[IRCA] Grayland DXpedition Part 3

[Chuck Hutton <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>]

PART 3


NORTH KOREA/DPR KOREA (1 log)



  657 NORTH KOREA  Pyongyang, Pyongyang Pangsong. 1130 10/15, music, announcement, pips fair-good. (bp-WA)



PHILIPPINES (39 logs)



  594 PHILIPPINES  UnID. 1200 10/15 pop music under NHK, 1331 talk seemed Tagalog. (CH-WA)

  666 PHILIPPINES  DZRH, Manila. 1130 10/15 poor talk, later almost even with NHK occasionally. About 80 Hz low. (CH-WA)

  684 PHILIPPINES  UnID. 1307 10/15, Filipino talk. (bp-WA)

  702 PHILIPPINES  DZAS, Manila. 1340 10/15, briefly atop the Aussie w/lively Filipino talk, “702 DZAS” ID. (bp-WA)

  837 PHILIPPINES  DYFM, Iloilo City. Fair 1201 10/15 with promo and Bombo Radio ID. (CH-WA)

  846 PHILIPPINES  DZRV, Manila, Radio Veritas. 10/15 1153, Filipino man/woman talk. (bp-WA)

      +     1229 10/15 poor ID, 1421 fair with promo for a program seemingly named 911. (CH-WA)

  855 PHILIPPINES  UnID. 1432 10/15, DXZH or DXGO, Filipino talk, MBC mentioned a couple of times. (bp-WA)

      +     But which? DZGO and DXZH are listed as relays of 666 and this was not parallel 666. DXWG is listed as inactive. That leaves DZGE. 1300-1302, 1400-1402, 1403:50 and 1411-1430 in and out to fair peaks. Some sounded religious - a mention of “holy spirit”. No web site found for DZGE. (CH-WA)

  882 PHILIPPINES  DWIZ, Valenzuela. 1200-1202 10/15 poor with ID and calls. Again 1330 and 1412. (CH-WA)

  900 PHILIPPINES  UnID. But not sure which: 1131:07 and 1107:30 10/15 poor IDs sound like Bombo but a 1131:18 ID sounds like Mindanao. In and out all night. (CH-WA)

      +     1253 10/15, Filipino talk u/KMVI, mentioned FM and RMN (I think), but don’t have a recording. (bp-WA)

      +     1312-1315 10/15, group of children reciting rosary in Filipino u/KMVI. (bp-WA)

  927 PHILIPPINES  UnID. But not sure which 1128-1129 10/15 young woman under NHK. (CH-WA)

  972 PHILIPPINES  DXKH, Cagayan de Oro. 1405-1406 10/15 a bit better than poor with Tagalog talk //666. (CH-WA)

      +     1450 10/15 fair-poor DZRH ID, then promo with “RH” repeated 3-4 times with ray gun sounds .No sign of Korea. (bp-WA)

  990 PHILIPPINES  DZIQ, Makati. A nice surprise, better than fair 1413 with woman giving a lovely Radio Enquirer ID. On top. (CH-WA)

      PHILIPPINES  UnID. 1411 10/15. (CH-WA)

  999 PHILIPPINES  DYSS, Cebu City. 1429 10/15 poor call letter ID that sounds like DYSM but must be DYSS. (CH-WA)

      +     1429 10/15, DYSS ID weak. (bp-WA)

1017  PHILIPPINES  UnID. 1300-1302 10/15 fair with end of English song, man and woman announcers in accented English and Tagalog. Likely Radio Rapido. (CH-WA)

      +     1310 10/15, man and woman reading off winning lottery numbers in English w/Filipino accents, winning amounts were in pesos. (bp-WA)

1026  PHILIPPINES  UnID. Fair 1328 and 1331 10/15 speech mostly in accented English. 1351-1353 better than fair with religious speech in accented English. This must be Sonshine Radio. (CH-WA)

1062  PHILIPPINES  DZEC, Manila. 1400 10/15 fair IDs. 1408 and 1429 talk even better than fair. (CH-WA)

      +     1429 10/15, faded atop 4TI w/lively ancr taking call from listener, then a few bars of song ‘Obladi Oblada’. (bp-WA)

1071  PHILIPPINES  UnID. 1329 10/15 poor with man in Tagalog. (CH-WA)

1098  PHILIPPINES  UnID. 1426 10/16 almost fair with Tagalog talk. (CH-WA)

1107  PHILIPPINES  DYIN, Kalibo. 1258 10/15 poor Bombo Radyo ID. (CH-WA)

      +     1307 10/15, woman in Tagalog fair, ID as “via Radyo Bombo”. (bp-WA)

1125  PHILIPPINES  DXGM, Davao City, Radyo GMA. 1200 10/15 poor+ with clear Radyo GMA ID. Another ID at 1300. Fair or better 1328-1332 and 1408-1411. 1430 not quite fair with DXGM ID. (CH-WA)

      +     1430 10/15, dominant w/pop song, ad, fast-talking woman with DXGM ID and mention of (something) Broadcasting, soon faded. (bp-WA)

1161  PHILIPPINES  DYRD, Tagbilaran City, Bohol Chronicle Radio. 0958 10/15 poor with accented English religious program, 1400 ID. Religious program matches archived content on DYRD website. (CH-WA)

      +     1100 10/15, Radio Bohol ID, Filipino talk. (bp-WA)

1179  PHILIPPINES  DYSB, Bacolod City, GMA Network. Fair 1404-1415 with talk, 1415 DXBB calls and anthem. Puzzled me as the PAL says it relays DYSI-1323 but their web site says they relay DXBB. (CH-WA)

