PERIOD: 21.10.99 - 26.10.99

Europe: 729 22.10 2048 ERA Athens 1 – all ERA stations heard in parallel 927 22.10 2048 ERA Zakynthos 999 25.10 2155 COPE Madrid with ID 1008 22.10 2048 ERA Corfu 1080 23.10 2223 ERA Orestiada 1278 22.10 2048 ERA Florina 1296 25.10 2157 COPE Valencia 1386 22.10 2048 ERA Athens 2 1494 22.10 2105 ERA Rhodes 1512 22.10 2105 ERA Chania 1584 22.10 2105 ERA Serres 1584 22.10 2200 SER Radio Gandia well above the other SER stations with local announcements & ID.

Africa: 1377 22.10 2200 VOFA, Tanzania, with VoA News, at 2210 a ”Radio Tanzania, Dar-es- Salaam” ID followed by a looong speach by Mrs. Madeleine Albright.

Asia: 729 25.10 2151 Jiangxi PBS with very clear Ids 792 22.10 1521 Azad Kashmir Radio, Muzaffarabad AD “Castrol Motoroil” 828 22.10 1320 JOBB NHK-2 Osaka 954 22.10 1002 JOKR TBS Tokyo Hoso 954 25.10 1425 DZEM Manila 1008 22.10 1327 JONR ABC Asahi Hoso, Osaka 1008 25.10 1256 CBS Taipai w/EE ID CBS Taipei 1026 21.10 2059 DZAR Angel Radyo, MM mixed w/Downtown R but good ID this time. Previously listed DZAM seems to have changed to DZAR last fall. 1071 23.10 1400 JOWM STV Obihiro, this 1440-relay surprisingly clear with “STV” ID. 1071 25.10 1300 Tianjin Economic BS, Tianjin 1116 22.10 1059 JODR BSN Niigata Hoso, Niigata 1116 22.10 1511 AIR Srinagar – Radio Kashmir, 4 1160.9 25.10 1450 DWCM Dagupan; most AM-PHL seem to be either news/talk or religious, this one actually played music! Partly EE-speaking DJ. At 14.57 complete ID and march before signing off at 15.00 1179 22.10 1059 JOOR MBS Mainichi Hoso, Osaka - email verification after 7 days 1197 22.10 0930 JO.. STV Sapporo TV Hoso ID behind other JO 1197 22.10 0935 JOFO RKB Mainichi Hoso, Kitakyushu 1242 22.10 0932 JOLF NBS Nippon Hoso, Tokyo AD for “Sapporo Beer” which we actually were drinking with great enthusiasm (later on of course) 1260 22.10 1000 JOIR TBC Tohoku Hoso, Sendai 1269 21.10 2035 DWRC Super Radyo – I can’t find no address for this one ([email protected]). Two PHLs here, but Super Radyo the only one I could ID 1269 21.10 2040 DYWB Bombo Radyo, Bacolod, first logging (Bjarne). It looked promising! 1269 22.10 1035 JOJR JRT Tokushima fighting with the HBC relay In Obihiro/Esashi. Finally ID’ed by their web address. Mostly talk, in contrast to HBC’s very youth-oriented style. Bjarne has been hunting a 100% ID on this for ages. 1269 24.10 1559 JOHW/JOFM HBC Hokkaido Hoso, Obihiro/Esashi 1278 24.10 1542 JOFR RKB Mainichi Hoso, Fukuoka 1287 22.10 0922 JOHR HBC Hokkaido Hoso, Sapporo 1332 22.10 1015 JOSF Tokai R Hoso, Nagoya 1368 22.10 1054 JOTS HBC Hokkaido Hoso, Wakkanai 1386 22.10 1320 JOKB NHK-2 Okayama local ID 1386 22.10 1320 JOQC NHK-2 Morioka local ID 1386 25.10 1331 Tianjin PBS 1404 22.10 1026 JOQL HBC Kushiro relaying 1287 with announcements like HBC Radio. Move on! This is Hokkaido Super Play! 1404 22.10 1031 JOVR Shizouka Hoso, Shizouka with a brief Shizouka Radio. Most wanted. 1404 22.10 1100 Dandong PBS, Dandong completing a fruitful half-hour on 1404 with a perfect full-hour ID. 1413 21.10 1959 JOIF KBC Kyushu Asahi Hoso 1413 25.10 1420 DYDW Radyo Diwa, Tacloban hard to ID, and having to fight the “lighthouse” JOIF didn’t make matters better. 1440 22.10 0930 JOWF STV Sapporo TV Hoso – excellent reception quality 1458 22.10 1030 JOYL IBS Tsuchiura/Sekijo, 3 1494 22.10 1113 JOYR RSK Sanyo Hoso, Okayama 1503 25.10 1412 DYBB Super Radyo Roxas, Roxas 1512 25.10 1400 DYAB ABS-CBN, Cebu … AM radio station DYAB … 1557 25.10 1522 R. Pakistan/R. Kashmir, Skardu, very strong with Urdu stockmarket reports, spot for Castrol Motor Oil, a spot heard so often it makes us wander if Castrol is Radio Pakistan’s main beneficiary… 1602 22.10 1320 JOFD NHK-2 Fukushima very clear with local ID. 1602 25.10 1529 All India Radio, location unknown, very strong these 1kW stations this evening.

