[HCDX]: MW logs from WA State, USA
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[HCDX]: MW logs from WA State, USA
I had really enjoyed my introduction to West Coast DX by John
Bryant, Dave Clark, and John Fisher in June of 1997. This year I was
scheduled to participate in a conference near Vancouver so I took the
opportunity travel west a few days before my meeting in order to sample
again some DX from Down Under. I returned to Grayland WA with my Drake R8A
and a large spool of wire, and every evening I laid out two terminated
Beverages, a 1,200-foot "New Zealand wire" at 230 degrees and a 1,000-foot
"Australian wire" at 260 degrees.
Conditions were certainly not as good as they had been in June of
1997. On only one morning (29 May) did the New Zealanders put in a decent
showing, and, with the exception of RFO Tahiti on 738 kHz and Tonga on 1017
kHz, the Pacific Island stations were essentially unheard. In spite of the
generally weaker signals, a number of stations that I did not hear or
identify in 1997 made it into the logbook. The new North American X-band
stations are making reception of the low-powered Australian X-banders much
more difficult. For instance, last year 4AM and 4ADR were relatively easy
catches on 1620 kHz. This year, KRIZ from Seattle completely dominated
1620 kHz at all times. Nevertheless, reception of Radio Club AM and Radio
1701 were highlights.
Any help on my unID's would be much appreciated!
(Times and Dates ate UTC)
666 NEW CALEDONIA, RFO Nouvelle-Caledonie, Noumea, MAY 27 1155 - SIO 232.
675 NEW ZEALAND, 3YA, National R., Christchurch, MAY 29 1209 - SIO 232-1.
702 AUSTRALIA, 2BL, ABC Metro. Svc., Sydney, MAY 27 1122 - SIO 322.
702 NEW ZEALAND, 1XP, R. Pacific, Auckland, MAY 27 1225 - Tent.; SIO 222.
720 AUSTRALIA, unID ABC station, MAY 27 1224 - Woman with talk definitely
// 702 and 774; 6WF (Metro. Service) or one of the Regional Radio stations?
SIO 222. See unID ABC on 828.
738 FRENCH POLYNESIA, RFO Tahiti, Mahina, MAY 27 0957 - SIO 433.
756 NEW ZEALAND, 1YA, National R., Auckland, MAY 29 1204 - SIO 333.
774 AUSTRALIA, 3LO, ABC Metro. Svc., Melbourne, MAY 27 1209 - SIO 343.
774 FIJI, R. Fiji 2, Suva, MAY 27 0947 - SIO 222.
792 AUSTRALIA, 4RN, ABC R. National, Brisbane, MAY 27 1107-1113 - SIO 222-1.
810 NEW ZEALAND, 4YA, National R., Dunedin, MAY 29 1218 - SIO 322.
828 AUSTRALIA, unID ABC station, MAY 27 1211-1223 - Description of
upcoming programs, "It's Not the 10 O'clock News" at 1212 with unusual news
items, definitely // 702 and 774 at 1222, although these are Metro. Service
stations and 828 must be a Regional Radio station; suspect 3GI Sale rather
than 6GN in Geraldton, WA; SIO 333.
846 AUSTRALIA, 2RN, ABC R. National, Canberra, MAY 27 1113 - SIO 232-1.
855 AUSTRALIA, 4QB /4QO, ABC Regional R., Maryborough / Eidsvold, MAY 30
1220 - SIO 242.
891 AUSTRALIA, 4TAB, Townsville, MAY 27 1127 - SIO 333.
891 AUSTRALIA, 5AN, ABC Metro. Svc., Adelaide, MAY 27 1240 - SIO 343.
927 UNID, 2 stations, MAY 27 1227-1234 - Very tricky to separate these
two, initially one had woman presenter while other had pop music; woman
talked about a prize and a "competition," which was followed by an
announcement for a help line "if you can't read or write well enough"
followed by an ad that began with sirens; one station had Bruce Springsteen
at 1234; both SIO 222.
