[IRCA] Masset DXpedition 26 March - 3 April 2016 Pt I

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here is part one of my DXpedition to Masset.  Please send any corrections
or errors to me!   73,  Walt

*Masset, BC DXpedition:  MW loggings  26 March â 3 April 2016*



*189 ICELAND Gufuskalar 300 kW Rikisutvarpid Ras 1 + 2, Mar 31 0408 - Not
exactly Europe, but I'm getting good reception tonight for the first time
on this trip.  I could faintly hear them the first night, but not a hint of
TA activity.  Doesn't mean that I'll be hearing TAs on MW, but I'll check.
Nope, nothing propagating. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)*



*531 RUSSIA Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky 5 kW Avtoradio Sakhalin, Mar 28 1403 -
I can confirm that this low power private station remains on the air.
Cochannel NHK1, but with same distinctive tones after ID/ads.  Generally
not a great start to the morning with nothing really strong.  I noticed the
start of the deterioration last night on SW, compared to the morning and
the previous night!. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)*



*567 SOUTH KOREA HLKF Jeonju 100 kW KBS 1, Mar 29 1446 - Normally JOIK
completely dominates this channel from Sapporo, but today, I can clearly
hear Korea co-channel, and // to 711. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)*



*603 JAPAN Obihiro, Hokkaido 5 kW JOOG NHK1, Mar 29 1450 - Normally the
Korean, HLSA with 250 or 500 kW dominates, but not so today, as they faded
down to reveal piano music, // to 594.  Most likely Hokkaido, although
Okayama is also listed with 5 kW.  Good level. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)*



*612 AUSTRALIA Brisbane 50 kW 4QR, Apr 3 1344 - Very good reception with an
American accented pastor being interviewed.  Monster signal!  Finally, DU
reception!!!  I initially thought it was New Zealand's Star, but realized
it was just an interview, and mentions of Australia. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)*



*675 UNID Unid, Mar 31 1502 - Interesting frequency.  There was light
hearted laughter by a male announcer.  This was not NHK 1, or the 2 Koreans
listed (not // to their other channels), and not Chinese.  So who could it
be?  Nothing TOH.  Faded down, and when things faded up, again there with
the same announcer.  Sure sounds like the Filipino style, which is my
suspect.  By 15:05 another cochannel.  PAL lists both Filipinos as off at
10:00 and 13:00, though. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)*



*693 JAPAN NHK2 Tokyo 500 kW NHK2, Mar 27 1441 - English language lesson,
but with a significant het from 692.855.  I noticed the same yesterday
morning.  Who is off channel here?  Could it be Jakarta listed as variable
on my PAL. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)*



*693 UNID Unid carrier, Mar 28 1551 - Who is on the low side of 693?  I've
noticed a het since arriving in Masset.  Measuring 692.856 kHz.  Noticed
today that some of the NHK2 transmitters actually left the air, rather than
leaving an OC which usually occurs.  693 and 747 today for an example,
while 774 remains on the air. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)*



*774 JAPAN Akita 500 kW JOUB, Mar 30 1409 - An interesting morning when I
immediately noted multiple stations cochannel.  Of course, JOUB is totally
dominant, but there is a station playing EZL music cochannel.  This may
very well be DWWW from Quezon City.  At times, it almost dominated, but by
14:11 almost disappeared.  I also noted excellent results on the X-band
this morning, much better than yesterday. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)*



*774 JAPAN Akita 500 kW NHK2, Mar 28 1544 - Not hugely powerful today.  I
sense that there's a disturbance coming, as the bands have been super
variable today, without anything dominating.  The NHK2 netword signed off
at 15:40 today, compared to 15:20 yesterday.  Although strong with 500 kW,
I could still hear a cochannel station, actually 2.  I with EZL music,
which is likely DWWW, while there's another speaker which does not sound
Korean or Chinese.  Hmm.  I for the unid books. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)*



*810 CHINA Hangzhou, Zheijiang 200 kW 9 repeaters Zhejiang RGD Xinwen
Guangbo, Mar 27 1553 - A presumed logging.  An excellent dawn/post dawn
enhancement, especially towards China.  I can faintly hear echos, so
checking PAL, I see that this station has 9 repeaters, so a probable
guess.  No sign of domestic, nor AFN Tokyo. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)*



*846 PHILIPPINES Quezon City 50 kW DZRV Radio Veritas, Mar 31 1548 - Almost
certainly them with a male preacher in presumed Tagalog.  Mentions (in
English) of, 'I love you'.  Cochannel mishmash.  Good to very good level
initially, but faded down but still the dominant station on channel.  'I
don't love you anymore' at 15:54.  '77 years old, brothers, and pray' all
at 15:56.  No ID heard, though.  A presumed logging. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)*



*846 PHILIPPINES Quezon City 50 kW Radio Veritas,  DZRV, Apr 1 1525 -
Almost excellent reception in Tagalog giving a phone number for messages of
091 8837 4827 or similar.  Also mentions of 'radio requests' before fading
down. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)*



*910 CANADA Drumheller AB 50 kW CKDQ, Apr 2 1443 - One domestic as it's
puzzling me.  My older edition NRC AM Radio list (2011-2012) lists them as
CKDQ, but the ID aired was '840 CSCW', which is not in //, nor listed in
that edition.  Presumably a swap in frequencies in the past?  I'll have to
look into this when I get home. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)*



*990 PHILIPPINES Makati 10/5 kW DZIQ Radyo Inquirer, Apr 1 1535 - Nice ID
with call letters and radio station name in Tagalog.  Some nice Filipino
stations this morning. (Salmaniw, Masset, BC)*



*999 UNID unid Christian station, Mar 29 1537 - Weakly heard with lots of
KOMO 1000 splatter.  I'm hearing a Christian hymn.  Checking PAL, there is
V6AF, in Pohnpei with 700 watts, HLCL in Gwangju, Korea with 10 kW, and I
suppose it could be a Filipino.  Too weak to be sure.  I'm thinking the
Korean, as the primary station is on 999.000, but there are other carriers
on 998.949, 998.954(fairly strong), 998.975, 998.990, 999.013 (fairly
strong), 999.025, and 999.050. By 15:46, a Chinese  station took over.
(Salmaniw, Masset, BC)*
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