[IRCA] Frequent Flyer FSL's Keep Perfect TSA Record

[d1028gary]

A 5 inch bar FSL model breezed through the TSA screening inspection easily this 
morning at the SeaTac airport en route to Kona, Hawaii, marking the 11th time 
(out of 11) that the antennas have routinely made it through TSA checkpoints. 
Ready to track down some exciting DU-DX at close range!   73, Gary DeBock


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Re: [IRCA] Sangean DT-400W Digital AM/FM Pocket Radio Weather Alert Yellow/Gray

[d1028gary]

Todd (and Colin), 

The Sangean DT-400W was one of the five Ultralight models extensively reviewed 
in the 2015 Ultralight Radio Shootout Review (posted at 
https://swling.com/blog/2015/03/gary-debocks-2015-ultralight-radio-shootout-review/
 

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 




- Original Message -

From: "R. Colin Newell"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2017 7:31:15 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Sangean DT-400W Digital AM/FM Pocket Radio Weather Alert 
Yellow/Gray 

I have one - use it for testing sound systems at the local University using it 
as an FM radio source. 

Not for DXing. 

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - 

> On Dec 10, 2017, at 7:28 PM, Forrester S  wrote: 
> 
> Ok good to know...I will pass on it. Thanks Colin. 
> 
> On Dec 10, 2017 9:27 PM, "R. Colin Newell"  wrote: 
> 
> 
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Re: [IRCA] First Thoughts on the Skywave SSB Portable

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Hi Guy, 

Thanks for posting your initial impressions on the CC Skywave SSB model, and 
I'm happy that the new radio is meeting your expectations. 

<<< On weak daytime signals its almost as good as the 909X and Satellit Exec 
but falls behind on the weakest of the MW signals... that's expected due to 
the bigger ferrite in the bigger radios. >>> 

Yes, this is the primary reason why I'm about to violate C.Crane's warranty by 
transplanting 7.5" loopsticks into a couple of these Skywave SSB models (I 
wonder how many DXers would be eager to do this on a $169.99 radio?). 

<<< 
However the SSB modes in the new Skywave are a really good addition for 
tight signal situations! For instance, there's a fairly low power (4.5 kw) 
Milwaukie, Oregon station just 10 kHz up from powerhouse KOMO 1000, and the 
Skywave can hear it when using USB...indoors and in the daytime. Not only 
that, using LSB I can easily hear a 5 kw Dalles, Oregon outlet on 1440, 
just 10 kHz away from my strongest local KSUH 1450 (1 Kw omni-directional, 
Korean lang., 1.4 miles away). I'm *very* impressed with what this little 
handful has accomplished in the short time I've had the radio. >>> 

Thanks for your detailed daytime DXing observations. Once there is adequate 
time here I also plan to investigate all of the new SSB Skywave capabilities, 
using the basic CC Skywave review (in the 2015 Ultralight Radio Shootout) as a 
benchmark. 

As you may recall, though, our mutual good friend John Bryant was pretty 
insistent that SSB capability should be a disqualifying factor for "official" 
Ultralight radio classification-- a guideline that has been in place for over 9 
years now. As such, my own personal interest in this model is in using it as a 
possible replacement for the ICF-2010 SSB "spotting receivers" that are used to 
track TP and DU-DX carrier strength during ocean cliff DXpeditions. Keeping 
track of transoceanic DX carrier strength gives you a very accurate, timely 
impression of propagation changes from minute to minute. For a live DXer hoping 
to maximize the limited, intense propagation openings around sunrise, this 
information is critical. 

Unfortunately, the hot-rodded ICF-2010 models are a little too big and bulky to 
take along on the "Frequent Flyer" DXpeditions to places like Kona, Hawaii 
(next week) or the Cook Islands (in April). If the compact new Skywave SSB 
models can perform this transoceanic carrier "tracking" function, though, they 
would dramatically boost the overall effectiveness of the "Frequent Flyer" 
DXpeditions. With a follow-up trip to Kona planned for next week, this aspect 
of the new Skywave SSB model should be fully investigated. Knowing which DU 
carriers are performing well at any given moment makes it much easier to choose 
MP3 recording targets! 

73, Gary (in the Mount Rainier Lahar Valley) 



- Original Message -

From: "Guy Atkins"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Saturday, December 9, 2017 1:49:41 PM 
Subject: [IRCA] First Thoughts on the Skywave SSB Portable 

I received my *Skywave SSB* yesterday... it's a nice unit! The packaging 
and accessories make a good impression too. I like it better than the 
original Skywave for sure. 

On weak daytime signals its almost as good as the 909X and Satellit Exec 
but falls behind on the weakest of the MW signals... that's expected due to 
the bigger ferrite in the bigger radios. 

However the SSB modes in the new Skywave are a really good addition for 
tight signal situations! For instance, there's a fairly low power (4.5 kw) 
Milwaukie, Oregon station just 10 kHz up from powerhouse KOMO 1000, and the 
Skywave can hear it when using USB...indoors and in the daytime. Not only 
that, using LSB I can easily hear a 5 kw Dalles, Oregon outlet on 1440, 
just 10 kHz away from my strongest local KSUH 1450 (1 Kw omni-directional, 
Korean lang., 1.4 miles away). I'm *very* impressed with what this little 
handful has accomplished in the short time I've had the radio. 

This radio should do well at the coast with receiving some TPs and DUs when 
using LSB/USB, especially with a coupled loop. 

FM is of course superb on the Skywave SSB, just like on similar 
SiLabs-chipped receivers. The weather channels are good to have too, and I 
read in the manual that the radio can even be set to receive weather ALERT 
broadcasts such as when severe thunderstorms or tornadoes are approaching. 

The radio's build quality is just fine for the price. I like the new gray 
color, and I don't mind the "Speak & Spell" toy speaker shape once I saw 
the radio in person (I admit it--I'm a designer and the looks of a radio 
are more important to me than to many DXers). The Skywave SSB's build 
quality is pretty good too. 

The radio seems sensitive enough (MW & HF) and I haven't noticed any 
abnormal amount of digital noises. Like many radio hobbyists, my own home 
has enough buzzes and 

Re: [IRCA] 846 kHz Radio Kiribati 0715 utc Japan 774 & 828 0740 utc

[d1028gary]

Hi Dennis, 

846-Kiribati managed some audio here on the night of Colin's video, but despite 
the apparent power of the rejuvenated station, semi-local 850-KHHO makes it a 
pretty challenging catch here. 

For those who are curious about Radio Kiribati's programming, it was a major 
target during the April (2017) Kona, Hawaii DXpedition, and many recordings 
were made on its 1440 frequency. The following information and MP3 links are 
copied and pasted from that report, 

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 

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1440 Radio Kiribati Bairiki, Kiribati Because of its domestic frequency this 
obscure station is another of the toughest Pacific island stations (and 
countries) to receive on the Mainland, but some very helpful identity clues 
were discovered in Kona (where the station is a breeze to hear). The station 
routinely signs off at 0936 UTC each evening, with a very loud 1000 Hz audio 
tone right before it cuts power. The sign off routine includes station ID's in 
both the local language and English around 0932 prior to the choral music 
national anthem, although because of her heavy accent the fact that the female 
announcer is talking in English might well go unnoticed. The full sign off 
routine is included in the following MP3, preceded by an Island music number 
(during which a 1440 Spanish pest attempts a run on the frequency, only to be 
immediately drowned out) 

https://app.box.com/s/s9sgwesnmi3ljjf1fkuhlsb08st7ty5y 

The station uses a distinctive 4-bong time signal on the half hour, as in this 
recording made at 0929 UTC (at the 35 second point). 

https://app.box.com/s/ks6n49yjreqdykdu2am76jl7qqj9mvyu The American country 
music format can be heard prior to the 4-bong time signal. 

Prior to the sign off routine this station also uses its female announcer to 
give a final news update (like 621-Tuvalu). This recording is of such a news 
update at 0925 on 4-11, with several mentions made of the American president 

https://app.box.com/s/a1zx6jelrvhguyzjfy6b5dgwlfjfceij 

This station plays a lot of American country music (of all formats). Here is 
typical programming at 0912 on 4-11 

https://app.box.com/s/fdtbl3tk01yz7u2y5lb7xyaaauc33km8 


- Original Message -

From: "Dennis Vroom via IRCA"  
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Cc: "Dennis Vroom"  
Sent: Sunday, December 3, 2017 11:44:55 PM 
Subject: [IRCA] 846 kHz Radio Kiribati 0715 utc Japan 774 & 828 0740 utc 

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[IRCA] Weak Audio From 846-Kiribati

[d1028gary]

The rejuvenated 846-Kiribati is managing a decent carrier and some anemic audio 
even through local KHHO slop in this DU-dead zone. It must be a powerful 
transmitter! Colin's video of the 846 weather report has the same lady 
announcer (and accent) as the 1440-Kiribati sign off MP3 recorded in Kona, 
Hawaii. 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
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Re: [IRCA] 846 pacific mystery- audio

[d1028gary]

Colin, 

I recognize the lady announcer's voice. It is the same lady (with the same 
accent in English) as the sign off announcer on 1440-Kiribati in this sign off 
MP3 recorded in Kona, Hawaii at 0929 UTC on April 11th of this year 

https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/s9sgwesnmi3ljjf1fkuhlsb08st7ty5y 

Gary 



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From: "R. Colin Newell"  
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Sent: Friday, December 1, 2017 11:08:28 PM 
Subject: [IRCA] 846 pacific mystery- audio 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0ajTyt8cfA 

Super long weather forecast in English... 

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - 
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Re: [IRCA] 846

[d1028gary]

This was the 1440-Kiribati sign off routine at 0929 UTC on April 11th of this 
year, as recorded in Kona, Hawaii. The station has a distinctive 1000 Hz tone 
at the end of transmission around 0936, which cuts through QRM like a DXer's 
dream. This recording helped a DXer in Japan ID the station for the first time. 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/s9sgwesnmi3ljjf1fkuhlsb08st7ty5y 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
7.5 inch loopstick CC Skywave + 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL on the ocean-facing 
4th floor of the Royal Kona Resort 



- Original Message -

From: "Nick Hall-Patch"  
To: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." , "Mailing list for the 
International Radio Club of America"  
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 12:41:12 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 846 

I thought that they moved from 846 to 1440 several years ago? 


At 19:20 2017-11-30, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: 
>How long has Kiribati been off 846? I never knew they left it. 
> 
>Kiribati does 1 hour a day in English playing 
>country music, and then the rest of their day is 
>their mother younger... it sounds a bit Asian to my ears 
> 
>I have some locally made englis language airchecks of Radio Kiribati 
> 
>Paul 
> 
>On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 2:18 PM R. Colin Newell 
><coffeecan...@gmail.com> wrote: 
>Going out on a limb here and suggesting Kiribati on 846 khz - 
>reactivated... 
> 
>On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Nick 
>Hall-Patch <n...@ieee.org> wrote: 
> 
> > 
> > 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Anyone know who might be of 846kHz this evening, between 0500-0535UT? 
> >> 
> >> It seems to be a couple of Hertz below nominal, and on peaks, delivers a 
> >> woman talking, sounding vaguely French.  Better on the west facing Flag 
> >> than the north facing one, and the terminator is still out in the Pacific 
> >> Ocean, so possibly something new on the islands?  Or? 
> >> 
> >> best wishes, 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Nick 
> >> 
> >> Nick Hall-Patch 
> >> Victoria, BC 
> >> Canada 
> >> 
> > 
> > Nick Hall-Patch 
> > Victoria, BC 
> > Canada 
> > 
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> > 
> 
> 
>-- 
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[IRCA] Rockwork File Review-- 558-7BU I.D.

[d1028gary]

It's weird how you can listen to a DX station recording 10 times and not hear 
any ID, but on the 11th time it suddenly jumps out at you. This recording of 
classic rock ("So Lonely" by the Police) from 558-7BU (2 kW is Tasmania, 
Australia) was made around 1304 on August 9th at the Rockwork 4 cliff, but 
after listening to the jumble after the end of the song about 5 times I wrote 
it off as undecipherable. Even after Todd Emslie of Australia said that he 
heard a muffled 7BU ID by a male voice I still couldn't dig it out. After 
wrapping up my own file review and hearing DXpedition partner Tom R.'s 558-7BU 
MP3 with a clear ID at 1300 on 8-4 (when my own FSL antennas were not on the 
558 frequency), I decided to give it another try. 558-Fiji was smothering the 
frequency for most of the morning of August 9 at the cliff, and the classic 
rock station could barely get in a few songs edgewise. 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/8kkdih6ws4wx5fv73usae0f40p2z2pjr 

Well, the recording's muffled "...oldies, 7BU" in the male voice at 1:07 
suddenly wasn't hiding in the noise anymore. Todd was right.. I could finally 
dig it out! This reminds me of a very strong DX recording on 531 made during 
the August 2012 Rockwork 4 DXpedition that I puzzled over for 4 years. The 
modern rock format didn't match anything I had ever heard on 531, but the 
station was pounding in at an S9 level. In between songs at :53 a female voice 
said something weird, but I couldn't decipher it. Paul Walker took one listen 
of the MP3 and immediately pronounced it as "More FM." Paul was right-- this 
2012 MP3 was apparently the first reception of the very rare 2 kW Kiwi station 
on the west coast-- at an S9 level. 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/9juolp6ocfgelchbizmhqzrn0nqk5b55 

73 and Good DX, 
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Re: [IRCA] Greetings from Florence

[d1028gary]

Hi Michael, 

<<< So the next steps are going to be to review all the literature on FSL 
construction, decide how big I want to go, and start assembling 
materials. I dont know if Guy Atkins ever published anything on making 
the FSL broadband, but if he did could someone send me a link? And if 
anyone has one for sale, please let me know as well! 

Thanks very much everyone, I'll let you know as things progress. I might 
be able to help a bit on TA identification once I get going since I will 
be closer to the source as well! >>> 

Guy and I did some Broadband FSL experimentation back in 2013, but at least 
from my perspective (after having been pretty much spoiled by the tuned FSL's 
high-Q performance advantage) the results seemed pretty dismal. I turned over 
all my broadband FSL material to Guy at that time. 

On the other hand there have been a lot of performance improvements to the 
standard (single-optimized-frequency) FSL antennas, including compact travel 
models designed to fit inside hand-carry luggage. These FSL's can greatly boost 
up the DXing performance of any portable radio with a loopstick (including the 
Tecsun PL-660 and others), but they do require manual tuning to match their 
frequencies with those of the radio. 

If one of these "Frequent Flyer" tuned FSL's would help you out in your current 
situation, Michael, I would be very happy to provide you with one free of 
charge. 

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 



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From: "Michael Yule"  
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com 
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 8:07:41 AM 
Subject: [IRCA] Greetings from Florence 

Hi everyone - as some of you saw about 4 months ago, my wife and I moved 
to Florence Italy, which explains the complete absence of loggings from 
me ever since. We spent the first 3 months in a tourist apartment while 
we looked for a permanent home, and we found one and moved in thereat 
the beginning of November. Now we are getting settled, and have some 
furniture etc I have been assessing DX possibilities from this location 
and will be unpacking the ELAD and trying to get a sense of RFI levels. 
We live on the third floor of a 4 floor 15th century palazzo in the 
Oltrarno district (the 'left bank' of the Arno, so to speak) so I 
shouldnt really have to contend too much with rebar faraday cages, but I 
do look into an interior courtyard on the balcony, with no real clear 
view outward - one story of the building completely surrounds my 
location, about 25 metres away. The balcony is the full length of the 
apartment, but is very narrow. 

It is quite likely that I will find a fair degree of RFI once I get 
things set up, and that I will want to go out on mini-dxpeditions into 
the Tuscan countryside (which starts about a 20 minute bus ride away), 
so I am thinking I will want to do as portable a setup as I can. So this 
is leading me to believe that what I should do is build (or buy, if 
possible!) a broadband FSL and be sort of a mini-European Gary DeBock. 
This will give me the portability I want, and also make it so I dont 
have to try and erect an antenna either inside (at which thought I 
shudder, having just come from the realm of the fantastic DKAZ...) or 
navigate any potential problems with neighbours or the buildings owner 
when trying to erect one outside on or around the balcony. Just as an 
aside, the place I live was, as I say, built in the 15th century by the 
Frescobaldi family and it is still owned by them, the current Marchese 
(Marquis) living on the floor above me. 

So the next steps are going to be to review all the literature on FSL 
construction, decide how big I want to go, and start assembling 
materials. I dont know if Guy Atkins ever published anything on making 
the FSL broadband, but if he did could someone send me a link? And if 
anyone has one for sale, please let me know as well! 

Thanks very much everyone, I'll let you know as things progress. I might 
be able to help a bit on TA identification once I get going since I will 
be closer to the source as well! 

Kind regards, 

Michael Yule 
Firenze, Italia 
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Re: [IRCA] Congratulations to DXpedition Partner Tom R.

[d1028gary]

Hi Bill, 

<<< Thanks for this news Gary and congrats to Tom! Someone has finally found 
the secret to wide-band recorded DX at Rockworks. Maybe more of us will come 
now?! >>> 

Of course, we would be thrilled to welcome more transoceanic DXers to the wild 
ocean cliff site. It would help those of us who have become hooked on DU-DXing 
at the place to feel halfway normal. 

<<< Not to take anything away from this awesome achievement, but in fairness to 
Grayland - when there was one - I show 64 NZ stations heard from there during 
my July 2014 DXpedition: 

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland10.php 
… but who’s counting? >>> 

Yikes-- sorry, Bill. I was going by Chuck's accounting after our Rockwork 4 
DXpedition the same month as yours (July 2014), during which he tracked down 87 
Kiwis at the site. I was able to track down one more (on 585) that wasn't on 
his list. He mentioned that his previous Grayland record for NZ reception was 
62 Kiwi stations (with the July 2014 file posted at 
http://www.mediafire.com/file/gpjd7rge4dt2kof/July_2014_Rockwork_4_Ocean_Cliff_DU_%28DeBock_%26_Hutton%29.doc
 

In any case, congratulations to you for holding the NZ reception record at 
Grayland, and to Tom for equaling it at Rockwork 4. 

Gary 




- Original Message -

From: "Bill Whitacre"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 5:24:56 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Congratulations to DXpedition Partner Tom R. 

Thanks for this news Gary and congrats to Tom! Someone has finally found the 
secret to wide-band recorded DX at Rockworks. Maybe more of us will come now?! 

Not to take anything away from this awesome achievement, but in fairness to 
Grayland - when there was one - I show 64 NZ stations heard from there during 
my July 2014 DXpedition: 

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland10.php 

… but who’s counting? 

Seems to me even tying a record held by Grayland is quite an achievement. 

Bill Whitacre 
Alexandria, VA … just back from one coast and longing for another. 

— 

> On Nov 22, 2017, at 2:58 AM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: 
> 
> During exceptional propagation my August Rockwork 4 DXpedition partner Tom 
> Rothlisberger was able to record a bonanza, including 64 New Zealand MW 
> stations (once again surpassing the all-time Grayland record), 35 from 
> Australia (including such obscurities as 531-6DL, 558-6WA, 558-7BU and 
> 1161-7FG) as well as the huge signal from 558-Radio Fiji One, for a total of 
> 100 DU stations on MW. In addition he also came away with multiple Longwave 
> NDB and DGPS stations from the South Pacific, including several that had 
> never been reported from North America. Congratulations, Tom-- you have 
> turned into an exceptional "Cliffhanger DXer!" 
> http://www.qsl.net/k7wv/RockworkDX4.htm 
> 
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[IRCA] Congratulations to DXpedition Partner Tom R.

[d1028gary]

During exceptional propagation my August Rockwork 4 DXpedition partner Tom 
Rothlisberger was able to record a bonanza, including 64 New Zealand MW 
stations (once again surpassing the all-time Grayland record), 35 from 
Australia (including such obscurities as 531-6DL, 558-6WA, 558-7BU and 
1161-7FG) as well as the huge signal from 558-Radio Fiji One, for a total of 
100 DU stations on MW. In addition he also came away with multiple Longwave NDB 
and DGPS stations from the South Pacific, including several that had never been 
reported from North America. Congratulations, Tom-- you have turned into an 
exceptional "Cliffhanger DXer!" 
http://www.qsl.net/k7wv/RockworkDX4.htm 

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Re: [IRCA] CC Skywave SSB second impressions

[d1028gary]

Les, 

The earlier mistake was mine-- I read the C.Crane online manual for the new 
Skywave SSB model, which makes no mention of SSB capability on the AM band, 
only on Shortwave. Stan actually purchased the model, however, and found out 
that the SSB function does indeed work on the AM band, despite the online 
manual's instruction to tune to Shortwave in order to enable SSB. Stan's 
correction is appreciated, and as such, I am placing an order for one of the 
Skywave SSB models to give it a thorough test. 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 



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From: "Les Rayburn"  
To: "IRCA Radio List - irca@hard-core-dx_com"  
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2017 7:13:26 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] CC Skywave SSB second impressions 

Stan, 

Color me confused. 

I thought someone had posted earlier that SSB wouldn’t work on MW but only 
above 2 MHz. 

Are you confirming that the SSB reception does work on the AM band? If so, I 
might be interested in this portable. The original Skywave is a great 
performer—I love mine. 


73, 

Les Rayburn, N1LF 
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> On Nov 18, 2017, at 9:03 AM, Stan Horzepa  wrote: 
> 
> After spending Friday afternoon playing with my new C.Crane CC Skywave SSB 
> receiver, I tried it out after dark and logged a new station at 0210Z: WFUN 
> on 970 kHz in Ashtabula, Ohio, transmitting 1 kW, 404 miles to the west 
> broadcasting the Cleveland Cavaliers game. 
> 
> With nightime conditions, the Skywave SSB performs like the original Skywave. 
> Like the original, the SSB was able to pull out stations on 1070 despite the 
> slop from 50-kW WTIC on 1080, 12 miles away. Using the SSB mode, I was also 
> able to dig out a station on 980 from under the slop from WPRX on 990, 4 
> miles away. 
> 
> IMHO, the sensitivity and selectivity of the Skywave SSB and original Skywave 
> is about the same, but the addition of the SSB option on the AM and SW bands 
> makes the Skywave SSB a better radio. 
> 
> Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU 
> Wolcott, CT 
> horzepa.com 
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Re: [IRCA] CC Skywave SSB second impressions

[d1028gary]

Hi Stan, 

Thanks for your initial reports on the CC Skywave SSB model. 

After reading C.Crane's online manual for the model (and its instruction to 
select the SW band to enable the SSB mode) the fact that the SSB mode would 
function on the MW frequencies wasn't apparent. Because of the model's SSB 
capability on MW, I'll go ahead and order one of the pricey models to check it 
out. 

My own interest in the model would be to use it as an SSB "spotting receiver" 
during overseas travel to places like Kona, Hawaii. Modified Sony ICF-2010 
models have been used for that purpose during major Rockwork 4 DXpeditions, but 
those models are a little too unwieldy to pack in hand-carry luggage. 

73 and Thanks, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 




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From: "Stan Horzepa"  
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2017 7:03:00 AM 
Subject: [IRCA] CC Skywave SSB second impressions 

After spending Friday afternoon playing with my new C.Crane CC Skywave 
SSB receiver, I tried it out after dark and logged a new station at 
0210Z: WFUN on 970 kHz in Ashtabula, Ohio, transmitting 1 kW, 404 miles 
to the west broadcasting the Cleveland Cavaliers game. 

With nightime conditions, the Skywave SSB performs like the original 
Skywave. Like the original, the SSB was able to pull out stations on 
1070 despite the slop from 50-kW WTIC on 1080, 12 miles away. Using the 
SSB mode, I was also able to dig out a station on 980 from under the 
slop from WPRX on 990, 4 miles away. 

IMHO, the sensitivity and selectivity of the Skywave SSB and original 
Skywave is about the same, but the addition of the SSB option on the AM 
and SW bands makes the Skywave SSB a better radio. 

Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU 
Wolcott, CT 
horzepa.com 

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Re: [IRCA] Happy 10 Year Annivarsary of Organized ULR DXing………….

[d1028gary]

Hi Rob, 

<<< Yes, Gary is the only Captain the "Canadian Ultralight DX Team" has ever 
had!! His early efforts, along with John's earned him that Designation. If John 
were still here he would be a Co-Captain!! I hope you still wear that Hat with 
pride Gary!! >>> 

Yes, I still have both the Team Canada ball cap and the red and black Team 
Canada shirt that I received in 2008 from London, Ontario-- and I still wear 
them with pride (especially when I think about you, Allen, Colin, Saul, and 
many others who helped us get off the ground)! 

<<< Man, hard to believe it's been 10 years now……..but when I look in the 
Mirror, I can better grasp it!! HAHHAHAHA….. 
Although I have wandered off into the Wasteland of SDRs and Wellbrook Loops, I 
still have a great affection for ULR DXing……Little Radios Rule!! >>> 

No problem, Rob-- I've even depended on SDR-DXers to provide some DU-DX 
parallels on occasion during Rockwork 4 DXpeditions-- so maybe we both need to 
apologize? 

<<< Yes, Gary…I'm sure you and I are totally responsible for jacking up the 
Prices on the SONY T-615 ULRs……..You say you bought 3, and I still have 4 of 
them. 2 of mine are almost worn out from many hours of use, but I still have 2 
NEW in the BOX Models which I kept as backups should the other two ever kick 
the bucket!! >>> 

Well, Rob, the Sony SRF-T615 has a little more history than what most 
Ultralight DXers realize. A strange but true story from early 2008 is that when 
Ultralight DXers were being accused of "hijacking" the IRCA list, John Bryant 
was persuaded to ask us to move off into our own Yahoo group. At the time 
(early January) he was a staunch traditionalist, probably thinking that wild 
pocket radio fanatics like us were a little nuts. I offered to send him a new 
SRF-T615 as a gift-- if he would only keep an open mind about Ultralight DXing, 
and give the tiny radio a try. To his credit he did just that-- and became 
totally hooked!! Within a couple of weeks he was not only setting up the new 
Yahoo group, but using his superb organizational skills to make sure it was a 
great success. Almost overnight, he changed from an Ultralight radio skeptic 
into a raging fanatic-- mostly because of his experience with the gift 
SFR-T615. 

<<< Allen continues to lead the pack out there on the East Coast, and has 
proven there are No Limitations as to what can be heard, given the right 
conditions and an Ideal Location! They should run a Longwire between 
Newfoundland and Oregon….so you guys can exchange receptions with each other!!! 
That's about the only thing you haven't done! >>> 

Yes, Allen has been phenomenally successful with Ultralight DXing in 
Newfoundland, and a true leader in the entire TA-DXing community. John B. and I 
knew that he would be such a tremendous asset to the Ultralight group-- which 
was why we gave up two first round draft choices to recruit him! I've always 
thought of myself as the #2 transoceanic DXer in the Ultralight community-- 
needing to try harder (like Hertz and Avis) by going out on wild ocean cliffs 
to track down something special. Maybe someday Allen and I can have a joint 
DXpedition-- if the Monster FSL's don't sink the boat on the way to 
Newfoundland. 

<<< So…..Congratulations to the ULTRALIGHT DX group on it's 10th 
Anniversary…..and to all the DXers who had a role in getting it off the ground, 
and to all the Dxers who have had FUN with ULRs ever since!! >>> 

Yes, congratulations, Rob-- you are one of the most deserving celebrants!! 

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, somewhere south of BC) 


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From: "Robert Ross"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2017 2:15:43 AM 
Subject: [IRCA] Happy 10 Year Annivarsary of Organized ULR DXing. 

Hi Guys: 

Yes, Gary is the only Captain the "Canadian Ultralight DX Team" has ever had!! 
His early efforts, along with John's earned him that Designation. If John were 
still here he would be a Co-Captain!! I hope you still wear that Hat with pride 
Gary!! 

Man, hard to believe it's been 10 years now……..but when I look in the Mirror, I 
can better grasp it!! HAHHAHAHA….. 

Although I have wandered off into the Wasteland of SDRs and Wellbrook Loops, I 
still have a great affection for ULR DXing……Little Radios Rule!! 

Yes, Gary…I'm sure you and I are totally responsible for jacking up the Prices 
on the SONY T-615 ULRs……..You say you bought 3, and I still have 4 of them. 2 
of mine are almost worn out from many hours of use, but I still have 2 NEW in 
the BOX Models which I kept as backups should the other two ever kick the 
bucket!! 

Allen continues to lead the pack out there on the East Coast, and has proven 
there are No Limitations as to what can be heard, given the right conditions 
and an Ideal Location! They should run a Longwire between Newfoundland and 
Oregon….so you guys can exchange receptions with each 

[IRCA] Try Something New This Winter!