Pacific: 1110 22.10 0806 KAOI Kihei HI – only Hawaiian during the expedition.

North America: 540 24.10 0604 CBK Watrous SK with local weather forecast and You are listening to CBC Radio in Saskatchewan 550 22.10 0545 KFYR Bismarck ND 570 25.10 0654 CKSW Swift Current SK 580 24.10 0537 CKY Winnipeg MB 590 24.10 0327 KHAR Anchorage AK – nowadays it’s more difficult to get a QSL from Anchorage than from Maracaibo 610 22.10 0527 CKYL Peace River AB YL Country 620 22.10 0834 CKCK Regina SK 62 Cool 630 25.10 1133 CHED Edmonton AB 6-30 CHED Newstime is 5.32 650 22.10 1432 KENI Anchorage AK 750 22.10 0759 KFQD Anchorage AK 750 22.10 2230 CJVR Melfort SK 790 23.10 1205 KCAM Glennallen AK local wx 810 22.10 0949 KGO San Francisco CA KGO Newstalk 8-10 jingle 830 24.10 0500 CKKY Wainwright AB This is 8-30 CKKY on the hour – Key 83 at other times 840 24.10 0749 CJXX Grand Prairie AB 850 24.10 0515 KOA Denver CO 850 22.10 1428 KICY Nome AK 860 24.10 1415 CHAK Inuvik NWT Weather for NWT 870 23.10 1059 KSKO McGrath AK often heard 890 25.10 1321 CJDC Dawson Creek BC 900 22.10 0802 CKBI Prince Albert SK seems to be Rolf’s favourite station 910 25.10 0513 CKDQ Drumheller AB Q-91 920 24.10 0704 CFRY Portage la Prairie MB 930 22.10 0827 CJCA Edmonton AB … on AM 9-30 The Light 940 22.10 0619 CJGX Yorkton SK 980 22.10 0830 CKRM Regina SK 1020 24.10 0359 KAXX Eagle River AK 1050 24.10 0130 CJNB North Battleford SK 1060 23.10 1222 CKMX Calgary AB 1080 22.10 0740 CKSA Lloydminster AB Country 108 – CKSA 1080 25.10 1324 KASH Anchorage AK 1090 24.10 0530 KRPM Seattle WA Classic Country 10-90 KRPM 1130 24.10 0627 CKWX Vancouver BC 1140 22.10 1248 KSLD Soldotna AK 1150 24.10 0119 CKX Brandon MB 11-50 CKX, Brandon, C&W 1170 22.10 0743 CKGY Red Deer AB “KG Country” 1200 26.10 0622 CKXM Victoria BC 1210 24.10 0255 CKWA Slave Lake AB 1220 22.19 0818 CJOC Lethbridge AB - lots of jingles, ads and Ids 1230 22.10 0733 CFFB Iqaluit NT with CBC Overnight 1240 22.10 0817 CJNS Meadow Lake SK CJNB – CJNS Classic Country 1260 23.10 0600 CFRN Edmonton AB AM 12-60 Edmonton 1280 22.10 0940 CJSL Estevan SK 1300 22.10 0631 CJME Regina SK 1300 25.10 0506 KKOL Seattle WA Conservative Talk 1300 1310 25.10 0643 CHLW St. Paul AB Heart of the country – nightroute 1320 25.10 0530 CHMB Vancouver AB 1340 25.10 1158 CFYK Yellowknife NT very local announcements and some talk in an aboriginal language where “CBC” was mentioned. 1350 26.10 0537 CKCI Parksville BC weather and spots, 5 °, roughly the same as we had. 1360 22.10 0529 KKBJ Bemidji MN Talk Radio AM 13-60 KKBJ Bemidji 1360 22.10 0532 WGEE Green Bay WI News Radio 13-60 WGEE 1370 22.10 0600 CFOK Westlock AB 1400 26.10 0551 KART Jerome ID 1440 25.10 0636 CKJR Wetaskiwin AB In the heart of the country – 14-40 KJR 1460 22.10 0620 KLTC Dickinson ND Real Country 1460 KLTC 1460 26.10 0559 KARR Kirkland WA religious, KMWX there too but weaker so no ID. 1470 26.10 0530 KBSN Moses Lake WA QRM CC CJVB 1490 26.10 0604 KOWL South Lake Tahoe CA 1500 26.10 0540 CKAY Duncan BC a usual one when condtions turn westwards. 1510 26.10 0551 KGA Spokane WA 1550 22.10 0645 KCCF Ferndale WA – what’s their correct postal address? 1550 26.10 0524 KYCY San Francisco CA usually ID-ing Yaddi yaddi Radio 15-50, only once did we notice a KYCY ID. KCCF and KVAN never surfaced long enough to be ID’ed. 1560 22.10 0813 KKAA Aberdeen SD 1580 22.10 0632 KGAL Lebanon OR Talk of the Valley 1600 22.10 0638 KWOM Watertown MN 1630 22.10 0544 KCJJ Iowa City IA for once a US rock music station on AM, AM Stereo 1630 KCJJ.

Station names in bold denotes stations not previously heard in Norway's mainland, according to available sources.