Re: [IRCA] Exotic-Sounding 693 UnID at 1652

[Gary DeBock]

Thanks Chuck and Bruce,

You have both really made my day!

This morning was the first chance I had to set up the 5" Frequent Flyer FSL 
after two days of wacky weather, and I couldn't ask for better results. 
Unfortunately the ANZ regulars were smothering all the other "exotic" 
frequencies (with the exception of 909 and 1377, which were being smothered by 
S9+ CNR signals). Wish you both were here!

Gary

> On April 10, 2018 at 9:51 PM Bruce Portzer  wrote:
>
>
> Gary
>
> The music sounds south Asian, so I'm thinking it's Bangladesh. With a
> megawatt of power, the station probably gets out pretty well (we heard
> it a few years ago at Grayland during the sunspot minimum).
>
> Bruce
>
> On 4/10/2018 21:32, Gary DeBock wrote:
> > Heard this morning (April 10) at 1752 UTC, this station apparently features 
> > both a foreign language and exotic music. In a mix with an Australian 
> > commercial station (and possibly another co-channel) from 1645-1705. Any 
> > ideas or comments would be appreciated 
> > https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/94j756mjptm1fuaij381dw2wbsqkre91
> >
> >
> > Gary DeBock (in Aitutaki, Cook Islands)
> >
> > 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight +
> >
> > 5" TSA-friendly FSL antenna
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Re: [IRCA] Exotic-Sounding 693 UnID at 1652

[Bruce Portzer]

Gary

The music sounds south Asian, so I'm thinking it's Bangladesh. With a 
megawatt of power, the station probably gets out pretty well (we heard 
it a few years ago at Grayland during the sunspot minimum).


Bruce

On 4/10/2018 21:32, Gary DeBock wrote:

Heard this morning (April 10) at 1752 UTC, this station apparently features 
both a foreign language and exotic music. In a mix with an Australian 
commercial station (and possibly another co-channel) from 1645-1705. Any ideas 
or comments would be appreciated  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/94j756mjptm1fuaij381dw2wbsqkre91


Gary DeBock (in Aitutaki, Cook Islands)

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5" TSA-friendly FSL antenna


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Re: [IRCA] Exotic-Sounding 693 UnID at 1652

[Chuck Hutton]

I hear music I'd expect from Bangladesh and a mention of Bangladesh at :09.


Chuck



From: IRCA  on behalf of Gary DeBock 

Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 9:32 PM
To: America, Mailing
Subject: [IRCA] Exotic-Sounding 693 UnID at 1652

Heard this morning (April 10) at 1752 UTC, this station apparently features 
both a foreign language and exotic music. In a mix with an Australian 
commercial station (and possibly another co-channel) from 1645-1705. Any ideas 
or comments would be appreciated  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/94j756mjptm1fuaij381dw2wbsqkre91


Gary DeBock (in Aitutaki, Cook Islands)

7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight +

5" TSA-friendly FSL antenna

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Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-10

[Guy Atkins]

Hi Gary,

I guess Niue must have ditched their MW station some time ago, then! Niue
is 670 miles distant from Rarotonga and at the time I traveled there (1993)
I figured it would be an easy catch. The station was called Radio Sunshine
and it was on 594 kHz. Unfortunately I didn't hear any sign of them despite
checking every day and evening. BTW, I was staying on the west/southwest
side of the island and it would have been an all water path to Niue.

OK...I just did some checking on radioheritage.net, and evidently the Niue
MW outlet signed off for good in the early 1990s; they may have actually
been silent already in 1993 when I traveled to Rarotonga.


