[IRCA] Grayland DXpedition Part One

[Chuck Hutton <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>]

PART ONE


GRAYLAND DXPEDITION

15 and 16 October 2016

Chuck Hutton (Perseus) and Bruce Portzer (Elad FDM S2), 160’ DKAZ



Chuck Hutton notes: Not much from NZ, China or the Koreas. Stuff that was good: Australia (kind of), Japan, Micronesia, Guam, Philippines and Tuvalu with the Philippines being at the relative best spot. I don’t think I’ve previously heard this many Philippinos on one night. No big guns reported by me, so a number of stations don’t appear.



Tom Rothlisberger was with us but hasn’t processed his logs yet. They’ll be on his web site a little later.



ALASKA (1 log)



  930 ALASKA  KTKN, Ketchikan. 0500 10/15 dominant w/local ads and legal ID. (bp-WA)



AUSTRALIA (66 logs)



  531 AUSTRALIA  4KZ, Innisfail. 1100 10/15 poor ID. (CH-WA)

  540 AUSTRALIA  4QL, Longreach, Qsld, ABC Western. 1100, 1300 and 1400 10/15 poor with ABC fanfare on empty channel. (CH-WA)

  549 AUSTRALIA  2CR, Orange, NSW, ABC Central West. 1130 10/15 almost fair with ABC Saturday Night Country. (CH-WA)

      +     1400 10/15, fair ABC news mixing w/UnID. (bp-WA)

  558 AUSTRALIA  6WA, Wagin, ABC Regional. With ABC fanfare 1400 10/15. (CH-WA)

      +     1400 10/15, poor-fair ABC news. (bp-WA)

  567 AUSTRALIA  4JK, Julia Creek, ABC Carpentaria. Poor with ABC fanfare 1400 10/15. (CH-WA)

      +     1430 10/15, Country music show //630. (bp-WA)

  576 AUSTRALIA  2RN, Sydney, ABC National. 1409 10/15, jazz w/Aussie male announcer. (bp-WA)

  585 AUSTRALIA  2WEB, Bourke, NSW, Outback Radio. Fair 1405 10/15 with ads and ID. (CH-WA)

      AUSTRALIA  7RN, Hobart, ABC National. 1300 10/15 poor ABC fanfare and ABC ID. (CH-WA)

      +     1412 10/15, jazz //792. (bp-WA)

  594 AUSTRALIA  3WV, Horsham, ABC Western Victoria. 1400 10/15 "Saturday Night Country”, then ABC news 1400, mostly u/JOAK. (bp-WA)

  603 AUSTRALIA  4CH, Charleville. 1141 10/15, woman w/country music program //1548, briefly atop Korea. (bp-WA)

      AUSTRALIA  4CH and/or 2RN, Charleville/Nowra. 1200 and 1400 10/15 poor ABC fanfare. (CH-WA)

  612 AUSTRALIA  4QR, Brisbane, ABC Brisbane. 1400 10/15 "Saturday Night Country”, then ABC news 1400, huge signal but badly QRMed by local gurgling noise. (bp-WA)

  621 AUSTRALIA  3RN, Melbourne, ABC National. 1100 10/15, woman w/ABC news. (bp-WA)

  630 AUSTRALIA  4QN, Townsville, ABC North Queensland. 1300 10/15 better than fair with ABC fanfare and ID. 1412-1413 10/15 almost good, dominant and very little sign of domestics underneath. (CH-WA)

      +     1405 10/15, huge signal o/domestics ending weather, ABC ID .Still strong later w/Saturday Night Country show. (bp-WA)

  639 AUSTRALIA  5CK, Port Pirie, SA, ABC North and West. 1330 10/15 poor ABC fanfare. 1348 poor, //729. 1350 poor-fair ABC Saturday Night Country not //702 or 774 so must be SA. (CH-WA)

      +     10/15 1330, ABC news fair. (bp-WA)

  657 AUSTRALIA  2BY, Byrock, NSW, ABC Western Plains. 1200 and 1440 10/15 poor ABC fanfare. (CH-WA)

  675 AUSTRALIA  2CO, Corowa, NSW, ABC NSW Regional. 1228 10/15 fair country music //ABC net. (CH-WA)

      +     1330 10/15, Country music show //other ABCs fair-weak. (bp-WA)

  684 AUSTRALIA  2KP, Kempsey, NSW, ABC Mid-North Coast. 1228 10/15 fair country music //ABC net. 1300 and 1400 poor ABC fanfare. (CH-WA)

      +     1400 10/15, ABC news fair-poor. (bp-WA)

  720 AUSTRALIA  4AT, Atherton, ABC Far North. The likely source of ABC //5612 as 3MT is directional towards us. Poor 1423 11/16. (CH-WA)

      AUSTRALIA. Could be Atherton, Omeo or Perth 1415 10/15 with woman singing //ABC net. (CH-WA)

