Grayland DXpedition 2019 by K7WV


Grayland DX Gang
7 Team Members in front of the Breakwater Inn on Sep 10. Two others (Nigel Pimblett and Hiroo Nakagawa) had already departed.
Left to Right: Guy Atkins, Tom Rothlisberger, Brett Saylor, Chuck Hutton, Bill Whitacre, Bruce Portzer and Nick Hall-Patch. - Click for larger view.



 Casa Sea-Esta DX table                                                   Breakwater DKAZ                                                 My Room 14 setup 
          Left: DX Central at Casa Sea-Esta                                                Center: The Breakwater Inn DKAZ                                          Right: My setup in room 14, Breakwater Inn


Kp Index during the DXpedition


Breakwater exterior in back         Shortwave before the MWDX         Perseus vs Discovery         My DX table in Room 14
  New entrances on the antenna side                  Some 'Shortwave' before the MWDX                    Guy demos Discovery vs Perseus                              My setup in Room 14               
         


Comments and Highlights

09/10/2019 In conjunction with the IRCA Convention (held in Tukwila, WA this year, and a great experience), a major DXpedition was held in Grayland with both Breakwater Inn and Casa Sea-Esta manned by numerous veteran DXers from the US, Canada and Japan. I was with the Breakwater bunch for 2 of the 4 nights. In addition to the 160-foot shared DKAZ, I put up the small flag for LW action, the same as used at Rockwork. Australia produced personal record hauls on both MW and LW.

On Longwave from my own dedicated antenna, AUS beacons were in with a vengeance on Day 2. I noticed during live listening COM, CWR, even previous personal distance record holder WYY in loud from Tasmania, now a new personal NDB distance record of 13197 km /8202 mi (as Grayland is farther away from AUS than Rockwork where it was also heard). 395 MER (49 watts) was heard for a North American "first" while trading places with PMQ on the same frequency and 401 ARM is another "NA first". In all a record haul of 16 AUS beacons were received, 3 for NA Firsts (4, counting LTV 486, discovered in 2020 during file review). Interestingly, 12 of the 16 were received by me just one month earlier at Rockwork. So they are stations that get out well and make good West Coast targets. Curiously, other than the robust AUS beacons, everything else fell a bit short of the Rockwork ocean cliffs results a month prior. 21 new stations were added to the Grayland NDB logs (as I have only had good NDB results there on one prior visit: 2016).

MW results: In two sessions: 230+ DX stations! 14 Alaskans and 19 Hawaiians with IDs (very decent, with the 1230/1240 Khz "graveyards" from each). Absolutely massive haul of 85 Australians is by far a personal record. ALL Aussie states including NT (8AL 783 Alice Springs) were in. Lots of personal new ones heard from Victoria state such as 3AW 693, 3UZ 927, 3HA 981, 3GV 1242, and 3CW 1341. Similarly from NSW with 2BA 810, 2XL 918, 2NB 999, 2UH 1044 and 2VM 1530 to name a few. The X-band was the best I have ever heard it, most frequencies with 2 AUS stations or more and audio on every channel. The Greek station on 1692 per the latest PAL is Radio Symban, at 60 watts! At least 45 Kiwis in as well for 130 DU's at latest count, and almost certainly more. The elusive "More FM" 531 (NZL) is finally heard (weakly) at a west coast location other than Rockwork (where it is in most mornings and crazy loud due to the NZL enhancement there). It has been tried for many times at Grayland and Sans Souci, OR closely timed to the August Rockwork DXpedition but not heard anywhere else until now. Good Pacifics with both Kiribatis, Tuvalu, Fiji, Tonga, Guam, Marshalls, etc. Japan reception definitely subdued with somewhat over half the usual station count for an October DXpedition (34 heard). Some N/S Korea and China but the prominent "big gun" stations only, nothing 2nd tier. Stations will continue to be added as more are uncovered from the recorded files, and I definitely missed some. On the day after I departed the guys were treated to excellent Alaskans including the Fairbanks area stations. Note to self: do not run out of vacation from work in the future when DXpeditions are scheduled! Retirement will be the ultimate cure for that.

We had 9 DXers in attendance so pre-DX we enjoyed some 'Shortwave' (the beer from B.C.) and had demos of the Airspy HF+ Discovery. Totally convinced, I soon bought one for dedicated LW monitoring so I will not need to choose between the DKAZ and the LW flag (and missing DX) in the future. It is an excellent performer at LW, and most of my peers are now using at least 2 SDRs at these DXpeditions. Even live KiwiSDRs are being set up these days for remote DXpedition listening by non-attendees. And as if that was not enough, Nick set up his online "DX Fishbarrel" DX spotting tool at the site as well, which made for some interesting compares with Victoria at the same time.
 