73, Guy


On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 8:41 PM, Gary DeBock  wrote:

> Hi Guy,
>
> Yes, the propagation and weather have both been wild and wacky in Aitutaki
> so far.
>
> <<< BTW, have you logged Niue yet? I tried every day and evening to hear
> them
> but without success. >>>
>
> I didn't know Niue had any MW station (the WRTH only shows a single FM
> one). But if it does have anything on MW it should be a piece of cake from
> here.
>
> Gary
>
>
>
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[IRCA] 936-Chinese Voice (1 kW) S9 in Aitutaki, Cook Islands

[Gary DeBock]

A demonstration of the wacky New Zealand propagation here in Aitutaki, as the 1 
kW Chinese Voice in Auckland pounds in at an S9 level during Kiwi sunset skip  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/5ktyujbq4tvq292b0mbpe2s01jylcjad

This was on the 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight alone


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[IRCA] Exotic-Sounding 693 UnID at 1652

[Gary DeBock]

Heard this morning (April 10) at 1752 UTC, this station apparently features 
both a foreign language and exotic music. In a mix with an Australian 
commercial station (and possibly another co-channel) from 1645-1705. Any ideas 
or comments would be appreciated  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/94j756mjptm1fuaij381dw2wbsqkre91


Gary DeBock (in Aitutaki, Cook Islands)

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5" TSA-friendly FSL antenna

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[IRCA] TP 10 Apr Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Still almost all Asian, but the Chinese were gone.  Not much lasted beyond 
local sunrise, at 1330UT, though both JOHR and HLAZ made a reprise of it well 
over an hour later.


pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least 
briefly):

594 JOAK man in Japanese1302UT

828  JOBB  English lessons 1255UT
 



Reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it understandable by a 
native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):

774 JOUB English lessons 1255UT //828

972 HLCA two men in Korean 1248UT

1566 HLAZ man in Japanese1308UT; a reprise at 1440UT yielded man talking, 
Chinese intonation





not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could 
be understood by a native speaker:


693 JOAB woman talking //828 1301UT

747 JOIB Chinese lessons 1307UT

873 JOGB Chinese lessons 1301UT

1287 JOHR woman in Japanese 1449-50UT, only appearance of this one this 
morning, long after sunrise



Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by 
cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music)

531 JOQG woman talking //594 1302UT; possibly someone else nosing around there 
also

585 7RN faint ABC fanfare 1300UT 

612 woman talking, DU English intonation 1303UT

666 JOBK man and woman talking //594 1304UT

954 woman talking Japnese intonation 1312UT

1116 man talking DU English intonation 1323UT






Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged 
by splatter)

558 603 891  1008 1053 1098 1179  1206 1242 1332  1359 1386 1422 1503  1593  
seemed to be Asian;
   846 891  909 1017  seemed to be DU 



best wishes,

Nick








Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada  

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[IRCA] 630-Radio Cook Islands ID at 0957-Replaced By NZB at 0958

[Gary DeBock]

Despite the Kiwi-dollar-swallowing Internet rates here I decided to upload some 
priority MP3 links. This is the extremely obscure Radio Cook Islands 
(Rarotonga) with an English ID at 0957, then abruptly switching to Newstalk ZB 
programming at 0958 on April 8th (which continued all night long until 0600 
local (1600 UTC)  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/bqwt5lm0ezhdyqayqkfjj8j8fbirysar


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Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-10

[Gary DeBock]

Chuck,

Here in Aitutaki I usually have both an evening session (0800-1000) and a 
morning session (1600-1700). The major difference between here and Kona (in 
December) is the complete lack of Asians during the 0800-1000 session. I know 
it's related to the later sunset times in Asia this month, but in December the 
Pacific island DU's were getting hammered by overwhelming Asian signals as 
early as 0830. Only 846, 1017 and 1098 typically managed to survive the 
onslaught without getting swallowed up. The Asians are showing up from 
1600-1700, though.

