Subic Bay catches

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my recent listening

     The ship on the right is my recent listening spot I usually hang out on the rear portions. I carry a host of radios usually sangean 909,sony 7600gr and some Ham gear. I also carry 2 recorders and some commerical and non commerical antennas. Last trip was a slopper antenna for 30m but also some home made wire antennas I usually carry it in the field to hear on and also a pair of headphones and a little note book or log book. Try it and see what you can hear,post it to magazines like Monitoring times and Popcomm.

Subic Bay reception

   Am in the middle of subic bay philippines our ship is operating on a dive ops with the philippines, this gave me a chance to hear some ham bands.

  20 meters was semi wide open here and heard the following groups

4F1AB working SM5HKB and later a VK3FT worked him as well on 14195 khz signals were s-6 on all stations including 4f1ab as he was in manila this was between 13:25 to 13:30 utc.

later listened in on marine coastal station HLG 12935 khz working CW and qsx on 12 mhz

9m6tmt on 20 called CQ no contact in return. That was around 13:35 utc on the following morning  I again was listening to the Ham bands and also some AFN.

4318 khz AFN Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean was very strong signals was around S-8 and heard news and commentary.

14.199 heard several Hams working a dx station although never heard the other one, logged the following N6AWD,HL5FUA  all were around s-7.

CHU Canada on 14670 khz slightly readable but some tones were heard. Around 22:46 utc. I was lucky here as it gave me a chance to demonstrate to 3 Navy divers who it was I was hearing.

14.240 khz K1QS Maine at 22:48 utc.

  Really enjoy ,listening the airwaves and it gives me some stress breaks from regular routine.

73 to many out there.

good articles

  Was reading the September issue of Popcomm 2010 the article that set me and enjoyed was the one called Hamming under the Radar its worth reading and great for those who wish to be stealth or have CCR problems. Check this out as the writer has alot of good points.

  Heard AWR on shortwave this morning at 15320 khz in english

band conditions this morning

    We departed the port of Hong Kong harbor and am now enroute to Subic Bay Philippines, as usual I was up early and tuned to the shortwave bands. On the airwaves the one I heard was as usual strong like 9790 khz Radio Romania International, it signals in SINPO was 45555 many of the usual ones were good like VOA and BBC and Radio Australia on 6195 khz, but the 2 stations on AFN 4318 khz and 13362 khz were silent. I have a copy of Passport 2009 and will look up the frequencies of other stations to see if they can be heard. We will be off Batangas for a few days and then back to subic. Later to Cambodia and do my usual listening off the coast.

  There is a book produced by ARRL which is a must for those getting into Ham or shortwave or even electronics its called ARRL Ham Radio Handbook, rather expensive compared to others but worth the price, and worth reading. Many of the things we do in radio or electronics can be studied in these books.

   If you listen to a Ham and want to show the person you heard him either as a shortwave listener or Ham buff send him a QSL card, these are usually a post card style that can be exchanged by the parties involved, it also shows an appreciation to the person and way of letting him know you heard him. Ham and shortwave are a fun hobby but can also lead to a life of electronics or excitement. Give it a try. Check out the ARRL web site for a club nearests you and ask can I attend any meetings and how do I get licensed, Many hams will jump at the chance of helping you do so.

  If your into shortwave or want to get into the Hobby and have been curious how to get started check out the website of monitoring times magazine. There is a great magazine that shows what we radio buffs have enjoyed for years,not just scanners or CB but the other half. Digital modes can also be heard on shortwave and you can even probably work stations all over the world just in the listening mode.

  Enjoy this and let others know what you hear.