Bruce Portzer – Grayland Dxpedition log 6/27-28/98

Stations heard using Drake R8A, Icom 706MK2, NW W & SW Beverages about 1000’ each

  1. ALASKA, Level Island, SQM, 1009 6/28 good w/code ID & voice message that wx broadcasts would resume at 1400 (bp)

531 JAPAN, Morioka, JOQG JJ talk fair 1157 6/29 (bp)

531 NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, talk in Island language fair 1120 6/28, 1232 6/29 (bp)

  1. HAWAII, Wailuku, KMVI atop w/local ads/PSAs & call ID 1216 6/29 (bp)
  1. FIJI, Suva, fair-poor w/Fijian pgm //639 1207 6/28, good w/pop mx & ads in Fijian 1214 6/29 (bp)

567 NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, 2YA, fair w/EE pop tunes //675 1208 6/29 (bp)

  1. CANADA, Whitehorse YT, CFWH, apparently the one w/ classical mx //CBU-690 weak u/KVI 0640 6/28, nothing else listed that would fit, only hrd on NW wire (bp)

594 JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAK, good w/interview in JJ 1114 6/28 (bp)

612 AUSTRALIA, Brisbane 4QR, very loud w/teletalk 1258 6/28 (bp)

  1. FIJI, Lautoka, Island mx good 1008 6/28, easily separable from KFI, as strong as KFI 1205 6/28 (bp)

648 AUSTRALIA, Tamworth, 2NU, good-fair w/talk //612 1258 6/28 (bp)

  1. NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, 2YC, good w/NZ news 1202 6/28 (bp)

675 NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch, 3YA, time pips into NZ nx 1200 6/28 (bp)

  1. FIJI, Labasa, good //639 1208 6/28 (bp)

693 JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAB, loud w/EE lessons 1139 6/29 (bp)

  1. NEW ZEALAND, Invercargill, 4YZ, fair w/time pips, Radio New Zealand ID, nx 1200 6/28, KDWN apparently off (bp)
  1. FRENCH POLINESIA, Papeete, good w/pop mx & FF DJ 0559 6/28. Massive signal w/FF talk 0822 6/28. Good in FF 1142 6/29 (bp)
  1. FIJI, Suva, Hindi talk //891 0815 6/28 (bp)

774 JAPAN, Akita, JOUB, fair-good w/JJ talk 1102 6/29, loud at 1121 recheck (bp)

  1. UNID, probably New Zealand, good w/eclectic mix of folk mx, pop tunes from the 1930’s & 40s, etc, no anmts 1144 6/28 (bp)
  1. FIJI, Labasa, u/KGO w/Hindi pgm //891 1228 6/28 (bp)
  1. NEW ZEALAND, Dunedin, 4YA, piano mx //819 in wild mix with Fiji & KGO 1231 6/28 (bp)
  1. NEW ZEALAND, Rotorua, 1YZ, NZ talk, separable from 820 1229 6/28 (bp)
  1. HAWAII, Honolulu, KAIM, monster signal w/religious pgm, ID, promos & PSAs 0825 6/28 (bp)
  1. FIJI, Lautoka, loud w/Hindi mx 1122 6/28 (bp)
  1. AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, 5AN, battling Fiji w/teletalk 1125 6/28 (bp)
  1. FIJI, Sigatoka, poor w/mx //639 1218 6/29 (bp)
  1. ALASKA, Ketchikan, KTKN, soft rock, "AM 930 KTKN" ID & local ads atop freq 0614 6/29 (bp)
  1. NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch, 3YC, good w/orch mx //657 1249 6/28 (bp)
  1. NEW ZEALAND, Tauranga, 1ZD, teletalk good o/horserace (probably 4TAB) 1214 6/28 (bp)
  1. TONGA, Nuku’alofa A3Z, fair w/woman in presumed Tongan 0606 6/28 (bp)
  1. AUSTRALIA, Armidale, 2AD fair w/"Australia Tonight" talk pgm, network ID giving list of about 10 affiliates including this one 1225 6/28 (bp)
  1. AUSTRALIA, Newcastle, 2HD, ID between light rock songs fair 1235 6/28 (bp)
  1. FIJI, fair-good //639 1217 6/28 (bp)
  1. NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, 2XM, probably the one w/non-EE talk fair o/unid 1239 6/28, listed as Maori pgms (bp)
  1. FIJI, Sigatoka, weak in domestic splat w/Hindi pgm //891 1132 6/28 (bp)
  1. NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, 1XI, fair w/talk show & "Sports Radio Network" ID 1118 6/28 (bp)
  1. NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, R Tarana, Hindi pgm fair 0951 6/28, good 1116 6/28 (bp)
  1. FIJI, Rakiraki, weak-fair //891 1127 6/28 (bp)
  1. SABAH, Kota Kinabalu, mx fair 1125 6/28 (bp)
  1. JAPAN, NHK2 synchros fair-poor in domestic splat w/EE lessons //774 1123 6/29 (bp)

1701 AUSTRALIA, Melbourne good w/S Asian or Middle East language 1018 6/28 (bp)