[d1028gary]

Hello All, 
One of the reasons why our Ultralightdx Yahoo group has had strong growth for 
ten years is because we have accepted many diverse challenges... from the basic 
challenge of DXing with a simple pocket radio (which all of us share) all the 
way up to the challenge of developing 21st Century antennas (and discovering 
innovative DXing sites) to make pocket radios surprisingly effective in 
Transoceanic DXing results. 
Not all of us have the ability or desire to develop breakthrough antennas or 
perform loopstick transplant operations, but the entire history of the 
Ultralight Radio DXing community has been one of pioneering accomplishments-- 
from Rob Ross' reception of 300 stations in one month on his SRF-59, Richard 
Allen's reception of multiple Longwave TA's from Europe and Africa on his 7.5" 
loopstick PL-360 in Oklahoma, and Allen Willie's reception of hundreds of TA's 
on his SRF-M37V in Newfoundland. When our late Co-Founder John Bryant was still 
with us he would constantly challenge each one of the Ultralightdx leaders 
(including me) to try something new-- either in antenna work, DXing 
accomplishments or volunteer service. 
John was an ex-Professor of Architecture at Oklahoma State University in 
Stillwater, and he had a natural teaching style familiar to all those who knew 
him. John was the one who introduced me to DU-DXing in 2008, teaching me all 
the basics of how to track down exotic South Pacific DX right in the middle of 
the worst possible season-- the dog days of summer. At the time it sounded like 
science fiction to me, and I thought that John might be "pulling my leg--" but 
he was absolutely right! 
I don't have anywhere near the accomplishments or leadership that John had, but 
he and I did share a fascination with antennas-- especially monster antennas 
that could make Ultralight radios highly competitive in Transoceanic DXing. So, 
in the spirit of John Bryant, I would like to offer some links to articles that 
have inspired many Ultralight Radio DXers (and others) to really push the 
limits in antenna construction-- including one article that John and I wrote 
together. As I have shared with anyone willing to listen, I'm convinced that 
the future of our Ultralight Radio community is very bright-- and optimism and 
innovation will win out over pessimism and boredom every time! Sometime this 
winter, why not try something new to increase your DXing fun-- maybe a new 
antenna, a new band (FM, SW or Longwave) or Transoceanic DX reception? The 
future belongs to those who are excited about it-- one of the reasons why our 
Ultralight Radio Community has been one of the most vibrant s
 egments of the AM-DXing community for ten years. 
73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
Ultralight Radio Group Co-Founder 

1) Supercharging the Sony ICF-2010 (May 2008) 
Using the loopstick transplant principles developed through extensive 
Ultralight radio experimentation, this article details how to replace the 
ICF-2010's stock 6.5" loopstick with a 19.5" composite transplant-- thereby 
dramatically boosting MW band sensitivity (while providing a significant boost 
to Longwave reception as well). 
http://www.mediafire.com/file/3msq1yx6hn7tm5g/SuperchargingtheICF2010LargeComplete.pdf
 

2) E100 Slider Loopstick (September 2008) 
Co-authored with John Bryant, this article explains how to replace the E100 
stock loopstick with a far more effective 7.5" Slider loopstick. Many of these 
highly sensitive models are still in DXing service today 
http://www.mediafire.com/view/nqggfm2jymc/YOU_CAN_DO_THIS_Building_the_Slider_E100.pdf
 
3) PVC Loops-- The Low Cost Ticket to High DX Gain (August 2009) 
Tired of expensive commercial antennas or pricey ferrite sleeve loops? This 
article will teach you how to build a dirt-cheap PVC air core loop with side 
sizes from 18 inches up to 9 feet... all of them (MW models) costing well under 
$100. The 9' monster size loop was used here to receive 7 Medium Wave TA's in 
2009-2010. 
http://www.am-dx.com/ThePVCLoopOverallArticle.pdf 
4) PL-360 Plug-in 7.5" Loopsticks (June 2010) 
Do you have a PL-360 model (with its plug-in antenna jack for AM and LW 
loopsticks)? This article will teach you how to replace the deaf midget 
loopstick with extremely effective 7.5" Medium Wave and Longwave plug-in 
replacements-- with no modification required to the radio at all. 25 of the MW 
and 5 of the LW plug-in loopsticks were made here and sent out to PL-360 
owners-- many of which are still in use. 
http://www.mediafire.com/view/2cqwsqj0bvajf6k/7.5%20inch-LS.doc 
5) 7.5" Longwave Loopsticks (June 2011) 
Detailed technical article describing the challenge and success in developing 
7.5" Longwave-optimized loopsticks for the Tecsun DSP Ultralights. Includes 
basic instructions for building your own 7.5" Longwave loopstick PL-380 model 
http://www.mediafire.com/view/845snah2h4ek9z9/7.5inLWLS.doc 
6) 7" FSL Antenna-- Detailed "Heathkit-like" Construction 

Re: [IRCA] New CC Skywave SSB Model is Unchanged on MW Band

[d1028gary]

Thanks Colin, 

But to be honest, the real movers behind the early Ultralight radio boom were 
you (providing DXer.Ca support to the new group), Rob Ross (receiving 300 
stations on an SRF-59 in 30 days) and Allen Willie (running wild in 
transoceanic DX with his SRF-37M model). The "center of gravity" of the early 
Ultralight movement was always somewhat north of the border. I even received a 
"Team Canada" ball cap from Rob for being the "Captain" of the Canadian 
Ultralight team in 2008 :-) 

Gary 


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From: "R. Colin Newell"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 7:52:31 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] New CC Skywave SSB Model is Unchanged on MW Band 

10 years!? Wait, what!? 

You are the creator! 

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 7:34 PM,  wrote: 

> Hi Guy, 
> 
> 
> In the 10-year history of the Ultralight DXing group (with this month 
> being the anniversary of the original SRF-59 receptions of 594-JOAK, 
> 747-JOIB and 972-HLCA, that kicked off the craze in 2007) the only pricey 
> exception to the $100 limit was the Sony SRF-T615, which was originally $95 
> U.S. before the booming Ultralight group stampeded to buy it, raising up 
> the price to around $165 (are you listening, Rob?). Of course I'm as guilty 
> as anyone, buying 3 of the models, one of which was given to John Bryant as 
> a gift. Because the original price was $95 U.S., though, it has always 
> retained its "approved" status, despite the price going into the 
> stratosphere (if not the ionosphere). 
> 
> Gary 
> 
> 
> - 


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Re: [IRCA] TP Rpt from Gualala, CA 11/14 & 11/17

[d1028gary]

Hi Craig, 

<<< Conditions continue to be poor. From a spot overlooking the Pacific just 
north of Gualala, CA, only 747 JOIB and 774 JOUB have been present, with decent 
audio on peaks. A limited assortment of hets have been detected. No DUs noted. 

Best of DX, 

Craig Barnes 
Just north of Gualala, CA 
Tecsun PL-310 DeBock 5” Frequent Flyer FSL >>> 

You probably did about as well as could be expected, Craig. Northern California 
is a very tough place to chase TP-DX, with the ocean beach propagation making 
San Francisco pests cover up to the northern Oregon coast in the daytime. The 
problem in California is that almost every MW frequency has a California 
station on it, and the ocean coast propagation enhances the coastal pests (LA 
and SF) as well as the weaker TP's. Several of these SF-area pests are 
daytimers at the Rockwork 4 site near Manzanita, Oregon-- audible around local 
noon. 

DXers who live in the Northwest should be thankful that they avoid this 
problem. I'm sure that you will have far better TP-DXing luck in Kalaloch next 
spring! 

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


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Cc: "Donald Barnes"  
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 7:13:11 AM 
Subject: [IRCA] TP Rpt from Gualala, CA 11/14 & 11/17 

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Re: [IRCA] New CC Skywave SSB Model is Unchanged on MW Band

[d1028gary]

Hi Guy, 

Greetings from the Puyallup valley (the Mount Rainier lahar wipeout zone). 

<<< Do you think the SSB model of the C. Crane Skywave radio will be 
grandfathered into the Ultralight radio category, since its predecessor 
without SSB is considered a true Ultralight? I don't recall a previous 
situation where a ULR has gained a new reception mode that is not allowed 
under the guidelines. >>> 

This is a pretty bizarre case. Since the new model's SSB capability doesn't 
function on the MW frequencies, if not for the sky-high price (way over $100) a 
case could be made that the new model should qualify as an "approved" 
Ultralight model for MW-DXing. The previous CC Skywave just barely made it 
under the $100 price point, but this new model breaks the bank, and comes 
nowhere close to the price limit. 

In the 10-year history of the Ultralight DXing group (with this month being the 
anniversary of the original SRF-59 receptions of 594-JOAK, 747-JOIB and 
972-HLCA, that kicked off the craze in 2007) the only pricey exception to the 
$100 limit was the Sony SRF-T615, which was originally $95 U.S. before the 
booming Ultralight group stampeded to buy it, raising up the price to around 
$165 (are you listening, Rob?). Of course I'm as guilty as anyone, buying 3 of 
the models, one of which was given to John Bryant as a gift. Because the 
original price was $95 U.S., though, it has always retained its "approved" 
status, despite the price going into the stratosphere (if not the ionosphere). 

Gary 


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From: "Guy Atkins"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 2:23:30 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] New CC Skywave SSB Model is Unchanged on MW Band 

> 
> 
> ​Hi Gary, 

Greetings from across town! :^) 

Do you think the SSB model of the C. Crane Skywave radio will be 
grandfathered into the Ultralight radio category, since its predecessor 
without SSB is considered a true Ultralight? I don't recall a previous 
situation where a ULR has gained a new reception mode that ​is not allowed 
under the guidelines. 

Does the addition of SSB take this radio out of the realm of "cheap 
consumer grade" receivers? Not only is this an "advanced" mode, the radio 
is also above the $100 USD price point. 

73, 

Guy Atkins 
Puyallup, WA 



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> From: d1028g...@comcast.net 
> To: "America, Mailing"  
> Cc: 
> Bcc: 
> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 08:05:08 + (UTC) 
> Subject: [IRCA] New CC Skywave SSB Model is Unchanged on MW Band 
> For those of you wondering if you should purchase the new CC Skywave SSB 
> Model (with the sky-high price of $169.99, temporarily being offered at 
> $149.99), please be advised that the new SSB capability is for the SW bands 
> only. Anyone purchasing this model hoping to use it to check transoceanic 
> DX carrier strength on the MW bands is going to be disappointed. 
> 
> During ocean cliff MW-DXpeditions an SSB spotting receiver is a very 
> effective tool to keep track of emerging DU-DX targets for Ultralight radio 
> and FSL antenna reception, and until now "Supercharged" ICF-2010 portables 
> have been used for this purpose. I was curious whether the new CC Skywave 
> SSB model might be able to perform this function, but upon reviewing 
> C.Crane's operating manual for the model it was clear that the SSB function 
> is only for the SW band https://www.ccrane.com/files/ 
> manual/RAD_CCRADIO_SKYWSSB/CC%20Skywave%20SSB%20Instruction%20Manual.pdf 
> 
> Because of the high price of the new model C.Crane may find it a challenge 
> to sell these radios at the $169.99 list price, and until someone writes a 
> review I'm kind of curious how effective the SSB function will be on SW 
> without greater frequency resolution than the 1 kHz steps provided my the 
> main tuning control (although not curious enough to pay $149.99 plus 
> shipping to find out). 
> 
> 73 and Good DX, 
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
> 
> 
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[IRCA] New CC Skywave SSB Model is Unchanged on MW Band

[d1028gary]

For those of you wondering if you should purchase the new CC Skywave SSB Model 
(with the sky-high price of $169.99, temporarily being offered at $149.99), 
please be advised that the new SSB capability is for the SW bands only. Anyone 
purchasing this model hoping to use it to check transoceanic DX carrier 
strength on the MW bands is going to be disappointed. 

During ocean cliff MW-DXpeditions an SSB spotting receiver is a very effective 
tool to keep track of emerging DU-DX targets for Ultralight radio and FSL 
antenna reception, and until now "Supercharged" ICF-2010 portables have been 
used for this purpose. I was curious whether the new CC Skywave SSB model might 
be able to perform this function, but upon reviewing C.Crane's operating manual 
for the model it was clear that the SSB function is only for the SW band 
https://www.ccrane.com/files/manual/RAD_CCRADIO_SKYWSSB/CC%20Skywave%20SSB%20Instruction%20Manual.pdf
 

Because of the high price of the new model C.Crane may find it a challenge to 
sell these radios at the $169.99 list price, and until someone writes a review 
I'm kind of curious how effective the SSB function will be on SW without 
greater frequency resolution than the 1 kHz steps provided my the main tuning 
control (although not curious enough to pay $149.99 plus shipping to find out). 

73 and Good DX, 
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Re: [IRCA] Current models of ultralights

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Hi Karl (and Mike), 

The current top Ultralight models can pretty much run circles around the pocket 
radios that were top of the line 7 years ago. There have been significant 
improvements in both MW sensitivity and DSP filtering. 

A thorough review of the Ultralight radio market was done a couple years back, 
and the conclusions in that article still are valid for the top performing 
models 
https://swling.com/blog/2015/03/gary-debocks-2015-ultralight-radio-shootout-review/
 
Both the C.Crane Skywave and the Eton Traveler III have strong advantages, 
while the Tecsun PL-310ET is a bargain favorite (with a few rough spots). The 
Tecsun PL-380 also still has a strong following, especially among those who are 
hooked on transoceanic DX (the ultimate challenge for a pocket radio). Japanese 
DXers seem to have an insatiable demand for 7.5" loopstick models of both the 
PL-380 and CC Skywave, and have recently designed their own domestic versions 
for "ultimate thrill" transoceanic DXing. 

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 





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Cc: "Karl Zuk"  
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 4:49:02 PM 
Subject: [IRCA] Current models of ultralights 

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[IRCA] Japanese DXer Receives 1530-VOA (Africa) on Ultralight Radio

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Hiroyuki Okamura of Yokosuka, Japan was recently on a DXpedition to the western 
coast of Japan at Niigata (along with a certain Victoria DXer named Nick, and 
fellow Japanese DXers Hiroo and Fumiaki) and received some really astonishing 
DX on his 7.5inch loopstick CC Skywave model-- 1530-VOA in Sao Tome (western 
Africa) at 13,660 km or 8,488 miles. 

I've taken the liberty of posting a Facebook photo of the four Niigata 
DXpedition participants (Hiroo Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Okamura, Nick and Fumiaki 
Minematsu) at https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ty753obahpssgl9z110mgda1eumbib0y 
Congratulations, Hiroyuki-san! 

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Re: [IRCA] Ultralight Wordwide 10 kW DX Distance Record-- 531-6DL

[d1028gary]

Hi Rob, 

<<< Congratulations Gary………If it was pouring Rain and Windy, you should be 
allowed to add another 100 Miles on that for a Bonus!!! >>> 

Actually the weather was so great that we felt like a bunch of slackers this 
year, Rob. Perfect weather, great DU-DX, and not even a single argument with 
the "sleeping squatters" over who owns the real estate! 

<<< Amazing Stuff…..who would have ever imagined where this ULR phenomenom was 
going to end up way back in 2008!! >>> 

Yes, John B. would be absolutely amazed at what we have accomplished-- you, 
Allen and Richard all having received well over 1,000 stations on Ultralights, 
the FSL antenna revolution and related ocean cliff propagation discoveries, 
even routine ocean cliff DXpeditions where Ultralight + FSL combos work 
together with Perseus + Broadband combos to assist each other... wow! 

I think we've only begun to scratch the surface on the ocean coast geometric 
"hot spot" propagation enhancement possibilities, though-- not to mention the 
potential of the "Frequent Flyer" FSL's to greatly enhance long-range travel 
DXing, the breakthrough cooperation with the Japanese DXers in joint 
DXpeditions, Ultralight modification and FSL development, as well as the spread 
of the Ultralight radio DXing interest worldwide . The future belongs to those 
who are excited about it! 

<<< Your Hard Work , out on the cliff has really paid off... 

Nah, the hard work was done by you, Allen and Colin in the beginning to get us 
off of the ground! Without a fanatic in London, Ontario receiving 300 stations 
in 30 days on an SRF-59, a Newfoundland DXer running wild in transoceanic DX 
with his SRF-M37V and SRF-39FP, and an innovative Victoria web site manager 
devoting serious resources to the Ultralight radio boom 10 years ago, we would 
never have gotten off of the ground. I'll save you all a nice spot on the 
rainy, windy cliff!! 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


- Original Message -

From: "Robert Ross"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 11:03:57 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Ultralight Wordwide 10 kW DX Distance Record-- 531-6DL 


On 2017-10-26, at 10:44 PM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: 

> During last August's Rockwork 4 DXpedition Tom Rothlisberger and I were both 
> lucky enough to receive a couple of Western Australian stations on August 
> 4th, including AFL football play-by-play at a good level on 531-6DL (// 594) 
> on a modified CC Skywave and 15 inch FSL antenna at 1222 UTC 
> https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/2ms23dtebe7zvl6v0mynhxhjmcqinbs8 We also both 
> received 558-6WA on the same morning, and on August 5th. 
> 
> As Tom mentioned on his excellent Rockwork 4 DXpedition page (with the aerial 
> photo taken by his drone, far above the DXing site at 
> http://www.qsl.net/k7wv/RockworkDX4.htm 
> ), the ABC network has exclusive rights to broadcast the AFL games. 6DL is 
> also the only ABC network station on the frequency. So at least until Gary 
> Deacon of South Africa or Tony King of NZ checks in with a new list of US 
> receptions :-) the reception of the 10 kW 531-6DL in Dalwallinu, Australia 
> from the ocean cliff site near Manzanita, Oregon appears to be the longest 
> Ultralight radio worldwide reception at that power level since records have 
> been kept (9,050 miles or 14,564 km). Records are made to be broken, however, 
> so I'm waiting for an email from Gary or Tony :-) 
> 
> 73 and Good DX, 
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


Congratulations Gary………If it was pouring Rain and Windy, you should be allowed 
to add another 100 Miles on that for a Bonus!!! 

Amazing Stuff…..who would have ever imagined where this ULR phenomenom was 
going to end up way back in 2008!! 

Your Hard Work , out on the cliff has really paid off……. 

73….ROB VA3SW 

Robert S. Ross 
London, Ontario CANADA 

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[IRCA] Ultralight Wordwide 10 kW DX Distance Record-- 531-6DL

[d1028gary]

During last August's Rockwork 4 DXpedition Tom Rothlisberger and I were both 
lucky enough to receive a couple of Western Australian stations on August 4th, 
including AFL football play-by-play at a good level on 531-6DL (// 594) on a 
modified CC Skywave and 15 inch FSL antenna at 1222 UTC 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/2ms23dtebe7zvl6v0mynhxhjmcqinbs8 We also both 
received 558-6WA on the same morning, and on August 5th. 

As Tom mentioned on his excellent Rockwork 4 DXpedition page (with the aerial 
photo taken by his drone, far above the DXing site at 
http://www.qsl.net/k7wv/RockworkDX4.htm 
), the ABC network has exclusive rights to broadcast the AFL games. 6DL is also 
the only ABC network station on the frequency. So at least until Gary Deacon of 
South Africa or Tony King of NZ checks in with a new list of US receptions :-) 
the reception of the 10 kW 531-6DL in Dalwallinu, Australia from the ocean 
cliff site near Manzanita, Oregon appears to be the longest Ultralight radio 
worldwide reception at that power level since records have been kept (9,050 
miles or 14,564 km). Records are made to be broken, however, so I'm waiting for 
an email from Gary or Tony :-) 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
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[IRCA] South Africa "Frequent Flyer" FSL TA-DX Recordings

[d1028gary]

Japanese DXer Satoshi Miyauchi recently became the first traveler to chase 
TA-DX with an FSL antenna in Africa, logging multiple Brazilian TA's and 
945-Sao Tome on his 5 inch (127mm) "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna and modified CC 
Skywave Ultralight on the third floor of a motel room in Cape Town, South 
Africa. He was kind enough to share these three MP3 recordings of his 
receptions: 

940-Super Rede Boa Vontade (Brazil) 
https://app.box.com/s/9vdh5tnapgcuc5rad1d9qa8osq2cxa6d 

945-R.Nacional de São Tomé e Principe 
https://app.box.com/s/3ur6aun5fcc5myfwcrk7hob1ayygaiyb 

1050- ZYI203 Rádio Capixaba (Brazil) 
https://app.box.com/s/wqlep3d0m1lee9je25bnisf5hkj7go63 

(A photo of Satoshi's radio and antenna setup in the motel room in Africa is 
posted at https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/v8a15q82xbk5eyud5vda4cqfqqjxxmlb 

Satoshi-san was our DXpedition partner during the July 2016 Rockwork 4 
DXpedition (along with Hiroo Nakagawa, Nick and Tom) and he designed the 
Japanese equivalent of the 7.5 inch loopstick Tecsun PL-380 model (since the 
demand for these in Japan was way greater than any American could supply). The 
5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL model was also used for my April 2017 Kona, Hawaii 
DXpedition, and one more of these original models is reserved for Colin Newell 
(who plans a Kona visit in January). Congratulations, Satoshi-san! 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


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[IRCA] 558-Radio Fiji One English ID

[d1028gary]

Still going through the file review for the August Rockwork 4 DXpedition, and 
still coming up with a few surprises. Most TP-DXers know that 558-Radio Fiji 
One is the native language program in Fiji, while 900-Radio Fiji Gold is the 
English program (which Theo recently assured me is being heard very well in NZ, 
despite the fact that it apparently never showed up for us on the Oregon 
cliff). 

With the rejuvenated 558-Radio Fiji One pounding in on most days with 
potent-level island music it was already a great improvement over past 
DXpeditions, but while reviewing the August 8th recording I was able to come up 
with a Radio Fiji One English ID for the first time in 9 years of TP-DXing (at 
a near S9 level to boot) at 1315 UTC on that exceptional morning, at the 27 
second point 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/2m8y5m0aixae080rj3uvfqivecbz7gni 
This was the first English that I have ever heard on RF1 (after about 18 
receptions), so it was quite a surprise. 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 

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[IRCA] "Frequent Flyer" FSL DXing in Africa

[d1028gary]

My Rockwork 4 DXpedition partner Satoshi Miyauchi became the first DXer to use 
an FSL antenna in Africa, using a 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL to receive 
945-Sao Tome, 940-Super RBV (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and another Brazilian 
station on 1050 from a motel room in Cape Town, South Africa. A photo of his 
radio and antenna for this mini-DXpedition is posted at 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/v8a15q82xbk5eyud5vda4cqfqqjxxmlb 

Congratulations, Satoshi-san! 

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Re: [IRCA] Troubles at Tonga 1017

[d1028gary]

Thanks Theo, 

This provides some background information on the apparent disarray in 
1017-Tonga's broadcasting schedule last August (observed at Rockwork). On only 
one day out of four did the station sign off at 1103 UTC (as was fairly typical 
in years past), with three earlier or later sign offs. On one day (August 2nd) 
the station "signed off" at 1103 with the full choral routine, only to have the 
usual male announcer come back again at 1310 with his usual "island time" 
monolog, with no apparent sports event or other reason. 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


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From: "Theo"  
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Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2017 10:31:52 AM 
Subject: [IRCA] Troubles at Tonga 1017 

Forwarded from Radio Heritage Foundation's David Ricquish: 


 
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[IRCA] Rockwork 4 DXpedition Last Day Video (Murphy's Law)

[d1028gary]

Everything seemed to go perfectly in last August's Rockwork 4 DXpedition, with 
multiple South Pacific loggings, great weather, exotic DX and breathtaking 
ocean scenery. Murphy's Law seemed a distant memory until the last day-- when I 
attempted to shoot a DXpedition video at the awesome Highway 101 ocean cliff 
site. 

My wife had somehow changed the camcorder video setting to a lower resolution, 
and although a 7 minute DXpedition video was carefully shot at the site, the 
video ended up being somewhat less than HD before I could check it. Because of 
this the video was never uploaded to YouTube until today, when I finally 
decided that its good points possibly outweighed the oversight. For those 
interested, the "less than HD" August 2017 Rockwork 4 DXpedition video is 
posted at https://youtu.be/45OmZ0sWoQU 

73 and Good DX, 
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Re: [IRCA] Islamic Voice Radio 1701.03

[d1028gary]

<<< Most of the other DUs were the regulars, some at decent 
levels, but this was easily my best ever reception of Islamic Voice. 
Here's a link to a short sample. 
https://www.mediafire.com/file/pv4cx6c8jk9t6av/Australia_1701_Islamic%20Voice%20Radio_20171006_1336.mp3
 >>> 

Amazing reception, Nigel! Propagation must have been phenomenal to have such a 
long range DU signal into Alberta, considering the extremely low transmitter 
power. Thanks for posting the link. 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


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From: "Nigel Pimblett"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 9:10:46 PM 
Subject: [IRCA] Islamic Voice Radio 1701.03 

Have been out of town the last few days, but had a good DU morning on 
Friday the 6th. Didn't have time to post any results that day before 
catching a plane, but the one station that stood out was Islamic Voice 
Radio on 1701.03 (which I confirmed as the station by finding a // on a 
Melbourne SDR). Most of the other DUs were the regulars, some at decent 
levels, but this was easily my best ever reception of Islamic Voice. 
Here's a link to a short sample. 


https://www.mediafire.com/file/pv4cx6c8jk9t6av/Australia_1701_Islamic%20Voice%20Radio_20171006_1336.mp3
 



73, 

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[IRCA] Rockwork File Review-- 531-6DL // 594 During Sports

[d1028gary]

I'm still going through a huge amount of Rockwork 4 recordings from the 
exceptional August DXpedition, mostly 531 kHz recordings made unattended on a 
backup 15 inch FSL (about 15 hours worth). There have already been multiple 
ID's of 4KZ, hours and hours of Samoan music from PI, about 5 solid receptions 
of More FM, long call-in phone sessions on the Australian SRN station 2PM-- and 
a single morning's appearance of 6DL from Western Australia. 

My DXpedition partner Tom R. was kind enough to pull up some LR network 
parallels to confirm my 6DL reception at 1253 on 8-4, but further file review 
of that morning's 531 kHz recording revealed a sporting event on the Australian 
LR network early on (around 1222), which matched the same program on 594-3WV 
(there is no programming time delay between Western Australia and Eastern 
Australia during sporting events). Since 6DL is the only ABC station on 531, 
that was enough to make sure of another reception of the 10 kW station at 9,050 
miles (14,564 km) at 1222 that morning (8-4) 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/2ms23dtebe7zvl6v0mynhxhjmcqinbs8 
594-3WV reception at 1225 on 8-4, with the same announcer and sporting event 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/bl3iiisd3buj2ns22zb9i8mjdh7wqow7 

Hopefully the DXpedition file review will be completed before our planned 
return trip to Kona, Hawaii in December :-) 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 



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Re: [IRCA] EUROTRIP 2017, PART 2

[d1028gary]

Hi Pete, 

Thanks for giving the 3 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna a very good workout 
during your European cruise. 

Despite the challenges you seem to have done an excellent job in tracking down 
and reporting the North American and European MW-DX stations, including some 
seemingly exotic ones (from the standpoint of a west coast TP/DU DXer). 
Congratulations, and thanks for your efforts! 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 



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From: "Pete Taylor"  
To: "NRC" , "IRCA"  
Sent: Monday, October 9, 2017 7:21:16 PM 
Subject: [IRCA] EUROTRIP 2017, PART 2 

(continued from Part 1 which specifies locations DXed from) 

IN EUROPE (GMT) 
207 - RUV Eidar weak in Isafjord, 8/30 1400 
252 - RTE1 Summerhill still on despite discussions to take it off (8/23 from 
Dublin) 
351 - “ROT” CW in Rotterdam 
360 - “ASK” CW in Bergen (probably my code misreading) 
531 - Torshavn, Faroes. Weak days in Bergen, unlike when I heard it blasting in 
here 10 years ago and also weak in Douglas, I-O-M 8/26 1700. 
531 - pulsating squelch in Rotterdam. Probably has something to do with the 
port 
540 - loud tone, then carrier off 8/23 2000 from Dublin 
549 - Spirit Radio, Carrickroe only fair in Dublin 8/23 1430//89.9 (or 92.2? 
Lousy notes…) 
558 - AA heard in Rotterdam. Presume Spectrum Radio, London 
576 - RNE5 Barcelona and Vidin, Bulg. even, leaving Rotterdam 1910 8/21 
585 - UNID, weak in Bergen 8/17 1400 
585 - BBC R. Scotland, Dumfries, fair in Liverpool 8/24 0805 
603 - Smooth Radio, Littlebourne, presumed; fair in Rotterdam 8/20 (although it 
sounded like Newsradio to me) 
630 - R. Cornwall, Redruth strong rounding So. Eng. 8/22 1240, //657 Bodmin 
657 - BBC R. Wales, Wrexham, fair in Liverpool 8/24 0810 
666 - RUV Reykjavik is indeed on the air. //88.1. 
684 - RNE Sevilla & UNID AA even, 1900 8/21 in Rotterdam 
711 - AA 2345 entering Qaqortoq 8/8 
711 - R. Romania Actualitati. Nice clean ID w/pips & news 8/21 2100 as we left 
Rotterdam 
720 - BBC4 Lisnagarvey (presumed) good in Rotterdam, 8/20 1845 (don’t know 
where the 2 other 720 low power sins. are) 
729 - BBC Essex, Manningtree (//765) OK Rotterdam 1900 8/20 
756 - BBC R4 Redruth fair, Dublin, 8/23 2015 (//720) 
765 - BBC Essex, Chelmsford (//729) OK Rotterdam about 1900 8/20 
783 - AA 8/18 1930 leaving Eidfjord & 1900 8/21 leaving Rotterdam (Syria?) 
819 - UNID AA 1920 8/21 leaving Rotterdam (Egypt?) 
828 - Wereldstad, Rotterdam, local 8/21 
837 - R. Cumbria, Barrow, semilocal in Dublin, 8/23 1635 
846 - UNID US English, 8/21 1915 leaving Rotterdam. Presumed R. North, 
Redcastle 
855 - R. Norfolk, Postwick, OK in Rotterdam 8/21 1230 
855 - UNID RNE R. Nacional strong rounding So. Eng. 8/22 1245 
873 - R. Norfolk, West Lynn, OK in Rotterdam 8/21 12:30p //855 
900 - RAI fair 1935 8/18 leaving Eidfjord & 1925 8/21 leaving Rotterdam 
954 - Brno, Czechia very good 1935 boat 8/18 leaving Eidfjord 
1062 - squelch sound noted in Rotterdam (harmonic of 531) 
1062 - RAI syncs fair in Dublin 8/23 2025 
1125 - BRTF Wavre strong in FF 8/18 leaving Eidfjord. I think I heard it in 
Flemish at other times 
1368 - R. Manx celebrating its 50th anniversary. Fair in Liverpool 8/24 0815 
1377 - UNID AA 8/21 2015 leaving Rotterdam 
1413 - British EE, 1950 8/8, leaving Eidfjord 
1440 - OC, 8/18 1950, leaving Eidfjord. Weak stn. under 
1485 - BBC R. Merseyside, Wallasey, local in Liverpool 8/24 0845 
1485 - SS 8/22 1240 btw. England/Ireland 
1521 - Flame Radio, Wirral, local in Liverpool 8/24 0910 
1530 - VOA Sao Tome/Principe s/off 10pm boat time, 7hrs from Reykjavik 
1530 - Pulse 2, Huddersfield, fair 8/23 2030 from Dublin 
1566 - Vahon Hindustani, local in Rotterdam. Gets out well. 
1575 - buzz jamming, 1955 8/18, leaving Eidfjord & 8/23 2105 from Dublin 
1593 - UNID FF, rounding So. Eng. 8/22 1250. WRTH says Bretagne 5 is inactive. 
1611 - OC in Bergen, 8/17 1400 
1629 - UNID w/s/off 1935 Leaving Rotterdam 
1647 - UNID leaving Rotterdam 8/21 1940 
1656 - UNID leaving Rotterdam 8/21 1942 


Pete Taylor 
Tacoma, WA 
12225w 4719n 
HQ180 & ICF2010 
Gary DeBock FSL antenna 
Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops 
DX398, SRF-59 & M37V 
Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380 








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Re: [IRCA] Old school logging

[d1028gary]

<<< I have found over 35 years of working with ‘program people’ at VOA that 
there is NO amount of text or verbiage that can adequately describe or validate 
a reception when compared to actually hearing it. There MAY be some notes 
required to put the recorded audio in context but that’s just another ‘column’ 
in a spreadsheet or table element in a database. 
Besides, with a recording you’ve got permanent record and can let others help 
in IDing something you can’t. >>> 

This is the main reason why I feel that live ocean coast DXing is so thrilling. 
You can make an immediate recording of an exotic DX station, post a link to the 
MP3 recording within an hour, and have a permanent record of the DX reception 
for all to evaluate and enjoy. 

