[HCDX] Grayland DXpedition Loggings

["Guy Atkins" <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another excellent Grayland DXpedition has come and gone all too quickly. I
attended Friday through Sunday, and a highlight was meeting the man behind
the dxing.info site, Mika Makelainen (a name familiar to many of you).
Mika's employer, YLE TV of Finland, has sent him to Stanford University for
a year of fellowship study, so he was conveniently "close" to Grayland, WA
to attend this DXpedition. (Mika, sorry we couldn't arrange for -30 deg. C.
weather like you enjoy on Lemmenjoki DXpeditions :^)

Besides Mika, the usual group of Pacfic NW DXers was in attendance. I
enjoyed the Saturday afternoon "show and tell" session with topics presented
by a number of DXers, and also the traditional Greek meal in nearby
Westport, WA.

Most of my time was spent doing "A-B" equipment tests, resurrecting a
troublesome ERGO PC-RX control program installation, and simply kicking back
and enjoying the LOUD signals from the many Asian trans-Pacific mediumwave
stations that were heard. A compiled logging of the Grayland group's MW DX
catches will be distributed shortly to the usual MW DX sources.
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Here are the few stations I did manage to make note of:


AUSTRALIA 1701.14, 1225-1229, R. Brisvaani, Brisbane Oct 5, presumed. Noted
with female talk in Hindi, with subcont. music; low level signal before
fading. Reportedly 100 watts power. (Atkins-WA)

AUSTRALIA 2310, 1315-1320, VL8A Alice Springs Oct 4 Booming, strong signal
of male & female announcer chatter; 'ABC... your country music source' at
1316. Noted parallels 2325 VL8T Tennant Creek at fair level, and 2485 VL8K
Katherine at good level. (Atkins-WA)

INDIA 4775, 1448-1454, AIR Imphal Oct 4 Poor level of subcontinental music
beneath 'sweeper' ute. Off suddenly at 1454. Tentative. (Atkins-WA)

INDIA 4910, 1442-1446, AIR Jaipur Oct 4 Presumed, with nice subcont. flute
music and female vocals in Hindi. Weak announcement or ID 1445. Poor signal.
(Atkins-WA)

INDONESIA 2960, 1325-1336, RPDT2 Manggarai Oct 4 Male announcer with
continuous talk; mentions of Manggarai and Ruteng. Poor, with peaks to fair
level. (Atkins-WA)

INDONESIA 3325, 1337-1341, RRI Palangkaraya Oct 4 Good level with emotional
speech or dramatic reading by man. Mentions of Jakarta. (Atkins-WA)

INDONESIA 3345, 1341-1343, RRI Ternate Oct 4 Nice lagu melayu at excellent
level; peaking S9+20db. Equal level on all three Beverages. (Atkins-WA)

INDONESIA 3960, 1348-1352, RRI Palu Oct 4 Loud signal with talk by male
announcer. Mentions of numerous Indonesian cities and 'kilogram'.
(Atkins-WA)

INDONESIA 3515.45v, 1230-1238, RSPK Ngada Oct 4 Noted with poor signal at
tune-in with frequency & ID (RS?? Ngada), and news by male announcer.
Mentions of various Indonesian cities. Improving to fair by 1237. Drifting
signal from 3515.4 to 3515.5 with buzzy audio. Some CW QRM. (Atkins-WA)

INDONESIA 4870.9, 1145-1205, RRI Sorong Oct 4, with powerhouse signal of
soft lagu populer and lagu romantik music. Male announcer at 1155 with quick
ID and into news apparently from local studio at 1200. (Atkins-WA)

MALAYSIA 4845, 1455-1502, RTM Kuala Lumpur Oct 4 R. Six in Tamil lang. with
male announcer to chimes or tone at 1500, then into news with many mentions
of Malaysia. Good. (Atkins-WA)

PNG Bandscan

Oct. 4, 2003 1145 UTC Grayland, WA

2410	R. Enga		weak het only
3205	R. West Sepik	good w/Pigin tk
3220	R. Morobe	fair w/KCBS
3235	R. West New Britain	vy good
3260	R. Madang	fair-good w/PNG pop mx
3275	R. Southern Highlands	weak het only
3290 	R. Central	het only
3335	R. East Sepik	good w/Melanesian mx
3365	R. Milne Bay	fair-good, //3375 & 4890
3375	R. Western Highlands	poor-fair, //3365 & 4890 with mx by Sting
4890	NBC Port Moresby	exc. with 70's mx


Oct. 5, 2003 1115 UTC

2410 	R. Enga		weak het only
3205	R. West Sepik	good with PNG C&W mx
3220	R. Morobe	good with PNG pop mx
3235	R. West New Britain	good
3260	R. Madang	good with Gospel mx
3290	R. Central	exc. S-9 signal with IDs
3335	R. East Sepik	vy good with Gospel mx, //3365, 3375, 4890
3365	R. Milne Bay	exc. at S-9, with Gospel mx, //3335, 3375, 4890
3375	R. Western Highlands	good level, //3335, 3365, 4890
4890	NBC Port Moresby	exc. S-9 level with Gospel mx //3335, 3365, 3375

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Guy Atkins
DXing at Grayland, WA USA
R75 / AR7030 / Kiwa MAP / SW, W, and NW Beverages


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