Hello All,
The Oregon cliffs typically throw some pretty twisted propagation at any DXer
adventurous enough to set up on them, but the Cape Perpetua cliff really outdid
itself this morning. Almost every split frequency had DU audio, and several of
them had unusual snarls. As a result, the morning enhancement live DXing effort
turned into one of the wackiest sessions I can remember.
The morning started very early at 1100 UTC (0400 local), as I made a special
early trip to the Cliff to hopefully track down a 1017-Tonga sign off. Tonga
was there under some domestic splatter, but it didn't sign off at 1100, and it
kept playing hard to get under the splatter. The frequency is not a good one in
this area, and I can well understand why last month's Yachats DXpedition group
had such a challenge to receive it. It did peak around 1132 on the Cliff,
though, with a male voice speaking an unknown language in a slow, "island
style" manner (speak a sentence, then wait about 10 seconds to speak another
one).
Sunrise enhancement kicked in around 1240, producing one of the wildest
sessions in memory. 531-PI was maxing out the PL-380 S/N at 25, but was still
troubled by an Aussie talker at times. The same thing was happening on 567,
with the Kiwi big gun RNZ maxing out the PL-380 S/N, but having trouble with a
vibrant Aussie co-channel at times (presumably the 10 kW Julia Creek).. 558 is
usually a tough frequency to get any DU audio, but this morning it had a mix of
two (with the Kiwi 5 kW station the apparent victor). 666 is another one that's
usually tough, but this morning a French song was pretty easily matched with
the 738 //, confirming the station as Noumea. 738 had snarl of 2NR and Radio
Polynesie, with the French on top for most of the session. In summary, it was
one of the most bizarre and wacky "Cliffhanger" sessions that any DXer could
experience.
531 PI Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Maxing out the PL-380 with vibrant Samoan island
music at 1245
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/yywwbhw6d74r37t/531-PI-1245z081713PL380.MP3
Mixing with UnID Aussie talker at 1248
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/oirip0es2h46d4w/531-PI-mix-1248z081713PL380.MP3
558 UnID-DU (Apparently the Kiwi Radio Sport with sports-oriented pogramming,
but // not available)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/cawysv85tsazr5x/558-UnID-DU-1334z081713PL380.MP3
558 mix at 1329 (headphones recommended)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/x3bx2s8lsvgeb5w/558-DU-mix-1329z081713PL380.MP3
567 RNZ Wellington, NZ, 50 kW Maxing out the PL-380 S/N with music and ID at
1300 TOH
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ul63umrnaz5jiq5/567-RNZ-1259z081713PL380.MP3
Mixing with UnID Aussie (apparently Julia Creek) at 1257
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/vczykmlnu132zvy/567-RNZ-mix-1257z081713PL380.MP3
666 Noumea, New Caledonia, 20 kW Playing French YL music // 738 at 1317 (same
song at end of
738 MP3 below)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/87svf24bkngp3b3/666-Noumea-1317z081713PL380.MP3
738 Radio Polynesie/ 2NR Mix Vibrant mix of two South Pacific big guns;
female song at end of MP3
matched with same song on 666-Noumea
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/uwl1n6c29ov8d4q/738-Tahiti-2NRmix-1315z081713PL380.MP3
1017 A3Z Nuku'alofa, Tonga (presumed) 10 kW Presumed the one with slow,
island-type speech in
unknown language through splatter at 1132 (headphones recommended)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/0nciob4gorm1tb4/1017-Tonga-1132z081713PL380.MP3
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Yachats, OR)
DXing at Cape Perpetua
(new DXpedition setup photo posted at
http://www.mediafire.com/view/cw5uw5egiwclrqc/CapePerpetuaSetup.jpg )
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight +
New 12" FSL antenna
_______________________________________________
IRCA mailing list
IRCA@hard-core-dx.com
http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original
contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its
editors, publishing staff, or officers
For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org
To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