Gary


> On April 10, 2018 at 10:49 AM Chuck Hutton  wrote:
> 
> As it is just getting to twilight at 1000 in mainland Asia, maybe a later 
> check will get some Asians.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> -
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Gary DeBock 
> 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 2:28 AM
> To: America, Mailing
> Subject: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-10
>  
> Another sunset skip session brought in almost any desired Kiwi station, 
> with the low-powered signals on 549 (Trackside), 828 and 936 all making 
> extended S9 runs from 0900-1000. Tony Ward's 990-Fiji Gold was testing the 
> crunch resistance of my Ultralight, while the Pacific Island DU's on 630, 
> 846, 1017 and 1098 all had S9 co-channels from A/NZ in their nulls. All the 
> Magic stations on 702-738-891 were easy parallels, while the same was true of 
> the NZB stations on 1008-1017-1026-1035-1044-1053. For some reason the Kiwi 
> stations are kicking the Aussie stations all across the band, even after 
> sunset in NZ is long over. There is zero propagation to Asia during this 
> period-- a drastic change from December in Kona. Lots of overwhelming MP3 
> links to post, if only the ultra-slow Cook Island "Blue Sky" Internet  system 
> would cooperate. The going joke among both Kiwi and Yankee tourists is that 
> Aitutaki is the ideal place to reconnect with your partner-- since Facebook 
> is so slow 
 that n
>  obody tries to use it as a substitute for real communication.
> 
> 
> Gary DeBock (DXing in Aitutaki, Cook Islands)
> 
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Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-10

[Gary DeBock]

Hi Guy,

Yes, the propagation and weather have both been wild and wacky in Aitutaki so 
far.

<<< BTW, have you logged Niue yet? I tried every day and evening to hear them
but without success. >>>

I didn't know Niue had any MW station (the WRTH only shows a single FM one). 
But if it does have anything on MW it should be a piece of cake from here..

Gary

> On April 10, 2018 at 4:03 PM Guy Atkins  wrote:
>
>
> ​Hi Gary,
>
> ​You're obviously having a blast there on Aitutaki, and getting blasted by
> wind, too!
>
> When Rochelle and I went to the Cook Islands, it was also during the 2nd
> week of April. We encountered crazy weather too but without the high
> winds...just moderately windy. We'd have torrential downpours for a few
> minutes, then a parting of the clouds and the blazing sun would cause
> billowing steam to rise from the streets and taro fields. After a while
> we'd be seeking shade, and happy when the cloud cover reconvened. This
> cycle repeated over and over every few hours, and for each day of our trip.
>
> I only wish we had sought out Aitutaki as you have; we stayed on Rarotonga
> the entire time.
>
> BTW, have you logged Niue yet? I tried every day and evening to hear them
> but without success.
>
> Kia Orana,
>
> Guy
>
> ​
>
> >
> > From: Gary DeBock 
> > To: Volodya S , "America, Mailing" <
> > irca@hard-core-dx.com>
> > Cc:
> > Bcc:
> > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 02:34:59 -0700 (PDT)
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-9
> > Kia Orana, Walt!
> >
> >
> > Yes, I heard the cyclone update on Tony Ward's 990-Fiji Gold at 0855
> > tonight-- pretty scary. We are getting pounded by heavy rain and wind every
> > day here in Aitutaki, but they say that this is normal here for early
> > April. Fortunately the DU propagation has been so phenomenal that even a
> > 7.5" loopstick Ultralight provides huge signals on almost every target
> > station, even without the 5" TSA-friendly FSL. Stay safe!
> >
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
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[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 10 April 2018

[Nigel Pimblett]

 Got a bit of a later start today, as the cats didn't wake up up on 
time!  It was back to all Australia this morning.  Having the 
Commonwealth Games on certainly makes it much easier to pick out the ABC 
stations that are carrying it.



576 2RN Sydney, AUSTRALIAWoman interviewing a man at 1247

585 7RN Hobart, AUSTRALIA   //576 with woman interviewing man at 
1248

612 4QR Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Games coverage at 1250

675	2CO	Corowa, AUSTRALIA	Presumed the one here, Very weak, but 
definitely traces of Commonwealth Games coverage at 1245


684 2KP Kempsey, AUSTRALIA   Commonwealth Games coverage at 1245

702 2BL Sydney, AUSTRALIA   Games coverage at 1254

774 3LO Melbourne, AUSTRALIAGames coverage at 1250

10264MK Mackay, AUSTRALIA   Pop music at 1242, nearly at 4BC levels.

11164BC Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Regular talk program at 1242.

1512	unID	Traces of talk at 1252.	Very likely 2RN in Newcastle, but 
didn't have a good // at that moment.


