Addendum to the QCI Dxpedition
Logs
Bruce Portzer / Chuck Hutton
January, 2008
Bruce and I eventually finished
listening to several hundred Gigabytes of SDR-IQ
recordings and is was worth every minute. Some of
the big delights added to the logs were:
* India on 1566 and 882
* Thailand on 1476
* Taiwan on 711 and 1413
* Ceuta 1584
* Vietnam 729
* Canary Islands 1008
* Philippines on 846
* South Korea on 900, 918, 1080, 1107 and 1395
* China on 999, 1053, 1098, 1107, 1224, 1260, 1269,
1296, 1305, 1314, 1341, 1350, 1368, 1395, 1476,
1521 (Urumqi), 1557 and 1575.
209 ICELAND
RUV 0431 9/18 fair w/talk in presumed Icelandic,
went into music 0435 (bp-QCI)
630 ALASKA
Nenana, KIAM, 1004 9/21 atop KJNO/KCIS w/weather
for Central Interior of Alaska, then "Unshackled"
religious program, 1035 show ended followed by ID
as "I Am Radio Network" (bp-QCI)
660 ALASKA
Fairbanks, KFAR, 1100 9/21, mixing w/CFFR w/ID "Fairbanks
home of (?), 660 AM, KFAR Fairbanks, an NNB Radio
Station", into Fox News (bp-QCI)
684 JAPAN
fair 1400 Sep. 20 with Japanese commercial program
so not NHK1 (heard earlier) but rather JODF Morioka.
I get Japan and Walt gets India here. (Hutton-QCI)
711 TAIWAN
BED92 Chigu a big surprise 1359:45-1400:07 Sep.
20 with BCC's theme music (not the chimes). Way
behind South Korea and taking turns with an unid
Chinese. (Hutton-QCI)
729 VIETNAM
Dong Hoi, VOV2, 1359:30 9/22 chimes matching the
one on intervalsignals.net website, mixing w/Japan
& China (bp-QCI)
738 FRENCH
POLYNESIA Papeete, 0607 9/19 poor-fair w/talk
on DU wire, bad 730 splatter (bp-QCI)
747 SOUTH
KOREA HLKH Bia KBS1 fair under Japan, KBS chimes
at 1257:58 Sep. 22. (Hutton-QCI)
747 TAIWAN
(t) Minhsiung BED2 (Family Radio) maybe the source
of a poor level religious program under Japan at
1303 Sep. 22. (Hutton-QCI)
756 SOUTH
KOREA poor but at 1357 Sep. 20 there was the
little promo featuring the music of Iz (see 1395).
(Hutton-QCI)
830 ALASKA
KSDP Sand Point good (owning the channel) at 1300
Sep. 22 with ID and BBC news. (Hutton-QCI)
837 CHINA
Harbin, Harbin RGD, 1400 9/19, loud w/ID and time
signal (bp-QCI)
846 PHILIPPINES
Manila, DWRV, 1401 9/21, fair w/man and woman in
Tagalog, several Veritas mentions (bp-QCI)
873 NORTH
KOREA 1403 9/21 Korean talk o/u JOGB //819 (bp-QCI)
882 INDIA
Imphal, AIR 1400-1418 9/19 good-poor w/news program
anchored by a woman. Caught at least two mentions
of Akashvani and Manipur (the state where Imphal
is located), plus a possible mention of Imphal.
Language confirmed as Manipuri by an Indian DXer.
Program opened with distinctive music 1400 played
on Indian instruments (tablas, etc), which was repeated
at times during the program. Imphal is in the extreme
eastern part of India, near the Burmese border,
giving it a more southerly path than other Indians,
and therefore less auroral absorption. (bp-QCI)
882 JAPAN
STV synchros, 1426 9/21, YL in Japanese good, not
//JOHK-891 so apparently STV by process of elimination
(bp-QCI)
900 SOUTH
KOREA Seoul, HLKV, 1400 9/19, MBC news sounder,
then Korean news //HLCN-819, fair-nil in mix of
several stations (bp-QCI)
909 SOUTH
KOREA Gumi, HLQY, 1401 9/19 Korean talk mixing
w/JOIX (bp-QCI)
918 SOUTH
KOREA Yeoncheon, 1500 9/19, HKLA ID and time
pips mixing w/Japan (bp-QCI)
940 HAWAII
Waipahu, KKNE, 1400 9/21 good w/Hawaiian music,
legal ID, "all traditional Hawaiian all the
time at am940hawaii.com" slogan (bp-QCI)
999 CHINA
unid location fair with CNR theme music at 1100
Sep. 17 (Hutton-QCI)
999 CHINA
Shenyang with fair Liaoning guangbo diantai ID at
1230, 1231 and 1300 Sep. 17. (Hutton-QCI)
1008 CANARY
ISLANDS Las Palmas, Punto Radio, 0309 9/20 fair
w/promo for current show, mentioned DJ Alejandro
Avila, which fits info on station's website, TC
mentioned Canarias, then phone conversation (bp-QCI)
1026 CHINA
Beijing with good IDs in Chinese and English at
1100 Sep. 17, totally on top. Hutton-QCI)
1035 CHINA
various locations with CNR theme music at 1100 and
1110:10 Sep. 17 at fair level. (Hutton-QCI)
1044 SOUTH
KOREA HLCD / HLCI Sep. 17 generally under CRI
between 1159 and 1201 with KBS1 programming parallel
to 1062. (Hutton-QCI)
1053 CHINA
unknown location (not listed in the PAL) heard 1200
Sep. 17 with CNR theme music. Likely a listed outlet
relaying CNR. (Hutton-QCI)
1071 CHINA
unid 1105 Sep. 17 (Hutton-QCI)
1080 SOUTH
KOREA HLAT Yeosu 1400 Sep. 17: I was fortunate
enough to get the MBC theme mx and ID through the
quieter audio around the top of the hour. (Hutton-QCI)
1098 CHINA
unid with CNR theme music at 1100, 1110:05 and 1110:19
Sep. 17. Poor-fair. Not listed in the PAL. Likely
a listed outlet relaying CNR. (Hutton-QCI)
1098 JAPAN
1359 Sep. 17 fair ID as "SBC Radio" or
"HBC Radio" - I can't really be sure.