The popularity of the new west coast "hot spot" DXing locations like Rockwork 4 
and Cape Perpetua was all based on exceptional DX recordings made at the 
locations. When you hear a DU station at an unprecedented signal strength (or a 
new DU station that is a west coast first), a recording is the only way to 
accurately evaluate the reception. Logging descriptions are highly subjective, 
and what is "strong" to one DXer might be "moderate" to another. With a 
recording you can always make you own independent, accurate assessment of the 
signal strength. 

Both my style of my live ocean coast DXing and the type of logs that I keep 
could be considered in the "stone age," but the DX recordings are what provides 
long-term excitement for me, and the reason why I keep going back to places 
like the Oregon coast and Hawaii. The recordings are also the main reason why 
others feel attracted to these areas, whether the recordings are from me or 
another DXer (Bill, Tom, Craig, etc.). 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


- Original Message -

From: "Bill Whitacre"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Monday, October 9, 2017 6:09:21 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Old school logging 

This is an interesting discussion. 

Seems to me that logging is another part of the hobby where there is no one 
‘right’ or ‘best’ way to do it. We’re all doing this because it’s either fun or 
we don’t have anything else to do. Either way you need to find a way to keep 
track of what you hear that’s ‘fun’ and adds to your enjoyment of the hobby or 
you won’t keep doing it. 

An Excel spreadsheet is a very powerful tool — you can do LOTS of things with a 
spreadsheet. 

BUT there are some things that you really aught to be using a database for. One 
is making your logs available on-line. If that’s not important to you then you 
can stop reading. 

For me it’s a satisfying part of the hobby - not only are my ‘logs’ just sound 
samples of what I’ve heard but I also get a kick out of figuring out how to 
coax MySQL, PHP and HTML to show what I want to show in the way I want to show 
it. 

An example: http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_qh9.php 

That’s not for everyone, I understand. 

— 

It is also true that HOW you DX dictates HOW you LOG. I use a Perseus and very 
often use Mestor to record TOH and other pieces of an hour. So I’ve ALWAYS got 
some recorded audio to work from. I call it TiVO DXing. 

I have found over 35 years of working with ‘program people’ at VOA that there 
is NO amount of text or verbiage that can adequately describe or validate a 
reception when compared to actually hearing it. There MAY be some notes 
required to put the recorded audio in context but that’s just another ‘column’ 
in a spreadsheet or table element in a database. 

Besides, with a recording you’ve got permanent record and can let others help 
in IDing something you can’t. 

— 

Seems to me that if there were one place [website] that could handle anyone's 
loggings and sounds in various formats then that might be a useful option. 

I used to ‘host’ our city’s Little League teams website. Over the nearly 10 
years that I did the job I devised ways to show schedules, pictures, results 
via form input from the coaches and even a testing module for prospective 
umpires. When I stopped doing it I thought the organization would struggle to 
replace me. They quickly found a site on-line that did all that I did and more 
for TONS of sports teams all over the country and became just another one of 
their customers. 

People don’t do things like that for free though — they do it to make $$ — even 
though what they charge any single customer might not seem like much. 

I have not looked at things like mwlist.org  as a place for 
putting my loggings but from what Tim Tromp has described it might be a place 
to consider. 

There may be others and I’ll bet hams have developed some solutions to this 
that might be adaptable to DXers use as well. 

Just my 2 cents. 

Bill Whitacre 
Alexandria, VA 

— 

> On Oct 9, 2017, at 8:32 AM, Russ Edmunds  wrote: 
> 
> First, I'll note that I've been mostly inactive the past 

Re: [IRCA] Both DUs and TPs for Oct. 3, OR Coast

[d1028gary]

Thanks for your DU-TP report from the cliff, Guy. A DX-chasing session at that 
sweeping ocean view site is a great way to start the day :-) 

<<< I'm only starting to review files for this morning from the Rockworks #4 
site, but the morning was a mixture of TPs and DUs. In addition to 657 Star 
Radio (Christian contemporary music, fair 1357) and 729 5RN (good @1355 
w/USA journalist interview), I'm hearing a few snippets of English DU audio 
on some other channels. >>> 

Tom and I had our best Rockwork 4 results ever in August, with multiple western 
Australians and other exotic DU's. Hopefully the great propagation will show up 
for you, also! 

Gary (in the valley) 


- Original Message -

From: "Guy Atkins"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2017 9:55:20 PM 
Subject: [IRCA] Both DUs and TPs for Oct. 3, OR Coast 

I'm only starting to review files for this morning from the Rockworks #4 
site, but the morning was a mixture of TPs and DUs. In addition to 657 Star 
Radio (Christian contemporary music, fair 1357) and 729 5RN (good @1355 
w/USA journalist interview), I'm hearing a few snippets of English DU audio 
on some other channels. 

TPs from Japan predominated though--the usual, main NHK stations but also 
weaker outlets like presumed JOQG Yamada on 1323 rising to a fair-good 
level at 1406. 

The view from the cliff as starlight gave way to a cloudless, sunny sky at 
sunrise was just a prelude to today's 70-degree weather on the northern 
Oregon coast. 

Note to KAZ and Tim Tromp--I also saw the 60 Hz spike above 1098 kHz this 
morning, but there was nothing below 1098. Perhaps if I had been recording 
WAV files earlier I would have seen the pair of 60 Hz tones. 

73, 

Guy 
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Re: [IRCA] DU's & 1 TP for Wednesday, October 04, 2017 Kalama, WA

[d1028gary]

Hi Dennis, 

Thanks for your daily TP-DU reports from Kalama. 

<<< 765 UNKNOWN, 10/04 1404 poor DU signal with talk. >>> 
If the talk is not in English, you probably have 765-Kahungunu, an 
overachieving 2.5 kW Maori-language station in NZ. It is // 603-Waatea, and has 
been heard by Nick several times in Victoria. It acts like a big gun at the 
"Kiwi Cliff." 

<<< 1026 UNKNOWN, 10/04 1411 poor Du signal briefly >>> 
Most likely classic rock format 4MK in Mackay, Australia. It was near S9 at 
Lincoln City, OR in August. The 2 kW Kiwi Newstalk ZB (// 1035) is an outside 
chance, though. It is a regular on the cliff, and has been heard by Nigel in 
Alberta. 

<<< 1025 UNKNOWN), 10/04 1413 poor DU signal. >>> 
(I think you mean 1035) Almost certainly 1035-Newstalk ZB, one of the most 
powerful Kiwi big guns. 

<<< 1503 UNKNOWN, 10/04 1419 poor DU signal. >>> 
This is usually the Kiwi Radio Sport network, another of the NZ big guns which 
is an ocean coast regular. 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup) 


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To: irca@hard-core-dx.com 
Cc: "Dennis Vroom"  
Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 7:26:02 AM 
Subject: [IRCA] DU's & 1 TP for Wednesday, October 04, 2017 Kalama, WA 

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Re: [IRCA] 594 3WV into IL this morning at sunrise.

[d1028gary]

Congratulations on your solid 594-3WV reception in Illinois, Neil-- a 
phenomenal catch at that great distance! 

<<< 585 may have had threshold audio. I'll check much further when I get home 
from work. >>> 

On the coast this is either 7RN or 2WEB, with 7RN ( // 576-2RN) showing up more 
frequently. Other DU's on the frequency are highly unlikely-- the 2 kW Kiwi 
Radio Ngati Porou in a real underperformer, and has only been heard once in a 
blue moon at Rockwork 4. 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA 


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From: "Neil Kazaross"  
To: a...@nrcdxas.org, irca@hard-core-dx.com, a...@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, October 2, 2017 9:05:47 AM 
Subject: [IRCA] 594 3WV into IL this morning at sunrise. 

Low band DU's peaked up nicely at SR this morning and 594 3WV was the best 
it's ever been! 
M talking and she said, "On ABC Radio" Not bad for over 9700 miles! 
Previously this hadn't ever been much better than threshold levels. ie 
catching ToH fanfare or with some careful listening telling it was // 
podcast. 

Usual other low band DU's in but not like this. 612 threshold, 702 a 
little better and NZ's carrier (the higher one) was stronger and some mx 
traces heard. 738 a bit better than threshold. 

585 may have had threshold audio. I'll check much further when I get home 
from work. This time of the year usually means that I get ready for work 
prior to SR and then record 'til the DU's are clearly fading which today 
was enough to hopefully catch some 7 am CDT ID's from domestic skip as 
well. Then I unhook stuff and drive the DX truck to the train station. 

73 KAZ Barrington IL Perseus and 100' x 21' Double Flag Antenna aimed due 
west 
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Re: [IRCA] Japan listening (was: Re: S. AZ TPs, Oct. 1)

[d1028gary]

Mark and Richard, 

We typically have two different Asian propagation peaks here on the west coast 
during good conditions -- one during the Asian sunset and another around our 
local sunrise. The local dawn enhancement peak is usually more favorable during 
the early season months (September-October), but the Asian sunset peak becomes 
pretty competitive around November and December. 

Unfortunately the Asian sunset propagation peak occurs at pretty inconvenient 
DXing times for someone with work or family obligations (from midnight to 3AM 
local time). It can be surprisingly good in the late season, though. The 
original TP-DX receptions that kicked off the Ultralight radio boom 10 years 
ago (594-JOAK, 747-JOIB and 972-HLCA on a $15 stock Sony SRF-59) happened 
during Asian sunset propagation in late November. 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 

. 

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Sent: Monday, October 2, 2017 9:51:16 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Japan listening (was: Re: S. AZ TPs, Oct. 1) 

Mark: 

Some of the best reception I've had from Japan has occurred at sunset there. 
I’ve frequently heard JOIB and JOUB on a barefoot ultralight receiver then. In 
the 1980's I often logged Japanese stations (JOAB, JOAK, JOIB and JOUB) at 
sunset at the transmitter site. 

Richard Allen, 
near Billings OK 

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Re: [IRCA] S. AZ TPs, Oct. 1

[d1028gary]

Konnichi wa Nick-san, 

<<< ESPN-1700 was heard on ultralights and a "frequent flyer" FSL 
> without much difficulty >>> 

Yes, I saw Fumiaki-san's photo of your reception of ESPN-Tijuana-1700 on the 5 
inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL at Cape Taitosaki, Japan, with Satoshi-san as your 
"tuning instructor." I've taken the liberty of re-posting it at 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/8feli5dacdkv19zdwslnp47pk32jfm5x 

You and Satoshi-san seem very comfortable there at Cape Taitosaki.. no gale 
force winds or vicious rainstorm? :-) Wish that I could be there with you 
both-- and I'm sure that Tom does, also. 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


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From: "Volodya S"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2017 6:23:25 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] S. AZ TPs, Oct. 1 

Nick, thanks for posting your results from the other side of the Pacific. 
Exotic! 73, WALT 

On Sunday, October 1, 2017, Nicholas Hall-Patch  wrote: 

> Conditions were actually pretty reasonable from Taitosaki, northeast of 
> Tokyo, at least for a gaijin. My Japanese hosts assured me that it was not 
> an outstanding evening, but not too bad either. 
> 
> I think that I had KFAX-1100 well before the local sunset at 0820UT , but 
> need to check the files more carefully. This using a small DKaz and Elad 
> S-1 SDR. ESPN-1700 was heard on ultralights and a "frequent flyer" FSL 
> without much difficulty. And what was that American on 1350? The bets 
> are on KSRObut over the Japanese station for a short time. 
> 
> I know this was from a coastal location, with reduced interference before 
> sunset, but it still might be worth seeing what a timed recording in North 
> America delivers in the way of overseas DX around Japanese sunset at your 
> home location. 
> 
> best wishes, 
> 
> Nick 
> 
> On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Steve Ratzlaff  > 
> wrote: 
> 
> > Overall poor conditions today though marginally better than yesterday. 
> > Lots of weak hets plus heavy fading. 1566 HLAZ rose to good levels a 
> couple 
> > of times for a few seconds then would fade down to nothing. 
> > 
> > 774 Japan very poor man/woman talk 1312 utc 
> > 
> > 873 Japan very poor man talk 1307 utc 
> > 
> > 972 S Korea very poor man talk 1258 utc 
> > 
> > 1143 Japan very poor TOH 1300 pips and chime; very poor/poor female talk 
> > 1315 utc 
> > 
> > 1566 S Korea HLAZ poor/weak (sync det lock) 1244 utc; poor (sync det 
> lock) 
> > 1323 utc--hymn, man talk. Occasional very poor fadeups past 1330 utc 
> > 
> > Steve AA7U 
> > 
> > near Sahuarita AZ 
> > 
> > R75; west DKAZ + FLG100 preamp 
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Re: [IRCA] Michigan DU audio, Tue Sept.26th

[d1028gary]

<<< 


1701.029 UNID - 1147+ UTC with EE talk which sounded like an interview 
between man and woman. A 1-800 phone number is given out at 1148 UTC by 
woman who says "all you have to do is give us a call, at 1-800-66..." 
Unfortunately the rest of the number succumbs to fade. Audio rapidly in 
and out but fair on those rapid peaks. I note three carriers total here: 
1701.002, 1710.029 & 1710.069. +.029 is the strongest and the one that I 
assume I'm hearing, though +.069 isn't far behind in strength. Any ideas 
what I have here? Islamic Voice Radio or Voice of Charity? This is the 
first decent x-band DU audio ever heard here, albeit only lasting briefly. >>> 

Tim, 

According to a group of DXers in Sydney, Australia, 1701-Voice of Charity is 
the only one of these low-powered Australian stations that regularly broadcasts 
in English on that frequency. 

I know this because on July 20, 2012 I had some English audio on 1701 kHz at 
Cape Perpetua, Oregon (another ocean cliff spot, somewhat more remote from 
here). This was with a PL-380 Ultralight and a rudimentary 8" FSL antenna. A 
Sydney DXer said that this was Voice of Charity, although the only real English 
speech (identifiable as such) is at 1:10 into the recording, where an accented 
man says something like "You're listening to ***, the Christian way." 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/iidqsjcqcs68oilxuwdgjnsmf7lhhmhd 

In any case there didn't seem to be enough evidence to claim a definite Voice 
of Charity logging, so I left it in the log as an UnID. Of course, I've never 
heard anything like it since. 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 





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From: "Tim Tromp"  
To: "IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
, "abdx"  
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 8:42:53 PM 
Subject: [IRCA] Michigan DU audio, Tue Sept.26th 

Some activity on the high side of the band for a change with DU carriers 
noted on just about every 9 kHz channel above 1098. Many strong but 
squashed by domestic splatter. Local sunrise was 1137 UTC. 


1098 V7AB - 1129 UTC with man talking in low voice and into Marshalls 
national anthem, poor but music recognizable but faded before finish. 
Signal really picks up later after it goes to open carrier with a 60 Hz hum 
noted again this morning after 1131 UTC sign-off. 


1566 UNID - 1148 UTC something there with threshold audio, DU accented man 
talking thru heavy domestic splatter. 


1638 UNID - 1145+ UTC pop music with thumping beat occasionally heard 
through heavy WSJP splatter. 


1674 UNID - 1143+ UTC with YL talk, threshold level, in and out of WQLR 
slop for brief moments. Nothing intellegible. 


1701.029 UNID - 1147+ UTC with EE talk which sounded like an interview 
between man and woman. A 1-800 phone number is given out at 1148 UTC by 
woman who says "all you have to do is give us a call, at 1-800-66..." 
Unfortunately the rest of the number succumbs to fade. Audio rapidly in 
and out but fair on those rapid peaks. I note three carriers total here: 
1701.002, 1710.029 & 1710.069. +.029 is the strongest and the one that I 
assume I'm hearing, though +.069 isn't far behind in strength. Any ideas 
what I have here? Islamic Voice Radio or Voice of Charity? This is the 
first decent x-band DU audio ever heard here, albeit only lasting briefly. 


73, 
Tim Tromp 
West Michigan 
Perseus SDR + Southwest phased BOGs 
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Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 23 September 2017

[d1028gary]

Let me add my congratulations for your 1296-6RN reception, Nigel. 

Even on the coast reception of Western Australia isn't all that common, but Tom 
and I were lucky enough to receive both 531-6DL and 558-6WA on the cliff last 
month. Receiving one of them in Alberta is phenomenal! 

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Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2017 9:00:19 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 23 September 2017 

Stunning catch with 6RN on an otherwise lousy morning. Here in IL, not even 
trace Aussie audio. V7AB audible 1128 with gal in lang into mx that ended 
1131. Presumed Tonga carrier decent on 1017 during same time frame and 
somewhat earlier. At a level that should've pushed past slop but I don't 
think these guys have the modulation oomph that Marshalls does. I think 
Tonga is often on past normal 1100 s/off Sat. nights, but anyhow, they 
remain unlogged here. 73 KAZ 

On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 10:55 PM, Nigel Pimblett  wrote: 

> I first got up around 1215 UTC, let out the cat, and checked the 
> radio. Things sounded very dull, and I very nearly went back to bed. That 
> would have been a big mistake as it turned out. In general things 
> continued to sound dull, with the Asians (other than HLAZ) vanishing after 
> their 1 morning visit, and the recently regular DU signals not doing much 
> either. A strong carrier on 1296 was unusual, so I stayed there through 
> 1300, and thought perhaps I'd heard traces of the ABC news fanfare (not 
> knowing what that meant at the time), but it was at imagination level, so I 
> didn't think much of it. A bit later on I got more audio on 1296. 
> Sounded like a BBC program at first, so was thinking 4RPH, which would 
> have been a new catch for me. Didn't match the website though, and after 
> a bit I realized it was an ABC pgm, and matched up with the RN sked for 
> Western Australia. After that it was easy to match up my recording with 
> the podcast. Once I'd pinched myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming it 
> sank it that I'd finally heard my first station from Western Australia, and 
> the most distant station I've ever logged. (Checked later, and it's 15,700 
> km) Just proves once again that you never know what is going to show up on 
> any given day. 
> 
> Today's audio: 
> 
> 612 4QR Brisbane, QLD, AUSTRALIA Assumed the one in weakly 
> under IBOC noise with woman talking at 1316. 
> 
> 1116 4BC Brisbane, QLD, AUSTRALIA Just traces of man talking 
> at 1313. 
> 
> 1296 6RN Wagin, WA, AUSTRALIA Heard man and woman talking at 
> 1313, with short segments of opera music. Checking the web site it turned 
> out to be a program about opera star Joan Sutherland. Poor-fair audio for 
> about 5 minutes. 
> 
> 1566 HLAZ, Jeju,KOREA,S. Noted at 1259 with Christian song, 
> then talk by woman in Japanese. The only Asian to make it today. 
> 
> 
> 
> 73, 
> 
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> Dunmore, AB 
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[IRCA] 1566-HLAZ

[d1028gary]

Sorry for the messed up MP3 link for 1566-HLAZ's Japanese service recording in 
the "Oz Hill" logging list at 1232 0n 8-21 (which just happened to be the 
strongest TP signal received over the entire three days in Lincoln City, OR) 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/0xc3pumw5edthkusphrog5gs1vak6o4a 

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[IRCA] Lincoln City, OR "Oz Hill" DU-DX Loggings & MP3's

[d1028gary]

Once in a while a DXer stumbles into some incredibly good luck! During our 
solar eclipse trip to the ocean coast location of Lincoln City, Oregon I knew 
that the primary focus would be on the awesome cosmic event on August 21st, and 
that DXing would be a secondary priority. The ocean beach location would still 
offer three sunrise DU-DXing sessions during the trip, though, so the plan was 
to take along a modest 8 inch (20cm) FSL antenna and a single CC Skywave 
Ultralight for some casual DXing fun. Prior to the DXing sessions I scouted out 
a sloping-grade setup spot facing the southwest direction, though, hoping for 
at least some decent big gun DU reception. 

Yikes! The modest gear (photo at 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/d2sdryqw32jtuqrj3p1xn6b2y9rc43e8 ) ended up with 
the strongest Western Australia MW reception (558-6WA) that I've ever heard 
from anybody (on the west coast), along with near S9 signals from 639-5CK, 
639-2CH, 1026-4MK and others. The 558-6WA reception (at 9,126 miles, or 14,687 
km) was easily matched to the ABC website Podcast, which was a good thing since 
there were no Perseus-SDR DXers around recording parallels :-) The DXing site 
was a parking area at the end of NW 50th Street in the Roads End neighborhood, 
leading to an ocean beach access path running down the relatively steep hill. 
It was obvious that the DU-facing hill was somehow providing a freakish 
transoceanic propagation boost, allowing the modest gear to perform like 
gangbusters. 
Of course three days isn't really long enough to thoroughly evaluate a site's 
long-term DXing potential, and further investigation will be needed to confirm 
this Lincoln City hillside location (which I nicknamed "Oz Hill") as a new 
DU-DXing hotspot. Best Australian results were enjoyed on the third day, and of 
course there are daily changes in the favored areas. But in consideration of 
the site's boosted DU propagation over all three days, it is fascinating to 
wonder how the results could have been with top-of-the-line 17" and 15" FSL 
antennas, an SSB spotting receiver to track emerging DU-DX targets, and 
simultaneous recording of three different MW frequencies (such as was done at 
the Rockwork 4 DXpedition the same month). For those who always are looking for 
a new challenge, this type of fascination usually leads to some pretty 
practical DXing results! 
. 
531 2PM Kempsey, Australia, 5 kW SRN call-in talk format // 639 with male host 
at 1317 on 8-21; usually dominated frequency over 4KZ 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/9gsuy6dqmo4twasmpiya2coat2vjt8yh 

531 4KZ Innisfail, Australia, 10 kW Good signal with the usual "4KZ Regional 
News" male announcer at 1303 on 8-22, but typically under Australian co-channel 
2PM https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/2htsp9ngs03t96rrilnmkk1kxondp7a1 
Oldies format ("Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town") at fair to good level at 
1209 on 8-20 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/yfwwsf2vhhvquyuy2s787kga6l4ko6k4 

531 PI Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Unusual appearance with female Samoan speech at fair 
level at 1252 on 8-20; rarely showed up with decent strength over the three 
days https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/r6dyncuheqhxr7mhhui9ytf3xpavwlxh 
558 6WA Wagin, Australia, 50 kW ABC female and male conversation at a strong 
level at 1326 on 8-22, matching the same program and voices on the ABC website 
podcast for the related time segment. Extreme long-range DX (9,126 miles/ 
14,687 km) and the strongest Western Australian MW reception I've ever heard 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/pihnpq1bb676w92g19yb5bxoe1s30wpr 
ABC website Podcast content for the same time segment at 1326 on 8-22 
(regarding Jerry Lewis) 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/dbdi8zikf6i3x9jqw3xlqon0s8ahix1z 

558 6WA-Fiji Mix At 1337 on 8-22 the two exotic DU's fight it out at a pretty 
strong level, with the female-voiced 6WA slowly losing out to the male-voiced 
Radio Fiji One. Most west coast DXers would probably consider either one of 
these to be choice DX 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/09v8eonsqzw51ypqdn8ppbx1zwjkptip 

558 Radio Fiji One Suva, Fiji, 10 kW Good-level male Fijian speech and island 
music at 1347 on 8-22; along with the second MP3, this was its strongest 
appearance over the three day period 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xmylhjsv9zomi95o0y4yonojd7nayohz 
Good-level island music at 1346 on 8-21 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/1a9ksarxibdhdbpof39dyds4fu8q9xlg 
Bottom-of-the-hour song medley ID at decent strength at 1330 on 8-20 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/lpyl8v56jj215j0alzc8cqqmq08fn9yf 

585 2WEB Bourke, Australia, 10 kW (presumed) Instrumental rock music not // 576 
at 1319 on 8-20 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/0ikvfg9x3yo11atf4dpkrvtnvxyi9vew 

585 7RN Hobart, Australia, 10 kW Male DU English speech barely strong enough to 
confirm 576 parallel at 1322 on 8-21 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/85ihkp3rkla84ta55zb6oanugd8nnrkz 

594 3WV Horsham, Australia, 50 kW Good strength with intro for "Nightlife" 
guest at 1340 on 8-22 

Re: [IRCA] IRCA DXWW-W Column

[d1028gary]

Hi Brandon, 

<<< I'm happy to continue with the email list. I 
highly doubt very many read my postings anyway. >>> 

Well, I read them every day, Steve :-) 

Usually by this time in September I have gotten into the routine of a daily TP 
report, Brandon, but the TP's seem to have been on an extended propagation 
swoon here (similar to what Nigel has reported), and I'm still busy reviewing 
some DU recordings from my "Oz Hill" trip to Lincoln City, OR from August 
20-23. Once the Asians get serious about showing up I don't mind changing my 
reporting format to what you desire, although I don't know if you would be 
interested in the TP-DX recording links that I sometimes include with the 
loggings. In any case, your volunteer efforts to take some of the 
administrative load off of Phil are greatly appreciated-- thanks! 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


- Original Message -

From: "Steve Ratzlaff"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 6:54:53 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA DXWW-W Column 

Hi Brandon, 

Thank you for volunteering to do the DXWW-W column in the IRCA newsletter. 

I'd have to say I fall into the "don't care" category you mentioned, and 
my email list postings are 99% not suited for inclusion in the column, 
and I'd suggest to just ignore my postings. On the rare event that 
possibly something is heard well enough to maybe include, I could CC you 
that info and maybe edit it for possible inclusion. So, speaking only 
for myself, I have little interest in seeing anything from me posted in 
the official newsletter. I'm happy to continue with the email list. I 
highly doubt very many read my postings anyway. There are much better TP 
listeners who do report what they hear, who would be better included in 
the official newsletter column. 

73, 

Steve Ratzlaff 

near Sahuarita, AZ (S. AZ) 


On 9/19/2017 6:25 PM, Brandon Jordan wrote: 
> If nobody really cares one way or the other except posting on the e-group, 
> then speak up so the IRCA can discuss planning for the future on the DXWW 
> column. 
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Re: [IRCA] Sad Story from the Rockwork Cliff

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Chuck is right, of course. The hiking trails up above the Highway 101 turnouts 
are much more risky than our DXing setup spots at Rockwork 4. 

I've hiked some of those trails on Mount Neahkahnie (like the one where the 
Victoria man fell off of the cliff) and they are far more scary. The problem is 
that a lot of the hikers break away from the "official" main path to get as 
close as they can to the plunging cliff (usually to take some awesome 
pictures), and don't pay much attention to the danger involved. It's very sad 
about the Canadian tourist. 

Gary 

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From: "Chuck Hutton"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 10:22:20 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Sad Story from the Rockwork Cliff 

He fell from a Cliffside trail. 

We DX from paved vehicle turnout spots with a wall. Many thousands of people 
stop in the turnouts to see the view on US highway 101. 


I think there is no danger at all that anyone could ever fall from the walled 
turnout. The story of the hiker falling from a different spot (trail) is tragic 
but shouldn't worry us. 


