Possible Move for Japanese DRM Block

Hi again. We have heard from a couple of Japanese DRM listeners that the current 1245-1315UTC block we air on Sunday is a bit late. We could move it to 1130-1200UTC on Saturday. This would put it immediately after our Chinese DRM block on 9910kHz. We have already gotten reports that the Chinese block is easier to receive in Japan than our Sunday Japanese broadcast. If we move it to Saturday at 1130UTC, we would use 9910kHz with a beam heading of 350 degrees. Due to the better propagation, more direct heading, and higher antenna gain, we would reduce the power output to 50kW. That should still provide a very strong signal to most of Japan. (There will some months when Hokkaido gets a weak signal, but that is also true with the current broadcast.)

Before we make this move, we would like to get more feedback from our Japanese audience. Please let us know whether you prefer the current time on Sunday or the earlier time on Saturday. You may contact us at by commenting to this post or via email at ktwrdrm@twr.org. Thanks for your help.

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