1188  PHILIPPINES  UnID. 1308-1409 and 1411 10/15 poor Tagalog it seems, no ID. (CH-WA)

      +     1439 10/15 long conversation between 2 Filipino men. (bp-WA)

1215  PHILIPPINES  DYRF, Cebu City. As the only listed Filipino on 1215, it must be them with a poor anthem at 1346 10/15. PAL lists them on until 1500.     (CH-WA)

1314  PHILIPPINES  DWXI, Parañaque. 1330 10/15 fair+ with religious speech, 1408 poor ID. (CH-WA)

      +     1238 10/15, Filipino talk. (bp-WA)

1512  PHILIPPINES  UnID. 1428-1430 quiet piano instrumental, possible mention of “patrol” and ID as “Radio Miyaba”. 1429:20 “this time we present the following” with quiet music in the background. Seems like a religious program so maybe DZAT. (CH-WA)

1530  PHILIPPINES  DZME, Bulacan. the only listed Filipino with man almost fair 1410-1412 10/15, a speech that sounds religious.(CH-WA)



SOUTH KOREA/REP KOREA (8 logs)



  864 SOUTH KOREA  HLKR, Gangneung, KBS1. Poor with Korean //1035. (CH-WA)

  972 SOUTH KOREA  HLCA, Dangjin. 1100 10/15, 1960s R&B version of ‘Let it be me’ in English, woman with ID in Korean, then time pips. (bp-WA)

1035  SOUTK KOREA  HLCP, P'ohang. 1400 10/16 poor with KBS ID and pips. 1436-1438 better than fair with Korean. (CH-WA)

1044  SOUTH KOREA  HLCI, Samcheok, KBS1. 1415 10/16 poor Korean //1035. (CH-WA)

1062  SOUTH KOREA  HLKQ, Cheongju. 1438 10/16 fair. (CH-WA)

      +     1500 10/16, call ID 1459:45 pips and news 1500. (bp-WA)

1143  SOUTK KOREA  RFK, Seoul. Apparently the one with poor level woman in Korean 1436 10/16. Also 1444-1445 almost fair woman in Korean. (CH-WA)

1566  SOUTH KOREA  HLAZ, Jeju, FEBC. 1210 10/15, interesting English lesson for Chinese listeners, lots of military-related phrases, ie “the enemy knows where you are vulnerable”, etc .No sign of the jammer reported by Gary DeBock and others. (bp-WA)



TAIWAN (1 log)



1143  TAIWAN  BEL3, Baisha, Fishery Station. 1400 10/15, ID by woman with the usual steel drum music. (bp-WA)



THAILAND (1 log)



1575  THAILAND  Ban Phachi, VOA. 1430 10/16 fair English ID and Yankee Doodle, then Burmese pgm over/under pop or country music station (AFN?) .Much domestic splatter. (bp-WA)



TONGA (2 logs)



1017  TONGA  A3Z, Nuku'alofa. 1101 10/15 better than fair with choral music that might be the Tongan anthem. (CH-WA)

      +     1104 10/15, woman in island language, then chorale music. (bp-WA)



TUVALU (just one log!)



  621 TUVALU  Funafuti, Tuvalu Radio. 0958 15 Oct better than fair with island music, woman talking in Tuvaluan, 0959 seemingly the national anthem. (CH-WA)



UnIDs



  549 UnID  1058-1102 10/15 talk in UnID language and disco over the top of the hour, poor. (CH-WA)

  585 UnID  1432 10/15, news story by women w/Indian accent, then DU male, then pop music, not //792. (bp-WA)

  648 UnID  1310 10/15, UnID 4 words followed by “radio” weak, then EZL female vocal. (bp-WA)

  711 UnID  1332 10/15, weak talk in KIRO splat, didn’t sound //1548. (bp-WA)

  801 UnID  1427 10/15, weak DU accented male then Frankie Valli ‘Oh What a Night’ and a few other songs, format fits 5RM. (bp-WA)

  909 UnID  1333 10/15, Chinese or similar language. (bp-WA)

  918 UnID  1419 10/16 male talk in unid Asian language mixing w/JOEF, same thing 1426 followed by enchanting acapella song .Was hoping for Cambodia, but not enough for a tentative log at this point. (bp-WA)

  936 UnID  1440-1448 10/16 classic songs like ‘You Really Got A Hold On Me’ followed by Joe Cocker's ’With A Little Help From My Friends’, poor+. Who? (CH-WA)

1071  UnID  One of the Australians with poor pop music 1228 10/15 and the misguided ‘Starry Starry Night’ at 1351. (CH-WA)

      +     DU talk 1328 10/15, 1426-1435 non-stop pop songs such as Billy Joel ‘You May Be Right’ and Tracy Chapman ‘Give Me one Reason’ weak. (bp-WA)

1107  UnID  1306 10/15, DU, #1 mentioned. (bp-WA)

1161  UnID  1400 10/15, Chinese, list of AM frequencies, chimes, pips, probably BCC Country Network. (bp-WA)

1170  UnID  1304 10/15, Chinese talk u/KPUG. (bp-WA)

1188  UnID  Possible religious music under NHK1. (CH-WA)

1377  UnID  1435 10/15, phone conversation man and woman in Filipino or Indonesian. (bp-WA)

1422  UnID  1130 10/15 English rises over Japan, man says “What About William?” (CH-WA)

1494  UnID  1111 10/15 pop songs very weak, announcement by woman said something about the 70s, 80s, & 90s (I think). (bp-WA)

1575  UnID  1328 10/15, 1 kHz tone over/UnID weak woman .One or the other was probably VOA. (bp-WA)

1215  UnIDs  1345 10/15, weak Japanese talk 1345 then (Philippine?) anthem faded up 1346. (bp-WA)

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