Grayland DXpedition 2007.08
August 23-26, 2007
Loggings by John
Bryant
Antennas: Phased Active Delta
Arrays, E-W and NW-SE
West Beverage 700 feet; NW Beverage 800 feet
Receiver: WinRadio 313e
My first trip to Grayland in
2007 was primarily planned as a test session for
two phased arrays that are under development by
Wellbrook. I managed to DX Thursday through Sunday
mornings from about 1000 until bandfade around 1400
UTC. Guy Atkins joined me (with the second array)
for Saturday and Sunday AMs.
Each of the four mornings had
a very distinctive personality, with the first three
being rather better than average overall conditions
and the fourth AM being somewhat less than average.
Thursday AM, Aug 23 was a mixed morning prior to
sunrise, with about equal numbers of Aussie and
Japanese signals being the most notable. There was
an excellent all-Aussie opening for about 40 minutes
after dawn.
The second morning, Friday Aug.
24, was also mixed, but with conditions favoring
the East Asians, especially Japan over the DU stations.
Saturday morning, Aug. 25, the dial was covered
with Aussies and a few Kiwis. Almost no signals
were heard from East Asia. The final morning, Sunday
August 26, was rather disappointing, overall, but
a decent number of stations were heard. There were
rather more Aussies on the band than there were
East Asians.
Our tests of the two arrays were
extremely gratifying. In our now 18 years of DXing
from Grayland, we have brought many antennas to
the beach to try to outperform our traditional rather
short Grayland Beverages. Until this weekend, every
antenna that we have tried had proven to be a disappointment
when carefully compared to the Beverages, which
seem to do especially well on sandy seashores. Although
the exact results of our tests are, of course, confidential,
I can say that both Guy and I were very impressed
with the performance of the rather small arrays
(when compared to eve a short Beverage.) We look
forward to the day when we will no longer have to
slog through abandoned cranberry bogs to string
out several thousand feet of wire for the traditional
Grayland Beverage Array. The Wellbrook Array of
deltas is a winner!
Loggings
576 AUSTRALIA
2RN Sydney , Aug 23 1250 - Heard here most AMs of
the DXpedition. (JB-G'land WA)
585 AUSTRALIA 7RN Hobart , Aug 23 1327 - Heard this
old friend, though poorly, running modern jazz //576
Sydney which was much better. (JB-G'land WA)
594 JAPAN JOAK NHK-1 Tokyo , Aug 23 1140 - Heard
here most AMs of the DXpedition. (JB-G'land WA)
594 AUSTRALIA 3WV Horsham , Aug 25 1302 - Great
fun here as max dawn began with 3WV alone on the
West array and co-chan JOAK, Tokyo alone on the
Northwest array. (JB-G'land WA)
612 AUSTRALIA 4QR Brisbane , Aug 23 1250 - Heard
most AMs of the DXpedition. (JB-G'land WA)
648 AUSTRALIA 2NU Tamworth , Aug 26 1304 - Noted
here in passing with ABC News on the hour at fair
level. Parallel to 594 3WV Horsham. (JB-G'land WA)
657 NEW ZEALAND Southern Star Wellington , Aug 24
1125 - Heard only at poor level, but with usually
soft pops programming. (JB-G'land WA)
670 HAWAII KPUA, Hilo , Aug 24 1255 - Best demonstration
of the phased array of loops so far. On the easterly
setting of the E-W array, KBOI, Boise was in the
clear. On the westerly setting, KPUA was at good
strength, all alone. The poorly terminated normal
west Beverage had both, with KBOI very dominant.
(JB-G'land WA)
675 AUSTRALIA 2CO Albury , Aug 26 1304 - Noted in
passing // 648//594 with ABC news on the hour. Fair
to poor. (JB-G'land WA)
684 AUSTRALIA 2KP Kempsey , Aug 25 1305 - Noted
in passing with the end of the ABC News. Fair level.