15484QD Emerald, AUSTRALIA  Two men with Games coverage at 1254

1611	Vision	synchros, AUSTRALIA  Tentatively the one with woman talking 
(as it sounded very similar to programing I've heard before), but didn't 
bother checking.


Also did some overnight recording for the first time in a while.  Only 
had DU carriers, other than faint traces of man and woman talking on 621 
at 0802.  Perhaps Tuvalu?   Since KOJM's IBOC has been off (hurray!!) 
621 has become listenable.



73,

Nigel Pimblett
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Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-9

[Theo]

Tony:

You're showing your vintage by referring to "The National Programme". 
That's so "1964", when it wuz launched.  Are you the letter-writer to 
the newspaper in Wellington who listens still to 2YA?!


It's long since morphed to the current "R-N-Z National"... not even 
Radio New Zealand National... let alone National Radio, either.  


Kia ora.. . or kia orana as a nod to Gary on Aitutaki.

Theo

On 10/04/2018 3:34 PM, TONY WARD wrote:

Norfolk Island on 1566 carries the National Programme overnight. I managed it 
from my brother’s cottage on Waiheke Is. (Auckland harbour) while there 2 
years ago


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Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-10

[Guy Atkins]

​Hi Gary,

​You're obviously having a blast there on Aitutaki, and getting blasted by
wind, too!

When Rochelle and I went to the Cook Islands, it was also during the 2nd
week of April. We encountered crazy weather too but without the high
winds...just moderately windy. We'd have torrential downpours for a few
minutes, then a parting of the clouds and the blazing sun would cause
billowing steam to rise from the streets and taro fields. After a while
we'd be seeking shade, and happy when the cloud cover reconvened. This
cycle repeated over and over every few hours, and for each day of our trip.

I only wish we had sought out Aitutaki as you have; we stayed on Rarotonga
the entire time.

BTW, have you logged Niue yet? I tried every day and evening to hear them
but without success.

Kia Orana,

Guy

​

>
> From: Gary DeBock 
> To: Volodya S , "America, Mailing" <
> irca@hard-core-dx.com>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 02:34:59 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-9
> Kia Orana, Walt!
>
>
> Yes, I heard the cyclone update on Tony Ward's 990-Fiji Gold at 0855
> tonight-- pretty scary. We are getting pounded by heavy rain and wind every
> day here in Aitutaki, but they say that this is normal here for early
> April.  Fortunately the DU propagation has been so phenomenal that even a
> 7.5" loopstick Ultralight provides huge signals on almost every target
> station, even without the 5" TSA-friendly FSL. Stay safe!
>
>
> Gary
>
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Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-9

[TONY WARD]

Norfolk Island on 1566 carries the National Programme overnight. I managed it 
from my brother’s cottage on Waiheke Is. (Auckland harbour) while there 2 years 
ago (Perseus/mini-whip, cliff-top takeoff)  and have noted it fair from the 
Russell KiwiSDR a number of times. A good target for Volodya and a toughie for 
you Gary. It may be 100w now — back in the day I never heard it in the 60’s 
from Whangaparaoa with Lloyd Clayden’s great antenna farm, but it didn’t come 
on the air till 8am. A classic bucket-case capture indeed. Island relays are 
fun. I have an image taken at Nuie in 1980 or so. The local announcer on the 
then 540 AM 250w station was finishing the live morning program at 9am, and 
fiddling with a boom box. At 9am she closed, turned up the volume on the boom 
box tuned to RNZI on 16m SW, and shoved her microphone at the Boom Box, and 
that was the days entertainment for Nuie. She flashed me the most amazing grin 
through the studio window…Magic memories! Ron ZL1AMO and I made 26,500 contacts 
in 20 days operating from Nuie, Tonga and Western Samoa, but that’s another 
story (and life) altogether….The TH33Jr tri-band beam was harder to transport 
than the Ferrite wonders for certain.Have fun out there guys. Sorry you had to 
skip the Russell stop Volodya!

