[HCDX] Loggings from Grayland, WA

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi, everyone.  To the Victoria DX Group, to give you a taste of what can be 
heard at a DXpedition, in this case to Grayland, WA, a wonderful site to go 
after Trans-Pacific MW stations, but when Don Nelson, John Bryant and 
myself DX'd last weekend, MW was pretty dead, so we concentrated on SW, 
which wasn't too bad.  We were able to choose between 4 Beverage antennae 
(NW, W doublet, and longer single, and a SW wire), all over 1000' in 
length, as well as John's newest KAZ antenna.  The site is generally pretty 
quiet electrically and some 1000+ feet from the open Pacific.  My receivers 
were the Rockwell/Collins HF-2050, and the AOR 7030+.  Many of what is 
listed was recorded on a Sony minidisc recorder.

SOUTH AMERICAN PIRATE (?Argentina)  11423.85 LSB  Radio Bosque initially 
fair at 0416 tune-in, 26 May.  Nice Spanish ballads.  Usual static 
crashes.  Faded down, then back to good level, with ID at 0438.  (Salmaniw, 
26 May).

EUROPIRATES (Holland)  15069.95 in AM mode. Alfa Lima International from 
0426 tune-in.  Poor to fair but later fair to good, with "Wild Thing" at 
0453, followed by dead air for 30 seconds and full ID. (Salmaniw, 26 May).

                         (Belgium)  15794.86 LSB Radio Border Hunter at 
0615.  ID at 0619:30 as, "This is Free Radio for Europe".  Fair 
reception.  (Salmaniw, 26 May).

CONGO  4765.00  Radio Congo at 0453 with African music, talk in 
French.  Good signal on 27 May, with ID at TOH as "Radio 
Congo".  (Salmaniw, 27 May).

GERMANY  15545  Radio Ecclesia with full ID in Portuguese to Angola at 
0502  Superb reception on both nights.  (Salmaniw, 26-27 May).

GHANA  4915  Ghana BC with vocal NA at 0530, then ID, and mentions of 4.915 
MHz in vernacular, over cochannel weaker station.  Not in parallel to 3366 
(which was in English).  (Salmaniw, 26 May).

LIBERIA  4760  ELWA  with harp IS at 0555, then organ music and brief ID 
(?) at 0600.  Could make out, "The time is 1 1/2 minutes past...", with an 
American accented male announcer, into a hymn.  Fair reception.  (Salmaniw, 
26 May).

GUINEA  7125  Great reception from Radio Guinea, with a lively male 
announcer at 0610 saying, "Bonjour le monde, ici Conakry".  (Salmaniw, 26 May).

FRANCE/MONACO  9870  TWR Monaco, with IS and 0643, into English programming 
with Family Bible Hour.  Fair to good.  (Salmaniw, 26 May).

CANADA  6130.04 USB  CHNX back with a different loop announcement than in 
the past.  Fair reception at 0604 with the Lion King.  They now ID, 
mentioning the station as being Nova Scotia's first, and give an e-mail and 
website.  (Salmaniw, 26 May).

RUSSIA  12070  Radio Stantsiya Tikhyi Okean just booms in at 0706 with test 
tones, than at 07:14:58 "Govorit Vladivostok".  No parallels 
found.  (Salmaniw, 26 May).

GUYANA  3291.41  GBS heard at 09:12 with Hindi music.  Poor to fair.  Seems 
stable on this frequency.    (Salmaniw, 26 May).

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  The following stations were on the air this weekend:

  2410 Radio Enya, poor to fair at 0921, but as is usually the case on the 
coast fades up very well towards dawn.  Strong at 11:48, but only fair at 
12:20.  Regularly heard past 12:00.
  3204.97  Radio Sandaun.  Good reception.  A real powerhouse 
signal.  Playing "Joy to the World" at 11:20, in Pidgin.  "New millenium 
here 2001", and talk of world communications day 2001 (was it 
really???).  Gone by 1200, with OC at 1202.
  3235  Radio West New Britain not on the air 26 May, but heard 27 May at 
0910 with National news relay.  Fair to good. Nice signal at 11:31 with 
Pidgin talk and "sing-sing".  Best using LSB to escape ute on USB.  Full ID 
at 1132 as National Radio Commission, Radio West New Britain, then into a 
radio play.  (Salmaniw, 27 May).
  3305  Radio Western fair to good at 0921. Fair to good at 1003 with 
relay of national news, but just behind 4890.
  3315  Radio Manus, good in Pidgin at 0925. Relays National program at 
1202, with TC for "3 minutes past 10"
  3325  Radio Bougainville, with appeal in English at 0930 to be 
calm.  Good reception.  At 1104, announced the "Centenary Quiz 2001", with 
the grand prize a National Panasonic cassette radio.  Send your answers to 
POB 35 Buka, Bougainville Province.  The first question:  "Number 1 
missionary, write them down name", etc....  Great programming to monitor!
  3355  Radio Chimbu back again, with poor to fair reception at 0930. 26 
May only.  Nothing following morning.
  3364.98  Radio Milne Bay with English announcements at 09:35  Fair 
reception.
  3375  Radio Western Highlands, good to very good. At 09:35.
  3905  Radio New Ireland with YL talking in Pidgin easily over a 
cochannel station at 0945.
  4890  Port Moresby with usual superb signal with EZL music at 0950, and 
Radio National ID at that time.    (Salmaniw, 26 May).

MONGOLIA  12085  At 1030 both mornings, the IS for Voice of Mongolia was 
very strong, but the sign-on announcement in English suddenly became very 
weak.  I suspect a beam change.  (Salmaniw, 26 -27May).

VANUATU  7260  Radio Vanuatu in Bislama at 1043.  Good to very 
good.  Reggae music.  Wiped out at 11:00 by Radio Thailand IS and ID in 
English, into a Vietnamese program.  (Salmaniw, 26 May).

SOLOMON ISLANDS  5019.98  SIBC with a good signal with western music.  At 
1058, Radio Hapi Isles ID, and "Good evening to you all", followed by a 
devotion, and off in mid-sentence at 11:02.  Following night signed off 
with full ID and frequencies, NA, and signed off until 0600 tomorrow 
morning.  Good to very good.  (Salmaniw, 26-27 May).

LAOS  4660.63  Laotian regional station with lovely local music at 
11:39.  Not // to 6130 until 1200, with usual gongs and talk.  (Salmaniw, 
26 May).

UZBEKISTAN   Radio Tashkent in English at 1212 on 17775 poor to fair, // 
15295 stronger, and 7285 well under cochannel.  Listener's letters at that 
time.  (Salmaniw, 26 May).

MALAYSIA  Radio Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching.  7270.46  Presumed green network 
in Iban.  Very good with slight drift.  at .43 at 1231. (Salmaniw, 26 May).

DIEGO GARCIA  Is AFN still being heard from here?  I used to receive 12579 
regularly, but haven't heard them for some months.  Scheduled to close this 
base.  Has it already happened?

ALASKA  11870  KNLS  Poor choice for a frequency.  Tape loop at 1307 with 
IS and announcement mentioning technical problems.  Please stand by.  Into 
Vivaldi.  (Salmaniw, 26 May).

AUSTRALIA  9475 and 11660 listed as ADFR from 1330 to 1400, but no special 
programming noted both mornings.  Both very strong.  (Salmaniw, 26-27 May).

COSTA RICA  5029.06  Dr. Gene Scott's University Network.  Fair to good at 
1054 with filler music.    (Salmaniw, 27 May).

SINGAPORE  6150 Superb reception with ID, "This is Radio Singapore 
International", followed by a RSI jingle.  // 9600 very good, except for 
some mild splash.  Heard at 11:15.    (Salmaniw, 27 May).

RUSSIA  4940.0  Radio Miks-Master back on the air at 1202 with Russian talk 
and EZL music.  Fair reception.    (Salmaniw, 27 May).

THAILAND  4830.  Radio Thailand with English news, then Thai Culture until 
1309.  Fair to good reception.    (Salmaniw, 27 May).

MYANMAR  6570  1329  IS and ID, with clear mention of Myanmar by YL by 
Myanmar Defence Forces Radio.  Good reception.    (Salmaniw, 27 May).


That's all for now.  Sorry for the slight delay, but it always takes me a 
few days to recuperate from the sleepless nights and long drive home.  Take 
care,.....Walt.


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