Chuck 


 
From: IRCA  on behalf of Neil Kazaross 
 
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 8:46 AM 
To: C B; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Sad Story from the Rockwork Cliff 

Very sad and a reminder to us all to be careful. 73 KAZ 

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> A Canadian visitor has apparently fallen off 
> of the Rockwork cliff, after losing his balance during a 
> hiking trip 4 days ago, according to KGW in Portland 
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[IRCA] Sad Story from the Rockwork Cliff

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A Canadian visitor has apparently fallen off of the Rockwork cliff, after 
losing his balance during a hiking trip 4 days ago, according to KGW in 
Portland 
http://www.kgw.com/news/missing-man-reportedly-fell-off-800-foot-cliff-on-oregon-coast/473234346
 
Although the site is inherently risky, DXers are fortunate to have kept a 
perfect safety record at the plunging cliff for 6 years now, despite wacky 
weather and other challenges. 

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Re: [IRCA] The season so far.

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<<< I don't have the same data to back up my thoughts, but my observations 
here (even prior to reading Nick's post) was that Asia is down 
considerably from last year, and the DUs are better than at the same 
time in 2016. Usually by mid September I've had several decent Asian 
days, whereas this year I had one back in August and nothing since. >>> 

Asian results here so far this month have been very similar to Nigel's, with a 
drastic downtown in TP-DX in comparison to last September. 

It's usually a pretty tough transition to switch from ocean coast DU-DXing to 
chasing big gun Asians at this mediocre inland location, but at least in 
previous years there were a few interesting signals on frequencies like 603, 
657, 738 and 1593 to assist in the process. All of those have been completely 
lacking so far this month. Fortunately there are still a few ocean coast DU 
recordings from the Lincoln City, OR eclipse trip (August 20-23) to review 
here. 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 



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Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2017 2:50:27 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] The season so far. 

Very interesting - thanks to you and Bill W for compiling/sharing. I 
don't have the same data to back up my thoughts, but my observations 
here (even prior to reading Nick's post) was that Asia is down 
considerably from last year, and the DUs are better than at the same 
time in 2016. Usually by mid September I've had several decent Asian 
days, whereas this year I had one back in August and nothing since. For 
DUs I've probably had audio on about the same number of days as last 
year, but last year it was nearly always 4BC on 1116 and/or Newstalk ZB 
on 1035. This year I've had audio from a wider range of stations. 
Can't comment too much on HF conditions, as with the loss of so many 
broadcasters that had quality programming my program listening has gone 
down to nearly nil. I still check the bands sometimes from a DXing 
perspective, but lately that's been limited to checking out the new Ozy 
Radio on 5045. 

73, 

Nigel 

On 9/17/2017 7:10 AM, Nicholas Hall-Patch wrote: 
> http://tivodxer.com/date_input_form_multi.html will allow you to enter 
> dates from last season (the earliest date indicated is incorrect; 
> summer of 2016 is also there.) Compare that with the latest 
> information at http://tivodxer.com/jpgraph_example_multigraph1.php 
> which shows conditions for the last 60 days this season. 
> 
> The bottom two graphs are DU and TP DX quantity/quality from 
> Victoria. Last season had somewhat better Asia, and this season, 
> somewhat better DU. As a host of other geomagnetic indices are also 
> graphed, you can speculate as to the reasons for this in a supposedly 
> declining solar cycle. 
> 
> This has previously been documented on the IRCA list (other lists too 
> I believe), and is compiled by Bill Whitacre. 
> 
> 73, 
> 
> Nick 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 5:48 PM, R. Colin Newell 
> > wrote: 
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong but is this season lagging last season in 
> overall quality? 
> 
> Colin Newell - SYSTEMS UVic - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -- 
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[IRCA] 558-Fiji Polynesian Choral Music

[d1028gary]

After the Japanese-directed upgrade of the Radio Fiji One's transmitter and 
antenna on 558 kHz recently the station sounded very much like a South Pacific 
big gun last month at the Rockwork 4 cliff (even better than the old 639-Fiji 
signal, which most of us remember very well). 

Radio Fiji One plays a very diverse variety of traditional Fijian choral music, 
with such diversity that I've never heard them play the same song twice (except 
for the bottom-of-the hour song medley ID). After detailed file review I've 
compiled my own "Top Ten" list of 558-Fiji's Polynesian choral music, which may 
be of interest to those who miss the old 639-Fiji transmitter. All of these 
signals were received last month at the Rockwork 4 cliff with Ultralights and 
FSL antennas. I'm happy that Colin, Nick and some others have also been able to 
enjoy the station's improved signal recently (in addition to Tom and Chuck, my 
DXpedition partners last month).. 

1) 1323z August 4 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ykjkqqfa59l7h2rfcedhudikwn8ayfye 
2) 1323z August 8 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ca7tpo195gua5eayhc46evv9ix29e9oz 
3) 1318z August 8 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/6b2fxp2ai8p44t38fih4dn1meffzocxi 
4) 1307z August 1 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/vprj88dgl97t4lcp5tx23edh31gorfd0 
5) 1330z August 9 (includes bottom-of-the hour song medley ID) 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/kbjssln9b4wtt58kt2bed7un9c4ytth9 
6) 1302z August 2 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/f2lkogkmloww9vo6uehffdqenh7v8l0i 
7) 1307z August 4 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/13ra6q2edyniegz3jnwii1nlu6dcoz05 
8) 1313z August 8 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/tno4iqsiuaw1kx62i80y8rg722y15e4o 
9) 1346 August 21 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/1a9ksarxibdhdbpof39dyds4fu8q9xlg 
10) 1340 August 9 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/97tt821sjvpw4msptf2vg42vb8dnwstl 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 

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Re: [IRCA] TP 8 Sept Victoria version pt 2

[d1028gary]

<<< As Gary had expressed, Fiji's improved installation on 558 often matched 
AUS on 612 - which was easily 100% copied at each pass. Even had talk on 531khz 
which is usually buried in a permanent buzz. >>> 

Congratulations to Colin and Dennis on tracking down the revitalized 558-Fiji. 
I knew that that those powerful signals from the new, Japanese-designed 10 kW 
station would show up at west coast home locations before long. 
Here in the DU-dead zone of Puyallup I'm still sorting through about 3 hours of 
558-Fiji recordings from Rockwork 4, so it's not like I feel left out of this 
morning's action :-) 

Colin, your talk station on 531 could be either 2PM (if it's in the SRN call-in 
talk format), 4KZ (if it has some oldies mixed in with the talk), or PI (if the 
talk is in Samoan, or other Pacific island languages). 531 is like a "graveyard 
frequency" at the cliff, with 5 different DU's heard on the frequency last 
month. 

Gary 


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Sent: Saturday, September 9, 2017 11:21:36 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP 8 Sept Victoria version pt 2 

As Gary had expressed, Fiji's improved installation on 558 often matched AUS on 
612 - which was easily 100% copied at each pass. Even had talk on 531khz which 
is usually buried in a permanent buzz. 
I never ventured much above 1116 KHz - but it was clearly all DU morning. 

Closer to home, I was my 87 year old mom's security detail 3 weeks ago when she 
fell, breaking her hip. Is making an amazing recovery but I've been focusing on 
her. 
Moms versus DXing: what are you going to do!? :-) 

Colin Newell - SYSTEMS UVic - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -- 

> On Sep 9, 2017, at 7:53 AM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote: 
> 
> Nothing heard on 825 this morning here Colin. Is it audible in the daytime? 
> I'd check 1200 or 1600 for parallels... 
> 
> 
> With the suppressed domestics from the aurora, it's been amusing to listen to 
> such channels as 621, 702 and 891 in AM (or even LSB), with the Aussies 
> dominant and domestics a mere het on them. 
> 
> best wishes, 
> 
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[IRCA] 558-Fiji-- Bottom of the Hour Song Medley ID

[d1028gary]

File review from last month's Rockwork 4 DXpedition has uncovered a 558-Radio 
Fiji One programming feature that may be helpful for those hoping to track down 
the exotic station-- a three song medley ID at 30 minutes past the hour. This 
song medley ID (followed by an apparent native language ID by the usual RF1 
announcer) was noticed on both August 9th and August 19th at 1330 UTC at the 
Rockwork cliff. 

Credit should be given for Bill Whitacre's assistance in determining this. 
During his San Souci DXpedition on August 9th (the same date at the MP3 linked 
below) he recorded an ID from 558-7BU at 1315, followed by the classic rock 
song "Urgent" by Foreigner. Although 558-Fiji was smothering the frequency 100% 
at 1315 at Rockwork 4, I was able to record one minute of the same "Urgent" 
song from 7BU at 1317, which was 13 minutes prior to the song medley ID on the 
MP3 below. Both 558-7BU and the 558-Fiji medley ID were recorded using a 
"backup" 15" FSL antenna at the ocean cliff-- unfortunately without a very 
accurate start time written down at the beginning. The following 558-Fiji 
medley ID (and island choral music song, at near S9 level) were recorded on a 
Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight and 15" FSL antenna at 1330 on August 9th. 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/kbjssln9b4wtt58kt2bed7un9c4ytth9 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 




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[IRCA] Correction-- Huge 531 R Signal was from More FM, not PI

[d1028gary]

Detailed file review from last month's Rockwork 4 DXpedition continues to come 
up with some big surprises. 

Originally an S9-level R music signal on the wild frequency of 531 kHz at 
1227 on 8-6 was attributed to the 5 kW Samoan language station PI, based on the 
presence of Samoan language voices at the conclusion of the song (in a mix with 
Kiwi English ones), the strength of the signal (common for PI, but never before 
heard from More FM), and the R format (played by both stations, although More 
FM's format is all modern R, while PI plays classic R, in addition to 
Pacific Island music). After file review at the beginning of the R song, 
however, a female-voiced "More FM" ID was discovered at the 3 second point of 
the MP3 linked below. Just after the 2 minute point the rare 2 kW New Zealand 
station hits an S9 level, all alone on the frequency (an unprecedented level, 
even at the "Kiwi Cliff"). 

https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/h5qfd1alzhrsavlhheac6z9df7p832b3 

Tom R. was with me at the time, so he may wish to check his Perseus-SDR files 
:-) 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (back in the DU-DX dead zone of Puyallup, WA, USA) 
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[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-6

[d1028gary]

Thanks to Craig and Dennis for their earlier reports. 

Once again it was a very humbling experience to shift from chasing exotic DU's 
at enhanced ocean coast locations to chasing big gun Asians at a mediocre 
inland location. Several Asian big guns did manage decent audio during a short 
session from 1305-1330 (which was short because of the lack of extended sunrise 
enhancement at this dreary location). The best audio of the session (temporary 
good peaks) was from 747-JOIB, 972-HLCA and 1566-HLAZ, although there were also 
some poor to fair signals from 657-Pyongyang around 1315, 693-JOAB around 1322, 
1134-JOQR around 1314 and 1503-JOUK at 1309. The main challenge was reducing 
expectations down to the point where chasing Asian big guns at this dreary 
inland location seemed like a productive activity :-) 

747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Japanese female speech at a temporary good level at 
1318; strongest of the NHK stations this morning 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/51kozaxdu7f2oahd4t3s51la80t0pyj0 

972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Korean pop music at a brief good level above 
"Freedom 970" at 1313 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/8fha23d5ugkepi8fkzvgwnhrxa4xik1m 

1566 HLAZ Jeju, S.Korea Japanese female speech at a good level at 1310; well 
above KZIZ splatter 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/0fpmbzfytwazy0ngkfv0xbqo6f8m5szu 

73 aand Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
7.5 inch loopstick CC Skywave + 
15 inch FSL antenna 
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Re: [IRCA] August 2017 Rockwork 4 DXpedition Loggings & MP3's (Part Two)

[d1028gary]

<<< Always thoroughly enjoy your catches! >>> 

Thanks very much, Todd! 

For those interested, the full article for the August 2017 Rockwork 4 
DXpedition (8 pages, with 75 South Pacific MW-DX MP3 links) has been uploaded 
to 
http://www.mediafire.com/file/82wqp8k500354nd/August_2017_Rockwork_4_Ocean_Cliff_DXpedition.doc
 

This was far and away the most successful Rockwork 4 trip ever, with multiple 
West Australia MW loggings, 5 DU stations received on 531 kHz alone, 558-Fiji 
completely rejuvenated and hitting S9 levels, etc. It was a permanent cure for 
any hobby boredom! 

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


- Original Message -

From: "Forrester S"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 11:05:21 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] August 2017 Rockwork 4 DXpedition Loggings & MP3's (Part 
Two) 

Always thoroughly enjoy your catches! 

Todd Skaine 

On Aug 31, 2017 7:46 PM,  wrote: 

> 738 2NR Grafton, Australia, 50 kW Barely getting through oppressive KCBS 
> splatter at 1328 on 8-9, but strong enough to confirm 702 parallel; a very 
> noisy frequency all week https://app.box.com/s/ 
> ynmlgn3aj8vrb36yz4nb9dhpgs475o74 
> 
> 756 RNZ Auckland, NZ, 10 kW Sounding very clear (and // 675) at 1338 on 
> 8-9 with a major assist from the solid rock cliff, which greatly limited 
> splatter from 50 kW pest KXTG (75 miles and 6 kHz away) 
> https://app.box.com/s/anomc4qcr64ezmoe8aykin4podyah1w7 
> **765 Radio Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ, 2.5 kW Although generally an 
> underperformer throughout the week, freakishly good Kiwi propagation at 
> 1258 on 8-4 propelled this Maori net 2.5 kW wonder to an overwhelming level 
> with R music and a Maori net ID at the 1300 TOH (at 1:36 into the MP3). 
> This meltdown-level recording was the strongest ever heard during 15 
> DXpeditions over 6 years https://app.box.com/s/ 
> qvu2atw8b22qvi8xwkgp95riigd5mlca 
> Another potent signal at 1258 on 8-5 features lots of Maori-accented Kiwi 
> English 
> https://app.box.com/s/nxbw4oexrw5svw83c3nd7jfcsy282zb 
> **774 3LO Melbourne, Australia, 50 kW This huge ABC signal with female 
> speech at 1332 on 8-6 was recorded using a 3.5 inch (89mm) "Frequent Flyer" 
> FSL antenna, which proves once again that when propagation is good you can 
> have a lot of fun with a modest aerial. 
> https://app.box.com/s/60dye0v5k46o9zr066px103mmh4fes8b 
> 
> 774 Radio Sport New Plymouth, NZ, 5 kW In a loud mix underneath 3LO with 
> Yankee-accented Fox Sports News relay at 1305 on 8-7; it generally was 
> losing out to the Australian big gun all week https://app.box.com/s/ 
> ab5kderbjwe5635e9lufy3d2hei5vvxi 
> 
> **792 4RN Brisbane, Australia, 25 kW Like its 576 parallel this RN network 
> powerhouse could really blast in when conditions favored it, such as at 
> 1305 on 8-7 
> https://app.box.com/s/374oiz85qfveyyfep3shmyqtjvvld0it 
> 
> 792 Radio Sport Hamilton, NZ, 5 kW Losing out to 4RN all week, the best 
> that the Fox Sports News relay could do was show up underneath the Oz big 
> gun, such as at 1306 on 8-7 https://app.box.com/s/ 
> etciijdo5bq3xhkpwxyz9hibth5n6l4s 
> 
> 828 3GI Sale, Australia, 10 kW Not much of a horse race on this frequency 
> as Radio Trackside failed to show up. The Oz big gun was usually around but 
> fighting splatter, such as at 1325 on 8-8 https://app.box.com/s/ 
> axqyrphgqnmzpvachg1wlk6hp3qxoipk 
> 
> 837 RNZ Whangarei/ Kaitaia, NZ, 2.5/ 2 kW One of the voices in this mix 
> was matched to 756, which was the last RNZ parallel available as 
> propagation was collapsing at 1345 on 8-9. The low power relays were 
> apparently in a mix with Australia, but everything quickly faded before 
> this could be confirmed https://app.box.com/s/ 
> 612iqralz1ylq8rp5gvims19y00mjuhu 
> 
> 846 2RN Canberra, Australia, 10 kW Not one of the stronger Oz stations but 
> occasionally at decent strength, fighting the IBOC noise from KHHO as at 
> 1242 on 8-9, // 576 https://app.box.com/s/edp0neatndiqyzgs5e0ng1my6wtqg6e0 
> 
> 855 4QB/ 4QO Pialba/ Eidsvold, Australia, 10/ 10 kW Bad splatter at most 
> times, such as at 1319 on 8-5 but still enough signal to confirm the 774 
> parallel 
> https://app.box.com/s/xh0gr9lobe3uwd8l7nhw2k05piwvr75a 
> 
> 891 5AN Adelaide, Australia, 50 kW (presumed) An 890 Spanish pest usually 
> covered this, but a few seconds of audio would break through occasionally, 
> such as at 1314 on 8-8 https://app.box.com/s/ 
> 0pm1yk4tro2r8dyrz8wxh4ggs65zoig9 
> 
> 927 Newstalk ZB Palmerston North, NZ, 2 kW Low-powered Kiwi relay just 
> strong enough to check parallel with 1035 at 1308 on 8-9 
> https://app.box.com/s/vdhttgri1d1r0uf69rt4jtgr6y7gyno7 
> 
> 936 Chinese Voice Auckland, NZ, 1 kW The very low powered Kiwi ethnic 
> station managed its best signal ever with Chinese male speech at 1304 on 
> 8-9. Oddly enough it was dominant on the frequency over the Australian 
> stations 

Re: [IRCA] Michigan DU's with New Zealand logged, Aug 31

[d1028gary]

<<< 702 Magic, Auckland, NZ, confirmed just minutes after 1100 UTC TOH while 
mixing equally with 2BL Sydney who had fast paced sports play-by-play with 
mention of the "Broncos". A unique sound effect popped out of the noise at 
1103 which turns out to be Magic's transition from news into weather. This 
was confirmed against their live webstream, which I also recorded via 
Audacity for later comparison. New Zealand is officially in the logbook 
now and a new Medium Wave country. 8,303 miles. >>> 

Congratulations, Tim! 

702-Magic is fantastic DX for your far inland location. Since the station 
changed its format in 2015 (it was formerly 702-Radio Live) I've never heard of 
anyone receiving it so far away. Magic and 2BL fight it out all the time here 
on the coast, but carrying their competition all the way to Michigan seems a 
little excessive :-) 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) 


- Original Message -

From: "Tim Tromp"  
To: "IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
, "abdx"  
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 9:20:12 PM 
Subject: [IRCA] Michigan DU's with New Zealand logged, Aug 31 

Local sunrise: 1109 UTC 
Receiver: Perseus SDR 
Antenna: southwest phased BOGs 


612 with trace audio around 1112 UTC, maybe parallel to 702 but too weak 
for confirmation, likely 4QR Brisbane. There's generally a 2.5 kHz wide 
"quiet zone" centered on 612 which is splash-free. This can let some 
narrow audio through when conditions allow. 


639 unid, moderate DU carrier after sunrise at 1118 UTC, no audio. A 
closer look on the Perseus reveals two equal carriers, one at nominal and 
one under at 638.998 


693 unid, strong DU carrier again this morning for several minutes between 
1100-1120 UTC. Despite being a relatively quiet frequency (little domestic 
interference), no audio was heard. 


702 Magic, Auckland, NZ, confirmed just minutes after 1100 UTC TOH while 
mixing equally with 2BL Sydney who had fast paced sports play-by-play with 
mention of the "Broncos". A unique sound effect popped out of the noise at 
1103 which turns out to be Magic's transition from news into weather. This 
was confirmed against their live webstream, which I also recorded via 
Audacity for later comparison. New Zealand is officially in the logbook 
now and a new Medium Wave country. 8,303 miles. 


1098 again this morning with weak music beginning at 1106 UTC and continues 
for several minutes. Careful listening and I can tell it's Bryan Adams 
"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You". Not exactly "island music", but at 
least something identifiable now! Song ends at 1110 UTC and goes into 
announcer but too weak for speech. New song begins at  UTC. 
Clip posted to YT here: https://youtu.be/Az6B1rrhWlE 


73, 
Tim Tromp 
West Michigan 
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[IRCA] August 2017 Rockwork 4 DXpedition Loggings & MP3's (Part Two)

[d1028gary]

738 2NR Grafton, Australia, 50 kW Barely getting through oppressive KCBS 
splatter at 1328 on 8-9, but strong enough to confirm 702 parallel; a very 
noisy frequency all week https://app.box.com/s/ynmlgn3aj8vrb36yz4nb9dhpgs475o74 

756 RNZ Auckland, NZ, 10 kW Sounding very clear (and // 675) at 1338 on 8-9 
with a major assist from the solid rock cliff, which greatly limited splatter 
from 50 kW pest KXTG (75 miles and 6 kHz away) 
https://app.box.com/s/anomc4qcr64ezmoe8aykin4podyah1w7 
**765 Radio Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ, 2.5 kW Although generally an 
underperformer throughout the week, freakishly good Kiwi propagation at 1258 on 
8-4 propelled this Maori net 2.5 kW wonder to an overwhelming level with R 
music and a Maori net ID at the 1300 TOH (at 1:36 into the MP3). This 
meltdown-level recording was the strongest ever heard during 15 DXpeditions 
over 6 years https://app.box.com/s/qvu2atw8b22qvi8xwkgp95riigd5mlca 
Another potent signal at 1258 on 8-5 features lots of Maori-accented Kiwi 
English 
https://app.box.com/s/nxbw4oexrw5svw83c3nd7jfcsy282zb 
**774 3LO Melbourne, Australia, 50 kW This huge ABC signal with female speech 
at 1332 on 8-6 was recorded using a 3.5 inch (89mm) "Frequent Flyer" FSL 
antenna, which proves once again that when propagation is good you can have a 
lot of fun with a modest aerial. 
https://app.box.com/s/60dye0v5k46o9zr066px103mmh4fes8b 

774 Radio Sport New Plymouth, NZ, 5 kW In a loud mix underneath 3LO with 
Yankee-accented Fox Sports News relay at 1305 on 8-7; it generally was losing 
out to the Australian big gun all week 
https://app.box.com/s/ab5kderbjwe5635e9lufy3d2hei5vvxi 

**792 4RN Brisbane, Australia, 25 kW Like its 576 parallel this RN network 
powerhouse could really blast in when conditions favored it, such as at 1305 on 
8-7 
https://app.box.com/s/374oiz85qfveyyfep3shmyqtjvvld0it 

792 Radio Sport Hamilton, NZ, 5 kW Losing out to 4RN all week, the best that 
the Fox Sports News relay could do was show up underneath the Oz big gun, such 
as at 1306 on 8-7 https://app.box.com/s/etciijdo5bq3xhkpwxyz9hibth5n6l4s 

828 3GI Sale, Australia, 10 kW Not much of a horse race on this frequency as 
Radio Trackside failed to show up. The Oz big gun was usually around but 
fighting splatter, such as at 1325 on 8-8 
https://app.box.com/s/axqyrphgqnmzpvachg1wlk6hp3qxoipk 

837 RNZ Whangarei/ Kaitaia, NZ, 2.5/ 2 kW One of the voices in this mix was 
matched to 756, which was the last RNZ parallel available as propagation was 
collapsing at 1345 on 8-9. The low power relays were apparently in a mix with 
Australia, but everything quickly faded before this could be confirmed 
https://app.box.com/s/612iqralz1ylq8rp5gvims19y00mjuhu 

846 2RN Canberra, Australia, 10 kW Not one of the stronger Oz stations but 
occasionally at decent strength, fighting the IBOC noise from KHHO as at 1242 
on 8-9, // 576 https://app.box.com/s/edp0neatndiqyzgs5e0ng1my6wtqg6e0 

855 4QB/ 4QO Pialba/ Eidsvold, Australia, 10/ 10 kW Bad splatter at most times, 
such as at 1319 on 8-5 but still enough signal to confirm the 774 parallel 
https://app.box.com/s/xh0gr9lobe3uwd8l7nhw2k05piwvr75a 

891 5AN Adelaide, Australia, 50 kW (presumed) An 890 Spanish pest usually 
covered this, but a few seconds of audio would break through occasionally, such 
as at 1314 on 8-8 https://app.box.com/s/0pm1yk4tro2r8dyrz8wxh4ggs65zoig9 

927 Newstalk ZB Palmerston North, NZ, 2 kW Low-powered Kiwi relay just strong 
enough to check parallel with 1035 at 1308 on 8-9 
https://app.box.com/s/vdhttgri1d1r0uf69rt4jtgr6y7gyno7 

936 Chinese Voice Auckland, NZ, 1 kW The very low powered Kiwi ethnic station 
managed its best signal ever with Chinese male speech at 1304 on 8-9. Oddly 
enough it was dominant on the frequency over the Australian stations for most 
of the week 
https://app.box.com/s/z8jbfnptywt446a66kmpqqwzyuq0upsu 
Chinese female speech at almost the same good level at 1320 on 8-7 
https://app.box.com/s/k59fahu3g93b1cha02gyyas4co0endwq 

936 UnID-Oz Marginal DU English speech at 1330 on 8-8 but too noisy to check 
for LR network parallel 
https://app.box.com/s/ztaeb3j6t2zoe4b1ql9rfgdab9iz8gg4 

963 Star Christchurch, NZ, 10 kW Fairly good level Christian music // 657 at 
1319 on 8-9; not a very good performer for most of the week 
https://app.box.com/s/329ztas72h18f3vgyha2l1i0d03t21za 

963 UnID-Oz At least two Australian signals not // 657 in this mix at 1328 on 
8-8, but way too wild to sort them out 
https://app.box.com/s/27zx7uqcv065jwvh2tdrc6mll7znpp7i 

1008 Newstalk ZB Tauranga, NZ, 10 kW Badly splattered by a domestic pest for 
most of the week, but enough of a talk format signal to confirm the 1035 
parallel at 1324 on 8-7 https://app.box.com/s/pwb45sqzphb3zmpz49p63utt5l8t5ba9 

1017 A3Z Nuku'alofa, Tonga, 10 kW Another major target of the DXpedition, this 
island station cooperated with decent signals most of the time, but its sign 
off times were all over the map. This strong reception of the usual 

Re: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & KFMB San Diego, Aug 29

[d1028gary]

<<< I couldn't find a reference to SIBC's exact frequency and I'm leaning 
towards 1034.998 being NZ, but I'll defer to the west coast experts. >>> 

1035-Newstalk ZB is one of the most powerful New Zealand big guns, while 
1035-SIBC is heard once in a blue moon. You can be fairly certain of dealing 
with the Kiwi. 
It has a call-in talk format, with a lot of commercial ads. This was its 
monster signal (S9+) at the Rockwork ocean cliff about a year ago 
https://app.box.com/s/8g5drz0kbarvdfopfrugkxl8rq4u2l0c 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 



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From: "Tim Tromp"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 9:06:50 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & KFMB San Diego, Aug 29 

I couldn't find a reference to SIBC's exact frequency and I'm leaning 
towards 1034.998 being NZ, but I'll defer to the west coast experts. 

73, 
-Tim 


On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Neil Kazaross  wrote: 

> Interesting on 1035, Tim. WNVR is murderous here but tomorrow they 
> shouldn't have day power on til 1130 (I hope). Carriers on 1035 here in the 
> past but nothing close to audio. Do you think Solomon Is. or NZ with that 
> freq? 
> 
> 73 KAZ 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 10:40 PM, Tim Tromp  wrote: 
> 
> > Thanks, Kaz 
> > 
> > This morning had 1034.998 with threshold audio near 1100 UTC TOH but 
> tough 
> > going through WNVR's splatter. Faint music again heard on 1098 near TOH. 
> > Lots of lower band DU carriers again this morning but weaker than the 
> > previous morning. Hopefully you can set up soon to catch some of this 
> > fun. My DKAZ is down at the moment, so nothing to report here on upper 
> > band DU's (where the DKAZ does better). I'll probably have it set up 
> again 
> > this weekend. 
> > 
> > 73, 
> > -Tim 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Neil Kazaross  
> > wrote: 
> > 
> > > Good stuff Tim. I should soon be set up again to check DU's as well. 
> Re: 
> > > 603 never more than a weak carrier here. Re: 693 carrier here but never 
> > > that strong and honestly too close to IBOC noise from WSCR. 
> > > 
> > > Re: 702. I've had a station mix with 2BL a couple of times before 
> > including 
> > > once last Oct when the carriers were even and audios mixed. I assumed 
> NZ 
> > > but have never IDed it. 
> > > 
> > > Re:756 have had carrier, but too close to WBBM IBOC noise to pull out 
> > > marginal audio. 
> > > 
> > > Re:1098 I expect you'll get even better audio soon. Re:1017 it would be 
> > > nice to end the DU season with Tonga in both our log books. 73 KAZ 
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 10:59 PM,  wrote: 
> > > 
> > > > Tim, 
> > > > 
> > > > Based on the recent ocean coast DXpeditions I've included a few 
> > > > suggestions on your UnID-DU frequencies. Hope this proves useful! 
> > > > 
> > > > Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > - Original Message - 
> > > > 
> > > > From: "Tim Tromp"  
> > > > To: "IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" < 
> > > > irca@hard-core-dx.com>, "abdx"  
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 7:44:27 PM 
> > > > Subject: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & KFMB San Diego, Aug 29 
> > > > 
> > > > Local sunrise: 1107 UTC 
> > > > Receiver: Perseus SDR 
> > > > Antenna: southwest phased BOGs 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > <<< 603 unid with solid strong carrier at 1100 UTC and just a few dB 
> > shy 
> > > of 
> > > > producing audio but good enough to hold the sync AM lock on the 
> > Perseus. 
> > > > >>> 
> > > > 
> > > > At your Australia-favoring location this is likely 603-2RN in Nowra ( 
> > // 
> > > > 576), but it could also be the 5 kW New Zealand Maori station Radio 
> > > Waatea. 
> > > > Waatea plays a lot of rhythmic music, while the ABC RN network is 
> > usually 
> > > > talk (but with some exotic music at times). The two were fighting it 
> > out 
> > > > during Australia-favored propagation at Rockwork 4 on August 4th of 
> > this 
> > > > month, with 2RN dominant https://app.box.com/s/ 
> > > > i3mgrjxw0dwadrtc2c69x7f2f7h6qzua 
> > > > 
> > > > 693 unid with another solid carrier at 1100 UTC, again just not 
> enough 
> > to 
> > > > punch any audio through but one to watch in the future. 
> > > > 
> > > > <<< 701.999 unid with threshold music, no pips, no ABC fanfare heard 
> at 
> > > > TOH, so 
> > > > maybe something other than Sydney? Song ends at 1101 UTC and then 
> male 
> > > > announcer. Lost to 700 splash soon after. 701.996 shows a strong 
> > carrier 
> > > > later, at 1122 UTC, whom I think belongs to 2BL Sydney. >>> 
> > > > 
> > > > Almost certainly the 10 kW oldies broadcaster 702-Magic in Auckland, 
> > NZ. 
> > > > It mixes frequently with 2BL on the coast. The TOH ID is "Magic-- 
> feels 
> > > > good" like at 55 

Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17

[d1028gary]

<<< But let's note Richard's original question: 

Question: Is it feasible to couple a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP aerial 
with a C Crane Skywave receiver without serious modification? I'd 
like try using them together. 
There was no request for a comparison with an FSL. 