(JB-G'land WA)
693 JAPAN JOAB NHK-2 Tokyo , Aug 23 1140 - Heard
here most AMs of the DXpedition. (JB-G'land WA)
702 AUSTRALIA 2BL Sydney , Aug 23 1240 - Noted here
most AMs of the DXpedition. (JB-G'land WA)
729 JAPAN JOCK NHK-1 Nagoya , Aug 23 1320 - Noted
here at poor level //594. (JB-G'land WA)
729 AUSTRALIA 5RN Adelaide , Aug 26 1326 - Heard
here with the weekend ABC world music show that
often gets me excited (thinking that I'm hearing
Tibet, Kazakhstan or some other exotic location.)
Parallel 792 & 1512. (JB-G'land WA)
738 AUSTRALIA 2NR Grafton , Aug 24 1320 - Noted
as band faded with Aussie talk by male; ments. of
Australia. (JB-G'land WA)
747 JAPAN JOIB NHK-2 Sapporo , Aug 23 1123 - Heard
most AMs of the DXpedition. (JB-G'land WA)
756 NEW ZEALAND 1YA National Radio Auckland , Aug
25 1210 - Noted at fair level in passing with DU
talk. (JB-G'land WA)
765 AUSTRALIA 2EC (tent.) Bega , Aug 25 1212 - Tentative
this with pop music show hosted by male. logging
to brief for even a tentative report. Good level,
briefly. (JB-G'land WA)
774 JAPAN JOUB NHK-2 Akita , Aug 23 1123 - Heard
most AMs of the DXpedition. (JB-G'land WA)
774 AUSTRALIA 3LO Melbourne , Aug 23 1155 - Noted
here several times with Aussie talk, mixing with
JOUB. (JB-G'land WA)
792 AUSTRALIA 4RN Brisbane , Aug 23 1124 - Heard
most AMs of the DXpedition. (JB-G'land WA)
792 AUSTRALIA 4RN Brisbane , Aug 23 1251 - Heard
here most AMs of the DXpedition. (JB-G'land WA)
828 JAPAN JOBB NHK-2 Osaka , Aug 23 1125 - Heard
most AMs of the DXpedition. (JB-G'land WA)
828 AUSTRALIA 3GI Sale , Aug 23 1340 - Noted here
long after sunrise //774 Melbourne. (JB-G'land WA)
846 AUSTRALIA 2RN Canberra , Aug 25 1225 - Heard
// 792 4RN Brisbane. Canberra heard several times
before, but will never answer a reception report.
Will try again. (JB-G'land WA)
846 KIRIBATI Radio Kiribati Betio, Tarawa , Aug
23 1320 - Tentative this one on 24 hours??? with
continuous island music. Fair level. Heard also
Aug.24. (JB-G'land WA)
855 NORTH KOREA Pyongyang Bangsong Sangwon , Aug
24 1242 - Noted here each mornoing qwith usual slightly
off-frequency showing. (JB-G'land WA)
855 AUSTRALIA 4QB Pialba (pres.) , Aug 23 1348 -
Noted here long after sunrise //774 Melbourne. (JB-G'land
WA)
873 JAPAN JOGB NHK-2 Kumamoto , Aug 23 1126 - Heard
most AMs of the DXpedition, but always weaker than
747,774,828. (JB-G'land WA)
882 NEW ZEALAND 1YC Auckland , Aug 25 1316 - Heard
at fair level running the Southern Star program
stream. (JB-G'land WA)
891 AUSTRALIA 4TAB Innisfail , Aug 25 1228 - ID
heard by Guy. Sports talk dominating co-chan 5AN,
Adelaide. A new one for me. Fair level, sometimes
dominating, sometimes mixing with Adelaide. (JB-G'land
WA)
891 AUSTRALIA 5AN Adelaide , Aug 23 1334 - Noted
here most AMs of the DXpedition. Usually only at
fair levels. (JB-G'land WA)
927 AUSTRALIA 4CC Gladstone , Aug 26 1328 - Noted
in passing with usual pop music program and cheeky/cheery
'4-Double-C Gladstone' ID. (JB-G'land WA)
936 AUSTRALIA 7ZR Hobart , Aug 26 1332 - Heard at