(Hutton-QCI)
1107 SOUTH
KOREA HLAV Pohang poor with MBC theme music
in a jumble at 1159:55 Sep. 17. (Hutton-QCI)
1107 CHINA
unknown location with the CNR theme music at 1200
Sep. 17. (Hutton-QCI)
1107 JAPAN
MBC Kagoshima must be the one as it is parallel
the All Night Nippon program on 1143 et al. (Hutton-QCI)
1125 CHINA
unid at good level mixing with the Philippino 1332
Sep. 22. (Hutton-QCI)
1143 TAIWAN
BEL3 Baisha with fair Yuye Guangbo Dientai ID
1138 Sep. 17. (Hutton-QCI)
1152 CHINA
unid fair, mixing with NHK2 who had an English program
on land mines 1100 - 1126 Sep. 17. (Hutton-QCI)
1152 JAPAN
Kochi, JORB, 1320 9/20, local ID by man, mixing
w/another NHK ID, fair (bp-QCI)
1161 TAIWAN
BED89 / BED86 (10 kW each) fair with BCC chimes
at 1100 and theme music 1129:30 on Sep.17. (Hutton-QCI)
1170 SOUTH
KOREA KBS World, 1300 9/20 loud o/domestics
ending Japanese service, then start of Chinese program
w/heavily accented "KBS World Radio" ID
(bp-QCI)
1215 UNID
with English religious program at poor level 1352
Sep. 22. (Hutton-QCI)
1215 JAPAN
KBS with standard Japan commercial station male
& laughing female announcers 1350 Sep. 22. (Hutton
- QCI)
1224 JAPAN
JOJK Kanazawa surprised me as I stumbled into call
letter ID's 1336 Sep. 20. (Hutton-QCI)
1224 RUSSIA
unid 1401 9/20, man in Russian with what sounded
like news, briefly dominant then faded u/unid Chinese
stn. Thanks to Vlad Titarev & Walt Salminaw
for ID'ing it (bp-QCI)
1224 CHINA
unid 1359 9/20 dominant w/Chinese pop tune, abrupt
break for time pips & TC in Mandarin, but no
ID, then back to the song, briefly strong, then
gone (bp-QCI)
1224 SPAIN
COPE synchros, 0359 9/20, woman in Spanish, then
time pips poor, better 0403 w/news by man (bp-QCI)
1251 RUSSIA
Ussuriysk 1300 Sep. 20 with Voice of Russia chimes,
fair and generally owning the channel over a rumble
of others. (Hutton-QCI)
1260 CHINA
unid, 1340 9/20 Chinese talk w/echo, mixing w/JOIR.
