AM/MEDIUMWAVE BROADCAST-BAND DXPEDITION TO OAHU, HAWAII BETWEEN 15 TO 21 NOVEMBER 2010 By Stephen P. McGreevy Location: Friends of Malaekahana Campground (private), site 1G, on Makahoa Point 1 mi. southeast of Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii on Malaekahana Bay between Laie and Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii. Coordinates: 21 degrees 10.5 minutes NORTH / 158 degrees 56 minutes WEST Times given are mostly HST (Hawaiian Standard Time) which is UTC minus 10 hours. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Internet Archives: http://www.archive.org/details/HawaiiMediumwaveDxpeditionNovember2010 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GUIDE TO SELECTED RECORDINGS: Record018.mp3 to Record053.mp3: Record018.mp3 (1:20) 780 KKOH, Reno, Nevada strong, ID at about 6:07 p.m. HST, Monday, 15 Nov. 2010 Record019.mp3 (5:19) 730 CHMJ Vancouver, BC Canada with continuous traffic reports, rec. at 6:13 p.m. HST, mon. 15 Nov. 2010 Record020.mp3 (5:57) 720 KUAI Eleele, Kauai, Hawaii up to 730 CHMJ Vancouver, BC at 6:25 p.m. HST, Monday, 15 Nov. 2010 Record021.mp3 (0:47) 580 KMJ Fresno, CA ID at 8:40 p.m. HST, Monday, 15 Nov. 2010 Record022.mp3 (3:02) 1490 graveyarder pile-up, then to 810 KGO, S.F., CA and WGY Schnectady, NY mixing at 12:30 a.m. HST at 12:30 a.m. HST, Tuesday, 16 Nov. 2010 Record023.mp3 (2:31) 810 WGY Schnectady, NY ID and Fox news at 1:30 a.m. HST, Tuesday, 16 Nov. 2010 Record024.mp3 (0:27) 830 KHVH Honolulu, HI ID at 3:00 a.m. HST, Tuesday, 16 Nov. 2010 Record025.mp3 (11:24) 774 JOUB Akita, Japan and 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan at 3:10 a.m. HST, Tuesday, 16 Nov. 2010 Record026.mp3 (3:02) 1440 JOWF Sapporo, Japan mixing with KUHL Santa Maria, CA at 4:00 a.m. HST, Tuesday, 16 Nov. 2010 Record027.mp3 (5:43) 830 KHVH Honolulu, HI ID and 828 hetrodyne (Japan) at 4:05 a.m. HST, Tuesday, 16 Nov. 2010 Record028.mp3 (2:46) 1630 XEUT Tijuana, BCN, Mexico (Univ. of Tijuana) full ID at 4:14 a.m. HST, Tuesday, 16 Nov. 2010 Record029.mp3 (13:21) 1630 XEUT Tijuana, BCN, Mexico, full ID then tuned to 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan then to 738 Japan at 4:15 a.m. HST, Tuesday, 16 Nov. 2010 Record030.mp3 (5:52) 1440 JOWF Sapporo, Japan mixing with KUHL Santa Maria, CA at 4:28 a.m. HST, Roosters crowing in background, then back to 1440 mixture - Tuesday, 16 Nov. 2010 Record031.mp3 (2:50) 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan, then I rotated loop anenna to favor 750 KXL Portland, Oregon with top-of-hour ID, then back to 747 Japan again. 5:00 a.m. HST, Tuesday 16 Nov 2010 Record032.mp3 (3:53) 1440 JOWF Sapporo, Japan down to 1332 Asian stn. mixture up to 1480 west coast No. America stn. mixture (weak) to 1476 China synchros with odd-echo, to 1440 JOWF Japan mixing with Saudi Arabia (1.2 MW) recorded at 6:00 a.m. HST Tuesday 16 Nov 2010 Record033.mp3 (11:33) 1476 Chinese stns. to 1480 weak west-coast No. Am. stns. to 1440 Japan/Saudi Arabia mix recorded at 6:00 a.m. HST Tuesday 16 Nov 2010 (longer recording version of above "Record032.mp3" recording) Record034.mp3 (12:07) Morning roosters crowing, lovely birdsong: doves cooing, sounds of surf in background recorded between 0630 to 0830 HST - Tuesday, 16 Nov. 2010 Record035.mp3 (17:12) 1240 graveyarder mix/jumble; 810 KGO S.F., CA and WGY Schenectady, NY mixing, to 540 CBK Watrous, Sask., with news and then Saskatchewan weather, rec. 5:46 to 6:05 p.m. HST, Tuesday, 16 Nov. 2010 Record036.mp3 (2:21) 540 CBK Watrous, Saskatchewan, canada - end of CBC news, into Sask. weather, rec at 6:05 p.m., Tuesday, 