999 AUSTRALIA, 2NB, ABC Regional R., Broken Hill, MAY 28 0927 - SIO 121.
1008 NEW ZEALAND, 1ZD, Newstalk ZB, Tauranga, MAY 29 1013 - SIO 232.
1017 TONGA, A3Z, Tonga BC, Nuku'alofa, MAY 27 0915 - SIO 232.
1026 UNID, 3 stations, MAY 27 1018-1032 - Three stations in English noted
simultaneously on this nominal frequency, one with sports play-by-play and
another had a jingle that ended with "the greatest songs of all time" that
may have been 1ZN, Whangarei, New Zealand, or 4MK, Mackay, Australia - the
latter was positively IDed half an hour later; all were SIO 232-1. One
station, probably the strongest one, seemed to be ca. 20 Hz on the high
side of 1026.
1026 AUSTRALIA, 4MK, Mackay, MAY 27 1101 - SIO 232. This station is
missing from WRTH'98.
1035 NEW ZEALAND, 2ZB, Newstalk ZB, Wellington, MAY 29 0717 - SIO 232.
1062 AUSTRALIA, 4TI, ABC Regional R., Thursday Island, MAY 27 1234 - SIO
242.
1098 MARSHALL ISLANDS, V7AD, R. Majuro , MAY 28 0923 - Tent; SIO 232.
1107 AUSTRALIA, 2EA, Sydney, MAY 27 1247 - SIO 243.
1116 AUSTRALIA, 4BC, Brisbane, MAY 28 1120 - SIO 333.
1134 JAPAN, JOQR, Bunka Hoso, Tokyo, MAY 29 1212 - SIO 222.
1134 NEW ZEALAND, 4YQ, National R., Queenstown, MAY 29 1214 - SIO 222-1.
1143 NEW ZEALAND, 1YW, National R., Hamilton, MAY 29 1211 - SIO 222.
1179 JAPAN, JOOR, Mainichi Hoso, Osaka, MAY 29 1153 - SIO 322-1.
1251 NEW ZEALAND, 1XG, R. Rhema, Auckland, MAY 29 0917 - SIO 232-1.
1278 NEW ZEALAND, 2ZC, Newstalk ZB, Napier, MAY 29 0833-0841 - SIO 131.
1296 NEW ZEALAND, 2ZH, Newstalk ZB, Hamilton, MAY 29 0843 - SIO 232.
1314 AUSTRALIA, 2ZW, Wollongong, MAY 28 1229 - SIO 333.
1332 AUSTRALIA, 2 stations, MAY 29 1029-1044 - Two Australians are listed
here (3SH and 4BU) - one had all phone talk and the other had pop music
(Roxy Music's "Avalon" at 1033) - but it was not possible to catch an ID on
either station; both SIO 222-1.
1386 NEW ZEALAND, R. Tarana, Auckland, MAY 29 1048 - SIO 343.
1431 AUSTRALIA, 2RN, ABC R. National, Wollongong, MAY 29 1245 - SIO 222.
1475 MALAYSIA/SABAH, RTM, Kota Kinabalu, MAY 30 1109 - Het only.
1476.22 NEW ZEALAND, 1XD, Auckland, MAY 29 0803-0808 - SIO 131.
1512 AUSTRALIA, 2RN, ABC R. National, Newcastle, MAY 29 1241 - SIO 232.
1530 NEW ZEALAND, 2YP, National R., New Plymouth, MAY 29 1223 - SIO 222.
1548 AUSTRALIA, 4QD, ABC Regional R., Emerald, MAY 30 1215 - SIO 333.
1557 AUSTRALIA, 2RE, Taree, MAY 29 1235-1240 - Tent; SIO 232-1.
1592.98 NEW ZEALAND, Chinese R., Auckland, MAY 29 0848 - SIO 343-2.
1593 AUSTRALIA, 3RG, R. Italia, Melbourne, MAY 29 1228 - SIO 333.
1665 AUSTRALIA, 2MM, Greek R., Kingsgrove, MAY 30 1156 - SIO 222.
1682.97 AUSTRALIA, R. Club AM, Sydney, MAY 29 1115-1126 - SIO 343-2.
1700.98 AUSTRALIA, R. 1701, Brisbane, MAY 30 1142 - SIO 252.
Jean Burnell, St. John's, NF, Canada ... jburnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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