And the answer to Richard's questions remains that it will work, or at least 2 
of us think so. >>> 

Chuck, I think everyone agrees that almost any external antenna will provide 
better MW reception on the CC Skywave than the midget stock loopstick. The 
question is whether such a modification is likely to provide any benefit in 
Richard's Oklahoma TP-DXing situation, considering his DU-DXing success with 
the 8" FSL. If he thinks that it will, he is more than welcome to perform the 
modification. 

Gary 



- Original Message -

From: "Chuck Hutton"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 9:14:00 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17 

But let's note Richard's original question: 

Question: Is it feasible to couple a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP aerial 
with a C Crane Skywave receiver without serious modification? I'd 
like try using them together. 
There was no request for a comparison with an FSL. 

And the answer to Richard's questions remains that it will work, or at least 2 
of us think so. 

Chuck 


 
From: IRCA  on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch 
 
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 10:31 PM 
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17 

A good point Gary. 

I believe that you have noted that the FSL tends to favor the lower 
MW band, where its Q is highest. Perhaps there might be a more even 
match at higher frequencies when using a brute force broadband antenna. 

It would be an interesting comparison. 

best wishes, 

Nick 

At 01:21 30-08-17, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: 
>Hi Nick, 
> 
><<< Might I disagree Gary? >>> 
> 
>No disagreement, necessary, Nick! 
> 
>I think both of us agree that the ALA1530 would boost the CC 
>Skywave's MW reception beyond that of the midget stock loopstick. 
>Almost any type of external antenna will do that, as long as it is 
>designed for MW frequencies. In Richard's situation, however, he 
>already has a very effective 8" FSL antenna, which has received DU 
>audio from several different Australian stations in Oklahoma. The 
>high performance of that antenna is directly related to its razor 
>sharp, single-optimized-frequency advantage. Directly connecting a 
>small, mismatched broadband antenna in its place is unlikely to 
>accomplish anything significant. Otherwise, we would already have 
>had multiple reports of DU's being received far inland on the 
>ALA1530. In rare situations that might be possible with a $1,000+ 
>table receiver with a 50 ohm antenna input, but not with a 
>mismatched Ultralight radio. 
> 
>Gary 
> 
> 
>- Original Message - 
> 
>From: "Nick Hall-Patch"  
>To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
> 
>Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 5:55:26 PM 
>Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17 
> 
>Might I disagree Gary? 
> 
>I think what the ALA1530 could do is boost sensitivity across the 
>band for the CC Skywave. The old method of coupling a random wire 
>into a portable radio seems to work at least as well for a 50 ohm 
>output from the Wellbrook amplifer. A turn or two of wire around 
>the body of the radio could hot things up nicely when the wire is 
>connected between the center pin and ground of the ALA1530's RF 
>output connector, normally meant to couple into a receiver input connector.. 
> 
>Elegance might involve a loop of wire around the internal loop's 
>ferrite rod, with a small input connector adapted from the ALA1530's output? 
> 
>At any rate, I have neither a CC Skywave nor an ALA1530, so I 
>haven't tried it exactly. But the concept seemed to work haywired 
>with a PL-380 that was modified already with an external 7.5" ferrite 
>rod antenna being fed by a Wellbrook ALA100 amplifier hooked to a 4' 
>square copper pipe antenna . Wenatchee on 900kHz became readable 
>here on a late summer afternoon, with little sign on it before. 
> 
>Also tried the ALA-100 with the old SRF-39 Ultralight...KONA-610 
>leapt out whereas just traces before. 
> 
>Give it a try Richard. It won't be "Ultralight" anymore, but it 
>might bring up those trans-Pacifics, plus you can aim the loop in the 
>right direction or use it to null interference. 
> 
>best wishes, 
> 
>Nick 
> 
>At 19:16 29-08-17, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: 
> 
> ><<< Question: Is it feasible to couple a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP aerial 
> >with a C Crane Skywave receiver without serious modification? I'd 
> >like try using them together. >>> 
> > 
> >The short answer is that this wouldn't work very well, Richard. 
> > 

Re: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & KFMB San Diego, Aug 29

[d1028gary]

<<< 693 is an interesting one, if it's DU, as all the others seem to be. 

Brisbane is directional, and I don't see any record of it being heard 
on the coast (Chuck? Gary?) New Zealand has been heard a few times 
in spite of low power. >>> 

Bill Whitacre received the 2 kW New Zealand station on 693 this month at his 
San Souci (OR) location, which he reported as a relay of Fox Sports. But his 
Master Log doesn't show any Australia reception on the frequency. 

My own experience with DU's on 693 has been dismal. Ultralight radios lack the 
advanced filtering used by the Perseus-SDR DXers, so I usually end up listening 
to Vancouver splatter (which seems to propagate very well down the ocean 
coast). 

Gary 


- Original Message -

From: "Nick Hall-Patch"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 11:08:04 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & KFMB San Diego, Aug 29 

693 is an interesting one, if it's DU, as all the others seem to be. 

Brisbane is directional, and I don't see any record of it being heard 
on the coast (Chuck? Gary?) New Zealand has been heard a few times 
in spite of low power. 

One to watch, for certain. 


best wishes, 

Nick 


At 17:39 30-08-17, Neil Kazaross wrote: 
>Good stuff Tim. I should soon be set up again to check DU's as well. Re: 
>603 never more than a weak carrier here. Re: 693 carrier here but never 
>that strong and honestly too close to IBOC noise from WSCR. 
> 
> 
> > - Original Message - 
> > 
> > From: "Tim Tromp"  
> > To: "IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" < 
> > irca@hard-core-dx.com>, "abdx"  
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 7:44:27 PM 
> > Subject: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & KFMB San Diego, Aug 29 
> > 
> > Local sunrise: 1107 UTC 
> > Receiver: Perseus SDR 
> > Antenna: southwest phased BOGs 
> > 
> > 
> > <<< 603 unid with solid strong carrier at 1100 UTC and just a few dB shy of 
> > producing audio but good enough to hold the sync AM lock on the Perseus. 
> > >>> 
> > 
> > At your Australia-favoring location this is likely 603-2RN in Nowra ( // 
> > 576), but it could also be the 5 kW New Zealand Maori station Radio Waatea. 
> > Waatea plays a lot of rhythmic music, while the ABC RN network is usually 
> > talk (but with some exotic music at times). The two were fighting it out 
> > during Australia-favored propagation at Rockwork 4 on August 4th of this 
> > month, with 2RN dominant https://app.box.com/s/ 
> > i3mgrjxw0dwadrtc2c69x7f2f7h6qzua 
> > 
> > 693 unid with another solid carrier at 1100 UTC, again just not enough to 
> > punch any audio through but one to watch in the future. 
> > 
> > <<< 701.999 unid with threshold music, no pips, no ABC fanfare heard at 
> > TOH, so 
> > maybe something other than Sydney? Song ends at 1101 UTC and then male 
> > announcer. Lost to 700 splash soon after. 701.996 shows a strong carrier 
> > later, at 1122 UTC, whom I think belongs to 2BL Sydney. >>> 
> > 
> > Almost certainly the 10 kW oldies broadcaster 702-Magic in Auckland, NZ. 
> > It mixes frequently with 2BL on the coast. The TOH ID is "Magic-- feels 
> > good" like at 55 seconds into the recording at https://app.box.com/s/ 
> > 1kmy738awm8pl70ht0vmsm6rrvswijb6 
> > 
> > 
> > <<< 756 unid with solid carrier for several minutes at 1053 UTC and 
> > threshold 
> > audio but far too weak to make anything out. Blown out of the ocean at 
> > 1100 UTC when WNDZ signs on the air. >>> 
> > 
> > Likely 756-RNZ in New Zealand, one of the strongest RNZ frequencies on the 
> > coast, and // 567 and 675 https://app.box.com/s/ 
> > anomc4qcr64ezmoe8aykin4podyah1w7 
> > 
> > <<< 1017 had a "near audio" carrier at 1057 UTC. >>> 
> > 
> > Tonga is much stronger than any other DU on the frequency, so as long as 
> > you have a decent carrier on 1017 in the Midwest it's most likely Tonga 
> > https://app.box.com/s/zjc64srpsqz6xplxlr2v8o2i667qrvrc 
> > 
> > 1098 probably Marshalls with very faint music during a rare moment of 
> > minimum 1090 splash. This was at 1052 UTC. Music, though not identifiable 
> > to my ears, was probably good enough to make a parallel confirmation if I 
> > had been DXing live at the time. Best audio so far from 1098 and 
> > encouraging. 
> > 
> > 
> > Weaker DU carriers also noted on many of the lower 9 kHz channels this 
> > morning. 
> > 
> > 
> > Domestic notes: 
> > 
> > 760 KFMB San Diego continues to be heard here every morning at sunrise 
> > under WJR. This could be a good time to log them from the Midwest if you 
> > need them. 
> > 
> > 73, 
> > Tim Tromp 
> > West Michigan 
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[IRCA] August 2017 Rockwork 4 DXpedition Loggings & MP3's (Part One)

[d1028gary]

Overall this August 2017 DXpedition has been far and away the most productive 
Rockwork 4 trip ever, with two Western Australians (531-6DL and 558-6WA) 
received at decent levels, five stations received on 531 kHz alone (PI, More 
FM, 2PM, 4KZ and 6DL), 558-Fiji completely restored and reaching S9 levels, an 
S9 recording of 585-2WEB (confirmed by David Sharp), the best-ever signals from 
the Kiwis on 531 (More FM), 603, 657, 765, 936 and 1503, monster signals from 
585-7RN and 639-5CK, multiple receptions of 1017-Tonga, etc. Even when we 
needed to dodge the "sleeping squatters" it was a lot of fun to share the cliff 
with my DXpedition partners Tom and Chuck, especially during the phenomenal 
August 4th session (when Tom and I both made out like bandits). I'm sure that 
both of us will remember that wild and wacky session for years to come! 
All of these and the other South Pacific loggings below were received with 
Ultralight radios and "airport unfriendly" FSL antennas (as in the photo posted 
at https://app.box.com/s/dqaag49l6uboqcfboq4b7fn5fy9dsr1f ). Signals which 
reached an S9 level are listed with a double asterisk (**). Special thanks is 
in order for Theo Donnelly, Andrew Brade, James Niven, Todd Emslie, Bill 
Whitacre, David Sharp and any others who assisted in the identification of the 
following stations (and especially to my DXpedition partner Tom Rothlisberger, 
who researched parallel stations for the two Western Australia loggings). You 
guys rock! 

531 2PM Kempsey, Australia, 5 kW Good signal at 1242 on 8-8 with call-in talk 
format and mentions of SRN member station 2LM at :11 and 1:11 into the 
recording (thanks to Andrew Brade for listening) 
https://app.box.com/s/jztickg7d207ykg2re1c9jtvtjokznf5 

531 4KZ Innisfail, Australia, 10 kW On top of the frequency at 1258 on 8-4 with 
"4KZ Regional News" ID at :08 into the recording. Usually was under PI during 
the week with its oldies and TOH news format (thanks to James Niven for 
listening) https://app.box.com/s/jtq9cyi0te4bbri3tv7puzvt289fpsmx 
531 6DL Dalwallinu, Australia, 10 kW ABC conversation format received once 
during exceptional conditions at 1253 on 8-4; content was matched by DXpedition 
partner Tom Rothlisberger (using Perseus-SDR recordings) to ABC LR network 
content on other frequencies. Very long range DX (9,050 miles/ 14,564 km) 
https://app.box.com/s/688ujh8qu23t7jl5dfuvwzsc6iudsw0e 
531 More FM Alexandra, NZ, 2 kW This was a breakout DXpedition for the 
low-powered urban rock station, which sometimes dominated over the Kiwi 
co-channel PI and the other four DU's received on this frequency. This local ad 
string was received at 1255 on 8-1, with a mention of "shoesunlimited.com.nz" 
at the 26 second point (thanks to Theo for deciphering) 
https://app.box.com/s/lbmcayqyvvivedjx1j1ru5ihdcdydsem 
Another good-strength Kiwi ad string at 1342 on 8-1 with mention of the FM 
affiliate frequency "99.4" at 58 seconds into the recording (thanks to Theo for 
deciphering) https://app.box.com/s/8ieycxra98wzvt3b0prv4x24ba4xitrr 
The usual super-short "More FM" ID (male voiced) is at the 28 second point of 
this recording featuring the station's typical modern rock format at 1313 on 
8-6 https://app.box.com/s/r4mfi1dtjyonr47vtt88pdibwuedwydh 
**531 PI Auckland, NZ, 5 kW The usual dominant station on the frequency, the 
Samoan (and other Pacific Island) language broadcaster was rocking at an S9 
level with island music at 1248 on 8-8 
https://app.box.com/s/b391cdrlt9s4c7y4gp3kt9q1dxbgpj4j 
Powerful R music at 1237 on 8-6 
https://app.box.com/s/xp2j1k6wjx1gs6eqco3w89is84koqzzh 
Another island music recording at a powerful level at 1303 on 8-19 
https://app.box.com/s/ev4wupztu874jmrip7ffbwk1ypoinrtt 

558 6WA Wagin, Australia, 50 kW Received during exceptional conditions at 1319 
on 8-4 (the same morning as 531-6DL was received), this ABC-format speech was 
once again matched by DXpedition partner Tom Rothlisberger to ABC LR-network 
content on other frequencies. Received for the first time here in August of 
2015, this reception matched the Ultralight radio DX distance record for 
reception in North America (at 9,138 miles, or 14,705 km) 
https://app.box.com/s/cze5omzc1x01p28gpdo44wylhdl61l6y 
558 7BU Burnie, Australia, 2 kW This low-power classic rock station in Tasmania 
was giving the rejuvenated Fiji some competition at times on the morning of 
8-9, but in general was losing out. This classic rock recording with 
Foreigner's "Urgent" was made at 1317 on 8-9; by fortunate coincidence Bill 
Whitacre had recorded the same song preceded by a "7BU" ID during his San Souci 
DXpedition down the coast on the same morning 
https://app.box.com/s/78u9z9aogtsuf04c1xfawcnusxdqthpx 
Another classic rock song ("So Lonely" by the Police) at 1303 on 8-9. At the 
end of the recording there may be a muffled partial ID according to Todd 
Emslie, but it's too tough for me to decipher (thanks to Todd Emslie) 

Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17

[d1028gary]

<<< I believe that you have noted that the FSL tends to favor the lower 
MW band, where its Q is highest. Perhaps there might be a more even 
match at higher frequencies when using a brute force broadband antenna. 

It would be an interesting comparison. >> 

Very true, Nick! 

Actually FSL's and broadband loops have been used side-by-side at the Rockwork 
4 cliff for several years now, and those who have participated in these 
DXpeditions can confirm the tradeoff you mention above. However in these cases 
the broadband loops are usually quite a bit larger than the ALA1530, and the 
FSL's are also quite a bit larger than the 8" size. 

In the Rockwork 4 DXpeditions both types of antennas do tend to carve out their 
own DXing niche, and actually do work quite well to complement each other on 
the low and high band. 

Gary 


- Original Message -

From: "Nick Hall-Patch"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 10:31:42 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17 

A good point Gary. 

I believe that you have noted that the FSL tends to favor the lower 
MW band, where its Q is highest. Perhaps there might be a more even 
match at higher frequencies when using a brute force broadband antenna. 

It would be an interesting comparison. 

best wishes, 

Nick 

At 01:21 30-08-17, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: 
>Hi Nick, 
> 
><<< Might I disagree Gary? >>> 
> 
>No disagreement, necessary, Nick! 
> 
>I think both of us agree that the ALA1530 would boost the CC 
>Skywave's MW reception beyond that of the midget stock loopstick. 
>Almost any type of external antenna will do that, as long as it is 
>designed for MW frequencies. In Richard's situation, however, he 
>already has a very effective 8" FSL antenna, which has received DU 
>audio from several different Australian stations in Oklahoma. The 
>high performance of that antenna is directly related to its razor 
>sharp, single-optimized-frequency advantage. Directly connecting a 
>small, mismatched broadband antenna in its place is unlikely to 
>accomplish anything significant. Otherwise, we would already have 
>had multiple reports of DU's being received far inland on the 
>ALA1530. In rare situations that might be possible with a $1,000+ 
>table receiver with a 50 ohm antenna input, but not with a 
>mismatched Ultralight radio. 
> 
>Gary 
> 
> 
>- Original Message - 
> 
>From: "Nick Hall-Patch"  
>To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
> 
>Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 5:55:26 PM 
>Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17 
> 
>Might I disagree Gary? 
> 
>I think what the ALA1530 could do is boost sensitivity across the 
>band for the CC Skywave. The old method of coupling a random wire 
>into a portable radio seems to work at least as well for a 50 ohm 
>output from the Wellbrook amplifer. A turn or two of wire around 
>the body of the radio could hot things up nicely when the wire is 
>connected between the center pin and ground of the ALA1530's RF 
>output connector, normally meant to couple into a receiver input connector. 
> 
>Elegance might involve a loop of wire around the internal loop's 
>ferrite rod, with a small input connector adapted from the ALA1530's output? 
> 
>At any rate, I have neither a CC Skywave nor an ALA1530, so I 
>haven't tried it exactly. But the concept seemed to work haywired 
>with a PL-380 that was modified already with an external 7.5" ferrite 
>rod antenna being fed by a Wellbrook ALA100 amplifier hooked to a 4' 
>square copper pipe antenna . Wenatchee on 900kHz became readable 
>here on a late summer afternoon, with little sign on it before. 
> 
>Also tried the ALA-100 with the old SRF-39 Ultralight...KONA-610 
>leapt out whereas just traces before. 
> 
>Give it a try Richard. It won't be "Ultralight" anymore, but it 
>might bring up those trans-Pacifics, plus you can aim the loop in the 
>right direction or use it to null interference. 
> 
>best wishes, 
> 
>Nick 
> 
>At 19:16 29-08-17, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: 
> 
> ><<< Question: Is it feasible to couple a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP aerial 
> >with a C Crane Skywave receiver without serious modification? I'd 
> >like try using them together. >>> 
> > 
> >The short answer is that this wouldn't work very well, Richard. 
> > 
> >The Wellbrook ALA1530LNP is a relatively small broadband loop 
> >designed for a 50 ohm impedance-input table receiver, while since 
> >the CC Skywave is a pocket radio designed for portability, it was 
> >never designed to be directly connected to any external antenna (50 
> >ohm input, or otherwise). Installing such a 50 ohm antenna connector 
> >on the CC Skywave would be a nightmare, and even if you do this, 
> >since the ALA1530LNP is a broadband loop designed to receive all MW 
> >frequencies simultaneously, it's highly unlikely to provide the 
> >single-optimized-frequency 

Re: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & KFMB San Diego, Aug 29

[d1028gary]

Tim, 

Based on the recent ocean coast DXpeditions I've included a few suggestions on 
your UnID-DU frequencies. Hope this proves useful! 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


- Original Message -

From: "Tim Tromp"  
To: "IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
, "abdx"  
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 7:44:27 PM 
Subject: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & KFMB San Diego, Aug 29 

Local sunrise: 1107 UTC 
Receiver: Perseus SDR 
Antenna: southwest phased BOGs 


<<< 603 unid with solid strong carrier at 1100 UTC and just a few dB shy of 
producing audio but good enough to hold the sync AM lock on the Perseus. >>> 

At your Australia-favoring location this is likely 603-2RN in Nowra ( // 576), 
but it could also be the 5 kW New Zealand Maori station Radio Waatea. Waatea 
plays a lot of rhythmic music, while the ABC RN network is usually talk (but 
with some exotic music at times). The two were fighting it out during 
Australia-favored propagation at Rockwork 4 on August 4th of this month, with 
2RN dominant https://app.box.com/s/i3mgrjxw0dwadrtc2c69x7f2f7h6qzua 

693 unid with another solid carrier at 1100 UTC, again just not enough to 
punch any audio through but one to watch in the future. 

<<< 701.999 unid with threshold music, no pips, no ABC fanfare heard at TOH, so 
maybe something other than Sydney? Song ends at 1101 UTC and then male 
announcer. Lost to 700 splash soon after. 701.996 shows a strong carrier 
later, at 1122 UTC, whom I think belongs to 2BL Sydney. >>> 

Almost certainly the 10 kW oldies broadcaster 702-Magic in Auckland, NZ. It 
mixes frequently with 2BL on the coast. The TOH ID is "Magic-- feels good" like 
at 55 seconds into the recording at 
https://app.box.com/s/1kmy738awm8pl70ht0vmsm6rrvswijb6 


<<< 756 unid with solid carrier for several minutes at 1053 UTC and threshold 
audio but far too weak to make anything out. Blown out of the ocean at 
1100 UTC when WNDZ signs on the air. >>> 

Likely 756-RNZ in New Zealand, one of the strongest RNZ frequencies on the 
coast, and // 567 and 675 
https://app.box.com/s/anomc4qcr64ezmoe8aykin4podyah1w7 

<<< 1017 had a "near audio" carrier at 1057 UTC. >>> 

Tonga is much stronger than any other DU on the frequency, so as long as you 
have a decent carrier on 1017 in the Midwest it's most likely Tonga 
https://app.box.com/s/zjc64srpsqz6xplxlr2v8o2i667qrvrc 

1098 probably Marshalls with very faint music during a rare moment of 
minimum 1090 splash. This was at 1052 UTC. Music, though not identifiable 
to my ears, was probably good enough to make a parallel confirmation if I 
had been DXing live at the time. Best audio so far from 1098 and 
encouraging. 


Weaker DU carriers also noted on many of the lower 9 kHz channels this 
morning. 


Domestic notes: 

760 KFMB San Diego continues to be heard here every morning at sunrise 
under WJR. This could be a good time to log them from the Midwest if you 
need them. 

73, 
Tim Tromp 
West Michigan 
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Re: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & new domestic logged, Aug 26

[d1028gary]

<<< Just a quick thanks for this information regarding Tonga sign-off times, 
and all of the detail that you provide in your Oregon coastal logs and 
recordings. I find them extremely valuable! >>> 

Thanks, Tim! 

I've always had great admiration for those inland DXers like you and KAZ, who 
track down TP's and DU's at extreme distances. I think that Richard Allen in 
Oklahoma also falls in that category. You guys are the real paragons of 
patience and determination. 

Tracking down DU-DX on an ocean cliff has a different set of challenges. Kiwis 
and Aussies can roll in at huge levels, and you just have to be adventurous and 
wild enough to show up at the wacky sites, and have your recorder ready. When 
558-6WA rolled in at around an S7 level at the new "Oz Hill" spot in Lincoln 
City last week, I recalled your 702-2BL reception at almost the same extreme 
distance-- and became extremely thankful for salt water enhancement. 

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) 


- Original Message -

From: "Tim Tromp"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 6:40:10 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & new domestic logged, Aug 26 

Gary, 

Just a quick thanks for this information regarding Tonga sign-off times, 
and all of the detail that you provide in your Oregon coastal logs and 
recordings. I find them extremely valuable! 

73, 
-Tim 


On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 10:54 PM,  wrote: 

> Tim, 
> 
> Let me add my congratulations to those of KAZ for your long-range 
> Australian loggings. Tracking down DU-DX at over 9,000 miles is always 
> quite an accomplishment! 
> 
> <<< Re:1017 (still needed here) I 
> > think s/off starts at about 1100 and ends 1103. >>> 
> 
> This is true for the "usual" sign off, but 1017-Tonga has variable sign 
> off times, and three different times were observed during the week of the 
> Rockwork 4 DXpedition this month (1103 UTC, 1133 UTC and 1243 UTC). 
> Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be much of a pattern as to when the 
> station will go on extended time. The latest sign off (1243) occurred 
> during a weekday evening, and there was no sports event or other special 
> reason that I could determine. 
> 
> Based on prior experience I was ready for extended time on their late 
> Saturday evening on August 5th, but they signed off at 1103 as usual. Other 
> DU's on the frequency are usually much weaker, however, so if you have a 
> decent 1017 carrier after 1105 it's probably Tonga running on extended time. 
> 
> Gary 
> 
> 
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Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17

[d1028gary]

Hi Nick, 

<<< Might I disagree Gary? >>> 

No disagreement, necessary, Nick! 

I think both of us agree that the ALA1530 would boost the CC Skywave's MW 
reception beyond that of the midget stock loopstick. Almost any type of 
external antenna will do that, as long as it is designed for MW frequencies. In 
Richard's situation, however, he already has a very effective 8" FSL antenna, 
which has received DU audio from several different Australian stations in 
Oklahoma. The high performance of that antenna is directly related to its razor 
sharp, single-optimized-frequency advantage. Directly connecting a small, 
mismatched broadband antenna in its place is unlikely to accomplish anything 
significant. Otherwise, we would already have had multiple reports of DU's 
being received far inland on the ALA1530. In rare situations that might be 
possible with a $1,000+ table receiver with a 50 ohm antenna input, but not 
with a mismatched Ultralight radio. 

Gary 


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From: "Nick Hall-Patch"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 5:55:26 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17 

Might I disagree Gary? 

I think what the ALA1530 could do is boost sensitivity across the 
band for the CC Skywave. The old method of coupling a random wire 
into a portable radio seems to work at least as well for a 50 ohm 
output from the Wellbrook amplifer. A turn or two of wire around 
the body of the radio could hot things up nicely when the wire is 
connected between the center pin and ground of the ALA1530's RF 
output connector, normally meant to couple into a receiver input connector. 

Elegance might involve a loop of wire around the internal loop's 
ferrite rod, with a small input connector adapted from the ALA1530's output? 

At any rate, I have neither a CC Skywave nor an ALA1530, so I 
haven't tried it exactly. But the concept seemed to work haywired 
with a PL-380 that was modified already with an external 7.5" ferrite 
rod antenna being fed by a Wellbrook ALA100 amplifier hooked to a 4' 
square copper pipe antenna . Wenatchee on 900kHz became readable 
here on a late summer afternoon, with little sign on it before. 

Also tried the ALA-100 with the old SRF-39 Ultralight...KONA-610 
leapt out whereas just traces before. 

Give it a try Richard. It won't be "Ultralight" anymore, but it 
might bring up those trans-Pacifics, plus you can aim the loop in the 
right direction or use it to null interference. 

best wishes, 

Nick 

At 19:16 29-08-17, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: 

><<< Question: Is it feasible to couple a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP aerial 
>with a C Crane Skywave receiver without serious modification? I'd 
>like try using them together. >>> 
> 
>The short answer is that this wouldn't work very well, Richard. 
> 
>The Wellbrook ALA1530LNP is a relatively small broadband loop 
>designed for a 50 ohm impedance-input table receiver, while since 
>the CC Skywave is a pocket radio designed for portability, it was 
>never designed to be directly connected to any external antenna (50 
>ohm input, or otherwise). Installing such a 50 ohm antenna connector 
>on the CC Skywave would be a nightmare, and even if you do this, 
>since the ALA1530LNP is a broadband loop designed to receive all MW 
>frequencies simultaneously, it's highly unlikely to provide the 
>single-optimized-frequency performance of an inductively coupled FSL 
>antenna when used with an Ultralight radio. 
> 
>This is the flip side of a challenge that has been intriguing the 
>local Perseus-SDR DXers for about 5 years now-- how to somehow 
>combine the single-optimized-frequency performance of the FSL's with 
>the 50-ohm input Perseus-SDR's, and still have spectrum capture 
>capability. That challenge is equally monumental. 
> 
>73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) 
> 
> 
>- Original Message - 
> 
>From: "Richard N Allen"  
>To: irca@hard-core-dx.com 
>Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 6:30:01 AM 
>Subject: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17 
> 
>The only possible signal heard here from across the Pacific was a 
>significant carrier from the WSW on 702 kHz, most likely from 2BL. 
>It was first heard as a slight heterodyne against 700-XEGD at 1142 
>UTC becoming much stronger toward sunrise at 1200. It peaked at 1201 
>before fading somewhat at 1204, then regaining in strength 1206. The 
>signal began fading away from 1210 but didn't disappear until around 
>1225. In the past 2BL has been the most often heard DU carrier 
>signal here, but only rising above the audio threshold a few times. 
> 
>No Asian signals were observed. Also, there wasn't the usual trace 
>of a signal from DU on 612. 
> 
>Question: Is it feasible to couple a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP aerial 
>with a C Crane Skywave receiver without serious modification? I'd 
>like try using them together. 
> 
>Richard Allen, 
>near Perry OK USA, 
>Skywave & 8-inch 

Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17

[d1028gary]

Hi Richard, 

Thanks for your TP-DX report from Oklahoma, describing the carrier on 702. 