Tony Ward (VE3NO/ZL1AZV)
http://www.nyaa.ca
tonyw...@rogers.com 

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> On Apr 10, 2018, at 16:27, Volodya S  wrote:
> 
> Interesting that it’s Kia Ora in New Zealand, but not surprising as the
> Maori from New Zealand came from your region 700 or so years ago!  We had a
> wicked night.  Our balcony is on the 7th deck, but we were still pummelled
> with salt spray and crazy rolling, and ship shuddering all night long.  The
> decks have been closed for 36 hours now, but it seems the worst is behind
> us.  I actually felt queasy last night and took a Meclazine tab.  Fine
> today, though.  I noticed the bands much improved this morning now that
> we’re no longer in the shadow of NZ.  Noise floor looked good, too.
> Haven’t made much headway.  Was hoping for Norfolk Island on 1566, but so
> far it’s always 3NE.  Man that station gets out. I’d love to see their
> setup.  Has to be something special. It’s often the strongest station on
> the band, and only 5 kW!  Time for breakfast!  Kia Ora!  Walt
> 
> On Tuesday, April 10, 2018, Gary DeBock  > wrote:
> 
>> Kia Orana, Walt!
>> 
>> 
>> Yes, I heard the cyclone update on Tony Ward's 990-Fiji Gold at 0855
>> tonight-- pretty scary. We are getting pounded by heavy rain and wind every
>> day here in Aitutaki, but they say that this is normal here for early
>> April.  Fortunately the DU propagation has been so phenomenal that even a
>> 7.5" loopstick Ultralight provides huge signals on almost every target
>> station, even without the 5" TSA-friendly FSL. Stay safe!
>> 
>> 
>> Gary
>> 
>> 
>> On April 10, 2018 at 2:14 AM Volodya S  wrote:
>> 
>> Gary, I was going to ask about RCI, too.  Perhaps ZB is temporary with the
>> cyclone.  We’re NW of New Zealand and encountering near hurricane force
>> winds.  With all the movement of my ALA 100 loop, there is an introduction
>> of a noise, making DXing more difficult.  So far, no sign of RCI from

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Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-9

[Volodya S]

Interesting that it’s Kia Ora in New Zealand, but not surprising as the
Maori from New Zealand came from your region 700 or so years ago!  We had a
wicked night.  Our balcony is on the 7th deck, but we were still pummelled
with salt spray and crazy rolling, and ship shuddering all night long.  The
decks have been closed for 36 hours now, but it seems the worst is behind
us.  I actually felt queasy last night and took a Meclazine tab.  Fine
today, though.  I noticed the bands much improved this morning now that
we’re no longer in the shadow of NZ.  Noise floor looked good, too.
Haven’t made much headway.  Was hoping for Norfolk Island on 1566, but so
far it’s always 3NE.  Man that station gets out. I’d love to see their
setup.  Has to be something special. It’s often the strongest station on
the band, and only 5 kW!  Time for breakfast!  Kia Ora!  Walt

On Tuesday, April 10, 2018, Gary DeBock  wrote:

> Kia Orana, Walt!
>
>
> Yes, I heard the cyclone update on Tony Ward's 990-Fiji Gold at 0855
> tonight-- pretty scary. We are getting pounded by heavy rain and wind every
> day here in Aitutaki, but they say that this is normal here for early
> April.  Fortunately the DU propagation has been so phenomenal that even a
> 7.5" loopstick Ultralight provides huge signals on almost every target
> station, even without the 5" TSA-friendly FSL. Stay safe!
>
>
> Gary
>
>
> On April 10, 2018 at 2:14 AM Volodya S  wrote:
>
> Gary, I was going to ask about RCI, too.  Perhaps ZB is temporary with the
> cyclone.  We’re NW of New Zealand and encountering near hurricane force
> winds.  With all the movement of my ALA 100 loop, there is an introduction
> of a noise, making DXing more difficult.  So far, no sign of RCI from
> here.  I, too, remember the expensive cost of internet there.  We paid
> NZ$10 for a measly 50 Mb.  Ouch!  Proves to me, there’s still a place for
> radio!  73, Walt
>
> On Tuesday, April 10, 2018, Gary DeBock  wrote:
>
> Thanks Bruce, I'll give both of them a try.
>
> 630-Cook Islands doesn't sign off at local midnight any more; it abruptly
> switches to a Newstalk ZB feed at 2358 local time (0958 UTC). It apparently
> runs the Newstalk ZB programming all night long, then resumes its local
> programming around 0600 local time (1600 UTC). Unfortunately the Internet
> is so slow on this island (and they nail you so many $$ to use it) that I
> can't post an MP3 of it currently.
>
> Gary
>
> > On April 9, 2018 at 8:41 PM Bruce Portzer  wrote:
> >
> >
> > Way to go, Gary.
> >
> > Nice going on 6DL.  Maybe Indonesia and Philippines are next? They're
> > not that much different from Western Australia in terms of bearing and
> > distance.
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> > On 4/9/2018 11:57, Gary DeBock wrote:
> > > The rain and wind were pounding the ocean beach this morning but a
> ruggedly-built 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB model once again provided all
> the sunrise DXing excitement that anyone could hope for. Ocean-boosted
> propagation right next to the surf brought in a lot of weird stuff that
> normally would seem unlikely on a hand-held portable.
> > >
> > >
> > > 531-6DL was probably the star of the session, shutting down the usual
> More FM/ PI snarl from the "Mother Country" around 1625. The Kiwis were
> once again pounding in during most of the session, with even the extremely
> rare 585-Radio Ngati Porou making an appearance // 603 at 1612. With
> 540-2AP not yet signing on Rhema in NZ was ruling the roost, and the Kiwi
> Radio Sport relays on 774 and 792 were sending the Aussies to the showers..
> 936 was all ABC, though, with the awesome Sunset Skip signal from
> 936-Chinese Voice long gone. Despite repeated attempts to track down
> anything north of the Equator only 972-HLCA managed to show up-- and it
> have a pretty potent signal at 1630. Not a single Japanese, North Korean or
> Chinese signal, though. Go figure!
> > >
> > >
> > > 73 and Good DX,
>
>
>
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[IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight TP's for 4-10

[Gary DeBock]

Wind and surf were finally calm enough to deploy the 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" 
FSL antenna on its new PVC base (about 1m/ 39 inches high) on the ocean edge 
next to my motel here in Aitutaki. During a sunrise session a watch was kept on 
several "exotic" frequencies such as 594, 693, 909, 918, 1377 and 1566. In 
general the ANZ regulars on these frequencies were highly reluctant to allow 
any exotic competition from 1600-1700 UTC, with the notable exception of 693 
just prior to the 1700 TOH.

Although 693 had an S9 mix of Radio Sport and an Oz station at 1600 the 
Yankee-accented Kiwi station bailed around 1630, leaving the commercial OZ 
station at an S9 level on the frequency. A new exotic music co-channel with 
apparent foreign language showed up around 1645, and reached S9 peaks along 
with the Oz station just prior to the 1700 TOH. Unfortunately the other 
frequencies were unproductive, although 909 and 1377 both had CNR stations at 
S9+ levels. Wild!


73 and Good DX,

Gary DeBock (DXing in Aitutaki, Cook Islands)

7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB model +

5" TSA-friendly FSL antenna
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Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-10

[Chuck Hutton]

As it is just getting to twilight at 1000 in mainland Asia, maybe a later check 
will get some Asians.


Chuck


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To: America, Mailing
Subject: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-10

Another sunset skip session brought in almost any desired Kiwi station, with 
the low-powered signals on 549 (Trackside), 828 and 936 all making extended S9 
runs from 0900-1000. Tony Ward's 990-Fiji Gold was testing the crunch 
resistance of my Ultralight, while the Pacific Island DU's on 630, 846, 1017 
and 1098 all had S9 co-channels from A/NZ in their nulls. All the Magic 
stations on 702-738-891 were easy parallels, while the same was true of the NZB 
stations on 1008-1017-1026-1035-1044-1053. For some reason the Kiwi stations 
are kicking the Aussie stations all across the band, even after sunset in NZ is 
long over. There is zero propagation to Asia during this period-- a drastic 
change from December in Kona. Lots of overwhelming MP3 links to post, if only 
the ultra-slow Cook Island "Blue Sky" Internet  system would cooperate. The 
going joke among both Kiwi and Yankee tourists is that Aitutaki is the ideal 
place to reconnect with your partner-- since Facebook is so slow that n
 obody tries to use it as a substitute for real communication.


