Gee Gary, you folks must have snarfed up all the Zedders before they got any further north.
Compared with yesterday, today was a bit of a bust at Grayland, though I guess the expression "a bad day's fishing" may still apply. Bruce used the DKaz, while I used the superloop equivalent of what Chuck used down at Rockworks, so I think his mileage may be better, as the DKaz is a superior antenna by a few dB. Although the start looked promising around 1030UT with the ZB stations in the middle of the band showing reasonable signals (NZ carriers started about 0530UT last night, so there may be something on the recordings), but started to fade away. HLAZ-1566 made a tentative appearance with a woman sounding Chinese at 1150UT, but generally, things sounded a little erratic and weak. Not to say there wasn't DX, but on my recordings, it has been work winkling out things like ZB on 1287 and 1296, rather than yesterday when DX was served up on a plate. Bruce heard Star on 900 mixing with Hawaii, so that should have pretty easy for you people. Also a bit more Australia, probably the best so far being ABC Thursday Island on 1062. Hopefully a bit more will be revealed in the recordings. What sort of antenna was Tom using by the way? best wishes, Nick At 15:32 27-06-15, Gary wrote: Hello All, Tom R. certainly brought the luck with him this morning as Kiwi propagation hit a legendary level around 1240-- resulting in obscure Kiwis coming out all over the band. Stations like 936-Chinese Voice (1 kW) sounded healthy indeed, while the new 576-Star (2.5 kW) made its first appearance. The new 702-Magic also managed a good signal around 1217 as the semi-local on 700 mysteriously left the air for five minutes. The freakish NZ propagation was every bit as good as what Chuck and I experienced last July, and both Tom and Chuck were recording it all. ... -- 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]
