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One of the best TP mornings this season, started out in the early
morning with very AU CX, with several Pacific Islands stations. Caught a
bit of sleep, and got up at LSR and the dial was filled with TPs,
including a fair number of Filipinos, the best I have heard them this
year. I even logged a new JJ for me. JOEF, Yamagata on 918 khz. Both
BEL2-738 & BEL3-1143 Taiwan were armchair copy with beautiful CC Pop
music. Following are the highlights.
The first tips are the earlier Pacific DX.
531 1XPI NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, good with "Radio Pacific Islands"
mention by woman at 0940 UTC 10/12, Island mx. (PM-OR)
540 2AP WESTERN SAMOA, Apia, very strong on top of domestics
with Island mx and woman in Samoan at 0945 10/12. At 0958, sounded like
s/off message with many mentions of "Samoa" and then what sounded like a
National Anthem at 1001 UTC. (PM-OR)
558 ...... FIJI, Naula, Radio Fiji 1 with man in Fijian and Island
mx at 0952 10/12. Good. (PM-OR)
621 T2U2 TUVALU, Funafuti, fair in splatter from KIPA with man in
Tuvaluan (presumed) at 0755 10/12. (PM-OR)
t630 ZK1ZC COOK ISLANDS, Rarotonga, presumed the source of the
weak Island mx behind KWRO at 0920 UTC 10/12. No ID possible. (PM-OR)
666 ...... NEW CALEDONIA, Noumea, good with man in FF at 0949
10/12. (PM-OR)
738 ..... TAHITI, very good and holding its own against KCBS-740
very nicely with woman in FF at 0730 UTC 10/12 (PM-OR)
1017 A3Z TONGA, Nuku'alofa, good with woman in Tongan at 0920
10/10 (PM-OR)
531 JOQG JAPAN, Morioka, very good with JJ talk by man at 1323
10/12 (PM-OR)
531 UNID PHILIPPINES, Filipino talk u/JOQG at 1410 10/12.
(PM-OR)
558 JOCR JAPAN, Kobe "Loud" and strong with woman in JJ at 1415
10/12, with ment of "Kobe". (PM-OR)
558 DZXL PHILIPPINES, Pasig, "Radio Mindanao Network" good on
top of JOCR with man in Tagalog and jingle "D-Z-X-L, Radio 5-5-8" at
1420 10/12. (PM-OR)
576 UNID PHILIPPINES, filipino talk mixing with JJ at 1416 10/12
(PM-OR)
t594 DZBB PHILIPPINES, Quezon City, presume the filipino talk in
passing u/JOAK at 1422 10/12 (PM-OR)
648 UNID OKINAWA???, American Rock music u/JJ talk at 1424 10/12.
Maybe FEN. (PM-OR)
657 UNID PHILIPPINES, with man in fiolipino talk at 1417 10/12.
(PM-OR)
666 DZRH PHILIPPINES, Valenzuela with man in Tagalog/EE mix at
1435 10/12 "Manila Broadcasting Company, D-Z-R-H". (PM-OR)
738 BEL2 TAIWAN, very good with CC Pops and woman in CC //1143
at 1440 10/12. (PM-OR)
765 UNID PHILIPPINES, weak Tagalog talk mixing with 2 JJs here
at 1434 10/12. (PM-OR)
801 TAIWAN? Maybe the Air Force station with woman in CC, pop mx at
1445 10/12 (PM-OR)
918 JOEF JAPAN, Yamagata, YBC, good with woman mentioning "YBC"
at the end of a presumed spot at 1430 10/12. New. JJ Pops. (PM-OR)
954 JOKR JAPAN, Tokyo, quite "loud" with JJ pops at 1443 10/12
(PM-OR)
963 UNID PHILIPPINES, weak Filipino talk buried in growl of other
station(s) off freq. at 1437 10/12 (PM-OR)
972 UNID PHILIPPINES, briefly peaking at 1452 10/12, but lost
before any ID heard, man in Tagalog. (PM-OR)
981 UNID PHILIPPINES, another weak Filipino in jumble at 1448
10/12 . Man talking in Tagalog. (PM-OR)
1062 DZEC PHILIPPINES, Metro Manila, presume the tele talk in
Tagalog at 1439 10/12. This is the most regular Filipino hrd here.
Common in the Fall. (PM-OR)
1143 VOA PHILIPPINES, topping BEL3 at 1500 with ID "This is the
Voice of America" at 1500 with Yankee Doodle 10/12. (PM-OR)
1143 BEL3 TAIWAN, good //738 with beautiful CC mx and YL ancr at
1447 10/12. (PM-OR)
1179 JOOR JAPAN, Osaka, good with JJ talk at 1453 10/12 (PM-OR)
Drake R8
EWE antenna
Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
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