 
K7WV Grayland DXpedition 2019 MW Results
   
KHz Country Station City Date UTC Comments MP3
531 AUSTRALIA 6DL ABC Midwest/Wheatbelt Dalwallinu, WE 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH, weak  
531 AUSTRALIA 2PM (2SM Super Network) Kempsey, NW 9/10/2019 1333 "Radio 531, part of the Super Radio network"   2PM
531 AUSTRALIA 4KZ Innisfail 9/10/2019 1100 "Across the Far North...4KZ News" at TOH atop mix   4KZ
531 NEW ZEALAND More FM Alexandra 9/9/2019 1233 "More Music, More Variety, More FM" between songs, weak   MOREFM
531 JAPAN JOQG NHK-1 Morioka 9/10/2019 1059 JJ monologue by male announcer  
540 NEW ZEALAND Rhema (3 possibilities) 9/9/2019 1300 "To be in the know…This is Rhema news"  
540 AUSTRALIA 4QL ABC Western QLD Longreach 9/9/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH, on top of Rhema
549 AUSTRALIA 2CR ABC Central West Orange 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH. Dozens of parallels fair to good  
558 FIJI Radio Fiji One Naulu 9/9/2019 1358 Woman in Pacific language between "Island" music  
558 S. KOREA HLQH KBS-2 Yeong-Il 9/10/2019 1400 "KBS Happy FM" jingle and woman in Korean to TOH   HLQH
567 JAPAN JOIK NHK-1 Sapporo 9/9/2019 1300 Musical intro and Japanese male after time pips // 594  
567 NEW ZEALAND RNZ National Wellington 9/10/2019 1353 song "Cuando Cuando Cuando" (Englebert H.) // 675, 756, weak  
567 AUSTRALIA 4JK ABC NW QLD Julia Creek 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH, weak and underneath RNZ  
570 HAWAII KUAI Eleele, Kauai 9/10/2019 1357 "Kauai's Country AM 570 and 104.5 FM"   KUAI
576 AUSTRALIA 2RN ABC National Sydney 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH. ABC News with male announcer  
585 AUSTRALIA 7RN ABC National Hobart 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH. Dozens of parallels  
585 JAPAN JOPG NHK-1 Kushiro 9/9/2019 1130 several excited women // 594  
590 HAWAII KSSK Honolulu 9/10/2019 1400 Musical jingle at TOH: "92-3 KSSK Honolulu, Hawaii"   KSSK
594 AUSTRALIA 3WV ABC W. Victoria Horsham 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH. Dozens of parallels  
594 JAPAN JOAK NHK-1 Tokyo 9/10/2019 1159 Female announcer // 846, all alone  
603 CHINA CRI Dongfang 9/9/2019 1300 CRI interval signal, fair  
603 NEW ZEALAND Radio Waatea Auckland 9/10/2019 1346 Man talking in Maori followed by male choral singing // 765  
603 AUSTRALIA 2RN ABC National Nowra 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH. Dozens of parallels  
612 AUSTRALIA 4QR ABC Brisbane Brisbane 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH. Dozens of parallels   
620 ALASKA KGTL Homer 9/9/2019 0703 620 AM & 100.1 FM Great listening for the great land KGTL Homer   KGTL
621 TUVALU T2U2 Funafuti 9/9/2019 0846 Male vocalist wih slow song in Pacific language, briefly fair  
621 AUSTRALIA 3RN ABC National Melbourne 9/9/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH, mixing with Tuvalu.  
630 NEW ZEALAND RNZ National Napier-Hastings 9/10/2019 1353 song "Cuando Cuando Cuando" (Englebert H.) // 720, 756, weak  
630 AUSTRALIA 4QN ABC North QLD Townsville 9/10/2019 1400 ABC News Fanfare and ABC News. Loud and alone.   4QN
639 JAPAN JOIP NHK-1 Oita 9/10/2019 1346 JJ Male announcer // 594 mixing with NHK2 musical interlude  
639 JAPAN JOPB NHK-2 Shizuoka 9/10/2019 1346 Musical interlude // 702, 747, 774, 828, on top  
639 AUSTRALIA 5CK ABC North and West Port Pirie, SA 9/9/2019 1358 Discussion about corruption in NSW government // 891  
639 AUSTRALIA 2HC (2SM Super Network) Coffs Harbour 9/10/2019 1359 Rapid-fire commercial up to TOH, then (non-ABC) news  
640 ALASKA KYUK Bethel 9/9/2019 0702 "Everyone's public radio station...KYUK Bethel, Alaska"   KYUK
648 AUSTRALIA 2NU ABC New England NW Tamworth 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH followed by ABC News. Fair  
650 ALASKA KENI Anchorage 9/9/2019 0700 "Newsradio 650 KENI, Anchorage"   KENI
650 HAWAII KPRP Honolulu 9/10/2019 1347 "KPRP 650 AM Pinoy Power Radio" and musical ad   KPRP
657 N. KOREA Pyongyang Bangsong Kangnam 9/9/2019 1403 Korean choral music briefly over Star  
657 NEW ZEALAND STAR Wellington 9/10/2019 1358 Slow choral version of Amazing Grace // 909  
657 AUSTRALIA 2BY ABC W. Plains Byrock 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH. Dozens of parallels,Weak  
666 AUSTRALIA 2CN ABC Canberra Canberra 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH. Dozens of parallels,Weak  
666 JAPAN JOBK NHK-1 Osaka 9/9/2019 1357 Japanese Male announcer, good  
670 ALASKA KDLG Dillingham 9/9/2019 1300 "Public radio for Alaska Bristol Bay this is KDLG Dillingham"   KDLG
670 HAWAII KPUA Hilo, Hawai'i 9/10/2019 1359 "KPUA Hilo, your source for news sports and information"  
675 NEW ZEALAND RNZ National Christchurch 9/10/2019 1353 song "Cuando Cuando Cuando" (Englebert H.) // 567, 756, weak  
675 AUSTRALIA 2CO ABC Riverina Corowa 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH, mixing with RNZ national.  
684 AUSTRALIA 2KP ABC Mid North Coast Kempsey, NSW 9/9/2019 1400 Talk, phone # given, ABC fanfare at TOH, fair  
690 HAWAII KHNR Honolulu 9/10/2019 1400 "…FM 94.3 You've found The Answer KHNR..."   KHNR
693 AUSTRALIA 3AW Talking Melbourne Melbourne 9/10/2019 1337 "3AW Web Page" (Thanks to Bruce Portzer for spotting)   3AW
693 JAPAN JOAB NHK-2 Tokyo 9/10/2019 1400 "Use English here and now" EE lessons // 747/873  
700 ALASKA KBYR Anchorage 9/9/2019 1100 Dennis Prager, "KBYR Anchorage..Information Radio", ABC News   KBYR
702 JAPAN JOKD/JOFB NHK-2 Kitami/Hiroshima 9/10/2019 1346 Music interlude // 747, 774, 828  
702 AUSTRALIA 2BL ABC Sydney Sydney 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH, excellent strength  
711 AUSTRALIA 4QW ABC Southern QLD St. George 9/9/2019 1400 Weak ABC fanfare at TOH.  
720 NEW ZEALAND RNZ National Invercargill 9/10/2019 1353 song "Cuando Cuando Cuando" (Englebert H.) // 567, 675, 756, 837  
720 AUSTRALIA 4AT/6WF ABC Atherton / Perth 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH under KFIR (4AT most likely)  
729 JAPAN JOCK NHK-1 Nagoya 9/10/2019 1402 Japanese male announcer // 594 over 5RN  
729 AUSTRALIA 5RN ABC National Adelaide 9/10/2019 1400 Discussion about Russia within Europe by professor // 603 + 30min  
738 AUSTRALIA 2NR ABC N. Coast Grafton 9/10/2019 1400 "September In the Rain" (Dinah Washington), ABC fanfare, loud   2NR
738 TAIWAN BEL2 Baisha 9/10/2019 1400 Distinctive chimes/ ID // 1143, poor and well under 2NR  
740 HAWAII KCIK Kihae, Maui 9/10/2019 1400 "Relevant Radio KCIK Kihae, Maui"   KCIK
747 AUSTRALIA 4QS ABC Southern QLD Toowoomba 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH, weak under JOIB  
747 JAPAN JOIB NHK-2 Sapporo 9/10/2019 1400 Loud, start of English lessons // 828  
750 ALASKA KFQD Anchorage 9/9/2019 1100 "Online at KFQD dot com" and musical jingle "KFQD Anchorage"    KFQD
756 NEW ZEALAND RNZ National Auckland 9/10/2019 1353 song "Cuando Cuando Cuando" (Englebert H.) // 567, 675, 837 fair   RNZ National
756 CHINA CNR-1 Harbin (likely) 9/9/2019 1132 Mandarin female under RNZ  
760 HAWAII KGU Honolulu 9/9/2019 1400 "Honolulu's real country"   KGU
765 NEW ZEALAND Radio Kahungunu Napier-Hastings 9/10/2019 1346 Man talking in Maori followed by male choral singing // 603  
774 AUSTRALIA 3LO ABC Melbourne Melbourne 9/9/2019 1400 Coming up on news at midnight, ABC fanfare, loud  
774 JAPAN JOUB NHK-2 Akita 9/10/2019 1251 English language lessons // 747  
783 AUSTRALIA 8AL ABC Alice Springs Alice Sprs, NT 9/9/2019 1339 ABC jingle, discussion about NSW government corruption // 891
  
