A few more AM notes from my recent stay in the Philippines:
792 DWGV-AM Angeles City, Pampanga Aug 30 good signal into northern Manila from this neighbouring province to the north. Mainly Christian programming. Sister station on FM is DWGV-FM 99.1 which also has good coverage of northern Metro Manila. 1017 DXSN Surigao City, Surigao del Norte Aug 29 powerhouse signal at Tacloban City airport, Leyte´s east coast. Checked the band before boarding the plane to Manila, and found very good signals from the north eastern areas of Mindanao. This one as well as 1206 DXRS not logged on the west coast of Leyte island. It would appear that the volcanic soil of Leyte makes a great shield for signals from different directions. The east coasts of islands like Leyte and Samar probably would be great for long distance Trans-Pacific DX. 1134 DWDD Manila, NCR Aug 25 noted with an ID at 2300 local time, before fading. Is not a daytime signal in Leyte, evening only, first time noted there. 1206 DXRS Surigao City, Surigao del Norte noted with drama, promos Aug 29. ID as "RMN Surigao". Listed on this frq by Bruce Portzer already. The December 2004 NTC official list actually has this one on a different frequency, but 1206 is definitely the correct one. ID also as "Radyo Magbalantay", mentioned 5,000 watts. Heard at San Jose, just south of the airport at Tacloban, Leyte. 1233 DWRV Radio Veritas, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya Aug 26 sunset signal into Leyte, fair strength. With DYVS only occasionally on, DWRV reaches nationwide. 1674 DZBF Marikina, NCR Aug 30 great signal in Malabon, northern area of Manila. Community information. I will send a summary of FM notes later. Just mentioning here that Manila´s 106.7 DWET is now "Dream FM" (also has RDS), while 95.1 DWRW San Fernando, Pampanga has a good signal into northern Manila. ID as "Countryside Radio". Geir Stokkeland in the Philippines, August 2005. RX: Sony ICF-7600GR, internal antenna. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is out. Order yours from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
