I've now gone through the second day's Perseus files, looking for new stations with the proverbial fine tooth comb, although I'll bet there's still more low-level DX to be found. Like on the 9th, the pre-dawn DX on Sept. 10th peaked 20 minutes before sunrise. There were more DU signals mixing with the TPs this time around however.
I continue to be impressed with the great match the Wellbrook FLG100LN preamp module is for the Ferrite Sleeve Loop antenna. The combo is very sensitive! Perhaps the Wellbrook ALA100 (or new LN version) will work just as well, but if the input impedance is different than the FLG100LN's 1200 ohms, the homebrew transformer will require a different turns ratio. My loggings follow, but first a few files, links, and photos: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One minute *Perseus WAV file* from Sept. 10th, 1333 UTC, 127-1727 kHz (281mb ZIP file): https://www.box.com/s/85tnzuy4slla5t6q0gj2 Google Maps view of the Cape Perpetua cliff along the Oregon Coast Highway 101: http://goo.gl/maps/tXnCZ I measured the altitude with a GPS at this point on the highway at 220 feet above sea level. It's the exact spot that Gary DeBock showed in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZzBfstOXA4 Photo taken from the cliff, just past sunrise and after the DX faded away on Sept. 12th: https://www.box.com/s/85tnzuy4slla5t6q0gj2 Photos of scenic views near the cliff, taken during my visit Sept. 8-13th: Near Neptune Beach, south of Cape Perpetua: https://www.box.com/s/l9v8kfzfmvt0koyepgxt Seal Rocks Beach, north of Yachats: https://www.box.com/s/1p6coipl62ovz9zw3lnu Another view of Seal Rocks Beach: https://www.box.com/s/qgkimr7ianqqu4y7398l Green Salmon Coffee and Tea <http://www.thegreensalmon.com/> in Yachats Oregon is a great destination for tired DXers to retreat to after a busy morning session of DXing at nearby Cape Perpetua. All coffee is roasted in-house, and the entire operation is as organic, green, and eco-friendly as a small business can get. Even the cash register, hallway lights, outdoor fountain, and music system are solar powered. https://www.box.com/s/x3q6ye1hor3evljofuni ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **The logs below are all unique stations/frequencies *unheard* the previous morning (Sept. 9)** 585 JAPAN JOPG Kushiro, likely this 10 kw outlet rather than much lower power NHK1 stations on this frequency, with Japanese talk by two announcers. Poor at 1345. 603 JAPAN UNID, a near threshold level signal here, and I could barely identify the language as Japanese after multiple replays of the recording. Perhaps JOOG Obihiro, a 5 kw NHK1 station on the northern island, but programming didn't appear parallel to other NHK1 frequencies. 612 AUSTRALIA 4QR Brisbane fading in slowly at 1337 and up to a fair to good level 1341 with a man and woman in English. A promo of some sort with multiple "ABC" mentions heard at 1342. Threshold level shortly after, and at 1400 the ABC trumpet fanfare and news intro was barely audible. 630 UNIDENTIFIED, an Aussie sounding station heard here 1340-1345, mixing with domestic outlets. Mostly gone by 1400, but one station on the frequency announced at threshold level "ABC Newsradio" by an accented female announcer. 675 AUSTRALIA UNID, a weak signal slowly faded up on 675 with Aussie accent man and woman announcers; I caught a couple mentions of Australia prior to 1340, and then a country music song (by Randy Travis I think) was played. Fade out was a few minutes later. Possibly 2CO, Corowa. 702 AUSTRALIA 2BL Sydney, noted in English 1335-1350, fading in and out with an NHK2 station (presumed JOKD Kitami in northern Japan). This was a tricky frequency to determine the background non-Aussie station, as I was hearing mostly Chinese language mixing it up with 2BL. After a while I realized I was hearing NHK2 programming of a Chinese language lesson, in parallel with 693 JOAB Tokyo. 711 CHINA UNID, faintly at 1337 and again at 1347, with female announcer in Chinese. 729 JAPAN JOCK Nagoya, first heard weakly at 1335, and rising to a good signal by 1345 with Japanese talk. 3+1 TPs at 1400, followed by "NHK" network ID. 738 TAHITI Polynesie 1ere, fair with French talk 1323-1338. First time heard on this trip. 774 AUSTRALIA 3LO Melbourne, noted 1333 with ABC programming in the background of a strong JOUB Akita. 792 AUSTRALIA 4RN Brisbane, man and woman announcers in English 1335; ABC trumpet fanfare and into news at 1400. Heard in background of self-inflicted Perseus DC power supply noise... note to self: never, EVER trust a switching PS again, no matter how much it begs to taken on a DXpedition :^( 801 UNIDENTIFIED, threshold level signal heard at 1349 for a minute or two, possibly Korean language. A 500 kw KCBS station is listed for this frequency. 