Period: 17.10.02 - 22.10.02

Europe

1485 1600 NRK Svalbard with steady signal many days

Asia:

585 19.10 1604 R Pakistan, Islamabad in the background with EE nx 603 20.10 1455 CBS News Network, Lukang 648 18.10 1430 R Nepal, Dhankuta weak in the background. Parallel with 792 666 20.10 1700 Haixa Zhi Sheng, FJ common 666 20.10 1659 DZRH Makati City 684 20.10 1702 AFN Okinawa (tentative) without local ID, only sport and This is AFN annc. Heard for over 3 hours. 684 18.10 1453 R Nepal, Pokhara good signal, parallel with 792 693 18.10 1545 R Bangladesh, Dhaka ID after EE nx 702 19.10 1514 AIR Ext Sce via Jalandhar, Urdu programming // 4860 702 20.10 1657 DZAS FEBC Valenzuela – tuned in just as they were in the middle of the c/d ceremony. 702 21.10 1600 Jiangsu PBS, Nanjing JS 711 20.10 1838 HLKA KBC Seoul with a very special song wich enabled us to identify a lot of KBC stations on the band. 738 20.10 1526 BEL2 Taiwan Chu Yuyeh Broadcasting Station, Penghu 747 1435 Family Radio, Minhsiung partly //1557 747 18.10 1730 AIR Lucknow, local ID 774 19.10 1500 AIR Simla local id 792 18.10 1520 R Nepal, Kathmandu nice ID Yo Radio Nepal Ho. The best of the 3 MW frequencies heard. 5005 also heard well. 801 21.10 1758 Vo Kuanghua, Kuanyin with Newsradio 828 21.10 1500 JOBB NHK2 Osaka with c/d 828 21.10 1531 Beijing News Station, Beijing with EE px ”Touch Beijing” 837 18.10 1600 AIR Vijayawada ending a program named Spotlight then local ID 846 18.10 1535 AIR Ahmedabad EE nx 846 20.10 2001 DZRV R Veritas, Quezon City sign-on with fine ID 846 21.10 1755 Vo Kuanghua, Kuanyin english-language course. Great strength, heard throughout the evening. 864 21.10 1536 BED25 BCC Kaohsiung, News Radio 864 21.10 1600 JOXR ROK R Okinawa, Naha, with ID and jingle on the hour 864 18.10 1531 AIR Shillong with EE nx, ordinary AIR ID 882 20.10 2000 DWIZ Navotas 909 18.10 1534 AIR Gorakhpur EE nx 918 18.10 1535 AIR Suratgarh EE nx 927 18.10 1535 AIR Visakhapatnam EE nx 927 20.10 1445 CBS Variety Network, Changchih, with announcement en English 945 19.10 1545 AIR Sambalpur 954 18.10 1535 AIR Najibabad EE nx 972 20.10 1840 HLCA KBS Dangjin very strong these days 981 18.10 1632 R Sawa, Cyprus good signal, dominated 990 18.10 1535 AIR Jammu/Kashmir EE nx 1044 17.10 1900 Metro Plus, Hong Kong towards the full hour. A CC there too 1053 21.10 1757 Vo Kuanghua, Kuanyin //846 1062 20.10 1840 HLKQ KBS Cheongju 1107 18.10 1558 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi XJ strong as ever, Kazakh programming 1116 21.10 1732 AIR Srinagar EE nx – very strong 1152 19.10 1602 R Pakistan, Rawalpindi with EE nx 1170 20.10 1840 HLSR KBS Gimje 1197 18.10 1529 AIR Tirunelveli 1206 18.10 1539 AIR Bhawanipatna 1224 21.10 2000 JOJK NHK2 Kanazawa local ID, weak 1233 18.10 1558 UNID Asian with several ABC announcements 1242 1515 Vo Vietnam, Hanoi usual, strong 1251 21.10 1757 Vo Kuanghua, Kuanyin //846 1260 20.10 1840 HLKM KBS Namwon 1278 20.10 1840 HL.. KBS Hapcheon surprising, // KBS network 1278 21.10 1552 JOFR Fukuoka with its RKB Mainichi Hoso 1296 21.10 1430 BED47 BCC Tainan, ”News Radio” 1305 20.10 1840 HLSV KBS Uljin 1341 18.10 1610 VOA via Almaty KAZ 1341 20.10 1840 HL.. KBS Gimpo 1368 21.10 2000 UNID Asian with BBC London ann in Asian language, clearly external sce. From where? 1413 1830 JOIF Fukuoka difficult not to hear...easily ID'ed with their KBC ID 1422 21.10 1524 CBS Minhsiung with Radio Taipei International 1467 20.10 1841 HLKN KBS1, Mogp'o, central KBS programming 1476 19.10 2302 R Thailand, Lamphun, with local ID: … Thai … Chiang Mai … kilohertz ... Chiang Mai …. Q4 1530 21.10 2000 DZME Manila 1539 20.10 1840 HLQC KBS Gosan surprising 1557 1600 Family Radio, Kouhu dominating! 1566 1900 HLAZ Jeju strong and clear 1566 2030 AIR Nagpur another dominant, now EE nx 1575 2230 Vo Free Asia, Ban Pachi just for the record ... 1584 21.10 1735 AIR with EE nx unknown location

