Hi Walt, Thanks for your interesting comments about the Oregon coast DU propagation. Before our vacations in Oregon, Guy and I had a nice discussion about how your Haida Gwaii location had a definite edge in TA and Asiatic TP propagation (over Victoria, Grayland, etc.) and how Patrick Martin seemed to have somewhat of an edge in DU propagation over everyone else. We discussed the unusual results of the July DXpedition to Lincoln City, OR, in which a humble Ultralight radio and 3' loop solidly received many DU's that aren't exactly "regulars" at Grayland. After this recent 3-day trip, it's easy to become a true believer that the Oregon coast does indeed have somewhat of a DU propagation edge over Grayland, judging by the 7 previous ULR Dxpeditions that John and I made to Grayland over the past 2 years, where we had nowhere near the DU success that these last two Oregon trips have produced. Guy also plans an investigation of the DU propagation during his current Oregon beach vacation, and I'll be very interested in his report. Unfortunately the Asiatic TP's are starting to seriously compete with the DU's now in NW Oregon, so we may need to postpone further investigation until around next spring. 73, Gary In a message dated 8/22/2010 9:32:37 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, can...@gmail.com writes:
Great report so far, Gary. Clearly the Oregon coast sounds like a place that must be further explored and used, now that Grayland has become a little less accessible and quiet. No doubt the DU stations are simply much more difficult to hear up in these parts, and more so on Haida Gwaii (with a notable exception of my one night DC only DXpedition to Rose Spit on the north east corner of Haida Gwaii, when the entire band was full of NZ and Australian MW stations (August, 2008). At the cottage, the DU stations are always a fairly difficult catch, compared to Asia, and even Europe! .....Walt On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:25 AM, <_d1028g...@aol.com_ (mailto:d1028g...@aol.com) > wrote: Hi Steve, Thanks for the rundown of the DU's in NE Oregon on Friday. I was indeed listening carrefully for DU's on Friday morning in your home state (at Lincoln Beach), and found it fantastic. DXing with a C.Crane SWP Slider (with the Murata filter installed by you) inductively coupled to a new 4' portable PVC Loop, I made nice MP3's of 558-Radio Fiji One (all alone), a solid recording of an ABC station on 846 kHz (with ABC ID), and a strong 1017 kHz mix of Radio Tonga island music and the 2KY Australian horse racing station (with both alternating in dominance). Both John B. and I had received 1017-Radio Tonga before at Grayland, but I'm pretty sure that the other 3 stations had never been previously received by ULR's on the west coast. Many other nice DU's also showed up again, like 603-Radio Waatea in NZ. The LW conditions were also great, with the new stand-alone 7.5" LW loopstick PL-380 solidly receiving all 5 Radio Rossii LW-TP's (153, 180, 189, 234 and 279 kHz) yesterday morning, with 4 nice MP3's made. I plan to write up the full DXpedition report (and upload various MP3's) shortly, but as far as DU propagation to Lincoln Beach, the vacation was all I could have hoped for. Oregon state is great! :-) 73, Gary DeBock (back in Puyallup, WA) In a message dated 8/20/2010 6:42:58 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, _stever...@wildblue.net_ (mailto:stever...@wildblue.net) writes: I predict if Gary DeBock was listening this morning at the Oregon coast that he had super reception of DUs, as even far inland here they were much better than usual. Many MW hets. 585 very poor DU talk; 702 poor EE pop music; 738 poor EE pop music; 792 very poor DU talk; 891 the best with medium DU talk presumed 5AN; 1116 weak DU talk presumed 4BC, all in the 1305-1320 utc time. 891 the last to fade away around 1320. Big het on 1071, don't remember that before. Far East Russia, Radio Rossii good this morning, 153, 180, 189, 234, 279 at 1200 utc. 73, Steve NE Oregon R75, longwires _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list _i...@hard-core-dx.com_ (mailto:IRCA@hard-core-dx.com) _http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca_ (http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca) Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: _http://www.ircaonline.org_ (http://www.ircaonline.org/) To Post a message: _i...@hard-core-dx.com_ (mailto:irca@hard-core-dx.com) _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list _i...@hard-core-dx.com_ (mailto:IRCA@hard-core-dx.com) _http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca_ (http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca) Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: _http://www.ircaonline.org_ (http://www.ircaonline.org/) To Post a message: _i...@hard-core-dx.com_ (mailto:irca@hard-core-dx.com) _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com