Palau Part 2

After arriving on this island I rode a Taxi to locate my planned shortwave station T8WH of World Harvest Radio. The taxi driver named Paul took me on other side where the station was suppose to be located but never materialized.

Last night I visited with a local Ham named George, who we talked to about radio licenses and getting together for Coffee and just chat. I later returned to show the papers and found out the office moved to another location.

As I was leaving a guy came and chatted with me and found out George was my friend, he mentioned that the Station is here and not far from where we went but in a different location. So my plans is to return and locate this station.

Palau Island

I am on my way to a island between the Philippines and Guam about an hour by airplane to Manila. The island is called Palau and is the Home of a relay station called World Harvest Radio. My plan is to view it in Person if possible and see what the insides look like as well. I plan to take photos as well and if I can post it here. Its been one f my passion over the past 12 years to view as many of these as I can and to see fr myself what makes em tick. Being able to see the insides of KTWR,AWR on Guam and FEBC,RFA on Saipan. I love this Hobby and wish my job wouldn't at times interfere with it. The wold would be alot more fun.

The past 3 months has been spent trying to add my Ham radio log to a program called Hamlogger and I started with the 1999 to 2002 books which tured out to be much more than I knew. I have over 2000 in the logs and its given me around 109 countries worked and 79 confirmed. Hope to get my first DXCC. If you don't know what the words DXCC mean check out www.arrl.org and type DXCC in the search box or google it. Can come up with a listing of over 300 countries that participate in this.

In the world of radio we say 73 and that means good luck to the person you chatted with. So to my friends in shortwave and Ham radio.

73 and Merry Christmas.

SHORTWAVE HAM PSK31 QSL

I RECENTLY OBTAINED SOME QSL'S FROM SHORTWAVE LISTENERS WHO DO UTE LISTENING

F-16494 FRANCE HEARD ME ON PSK31 WITH QSO FROM RA9SA

BW2-5001 TAIPEI,TAIWAN HEARD ME WITH 2 QSO'S WITH BV2B TAIWAN AND VR2C HONG KONG

73 AND HAPPY HUNTING ON THE DX BANDS

QSL RECEIVED IN PAST FEW WEEKS

Received the following contact cards for the past few years operating from the Philippines as DU1.

BPSK31 MODE
YB1MBA BOGOR INDONESIA
JM3IWE UJI CITY JAPAN
JA1AKR CHIBA JAPAN
JA8EOT SAPPORO JAPAN
JA8JC SAPPORO JAPAN
JA3KM OSAKA, JAPAN
BD4TH WUXI CHINA
ZL3ACU CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND
DL2KXA KEHNERT GERMANY
UA0CAA RUSSIA
UA0CDC RUSSIA
RA0JF RUSSIA
DL6YDX GERMANY
UA0IT RUSSIA
IK8HVT ITALY
JA1ODE JAPAN

SSB ON 20 METERS ,15 METERS AND 6 METERS

JR1EMM 6M
BV4VE 15M
BV2WL 15M
BV2YA 20M
VK3TZ 20M
UR3IFD 20M

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busy month

Been a busy month for me been helping to lay a ship up and put it in moth balls here in Hawaii, been trying to catch some shortwave but the schedule has kept me busy, did listen in to china radio international at around 1600 local time but was somewhat weak on the 9000 khz bands wasnt able to log it s I was on foot to the bus stopped and was using a grundig mini 300 shortwave.

Been hoping on getting some listening done at sea but the weather been kinda wet and rainny. I havent been able to string up an antenna like my last ship. The captain let me do that since it was a small ship. Did go up to Cetti Point and with the telescopic whip listened to Voice of Russia and Voice of Vietnam. Tried to pull out wwvh in hawaii but the bands were very bad at the time and only heard the tones on 10000 khz, not much voice. All other bands like 2500,5000, and 15000 were totally dead. I changed the battery's to the sangean and was trying top change the time but wwvh became un readable.

73's from the sea and enroute to Hawaii. Am 1 hour on the clocks already

Voyage

Havent been able to listen for several days the ship I am on is going out of service in a month and its on its last voyage at present. This ship provided relief to both Indonesia and Guam during a hugh Typhoon disaster. The ship contains hugh refrigerators and the ice it provided for many came in handy. The ship is USNS Concord and with in a year from now will be part of the ocean as a arificial reef.

