Oh yeah... I too was a member of NASWA, reader of Frendx and sometimes SPEEDX in the latter 1970's while a young teenager, working with a Realistic DX-160 after the old Heathkit 4-tube receiver... It was of course the FRENDX reporting on the Voice of the Voyageur pirate station which primarily influenced me and led to the creation of my pirate station 'The Crystal Ship' in 1982.
(Also recall the controversy at the time, with FRENDX publishing "pirate" loggings while SPEEDX refused to do so, if memory serves... This refusal by some DX clubs to publish pirate radio loggings led to the creation of the ACE, Association of Clandestine Enthusiasts, dedicated to pirate and spy loggings, in 1982-- just prior to The Crystal Ship hitting the airwaves.)
My favorite SWBC stations which were at least 'somewhat DXy' (by power level) were Radio Tahiti-- I have fond memories of listening to that on summer evenings around greyline time on 15 mhz, it actually came in pretty well, although I think the power level was only about 20kw--- and the Port Moresby PNG station on 4890 (had to get up early in the morning for that one, in the winter if I recall correctly... before dawn, when there was the largest path of darkness between our locations).
I had several other target stations which I aspired to, but could never quite pull off, all low-powered stations in the southwest Pacific:
The New Hebrides Broadcasting Service (now their country has another name which I can't recollect at the moment):
THINK I might have actually heard that one, broadcasting around 3945 khz, if memory serves---
broadcasting some kind of religious services--- but the static was so bad, I was unable to provide any solid details in my reception report, so my attempt at verification was rejected.
The Solomon Island Broadcasting Service, I think on 5020 kHz--- never had any luck with that one---
And the ultra-elusive Cook Islands Broadcasting Service--- also somewhere above 5 mHz, I think--- 5045 kHz??
never had any luck with that one, either.
On the other hand, I also submitted a reception report to the North Korean station,
and received a most awesome QSL package from them, complete with some kind of communist pin, in red--
(I still have that around here somewhere, guess I ought to dig it out again and photograph it)--
The thing about that one was, it too was very poor reception with no positive ID,
and I was not convinced myself that I had actually heard the station....
but they rewarded me most handsomely for my pitiful report! LOL
(oh--- and THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting that FRENDX archive link---
I am going to spend some time there-- already have!!)