792 NEW ZEALAND Radio Sport Hamilton 9/9/2019 1359 Excited male announcer under 4RN, // 1503  
792 AUSTRALIA 4RN ABC National Brisbane 9/10/2019 1400 ABC Fanfare and news, loud  
800 ALASKA KINY Juneau 9/10/2019 0700 "800 and our new home 94-9 FM KINY Juneau"   KINY
801 GUAM KTWG Hagatna 9/10/2019 1334 Bible lesson with sermon about Ezekiel chapter 14, fair   KTWG
810 NEW ZEALAND RNZ National Dunedin 9/10/2019 1353 song "Cuando Cuando Cuando" (Englebert H.) // 567, 675, fair  
810 AUSTRALIA 2BA ABC Southeast NSW Bega, NSW 9/10/2019 1400 Music // 702, ABC fanfare and ABC News at TOH, fair  
819 AUSTRALIA 2GL ABC New Eng NW Glen Innes 9/9/2019 1400 ABC News Fanfare under 820 splatter  
828 NEW ZEALAND TAB Trackside Radio Palmerston North 9/10/2019 1355 Horse racing call // 1224, weak in background  
828 AUSTRALIA 3GI ABC Gippsland Sale 9/9/2019 1400 Weak ABC Fanfare under JOBB  
828 JAPAN JOBB NHK-2 Osaka 9/9/2019 1400 "Use English here and now" EE lessons  
830 ALASKA KSDP Sand Point 9/10/2019 0900 "KSDP Sand Point and K201DA King Cove, Alaska"   KSDP
830 HAWAII KHVH Honolulu 9/10/2019 1400 "KHVH Honolulu an I-Heart radio station"   KHVH
837 AUSTRALIA 4RK ABC Capricornia Rockhampton 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH. Dozens of parallels  
837 NEW ZEALAND RNZ National 2 Northland cities 9/10/2019 1353 song "Cuando Cuando Cuando" (Englebert H.) // 567, 675, 1143   
837 CHINA Harbin RGD Harbin 9/10/2019 1158 Chinese operatic singer with traditional instrumentation, no //'s  
846 KIRIBATI R. Kiribati London 9/9/2019 0659 // 1440 with 32 sec delay. Spoken Pacific language, brief music clips  
846 AUSTRALIA 2RN ABC National Canberra 9/9/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH and news with male announcer. Fair to good.  
846 PHILIPPINES DZRV R. Veritas Quezon City (MM) 9/10/2019 1302 Two commercials and ID after TOH   DZRV
846 JAPAN JOCP NHK-1 Koriyama 9/10/2019 1159 Female announcer // 594  
855 AUSTRALIA 4QO ABC Wide Bay Eidsvold 9/9/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH. Dozens of parallels,Weak  
864 JAPAN JOXR ROK Naha, Okinawa 9/10/2019 1331 JJ discussion and music clips, no parallels, strong  
864 S. KOREA HLKR KBS-1 Gangneung 9/9/2019 1131 K-Pop show opens with announcement in Korean // 891  
873 JAPAN JOGB NHK-2 Kumamoto 9/10/2019 1400 "Use English here and now" EE lessons // 693/747  
882 AUSTRALIA 4BH Macquarie Sports R. Brisbane 9/10/2019 1402 (BBC) "TalkSport" program  
890 ALASKA KBBI Homer 9/10/2019 1400 "This is KBBI Homer AM 890"   KBBI
891 S. KOREA HLKB KBS-1 Busan 9/9/2019 1131 K-Pop show opens with announcement in Korean // 864  
891 AUSTRALIA 5AN ABC Adelaide Adelaide 9/9/2019 1358 Discussion about corruption in NSW government // 639  
900 HAWAII KMVI Kahului, Maui 9/10/2019 1400 "KMVI Kahului, Maui's ESPN radio station" loud and alone  
909 NEW ZEALAND STAR Napier-Hastings 9/10/2019 1358 Slow choral version of Amazing Grace // 657  
918 CHINA Shandong RGD Jinan 9/10/2019 1200 "Shandong Renmin Guango Diantai" over musical fanfare   SRGD
918 AUSTRALIA 2XL Cooma, NSW 9/10/2019 1400 "Capital Radio Network" at TOH   2XL
920 ALASKA KSRM Soldotna 9/10/2019 0800 "The new Talk 92 KSRM Soldotna-Kenai-Homer"   KSRM
927 AUSTRALIA 3UZ Racing and Sport Melbourne, VIC 9/9/2019 1405 Horse racing station underneath 4CC, weak  
927 AUSTRALIA 4CC Gladstone, QLD 9/9/2019 1405 "4-Double-C" on top, racing station underneath   4CC
930 ALASKA KTKN Ketchikan 9/9/2019 1000 "AM 930 and FM 97.5 KTKN"   KTKN
936 JAPAN JOTR ABS Akita 9/10/2019 1340 J-Pop song by female idol //1242/1260/1440 (All Night Nippon)  
936 CHINA Anhui RGD Hefei 9/10/2019 1100 Mandarin prior to time pips, weak  
936 AUSTRALIA 4PB ABC Newsradio Brisbane, QLD 9/10/2019 1400 "You're listening to ABC Newsradio" and time check  
940 HAWAII KKNE Waipahu, Oahu 9/9/2019 1402 Musical KKNE ID in Hawaiian and English   KKNE
945 CHINA CNR-1 Jiaohe 9/10/2019 1332 Background fanfare and male announcer // 981  
954 AUSTRALIA 2UE Macquarie Sports R. Sydney 9/9/2019 1406 with (BBC) "TalkSport" program  
