Hello,
Four wild days of cliff-side DXing on Oregon's Cape Perpetua finished up
in typical fashion yesterday morning as both Asiatic TP's and DU's showed up in
strength, causing snarling mixes on several frequencies. The Russian longwaves
started off the fun around 1216 with 279-Radio Rossii testing the crunch
resistance of my PL-380, pegging the S/N readout for the duration of a
recording. This was followed by 1566-HLAZ at 1243 with a blistering signal--
far and away the strongest that I've ever heard them in six years of DXing.
1593-CNR1 also moved in with good signals around 1238, following the high-band
trend that Dennis noted. But on the cliff, the Asian TP's had no trouble
showing up from 531 to 1593 kHz.
The Japanese big guns moved in with serious force early on with strong
signals on 594, 693, 747, 774 and 828, along with some fair signals on NHK1
synchro frequencies like 603 and 639. During the middle of sunrise enhancement
(around 1300) the DU regulars started to move in with some strength, causing
snarls and mixes with the Japanese on certain frequencies (531, 603, 639 and
891). The NHK big guns stuck around for almost all of sunrise enhancement,
although the Aussie big guns 576-2RN and 774-3LO managed some very potent
signals themselves after 1330 (with 576-2RN pegging the PL-380 S/N with an
awesome signal of its own at 1335). Several DU's were the sole survivors after
the Asians faded around 1400, with 639-2HC and 891-5AN still strong enough for
easy copy around 1405.
The Cape Perpetua cliff propagation during this 4-day DXpedition was
really wacky and wild, with more TP and DU monster signals (and snarling mixes)
than I've ever heard in any ocean coast trip. The Highway 101 turnoff is
located on a curving cliff, which apparently provides huge amplification for
transoceanic signals from either Asia or the South Pacific, depending upon
which area has the propagation edge. Sometimes (like during the past 2 days)
both areas have good propagation-- leading to wild mixes of Asian and South
Pacific signals on several frequencies.
279 Radio Rossii Blistering signal at 1216 with Russian YL speech-- the
strongest Longwave TP received during the trip (or ever)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/jmxbchc3td4q5hd/279-R.Rossii-1216z081913PL380.MP3
576 2RN Sydney, Australia, 50 kW Another monster signal at 1335, pegging the
PL-380 S/N at 25 for the duration of the MP3
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/qz6x4g6wiit264e/576-2RN-1335z081913PL380.MP3
756 RNZ Auckland, New Zealand Usually not one of the better RNZ performers,
it did manage this fairly decent signal at 1338
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/8mstmtdyb3p485i/756-RNZ-1338z081913PL380.MP3
774 3LO Melbourne, Australia, 50 kW Punching through Seattle splatter with
female-voiced local ID at 1344 ("You're listening to ,
774 ABC, Melbourne")
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/hjdm4l7w139pjvh/774-3LO-1344z081913PL380.MP3
828 JOBB Osaka, Japan, 300 kW Very strong with Japanese weather report at
1315
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/3ff0r2y214lqie1/828-JOBB-1315z081913PL380.MP3
1008 JONR Osaka, Japan, 50 kW Temporarily dominant over Newstalk ZB (and
domestic splatter) at 1330
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/1md9s7kmuts82h9/1008-JONR-1330z081913PL380.MP3
1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea, 250 kW Blistering signal with Japanese YL speech
at 1243-- the strongest ever heard in 6 years of
DXing
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/92jy88o420im83r/1566-HLAZ-1243z081913PL380.MP3
1593 CNR1 Jiangsu, China, 600 kW Potent signal at 1238 with Chinese news
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/94n753kgdw0pp51/1593-CNR1-1238z081913PL380.MP3
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
DXing at Cape Perpetua's Highway 101 turnoff on the Oregon coast (2 miles south
of Yachats)
7,5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + new 12" FSL antenna
(Radio, antenna, and sleepy DXer photo posted at
http://www.mediafire.com/view/cw5uw5egiwclrqc/CapePerpetuaSetup.jpg )
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