Re: [IRCA] heard the 774

["John H. Bryant" <bjohnorcas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marty,

Congratulations, you got JOUB, in Akita on Northern Honshu Island. It 
is the only Japanese station on the air on that frequency.  It runs 
the NHK2 national program which, along with NHK1, covers all of Japan 
from several hundred transmitters.  When you hear 774, you ought to 
try for 594, 693, 747 and 828... all Japanese stations.  You also 
ought to try for 972 and especially 1566, the two strongest stations 
from South Korea.  The very best time to hear these stations is 
during dawn enhancement.... sort of from your first light to sun-up 
at your QTH.

I'd strongly suggest that you google PAL (Pacific Asia Log) edited by 
Bruce Portzer. Its free and without equal as a reference for Pacific 
and Asian MW stations.  Be sure and check out the first ten pages or 
so of PAL, it explains about networks in the various countries, etc.

Great going on a portable in the Bay Area!

John B.





At 09:05 AM 9/12/2006 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi all, it's about the season where a person with a pretty powerful
>radio, in the San Francisco bay area can hear several Japanese stations
>with a portable like a g e super radio, and I heard 774 this morning,
>for about 20 minutes from about 6 20 till about 6 40 pacific time.  The
>774 I heard seems to run little 15 to 30 minute programs, and over the
>years that I have heard them, they run lots of English lessons.  The
>only station I know on 774 is j o u b in Akita, but I understand
>there's another Japanese station on that frequency.  I remember one
>morning, some years ago, there was a large earth quake on the island of
>Hokaido, pardon the spelling, and the 774 I got, kept referring to
>Hokaido, but I wonder if j o u b was trying to serve Hokaido after the
>earth quake?  I presently have a g e super radio 3 that I use, and
>also, a g e super radio 2, but its' tuner is dirty, and I don't know of
>anybody who can fix it, and it is so dirty, I can't really use it on A
>M.  I got the 774 on my super radio 3 this morning, so it must have
>been awfully strong.
>
>Marty
>
>
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