<<< Question: Is it feasible to couple a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP aerial with a C 
Crane Skywave receiver without serious modification? I'd like try using them 
together. >>> 

The short answer is that this wouldn't work very well, Richard. 

The Wellbrook ALA1530LNP is a relatively small broadband loop designed for a 50 
ohm impedance-input table receiver, while since the CC Skywave is a pocket 
radio designed for portability, it was never designed to be directly connected 
to any external antenna (50 ohm input, or otherwise). Installing such a 50 ohm 
antenna connector on the CC Skywave would be a nightmare, and even if you do 
this, since the ALA1530LNP is a broadband loop designed to receive all MW 
frequencies simultaneously, it's highly unlikely to provide the 
single-optimized-frequency performance of an inductively coupled FSL antenna 
when used with an Ultralight radio. 

This is the flip side of a challenge that has been intriguing the local 
Perseus-SDR DXers for about 5 years now-- how to somehow combine the 
single-optimized-frequency performance of the FSL's with the 50-ohm input 
Perseus-SDR's, and still have spectrum capture capability. That challenge is 
equally monumental. 

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) 


- Original Message -

From: "Richard N Allen"  
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com 
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 6:30:01 AM 
Subject: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17 

The only possible signal heard here from across the Pacific was a significant 
carrier from the WSW on 702 kHz, most likely from 2BL. It was first heard as a 
slight heterodyne against 700-XEGD at 1142 UTC becoming much stronger toward 
sunrise at 1200. It peaked at 1201 before fading somewhat at 1204, then 
regaining in strength 1206. The signal began fading away from 1210 but didn't 
disappear until around 1225. In the past 2BL has been the most often heard DU 
carrier signal here, but only rising above the audio threshold a few times. 

No Asian signals were observed. Also, there wasn't the usual trace of a signal 
from DU on 612. 

Question: Is it feasible to couple a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP aerial with a C Crane 
Skywave receiver without serious modification? I'd like try using them 
together. 

Richard Allen, 
near Perry OK USA, 
Skywave & 8-inch FSL. 

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[IRCA] ABC Podcast Audio Vs. 9,126 mile DX Audio (558-6WA)

[d1028gary]

With the ABC website deleting Podcast audio for LR Network episodes earlier and 
earlier, I thought it would be a good idea to record the ABC Podcast audio 
matching a surprisingly strong reception of 558-6WA made on a modest 8" FSL 
antenna at the new "Oz Hill" DXing hotspot in Lincoln City, Oregon (9,126 
miles, or 14,687 km). The "full episode" Podcast audio for two earlier 
receptions made by Tom R. and I during the Rockwork 4 DXpedition on August 4th 
(531-6DL and 558-6WA) has already been deleted from the ABC website. 

Fortunately, this reception was made less than a week ago, so I was still able 
to record the Podcast audio matching the 558-6WA reception content. Any DXer 
who receives a long-range ABC station should record the Podcast content 
matching their reception content ASAP, before the website deletes it. 

558-6WA Wagin, West Australia (received on a CC Skywave Ultralight and 8" FSL 
antenna in Lincoln City, OR at 1325z August 22, 2017-- 9,126 miles) 
https://app.box.com/s/pihnpq1bb676w92g19yb5bxoe1s30wpr 
Matching content from the ABC website Podcast (concerning Jerry Lee Lewis), 
1325z August 22, 2017 
https://app.box.com/s/dbdi8zikf6i3x9jqw3xlqon0s8ahix1z 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


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Re: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & new domestic logged, Aug 26

[d1028gary]

Tim, 

Let me add my congratulations to those of KAZ for your long-range Australian 
loggings. Tracking down DU-DX at over 9,000 miles is always quite an 
accomplishment! 

<<< Re:1017 (still needed here) I 
> think s/off starts at about 1100 and ends 1103. >>> 

This is true for the "usual" sign off, but 1017-Tonga has variable sign off 
times, and three different times were observed during the week of the Rockwork 
4 DXpedition this month (1103 UTC, 1133 UTC and 1243 UTC). Unfortunately there 
doesn't seem to be much of a pattern as to when the station will go on extended 
time. The latest sign off (1243) occurred during a weekday evening, and there 
was no sports event or other special reason that I could determine. 

Based on prior experience I was ready for extended time on their late Saturday 
evening on August 5th, but they signed off at 1103 as usual. Other DU's on the 
frequency are usually much weaker, however, so if you have a decent 1017 
carrier after 1105 it's probably Tonga running on extended time. 

Gary 


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From: "Tim Tromp"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Cc: "abdx"  
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 4:31:05 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & new domestic logged, Aug 26 

Thanks, Kaz. KPET was a very nice surprise and one I wasn't expecting but 
will gladly take. Conditions were hot this morning towards the west. I'll 
be at it again tomorrow morning (so much for sleeping in this weekend). 
I'm looking forward to your logs this season, which has apparently begun 
here now! Thanks also for the reminder about the 1017 & 1098 sign-off 
times. Indeed, the 1017 carrier seemed gone shortly after 1100 UTC. 

73, 
-Tim 

On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 5:33 PM, Neil Kazaross  wrote: 

> Very promising indeed, Tim and a good inducement for me to get out into the 
> field and finish up my west antenna (assuming it works). Good catch with 
> KPET 690, I need that one. Sd/lk you had Marshall Is. on 1098 to me. More 
> listening should give you something more positive soon. Note they start 
> s/off somewhat prior to 1130 and leave OC on. Re:1017 (still needed here) I 
> think s/off starts at about 1100 and ends 1103. 
> 
> 73 KAZ 
> 
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Tim Tromp  wrote: 
> 
> > I connected up my southwest phased BOGs last night and woke up early for 
> a 
> > little sunrise DX to gauge DU conditions, since after all, it's that time 
> > of year again here when DU's can make their presence known in Michigan. 
> > Expecting nothing more than a few weak carriers to kick off the season, I 
> > was pleasantly surprised with weak audio on several channels. These logs 
> > all revolve around local sunrise time here, which was 11:03 UTC Aug.26th, 
> > 2017, times below are UTC. 
> > 
> > 
> > 612 4QR ABC Brisbane with weak audio, easy enough to tell it's rugby 
> > play-by-play with Aussie accents. 11:03 and now domestics have faded way 
> > down on 610 making 4QR easier to copy. In with weak audio for a solid 
> ten 
> > minutes or so after sunrise. Carrier hung on until about 11:20. 8,993 
> > miles from TX to RX. 
> > 
> > 
> > 702 2BL ABC Sydney getting past heavy KHSE splatter that eventually fades 
> > down at 11:03. Now fast paced rugby play-by-play lasting for several 
> > minutes and a bit stronger than 612. No idea if this was // to 612 as I 
> > couldn't catch simultaneous audio peaks between channels. Carrier still 
> > noted at 11:23. 9,345 miles from TX to RX. 
> > 
> > 
> > 738 2NR ABC North Coast in heavy splash from 730 with // 702 rugby 
> > coverage, peaking at audio at 11:03 but only lasting a couple of minutes. 
> > 9,073 miles from TX to RX. 
> > 
> > 
> > 1098 for the first time here was more than just an open carrier! Slow 
> > relaxing music first noted around 10:45 and continued up to the top of 
> the 
> > hour and then talk but too weak to comprehend. Marshall Islands, I would 
> > assume? Unfortunately I couldn't parallel it against anything else for 
> > confirmation. Their streaming site wasn't working for me. Another brief 
> > signal peak at 11:10 but then faded rapidly. First time catching any 
> kind 
> > of audio here on 1098. 
> > 
> > 
> > DU carriers also noted on: 531, 549, 558, 576, 594 (strong), 603, 621, 
> 639, 
> > 648, 693 (strong), 729, 747, 756, 828, 837, 882 (strong), 891, 1017 
> > (strong), 1035 & 1116. 
> > 
> > Noteworthy North Americans heard at 11:00 TOH: 
> > 
> > 570 KLZ Denver, CO. 
> > 600 KCOL Wellington, CO. 
> > 640 KFI Los Angeles, CA. 
> > 650 XETNT Los Mochis, SIN 
> > 680 KNBR San Francisco, CA. 
> > 690 KPET Lamesa, TX. - 250w @ 1,120 miles - "Real Country" - NEW LOG! 
> > 700 KHSE Wylie, TX. (huge signal) 
> > 760 XEABC & KFMB San Diego, CA. (tent w/ Red Eye Radio, CBS network news 
> & 
> > infomercial after 11:00 TOH) 
> > 890 KJME Fountain, CO. 
> > 1020 

Re: [IRCA] 531 kHz UnID DU English Recordings

[d1028gary]

James, 

Thanks very much; this is really useful. 

Throughout the DXpedition 531-4KZ was an underperformer, and only showed up 
(presumably) with some oldies songs once in a while. Until your deciphering I 
had no definite ID, or other concrete evidence. The station usually has a very 
good signal on flat ocean beaches on the west coast, but typically gets slammed 
by 531-PI and (occasionally) 531-More FM at the "Kiwi Cliff." 

73, Gary DeBock 


- Original Message -

From: "James Niven"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 4:02:47 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 531 kHz UnID DU English Recordings 

Gary, 

The 1258utc recording at the 0:08 I hear ". 4-K-Z regional news..." 
very clearly by a male. The female speaking under 4KZ, that's pretty weak. 
Checking the others now  
Thanks 

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From: IRCA [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of 
d1028g...@comcast.net 
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 5:42 PM 
To: America, Mailing  
Subject: [IRCA] 531 kHz UnID DU English Recordings 

For anyone skillful in deciphering DU English (Theo?) or who may be skillful 
in listening, several strong DU English mystery recordings were made on 531 
kHz during the recent Rockwork 4 DXpedition near Manzanita, Oregon. Signal 
strength wasn't the problem-- my inability to "translate" the unusual 
English tripped me up with these. There are three possibilities with each 
recording-- the 10 kW station 4KZ in Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, the 5 
kW station 2PM in Kempsey, NSW, Australia, and the 2 kW station More FM in 
Alexandra (South Island), New Zealand. 531 kHz was a real circus on the 
ocean cliff almost every morning-- this is just a sample of the 
free-for-all. Any deciphering which might indicate station identity would be 
greatly appreciated! 

1259 UT August 19, 2017 (at Rockwork 4 en route to Lincoln City) 
https://app.box.com/s/xhx582ywv6hmpvg9r2dgix3p7afwqc99 

1258 UT August 4, 2017 
https://app.box.com/s/jtq9cyi0te4bbri3tv7puzvt289fpsmx 

1307 August 6, 2017 
https://app.box.com/s/bxpqcx70dks3xrzvrfquv9iq3ukqt0p7 

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 






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[IRCA] 531 kHz UnID DU English Recordings

[d1028gary]

For anyone skillful in deciphering DU English (Theo?) or who may be skillful in 
listening, several strong DU English mystery recordings were made on 531 kHz 
during the recent Rockwork 4 DXpedition near Manzanita, Oregon. Signal strength 
wasn't the problem-- my inability to "translate" the unusual English tripped me 
up with these. There are three possibilities with each recording-- the 10 kW 
station 4KZ in Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, the 5 kW station 2PM in 
Kempsey, NSW, Australia, and the 2 kW station More FM in Alexandra (South 
Island), New Zealand. 531 kHz was a real circus on the ocean cliff almost every 
morning-- this is just a sample of the free-for-all. Any deciphering which 
might indicate station identity would be greatly appreciated! 

1259 UT August 19, 2017 (at Rockwork 4 en route to Lincoln City) 
https://app.box.com/s/xhx582ywv6hmpvg9r2dgix3p7afwqc99 

1258 UT August 4, 2017 
https://app.box.com/s/jtq9cyi0te4bbri3tv7puzvt289fpsmx 

1307 August 6, 2017 
https://app.box.com/s/bxpqcx70dks3xrzvrfquv9iq3ukqt0p7 

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 






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Re: [IRCA] The ABC Website Archives Really Do Work- Sometimes

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<<< It took me some getting used to and I had some advice from guys here, but 
these podcasts were very useful to me last season to be sure that I had ABC 
pgmg on the ten or so channels that provided at least threshold audio here 
in IL from mid Sept to early Oct last season. 73 KAZ >>> 

So true, KAZ! 

But because of ABC budget cutbacks, it seems like they are removing the "Full 
Episode" audio Podcasts from their website options earlier than before. 

This month on August 4th Tom R. and I both tracked down the western Australian 
ABC stations on 531 and 558 at Rockwork 4, with identification made by Tom's 
ability to check parallel frequencies on his Perseus-SDR recordings. But when I 
went to the ABC website and tried to find audio Podcasts for the full episodes, 
I found that they were no longer available. That was only 3 weeks ago. My 
advice to anyone who receives DX that might be a long-range ABC station is to 
check for the website Podcast content ASAP, since ABC apparently doesn't keep 
these around for very long any more. 

Gary 



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Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 11:09:04 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] The ABC Website Archives Really Do Work- Sometimes 

It took me some getting used to and I had some advice from guys here, but 
these podcasts were very useful to me last season to be sure that I had ABC 
pgmg on the ten or so channels that provided at least threshold audio here 
in IL from mid Sept to early Oct last season. 73 KAZ 

On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Glenn Hauser via IRCA < 
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> Gary, Except you refer to ``at 1327 UT or 2327 Western Australian time`` 
> as if WAT were UT +10 instead of UT +8, so something needs to be corrected 
> here. There are three other Ozzies on 558, all really in the Eastern 
> timezone UT +10 but none of them are ABC. 
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Re: [IRCA] The ABC Website Archives Really Do Work- Sometimes

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Hi Glenn, 

<<< Gary, Except you refer to ``at 1327 UT or 2327 Western Australian time`` as 
if WAT were UT +10 instead of UT +8, so something needs to be corrected here. 
There are three other Ozzies on 558, all really in the Eastern timezone UT +10 
but none of them are ABC. 
73, Glenn Hauser >>> 

You are of course correct that Western Australia is in the UT +8 time zone, but 
the ABC website apparently lists these LR network program times according to 
the Eastern time zone program schedule, even on the websites that are 
supposedly for Western Australia areas. Daylight Saving Time changes and 
programming delays across time zones are other additional complications, but 
the "local" ABC websites apparently don't account for these. 

In the case of 558 kHz (and also on 531 kHz), since there is only one ABC 
station on the frequency, once the programming content is confirmed to be from 
ABC (such as by matching an MP3 recording with the ABC Podcast content) the 
challenge of positive identification is wrapped up. Of course many DXers on the 
west coast have heard these ABC LR and RN network programs long enough to be 
pretty sure of the source, but without a parallel frequency in the same network 
and time zone (such as 531/558, or 639/891) the ABC websites remain the best 
way to positively identify a mystery station. 

73, Gary DeBock 


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Subject: Re: [IRCA] The ABC Website Archives Really Do Work- Sometimes 

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[IRCA] 558-6WA on the Warpath (Until Silenced by Fiji)

[d1028gary]

For those interested, this was the overwhelming signal from the extreme 
long-range Australian 558-6WA (9,126 miles/ 14,687 km) from 1325-1328 on August 
22nd at the new "Oz Hill" DU-DXing hotspot in Lincoln City, OR. The "Nightlife" 
ABC programming content (matched to the ABC website) is regarding Jerry Lee 
Lewis. 6WA does great until 558-Fiji shows up toward the end of the recording 
to silence it. This freakishly strong recording was made with a hot-rodded CC 
Skywave Ultralight and an 8 inch (20 cm) diameter FSL antenna (the "Richard 
Allen FSL" model). Such modest gear obviously is getting a turbo boost from the 
ocean side hill location. 

https://app.box.com/s/2rc1wlt6p8uhvpszfbunce75g2ul51f2 

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[IRCA] The ABC Website Archives Really Do Work- Sometimes

[d1028gary]

While DU-DXing on a sloping ocean side hill in Lincoln City, Oregon last 
Tuesday I tracked down an astonishing signal on 558 kHz, with an apparent ABC 
network format. If it was in fact an ABC program, that would mean that the 
station was the extremely long range 558-6WA in Wagin, Western Australia (50 kW 
at 9,126 miles, or 14,687 km). It would also be the strongest signal that I had 
ever heard from that long range station. 
https://app.box.com/s/f1qjlre02gk9hw6hofb0n8ib0cs91a0v 

Since I was DXing with only a hot-rodded CC Skywave Ultralight and a relatively 
small 8 inch FSL antenna, this would be fantastic long range DX for my simple 
gear-- assuming that I could match my recorded MP3 content with the ABC 
archives on their website. 

The first step was to find the right program for the time slot, in the Western 
Australia time zone. After going to the main web site at http://www.abc.net.au 
, 
click "Radio." Next, click "Stations" ( http://www.abc.net/stations ). Scroll 
down the page toward the bottom, and locate the option "Visit ABC South West WA 
website," and click it ( http://www.abc.net.au/southwestwa/ ). Next, click 
"Programs" ( http://www.abc.net.au/southwestwa/programs/?ref=nav ) Since the 
MP3 recording was made at 1327 UTC or 2327 Western Australian time, the ABC LR 
network program being broadcast at that time would have been the "Nightlife" 
program with Philip Clark, so click that option ( 
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/nightlife/ ). Next, click "Episodes" ( 
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/nightlife/episodes/ ). Since the recording 
in question was made on Tuesday, August 22 in Western Australia time, click the 
"Full Episode" option for Tuesday ("Nightlife: featuring your power bill," or 
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/nightlife/nightlife/8810944 ). Next click 
the "LISTEN 4h" option in the middle of the photo. You will start receiving a 4 
h
 our Podcast of the episode in question, which according to the web site 
started at 10:00 PM Western Australia time. My MP3 was made at 11:27 PM Western 
Australia time, so I skip to the 1:25 point in the Podcast and start listening 
for content that matches my MP3. Despite the fact that the lady's Australian 
accent is a bit tricky I can clearly hear her say "Muscular Dystrophy" at the 
22 second point in my MP3. When listening to ABC's Podcast at the 1:25:42 point 
the same lady again says "Muscular Dystrophy," confirming that my MP3 content 
does indeed match the ABC archive content. The lady is Sarah MacDonald, Philip 
Clark's partner in the "Nightlife" program. So this confirms that I really did 
receive 558-6WA on the humble 8" FSL antenna. 

This was a general description on how to use the ABC website to check for 
programming content that matches your DX recording-- your mileage may vary. 

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


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[IRCA] Lincoln City, OR Ocean Hill DU-DX Highlights

[d1028gary]

For the solar eclipse trip to Lincoln City, Oregon the decision was made to 
take along modest TP-DXing gear, since a flat ocean beach at that location had 
already been tried three times previously, without any special results. Prior 
to setting up once again at the relatively flat Road's End State Park, however, 
I decided to set up on the side of a pretty steep hill overlooking the South 
Pacific (DU) direction. All I had with me was a single 8" FSL antenna (less 
than half the size of the largest model) and one hot-rodded CC Skywave 
Ultralight. Because of limited packing space I didn't even have an SSB spotting 
receiver, an important piece of gear used during DXpeditions to check the 
carrier strength of possible DU targets. 

No matter! The ocean side hill location (a public parking area .on NW 50th 
Street in the Road's End neighborhood, leading to an ocean beach access path) 
provided phenomenal DU propagation, allowing the very modest gear perform like 
gangbusters. I'm just starting to go through the recordings, but it's pretty 
obvious that the ocean hill geometry was boosting up both New Zealand and 
Australian signals to astonishing levels (depending on which area was favored 
in daily propagation changes, usually Australia). Here are five samples of the 
freakish propagation, all received on the C Skywave and modest 8" FSL antenna. 

558 6WA Wagin, Australia, 50 kW ABC female and male conversation at strong 
level at 1327 on 8-22, matching the same program and voices heard on 774-3LO at 
the time (although direct parallel wasn't confirmed, possibly due to a 
programming time delay). Extreme long-range DX (over 9,000 miles) 
https://app.box.com/s/f1qjlre02gk9hw6hofb0n8ib0cs91a0v 

639 2HC Coff's Harbour, Australia, 5 kW Call-in talk program at 1306 on 8-22 at 
a very good level, previously running commercial ads (and not // 891). Dominant 
over a weaker 5CK throughout the session 
https://app.box.com/s/q52xk4p57efhlqvg40d2i7c4abvibmko 

765 Radio Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ, 2.5 kW Low-powered Kiwi Maori station 
with one of its best signals ever (even including at Rockwork 4) at 1241 on 
8-20. DU propagation at this location generally seems to favor Australia, 
however 
https://app.box.com/s/p4h9y6deb001xwrzrp3yzeh2co0fu34q 

891 5AN Adelaide, Australia, 50 kW Blowtorch signal with ABC local programming 
information overloading the Ultralight's front end at 1332 on 8-21 (its 
strongest signal ever received in 15 DXpeditions) 
https://app.box.com/s/ro04jx3x4ueqcgu6e1lfgztnlj33txzf 

1026 4AA Mackay, Australia, 5 kW Rock music pushing S9 during the "20-20 Red 
Coast Countdown" at 1352 on 8-22 
https://app.box.com/s/95ypca1ppm765w236es1ojesqvsxjhu1 

More details and MP3's will follow after further file review. 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (DXing in Lincoln City, OR, USA) 
7.5" loopstick CC Skywave Ultralight + 
8" FSL antenna (top of the line gear back in 2011) 
DXing site setup photo at 
https://app.box.com/s/184jvwy43jrow9ocz646khoz46qdl70p 








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Re: [IRCA] Lincoln City, OR Ultralight DU's for 8-22

[d1028gary]

Hello Todd, 

Thank you very much for your generous comment, and I'm happy that you like the 
ocean cliff DX reports. 

This wild new form of transoceanic DXing seems to have a lot of potential for 
enhancing long-range signals, and seems to be catching on (at least on the west 
coast). Thanks again for your interest! 

Gary DeBock (back in Puyallup, WA) 




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From: "Forrester S"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 1:11:46 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Lincoln City, OR Ultralight DU's for 8-22 

Gary, you are the highlight of my dx day when your reports from cliff Dxing 
come in. 

Todd Skaine 
Back in boring and radio congested Bloomington MN 

On Aug 22, 2017 12:37 PM,  wrote: 

> This hillside DXing venue continued to amaze this morning, providing 
> seriously enhanced signals from all across Australia. Even on a modest 8" 
> FSL antenna the extremely long-range 558-6WA in Wagin (over 9,000 miles) 
> reached the strongest level ever for me (between S7 and S9, before Fiji 
> pushed it off the frequency around 1340). The unusual Australians 639-2HC 
> and 1026-4AA were also pushing S9 levels, while 558-Fiji managed a very 
> good signal with native speech around 1345. After three days of DXing here 
> the general verdict seems to be that the sloping hill location enhances 
> Australian signals similar to how the Rockwork 4 site enhances New Zealand, 
> although three days of DXing isn't really enough to make a definite 
> conclusion. What is definitely sure is that during these three days, 
> 558-6WA, 603-Nowra, 639-2HC, 639-5CK, 891-5AN and 1026-4AA have managed 
> their best signals every for me over a 9 year period (and stronger than any 
> other recordings that I have heard). The discove 
> ry of this excellent new DU-DXing venue was an unexpected bonus of the 
> total eclipse trip, and likely to be of serious benefit to other DXers 
> willing to try it out. Full details and MP3's will follow upon return to 
> Puyallup later today. 
> 
> 73 and Good DX, 
> Gary DeBock (DXing at the NW 48th St. ocean access trail parking lot in 
> Lincoln City, OR, USA) 
> 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave Ultralight + 
> 8" FSL antenna 
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Re: [IRCA] TP 22 Aug Victoria version

[d1028gary]

<<< In spite of Gary's success down south, conditions in Victoria 
remained somewhat eclipsed this morning. >>> 

Thanks Nick, 

There was a total eclipse of driving space on I-5 this afternoon as multiple 
Washington, BC and Alberta drivers combined to make the downtown Portland area 
a total zoo. 

The Lincoln City DU results were pretty flabbergasting in consideration of the 
modest equipment taken along for the trip (one 8" FSL, no SSB spotting 
receiver, one CC Skywave, etc.). This limited gear tracked down some pretty 
awesome DU signals, though, which should be posted tomorrow. 

Gary 




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Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 10:48:52 PM 
Subject: [IRCA] TP 22 Aug Victoria version 

In spite of Gary's success down south, conditions in Victoria 
remained somewhat eclipsed this morning. 




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

not today 


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

612 4QR man talking, woman on phone 1247UT, //702 






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

the above passing through 




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) 

594 JOAK despite other channels with ABC stations on them, this 
delivered weak NHK pips at 1300UT 
702 2BL man talking, woman on phone //612 1246UT 
774 man talking, Japanese inflection 1243UT 
855 4QO/4QB, man mumbling 1259UT, seemed //612; fanfare crept through at 1300UT 



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

747 1566 seemed to be Asian; 
738 891 1098 1548 seemed to be DU 



best wishes, 

Nick 






Nick Hall-Patch 
Victoria, BC 
Canada 

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[IRCA] Lincoln City, OR Ultralight DU's for 8-22

[d1028gary]

This hillside DXing venue continued to amaze this morning, providing seriously 
enhanced signals from all across Australia. Even on a modest 8" FSL antenna the 
extremely long-range 558-6WA in Wagin (over 9,000 miles) reached the strongest 
level ever for me (between S7 and S9, before Fiji pushed it off the frequency 
around 1340). The unusual Australians 639-2HC and 1026-4AA were also pushing S9 
levels, while 558-Fiji managed a very good signal with native speech around 
1345. After three days of DXing here the general verdict seems to be that the 
sloping hill location enhances Australian signals similar to how the Rockwork 4 
site enhances New Zealand, although three days of DXing isn't really enough to 
make a definite conclusion. What is definitely sure is that during these three 
days, 558-6WA, 603-Nowra, 639-2HC, 639-5CK, 891-5AN and 1026-4AA have managed 
their best signals every for me over a 9 year period (and stronger than any 
other recordings that I have heard). The discove
 ry of this excellent new DU-DXing venue was an unexpected bonus of the total 
eclipse trip, and likely to be of serious benefit to other DXers willing to try 
it out. Full details and MP3's will follow upon return to Puyallup later today. 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (DXing at the NW 48th St. ocean access trail parking lot in Lincoln 
City, OR, USA) 
7.5" loopstick CC Skywave Ultralight + 
8" FSL antenna 
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[IRCA] DU-DX on Lincoln City's Plunging Hill-- "Rockwork South"

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>From 2010-2011 four DU-DXpeditions were conducted from the relatively flat 
>ocean beach at Road's End State Park in Lincoln City, providing average 
>results (complete with enhanced domestic splatter, three "washout" sessions 
>and a local cop enforcing the "Day Use Only" restriction at 1100 UTC). During 
>this total eclipse trip to Lincoln City the master plan was to find a new 
>DXing spot that would provide a "total eclipse" of mediocre DXing conditions. 

After many thrilling DU-DX sessions at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff to the north 
the goal was to find similar terrain in Lincoln City, despite the fact that the 
residential area never had quite experienced a dynamite team exploding the side 
off of a local ocean side mountain. There was a relatively steep plunging hill 
facing in the DU direction, however, complete with a public parking area on the 
side of the hill. Why not give it a try? 

After receiving 765-Radio Kahungunu (2.5 kW in New Zealand) at an S9 level at 
1241 yesterday I knew that Lincoln City's ocean side hill was performing just 
like the Rockwork 4 cliff, managing a signal that would be very impressive even 
near Manzanita. I had never heard anything like it on any flat ocean beach from 
any antenna here on west coast (from any DXer). Enhanced DU-DX showed up again 
this morning, this time favoring Australia. 531-2PM, 585-7RN, 603-Nowra, 
639-2HC, 639-5CK and others all showed up at decent levels, along with a 
monster signal from 891-5AN (the strongest I've heard it in 9 years). And all 
this was received on a relatively modest 8" FSL antenna, without any SSB 
spotting receiver to check carrier levels. So this "eclipse day" has provided a 
double dose of excitement-- the celestial event of the year, and the discovery 
of another propagation-enhancing ocean side DXing venue. More details and MP3's 
will follow after return to Puyallup tomorrow. 

