On May 4 and 5, 2013 (In Sapporo, Japan)

I returned from Sapporo on last Monday. I’d mainly listened to long distance MW services in night time by ATS-909X and internal antenna. The following data is from Kyushu island (the most West part of Japan) , Korea and China....

Domestic Broadcasting Survey by DSWCI

I purchased Domestic Broadcasting Survey by DSWCI. The following description is from DSWCI web page. The 56 years old DSWCI which counts experienced DX-ers in 29 countries all over the world as members, has issued the 15th Edition of its...

second anniversary of this weblog

With regard to this weblog, two years have already gone. Thank you very much for your visit and attention. I'd like to show the statistics of this weblog. the number of accumulated hits is about 13,500 hits per day is...

In Otaru city, Hokkaido island, Japan

I'd been to Otaru city today, located near Sapporo. This city is famous for canal adorned with Victorian-style street lamps runs through this city, also attracts a large number of not only Japanese tourists. So my wife was looking forward...

Now in Sapporo city, Hokkaido island, Japan

I've stayed in Sapporo city, Hokkaido island, during 'Golden Week' holiday with my wife and son. Bringing my ATS-909X for domestic MW listening. This city is the fourth-largest city in Japan by population, and the largest city on the northern...

Appears on BDXC 'Communication' in May 2013 edition

I'm the only Japanese member who contribute a lot of articles to BDXC's monthly club magazine 'Communication'. From May-2013 edition, titled 'Webwatch', on page #3, Chrissy wrote 'BDXC member Koji Hoshi in Japan has been on his travels, to Perth...

Broadcasts in English for A13 season

'Broadcasts in English' is a magazine, twice in a year, issued by BDXC. It's my one of favorite and useful reference for worldwide radio listening. It includes not only Short-Wave broadcasts but also streaming, on demand services, WRN (World Radio...

'Golden Week' in 2013

Golden Week, often abbreviated to simply GW and also known as 'Ougon-shukan' in Japanese or 'Ougata-renkyu' means 'Large consecutive holiday' is a Japanese term applied to the period containing the following public holidays; April-29 Showa Day May-3 Constitution Memorial Day May-4...

heard NHK via Ascension and France in Japan

It’s my pleasure to hear NHK World Radio Japan via Ascension island and France, in Japan. The Japanese service via Ascension was clearly heard 0830UTC yesterday on 12015kHz, SINPO was 45443, also from France, 0831UTC on 15290kHz, SINPO was 35433....

ICZ-R51 joins!

In last week, purchased an ICZ-R51 and sold ICZ-R50 at a shop near home. ICZ-R51 is the succession model of ICZ-R50, brand-new since last month. I was convinced arbitrarily, here, rather than in the IC recorder with radio only, is...