14:51, but on LSB only. Blue
skies, and other western songs. Unfortunately, not a single Indian
song. North Eastern serve of AIR from Shillong ID'd twice at 15:00 in
English, and then onto more western songs. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
AUSTRALIA 1611, 1230-, Radio Two May 20 I knew things were hopping when I
briefly monitored this Australian graveyard frequency at 12:30 and heard
music, and at least 3 different programs. At 13:01 I caught a 'Radio Two'
ID at decent levels. Excited, I checked the PAL only to find about 20
Radio Two stations all sharing the same frequency!!! Still, I'm very
pleased. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
AUSTRALIA 747, 1235-, 7PB Hobart May 20 At 12:35 I could hear an English
program cochannel with the louder JOIB. Wasn't sure who they were until I
came across a // frequency of 774 with 3L0 dominating JOUB. I'm therefore
presuming this one to be 7PB in Tasmania. Hopefully that's the correct
assumption as the other Aussie stations don't appear to match. (Salmaniw,
Masset, B.C.)
AUSTRALIA 738, 1235-, 2NR May 20 ABC ID and phone number following some
English music. Sometimes good reception. Didn't hear the usual RFO Tahiti
this morning. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
MALAYSIA 7295, 1506-, RTM Kuala Lumpur May 20 Traxx FM, but with English
news ending at 15:09 without a Traxx FM ID and into rapp music. Kuala
Lumpur mentioned at the end of the news. I went to have breakfast and upon
my return at 15:52 the signal was musch stronger and totally in the
clear. Excellent reception! 34 minutes past 11:00 (or was that 54
minutes?). Traxx FM ID at 16:00 and TC for midnight, so it was 54
minutes. Wonderful programming! Into news. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
VIETNAM 9730, 1602-, Voice of Vietnam May 20 English service for Europe
with fair to good reception. Parallel to 7220 poor to fair, and 7280
stronger, but under a cochannel. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
ALASKA 1230, 2326-, KIFW, Sitka May 20 Fair reception at 4:30 PM best on
North Beverage which makes sense. Interesting that they're in // to KCKN
Ketchikan on 930, the closest Alaskan which is heard like a local, with
local IDs in between the oldies. Saturday night's alright for fightin' by
Elton John. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
USA 6925, 0317-, Pirate unknown May 21 Fair reception. I just missed the
announcement as I tuned the frequency. Suddenly off at 03:25 after a short
announcement. Something like 'here's the deal'. At least that's what it
sounded like. Oh well, perhaps they'll be back. Speaking of pirates, I've
noted the absence for several weeks of the southern California pirate
KCBM. They had a regular schedule Saturday nights on 6990, with a decent
signal into BC. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
ALASKA 890, 1333-, KBBI, Homer May 21 Excellent reception with BBCWS
relay. ID at 13:59. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
ALASKA 1110, 1348-, KAGV, Big Lake-Houston May 21 I suspect that KAGV is
back on the air. Heard at fair level with inspirational hymns. Hopefully
it will still be audible in 10 minutes for an ID. Yes! ID as KAGV,
Alaska's Gospel Voice at 13:56. Full ID at 14:00. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
DIEGO GARCIA 12579, 1434-, AFN May 21 Interesting to figure out. Quite
distorted, so I thought this was a spur, but it does not appear to be the
case. Parallel to Guam 5765 (very good), and Pearl Harbor 10320
(fair). Signal is S5 to S7, and suffers from the usual tone utility/slow
CW. Plug finally pulled at 14:53:30. What a mess! Within a minute I was
able to hear them very weakly on 4319U. That signal doesn't appear to be
distorted, although it's probably too weak to be sure. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
OMAN 15140, 1458-, Radio Sultanate of Oman May 21 What a difference a day
makes. Signal earlier in the hour was very weak, but improved to good
level when I checked just now. Western pop music cut a few seconds later
and replaced by Arabic program. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
MALAYSIA 7295, 1504-, Traxx FM May 21 English news, mostly regarding
Malaysia, such as elections in Sarawak, and bilateral relations between
Mongolia and Malaysia, and Slovak-Sabah relations (!). Good level (S7),
but suffering from some adjacent splatter on both sides. Recap of
headlines at 15:09:30 and ID for RTM newsroom. 'Before we end, say no to
corruption.'. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
JAPAN 1575, 1211-, American Forces Network May 22 A very tentative
logging. This station plays almost continous US rock music. Quite
weak. This is not what I'd expect from VOA Thailand. Yes, definitely US
military in Japan with English heard briefly at 12:30:30 for about 30
seconds clearly, then down in the mud again. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
PHILIPPINES 1512, 1221-, DYAB May 22 Not sure which of the 2 Filipino
stations this is, but reception is quite nice! About a 7 to 8/10 with call
in show and fast paced Filipino talk with a smattering of English words. I
did pick up Da Vinci code. Lots of 'oh-oh'. Doesn't sound Christian, so
I'm leaning towards DYAB as most likely, versus DYAT. I should have a good
audio clip. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
PHILIPPINES 1458, 1240-, DYZZ Radio Bantay. May 22 Another Filipino
station! Deep fades, but when up it's at fair plus levels. Again, I'm not
sure which it is. Probably not FEBC, so it's either DZJV, but most likely
DYZZ Radio Bantay as it fits PAL best. I'm very pleased! Definitely a
Filipino opening!. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
ALASKA 670, 1329-, KDLG May 22 BBCWS programming, and then a generic NPR
ID. Local IDs usually occur just before the top of the hour. Fair
reception. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
ALASKA 800, 1334-, KINY, Juneau May 22 Oldies music followed by semi-ID as
Hometown Radio, and mentions of the capital. Good reception. (Salmaniw,
Masset, B.C.)
ALASKA 930, 1338-, KTKN, Ketchikan May 22 Local programming with KTKN.com
website and PSA. This is the strongest AM station heard in Masset, heard
very well all day. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
ALASKA 1229.99, 1350-, KIFW, Sitka May 22 Very strong reception with ad for
'Coastal Contacts', then dead air (which occurs frequently on this
station...I'm assuming this is a spot for local announcements between
network feeds). Finally, after about 3 minutes of dead air,'The latest in
Alaskan news at KIFW.com'. Full ID at 13:59:40 for KIFW. Reporting first
drop in gasoline prices by a penny. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
ALASKA 620, 1406-, KGTL, Homer May 22 Simple ID as 'KGTL 620' following USA
network news. Fair to good reception. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
DIEGO GARCIA 12579, 1412-, AFN May 22 Very good reception this morning
except for occ CW interference. Distorted audio heard yesterday is gone
today. USA radio network news at 14:15. Off in mid-sentence at 14:52:30,
and then very weakly heard on 4319U. Monitored the entire time, and not a
hint of anything local. I'm still skeptical over reports of local IDs
heard. (Salmaniw, Masset, B.C.)
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