558 Radio Fiji One Suva, Fiji, 10 kW Polynesian choral music at a very good 
level at 1346 this morning 
https://app.box.com/s/1a9ksarxibdhdbpof39dyds4fu8q9xlg 

765 Radio Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ, 2.5 kW Maori music and speech at an 
awesome level at 1241 yesterday morning-- hard to believe this isn't at 
Rockwork https://app.box.com/s/p4h9y6deb001xwrzrp3yzeh2co0fu34q 

891 5AN Adelaide, Australia, 50 kW Blowtorch signal with ABC local 
announcements and programming introductions // 639 at 1332-- its strongest 
signal in 9 years (over 15 DU-DXpeditions) 
https://app.box.com/s/ro04jx3x4ueqcgu6e1lfgztnlj33txzf 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (DXing at Lincoln City, OR at the NW 50th St. ocean access parking 
area in the Road's End neighborhood) 
7.5 inch loopstick CC Skywave Ultralight + 
8 inch FSL antenna (the "Richard Allen" model) 



891 5AN Adelaide, Australia, 50 kW 
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[IRCA] Lincoln City, OR Ultralight DU's for 8-21 (Eclipse Day)

[d1028gary]

Greetings from the total eclipse zone, where the weather was clear and sunny, 
and everyone had an awesome experience. The last DU signal during the regular 
session (774-3LO) bit the dust at 1355, and unfortunately there was no 
resurrection of it or any of the other DU or TP big guns during the total 
eclipse at 1735. Since packing space was limited during this trip I wasn't able 
to take an SSB spotting receiver along, however, so carrier levels couldn't be 
checked. 
The sloping ocean side hill facing to the SW (DU direction) once again provided 
some great signals on my relatively modest 8" FSL antenna (which is the same as 
the one used by Richard Allen in Oklahoma), although Australian signals seemed 
to be favored this morning. 531-2PM ruled the roost on that busy frequency, 
while 585-7RN, 603-Nowra, 639-2HC and 639-5CK made decent appearances. When I 
checked 891 for the parallel to 639-5CK I was pretty astonished to find an S9+ 
signal from 5AN (its best performance for me over 9 years) with a local ABC ad 
around 1332. 558-Fiji also made a very good appearance late in the session at 
1346, while 765-Kahungunu went against the Oz propagation trend with another 
huge signal at 1302. 
Free time is extremely limited during this trip so the full details will need 
to be posted later. This one MP3 of 558-Fiji was recorded this morning at 1346 
here in Lincoln City at the DU-slanted ocean side hill. The location is the 
best discovery since wild DXers started checking out transoceanic signals at 
Rockwork 4 :-) 
https://app.box.com/s/1a9ksarxibdhdbpof39dyds4fu8q9xlg 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Lincoln City, OR) 
7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + 
8" FSL antenna (the Richard Allen model) 

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[IRCA] Lincoln City (OR) Ultralight DU's for 8-20 (Preliminary)

[d1028gary]

Lincoln City, Oregon is a typical ocean coast tourist town with a huge number 
of motels, factory outlet malls and diverse restaurants. Currently it is 
overwhelmed by visitors (paying and otherwise) awaiting tomorrow morning's 
total solar eclipse. 

After having been somewhat spoiled by the DU propagation enhancement provided 
by the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita (and confirmed by Nick, in his 
detailed study last year) I decided to avoid all the flat ocean beaches in this 
tourist-crowded venue and seek out a DXing location halfway up the steep bluffs 
overlooking the ocean in the northern part of town (called "Road's End."). The 
strategy seemed to work like gangbusters this morning. A public parking spot on 
the steep bluff at the end of NW 50th St. (facing the ocean to the southwest) 
produced Kiwi-enhanced signals worthy of the Rockwork cliff, along with 
558-Fiji, 585-2WEB and several others. These were all received on a relatively 
modest 8" FSL and CC Skywave model. Full details will follow. 

73, Gary DeBock (in Lincoln, City, OR) 




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[IRCA] Overnight Eclipse Trip Ultralight DU's for 8-19

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Thanks to Richard and Craig for their TP-DXing reports. After making a sneaky 
overnight trip to the Oregon coast to avoid heavy I-5 daytime eclipse traffic, 
I was able to persuade my wife that the best place to take a brief driving 
break just happened to be the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita-- as long 
as the break occurred between 1200 and 1400 UTC, of course. The "airport 
unfriendly" monster FSL's stayed behind in Puyallup, but I was able to cram a 
pretty effective 8" FSL model into the overloaded trunk. This is the exact same 
model that Richard Allen has used to track down multiple Australian stations on 
his Ultralight radios in Oklahoma-- so I certainly didn't feel at all 
disadvantaged. 

The usual Kiwi stations welcomed me with potent signals, along with 594-3WV and 
some strangely dominant Australian signals on 603 (Radio Waatea was temporarily 
MIA). Of course my lovely wife slept through the DU-chasing session, although 
we both did enjoy a dazzling display of the Milky Way galaxy through the moon 
roof of her new Corolla around 1100 UTC (4 AM). This report is from Lincoln 
City, Oregon, which will be one of the first sites in the U.S. to enjoy a total 
solar eclipse on Monday. 

531 4KZ Innisfail, Australia, 10 kW News and sports report at a temporarily 
good level at 1259, with mention of "Queensland" around the 40 second point. 
Otherwise this station was the loser against an overwhelming PI all session 
long 
https://app.box.com/s/nxtbuh3o5tv3qfoc3351v6ja3eb72hlp 

531 PI Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Powerful Samoan island music sending 4KZ into the 
dust at 1304. A third station (2PM?) was audible at times in the mix 
https://app.box.com/s/ev4wupztu874jmrip7ffbwk1ypoinrtt 

603 Australia In a very rare occurrence at the "Kiwi Cliff," dominant over 
Radio Waatea with ABC talk at 1339 
https://app.box.com/s/z0bg79krc4ykln8vvzx1o85kyt4z8rid 

657 Star Wellington/ Tauranga, NZ 50/ 10 kW Christian music with ID at good 
level at 1318 
https://app.box.com/s/y2snqumduhotxxljt5qqox6723muw52i 

702 2BL-Magic The usual catastrophic mess occurs when two powerful DU's enjoy 
favorable propagation at the same time (1307). The oldies station is Magic, and 
the ABC talk is from 2BL https://app.box.com/s/2zpkabon4cuff3a4hd4p93ckxsqaru01 

702 Magic Auckland, NZ, 10 kW The Kiwi oldies broadcaster pulls off some Magic 
to dispatch 2BL at 1310 
https://app.box.com/s/i88e4c0wdyd4kv8tvdfsomtzmyyk2t5u 

765 Radio Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ, 2.5 kW The low-powered Kiwi with the 
overachieving reputation sounds pretty ordinary with female Maori music at 1258 
https://app.box.com/s/w57qs62pq922i9lq6j4q1r9dil47o9qt 

73 and Good DX, 
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[IRCA] Rockwork 4 DXpedition-- Top Twenty Signals from the South Pacific

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Some unusually strong Australian signals joined the NZ regulars during the 
recent Rockwork 4 DXpedition, including 585-2WEB, 585-7RN and 639-5CK. Some 
low-powered Kiwi stations like 531-More FM and 936-Chinese Voice also managed 
their best-ever signals at the cliff, as well as the NZ regulars 603-R.Waatea, 
657-Star, 765-R.Kahungunu and 1503-Radio Sport. The 15 strongest DU's received 
during the DXpedition are linked below, along with their locations and power 
levels. All of these were received with Ultralight radios and "airport 
unfriendly" FSL antennas (as in the photo posted at 
https://app.box.com/s/dqaag49l6uboqcfboq4b7fn5fy9dsr1f ). Signals which reached 
an S9 level are listed with a double asterisk (**). 

531 More FM Alexandra, NZ, 2 kW This was a breakout DXpedition for the 
low-powered urban rock station, which sometimes dominated over the Kiwi 
co-channel PI and the other four DU's received on this frequency. This local ad 
string was received at 1255 on 8-1 (thanks to Theo for deciphering) 
https://app.box.com/s/lbmcayqyvvivedjx1j1ru5ihdcdydsem 

**531 PI Auckland, NZ, 5 kW The usual dominant station on the frequency, the 
Samoan (and other Pacific Island) language broadcaster was rocking at an S9 
level with island music at 1248 on 8-8 
https://app.box.com/s/b391cdrlt9s4c7y4gp3kt9q1dxbgpj4j 

**558 Radio Fiji One Suva, Fiji, 10 kW One of the big surprises of the 
DXpedition, this formerly weak station is now a South Pacific powerhouse after 
transmitter and antenna improvements (which were entirely funded by the 
Japanese government). On most mornings it would reach a very strong level, as 
in this S9 recording of typical island music at 1318 on 8-8 
https://app.box.com/s/6b2fxp2ai8p44t38fih4dn1meffzocxi 

**567 RNZ Wellington, NZ, 50 kW The ex-big gun has sounded relatively modest 
after the demolition of its old tower, but it could occasionally sound fairly 
strong, such as during this typical male-female conversation at 1239 on 8-6 
https://app.box.com/s/uk0aochlroo67tm1x0lm435fkva6dwz8 

**576 2RN Sydney, Australia, 50 kW This RN network big gun really pounded in 
during favorable Australian propagation (such as at 1315 on 8-9, during this 
music recording) but could lose out to the 2.5 kW Kiwi station Star during 
NZ-favored conditions https://app.box.com/s/3j0607fg6mzgidco3i3vz99ofuzl2cvi 

**585 2WEB Bourke, Australia, 10 kW One of the most amazing signals of the 
entire DXpedition, this rock music pounded in at an S9 level at 1335 on 8-8, 
soon after propagation had collapsed to most stations. Program Director David 
Sharp matched the song with his log, and in his e-QSL letter he noted that the 
recorded signal "is the strongest I have heard, to date, from the United 
States." https://app.box.com/s/94b723294xp9i2chgdyznfnwixah3n4o 

585 7RN Hobart, Australia, 10 kW In a snarl with co-channel 2WEB much of the 
time, it tended to have better performance overall than its 576 parallel. This 
typical ABC RN-network speech was received at 1243 on 8-3 
https://app.box.com/s/aptynncjp3ll32d027s691rv82bau3m2 

**594 3WV Horsham, Australia, 50 kW Usually dominant over the lower-powered 
Star co-channels, this LR network big gun could really pound in when conditions 
favored it, such as at 1245 on 8-2 with typical ABC talk program 
https://app.box.com/s/m7d0fgnzxhzsg1hhxawzm1mtzct5zudw 

**603 Radio Waatea Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Significantly stronger than in recent 
years (throughout the week), this Maori network powerhouse managed its best 
signal ever at 1303 on 8-8 with island music and Maori chants 
https://app.box.com/s/wruaavle3k3s4x9my9armbxl4od0369s 

**639 5CK Port Pirie, Australia, 10 kW A big surprise with huge ABC network 
signals // 891 at 1307 on 8-7, this South Australian station was occasionally 
heard mixing with Oz co-channel 2HC on the other days 
https://app.box.com/s/o0jujrozx7w0wf7t4dnqq5dn7g20j0tr 

**657 Star Wellington/ Tauranga, NZ, 50/ 10 kW Another Kiwi blowtorch with its 
best-ever signals during this trip, the Christian hymn music broadcaster was 
pegging the S/N readout with this music and Irish-accented sermon at 1215 on 
8-1 https://app.box.com/s/psfs64lczen4cfk137pijj0hpqc43dad 

**702 2BL Sydney, Australia, 50 kW The Oz LR network big gun usually had the 
edge over the Kiwi big gun Magic, such as during this ABC talk program at 1310 
on 8-8 https://app.box.com/s/ur43ihfmgka0d1p6bupbhch9ixc1nvr 

**702 Magic Auckland, NZ, 10 kW When propagation favored both Oz and NZ (such 
as at 1320 on 8-4) the snarl between the Auckland oldies broadcaster and 2BL 
could turn catastrophic. Magic's "Peace Train" song was pretty ironic 
https://app.box.com/s/l1ad8kdp1d8ciupd7qivvc54nsknpbxl 

**765 Radio Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ, 2.5 kW Although generally an 
underperformer throughout the week, freakishly good Kiwi propagation at 1258 on 
8-4 propelled this Maori net 2.5 kW wonder to an overwhelming level with R 
music and a Maori net ID at the 1300 TOH (at 1:36 into 

Re: [IRCA] TP 17 Aug Victoria version- live.

[d1028gary]

<<< I wonder what is their secret, as they have been 
quite common this summer; transmitting tower in the salt water? The 
usual parallel on 765 was only spotty however, and never audible when 603 was. 
>>> 

As you both have noticed, 603-Waatea did seem to have a significantly improved 
signal last week during the "Kiwi Cliff" DXpedition. It managed its best signal 
ever at 1303 on 8-8 https://app.box.com/s/wruaavle3k3s4x9my9armbxl4od0369s and 
also sounded pretty overwhelming on the first day (8-1) at 1256 
https://app.box.com/s/s594rz5pctqf9hahfhpk7p1du2ajuzp0 I haven't heard anything 
from Theo, but maybe it had some antenna or transmitter work done (without a 
100% Japanese contribution, like 558-Fiji)? 

Its Maori net parallel 765-Kahungunu was somewhat of an underperformer during 
the trip, though. In previous years it sounded very much like a Kiwi big gun, 
but on most days last week it sounded just like a 2.5 kW station. 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 



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From: "Nick Hall-Patch"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2017 8:53:47 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP 17 Aug Victoria version- live. 

They peaked about 1304UT here I thinkvery good signal, island 
music and talk. I wonder what is their secret, as they have been 
quite common this summer; transmitting tower in the salt water? The 
usual parallel on 765 was only spotty however, and never audible when 603 was. 

best wishes, 

Nick 


At 13:00 17-08-17, R. Colin Newell wrote: 
>Very auroral - very du- 12:55 
>And I'm parked on 603 listening to what sounds like Maori - Island 
>music - one of the best signal on the bands. 
> 
>Confirmed // 603 Waatea TuneIn live stream! Wow. 
> 
>Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC 
> 
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Re: [IRCA] Going to the convention!!

[d1028gary]

Have fun, Phil-- you certainly deserve it! 

Thanks for all of your volunteer work for the club, including the Ultralight 
Radio column. I would like to go to the convention myself, but after spending a 
week in Hawaii, a week on the Oregon cliff, and booking a "total eclipse" motel 
room (in Lincoln City), my travel budget seems to have suffered a partial 
eclipse. 

Gary 


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Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 10:31:21 PM 
Subject: Going to the convention!! 

Tomorrow, I'm flying out with Bruce Portzer to the IRCA/NRC/DecalcoMania 
convention in Reno NV. 
Will try to go out for a nice steak dinner tomorrow night!! 

Phil Bytheway 
Seattle WA 

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[IRCA] Get Ready for the Rejuvenated 558-Fiji

[d1028gary]

Neil, Nigel and others are smart to check for this new South Pacific 
powerhouse, and get their antennas ready. Last week during the ocean cliff 
DXpedition it was sounding like a DU big gun, even to the point of making it 
tough to track down other DU stations on 558 (although 6WA and 7BU did manage 
to get through). 

Some examples of its strength on the Oregon cliff last week are linked below. 

1318z August 8th (Polynesian choral music) 
https://app.box.com/s/6b2fxp2ai8p44t38fih4dn1meffzocxi 

1323z August 8th (Polynesian choral music) 
https://app.box.com/s/ca7tpo195gua5eayhc46evv9ix29e9oz 

1310z August 9th (Polynesian choral music) 
https://app.box.com/s/lrsxo24dkqaozmzn8zf5it13c1zfu6f5 

1259z August 9th (Fiji the pest-- covering up the 2 kW Tasmanian station 7BU's 
classic rock-- except from 2:25 to 3:20 in the recording) 
https://app.box.com/s/eetboe8o71kohmuxxrqhg88uwecklnm4 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 



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Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/16/17

[d1028gary]

Richard, 

It's great to have you back in the TP-DXing chase. 

<<< How's your 560 QRM? Did you check for any 
carrier from Fiji 558 which has been revitalized? 73 KAZ soon to be doing 
his TP hunting again. >>> 

KAZ is absolutely right about 558-Fiji being revitalized It was somewhat of a 
pest during the recent Rockwork 4 DXpedition in Oregon (where we were 
apparently the first to experience it), hitting S9 levels occasionally. DXers 
in the Midwest should get their antennas ready! 

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


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From: "Richard Allen"  
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Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 2:56:58 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/16/17 

Neil: 

I didn’t think to check for Fuji on 558. Maybe tomorrow. It’s still a little 
early for TP reception here. 

Richard. 


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Re: [IRCA] New Fiji transmitters on 558 & 990

[d1028gary]

The Japanese were so successful with the 558-Fiji transmitter that the station 
was bordering on pest levels during the recent Rockwork DXpedition. A classic 
rock Australian on the frequency was recorded several times on August 9th, but 
Fiji kept blanking it out at the critical moment. 

Gary 


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Sent: Monday, August 14, 2017 9:27:40 PM 
Subject: [IRCA] New Fiji transmitters on 558 & 990 

Radio Fiji has posted an interesting documentary about its new 
transmitters on Youtube: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTLKeW-TmoQ=share 

There's also a Youtube video of the Prime Minister inaugurating the new 
transmitters on August 11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOza_Ov7f48 

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Re: [IRCA] 585-2WEB-- Knocking on Science Fiction's Door

[d1028gary]

Sorry for the messed up previous post, a quirk of Comcast's copy and paste 
software when it goes on the fritz. 

Where's the 40 KB bandwidth limit when you really need it? :-) 

Gary 


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To: "Mailing America"  
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2017 11:48:50 PM 
Subject: [IRCA] 585-2WEB-- Knocking on Science Fiction's Door 

Just as South Pacific propagation was collapsing in bright daylight at 1335 UTC 
on August 8th I made a final band check to see if any New Zealand or Australian 
stations had escaped my notice at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff (near Manzanita, 
Oregon). Most of the DU's had already bailed, but there was a very strong 
station playing rock music on 585 kHz. I knew from experience that this could 
be either of two Australian 10 kW stations-- 7RN in Hobart, Tasmania (part of 
the ABC RN network) or David Sharp's independent "Outback Radio" station, 2WEB 
in Bourke. Apart from an ID, the only was to make sure of the station's 
identity was to check for parallel programming with another station in the ABC 
RN network. Parallel programming would indicate that the station was 7RN, while 
clearly different programming would mean that the station was 2WEB. 

In the MP3 linked below the 585 Australian station's powerful rock music signal 
continues for an awesome 3 minutes and 20 seconds, during which time several 
parallel checks were made (Ultralight radios can only tune one frequency at a 
time). The first parallel check for 576-2RN (in Sydney) occurs from 1:02 to 
1:13 into the recording, but 2RN has already faded out, so the 585 station's 
identity is still unknown. The second parallel check (again for 576-2RN) occurs 
from 2:03-2:15, but it is still dead. Finally, at 2:15 a parallel check is made 
for the 25 kW Brisbane RN network station 792-4RN (generating the 2 kHz het), 
which has just enough of a signal left to confirm that its RN network 
programming is speech, and not the music playing on 585 kHz. As such, the 
powerful station playing "Knocking on Heaven's Door" had been narrowed down to 
David Sharp's 2WEB in Bourke, transmitting far and away the most powerful 
signal it has even managed in 9 years of these ocean coast DXpediti
  
ons. 

The reception was made on a 7.5 inch C.Crane Skywave Ultralight boosted by a 17 
inch (43 cm) diameter FSL antenna, as in the Rockwork 4 DXing setup photo 
attached with this post. Thanks again to David for his outstanding support to 
the DXing community! 

585-2WEB MP3 (3 minutes 20 seconds) 
Just as South Pacific propagation was collapsing in bright daylight at 1335 UTC 
on August 8th I made a final band check to see if any New Zealand or Australian 
stations had escaped my notice at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff (near Manzanita, 
Oregon). Most of the DU's had already bailed, but there was a very strong 
station playing rock music on 585 kHz. I knew from experience that this could 
be either of two Australian 10 kW stations-- 7RN in Hobart, Tasmania (part of 
the ABC RN network) or David Sharp's independent "Outback Radio" station, 2WEB 
in Bourke. Apart from an ID, the only was to make sure of the station's 
identity was to check for parallel programming with another station in the ABC 
RN network. Parallel programming would indicate that the station was 7RN, while 
clearly different programming would mean that the station was 2WEB. 

In the MP3 linked below the 585 Australian station's powerful rock music signal 
continues for an awesome 3 minutes and 20 seconds, during which time several 
parallel checks were made (Ultralight radios can only tune one frequency at a 
time). The first parallel check for 576-2RN (in Sydney) occurs from 1:02 to 
1:13 into the recording, but 2RN has already faded out, so the 585 station's 
identity is still unknown. The second parallel check (again for 576-2RN) occurs 
from 2:03-2:15, but it is still dead. Finally, at 2:15 a parallel check is made 
for the 25 kW Brisbane RN network station 792-4RN (generating the 2 kHz het), 
which has just enough of a signal left to confirm that its RN network 
programming is speech, and not the music playing on 585 kHz. As such, the 
powerful station playing "Knocking on Heaven's Door" had been narrowed down to 
David Sharp's 2WEB in Bourke, transmitting far and away the most powerful 
signal it has even managed in 9 years of these ocean coast DXpediti
  
ons. 

The reception was made on a 7.5 inch C.Crane Skywave Ultralight boosted by a 17 
inch (43 cm) diameter FSL antenna, as in the Rockwork 4 DXing setup photo 
attached with this post. Thanks again to David for his outstanding support to 
the DXing community! 

585-2WEB MP3 (3 minutes 20 seconds) 
Just as South Pacific propagation was collapsing in bright daylight at 1335 UTC 
on August 8th I made a final band check to see if any New Zealand or Australian 
stations had escaped my notice at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff (near Manzanita, 
Oregon). Most of the DU's 

[IRCA] 585-2WEB-- Knocking on Science Fiction's Door

[d1028gary]

Just as South Pacific propagation was collapsing in bright daylight at 1335 UTC 
on August 8th I made a final band check to see if any New Zealand or Australian 
stations had escaped my notice at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff (near Manzanita, 
Oregon). Most of the DU's had already bailed, but there was a very strong 
station playing rock music on 585 kHz. I knew from experience that this could 
be either of two Australian 10 kW stations-- 7RN in Hobart, Tasmania (part of 
the ABC RN network) or David Sharp's independent "Outback Radio" station, 2WEB 
in Bourke. Apart from an ID, the only was to make sure of the station's 
identity was to check for parallel programming with another station in the ABC 
RN network. Parallel programming would indicate that the station was 7RN, while 
clearly different programming would mean that the station was 2WEB. 

In the MP3 linked below the 585 Australian station's powerful rock music signal 
continues for an awesome 3 minutes and 20 seconds, during which time several 
parallel checks were made (Ultralight radios can only tune one frequency at a 
time). The first parallel check for 576-2RN (in Sydney) occurs from 1:02 to 
1:13 into the recording, but 2RN has already faded out, so the 585 station's 
identity is still unknown. The second parallel check (again for 576-2RN) occurs 
from 2:03-2:15, but it is still dead. Finally, at 2:15 a parallel check is made 
for the 25 kW Brisbane RN network station 792-4RN (generating the 2 kHz het), 
which has just enough of a signal left to confirm that its RN network 
programming is speech, and not the music playing on 585 kHz. As such, the 
powerful station playing "Knocking on Heaven's Door" had been narrowed down to 
David Sharp's 2WEB in Bourke, transmitting far and away the most powerful 
signal it has even managed in 9 years of these ocean coast DXpediti
 ons. 

The reception was made on a 7.5 inch C.Crane Skywave Ultralight boosted by a 17 
inch (43 cm) diameter FSL antenna, as in the Rockwork 4 DXing setup photo 
attached with this post. Thanks again to David for his outstanding support to 
the DXing community! 

585-2WEB MP3 (3 minutes 20 seconds) 
Just as South Pacific propagation was collapsing in bright daylight at 1335 UTC 
on August 8th I made a final band check to see if any New Zealand or Australian 
stations had escaped my notice at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff (near Manzanita, 
Oregon). Most of the DU's had already bailed, but there was a very strong 
station playing rock music on 585 kHz. I knew from experience that this could 
be either of two Australian 10 kW stations-- 7RN in Hobart, Tasmania (part of 
the ABC RN network) or David Sharp's independent "Outback Radio" station, 2WEB 
in Bourke. Apart from an ID, the only was to make sure of the station's 
identity was to check for parallel programming with another station in the ABC 
RN network. Parallel programming would indicate that the station was 7RN, while 
clearly different programming would mean that the station was 2WEB. 

In the MP3 linked below the 585 Australian station's powerful rock music signal 
continues for an awesome 3 minutes and 20 seconds, during which time several 
parallel checks were made (Ultralight radios can only tune one frequency at a 
time). The first parallel check for 576-2RN (in Sydney) occurs from 1:02 to 
1:13 into the recording, but 2RN has already faded out, so the 585 station's 
identity is still unknown. The second parallel check (again for 576-2RN) occurs 
from 2:03-2:15, but it is still dead. Finally, at 2:15 a parallel check is made 
for the 25 kW Brisbane RN network station 792-4RN (generating the 2 kHz het), 
which has just enough of a signal left to confirm that its RN network 
programming is speech, and not the music playing on 585 kHz. As such, the 
powerful station playing "Knocking on Heaven's Door" had been narrowed down to 
David Sharp's 2WEB in Bourke, transmitting far and away the most powerful 
signal it has even managed in 9 years of these ocean coast DXpediti
 ons. 

The reception was made on a 7.5 inch C.Crane Skywave Ultralight boosted by a 17 
inch (43 cm) diameter FSL antenna, as in the Rockwork 4 DXing setup photo 
attached with this post. Thanks again to David for his outstanding support to 
the DXing community! 

585-2WEB MP3 (3 minutes 20 seconds) 
Just as South Pacific propagation was collapsing in bright daylight at 1335 UTC 
on August 8th I made a final band check to see if any New Zealand or Australian 
stations had escaped my notice at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff (near Manzanita, 
Oregon). Most of the DU's had already bailed, but there was a very strong 
station playing rock music on 585 kHz. I knew from experience that this could 
be either of two Australian 10 kW stations-- 7RN in Hobart, Tasmania (part of 
the ABC RN network) or David Sharp's independent "Outback Radio" station, 2WEB 
in Bourke. Apart from an ID, the only was to make sure of the station's 
identity was to check for parallel 

[IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 8-9

[d1028gary]

The ninth and final session of the Rockwork 4 DXpedition (yesterday morning) 
featured more exciting DU propagation, with another monster signal from 
558-Fiji, a new Oz 558 co-channel with a rock format, the best signal ever from 
the 1 kW 936-Chinese Voice and the first FSL logging of the 2 kW 927-Newstalk 
ZB. 

The ocean cliff session opened in the predawn darkness at 1150 with the 
unpleasant sight of a huge RV parked in my usual antenna setup spot. After 
setting up FSL's in the north end of the turnoff I made my final DXpedition 
attempt to received Longwave NDB's from the South Pacific, which were again 
comatose. 531 was full of signals, though, with PI and a presumed 2PM fighting 
it out at decent levels. The rejuvenated 558-Fiji started making serious waves 
around 1247 but was troubled by an UnID Australian rock station,,which managed 
to force it off the frequency at times from 1259-1304. Fiji recovered in fine 
form, through, finishing up with its island choral music at a huge level by 
1329. 

Since this was the last day of the DXpedition a deliberate effort was made to 
go after unheard but marginal DU stations, resulting in a fair to good logging 
of 846-2RN around 1255, a new logging of a modest-level 927-Newstalk ZB (with 
an Oz music-format co-channel) at 1306, fair-level 963-Star //657 at 1319, 
738-2NR //774 at 1328 (but sliced up by SF splatter), 855-Oz //774 at 1311 (but 
sliced up by Tacoma splatter) and in one of the most convoluted, back-and-forth 
parallel checks in ocean cliff history, 837-RNZ //756 at 1345 (which, oddly 
enough, was the only RNZ parallel audible at that extremely late time, even 
though the 50 kW Portland mega-pest 750-KXTG is only 70 miles and 6 kHz away). 
As if to prove the point, I made an recording of 756-RNZ all by itself at 1338, 
during which the solid rock cliff shut down the Portland splatter to a 
negligible degree, providing very solid reception of the last surviving Kiwi 
signal of the session. Wow! 

Overall this August 2017 DXpedition has been far and away the most productive 
Rockwork 4 trip ever, with two Western Australians (531-6DL and 558-6WA) 
received at decent levels, five stations received on 531 kHz alone (PI, More 
FM, 2PM, 4KZ and 6DL), 558-Fiji completely restored and reaching S9 levels, an 
S9 recording of 585-2WEB (confirmed by David Sharp), the best-ever signals from 
the Kiwis on 531 (More FM), 603, 657, 765, 936 and 1503, monster signals from 
585-7RN and 639-5CK, multiple receptions of 1017-Tonga, etc. Even when we 
needed to dodge the "sleeping squatters" it was a lot of fun to share the cliff 
with my DXpedition partners Tom and Chuck, especially during the phenomenal 
August 4th session (when Tom and I both made out like bandits). I'm sure that 
both of us will remember that wild and wacky session for years to come! 