Gary DeBock (DXing in Aitutaki, Cook Islands)

7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight


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Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-10

[R. Colin Newell]

Priceless! E-Mail of the day!

*"Aitutaki is the ideal place to reconnect with your partner-- since
> Facebook is so slow that *



> *nobody tries to use it as a substitute for real communication."*
>



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Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-9

[Gary DeBock]

Kia Orana, Walt!


Yes, I heard the cyclone update on Tony Ward's 990-Fiji Gold at 0855 tonight-- 
pretty scary. We are getting pounded by heavy rain and wind every day here in 
Aitutaki, but they say that this is normal here for early April.  Fortunately 
the DU propagation has been so phenomenal that even a 7.5" loopstick Ultralight 
provides huge signals on almost every target station, even without the 5" 
TSA-friendly FSL. Stay safe!


Gary


> On April 10, 2018 at 2:14 AM Volodya S  wrote:
> 
> Gary, I was going to ask about RCI, too.  Perhaps ZB is temporary with 
> the cyclone.  We’re NW of New Zealand and encountering near hurricane force 
> winds.  With all the movement of my ALA 100 loop, there is an introduction of 
> a noise, making DXing more difficult.  So far, no sign of RCI from here.  I, 
> too, remember the expensive cost of internet there.  We paid NZ$10 for a 
> measly 50 Mb.  Ouch!  Proves to me, there’s still a place for radio!  73, 
> Walt 
> 
> On Tuesday, April 10, 2018, Gary DeBock  mailto:d1028g...@comcast.net > wrote:
> 
> > > Thanks Bruce, I'll give both of them a try.
> > 
> > 630-Cook Islands doesn't sign off at local midnight any more; it 
> > abruptly switches to a Newstalk ZB feed at 2358 local time (0958 UTC). It 
> > apparently runs the Newstalk ZB programming all night long, then resumes 
> > its local programming around 0600 local time (1600 UTC). Unfortunately the 
> > Internet is so slow on this island (and they nail you so many $$ to use it) 
> > that I can't post an MP3 of it currently.
> > 
> > Gary
> > 
> > > On April 9, 2018 at 8:41 PM Bruce Portzer  > mailto:bport...@comcast.net > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Way to go, Gary.
> > >
> > > Nice going on 6DL.  Maybe Indonesia and Philippines are next? 
> > They're
> > > not that much different from Western Australia in terms of 
> > bearing and
> > > distance.
> > >
> > > Bruce
> > >
> > > On 4/9/2018 11:57, Gary DeBock wrote:
> > > > The rain and wind were pounding the ocean beach this morning 
> > but a ruggedly-built 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB model once again 
> > provided all the sunrise DXing excitement that anyone could hope for. 
> > Ocean-boosted propagation right next to the surf brought in a lot of weird 
> > stuff that normally would seem unlikely on a hand-held portable.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 531-6DL was probably the star of the session, shutting down the 
> > usual More FM/ PI snarl from the "Mother Country" around 1625. The Kiwis 
> > were once again pounding in during most of the session, with even the 
> > extremely rare 585-Radio Ngati Porou making an appearance // 603 at 1612. 
> > With 540-2AP not yet signing on Rhema in NZ was ruling the roost, and the 
> > Kiwi Radio Sport relays on 774 and 792 were sending the Aussies to the 
> > showers. 936 was all ABC, though, with the awesome Sunset Skip signal from 
> > 936-Chinese Voice long gone. Despite repeated attempts to track down 
> > anything north of the Equator only 972-HLCA managed to show up-- and it 
> > have a pretty potent signal at 1630. Not a single Japanese, North Korean or 
> > Chinese signal, though. Go figure!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 73 and Good DX,
> > > >
> > > > Gary DeBock (DXing in Aitutaki, Cook Islands)
> > > >
> > > > 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight
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[IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-10

