Fellas, the first morning of the round the world virtual dxpedition
is under my belt. Results were rather mediocre, in my opinion for
MW, and more interesting on the Tropical bands. I did hear a few
new Alaskans. I don't think there was anything new for me for Trans
Pacific. I'll be looking forward to reading how the others fared,
and I'm hoping that tomorrow will yield more interesting DX. Here's
my catch. Incidently, I used 3 antenna (well really only 2 for
MW: 2 mini-Beverages measuring 350 and 400' respectively, aimed
170/350 and 30/210 degrees. Still using 12 volts, although the
power should be hooked up very soon. The electrician was installing
the panel in the power house. I hear that the telephone workers are
striking, so no internet access that way for a while, I'm afraid.
I'll be leaving early Sunday morning in any case back to Victoria.
After DXing, I had a nice time clamming. There was a zero tide this
morning, so I harvested some 20 pounds or so of Razor clams. These
little creatures are fun to catch. You use a specialized short
little shovel. Somewhat like a spade and walk along the flat sandy
beach. You see small depressions which give away their
location. By walking near them, they withdraw their siphons,
occasionally squirting water upwards, but more usually just enlarging the
depression. With one hand, the spade-like shovel is inserted about
6" from the depression and then angled toward the clam. The
wedge of sand is quickly removed, and if you're lucky you can grab the
siphon and pull the clam out. If not, you have to go down after
them, sometimes almost to your armpit! They can measure up to a
foot (30 cm) long, although most are about 8". The shells are
very sharp if broken, hence the name. They make fabulous clam
chowder, but also things like Clam Fritters....after cleaning them, the
meat is pounded and then fried. Something like calamari as I
recall, but it's been a while. Tomorrow, there's a negative tide,
so after dxing, I'll go back out for Dungeness crab and razor clams
again. Life is tough in paradise! .......Walt Salmaniw, Tow Hill,
Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), BC.
PS: I'm listening to an unid station on 840. Never IDs except
"840 Gold". I'm assuming a Canadian, since they don't
legally ID. Confirmation anyone?
180 RUSSIA Radio Rossii, Jul 21 12:18 - Poor to fair reception of this LW
station. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen Charlotte Is, BC)
639 FIJI Radio Fiji 1, Jul 21 10:16 - Poor/fair reception with islands
music. No // noted, but seems to be a regular hear. The
morning did not shed much of interest in the early going, but did improve
somewhat towards the morning. Overall, though, a relatively
mediocre morning, and so I spent more time on the tropical bands.
(Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen Charlotte Is, BC)
670 ALASKA KDLG, Dillingham, Jul 21 14:00 - Local ID, as well as for
other low power NPR stations. Normally KBOI dominates this
channel. Unfortunately, I had just fallen asleep 'at the wheel' and
didn't notice the MD had run out. I'll try again tomorrow.
The distant Alaskans seem to have a window in the morning after the TP
stations have faded away, and before the lower 48 stations again dominate
the airwaves. Interesting. I assume with the high sun and
very long days of summer, the ionosphere does not favour a northerly
propagation path to Alaska for long during the day. I'm assuming
this will be the opposite in the winter. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen
Charlotte Is, BC)
702 AUSTRALIA 2BL, ABC Sydney, Jul 21 12:25 - Fair reception with
Australian accented dj. Mentions of Australia. One of the few
Aussie station on this mediocre morning. The Tropical bands were
much more interesting. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen Charlotte Is,
BC)
747 JAPAN JOIB, Sapporo, Jul 21 12:26 - NHK2 English lesson. Fair
reception, only. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen Charlotte Is, BC)
756 AUSTRALIA 3RN, Wangaratta, Jul 21 12:28 - 'Pilot program in Brisbane'
mentioned, so presumed Aussie. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen Charlotte Is,
BC)
765 UNIDENTIFIED ?, Jul 21 765 - Weak audio with non-stop talk that
sounded Filipino to me. ?Possible Filipino station?. (Salmaniw, Tow
Hill, Queen Charlotte Is, BC)
774 AUSTRALIA 3LO, ABC Melbourne, Jul 21 12:35 - Presumed, with 'Nice to
see you', and Aussie accented talk. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen Charlotte
Is, BC)
780 ALASKA KNOM, Nome, Jul 21 14:06 - Another new Alaskan for me, with
ID, weather for Western Alaska. Fair. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen
Charlotte Is, BC)
790 ALASKA KCAM,Glenallen, Jul 21 04:10 - Local ads and a local softball
game, play by play. At 04:13, heard: 'Proud sponsor of
Glenallen softball'. Good reception. At 04:59 Focus on the
family program finished. No ID at the TOH, but did include a quick
'KCAM, Glenallen' at 05:01:30, and into USA network news. I tuned
in again at 14:36 to hear Glenallen and Copper River Valley weather
forecast (45 degrees and mostly sunny), and then onto weather for
Anchorage, Valdez, 40 Mile Country, and Fairbanks. Time check for
6:39. No ID then. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen Charlotte Is,
BC)
828 AUSTRALIA ?, Jul 21 12:39 - No ID, with English 'Eye witness
reports'. Lots of splatter from 830. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen
Charlotte Is, BC)
909 NEW ZEALAND Southern Star, Napier, Jul 21 12:41 - Poor to fair with a
presumed logging with Gospel music. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen Charlotte
Is, BC)
1008 AUSTRALIA 4TAB, Brisbane, Jul 21 10:27 - Presumed station with only
weak audio. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen Charlotte Is, BC)
1008 NEW ZEALAND 1ZD, Jul 21 12:42 - Call in programming, but not nearly
as clear as the other day's logging. Could also be possibly 4TAB,
Brisbane as well. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen Charlotte Is, BC)
1053 KOREA (SOUTH) Jammer, Jul 21 12:48 - Machine type jamming heard
without any other station. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen Charlotte Is,
BC)
1143 NEW ZEALAND 1YW, National Radio Hamilton, Jul 21 12:52 - Fair and
steady. Heard 'a whole range of recommendations', and 'Citizens of
New Zealand'. Health care was the topic. Faded out just
before the TOH. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen Charlotte Is, BC)
1170 ALASKA KJNP, North Pole, Jul 21 14:29:30 - Another new one for me,
with the weather for North Pole: 'Here in North Pole, 47
degrees'. No call sign heard, though. Fair. (Salmaniw, Tow
Hill, Queen Charlotte Is, BC)
1242 JAPAN JOLF, NBS, Tokyo, Jul 21 13:03 - Fair reception with usual
Japanese programming. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen Charlotte Is,
BC)
1260 USA KLYC, McMinnville, OR, Jul 21 10:35 - Local ID for KLYC.
Not bad for a 1 kw station. Local programming too. (Salmaniw, Tow
Hill, Queen Charlotte Is, BC)
1287 JAPAN JOHR, Sapporo, Jul 21 13:04 - Strong signal with usual
sing-song YL/OM discussion. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen Charlotte Is,
BC)
1566 KOREA (SOUTH) HLAZ, Jul 21 13:10 - Strong signal with Japanese
Christian broadcast. Still fair at 13:21, well after local sunrise.
(Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen Charlotte Is, BC)
1737 PAPUA NEW GUINEA KUT (Beacon), Jul 21 10:42 - weakly heard at this
time. (Salmaniw, Tow Hill, Queen Charlotte Is, BC)
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