Hello All,
First of all, thanks very much to Dennis, Bill, Nick and Walt for their DU-DX
reports this morning, which provided a very interesting comparison. The first
"Cliffhanger' DXing session at Rockwork 4 provided the typical Kiwi-slanted
results this morning, although there were a few surprises. About 18 DU's were
in audio, although huge signals were less common than usual. The biggest
surprise of the session was a booming signal from 783-Samoan Capital Radio,
which nearly pegged the PL-380 S/N display with its island-type music around
1248 (usually this is a weak underperformer). Other than this 594-NZ Rhema had
a pretty nice signal, and the usual Kiwi big guns were well represented. Except
for decent signals from 576-2RN, 774-3LO and 828-3GI, the Aussies were pretty
much missing in action. With far more DU signals than live DXing time, I
concentrated on the low-band signals as usual.
With the major DXpedition in Yachats (and nearby Cape Perpetua) scheduled to
start up tomorrow, there should be some heavy-duty South Pacific DXing activity
this week. This morning's Cliff DU-DXing results seem strangely out of synch
with the other reports, but I was able to record a few MP3's to back up the
claims. Hopefully Nick and the others will not feel motivated to drive down and
throw me off of the Cliff.
531 PI Auckland, NZ Fair-good signal with female Samoan voice mixing with
UniD Aussie male voice at 1305
567 RNZ Wellington, NZ Good DU English male conversation at 1252 overcoming
some KVI splatter
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tp81ibsa67s0b7i/567-RNZ-1252z072113PL380.mp3.MP3
576 2RN Sydney, Australia Fair-good DU English commentary at 1235
594 NZ Rhema Timaru, NZ Good level Christian contemporary music at 1318
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/v2871q170bnsv0b/594-NZ.Rhema-1318z072113PL380.mp3.MP3
603 R.Waatea Fair-good Maori language music at 1244, // 765
639 RNZ Alexandra, NZ Fair DU English conversation // 675 at 1322
657 Southern Star Wellington, NZ Strong level Christian music at 1222
675 RNZ Christchurch, NZ Strong level music and DU English speech at 1228
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tktcaddq46c7bwg/675-RNZ-1228z072113PL380.mp3.MP3
738 Radio Polynesie Mahina, Tahiti Good TOH fanfare and French OM speech at
1200 (through KCBS splash and het)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/8cscgc1gk6zhap8/738-R.Polynesie-1200z072113PL380.mp3.MP3
756 RNZ Auckland, NZ This 10 kW RNZ relay had fair signals at 1301 despite
its proximity to 750-Portland
765 R. Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ Good Maori-language music at 1244, //
603
774 3LO Melbourne, Australia Fair good DU English conversation at 1238, //
828
783 Samoan Capital Radio, Wellington, NZ Biggest surprise of the morning--
huge signal at 1248 almost pegging the PL-380
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/jfmefx37z1pbvo5/783-SamoanCapRadio-1248z072113PL380.mp3.MP3
828 3GI Sale, Australia Fair DU English conversation // 774 at 1320
(many more DU signals were all over the band, but these were the ones that I
had time to investigate during live DXing during morning enhancement.
Presumably the Perseus-SDR DXers in Yachts will not have this issue :-)
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (temporarily in Cannon Beach Oregon)
DXing at the "Rockwork 4" ocean cliff (photo at
http://www.mediafire.com/view/khqdch7gk0w1v1l/P1100481.JPG
7,5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + New 12" Medium Wave FSL antenna
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