954 JAPAN JOKR TBS Tokyo 9/10/2019 1200 "TBS radio" just prior to time pips  
963 NEW ZEALAND STAR Christchurch 9/9/2019 1349 Christian pop song // 657, good  
963 AUSTRALIA 4WK (2SM Super Network) Warwick 9/10/2019 1402 News about bush fires and gov't corruption scandal // 1530 2VM  
963 CHINA CRI "Radio Kitaya" Huadian 9/10/2019 1359 Traditional music preceding ID // 1323, good   CRI
972 S. KOREA HLCA KBS Dangjin 9/10/2019 1000 with Hanminjok ID and time pips, excellent  
981 AUSTRALIA 3HA  Hamilton, VIC 9/9/2019 1400 Melbourne temp and forecast, athlete dies in Melbourne car crash  
981 AUSTRALIA 2NM Muswellbrook 9/10/2019 1356 "981 2NM all the greatest hits of the 70's, 80's and 90's"  
981 CHINA CNR-1 Chanchung 9/10/2019 1332 Background fanfare and male announcer // 945  
990 HAWAII KIKI Honolulu 9/9/2019 1400 "Fox Sports 990 KIKI Honolulu"  
999 AUSTRALIA 2NB ABC Broken Hill Broken Hill, NSW 9/9/2019 1342 Man speaking about prosecuting corruption // 891, fair  
1008 AUSTRALIA 4TAB Brisbane 9/9/2019 1344 "Setting the pace in Racing radio coverage…Radio TAB"   4TAB
1008 JAPAN JONR ABC Osaka 9/10/2019 1332 Rapid-fire discussion among several men in JJ  
1017 AUSTRALIA 2KY Sky Sports Radio Sydney 9/10/2019 1407 With horse race call, over Tonga  
1017 JAPAN JOLB NHK-2 Fukuoka 9/10/2019 1346 Music interlude // 702, 747, 774, 828  
1017 CHINA CRI Changchun 9/10/2019 1100 CRI Interval signal, weak  
1017 TONGA A3Z Nuku'alofa 9/10/2019 0931 Good with Tongan choral music  
1026 NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB 2 Northland cities 9/10/2019 1400 "This is Newstalk ZB News" //1044, 1296  
1026 AUSTRALIA 4MK Mackay, QLD 9/9/2019 1400 4MK ID and Macquarie News. Loud and strong   4MK
1035 NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB Wellington 9/10/2019 1400 This is Newstalk ZB News  
1040 HAWAII KLHT Honolulu 9/10/2019 1400 "This is KLHT Honolulu"   KLHT
1044 NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB Dunedin 9/10/2019 1400 "This is Newstalk ZB News" //1026, 1296  
1044 CHINA CRI Changzhou 9/10/2019 1400 CRI interval signal chimes over "ZB"  
1044 AUSTRALIA 2UH ABC Upper Hunter Muswellbrook
 9/10/2019 1400 ABC News fanfare at TOH, fair, mixing with "ZB" 2UH most likely  
1053 JAPAN JOAR CBC Nagoya 9/10/2019 1333 JJ discussion among excited men and women, laughter  
1053 NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB New Plymouth 9/10/2019 1400 "This is Newstalk ZB News"  
1062 AUSTRALIA 4TI ABC Far North Thursday Island 9/9/2019 1400 Time pips and ABC fanfare weak, under 5MV  
1062 AUSTRALIA 5MV ABC Riverland Renmark, SA 9/9/2019 1357  Spoken commentary by male announcer //891, strong and on top  
1062 S. KOREA HLKQ KBS-1 Cheongju 9/10/2019 1400 3+1 pips, male announcer in Korean  
1071 NEW ZEALAND TAB Trackside Radio Ashburton 9/10/2019 1355 Horse racing call // 1224  
1071 JAPAN JOFK NHK-1 Hiroshima 9/9/2019 1158 JJ Male announcer // 594  
1080 NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB Auckland 9/10/2019 1400 "This is Newstalk ZB News" on top  
1098 MARSHALL ISL V7AB Majuro 9/9/2019 0723 Woman in Pacific language and "Island" music, fair  
1098 NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB Christchurch 9/10/2019 1400 "This is Newstalk ZB News"  
1107 NEW ZEALAND MagicTalk Tauranga 9/10/2019 1357 Commercials, "MagicTalk" ID, host talks about 9-11. Loud   MagicTalk
1110 HAWAII KAOI Kihei, Maui 9/10/2019 1400 KAOI Kihae 1110 AM, 96-7 and 96-5 west side, 98-7 up country   KAOI
1116 AUSTRALIA 4BC Brisbane, QLD 9/10/2019 1400 Musical "4BC Brisbane" ID and Macquarie news, loud and alone   4BC
1125 NEW ZEALAND Radio Sport Napier-Hastings 9/10/2019 1352 sports talk // 1503  
1134 JAPAN JOQR Tokyo 9/10/2019 1359 String of commercials with several mentions of "Bunka Hoso"  
1134 AUSTRALIA 2AD New England R. (2SM) Armidale 9/9/2019 1404 Sports news by female announcer into commercial   2AD
1134 S. KOREA HLKC KBS-3 Hwaseong 9/10/2019 1100 KK with "bangsong-Inmida, H-L-K-C"  
