On Jun 12, 5:30 am, Mike wrote:
Australia, R. Australia, Brandon, 12080 at 0545 utc in English with
post-game Rugby interviews and background crowd noise. Later coverage
of Tigers vs. New Castle Knights rugby. Announcer IDs as "ABC" sio252
weak (though improving to 343+ by 0710 utc)., initially much weaker
than //'s 15515, 15240, 15160, and 13690 (all Shepp, I think). At 0640
utc //9660 (Brandon) sio343+, 13630 (Shepp) on at 0700 utc, also
sio343+. Seems like Australia is everywhere on the bands tonight, good
early Pacific opening. (Mike Bryant, Sat800 w/ whip, Fern Creek, KY,
Jun 10)

Gabon, R. Japan/NHK, Moyabi, 11970 at 0550 in Swedish. OM w/ news,
quotes in Japanese, correspondent IDs. W w/ ID at start of German pgm
at 0600. sio343, good. (Mike Bryant, Sat800, Fern Creek, KY, Jun 10)

Netherlands, RN, Flevo, 11935 at 0605 in Dutch. Classical mx, YL
announcer with discussion about the history of the mx. sio343+, good.
(Mike Bryant, Sat 800, Fern Creek, KY, Jun 10)

Hawaii, KWHR, Naalehu, 11565 at 0615 in English w/ Christian vocals. M
w/ World Harvest Radio ID, URL, explanation of how to receive a free
bible. sio253, weak, but clear. (Mike Bryant, Sat800, Fern Creek, KY,
Jun 10)

Japan, R. Japan/NHK, Tokyo-Yamata, 11715 at 0630 in English w/ pgm abt
"Tree of Life" designed by Okomoto for the Osaka Expo. sio444, v gd. ,
much better than //13630. (Mike Bryant, Sat800, Fern Creek, KY, Jun
10)

Monaco, Trans World Radio, 9800 at 0645 in English. M & W w/ Christian
religion. TWR IDs. sio-232, weak. (Mike Bryant, Sat800, Fern Creek,
KY, Jun 10)

Costa Rica, DGS, Cahuita, 7375 (probably the least heard DGS outlet
from here in KY) at 0700 in English w/ Melissa Scott's persistent
attempts to maintain her dead husband's ministry. She speaks of Dr.
Scott as a prophet. sio343, a little weaker than //9725. (Mike Bryant,
Sat800, Fern Creek, KY, Jun 10)

MWB - Good Logging To You -and-
Keep Enjoying Your Radios )

Nice to see you are still out there Listening
to the Radio and Contributing to the Group ~ RHF

Fern Creek, Kentucky now part of "Metro" Louisville, KY
http://www.city-data.com/city/Fern-Creek-Kentucky.html
http://www.wunderground.com/US/KY/Fern_Creek.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern_Creek,_Kentucky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville%2C_Kentucky
.. . . and the Home Town of "KFC" Yum !
KFC = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFC
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yum%21_Brands
Closer to Home for me {Lodi,CA} was A&W Root Beer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26W_Restaurants
Restaurants featuring All-American-Food
.. . . and The Great Root Bear
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Root_Bear