Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Radio Nikkei is Japan's only domestic shortwave broadcasting station. They transmit on 3925 Khz with 50KW into a dipole antenna running northeast to southwest which covers the Japanese archipelago.

It can be heard here in N. California when propagation is good. A back of the napkin calculation says an 80 meter CW QSO should be possible with full legal power and decent antennas when this station is being heard. The receiver is an R-392