1140 ALASKA KSLD Soldotna 9/10/2019 1400 "No one covers more sports than us KSLD Soldotna-Kenai-Homer"   KSLD
1143 TAIWAN BEL3 Baisha 9/10/2019 1400 Distinctive chimes/ ID // 738, fair  
1143 NEW ZEALAND RNZ National Hamilton 9/10/2019 1353 "RNZ National" and song "Cuando Cuando Cuando" (Englebert H.)   RNZ
1143 AUSTRALIA 2HD (2SM Super Network) Newcastle, NSW 9/9/2019 1357 Ads, St John Ambulance NSW with URL and Phone #   2HD
1152 AUSTRALIA 6PNN ABC Newsradio Busselton, WE 9/9/2019 1400 "Breaking news and analysis this is ABC Newsradio"   6PNN
1152 NEW ZEALAND Te Reo Irirangi o te… Wellington 9/10/2019 1359 Maori ann between songs, song continues through TOH  
1161 TAIWAN BCC Country Zhuangwei/Miaoli 9/9/2019 1200 BCC chimes at TOH  
1161 AUSTRALIA 7FG ABC Northern Tasmania Fingal, TAS 9/10/2019 1357 Jazzy vocal rendition of "September In the Rain // 702  
1179 NEW ZEALAND Radio Ake Auckland 9/10/2019 1353 US pop with Maori announcements, briefly good  
1179 JAPAN JOOR MBS Osaka 9/9/2019 1129 discussion with man and woman, commercial to BOH  
1188 JAPAN JOKP NHK-1 Kitami 9/10/2019 1201 Japanese commentary // 594  
1197 JAPAN JOBF RKK Kumamoto 9/10/2019 1340 J-Pop song // 1242 (All Night Nippon)  
1206 CHINA Yanbian RGD Yanji 9/10/2019 1400 TOH Fanfare with man and woman back and forth in Korean  
1215 NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB Kaikohe 9/10/2019 1341 Commentary // 1035, 1296, then commercials  
1224 JAPAN JOJK NHK-1 Kanazawa 9/10/2019 1337 Japanese commentary // 594  
1224 NEW ZEALAND TAB Trackside Radio Invercargill 9/10/2019 1355 Horse racing call // 1071   TAB
1230 ALASKA KIFW Sitka 9/10/2019 0500 "The sound of Sitka: 1230 AM KIFW Sitka" good, all alone
   KIFW
1233 AUSTRALIA 2NC ABC Newcastle Newcastle, NSW 9/10/2019 1400 ABC fanfare followed by news, strong  
1240 HAWAII KEWE Kahului, Maui 9/10/2019 1357 Presumed: Hawaiian music in Hawaiian language, all alone
   KEWE
1242 JAPAN JOLF Nippon Hoso Tokyo 9/10/2019 1338 All Night Nippon with nice up-tempo J-Pop song, //1440   JOLF
1242 AUSTRALIA 3GV Gippsland's Gold Sale, VIC 9/10/2019 1352 "Gippslandsgold dot com dot au" just prior to music   3GV
1251 NEW ZEALAND Rhema Auckland 9/9/2019 1400 "To be in the know…This is Rhema news"  
1260 JAPAN JOIR TBC Sendai 9/10/2019 1340 All Night Nippon, up-tempo J-Pop song, //1197, 1242, 1440 weak
1270 HAWAII KNDI Honolulu 9/10/2019 1357 "Right here on KNDI radio in Honolulu, Hawaii"   KNDI
1278 NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB Napier-Hastings 9/10/2019 1058 Commercials, "dot com dot NZ"  
1287 NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB Greymouth 9/10/2019 1400 "This is Newstalk ZB News" //1026, 1296  
1287 JAPAN JOHR HBC Sapporo 9/10/2019 1058 String of JJ commercials, some musical others spoken  
1296 AUSTRALIA 6RN ABC National Wagin, WE 9/9/2019 1400 ABC News fanfare, "This is ABC News"  
1296 NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB Hamilton 9/10/2019 1400 "This is Newstalk ZB News"  
1305 CHINA Jinan RGD  Jinan 9/10/2019 1337 Mandarin; comedy act on stage, much laughter  
1314 AUSTRALIA 2KY Sky Sports Radio Wollongong 9/10/2019 1402 Horse racing action being called, fair  
1323 CHINA CRI "Radio Kitaya" Shuanghyashan 9/10/2019 1359 Traditional music preceding ID // 963, weak  
1330 ALASKA KXXJ Juneau 9/10/2019 0658 Musical jingle "The Greatest Hits on Earth KXJ"   KXXJ
1332 NEW ZEALAND Radio Sport Auckland 9/10/2019 1401 Radio Sport ID, Dan Patrick show rebroadcast  
1332 JAPAN JOSF Tokai Hoso Nagoya 9/10/2019 1400 Japanese commercials to TOH mixing with NZL  
1341 AUSTRALIA 3CW Geelong 9/10/2019 1400 Mandarin at TOH, no time pips, female w/ piano background  
1359 NEW ZEALAND Coast New Plymouth 9/10/2019 1402 1973 Spinners oldie, commercials with "dot com dot NZ" URLs   Coast
1368 NEW ZEALAND Magic Talk Napier-Hastings 9/9/2019 0857 Man in discussion // 1107  
1377 NEW ZEALAND Radio Sport Levin 9/10/2019 1400 "Radio Sport your home for sports" // 1503  
1386 NEW ZEALAND Radio Tarana Auckland 9/10/2019 1400 Hindi songs, good and loud.  
