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: Record054.mp3 to Record063.mp3: Record054.mp3 (12:17) 738 Japan in Japanese (NHK-2) // 747, up to 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan with English lang. lessons pgm. and 3 kHz het., then I turned loop to favor 750 from No. Am. (prob KXL and KFQD) at about 12:30 a.m. HST, Thur., 18 Nov. 2010 Record055.mp3 (5:04) 819 Pyongyang, North Korea strong with music and no 820 het., then brief 972 recording of South Korea mixing with China, beginning at 4:50 a.m. HST, Thur. 18 Nov. 2010 Record056.mp3 (7:43) 810 R. Rossi (likely Rasdolnye, FE - 150 kW) woman speaking in RUssian, fairly strong, to 1242 JOLF Tokyo, Japan, then to 819 Pyongyang, North Korea, w/music then back to 810 Asia, then a recording of morning birdsong/roosters crowing, Thursday morning beg. at 0555 HST Thur. 18 Nov. 2010 Record057.mp3 (4:09) 819 Pyongyang, North Korea (weak) to 774 JOUB Akita, Japan - quite strong with end of pgm in JJ, time pips on hour at 0500 HST (strong QRN from approaching cold-front) to 747 JOIB Japan // 747 to 819 North Korea with choral music on Thur. 18 Nov. 2010 Record058.mp3 (2:36) 1580 KGAL Lebanon/Corvallis, Oregon with ads (1 kW daytimer) no trace of the s.w. USA 50 kWers! at about 0509 HST, Thur. 18 Nov. 2010 Record059.mp3 (5:36) 1593 Asian stn. mixture, 1206 China strong in Korean lang., (external service) at 0520 HST, Thur. 18 Nov. 2010 Record060.mp3 (1:42) 1179 JOUR Osaka, Japan with femal anncr. in Japanese - quite strong at 0520 HST Thur. 18 Nov. 2010 Record061.mp3 (1:46) 873 North Korea with femal singing at about 0526 HST, Thur. 18 Nov. 2010 Record062.mp3 (3:19) 1242 JOLF Tokyo, Japan man and woman speaking in Japanese - strong - 0545 HST Thur. 18 Nov. 2010 Record063.mp3 (4:39) 819 North Korea with woman singing, to 830 KHVH Honolulu, HI with IDs and pgm. promos, to 810 Asian stn. mixture begining at 0550 HST / 1555 UT, Thur. 18 Nov. 2010 - strong QRN/T-storm noise from approaching cold-front later to arrive with rain that evening. ========================