DX loggings from Grayland, WA - July 14-15, 2001
Drake R8A 800 foot East-West Beverage
530 ALASKA, Adak, 1129 7/15 beacon with "ADK" identifier o/TIS stations. Only 25 watts according to www.airnav.com web site.
612 AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, 4QR, 1235 7/14 good w/country mx //1548, easily separable from 610
620 HAWAII, Hilo, KIPA, 1123 7/15 atop w/oldies, "620 & 790, ?? for the big island" mention
657 NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, 1223 7/14 good w/easy listening vocal mx //882/963. 1201 7/15 news, 1204 ad for Christian something, into EZL/Christian mx, "Southern Star" ID 1226 strong at times but many deep fades
684 AUSTRALIA, Kempsey, 2KP, 1236 7/14 weak w/country mx //1548 etc
702 AUSTRALIA, Sydney, 2BL, 1237 7/14 country mx & talk //1548 etc mixing w/unid
738 AUSTRALIA, Grafton, 2NR, 1257 7/14 fair w/country mx //1548, no sign of Tahiti
738 FRENCH POLYNESIA, Papeete, 1240 7/14 monster signal w/group discussion in FF, then inst mx, no 740 splatter, even with 6KHz selectivity setting. Not heard during later rechecks. Also 1231 7/15 woman in FF o/2NR
747 AUSTRALIA,Toowoomba, 4QS 1242 7/14 country mx //1548 et al, fair
747 JAPAN, Sapporo, JOIB, 1140 7/14 fair in KXL-750 splat w/man & woman in JJ
774 UNID, 1309 7/15 either 3LO or JOUB w/inst mx //747(JOIB or 4QS). Either combination is possible, though propagation to Australia was much more viable at the time. No sign of 3LO otherwise, despite many other Aussies in well.
783 NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, 2YB, 1157 7/14 light jazz mx, then Access Radio ID 1200:30
792 UNID, 1234 7/15 male EE briefly u/4RN, possibly R Sport
792 AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, 4RN 1303 7/14 still in well w/ABC nx, Radio Australia pgm 1306
882 NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, 1224 7/14 EZL vocals //657 fair through heavy KIXI-880 splat. Same thing 1226 7/15.
890 ALASKA, Homer, KBBI (tentative), 1143 7/14 strong station playing old bluegrass and blues songs way atop freq, lost under CJDC by 1150. Again strong 1114 7/15 w/jazz/blues songs, brief anmt saying it was the "Blues Before Sunrise" pgm 1130. No ID but KBBI's web site says they carry the show at this time
891 AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, 5AN 1240 7/15, good w/news, then S Australia wx , "10 past 10, this is ABC news"
963 NEW ZEALAND, Dunedin, 1223 7/14 weak w/EZL mx //657
1035 NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, 2ZB, 1218 7/14 nx pgm, NZ-accented ancrs, briefly good. Again 1229 7/15 with "Newstalk Zed B" ID
1098 UNID, 7/14 1247 & other times, strong carrier, weak audio, possibly Marshall Islands. Same thing 1256 7/15.
1287 JAPAN, Sapporo, JOHR, 1153 7/14, JJ talk fair-poor
1332 AUSTRALIA, Bundaberg, 4BU, 1244-1250+ 7/15, strong at times but many deep fades, old rock songs (Carole King, Rod Stewart, etc), 1248 ID "...on Classic Gold 4BU"
1332 JAPAN, Nagoya, JOSF, 1152 7/14 JJ talk weak
1386 JAPAN, NHK2, 1154 7/14, JJ talk briefly good
1475 MALAYSIA, 1225 7/15, weak carrier separable from unid-1476
1548 AUSTRALIA, Emerald, 4QD, 1231-1300 strong w/pgm about an Aussie country mx artist w/on-air interviews and songs. Made it easy to check other freqs for parallels. Fanfare 1300, then woman w/ABC nx, gradually disappeared by 1305. Much weaker 7/15 at various times.
1566 S KOREA, Cheju, HLAZ, 1156 7/14 JJ rlgs pgm weak-fair
2310 AUSTRALIA, 1104 7/14 fair //2485/2325 w/female blues song
3205 PNG, 1113 7/14 vernacular talk //2410 good
3235 PNG, 1121 7/14 good w/DJ in local language, appeared to be a top song countdown, jingle about #1 song, then played it
4460 UNID, 1323 7/14 Asian talk u/RTTY station
4607 UNID, 1326 7/14 Indonesian sounding mx, then talk w/low modulation, probably RRI Serui listed on 4606
4753 INDONESIA, Ujung Pandang, RRI (tentative) 1329 7/14, Indo type mx, ad or promo by man & woman. Indo mx & anmts 1328 7/15 fair, no ID but only thing listed
4789 INDONESIA, RRI Fak Fak, (tentative) 1330 7/15 Indo pop music u/loud utility stn with sweep tones. No ID.
4850 CHINA, CNR 1400 7/15, time signal (5 short, then one long tone) & Chinese talk fair
4890 PNG, Port Moresby, strong w/ pop mx pgm 1117 7/14, request line # 329-5382, TC’s 3 minutes slow. Still there, the only 60 meter station still audilble, strong w/"Late Night Radio" pgm, EE pops dedications/requests, 1401 s/off announcement listing MW freqs, 4890, & 90.7 FM, to return at 5 am, then NA
5030 CHINA, CNR, 1210 7/14, very strong w/CC talk
9170 CHINA, Chinese talk & music fair 1438 7/15, pronounced echo noted on this freq plus 9380 9675 9810 11800 & other Chinese outlets, apparently some long path was getting through
9465 SAIPAN, KFBS (tentative) 1556 7/14 Russian mx & talk fair, seemed to be giving closing anmt w/address but I don't know Russian. No definite ID but matches what's listed
9595 JAPAN, Radio Tampa, 1454 7/14 JJ talk strong, 1459 signoff anmt giving thickly accented call letters for each freq, then off
9905 UNID, 1531 7/14 CC talk mixing with another station, believe I heard a Zhongyang Renmin Guangbo Diantai ID, but not sure
10330 INDIA, 1410-1430 7/15 Indian mx & Hindi talk at various checks, weak but steady signal
11620 INDIA, 1416-1500 7/15 Foreign Service w/Indian mx & English talks at various times. News 0756, signoff by woman 0759. //13710, both fair and nearly equal in strength w/no fades