  729 AUSTRALIA  5RN, Adelaide, SA, ABC National. 1130 10/15 fair ABC fanfare, 1427 better than fair with ABC jazz program. (CH-WA)

  738 AUSTRALIA  2NR, Grafton, ABC North Coast. 1338 10/15 fair music //ABC net, better that fair at 1354. (CH-WA)

  747 AUSTRALIA  4QS, Toowoomba, ABC Southern Queensland. 1400 10/15 very very poor ABC fanfare – only a part could be heard. (CH-WA)

  801t     AUSTRALIA  4QY, Cairns, ABC Far North. 1228 10/15, poor with woman singing that seems //the ABC network. (CH-WA)

  819 AUSTRALIA  2GL, Glen Innes, ABC New England. Poor 1300 10/15 with ABC fanfare. (CH-WA)

  828 AUSTRALIA  3GI, Sale, ABC Gippsland. Poor 1130 10/15 with country music under NHK. (CH-WA)

      +     1400 10/15, pips and news u/JOBB (bp-WA)

  837 AUSTRALIA  4RK, Rockhampton, ABC Capricornia. 1300 10/15 not quite fair with ABC fanfare. (CH-WA)

  846 AUSTRALIA  2RN, Canberra, ABC National. 1200 10/15 poor ABC fanfare. 1230 poor jazz music //ABC Radio National. (CH-WA)

  855 AUSTRALIA  4QO, Eidsvold, ABC Wide Bay. 1200 10/15 poor ABC fanfare. (CH-WA)

      +     1405 10/15, sports and weather, “ABC News” ID //630. (bp-WA)

  873t     AUSTRALIA  2GB, Sydney, Talk of Sydney. 1100 10/15, Aussie woman w/news fair-poor, must be 2GB, then faded u/JOGB. (bp-WA)

  882t     AUSTRALIA  4BH, Brisbane. (or maybe not) 1417 10/16 poor with ‘Sugar Sugar’. Only station whose format fits. (CH-WA)

  891 AUSTRALIA  4TAB, Townsvile, Qsld, Radio TAB. 1130 10/15 fair with horse racing results. (CH-WA)

      +     1434 10/15, horserace o/5AN. (bp-WA)

      AUSTRALIA  5AN, Adelaide, ABC Adelaide. 1328 10/15 almost good with ABC Saturday Night Country. (CH-WA)

  927 AUSTRALIA  UnID. 10/15 1436, rock music fair-poor, a couple of ads, apparent ID: woman saying “your station”, then unintelligible words by man. Probably 4CC. (bp-WA)

  936 AUSTRALIA  3PB, Brisbane, ABC NewsRadio. 1420 10/16 woman talking about surgery //1152. (CH-WA)

  999 AUSTRALIA  2NB, Broken Hill, ABC Broken Hill. Poor 1130 10/15 with ABC fanfare. (CH-WA)

      +     1430 10/15, ABC news fanfare, weak. Also 1325 country music program then news 1330. (bp-WA)

1008  AUSTRALIA  4TAB, Brisbane, Radio TAB. Fair 1229 and 1414 10/15 with horse races. (CH-WA)

1017  AUSTRALIA  2KY, Sydney, Racing Radio. 1229 10/15 not quite fair with a horse race //1008. (CH-WA)

1026  AUSTRALIA  4MK, Mackay. 1130 10/15 better than fair with 4MK ID. 1231 almost good with oldies. (CH-WA)

1044  AUSTRALIA  2UH, Muswellbrook, ABC Upper Hunter. 1229 10/15 poor with woman talking //738 and 549. (CH-WA)

1062  AUSTRALIA  4TI, Thursday Island, ABC Far North. 1428 10/15, Saturday Night Country program //4QN-630. (bp-WA)

1125  AUSTRALIA  5MU, Murray Bridge. Is the only Aussie here so seems to be the source of a poor “hard jamming station” slogan at 1419 10/15. (CH-WA)

1152  AUSTRALIA  6PNN, Busselton, ABC NewRadio. Almost fair1412-1420 10/15 European fútbol news with British accent, matches NewsRadio's schedule. 1428-1436 amazing at almost good level. (CH-WA)

      +     1506 10/15 still good with BBC news. (bp-WA)

      +     1416-1424 10/16 interview program mentioning surgery, //936. 1431-1432 poor news //936. 1456-1502 almost fair Aussie English. (CH-WA)

1161  AUSTRALIA  Maryborough, Radio TAB. 1434 10/15 poor with horse race. (CH-WA)

1233  AUSTRALIA  2NC, Newcastle, ABC Newcastle. 1228 10/15 poor with ABC Saturday Night Country. (CH-WA)

1251  AUSTRALIA  2DU, Dubbo, NSW. As the only Australian listed on 1251, it must be them at 1158 10/15 with a Subway ad and phone number. There are 3 Subway stores in Dubbo. (CH-WA)

1269  AUSTRALIA  2SM, Sydney. Poor 1417 10/16 with the word “previously” sticking out and not //National 1152. Therefore, it can’t be 6RN Busselton.(CH-WA)