Pacific:

1110 21.10 1334 KOAI Kihei HI nice ID

North America:

570 0630 KNR Nuuk not very strong 590 21.10 1054 KHAR Anchorage AK AM 5-90 580 20.10 0620 CKY Winnipeg MB All Oldies, KY-58, strong, heard with CJOB-680, though nothing else were heard 680 20.10 0633 CJOB Winnipeg MB with wx for Winnipeg and Southern Manitoba 810 20.10 0615 KNR Upernavik very strong this morning 900 20.10 0635 KNR Uummanaq in the background, some interference 900 21.10 1059 KZPA Fort Yukon AK network-ID 1060 21.10 1225 CKMX Calgary AB 1080 21.10 1333 KUDO Anchorage AK 1240 22.10 0600 WFOY St. Augustine FL, this UNID finally solved: Full-hour ID as AM 1240 ...FOY Saint Augustine Florida Minutes earlier this was totally clear 1400 22.10 0600 KJFF Festus MO found when going through recordings. This last morning did in fact bring a few good stations during a brief, but obviously good opening. Probably not head before in Europe. 1430 22.10 0526 KEZW Aurora CO even during easterly cx. A few hz off nom.fq. 1470 22.10 0515 WLAM Lewiston ME Newsradio WMTW 1470 22.10 0500 WMBD Peoria IL – … News Radio 1470 followed by a WMBD - Peoria jingle 1480 22.10 0539 WGVU Kentwood MI with NPR stuff. 1480 22.10 0559 WSDS Salem Township MI surprising catch while checking recordings. Michigan's talk radio 1500 21.10 0400 WLQV Detroit MI 1540 22.10 0454 WPTR Albany NY jingle ID 1590 22.10 0500 KVGB Great Bend KS ABC nx 1600 22.10 0404 WAAM Ann Arbor MI after CNN nx 1650 21.10 0500 KDNZ Cedar Falls IA

South America:

1380 22.10 0402 YVNG Ondas del Mar, Puerto Cabello full ID at c/d, Corporacion also heard. 1600 22.10 0429 R Nove de Julho, Sao Paolo SP weak ID

Shortwave

2310 1320 ABC Alice Springs very good at times. No local programming noted. 2325 1321 ABC Tennant Creek 2485 1322 ABC Katherine 2960 19.10 -1404 RPDT2 Manggarai, Ruteng, fine ID before closing with Love Ambon as the RRI-stations do. 3220 20.10 1133 Radio Morobe with QSA up to3 as several other PNG-stations. 3235 20.10 1214 R West New Britain one of the few Papuans still going after 12 UTC 3275 20.10 -1209 R Southern Highlands 3315 20.10 1211 R Manus. 3375 20.10 1153 R Western Highlands closed at 1200 3905 20.10 1103 R New Ireland first heard of the Papuans after the horrible noise disappeared. 4890 good signal already at 0955 UTC 3940 21.10 2133 RTV Hong Kong through the noise 4890 20.10 0953 NBC Port Moresby opened this great day for Papua-DX

Station names in bold denotes first logging in Norway's mainland, according to available sources.