Hi Derek, Thanks for your comments, and I'm pretty sure that neither Guy or I consider ourselves anything close to "GODX" :-) The Oregon coast DU propagation seemed very strong during the past two recent trips to Lincoln City, and I've often wondered about why the same South Pacific propagation wouldn't be even stronger farther south (around where you live in California). My guess is that in the absence of local QRM it would be, but the heavy concentration of domestic splatter along the California coast seems to make it very tough for you guys to hear the really weak South Pacific DX. Even in NW Oregon along the beach, the splatter level from California pests (like 640 and 740) was dramatically increased from the level typical at Grayland, WA, so that there was little or no "silent period" when these pests would fade out after local sunrise. Many of these California pests were daytimers in Oregon, and they were impossible to null out during the DU-DXing (with my simple loops always aimed to the SW). 73, Gary In a message dated 8/23/2010 9:41:23 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I didn't know you guys were both at the coast this weekend I would have done the same(went to the pub instead). If you guys keep this up we will be just a few hours away. Give me a heads up the next time you head to the coast I'd like to compare notes with some of the GODX (gaints of DX). Thank you..... Derek Vincent Vmedia360.......everywhere On Aug 22, 2010, at 9:43 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi Nick, Dennis and Bill, > > Thanks for the report of the DX action from Victoria this morning, > Nick. > > This morning at Lincoln City, Oregon, the TP and DU propagation > dropped > off somewhat in comparison to the previous two days, but there was > still some > lively action on 531 kHz (with three DU stations mixing), 594-NZ Rhema > dominant over 3WV (and // 648) and the two NZ National Radio > stations on 567 > and 675 kHz fairly strong. 576-2RN had some unusual strength, and > 639-Radio > Fiji One was at a nice level. By contrast the upper band seemed > very anemic, > and the Radio Rossii LW TP's (153, 180, 189, 234 and 279 kHz) were > nowhere > near as strong as yesterday. > > Guy Atkins is still DXing at an Oregon beach 50 miles to the south > (and we > haven't yet compared notes), so it will be very interesting to read > what > his DXing results are with his Perseus SDR and (hopefully) a beverage > antenna strung near the coast. > > 73, Gary DeBock (back in Puyallup, WA) > > > In a message dated 8/22/2010 8:31:08 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Good to see you back in action Dennis. Inaction described me > better at > sunrise this morning, catching up on sleep after a rather heavy > travel day, > but as an aging DXer, I was up briefly at 1150UT. Not much MW > then, but > the LW band was quiet enough to allow whispering audio through from > 153, > 180, 189, 234 and 279, all in parallel, with a woman talking, > occasionally > with a man interjecting. Surprisingly, the best frequencies were > 180 and > 234, rather than the usual 279, but even for those the audio was > not readable > even if I spoke Russian. > > best wishes, > > Nick > > > At 13:21 8/22/2010, Dennis wrote: > > > >> Listened from 1236-1350 utc. >> >> >> 153 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1237 very weak with music. >> 180 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1239 very weak with music. >> 279 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1240 fair with man in Russian. >> 738 TAHITI,? 1311 weak to fair at times with Island music >> 774 JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1241 weak with Japanese. >> 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 1247 weak to fair with religious >> music. >> Briefly at 1304 with music, fair at times. >> >> >> Dennis, >> Salmon Creek, WA >> JRC NRD 545 >> Ewe NW >> Local Sunrise 1320 utc >> _______________________________________________ >> IRCA mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca >> >> Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of > the IRCA, > its editors, publishing staff, or officers >> >> For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org >> >> To Post a message: [email protected] > > ***************************** > Nick Hall-Patch > Victoria, BC > Canada > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of > the IRCA, > its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of > the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