1305  AUSTRALIA  5RN, Renmark, SA, ABC National. Poor 1414 10/15 with squiggly jazz program //Radio National (576 or 621 or 792). (CH-WA)

1314  AUSTRALIA  2KY, Racing Radio, Wollongong. 1230 10/15 with horse talk way under the others. (CH-WA)

1539  AUSTRALIA  Adelaide, Radio TAB. 10/15 1054, poor, horse race //891. (bp-WA)

      +     1329 10/15 fair sports talk //891 TAB. 1414 poor horse race/talk. (CH-WA)

1548  AUSTRALIA  4QD, Emerald, ABC Central Queensland. 1503 10/15, loud ABC news. (bp-WA)



CHINA (6 logs)



  981 CHINA  CNR1. 1400 10/16, ID and Chinese talk. (bp-WA)

1044  CHINA  CRI/SOUTH KOREA  KBS1. 1459 10/16 KBS1 weak w/music //1062, then woman and 3+1 pips mixing with CRI chimes and trumpets. (bp-WA)

1089  CHINA? 1329 10/15, Chinese talk in bad 1090 splatter. (bp-WA)

1179  CHINA  1400 10/15 pips (1 low 1 high), Beijing TC by woman, then somewhat garbled ID sounding like Chutian Zixun Guangbo. (bp-WA)

1206  CHINA  Yanji, Yanbian RGD. 1426 10/16 good-poor Korean phone conversation on 1205.96, UnID music and Chinese talk in background. (CH-WA)

1323  CHINA  CRI. 1100 10/15, fair, usual CRI theme music and ID, then news in Russian. (bp-WA)



FIJI (1 log)



  810 FIJI  Labasa, Radio Fiji 2. Maybe the source of poor Hindi singing 1343-1344 10/15. Fiji had said all AM was off until 558 returned, but this was reported in NZ in 2014. (CH-WA)



FRENCH POLYNESIA (1 log)



  738 FRENCH POLYNESIA  Papeete, Radio Premère Polynésie. 0441 10/16, French talk, 2m 1w, good. (bp-WA)



GUAM (2 logs)



  567 GUAM  KGUM, Agana. Poor 0900 10/15 with American English news and mention of CBS news. (CH-WA)

  801 GUAM  KTWG, Agana. 1347 10/15 poor but clear with a mention of Homecoming Radio, a program that KTWG carries. (CH-WA)



HAWAII (21 logs)



  550 HAWAII  KNUI, Wailuku. 1359 10/15 poor Maui ad and promo for Maui Radio Advertising. (CH-WA)

  570 HAWAII  KUAI, Eleele. 1359 10/15 almost fair with Kaui Country ID. (CH-WA)

  590 HAWAII  KSSK, Honolulu. 1359 10/15 poor with call letter ID. (CH-WA)

  650 HAWAII  KPRP, Honolulu. 0858 10/15 good with Pinoy Power ID. (CH-WA)

  740 HAWAII  KCIK, Kihei. 1400 10/15 better than fair with religious talk. (CH-WA)

  760 HAWAII  KGU, Honolulu. 1430 10/16 almost good with ID. (CH-WA)

  830 HAWAII  KHVH, Honolulu. 0900 and 1400 10/15 fair or better with call letter IDs. (CH-WA)

      +     1429 10/16 fair+ with talk, 1430 fair News Radio 830 ID. (CH-WA)

  900 HAWAII  KMVI, Kahului. 1413 10/15 good ESPN Maui ID. (CH-WA)

  940 HAWAII  KKNE, Waipahu. 1413 10/15 almost good with ID. (CH-WA)

      +     1430 10/16 good ID. Owned the channel. (CH-WA)

  990 HAWAII  KIKI, Honolulu. Fair-good 1100 10/15 with ID. (CH-WA)

      +     1100 10/15, Fox Sports 9-90 slogan and legal ID atop frequency. (bp-WA)

1040  HAWAII  KLHT, Honolulu. 0900 10/15 fair+ with ID. (CH-WA)

1110  HAWAII  KAOI, Kihei. 1400 10/15 fair ID as 11-10 and FRM 96.5, assumed Hawaii. (CH-WA)

1210t HAWAII  KZOO, Honolulu. 1357-1358 10/15 poor with what seems Japanese talk. (CH-WA)

1240  HAWAII  KEWE, Kahului. 1422 10/15 better than fair with religious talk. (CH-WA)

1420  HAWAII  KKEA, Honolulu. 0849.10/16 poor call letter ID seems to match. (CH-WA)

1500  HAWAII  KHKA, Honolulu. 0900 10/15 fair with ID. (CH-WA)

1540  HAWAII  KREA, Honolulu. 0900 10/15 poor with MBC theme music. (CH-WA)

1570  HAWAII  KUAU, Haiku. 1400 10/15 good ID. (CH-WA)



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