1386 JAPAN JOQC NHK-2 4 possibilities 9/10/2019 1158 Male announcer in Japanese // 774  
1395 AUSTRALIA 5AA Adelaide, SA 9/9/2019 1400 "on 5-double-A, your place to talk..."   5AA
1413 AUSTRALIA 2EA SBS Newcastle, NSW 9/9/2019 1400 Talk and discussion show, not //  
1420 HAWAII KKEA Honolulu 9/9/2019 1400 "KKEA Honolulu 1420 AM 92.7 FM ESPN Honolulu"   KKEA
1422 JAPAN JORF Yokohama 9/9/2019 1128 "J-O-R-F Radio Nippon" by female announcer  
1431 AUSTRALIA 2RN ABC National Wollongong, NSW 9/9/2019 1400 ABC News fanfare, "This is ABC News"  
1440 KIRIBATI TK31 Tarawa 9/9/2019 0659 // 846 but 32 sec ahead. Spoken Pacific language, brief music clips  
1440 JAPAN JOWF STV Sapporo 9/10/2019 1338 Lively up-tempo J-Pop song, //1242  
1458 NEW ZEALAND RNZ National Westport 9/10/2019 1353 "RNZ National" and song "Cuando Cuando Cuando" (Englebert H.)  
1476 NEW ZEALAND TAB Trackside Radio Auckland 9/10/2019 1355 Racing call and music interlude // 1224  
1494 NEW ZEALAND STAR Hamilton 9/9/2019 1344 Slow song by female vocalist // 657  
1500 HAWAII KHKA Honolulu 9/10/2019 1400 "KHKA Honolulu AM 1500"  
1503 NEW ZEALAND Radio Sport Wellington 9/10/2019 1358 Radio Sport and I-Heart radio announcement, good  
1512 AUSTRALIA 2RN ABC National Newcastle, NSW 9/9/2019 1400 ABC fanfare at TOH, fair  
1530 AUSTRALIA 2VM (2SM Super Network) Moree 9/10/2019 1408 Under KFBK: across the border in Queensland, hundreds of incidents   2VM
1539 AUSTRALIA Radio TAB Adelaide, SA 9/9/2019 1400 Race results and payouts through TOH   
1540 HAWAII KREA Honolulu 9/10/2019 1401 "This is KREA Honolulu 1540 on the AM dial"   KREA
1548 AUSTRALIA 4QD Emerald, QLD 9/10/2019 1400 "Time for the news, it's midnight" and ABC fanfare, fair to good  
1557 AUSTRALIA 2RE Coastal Radio Taree, NSW 9/9/2019 1400 Fanfare (non-ABC) and news about the bush fires   2RE
1566 AUSTRALIA 3NE Wangaratta, VIC 9/9/2019 1405 "on 15-Double-Six 3NE" ID and commercials  
1566 S. KOREA HLAZ FEBC Jeju 9/9/2019 1302 JJ commentary with acoustic guitar background  
1570 HAWAII KUAU Haiku, Maui 9/10/2019 1300 "Maui's own Christian station KUAU Haiku"  
1575 THAILAND VOA Ban Phachi 9/10/2019 1338 "The Voice of America VOA" musical ID   VOA
1584 NEW ZEALAND R. Hauraki Napier-Hastings 9/10/2019 1340 Classic Rock not // NHK1 or 4CC   Hauraki
1602 AUSTRALIA 2CP/3WL ABC (2 possibilities) 9/10/2019 1400 Time pips TOH, ABC fanfare, news by male announcer (2CP likely)  
1611 AUSTRALIA Vision Christian Radio (3 possibilities) 9/10/2019 1400 "Keeping you company through the Night..." // 1656, weak  
1629 AUSTRALIA 4DB Dalby, QLD 9/10/2019 1344 "All your favorite country songs on Hot Country"   4DB
1630 NEW ZEALAND TM Taumarunui 9/9/2019 1323 Aeronautical Beacon "TM", observed offset +1005  (200w)   TM
1638 AUSTRALIA 2ME/3ME (2 possibilities) 9/10/2019 1346 Arabic music, male singer with quarter-tone song   2ME
1647 AUSTRALIA Vision Christian Radio 4UCB Mackay, QLD 9/9/2019 1400 "You're with Steve McKenna..." at TOH   Vision
1656 AUSTRALIA V.O. Australian Chinese Brisbane, QLD 9/10/2019 1358 Mandarin; woman singer with piano, briefly good   AUS_Chinese
1656 AUSTRALIA Vision Christian Radio Bundaberg, QLD 9/10/2019 1400 "...Overnight with Steve McKenna on Vision" // 1611, fair   Vision
1665 AUSTRALIA Vision Christian Radio 3UCB Vermont, VIC 9/10/2019 1345 Religious talk, woman announcer in EE, // 1656  
1665 AUSTRALIA 2MM  Sydney, NSW 9/10/2019 1352 Greek music, aircheck in EE (broken up by static)   2MM
1674 AUSTRALIA Radio Haanji Melbourne, VIC 9/10/2019 1346 Up-tempo Hindi music and male announcer  
1683 AUSTRALIA 1683 AM Radio Sydney/Melbourne 9/10/2019 1344 Greek music with female vocalist  
1692 AUSTRALIA Radio Symban Wedderburn, NSW
 9/10/2019 1341 Music with distinctive Greek sound/instrumentation w/male vocalist   Symban
1701 AUSTRALIA 3VMV Melbourne, VIC 9/10/2019 1358 Local ad with Melbourne PH#, Arabic quarter tone music, fair   3VMV
1710 U.S.A. Emergency Advisory Radio Travis AFB, CA 9/9/2019 0700 repeating loop "Important notices about emergencies…"    InfoRadio
 
