8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Japan 2011

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Help with monitoring in the Seattle area on my shortwave?!

I know listening to shortwave broadcast and utility stations is hit and miss sometimes. You can hear a lot of stuff one moment ,and hardly anything the next. I am located in Bainbridge island Washington, near Seattle. I have an Icom IC R75. And I am using a long wire antenna. I have had success with my set up in hearing all kinds of utility stuff. coast guard. .navy. airforce. I haven't had much luck in hearing broadcast stations. I am very interested in hearing news out of Japan. Even if it's not a station in Japan. Would someone give me some pointers as to how and when to listen,and where?
 

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I have been listening to Radio Australia and Radio New Zealand in the morning EST from 4-10am .
Japanese broadcasts from Radio Japan are running per the NHK schedule generally out of Bonaire relay,
and I also caught a nhk relay broadcast from Canada and France. Mind you those were all in Japanese.

I am listening to something on 12.1 mhz at 21:15z, I don't know where its coming from.
Its in English and they are interviewing an american who taught in the Sendai area.
Turns out it was the BBC.

Mind you, I am in Kentucky. But I can say that NHK is up and running at times and freqs that it
should be transmitting.


Thoughts and prayers to the people of Sendai
 

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I know listening to shortwave broadcast and utility stations is hit and miss sometimes. You can hear a lot of stuff one moment ,and hardly anything the next. I am located in Bainbridge island Washington, near Seattle. I have an Icom IC R75. And I am using a long wire antenna. I have had success with my set up in hearing all kinds of utility stuff. coast guard. .navy. airforce. I haven't had much luck in hearing broadcast stations. I am very interested in hearing news out of Japan. Even if it's not a station in Japan. Would someone give me some pointers as to how and when to listen,and where?


PM Sent. best regards..Mike
 

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Japan Earthquake

The discussion of this tragedy in these forums is being fragmented because all the posts w/amateur freqs are being moved to the amateur board...all the posts with UTE freqs are going to the utility board...all the posts with SWL freqs are going to the SW listening board...

Here's an idea for the mods...why not create a 'Disaster Monitoring' forum where disaster-specific threads can be started to aggregate radio discussions regardless of frequency, mode, etc.

Make sense?

just my $0.02!

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Great! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

It'd still be refreshing to see all the discussion aggregated in one spot so you don't have to hunt through several different forums to find the info you seek. Once the mods start sending individual posts to their proper forums, the context of the discussion is lost and the reader is left with a thread that makes no sense chronologically.

Granted, if people posted where they're supposed to in the first place that wouldn't be an issue...and I suppose that even if you DID create disaster-specific forums, getting people to post THERE would STILL be like herding cats!

Oh, well! What are ya gonna do?!?

Thanks for the reply! Glad I'm a paid subscriber!!!

broonzbane
 

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9875khz Radio Japan in English out of Ibaraki-Koga-Ya, Japan started at 1300utc-runs till 1330utc. Weaker copy than I normally get-must be running less power-but they're up.
 

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9875khz Radio Japan in English out of Ibaraki-Koga-Ya, Japan started at 1300utc-runs till 1330utc. Weaker copy than I normally get-must be running less power-but they're up.
Recounting what happened-focusing on Miyagi with interview of victims.

Not one word about the nuclear situation.

Now playing calm piano music. Hardly acting like there is crisis
 
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1400UTC Radio Japan on 5955khz out of Yamata strong copy +10 to +15-20.

First item spoken-"no immediate health risk for anyone due to radiation levels" .
Emperor calling for calm and to help each other. "Pull together and care for each other"
Reporting a lot this hour on the reactors situation and being honest about cooling not working-said they (NHK) have their helicopter up and surveilling things
death toll so far 4340:( 43,000 people in 2600 shelters
Brace for economic standstill as rest of world staying away due to radioactivity and foreigners pulling out of Japan and crippled production
Talking about Souther Miyagi which was swept away by tsunami
 
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I just want to point out here that after listening to NHK, the BBC, Voice of America, and Radio Australia this morning-NHK looks to be minimizing the situation a lot. Maybe they intend to keep the people calm-but all one in Japan has to do there is tune around the bands and they will find way better coverage elsewhere. NHK should be info central for their people:mad: instead of skimming, sugarcoating, and playing piano music.
 

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Yes, I think you are correct. After all the effort they put into making safe nuclear power plants, they are having a hard time admitting all the problems they are having. NHK TV seems pretty good about giving out info however ( see CNN.COM)
 

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Japanese Shortwave Brings Local Radio to Nation

Commercial shortwave station Radio Nikkei (ラジオNikkei) is simulcasting emergency programming from Radio Fukushima (RFCラジオ福島) twice a day. Radio Fukushima covers the area imperiled by the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex.

Radio Fukushima has been operating a 24-hour emergency service across its five AM channels in the wake of the 9.0 Mw Sendai earthquake and tsunami on March 11. The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex in Okuma was disabled by the earthquake and tsunami and the area has since been declared under a state of emergency due to fires and explosions at the complex. The nearby Fukushima Dai-ni nuclear complex was also damaged in the event.


In addition to via shortwave, Radio Nikkei is distributing the Radio Fukushima programming via radiko.jp, an IP platform set up by 13 Japanese radio stations to stream their programming to listeners from one part of the county to another.

Radio Nikkei plans to carry an hour or two of the Radio Fukushima simulcast each day through the end of March, but it will increase of change programming based upon events.
 

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Yes, I think you are correct. After all the effort they put into making safe nuclear power plants, they are having a hard time admitting all the problems they are having. NHK TV seems pretty good about giving out info however ( see CNN.COM)
Sad-mum's the word out there right now-probably strict orders across the board.
 

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This is the latest R Japan sked, per Harold Frodge on the DXLD Yahoo group;

Radio Japan English:

To North America
0500-0530 6110 via Canada
1000-1030 9840 via Japan
1200-1230 6120 via Canada

To Europe
0500-0530 5975 via Great Britain
1200-1230 9790 via Germany

To Africa
0500-0530 9770 via France
1400-1430 21560 via France

To Southwest Asia
0500-0530 15205 via Uzbekistan
1000-1030 11780 via Uzbekistan
1300-1330 9875 via Japan
1400-1430 9875 via Japan

To Southeast Asia
0500-0530 17810 via Japan
1000-1030 9605 via Japan
1200-1230 9695 via Japan
1400-1430 5955 via Japan

To Oceania
1000-1030 9625 via Japan
1200-1230 9625 via Japan

Copied from
NHK WORLD RADIO JAPAN | Schedule & Frequency

16-March-2011

0500-0530 5975 via Great Britain to Eur
0500-0530 6110 via Canada to NAm
0500-0530 9770 via France to Africa
0500-0530 15205 via Uzbekistan to SW Asia
0500-0530 17810 via Japan to SE Asia
1000-1030 9605 via Japan to SE Asia
1000-1030 9625 via Japan to Oceania
1000-1030 9840 via Japan to NAm
1000-1030 11780 via Uzbekistan to SW Asia
1200-1230 6120 via Canada to NAm
1200-1230 9625 via Japan to Oceania
1200-1230 9695 via Japan to SE Asia
1200-1230 9790 via Germany to Eur
1300-1330 9875 via Japan to SW Asia
1400-1430 5955 via Japan to SE Asia
1400-1430 9875 via Japan to SW Asia
1400-1430 21560 via France to Africa

best regards...Mike
 
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