No ID heard (bp-QCI)
1260 JAPAN
Sendai, JOIR, 1500 9/18 good w/ID, time check and
ads (bp-QCI)
1269 CHINA
CRI Yunnan the apaprent source of an English program
1224 - 1242 Sep. 19 at poor level. (Hutton-QCI)
1287 SPAIN
Cadena SER, 0418 9/20, man & woman with news
in Spanish, mentions of Valenzuela (bp-QCI)
1296 UNID
with IS 1345 Sep. 19. (Hutton-QCI)
1296 CHINA
CRI, various locations 1300 Sep. 20 with weak CRI
theme music. (Hutton-QCI)
1305 CHINA
CNR2 multiple locations with English program on
hummingbirds 1335 - 1344 Sep. 19. (Hutton-QCI)
1305 CHINA
CNR2, 1401 9/20, poor u/KBS w/ march music and ZRGD
ID (bp-QCI)
1314 CHINA
CRI unknown location 1500 Sep. 19 with CRI ID. 1300:12
and 1300:43 Sep. 20 weak CRI chimes. (Hutton-QCI)
1332 CHINA
Changchun GD with poor ID at 1400 Sep. 22 under
Japan. (Hutton-QCI)
1341 JAPAN
1450 Sep. 19 NHK1 program of flute music parallel
to 1368. (Hutton-QCI)
1341 CHINA
Chibi 1348 Sep. 20 with a decent Chibi renmin guangbo
diantai ID, generally owning the channel. (Hutton-QCI)
1341 CHINA
1400 Sep. 22 Xhejiang News Radio: new station with
good ID that was deciphered by a friend of Gary
DeBock. (Hutton-QCI)
1350 CHINA
Tongliao, 1356 9/20, possibly the one w/woman in
Mongolian(?), inst music 1359, then time pips and
Chinese NA mixing w/Japan & Korea, seemed to
have talk in presumed Mongolian after that. Im
calling this a tentative log, but dont know
anything else it could be (bp-QCI)
1359 SPAIN
Madrid, Radio Uno, 0408 9/20, fair-nil in KKMO-1360
splash w/news in Spanish (bp-QCI)
1368 CHINA
unid, 1400 9/18, someone playing Chinese NA u/Japan
(bp-QCI)
1377 JAPAN
Nagasaki, JOAC, 1320 9/18, possibly the one w/local
ID u/CNR1. The call sounds more like JOAC than the
2 other NHKs on this freq, but city name is
unintelligible. For now, it will have to remain
tentative (bp-QCI)
1386 JAPAN
Kanizawa, JOJB, 1320 9/18 good w/weather and local
ID (bp-QCI)
1395 CHINA
Xilinhot RGD with fair ID at 1341 Sep. 19. It's
always a nice surprise to catch a little station
like this. (Hutton-QCI)
1395 SOUTH
KOREA HLCO Cheorwon 1357 Sep. 19 with the little
intro or promo featuring music (What A Wonderful
World) from Iz (Hawaiian musician Israel Kamakawiwo'ole)
that all the KBS stations are using. It makes quite
an IS of sorts, cutting through the jumble and allowing
me to catch a few KBS stations. Great music and
a good log. (Hutton-QCI)
1413 TAIWAN
BED54 / BED67 a real surprise just sneaking through
at the top of the hour 1400 Sep. 18 with the BCC
IS under KBC. Only the IS made it, but that's all
it takes. (Hutton-QCI)
1413 SPAIN
RNE5, 0400 9/20 poor in CFUN-1410 splash w/start
of newscast in Spanish (bp-QCI)
1431 JAPAN
1353 Sep. 18 parallel 1485 which makes this either
WBS or All Night Nippon. (Hutton-QCI)
1449 JAPAN
Abashiri, JOQM, 0959 9/20 fair w/time signal and
several HBC mentions (bp-QCI)
1467 SOUTH
KOREA Mokpo, HLKN, 1359:50 9/18 call ID &
pips mixing w/NHK stations (bp-QCI)
1476 THAILAND
Chiang Mai 1410 - 1428 Sep. 19 with unusual singing
style later pinned down as Thai hill country singing
by Ritola & Salmaniw. Fair at best but not much
QRM other than bits of NHK2 and China. (Hutton-QCI)
1476 CHINA
Mudanjiang surprising me with a good (!) Mudanjiand
RGD ID 1402 Sep.19. (Hutton-QCI)
1485 JAPAN
1353 Sep. 18 parallel 1413 which makes this either
WBS or All Night Nippon. (Hutton-QCI)
1485 JAPAN
Omuta, JOIM, 1450 9/21, briefly surfaced w/talk
in Japanese //JOIF-1413 mixing w/several others,
IDed using the twin detectors in the SDR-IQ, one
on 1485 and the other on 1413 (bp-QCI)
1521 CHINA
Urumqi poor CRI theme music at 1400 and 1410 Sep.
18. Wouldn't have been ID-able without the CRI music.
My first west coast reception of this great DX station
last heard over 30 years ago from the east coast
on 1525. (Hutton-QCI)
1557 CHINA
CNR unknown location (not listed in the PAL) 1410
Sep. 19 with weak CNR theme music during WYFR fade.
(Hutton-QCI)
1566 INDIA AIR Nagpur (also known as DX target
#1 for over a decade) has been heard! During
the entire DXpedition I kept a very watchful eye
on 1566. Every now and then HLAZ faded a little
and it paid off from 1401-1408 Sep. 20 with a fair-poor
signal. Hopes at the time were later verified with
clear Indian music and an Akashvani (All India Radio)
ID which was spotted for me by the always helpful
Henrik Klemetz. I shall now retire. Happily. (Hutton-QCI)
1575 CHINA
CNR1 unknown location 1407 Sep. 19 with CNR theme
music through VOA Thailand. Not listed in the PAL,
and at this hour there are no known relays of CNR.
(Hutton-QCI)
1584 CEUTA
Radiolé, 0339 9/20 dominant w/Spanish pop
tunes, mention of "fiesta de la alegría
en Sevilla, y de la luz" (bp-QCI)
See also the
original DXpedition report published in November
2007!
(addendum
published on February 23, 2008)
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