just above threshold level, but absolutely // ABC
702. (JB-G'land WA)
945 JAPAN NHK-1 Synchros , Aug 26 1243 - Noted here
at poor level // 594 kHz. (JB-G'land WA)
954 JAPAN JOKR Tokyo , Aug 23 1322 - Heard here
most AMs of the DXpedition. (JB-G'land WA)
963 CHINA CRI Russian Service Unkn. Loc. , Aug 23
1308 - Heard most AMs of the DXpedition. (JB-G'land
WA)
963 NEW ZEALAND 3YC Christchurch , Aug 26 1310 -
Heard here at fair level with usual quiet pops programming
from Southern Star. (JB-G'land WA)
972 SOUTH KOREA HLCA Dangjin , Aug 23 1130 - Heard
most AMs of the DXpedition. (JB-G'land WA)
981 CHINA CRI Unkn. Loc. , Aug 23 1205 - Noted here
most AMs of the DXpedition, often with echos from
multiple locations. (JB-G'land WA)
981 AUSTRALIA 2NM Muswellbrook , Aug 25 1331 - '2NM,
The Music Station!' was a new one for me, again
IDed by Guy, playing an expanded Oldies format.
Fair to good level. (JB-G'land WA)
1008 JAPAN JONR Osaka , Aug 23 1131 - Heard here
weakly in JJ by two men. (JB-G'land WA)
1044 CHINA CRI Changzhou , Aug 23 1132 - Heard here
with Japanese Service most AMs of the DXpedition.
(JB-G'land WA)
1053 JAPAN JOAR Nagoya , Aug 23 1310 - Heard here
most AMs of the DXpedition. The Korean jammer on
this frequency often seems to go off at 1300, leaving
JOAR in the clear. (JB-G'land WA)
1062 SOUTH KOREA HLKQ Cheongjyu , Aug 26 1257 -
Was looking for DZEC here and found the Korean instead,
at a quite good level. (JB-G'land WA)
1062 CHINA Zuijiang JDG, Guangzhou , Aug 24 1300
- 3+1 pips and into the news in probably Cantonese
at fair to good level. I rarely hear stations from
this far south in China (Canton) even during the
October 'Chinese season.' (JB-G'land WA)
1098 MARSHALL ISLANDS V7AB Radio Marshalls, Majuro
, Aug 23 1200 - Presume this. The usual source for
a huge persisytent open carrier heard here most
AMs of the DXpedition. Also heard Aug 26 at 1110
. Fair level with pop music show hosted by fem,
seemingly on after their scheduled 1030 sign off.
(JB-G'land WA)
1107 AUSTRALIA 2EA Sydney , Aug 23 1350 - Heard
here with Aussie talk and ments. Fair to poor long
after sunrise. (JB-G'land WA)
1116 AUSTRALIA 4BC Brisbane , Aug 23 1357 - Heard
most AMs of the DXpedition, but not with the dominant
signals heard in recent years. Usually only heard
late and at fair to poor levels. (JB-G'land WA)
1134 JAPAN JOQR Tokyo , Aug 23 1255 - Heard at fair
level with usual culturally-oriented programming.
(JB-G'land WA)
1143 TAIWAN Taiwan Area Fisheries BS(pres.) , Aug
24 1305 - Presume this one (it is the usual dominant)
in standard CC at good level. (JB-G'land WA)
1161 TAIWAN BED-86(t) Ilan , Aug 24 1240 - Heard
with folk opera at good level. Very tentative, but
BCC QSLed this from a CD a couple of years ago with
similar programming. (JB-G'land WA)
1170 SOUTH KOREA RKI Japanese Service Gimje , Aug
24 1220 - Heard here absolutely dominating regional
powerhouse KPUG, Bellingham, WA. Heard occasionally
before from Grayland, during excellent EaAsian openings.
