Upper Left: DXing from the The Grayland DXpeditions in Sound and Pictures. - презентация

1 Upper Left: DXing from the The Grayland DXpeditions in Sound and Pictures

2 The Other Washington

3 Pacific Northwest

4 Grays Harbor Vicinity 3 DXpedition sites at the coast

5 The World from Grayland

6 Motel and Antenna Layout Also see panoramic photo– load file gray360.html in browser

7 Why Noise Levels are Often Low Fewer than 10 T-storm days per year

8 Grayland at Spring Equinox SR

9 The Early Days: David Clarks still awake after 10 hours DXing at Grayland Beach State Park Creatures from the Gray Lagoon: John Bryant and Guy Atkins ready to wade through the swamp while stringing a Beverage

10 Early DX Catches A3Z Tonga, HLAZ Chenju, S. Korea, (FEBC station, Russian beamed to CIS, w/ID) RPDT2 Buol Toli Toli, VOA Bangkok,

11 More Early DX R. Kiribati, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (CIS) (Longwave, parallel to six other LW frequencies)

12 The Middle Years: L to R: David Clark, Jean Brunell, Chuck Hutton, Bruce Portzer, Guy Atkins, Nick Hall-Patch, Craig Siegenthaler, John Bryant

13 The Middle Years: Guy Atkins and Dave Valko DXing at Midway Beach, 1994

14 The Middle Years: Above: sunset after a November storm Left: one evening of January rain floods the antenna farm

15 The Middle Years: Bruce Portzer kisses his receiver for good luck David Clark returns to Grayland to snag the elusive Indos he missed in 1990

16 The Middle Years: The location of the cottages at the Grayland Motel allow for longer (1200 ft.) antennas, but are near the noisy powerlines and highway. The L-shaped motel building is preferred. Guy Atkins drives a Kiwa-modded NRD-535GS with ERGO software

17 DX Catches Channel Africa, (via longpath reception at local sunrise, with 200 ft. randomwire antenna on ground) R. Free Bougainville (Listen for the two IDs in Pidgin) NBC Port Moresby (3 sections: Pidgin pop tune, network promo & ID, intro to mx program)

18 Recent Times: Chuck Hutton tunes RRI Sorong on 909 kHz Left: Bruce Portzer and Bruce Conti Below: Don Nelson drift net DXing with numerous receivers and MD recorders

19 Recent Times: John Bryant tunes the MW Aussies with his Ten-Tec RX-340 A view of one-half of DX Central in Room #15 at the Grayland Motel

20 Recent Times: John Fallows, Calgary AB is the author of the popular ERGO software Expert MW DXer Nick Hall-Patch of Victoria BC makes a good point

21 DX Catches R. Vanuatu, AN Adelaide mixing with Radio 2, Fiji JOHR Hokkaido,

22 More DX Catches R. West New Britain, RRI Pontianak, SIBC Solomons,

23 Farewell from Grayland, WA Love Ambon sign-off from RRI UTC on 3976, January 9, 1999