K7WV Grayland DXpedition 2019 NDB Results

Pacific / Australia / NZ / W. AK NDBs received during Grayland DXpedition 2019
UTC DATE UTC KHz CALL MI KM Location Country MP3
9/9/2019 12:07 238 KT 6860 11038 Kaitaia - Waimanoni - Awanui NZL  
9/10/2019 13:22 260 NF 6732 10832 Norfolk Island - Anson Bay NFK  
9/10/2019 13:22 272 LHI 7213 11606 Lord Howe island, QD AUS  
9/10/2019 13:04 278 CG 7279 11712 Coolangatta, QD AUS  
9/10/2019 12:56 283 DUT 1904 3063 Dutch Harbor ALS  
9/10/2019 13:03 293 COM 7861 12648 Cooma, NSW AUS  
9/10/2019 13:09 299 CWR 7758 12482 Cowra, NSW AUS  
9/10/2019 13:06 302 WYY 8202 13197 Wynyard, TAS AUS   WYY
9/10/2019 13:08 305 GTH 7888 12692 Griffith, NSW AUS  
9/10/2019 13:15 308 MK 7125 11464 Mackay, QD AUS  
9/10/2019 12:20 315 HO 5250 8448 Wallis WAL  
9/10/2019 13:27 320 AI 5050 8126 Aitutaki - Amuri CKS  
9/10/2019 13:20 322 CI 7040 11328 Chatham Islands NZL  
9/9/2019 10:43 327 VYI 2547 4098 Valley Island - Kahului, Maui HWA  
9/9/2019 10:00 332 POA 2564 4126 Pahoa, Hawai'i HWA  
9/10/2019 13:04 343 ML 4644 7472 Minami Torishima JPN  
9/10/2019 13:24 346 TG 6905 11111 Tauranga Apt NZL  
9/9/2019 12:44 347 TB 5103 8211 Tubuai Apt AUI  
9/10/2019 13:04 348 HN 6038 9716 Honiara SLM  
9/10/2019 12:23 349 TP 4449 7159 Takapoto Apt - Fakatopatere TUA  
9/10/2019 13:25 352 RG 5201 8369 Nikau - Rarotonga IAP CKS  
9/9/2019 10:00 353 LLD 2573 4141 Lanai HWA  
9/10/2019 12:51 355 OX 5197 8362 Iwo Jima VOI   OX
9/10/2019 11:02 364 CS 7071 11377 Cairns, QD AUS   CS
9/10/2019 13:21 366 SF 6868 11051 Springfield NZL  
9/10/2019 13:21 366 PNI 5287 8507 Pohnpei - Pohnpei Island FSM  
9/9/2019 12:51 372 UK 3968 6384 Ua Huka MAR  
9/10/2019 13:04 372 RU 4708 7576 Raiatea Apt Uturoa OCE  
9/9/2019 12:49 376 NP 4346 6994 Napuka Apt TUA  
9/10/2019 13:05 377 ROM 7405 11915 Roma, QD AUS  
9/10/2019 13:10 380 SU 7219 11616 Maroochydore/Sunshine Coast Apt, QD AUS  
9/10/2019 13:26 382 WU 7069 11374 Wanganui NZL  
9/10/2019 13:25 392 MOR 7499 12066 Moree, NSW AUS   MOR
9/10/2019 12:20 393 UKS 5146 8280 Kosrae IAP FSM  
9/10/2019 13:11 395 PMQ 7465 12012 Port MacQuarie Apt, NSW AUS  
9/10/2019 13:15 395 MER 7848 12627 Merimbula, NSW  (49 w) AUS   MER
9/10/2019 12:57 399 SRI 2021 3252 'Pribilof' St George ALS  
9/10/2019 13:12 401 ARM 7474 12026 Armidale, NSW AUS   ARM
9/10/2019 12:23 402 OA 6342 10204 Ouvea Apt NCL  
9/10/2019 13:07 407 SWH 8046 12946 Swan Hill, VIC   (49 w) AUS  
9/10/2019 12:17 486 LTV 8048 12950 Latrobe Valley, VIC  (49 w) AUS   LTV
9/10/2019 12:57 530 ADK 2341 3766 Mount Moffett - Adak Island ALS  
9/9/2019 13:23 1630 TM 7003 11267 Taumarunui Apt NZL   TM
 
