Pipeline To The Far east

2850 NORTH KOREA. KCBS, 1154, 10/17/09. Usual patriotic, operatic-style vocals. Very weak signal but in the clear (Strawman-IA).

3335 PAPUA NEW GUINEA. R. East Sepik, 1250, 10/13/09. Reggae-style mx, w/ chatter between selections. Announcements by YL @ 1256 through TOH; into presumed nx @ 1300+. Signal fading down from good peak (Strawman-IA).

3925 JAPAN. R. Nikkei, 1158, 10/17/09. Two YLs w/ high-pitched voices in continuous laughing and chatter. Was // to equal strength 6055. Single tone precisely @ 1200 followed by announcements and jazz (Strawman-IA).

6160 CANADA. CKZN St. Johns/ CKZU Vancouver, 1202, 10/17/09. Weak signal of presumed nx. Many mentions of Canada. Unable to tell which station I had as weak signal started to fade (Strawman-IA).

8743U THAILAND. Bangkok Meteorological Station, 1252, 10/18/09. Very weak signal, but in the clear. Mixture of English/ Thai tlk and semi-classical mx. Mx theme loop 1257 to TOH. Signal held up well past 1300 (Strawman-IA).

9390 THAILAND. R. Deewa via Udon Thani, Udorn Province, 1339, 10/18/09. Weak signal. Pashto service. Suffered splatter from adjacent signals (Strawman-IA).

9430 PHILIPPINES. FEBC, 1335, 10/18/09. Weak extended Mandarin chatter was in the clear (Strawman-IA).

9455 THAILAND. R. Thailand, 1342, 10/18/09. Thai service listed. Fair signal w/ YL announcements/ nx (Strawman-IA).

9525 GERMANY. Polskie radio, via Wertachtal, 1240, 10/17/09. English service. Good signal. Nx & NX features to 1258 closing announcements. Pulled plug @ 1259 (Strawman-IA).

9565 SRI LANKA. DW via Trincomalee, 1238, 10/18/09. Fair signal had sideband splatter. German service. YL with ongoing nx, etc (Strawman-IA).

9585 TAIWAN. Furusato no Kaze, 1345, 10/18/09. Fair signal. OM & YL alternating Japanese comments w/ musical interludes (Strawman-IA).

9685 CHINA. CRI via Urumqui, 1246, 10/18/09. Listed Russian service. Apparent Chinese language lessons. Unusual hearing a Chinese try to speak Russian. Fair signal (Strawman-IA).

9745 TAIWAN. Han Sheng V. of Kuanghua, 1350, 10/18/09. Listed Mandarin service was weak but in the clear ( Strawman-IA).

9770 SOUTH KOREA. KBS, 1249, 10/18/09. Pop mx. Listed mandarin service. Apparent low modulation. Fair to good service (Strawman-IA).

9780 SRI LANKA. VOA via Irana Wila, 0104, 10/13/09. English service. World News Now. Good signal (Strawman-IA).

14207U SVALBARD ISL. JW/G4ATA, 1450, 10/12/09. Operator John talking to US hams. Fair to good signal (Strawman-IA).

Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook 1.1 M Loop, Par Electronics 45′ Random Wire