16 Nov. 2010 Record037.mp3 (5:04) Intro, 530 Radio Enciclopedia, Havana, Cuba - soft music with hetrodyne from NDB 529 ADK Adak, Alaska rec. at 9:20 p.m. HST, Monday, 15 Nov. 2010 Record038.mp3 (6:54) 530 Radio Enciclopedia, Havana, Cuba - soft music with hetrodyne from NDB 529 ADK Adak, Alaska, then to 1160 KSL SLC, Utah with TOH ID, rec. at 11:55 to midnight HST, Tuesday into Wednesday 16 to 17 Nov. 2010 Record039.mp3 (2:14) 730 CHMJ Vancouver, BC, Canada with trafic info., sung IDs, XEX underneath, recorded at 12:03 a.m. HST on Wednesday 17 November 2010 Record040.mp3 (6:03) 1330 KLBS Los Banos presumed with Portuguese lang. program (5 kw with major lobe right toward HI) then to 1332 Japan then to 657 North Korea, rec. at 0327 HST, Wed. 17 Nov. 2010 Record041.mp3 (4:52) intro, 1070 KNX LA, CA to 110 KFAX SF, CA, then I null 1100 KFAX to receive 1008 presumed strong Taiwan in Chinese, rec. at 0330 HST (1330 UT) Wed. 17 Nov. 2010 Record042.mp3 (3:42) intro, 1008 Asian mix of stns. up to 1476 Chinese synchros to 1467 Asians, rec. at 0341 HST (1341 UT) Wed. 17 Nov. 2010 Record043.mp3 (4:27) intro, 810 Saian/Russia Far-East mixture of stns., rec. at 0545 HST (1545 UT) Wed. 17 Nov. 2010 Record044.mp3 (15:22) intro, birdsong (doves, etc.) then 98.5 FM "Island 98.5" - KDNN Honolulu with great Hawaiian Island style reggae and tropo-fading/QSB rec. Wed. evening 17 Nov. 2010 Record045.mp3 (8:14) 1100 KFAX San Francisco, CA with TOH ID to 1090 KING Seattle, WA at 6 p.m. HST, to 98.5 "Island 98.5" KDNN Honolulu with great Hawaiian Island style reggae and tropo-fading/QSB rec. Wed. evening 17 Nov. 2010 Record046.mp3 (2:17) 1010 CBR Calgary, Alberta, Canada - end of of CBC pgm., full TOH ID into CBC news ("1010 and 99.1 FM") at 7 p.m. HST, Wed. evening 17 Nov. 2010 Record047.mp3 (1:46) 880 KRVN Lexington, NE, two IDs in mixture into C&W music at 7:15 p.m. HST, Wed. 17 Nov. 2010 Record048.mp3 (2:33) 830 KHVH Honolulu, HI ID into "Coast-to-Coast" show with George Noory at 7:20 p.m. HST, Wed. 17 Nov. 2010 Record049.mp3 (3:16) 660 KTNN Window Rock, AZ with Navajo language talk, then to 740 KTRH Houston, TX with two IDs in mix about 7:30 p.m., Wed. 17 Nov. 2010 Record050.mp3 (2:04) 819 Pyongyang, North Korea with Martial music with 1 kHz het from 820 WBAP Ft. Worth, TX at 11:41 p.m. HST, Wed. 17 Nov. 2010 Record051.mp3 (2:04) 830 KHVH Honolulu, HI groundwave-nulled so considerable fading/QSB is evident along with a background mixture of other 830 stations from No. America and 828 het., then to 850 then to 860 XEMO Tijuana, BCN, Mex. with "La Poderosa" slogan atop mixture at about 11:50 p.m. HST, Wed. 17 Nov. 2010 Record052 (5:51) 972 So. Korea - strong to 774 Japan - strong with EE/JJ language-lesson pgm., to 820 WBAP Ft. Worth, TX with ads then into full TOH ID at midnight, now Thur. 18 Nov. 2010 Record053.mp3 (12:20) 819 pyongyang, No. Korea withangry-sounding female "ranting" with strong 1 kHz hetrodyne from 820 WBAP Ft. Worth, Texas - I turn loop to favor WBPA and catch some IDs into a show complaining about "excessive" airport security and then turn loop back to favor 810 No. Korea again, repeatedly turning loop to favor one or the other station, then both 819/820 stns. with loud 1 kHz het. I comment how good is was that part of the world went to 9 kHz channel-spacing, so thee are both "9 kHz world" and "10 kHz world and one can hear lovely hetrodynes in the middle of thenight in Hawaii. recorded at about 12:05 to 12:16 a.m. early Thur. morning, 18 Nov. 2010 =============continued on "guide_to_select_recordings_of_the_oahu_hi_nov2010_dxped_part2.txt"===========