Trans-Pacific MW DX Opening
 

This morning was an excellent one for signs of TP mediumwave DX, with hets
heard on 29 split frequencies and audio on three channels. John Bryant,
residing to the north of me on Orcas Island, WA, also reports numerous hets
and audio this morning. However, it's very interesting that he did not hear
the three stations below with audio, although he logged 14 other TPs
producing audio from his location (closer to sal****er and further from
bothersome MW powerhouses).

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666 JAPAN JOBK NHK1 Osaka, Sep 2 1306 - Weak audio by male announcer in
Japanese; sounded like the end of a newscast. Best on NW Beverage.
(Atkins-WA)

693 UNIDENTIFIED , Sep 2 1314 - Male announcer in unidentified language. I
kept checking back occasionally as local sunrise approached, but the audio
eventually faded down into a het. Best on NW Beverage, so possibly JOAB
Tokyo. (Atkins-WA)

1053 JAPAN JOAR Nagoya, Sep 2 1318 - Noted with male announcer in Japanese;
brief music interlude, and back to announcer. Weak signal, but strongest on
the NW antenna. (Atkins-WA)

Guy Atkins

Puyallup, WA USA

Modified RA6790GM & R75

Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+

450 & 700 ft. Beverage Antennas

You guys are making me green with envy with all these catches, so here's one
thrown in by me:

1570 Khz 0446 utc 040830 SS ID "La Poderosa quince-setenta (15-70) XE-RF"
Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico. 15 Kw.
Talk show phone in with some American crooners music. Arrived quite strongly
just on sunrise in Montagu.
This station is 9,000 miles/14,500 kilometers from this QTH
With many thanks and acknowledgement to Rocco Cotroneo in Brazil who
deciphered the ID for me.
--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 540 s, East 20 d 07 m 541 s.
RX Drake R8B, Antenna RF Systems DX 1 Pro

"4nradio" wrote in message
news:pGIZc.277793$eM2.49698@attbi_s51...
This morning was an excellent one for signs of TP mediumwave DX, with hets
heard on 29 split frequencies and audio on three channels. John Bryant,
residing to the north of me on Orcas Island, WA, also reports numerous
hets
and audio this morning. However, it's very interesting that he did not
hear
the three stations below with audio, although he logged 14 other TPs
producing audio from his location (closer to sal****er and further from
bothersome MW powerhouses).

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666 JAPAN JOBK NHK1 Osaka, Sep 2 1306 - Weak audio by male announcer in
Japanese; sounded like the end of a newscast. Best on NW Beverage.
(Atkins-WA)

693 UNIDENTIFIED , Sep 2 1314 - Male announcer in unidentified language. I
kept checking back occasionally as local sunrise approached, but the audio
eventually faded down into a het. Best on NW Beverage, so possibly JOAB
Tokyo. (Atkins-WA)

1053 JAPAN JOAR Nagoya, Sep 2 1318 - Noted with male announcer in
Japanese;
brief music interlude, and back to announcer. Weak signal, but strongest
on
the NW antenna. (Atkins-WA)

Guy Atkins

Puyallup, WA USA

Modified RA6790GM & R75

Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+

450 & 700 ft. Beverage Antennas

According to Neil Kazaross of Illinois, Radio Vision de Christiana on 530khz
may have been knocked off the air from the hurricaine opening up the
possibility of logging the Falkland Islands especailly if you live on the east
coast. Certainly wouldn't hurt listening for such rarities!

John K9RZZ
Milwaukee, Wi