[IRCA] Trans Pacific loggings Grayland, WA

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

'This weekend, John Bryant, Guy Atkins, and myself once again convened in
the Grayland, WA area for a mini-dxpedtion.  Conventional wisdom
states that with the longest day approaching, DXing takes a back burner
to normal summer pastimes.  Needless to say, this notion has been
dismissed soundly in past years, when dxing has been excellent,
especially to stations Down-under.  John preceded Guy and me by a
day, and dxed for a couple of nights at the Grayland State Park,
experimenting with his portable Kaz antenna, being unable to erect a
Beverage, at least on the second night.  We were able to communicate
via GMRS radios the night Guy and I arrived.  Unfortunately (for the
MW dxer), reception was lackluster at best the first night, and a bit
more interesting the second night.  SW to PNG, however was superb,
with the best reception in a long while.  The highlight for both Guy
and myself was monitoring Wantok Radio Light's official inauguration on
7120 with near armchair levels at times... so much for the NVIS antenna
system and 1 kw not getting out!  It sure did!  Vanuatu on 90
meters was another interesting logging.  For the few PNGs not heard
the first night, they appeared the following night.  Tantalizing was
a signal on both mornings on 2410.  Could this be Radio Enga
again?  Unfortunately, unlike in past years, no audio was
audible.  ARDS 5050 (actually more like 5049.98) was audible only as
a reasonable het both mornings.  John's Kaz performed rather well
compared to the Beverages, providing another alternative for the space
challenged DXer, and does not depend on ground conductivity, unlike the
EWE and Pennant/Flag antennae.  Guy noted that this outing was a
first of sorts, with the 3 of us all having spectrum display
abilities...John with his WinRadio 3030e, Guy with his Icom 756Pro, and
me with my 756 ProII!  We mused how the hobby has changed from a
simple receiver, cassette deck, and headphones, with a myriad of paper
resources.  Today, we are all equipped with lap tops (in my case
running both the Icom, and the 7030+ with ERGO4 computer control
software, and ILG databases, as well as GeoClock, and Bruce Portzer's
excellent Pacific AM List, the B-Log logging program, and 2 copies of
Recall-Pro fed by each of the receivers via independent sound
cards!  Utterly amazing, isn't it?  We had the choice between 3
Beverages aimed SW, W, and NW to Asia and the Pacific.  I now have
some 10 or 12 hours of MP3 recordings to listen to.  No more
cassette tapes, or Minidiscs!  When everything works, it''s simply
marvellous!!! Now on to the loggings.  Enjoy!........Walt Salmaniw,
now safely home in Victoria, B.C.

AUSTRALIA 1116, 10:40-, 4BC Brisbane Jun 11 Pretty dismal MW conditions
thus far, with only this frequency and 846 audible on the medium
waves.  This was made up with the more than interesting tropical
band conditions, and Wantok Radio Light's official sign-on. (Salmaniw,
Grayland, WA)

FIJI 639, 1159-, Radio Fiji 1 Jun 12 Great reception at our local dawn
with Fijian talk ?ID at 12:00, and into some very pleasant south islands
music.  Parallel to 684.  Thanks to Guy Atkins for clearing
this one up!  Good levels at times. (Salmaniw, Grayland,
WA)

NEW ZEALAND 783, 1222-, 2YB Access Radio, Wellington Jun 12 Nice local ID
heard for '783 Access Radio'. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA)

NEW ZEALAND 1125, 1235-, Radio Sport Jun 12 Good reception with American
relay with, what else, sports talk, and maybe an infomercial. 
Strange to hear American programming from so far away!. (Salmaniw,
Grayland, WA)

AUSTRALIA 1116, 1236-, 4BC Talk 1116, Brisbane Jun 12 'Talk 1116,
Brisbane's 4BC'.  Great reception at 12:51.  Seems to be
continually coming in with good to at times excellent signals! 
Frequent IDs and local ads.  One of the most reliable Aussie
stations in Grayland. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA)



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