Be adding some moree reception as I transit to Hawaii.

73's from Larry

antenna plans

Building the antenna won't be very hard a trip to Radio Shack for some wires,insulators and some coax will be suffice. The antenna should be at least 30 to 50 ft in lenght. The use of the insulators caan be used to tie the ends to a support like a tree or pole. I like to use 3 insulators, 1 on each end and one either in the center or close to the end so I can run the coax to it. I also purchase a Phono type connector to connect to antenna to the radio.

When I was on board the ship I found a spool that was plastic and rolled the wire around it, note 1 insulator was on the inside of this. When I unrolled it I had it connected to a tree the other end was close to another tree..the center had a small rope on it and I tossed it over a branch which made it higher. Once I connected it to the radio My signals were strong.

you can buy one already made like Parr electronics that has a end fed type or antenna specialists which has the connector in the center.

check out www.universal-radio.com for antennas or Ham radio outlet at www.hamradio.com there are many to try and home made ones are fun to do.

was up early today to give a early listen to shortwave and caught a few good ones, unfortunately one disappeared on me before I could log much more of the stations info.

2000 ut 9500 khz Radio Australia comments on Philippine troops killing Muslim Rebels and the discovery of 2 bodies at sea near the crash site of the Air France plane 44445

2006 ut 13730 khz Radio Australia TV1 Breakfast show comments with Paul Henry and some other programs and interviews 44444

2025 ut 9490 khz China Radio International Comments on Chinese American relationships and for some reason Faded after that 43334

2045 ut 7325 khz Chinese station possibly CRI program was Everyday Chinese and conversations between english and chinese faded alot and had a weak signal at times, 33333

The conditions were ok but wish to add a external antenna in the future. See my notes on this plan and how it can be built if needed.

Back on Cetti Point and more loggings

I went back early on the hilltop around 7 am despite the heavy rain close by as its usually pretty tame up there but sometimes can be confusing. The rain was isolated and some lightning in the area. Which was off the coast about 4 miles and very loud.

again as mentioned all times in UTC and all frequencies in Kilohertz. I will add a note on why UTC later.

9500 khz 20:59 ut Radio Australia with news and comments on there station and how many can learn english along with other things by listening to the station. This was followed by world events and a bomber in Pakistan. 44445

11695 khz 21:00 ut Radio Australia with comments on the unemplyment in the US and how if you buy something it keeps the employment going. 44444

11650 khz 21:12 ut Radio Australia Asia-Pacific comments on the recession and loss of Jobs and the jobless records in decades. 44445

utility catch on Marine Bands

8415 khz XSV 21:40 ut China station repeated the callsign followed by some digital tones

9000 khz 21:56 ut Fire Dragon Station in China signals were strong 55555

9170 khz 22:04 ut Chinese station CNR6 broadcasting lots of music and comments in non english 44434


Note: The use of UTC is an old tradition amongst Shortwave and Ham Buffs for many years we use this when make a schedule or contact with another station. For example if BBC was gonna broadcasts a program on say 9740 khz at 21:00. It would be very confuseing not knowing what part of the world it would be as we all know there is 24 hrs in a day. So long time ago it was decided that UTC would be considered Universal for all to mention there plans for a broadcasts.

This also helps in Ham Radio or even Marine radio when a certain schedule is going to be done.

Radio Baragada site

This evening I traveled to a site near the airport a place that is government and one that I have seen only from the outside many times, the first was before Typhoon Pongsang hit the island and did majpor damages. I use to be able to see the antennas from the road over a mile away but at present the ones I was able to see up close I had to drive closer. They still have a sign there and no one has yet to chase me away. I strongly believe this is NRV and the Militaries AFN Radio as they have about 13 antennas on the site.

Get a chance view some radio stations take a tour like I have.

After a night of work I returned to the Mountain and began listening once again. I was a bit surprised when one station that was in Indonesian had just cleared the airwaves.

