It's a crazy season. I have some 200-300 North Americans on recordings and backlog is huge. Also noted 1098 Marshall Islands, first by Jordan Heyburn, who is using his Perseus at our qth in South Finland.
Here is a taste what a 650 metres long beverage can do. I have been collecting NHK stations like no tomorrow and many of them even reply to reports though they say that they don't verify.
Stations I love to hate: Hokkaido repeaters that never announce call id.
531 25.11. 1304- J: NHK1 Morioka/Nago/Niihama/Imari.
567 often J: JOIK NHK1 Sapporo.
594 often J: JOAK NHK1 Tokyo.
612 often J: JOLK NHK1 Fukuoka.
621 28.11. 1959- J: JOCG NHK1 Asahikawa.
648 30.11. 1255- J: JOIG NHK1 Toyama.
666 often J: JOBK NHK1 Osaka.
675 28.11. 1959- J: JOVK NHK1 Hakodate.
747 often J: JOIB NHK2 Sapporo.
774 often J: JOUB NHK2 Akita.
792 28.11. 1959- J: JOCG NHK1 Asahikawa via Enbetsu.
828 23.11. -1541 J: JOBB NHK2 Osaka.
837 often J: JOQK NHK1 Niigata.
864 24.11. 1455- J: JOHE/JOQF HBC Asahikawa/Muroran/Enbetsu.
864 20.11. 1400- J: JOXR ROK Naha.
873 often J: JOGB NHK2 Kumamoto.
891 27.9. 1959- J: JOHK NHK1 Sendai.
918 31.10. 1859- J: JOEF YBC Yamagata.
927 25.11. 1959- J: JOCG NHK2 Asahikawa via Wakkanai.
936 24.11. 1400- J: JONF MRT Miyazaki.
1008 1.11. 1310- J: JONR ABC Osaka.
1017 often J: JOLB NHK2 Fukuoka.
1071 27.11. 1959- J: JOFK NHK1 Hiroshima.
1071 24.11. 1440- J: JOWM STV Obihiro.
1116 24.11. 2000- J: JODR BSN Niigata.
1125 3.10. -1542 J: JOAD NHK2 Okinawa.
1125 26.11. -1541 J: JOLC NHK2 Tottori.
1134 often J: JOQR Bunka Hoso Tokyo.
1188 24.11. 1959- J: JOKP NHK1 Kitami.
1197 3.10. 1950- J: JOFO RKB Kitakyushu.
1224 often J: JOJK NHK1 Kanazawa.
1242 often J: JOLF Nippon Hoso Tokyo.
1260 3.10. 1700- J: JOIR TBC Sendai.
1269 3.10. 1858- J: JOHW HBC Obihiro/Esashi.
1278 often J: JOFR RKB Fukuoka.
1287 often J: JOHR HBC Sapporo.
1296 1.11. 1955- J: JOTK NHK1 Matsue.
1314 31.10. 1945- J: JOUF OBC Osaka.
1323 25.11. 1959- J: JOFP NHK1 Fukushima.
1332 3.10. 1645- J: JOSF Tokai Hoso, Nagoya.
1350 often J: JOER RCC Hiroshima.
1359 1.11. -1540 J: NHK2. 100 watts from 26 sites.
1368 28.11. 1959- J: JOHP NHK1 Takamatsu.
1368 29.10. 1959- J: JOJP NHK1 Yamagata via Tsuruoka.
1368 30.10. 1959- J: JOLG NHK1 Tottori.
1386 3.10. -1542 J: JOJB NHK2 Kanazawa.
1386 20.10. -1540 J: JOQC NHK2 Morioka.
1395 22.10. 1959- J: JOCE CRK Toyooka.
1413 1.11. 1345- J: JOIF KBC Fukuoka.
1422 27.9. 2000- J: JORF R Nippon, Jokohama.
1431 28.11. 1559- J: JOHL BSS Tottori/Izumo.
1431 24.11. 1459- J: JOVF WBS Wakayama.
1440 often J: JOWF STV Sapporo.
1449 24.11. 1524- J: JOQM HBC Abashiri.
1467 2.11. -1540 J: NHK2 Hakodate/Wakkanai. Never call id.
1476 23.11. -1541 J: JOSD NHK2 Iida.
1494 often J: JOYR RSK Okayama.
1503 often J: JOUK NHK1 Akita.
1512 4.10. 2053- J: JOZB NHK2 Matsuyama.
1521 28.11. 2053- J: JOJC NHK2 Yamagata.
1521 30.10. 2059- J: JOTC NHK2 Aomori.
1602 often J: NHK2 Asahikawa/Enbetsu. Never call id.
1602 19.10. -1540 J: JOFD NHK2 Fukushima.
1602 18.10. 2059- J: JOSB NHK2 Kitakyushu.
QSLs this year:
594 JOAK NHK1 Tokyo - Radio Japan card and letter "we don't verify"
837 JOQK NHK1 Niigata - own card and letter "we don't verify"
873 JOGB NHK2 Kumamoto - my ham card back with qsl data
891 JOHK NHK1 Sendai - own card
1125 JOAD NHK2 Okinawa - own card
1188 JOKP NHK1 Kitami - qsl letter "we don't verify but we decide to send qsl letter to you!"
1224 JOJK NHK1 Kanazawa - own card
1296 JOTK NHK1 Matsue - own card
1368 JOHP NHK1 Takamatsu - qsl letter
1512 JOZB NHK1 Matsuyama - qsl letter
1521 JOTC NHK2 Aomori - own card
1602 JOSB NHK2 Kitakyushu - qsl letter
1602 JOFD NHK2 Fukushima - own card
864 JOXR ROK Okinawa
918 JOEF YBC Yamagata
1116 JODR BSN Niigata
1197 JOFO RKB Kitakyushu
1269 JOJR JRT Tokushima
1269 JOHW HBC Obihiro
There are nine report letters now in mail...