(JB-G'land WA)
1224 JAPAN JOJK NHK-1 Kanazawa , Aug 24 1220 - Heard
at fair level //594. (JB-G'land WA)
1233 AUSTRALIA 2NC Newcastle , Aug 26 1350 - Heard
poorly with ABC Metro Service // 702 just at band
fade. (JB-G'land WA)
1278 CHINA Hebei RGD (pres.), Shijiazhuang , Aug
24 1140 - Presume this one with standard CC talk
at good level. (JB-G'land WA)
1287 JAPAN JOHR Sapporo , Aug 23 1245 - Heard here
most AMs of the DXpedition. (JB-G'land WA)
1287 AUSTRALIA 2TM Tamworth , Aug 25 1341 - Heard
quite a while after dawn with a pop music show,
hosted by male. Fair only. (JB-G'land WA)
1323 CHINA CRI Jilin , Aug 23 1135 - Heard here
with Russian Service at fair level (JB-G'land WA)
1332 JAPAN JOSF Nagoya , Aug 24 1150 - Fair level
with JJ talk by female. (JB-G'land WA)
1332 AUSTRALIA 4BU (pres.) Bundaberg , Aug 25 1343
- Presume this the one heard with Aussie talk at
band fade. (JB-G'land WA)
1350 JAPAN JOER Hiroshima , Aug 24 1311 - Good to
hear this relatively rare station running well over
co-channel Santa Rosa, CA (with news in JJ). (JB-G'land
WA)
1386 JAPAN NHK-2 Synchros , Aug 26 1120 - Noted
here at poor level in JJ //774 & 828 kHz. (JB-G'land
WA)
1386 CHINA Tianjian Life(t) Tianjin , Aug 24 1202
- Tentative this illusive one at poor level in CC.
Tianjian is the port city for Beijing, on the Yellow
Sea and should be very easy to hear. Not so for
me. (JB-G'land WA)
1400 JAPAN JOWF Sapporo , Aug 23 1203 - Heard here
overpowering US co-chan stations. This is a fairly
common occurrence during good Japanese openings
at Grayland. (JB-G'land WA)
1413 JAPAN JOIF Fukuoka , Aug 24 1204 - Noted here
in passing at good level with national news. (JB-G'land
WA)
1422 JAPAN JORF Yokohama , Aug 24 1312 - Noted in
passing at fair level with JJ talk. (JB-G'land WA)
1475 MALAYSIA RTM Sabah, Kota Kinabalu , Aug 26
1333 - Heard first by Guy Atkins, but noted here
also at fair to poor level with usual Islamic broadcast
to the southern Philippines. (JB-G'land WA)
1503 NEW ZEALAND Radio Sport Wellington , Aug 23
1259 - Possibly running American sports programming
(Fox?) Fair only. (JB-G'land WA)
1512 PHILIPPINES DYAB(pres.) Cebu City , Aug 24
1315 - Presume this the one (there is another Filipino,
co-chan) in a mixture of Tagalog and EE by both
M and W speakers. Will be reporting with a recording.
(JB-G'land WA)
1512 AUSTRALIA 2RN Newcastle , Aug 25 1344 - Heard
//4RN Brisbane on 792 near band fade. (JB-G'land
WA)
1548 AUSTRALIA 4QD Emerald , Aug 23 1138 - Heard
here most AMs of the DXpedition, though usually
weakly. (JB-G'land WA)
1566 SOUTH KOREA HLAZ Cheju Island , Aug 23 1246
- Heard here most AMs of the DXpedition. (JB-G'land
WA)
1566 AUSTRALIA 3NE Wangaratta , Aug 25 1346 - No
sign of usually dominant HLAZ at band fade. 3NE
running their usual pop music format. (JB-G'land
WA)
1575 THAILAND VOA Ban Phachi , Aug 23 1203 - Noted
here most AMs of the DXpedition. (JB-G'land WA)
1593 CHINA CRI, Unk. Loc. , Aug 24 1210 - Heard
here often with a huge signal during most AMs of
DXpedition. (JB-G'land WA)
Published on September
12, 2007
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