Nick (and Walt), Thanks for your assessments of this morning's DU propagation. <<< 1035 was the kingpin frequency at Grayland Gary, and although Chuck was unimpressed, that might have been familiarity, which I am lacking. It sure sounded at times like New Zealand was not far away from Grayland from about 1210-1230UT this morning. There's lots of listening to recordings to be done yet, but hearing Zedders (some presumed; Australia was pretty much a no show) on 792 (sports), 1017, 927, 981, 1458 etc. sure made my morning, and NZ conditions seemed considerably better than yesterday. >>> Everybody is in agreement that propagation favored the Kiwis this morning, Nick, although by the freakish standard of last July it still left something to be desired. Chuck lucked out with two of the best NZ days ever at this cliff last July, so he probably had some disappointment that the NZ exotics were now missing in action. 1035-NZB was also in at a decent level here, but its parallel on 1008 had superior signals late on around 1245. The "apples and oranges" difference between single-optimized-frequency FSL's and broadband antenna spectrum capture always results in interesting DU-DXing comparisons, Nick, and with several potent Kiwi signals on the low band I was unable to check out the higher frequencies that you mentioned. Chuck was no doubt recording them, but with an UnID "trespasser" parked right in his favorite antenna spot at Rockwork 4 he was forced to set up his miniature flag in a less-than-optimum spot. We had enough DXer manpower at the Cliff to politely "encourage" the gentleman to relocate, but thought better of it. 73, Gary (trying to sort out Kiwi English after 10 months of inactivity)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Hall-Patch" <[email protected]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 9:52:38 AM Subject: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 6-26 --Grayland version 1035 was the kingpin frequency at Grayland Gary, and although Chuck was unimpressed, that might have been familiarity, which I am lacking. It sure sounded at times like New Zealand was not far away from Grayland from about 1210-1230UT this morning. There's lots of listening to recordings to be done yet, but hearing Zedders (some presumed; Australia was pretty much a no show) on 792 (sports), 1017, 927, 981, 1458 etc. sure made my morning, and NZ conditions seemed considerably better than yesterday. But even though Australia wasn't there, a completely unexpected JOAK-594 showed up, quite readable, at 1139UT....geomagnetic upsets are for the small fry when you're a big gun NHK I guess. And the latest forecast geomagnetic storm seems to have been downgraded, so maybe more Japanese here tomorrow? best wishes, Nick At 15:34 26-06-15, Gary wrote: >Hello All,..... S9 signals from New Zealand returned with a vengeance to the >"Kiwi Cliff" this morning as they shoved the Australian signals way down in >the noise. Despite this the high-priority new Kiwi targets on 702 and 891 seem >>to have run out of Magic, and the really obscure NZ signals on 558, 576, 585 >and 936 still are playing hard to get. >Chuck didn't seem very impressed with the propagation, although several Kiwi >regulars did manage a potent propagation kick around 1230 UTC. By 1300 even >the Kiwis were tanking it, though, which seems pretty typical for this >late >June period. The big stars of the morning were the Maori parallels on 603 and >765-- both of which managed several S9 peaks with their distinctive Polynesian >music 684-Rhema also put on a great show, and 1008-Newstalk ZB >had about the >strongest signal it's ever managed for me at this location. 531-PI reclaimed >its usual dominant position over its Aussie co-channels, but not without >several nasty snarls. -- -- Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] 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: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] 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: [email protected]