06/04/09

22:20 ut 11955 khz Voice of America with conments in the world of sports and some basketball 44445

22:29 ut 11850 khz Adventists world radio on the island of Guam broacasting 100,000 watts and signet off after that. 55555 (was indonesian)

22:36 ut 13775 khz voice of America in Non English has a echo effect and sounded like 2 stations together,other station was in englist.444445



22:40 ut 13630 khz Australian News and comments on the news and jobless rates in America 44434

22:45 ut 13640 khz NHK Japan had a mirror station on 13680 khz very weak 2nd station 43333,bands were good but 2nd station was weak.

73's and Happy dxing

my continued loggings at Cetti Point

The next day I returned to the same location to do another listen for shortwave or Ham stations and was able to catch a few more. The spot is high up on a hilltop over looking the beautiful ocean and some of the beach coves near by.

my logs for 6/03/09

22:25 ut 9415 khz Voice Of America with sports news and comments on How they would love to hear from Listeners 44445

22:30 ut 11590 khz unknown station clearing the Airways with a super strong carrier maybe AWR or KTWR all within a few miles of each other. 55555

22:35 ut 11705 khz Voice of America with special english program and news on the air france jet that crashed into the ocean and the less chances of finding that jet 44434

22:39 ut 11805 khz Voice of America in non english 33334

22:45 ut 11840 khz Radio Australia with program called Breakfast club, rather lengthy interviews and comments on China and Shanghai and the protests some years before. 44454

22:50 ut 11955 khz Voice of America and comments about the names and streets of Washington,DC and how the names were choosen and how the area was formed. Quite interesting program. 44444

I am using a standard Sangean 909 shortwave and in the past have used a Wire antenna strung out agout 50 ft between poles or trees but this time I did not bring such.

Shortwave has a lot to offer and its worth noting that several books are available on this try out passport to world band radio and check out what they have to offer. Also check out www.wrth.com a wealth of shorthwave info.

73's and Happy Dxing

My loggings on Guam Island

I did some flying to my next ship on Friday the 29th to catch up with my next ship assignment and was traveling for 32 hours getting here. I left the Hotel room in San Diego at 5 am to ride the bus to the main office, there I got a ride to the airport. I waited at the Lindberg Airport for about 2 hours for a 20 minute flight to Los Angeles. I did some talking to a guy at the airport who was also a Ham going to FT.Worth.

My flight to Los Angeles was 20 minutes but the pilot managed to work it to 18 minutes flying at 10,000 ft before making the approach to the airport. It was a good flight and smooth ride.

The airport had a new program in which anyone flying to Japan had to fill out a form stateing where they was coming from in the states and this was for health reasons due to the swine flu. They had health inspectors on board after we arrived. The worst part of this flight was the constantly turning on and off the seat belts as every time you got up to stretch or use the toilet they turned it on and the hard part for me was when I was in the C/R they turned it on, ever try to do that while being on a roller coaster. Especially standing.

When I got to Japan I had to wait another 4 or 5 hours to board the next flight, and during that time. It was rough.

While I waited in Guam I arrived around 3 in the morning and waited a few days to do my radio listening from the Island. I usually hang out in a spot called Cetti Point on the opposite side of the island, this is about 3 miles from a shortwave station called AWR, or Adventists world Radio.

My morning catches starts around 21:00 utc- and sometimes last about 2 hours depending on conditions and other interferences like local bugs or visitors as the spot is a property of the US Parks Department.

Log of 6/02/09

All times are in UTC and all frequencies In Kilohertz

21:10 ut 7225 khz China Radio International with Program called news and reports, talks on North Korea and some other world events. station signals were 33344

21:14 ut 9490 khz China Radio International with a mirror imagine of the 7225 khz and was much stronger in signals 44444

21:21 ut 9660 khz Radio Australia International News reports on Somalia Pirates and comments also about a missing air france jet and the continued searches for the lost air craft. also heard on 11695 khz both signals were 44444

Listening to radio stations via shortwave is great fun and a good past time for many around the world its the only way to keep in touch with home whether your on a ship or in a different country or there just for the heck of it. If you get a chance try it and send a report to those you hear. These stations will appreciate it and might send your report over the airwaves.

I have been a shortwave buff for 40 years and Ham Radio Operator since 1982. Its fun and for me more relaxing than everyday TV programs.

73's and Happy Dxing