MOR 392 (AUS),  MER  395 (AUS), and  ARM 401 (AUS) Have never been reported in North America before. WYY 302 becomes my longest NDB reception ever at 8202 MI / 13197 KM .
These stations received on the 10 X 20 ft (3 x 6 m) flag at 230 degrees. Some of these were also audible on the DKAZ, such as LHI and ROM. CS 364 was heard on the DKAZ only! Three NDBs have never been reported heard from North America. 22 new to Grayland incl 11 new AUS.
LTV 486 (AUS) would have been a NA first as well, but not found on the recordings before being logged on the Point Reyes KIWI SDR in Calif in 2020 (glad I rechecked)!

K7WV Grayland DXpedition 2019 DGPS Results
 
UTC DATE UTC Khz STN ID REF ID # DECODES LOCATION
9/10/2019 13:04 288 #892 (285 1404 Gustavus Apt, ALS
9/10/2019 13:11 295 #891 (282 1196 Level Island, ALS
9/10/2019 13:04 305 #890 (280 1343 Biorka Island, ALS
9/10/2019 13:12 306 #708 (008 180 Ingham, QD, AUS
9/10/2019 13:06 308 #703 (003 1383 Sydney, NW, AUS
9/10/2019 13:11 310 #896 (292 271 Kenai, ALS
9/10/2019 13:05 313 #897 (294 1255 Kodiak - Kodiak Island Chiniak, ALS
9/10/2019 13:07 316 #710 (010 208 Corny Point, SA, AUS
9/10/2019 13:05 318 #713 (013 1007 Mallacoota, VI, AUS
9/10/2019 13:04 323 #889 (278 1621 Annette Island, ALS
Note that all US West Coast and Hawaiian DGPS stations were decommissioned on Sep 01 2019. As of this DXpedition the Alaskans are still there.
Decoding software: Amalgamated DGPS
NDB and DGPS LW Stations Pacific/AUS/NZL
Cumulative map of Pacific/AUS/NZL region NDB and DGPS receptions by K7WV at Grayland

My Equipment:

Perseus SDR (one only)
Sola linear (non-switching) regulated power supply 5.0000V @3.0 A
Tripp-Lite Isobar 6 isolated multiple AC outlet bar
Dell "2 in 1" 11.6-inch netbook (Win 10) 2TB internal SSD.
Samsung 500GB external backup/ transfer SSD
Wellbrook FLG-100LN broadband amplifier modules
60 feet (18.3 meters) of #18 multi stranded copper wire, jacketed (Deployed as a rear-fed flag)
16 and 20 foot segmented fiberglass "Wonderpoles" and weighted (with concrete) tip-resistant stands
150 feet RG8X coax with BNC connectors
Stakes and ropes for tying down poles and fixing stands in place (if necessary)
Reflective marker tape to tie to wires for visibility to hotel guests, etc
Vactrol indoor and outdoor unit with power supply (not used)
160-foot DKAZ provided by Chuck with 2 orange 31-ft (9.5 m) Jackite fiberglass poles and pre-measured wires. Bill W. erected an identical one at Casa Sea-Esta 800 feet south on the day prior. Both with vactrols.


Links:

Bill Whitacre's MW log of this DXpedition (Bill's website of MW results using audio clips)

IRCA discussion group MWDX discussions, daily reports, antenna info, DXpedition results
IRCA Convention Seattle 2019: I was a presenter at this year's IRCA Convention on the Rockwork DXpeditions. My talk and Powerpoint slides may be accessed HERE along with the other presenters.

Totsuka DXers Circle "Propagation" annual publication, cover art and illustrations by Shinya Hasegawa (well known anime artist and character designer). Naka-san attended this DXpedition and is a TDXC club member.
Ed. 7 was just published and Gary and I were provided a book copy by Naka-san. ありがとうございました

HF+ Discovery review by WRTH Yes, I now have one and find it an excellent performer on LW and MW. 

K7WV Grayland MW Results Spreadsheet (Excel spreadsheet of my results for inclusion in master logs, merged DXpedition reports, etc)

Grayland DXpedition October 2020 K7WV Results (New)
Grayland DXpedition October 2018 K7WV Results
Grayland DXpedition October 2016 K7WV Results
Grayland DXpedition October 2015 K7WV Results

Rockwork 2020 DXpedition K7WV results (New)
Rockwork 2019 DXpedition K7WV results
Rockwork 2018 DXpedition K7WV results
Rockwork 2017 DXpedition K7WV results
Rockwork 2016 International DXpedition K7WV results
Rockwork 2015 II DXpedition K7WV results
Rockwork 2015 I DXpedition K7WV results

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