531 PI Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Female Samoan speech at good level at 1229 
https://app.box.com/s/iifum3lablh8wxwt87toehpuwzo8e9yd 

531 2PM Kempsey, Australia, 5 kw (Presumed) The likely one with an ad string in 
a "talker" format at 1232 with no apparent oldies music transmission for 15 
minutes https://app.box.com/s/uf6hkk32rw5k6llyi1xo08suvk9iegxe 
. 
558 Radio Fiji One Suva, Fiji, 10 kW After shaking off the pesky UnID Oz rock 
station around 1305 this rejuvenated wonder once again pounded in with island 
choral music at 1329 https://app.box.com/s/lrsxo24dkqaozmzn8zf5it13c1zfu6f5 

558 UnID-Oz Mystery Australian rock station in a snarl with Fiji from 
1259-1304, and silencing it during the two recordings linked below. 
Fast-paced rock music at 1304 
https://app.box.com/s/fyync8y821ua6qx4js7rhrcmn3hcqipt 
Female and male-voiced DU English ads at 1259 
https://app.box.com/s/ittyjnuupwt4kdbkj26ui3xv2o1hpctn 

756 RNZ Auckland, NZ, 10 kW The solid rock cliff acts as a "splatter 
eliminator" to filter out 750-KXTG in Portland (50 kW and only 70 miles away), 
providing easy reception of this Kiwi RNZ relay (the last surviving DU very 
late in the session).at 1338 
https://app.box.com/s/anomc4qcr64ezmoe8aykin4podyah1w7 

927 Newstalk ZB Palmerston North, NZ, 2 kW Low-powered Kiwi relay (in a mix 
with an UnID Oz music station) was tracked //1035 at 1308 to provide an all-new 
logging https://app.box.com/s/vdhttgri1d1r0uf69rt4jtgr6y7gyno7 

936 Chinese Voice Auckland, NZ, 1 kW Best signal ever from this amazing 1 kW 
Kiwi wonder with male Chinese speech at a very good level at 1304 
https://app.box.com/s/z8jbfnptywt446a66kmpqqwzyuq0upsu 

963 Star Christchurch, NZ, 10 kW Tracked down at a good level //657 at 1319, 
apparently with its Oz co-channel at times 
https://app.box.com/s/329ztas72h18f3vgyha2l1i0d03t21za 

73 and Good DX, 
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7.5 inch loopstick CC Skywave and Tecsun PL380 Ultralights + 
17 inch and 15 inch "Airport Unfriendly" FSL antennas 


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Re: [IRCA] 585-2WEB Confirms S9 Reception

[d1028gary]

Thanks Patrick, 

We hope you can get back into Pacific DXing, now that your antennas are being 
repaired. 

Actually the first time I heard 585-2WEB was on the beach at Seaside in July of 
2010, using a 3' portable box loop and PL-380. That signal was pretty strong 
for the basic equipment (once in a while you get lucky). Program Director David 
Sharp send me an unsolicited e-QSL after listening to my MP3 on the Ultralight 
list, and matching the song in his log. 

Gary 


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From: "Patrick Martin"  
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Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 12:16:54 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 585-2WEB Confirms S9 Reception 

Great going Gary. 2WEB used to be common, but that was years ago. They had a 
nice card in the 80s. I've got the Eastern Beverage and the NW EWE now working 
after the storms last Summer. This Fall I am getting the SW EWE back up. The 
noise level of late has dropped off, so maybe I can finally get back to Pacific 
DXing. I am keeping my fingers crossed. 


Patrick 


Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager 


 
From: IRCA  on behalf of d1028g...@comcast.net 
 
Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2017 12:20 AM 
To: America, Mailing 
Subject: [IRCA] 585-2WEB Confirms S9 Reception 

David Sharp, programming director of 585-2WEB in Bourke, Australia ("Outback 
Radio") has confirmed the blowtorch reception of the station yesterday morning 
at the Rockwork 4 cliff, calling it "the strongest level I've ever heard for TP 
reception." 
https://app.box.com/s/46t2trpbuqw90na4zdrl97v1p9ijuq5l 

David is an ex-U.S. DXer and member of our Ultralight Radio Yahoo group. My 
first contact with him was in 2010, when I was complaining on the Ultralight 
list about "the dumb Australian station on 585 that plays rock music but never 
ID's." He listened to a song in my MP3 and sent me a QSL out of the blue, after 
checking the station's music log. I promptly "took back" what I had said about 
the station :-) 

Gary DeBock (in Nehalem, OR, USA) 

<<< I checked our music log. Definitely 2WEB at the strongest level I've ever 
heard for TP reception. 

Gary- you already have two QSL letters and this is your fourth reception of the 
station (also a record for a single DXer), let me know if you want another QSL. 

2WEB gets almost no reports these days! 

73s 

David >>> 

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[IRCA] 585-2WEB Confirms S9 Reception

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David Sharp, programming director of 585-2WEB in Bourke, Australia ("Outback 
Radio") has confirmed the blowtorch reception of the station yesterday morning 
at the Rockwork 4 cliff, calling it "the strongest level I've ever heard for TP 
reception." 
https://app.box.com/s/46t2trpbuqw90na4zdrl97v1p9ijuq5l 

David is an ex-U.S. DXer and member of our Ultralight Radio Yahoo group. My 
first contact with him was in 2010, when I was complaining on the Ultralight 
list about "the dumb Australian station on 585 that plays rock music but never 
ID's." He listened to a song in my MP3 and sent me a QSL out of the blue, after 
checking the station's music log. I promptly "took back" what I had said about 
the station :-) 

Gary DeBock (in Nehalem, OR, USA) 

<<< I checked our music log. Definitely 2WEB at the strongest level I've ever 
heard for TP reception. 

Gary- you already have two QSL letters and this is your fourth reception of the 
station (also a record for a single DXer), let me know if you want another QSL. 

2WEB gets almost no reports these days! 

73s 

David >>> 

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Re: [IRCA] Alberta TP for 8 August 2017

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Thanks for the Alberta TP report, Nigel. 

<<< This was on a 
beverage aimed more at Australia, but apparently all the DU DX was being 
sucked in by all that ferrite on the cliffs of Oregon. >>> 

I was thinking of you this morning, Nigel, when an S9 signal from a probable 
585-2WEB showed up at the cliff. I recall David Sharp's comment (in 2011) that 
the only two reports he had ever received from North America (over a ten year 
period) had been from you and me. 

<<< 1035 Newstalk ZB Wellington, NEW ZEALAND 
Fair audio for a couple of minutes with a man reading news at 1202. No 
others with audio, but decent carriers on 702, 756, 882, 1026. >>> 

Nice catch, Nigel. Unfortunately there is some new IBOC station here on the 
coast (probably in California) that is ruining 1035-NZB's usual blowtorch 
signal. The only problem with the Oregon coast is that it's a little too close 
to California. 

73, Gary DeBock (in Nehalem, OR for one more session on the cliff) 


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Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 9:41:47 PM 
Subject: [IRCA] Alberta TP for 8 August 2017 

First DU audio of the month this morning: 


1035 Newstalk ZB Wellington, NEW ZEALAND 
Fair audio for a couple of minutes with a man reading news at 1202. No 
others with audio, but decent carriers on 702, 756, 882, 1026. 


This evening I checked an August 1st recording from my beverage site, 
and was quite surprised to find 774 JOUB with a fair to good signal just 
prior to 1100. Solid carriers on 693, 747, and traces of audio on 828. 
Nick had mentioned it was the best Asian morning of the new season, and 
apparently that applied here too. That's the earliest ever Asian 
logging here, beating the old mark by a couple of weeks. This was on a 
beverage aimed more at Australia, but apparently all the DU DX was being 
sucked in by all that ferrite on the cliffs of Oregon. 

73, 

Nigel Pimblett 
Dunmore, AB 
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[IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 8-8

[d1028gary]

It certainly seemed like DU propagation kicked back into the exceptional stage 
this morning from Australia, NZ and Fiji, but unlike last Friday (with Tom) 
there was no Perseus-SDR DXer to record the bonanza. 558-Radio Fiji One was the 
main star of the session with awesome signals from 1305-1330, while a presumed 
585-2WEB (not // 576) wasn't far behind with its rock music late in the session 
around 1335. The NZ regulars 531-PI and 603-Waatea easily pegged the PL-380's 
S/N readout at 25, while 1017-Newstalk ZB (2.5 kW) made its first decent 
appearance. 

The ocean cliff was crowded with "interlopers" (as Tom calls them) as I drove 
up in total darkness at 1150 (0450 local time), but I decided to set up the 
FSL's in between them, anyway. For the first time ever an "interloper" 
approached me in the total darkness and stared at me within 10 feet of my DXing 
position, which provided a little early excitement in the session. Oddly enough 
this turned out to be a lady, who finally asked if I was "investigating the 
clouds." After my technical explanation of FSL antenna theory she lost interest 
very quickly, and promptly returned to her vehicle. 

Longwave propagation was dead, but as soon as I set up an FSL on 531 kHz around 
1210 a torrent of S9 signals pounded in, including the Kiwi regular PI and an 
Australian talk-format station that wasn't 4KZ (which was playing oldies at the 
time). Finally the talk format station had a commercial ad, which narrowed its 
identity down to a probable 2PM (which would be the fifth DU station to be 
heard on 531 during this DXpedition, after PI, More FM, 4KZ and 6DL). The 
rejuvenated 558-Fiji had modest signals until about 1300, when it seemed to get 
a turbo boost to reach the strongest level I have ever heard (S9) in any North 
American recording. Late in the session around 1335 a presumed 585-2WEB (not // 
576, like its very weak Tasmanian co-channel) went on a monster run to reach 
its best level (S9) ever heard in any ocean cliff DXpedition. It was the last 
DU signal on the band around 1345, finishing up a seriously enhanced session. 

531 2PM Kempsey, Australia, 5 kW (presumed) Australian call-in talk station 
with strong signals at 1242 running commercial ads and not 4KZ (which was 
audible with oldies music under it, at times). This seems like the only real 
possibility 
https://app.box.com/s/jztickg7d207ykg2re1c9jtvtjokznf5 

531 PI Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Samoan music at overwhelming strength at 1248; this 
was the strongest signal from this station received in over two years 
https://app.box.com/s/b391cdrlt9s4c7y4gp3kt9q1dxbgpj4j 

558 Radio Fiji One Suva, Fiji, 10 kW Reaching S9 levels at times from 
1300-1330, this rejuvenated Pacific island wonder was the real star of a very 
exciting session. Three exceptional Fiji island choral music MP3's are linked 
below. 
1318z https://app.box.com/s/6b2fxp2ai8p44t38fih4dn1meffzocxi 
1323z https://app.box.com/s/ca7tpo195gua5eayhc46evv9ix29e9oz 
1313z https://app.box.com/s/tno4iqsiuaw1kx62i80y8rg722y15e4o 

585 UnID-Oz Yikes! This S9 rock music recording at 1335 was not // 576, which 
means that it is most likely 2WEB, Outback Radio in Bourke. If so, it would be 
far and away the strongest signal ever heard from David Sharp's station 
https://app.box.com/s/46t2trpbuqw90na4zdrl97v1p9ijuq5l 

603 Radio Waatea Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Another science-fiction level signal from 
this Kiwi regular with music and female Maori chants at 1303 
https://app.box.com/s/wruaavle3k3s4x9my9armbxl4od0369s 

702 2BL-Magic mix The Auckland oldies station runs out of Magic up against the 
Oz big gun, leaving it will little but "Sorrow" 
https://app.box.com/s/ur43ihfmgka0d1p6bupbhch9ixc1nvrv 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita, OR, USA) 
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Re: [IRCA] Rejuvenated 558-Fiji Reaches S9 at 1318

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<<< A first look at the recordings from this morning shows little other 
than a carrier on that channel here in Victoria Gary. Our sunrise 
is a few minutes earlier than yours, but nothing much a few minutes 
earlier either. >>> 

Thanks Nick, 

I have been watching your propagation reports from Victoria (usually including 
several DU's each morning) and was very curious how Fiji's blowtorch signal 
would make the trip to Vancouver Island this morning. Apparently it didn't make 
the trip very well at all. Bill W. will be in this area in a couple of days, 
and have a chance to hear this rejuvenated Pacific island wonder for himself. 

>From what I understand, 558-Fiji's transmitter was donated by the Japanese 
>government (maybe so that Japanese DXers could hear the station better?). 

Gary (in Nehalem, OR) 





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From: "Nick Hall-Patch"  
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Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 10:51:54 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Rejuvenated 558-Fiji Reaches S9 at 1318 

A first look at the recordings from this morning shows little other 
than a carrier on that channel here in Victoria Gary. Our sunrise 
is a few minutes earlier than yours, but nothing much a few minutes 
earlier either. 

There was a tentative audio on 558 with weak island music on 30 July, 
but that seems to have been it so far. 

best wishes, 

Nick 



At 14:48 08-08-17, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: 
>It was another wild session at Rockwork 4 this morning, with 
>558-Fiji, 585-7RN and a presumed 585-2WEB (not // 576) all reaching 
>S9 levels at times. 
> 
>When 558-Fiji pounds in at this level it should be more than 
>adequate to reach Victoria and other salt-water enhanced locations. 
>This was its signal at 1318 this morning, received on a Tecsun 
>PL-380 boosted by a 15 inch FSL antenna at the ocean cliff near 
>Manzanita, Oregon 
>https://app.box.com/s/6b2fxp2ai8p44t38fih4dn1meffzocxi 
> 
>Gary DeBock (in Nehalem, OR) 
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[IRCA] Rejuvenated 558-Fiji Reaches S9 at 1318

[d1028gary]

It was another wild session at Rockwork 4 this morning, with 558-Fiji, 585-7RN 
and a presumed 585-2WEB (not // 576) all reaching S9 levels at times. 

When 558-Fiji pounds in at this level it should be more than adequate to reach 
Victoria and other salt-water enhanced locations. This was its signal at 1318 
this morning, received on a Tecsun PL-380 boosted by a 15 inch FSL antenna at 
the ocean cliff near Manzanita, Oregon 
https://app.box.com/s/6b2fxp2ai8p44t38fih4dn1meffzocxi 

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[IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 8-7

[d1028gary]

Tom and I had all the real estate we wanted at the ocean cliff this morning as 
all the "visitors" cleared out. When you drive up to the cliff in total 
darkness you never really know what to expect, and you need to be prepared for 
bizarre weather, strange "visitors" and loud audio frequency QRM from 
18-wheelers. 

Propagation pulled a sudden switch this morning as moderate Oz propagation 
suddenly morphed into excellent Kiwi conditions. The relatively obscure NZ 
stations 576-Star (2.5 kW) and 936-Chinese Voice (1 kW) finally showed up on 
the cliff after 6 days, along with a blistering signal from the relatively 
obscure Oz station 639-5CK. The Kiwi bonanza occurred late in the session, 
however, so there was no time to go after other exotic fare like 585-Ruatoria 
(Radio Ngati Porou). Like 531-More FM, that is an another ultra-rare Kiwi 
station that has never shown up anywhere else on the west coast. 

This was Tom's last session at the cliff, and it has been a lot of fun to chase 
DU-DX with him at this awesome site. This was by far the most thrilling trip we 
have ever experienced here, with two Western Australians (531-6DL and 558-6WA), 
multiple receptions of 531-More FM, 558-Fiji (over and over), 639-5CK at 
monster level, 936-Chinese Voice, 1017-Tonga (over and over) and many others. 
The choice of early August for optimal Rockwork 4 DU propagation proved to be 
spot on, and Tom will probably enjoy reviewing his Perseus files from the 
dazzling August 4th session for months to come. 

531 PI Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Strong Samoan music and speech at 1319; occasionally 
in a mix with 4KZ and More FM 
https://app.box.com/s/e8zw2gq5uz991fc0bxfciql9c360vstk 

576 Star Hamilton, NZ, 2.5 kW The "dwarf star" finally shows up with music // 
657 late at 1327 
https://app.box.com/s/e9ddentnlmrxkxlayqgql1di62w2ezhc 

594 3WV-Star mix The Oz big gun had a serious edge over the falling Stars with 
a health related LR network program at 1253 
https://app.box.com/s/rhdqyg98kxtazesu8edtwmy8uvt4fx8w 

639 5CK Port Pirie, Australia, 10 kW One of the big surprises of the session 
with a blowtorch signal // 891 at 1307 from this obscure DU 
https://app.box.com/s/o0jujrozx7w0wf7t4dnqq5dn7g20j0tr 

936 Chinese Voice Auckland, NZ, 1 kW The rare, low-power Kiwi station finally 
makes a decent appearance at 1307 during enhanced conditions 
https://app.box.com/s/k59fahu3g93b1cha02gyyas4co0endwq 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita, OR, USA) 
7.5 inch loopstick CC Skywave and Tecsun PL-380 + 
TSA-spooking 17 inch and 15 inch FSL antennas 

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Re: [IRCA] 3.5 Inch (89mm) "Frequent Flyer" FSL Antenna Rocks at Rockwork

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<<< Hope the QRM in the motel garage where he'll put you won't be a problem  
>>> 

Mark, there was actually a pretty big local story about this. 

Several people like us booked early at the regular rate, and when the Lincoln 
City Liberty Inn manager found out about it he tried to jack up our room rates 
to $1000/ night. Complaints were made to the Oregon Attorney General's office 
and KGW-TV in Portland, which slammed that manager (and others who were doing 
the same thing) both on live TV and on their website. It was a negative 
publicity nightmare for the motel managers. Eventually they "decided" to honor 
the original booking rates (out of the kindness of their hearts). 

Gary 


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Sent: Monday, August 7, 2017 10:21:10 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 3.5 Inch (89mm) "Frequent Flyer" FSL Antenna Rocks at 
Rockwork 

Hope the QRM in the motel garage where he'll put you won't be a problem  


Cheers! 

Mark Durenberger 

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d1028g...@comcast.net 
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2017 9:27 AM 
To: America, Mailing 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 3.5 Inch (89mm) "Frequent Flyer" FSL Antenna Rocks at 
Rockwork 

Well, I'll be in the middle of the zone of totality on the Oregon coast at 
Lincoln City, Mark (along with Ruth). Who knows-- maybe the TP or DU 
carriers will be rejuvenated a little by the return of darkness? 

It should be an interesting weekend. The motel rooms in Lincoln City are 
going for $1,000 a night that weekend, although we got the regular rate by 
booking over a year in advance (to the great consternation of the manager). 

Gary DeBock (in Nehalem, Oregon) 



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From: "Mark Durenberger"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Monday, August 7, 2017 7:01:05 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 3.5 Inch (89mm) "Frequent Flyer" FSL Antenna Rocks at 
Rockwork 

What role will FSLs play in the solar eclipse? Gary? 


Cheers! 

Mark Durenberger 

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From: IRCA [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of R. Colin 
Newell 
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2017 7:15 PM 
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 3.5 Inch (89mm) "Frequent Flyer" FSL Antenna Rocks at 
Rockwork 

And one is going to Hawaii in January! 

Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC 

> On Aug 6, 2017, at 2:43 PM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: 
> 
> The airport-friendly 3.5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna was 
specifically designed for easy, hassle-free airline travel to exotic places 
around the world. Despite the fact that it fits easily within hand-carry 
luggage, it can provide inductive gain boosts comparable to those of a 4 
foot air core box loop (once the DXer becomes skillful in its operation). 
> 
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[IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 8-7 (Preliminary)

[d1028gary]

The last major DXpedition targets were nailed down this morning with the 
reception of the 1 kW station 936-Chinese Voice in Auckland, NZ, and the 2.5 kW 
station 576-Star (the "dwarf star") in Hamilton, NZ. As a bonus a huge signal 
from the obscure 639-5CK pounded in at 1307 (// 891). This was Tom's last 
session at the cliff, and it has been a lot of fun sharing exceptional DU 
propagation with him over the past few days (well, at least on the fantastic 
August 4th session). 

639 5CK Port Pirie, Australia, 10 kW ABC LR network program // 891 at 
exceptional level around 1307 
https://app.box.com/s/o0jujrozx7w0wf7t4dnqq5dn7g20j0tr 

936 Chinese Voice Auckland, NZ, 1 kW Female Chinese speech at fair to good 
level at 1320 
https://app.box.com/s/k59fahu3g93b1cha02gyyas4co0endwq 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita, OR, USA) 



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Re: [IRCA] 3.5 Inch (89mm) "Frequent Flyer" FSL Antenna Rocks at Rockwork

[d1028gary]

Well, I'll be in the middle of the zone of totality on the Oregon coast at 
Lincoln City, Mark (along with Ruth). Who knows-- maybe the TP or DU carriers 
will be rejuvenated a little by the return of darkness? 

It should be an interesting weekend. The motel rooms in Lincoln City are going 
for $1,000 a night that weekend, although we got the regular rate by booking 
over a year in advance (to the great consternation of the manager). 

Gary DeBock (in Nehalem, Oregon) 



- Original Message -

From: "Mark Durenberger"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Monday, August 7, 2017 7:01:05 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 3.5 Inch (89mm) "Frequent Flyer" FSL Antenna Rocks at 
Rockwork 

What role will FSLs play in the solar eclipse? Gary? 


Cheers! 

Mark Durenberger 

-Original Message- 
From: IRCA [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of R. Colin 
Newell 
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2017 7:15 PM 
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 3.5 Inch (89mm) "Frequent Flyer" FSL Antenna Rocks at 
Rockwork 

And one is going to Hawaii in January! 

Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC 

> On Aug 6, 2017, at 2:43 PM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: 
> 
> The airport-friendly 3.5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna was 
specifically designed for easy, hassle-free airline travel to exotic places 
around the world. Despite the fact that it fits easily within hand-carry 
luggage, it can provide inductive gain boosts comparable to those of a 4 
foot air core box loop (once the DXer becomes skillful in its operation). 
> 
> 
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[IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 8-6

[d1028gary]

The Highway 101 ocean cliff turnoff was jammed with vehicles this morning as 
two "sleeping squatters" joined Tom and me in the early morning darkness. Since 
Tom had arrived first (and was fully set up by 1200) it was my job to squeeze 
in between the two "squatters," hoping that they would not wake up and make any 
real estate claims. As it turned out they were crashed for the duration, 
despite having three huge FSL antennas deployed all around them. 

DU propagation was good to New Zealand (what else is new?) and OK to Australia, 
but after Friday's awesome session I think that Tom was looking for more exotic 
fare. 558-Fiji was in there throughout the session, but seemed to be stuck in 
the "Twilight Zone" between KPQ splatter and enough strength for a serious 
breakout. 531-More FM continues to come in like a regular, a drastic change 
from previous DXpeditions when it was a very rare catch. The 2 kW 1026-Newstalk 
ZB overachiever had its best signal ever here this morning (sounding like a 
Kiwi big gun), while the 594-Star network was roasting the Oz big gun 3WV. 
666-2CN made an unusual appearance here at 1320, and 585-7RN showed up again 
for the fourth time in six days. 

The main highlight of the morning here was the first ocean beach test of the 
new 3.5 inch (89mm) "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna, a model specifically designed 
for long-range airline travel. It tracked down several Kiwi and Oz big guns at 
potent strength, providing serious inductive coupling boosts to a stock CC 
Skywave. But it wasn't the only "Frequent Flyer" model at the cliff this 
morning-- Tom's drone aircraft with a high-resolution video camera made a nice 
test flight right above the plunging ocean cliff, hopefully taking unique 
photos of the awesome scenery. 

531 More FM Alexandra, NZ, 2 kW Another Kiwi ad string at potent strength at 
1307 (unfortunately I can't translate Kiwi, Theo); in a snarl with NZ 
co-channel PI all session long 
https://app.box.com/s/bxpqcx70dks3xrzvrfquv9iq3ukqt0p7 
A typical, half-second More FM ID by the Yankee-accented male voice at 27 
seconds into this recording at 1313. They have been using these super short 
ID's for at least two years 
https://app.box.com/s/r4mfi1dtjyonr47vtt88pdibwuedwydh 

531 PI Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Very good level R music at 1237 during a brief 
break from More FM competition 
https://app.box.com/s/xp2j1k6wjx1gs6eqco3w89is84koqzzh 

558 Radio Fiji One Suva, Fiji, 10 kW Stuck in the twilight zone between KPQ 
splatter and a decent breakout at 1258 
https://app.box.com/s/2q01s73w7nrsa6w7x9boc8avtilvdpe7 

567 RNZ Wellington, NZ, 50 kW Finally a powerful signal from this ex-big gun at 
1239, whose potent transoceanic signal generally collapsed along with its old 
tower a couple of years back 
https://app.box.com/s/uk0aochlroo67tm1x0lm435fkva6dwz8 

594 Star Timaru/ Wanganui, NZ, 5/ 2 kW The powerful weather report from the 
Kiwi Star network sends the Oz big gun 3WV to the showers 
https://app.box.com/s/xsgmjwzl4w66y5817s1dpj4fentg97ko 

603 Radio Waatea Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Powerful Maori vocal music at 1312z on the 
17" Monster FSL (during antenna comparison with the 3.5" Baby FSL) 
https://app.box.com/s/2jfj2iplij9dcvyqepfcx0bwl95z7nw7 

666 2CN Canberra, Australia, 5 kW Pretty unusual appearance at the "Kiwi Cliff" 
late in the session at 1320 
https://app.box.com/s/63nkybe0oi440v5m58rowk2an3x9jbnf 

1026 Newstalk ZB Kaitaia, NZ, 2 kW Awesome signal from this low-powered Kiwi 
relay with female talk during call-in program at 1247 
https://app.box.com/s/u562952qyj0n4izhipoo4972062m0qlx 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean side cliff near Manzanita, OR, USA) 
7.5 inch loopstick CC Skywaves + 
17 inch and 15 inch Monster FSL antennas 










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[IRCA] 3.5 Inch (89mm) "Frequent Flyer" FSL Antenna Rocks at Rockwork

[d1028gary]

The airport-friendly 3.5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna was specifically 
designed for easy, hassle-free airline travel to exotic places around the 
world. Despite the fact that it fits easily within hand-carry luggage, it can 
provide inductive gain boosts comparable to those of a 4 foot air core box loop 
(once the DXer becomes skillful in its operation). 

This morning one of these "Baby FSL" models demonstrated exactly what it can do 
to enhance transoceanic signals at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita, 
Oregon. During typical propagation it provided tuned gain boosts to a stock 
C.Crane Skywave model, resulting in these enhanced transoceanic signals from 
New Zealand and Australia. The full "Heathkit-like" construction article for 
this model (23 pages, describing design, construction and operation) is posted 
at http://www.mediafire.com/file/pnfm8909c77zjoy/3.5inch-FF-FSL.doc 

531 PI Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Samoan talk at 1227 
https://app.box.com/s/ngt43po9muyp0y493necbwekjsdf1vct 

603 Radio Waatea Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Maori language chants at 1312 
https://app.box.com/s/efw3khfw8y09vmfv1qbvy8wh9tpmqgij 

765 Radio Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ, 2.5 kW Maori music at 1255 
https://app.box.com/s/zfh4rbwi0p7mld5c5mgc6efueyyp5k11 

774 3LO Melbourne, Australia, 50 kW ABC female talk at 1332 
https://app.box.com/s/60dye0v5k46o9zr066px103mmh4fes8b 

3.5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL photo at Rockwork 4 this morning is posted at 
https://app.box.com/s/3nu279oodi3ko757xj0h608l465zcv97 

73, Gary DeBock (DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita, OR, USA) 


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[IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 8-5

[d1028gary]

Tom was fully set up and DXing at 1200 (in the predawn darkness) as I drove up 
to the cliff, but for the first time during this DXpedition a "sleeping 
squatter" had the temerity to park overnight in "my" usual antenna setup space. 
Of course nobody actually owns any real estate at these Highway 101 ocean cliff 
turnoffs, and it's truly the "wild, wild west," with no guarantees of anything 
(except that it will continue to be pretty wild). 

Yesterday's exceptional DU propagation cooled off somewhat this morning, but 
Tom and I still found some interesting signals. 558-6WA made a return 
appearance around 1315, which would have thrilled us in years past except that 
we had already received both it and 531-6DL yesterday. 558-Fiji seemed to be 
putting in a ghostly signal at times, but couldn't quite seal the deal. I had 
an interesting mix on 1026 around 1250 (the 2 kW Newstalk ZB and a presumed 
4AA) while Tom mentioned that he found quite a few other unusual signals. After 
a phenomenal session like yesterday morning's I guess the main challenge is not 
becoming "spoiled," and reminding yourself that any of these DU's would be 
outstanding catches back home (especially for me, living in a "DU dead zone" 
like Puyallup, WA ). 

531 PI Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Relaxing Samoan island music at a good level around 
1223; in a mix with an apparent More FM later in the session 
https://app.box.com/s/drszu22tfpnt0qr9npjjniphqao00ete 

558 6WA Wagin, Australia, 50 kW Not as strong as yesterday, but definitely 
there with ABC talk at 1315 (and paralleled by Tom for confirmation) 
https://app.box.com/s/8ok0u5g8g54u5eiyjprj4c0tger5v4gw 

657 Star Wellington/ Tauranga, NZ, 50/ 10 kW As usual, one of the best 
performers on the cliff with great-level Christian music at 1310 
https://app.box.com/s/q6bb88n9nm2b1irndlnu01ch37uizw0t 

765 Radio Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ, 2.5 kW Another overwhelming signal 
from this low-power overachiever at 1259; a Maori net ID is given 35 seconds 
into the recording (at the 1300 TOH), followed by apparent Maori-accented Kiwi 
English (just what a sleep-deprived Yankee DXpeditioner needs) 
https://app.box.com/s/nxbw4oexrw5svw83c3nd7jfcsy282zb8 

855 UnID-DU Male DU English speaker at a pretty good level with ABC-sounding 
format at 1319, but getting diced up by my home semi-local KHHO 
https://app.box.com/s/xh0gr9lobe3uwd8l7nhw2k05piwvr75a 

1026 Newstalk ZB (mix) Kaitaia, NZ, 2 kW The low-powered Kiwi station (with 
talk) in a mix with an apparent 4AA (playing music) 
https://app.box.com/s/xreujg4l6mhh9avuly33ad74rpua5s7d 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita, OR, USA) 
7.5 inch loopstick CC Skywaves and Tecsun PL-380 + 
17 inch and 15 inch (TSA-spooking) Monster FSL antennas 

Ocean cliff site DXpedition session photo from this morning (kindly taken by 
Tom) is posted at 
https://app.box.com/s/dqaag49l6uboqcfboq4b7fn5fy9dsr1f 







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