[Gary DeBock]

Another sunset skip session brought in almost any desired Kiwi station, with 
the low-powered signals on 549 (Trackside), 828 and 936 all making extended S9 
runs from 0900-1000. Tony Ward's 990-Fiji Gold was testing the crunch 
resistance of my Ultralight, while the Pacific Island DU's on 630, 846, 1017 
and 1098 all had S9 co-channels from A/NZ in their nulls. All the Magic 
stations on 702-738-891 were easy parallels, while the same was true of the NZB 
stations on 1008-1017-1026-1035-1044-1053. For some reason the Kiwi stations 
are kicking the Aussie stations all across the band, even after sunset in NZ is 
long over. There is zero propagation to Asia during this period-- a drastic 
change from December in Kona. Lots of overwhelming MP3 links to post, if only 
the ultra-slow Cook Island "Blue Sky" Internet  system would cooperate. The 
going joke among both Kiwi and Yankee tourists is that Aitutaki is the ideal 
place to reconnect with your partner-- since Facebook is so slow that n
 obody tries to use it as a substitute for real communication.


Gary DeBock (DXing in Aitutaki, Cook Islands)

7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight

 
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Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-9

[Volodya S]

Gary, I was going to ask about RCI, too.  Perhaps ZB is temporary with the
cyclone.  We’re NW of New Zealand and encountering near hurricane force
winds.  With all the movement of my ALA 100 loop, there is an introduction
of a noise, making DXing more difficult.  So far, no sign of RCI from
here.  I, too, remember the expensive cost of internet there.  We paid
NZ$10 for a measly 50 Mb.  Ouch!  Proves to me, there’s still a place for
radio!  73, Walt

On Tuesday, April 10, 2018, Gary DeBock  wrote:

> Thanks Bruce, I'll give both of them a try.
>
> 630-Cook Islands doesn't sign off at local midnight any more; it abruptly
> switches to a Newstalk ZB feed at 2358 local time (0958 UTC). It apparently
> runs the Newstalk ZB programming all night long, then resumes its local
> programming around 0600 local time (1600 UTC). Unfortunately the Internet
> is so slow on this island (and they nail you so many $$ to use it) that I
> can't post an MP3 of it currently.
>
> Gary
>
> > On April 9, 2018 at 8:41 PM Bruce Portzer  wrote:
> >
> >
> > Way to go, Gary.
> >
> > Nice going on 6DL.  Maybe Indonesia and Philippines are next? They're
> > not that much different from Western Australia in terms of bearing and
> > distance.
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> > On 4/9/2018 11:57, Gary DeBock wrote:
> > > The rain and wind were pounding the ocean beach this morning but a
> ruggedly-built 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB model once again provided all
> the sunrise DXing excitement that anyone could hope for. Ocean-boosted
> propagation right next to the surf brought in a lot of weird stuff that
> normally would seem unlikely on a hand-held portable.
> > >
> > >
> > > 531-6DL was probably the star of the session, shutting down the usual
> More FM/ PI snarl from the "Mother Country" around 1625. The Kiwis were
> once again pounding in during most of the session, with even the extremely
> rare 585-Radio Ngati Porou making an appearance // 603 at 1612. With
> 540-2AP not yet signing on Rhema in NZ was ruling the roost, and the Kiwi
> Radio Sport relays on 774 and 792 were sending the Aussies to the showers..
> 936 was all ABC, though, with the awesome Sunset Skip signal from
> 936-Chinese Voice long gone. Despite repeated attempts to track down
> anything north of the Equator only 972-HLCA managed to show up-- and it
> have a pretty potent signal at 1630. Not a single Japanese, North Korean or
> Chinese signal, though. Go figure!
> > >
> > >
> > > 73 and Good DX,
> > >
> > > Gary DeBock (DXing in Aitutaki, Cook Islands)
> > >
> > > 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight
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