819 NORTH KOREA, likely the powerful KCBS Pyongyang station, mostly fair signal from 1334 to nearly gone at 1400, with Korean classical chorus, and a radio play or drama in Korean. Faint 5+1 TPs heard in the noise level at 1400, presumably from this station as it faded down. 828 UNIDENTIFIED, talk in Aussie accented English by one or two male announcers, in the background behind a strong JOBB Osaka at 1334. Brief mention of Australia heard, and audio was parallel to 891. My guess is 3GI Gippsland. 837 JAPAN JOQK Niigata, good level briefly at 1323 with two men in Japanese. 846 JAPAN UNID, another frequency with low power Japanese outlets; weak Japanese talk from 1333-1345, parallel to 594. 855 AUSTRALIA 4QB Wide Bay, noted this ABC station with programming in English parallel to 828 and 891 at 1333-1334. Very weak, but splatter was minimal. 864 JAPAN UNID, Japanese talk by male and female, best early on at 1323. Per PAL, a number of different network outlets are possibilities here: HBC, FBC, SBC, ROK, and CRT. 873 JAPAN JOGB Kumamoto, 1338-1341 fair with Japanese talk, mixing with an UNID Chinese station. 891 AUSTRALIA 5AN Adelaide, 1323-1340 with announcers in English talking about Middle East tensions, and mentions of Australia. Poor to fair. 900 HAWAII KNUI, strong at 1400 with ID "You're listening to KNUI, the talk of Maui". 940 HAWAII KKNE, fair signal at 1400 with ID "AM 940 KKNE Waipahu Hawaii, streaming all traditional Hawaiian, all the time, at am940hawaii.com". 981 CHINA UNID, fair level of fast talk man in Chinese at 1323-1330. 1017 UNIDENTIFIED, a poor signal 1323-1330 of mellow vocals and talk that was possibly in Chinese. 1035 NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB Wellington, tentative with Kiwi accented female announcer talking news or politics; programming sounded like the Newstalk ZB network. Poor. 1044 UNIDENTIFIED, two stations battling back and forth on this frequency, both poor to fair at times. Languages seemed Korean (90% certain), and likely Chinese, 1323 onwards. Both gone for good by 1400. 1062 SOUTH KOREA HLKQ Cheongju, soft-spoken announcers in Korean, fair at 1338-1340. 1071 JAPAN UNID, poor signal of Japanese talk; was not parallel to NHK2 frequencies, so this might be the STV outlet in Sapporo. 1143 CHINA UNID, mellow music and woman announcer in Chinese, 1330-1343 before dropping into the background. 1170 CHINA UNID, good to very good sigal of male and female announcers at 1333 in Chinese, totally dominating KPUG Bellingham which was *barely* audible in the background. 1197 JAPAN UNID, perhaps JOWL Sapporo (3 kw, north island) or JOYF Ibaraki (5 kw main island, on the coast) on this frequency 1337 at fair level with two men in Japanese. 1215 UNIDENTIFIED, interesting mix here for a short time around 1337. Jazz keyboards music from one station, mixing with a poor signal of two men in English and a couple mentions of Australia. Maybe 2TAB Racing Radio mixing with JOBO or JOBW (both listed as relaying 1143 JOBR, that seemed parallel with the jazz music). Signal strengths too low to be more definite. 1251 UNIDENTIFIED, another combo frequency, with two Chinese outlets at 1339 and a possible third in the background. Poor. 1278 NEW ZEALAND, tentatively Newstalk ZB Napier with Kiwi sounding English talk by man at 1338-39. Poor. 1296 JAPAN JOTK Matsue heard in Japanese with male and female announcers 1337. Signal gave way to a presumed Chinese station briefly at 1338, and then never came back. Poor level. 1323 CHINA VOR with man and woman in Russian 1323 onwards. Sudden jump in signal strength at 1341 to a good/very good level. Fair level. 1368 UNIDENTIFIED with possible Japanese language at 1338-1339, but just too weak for a halfway confident guess. 1377 CHINA UNID, two fast talking men in Chinese, fair level at 1342. Signal gone by 1346. 1395 UNIDENTIFIED, mumbled speech by man at 1341, possibly Chinese language. Poor and scratchy reception. 1449 JAPAN JOQM Abashiri, tentatively this station with Japanese talk at a fair level, briefly around 1336. JOQM is on the north coast of the north island, so presumably better propagating than JOKF on the south end of the main island of Japan (both 5 kw). 1467 CHINA UNID, putting in a brief, 1-2 minute appearance with male announcer in Chinese. Most likely suspect is the 10 kw Baoding JDG outlet. 1512 AUSTRALIA 2RN Newcastle in English, only noted for one minute at 1341, which was parallel to 792 4RN Brisbane. Poor. 1557 JAPAN UNID, three minutes of mellow singing by female in Japanese at 1332-1335; no announcers or other talk before the signal was gone. Mostly poor to fair level. A Chinese speaker was heard *very* faintly in the background at 1334:30. 1575 THAILAND VOA, poor to fair signal 1333-1343 in presumed (listed) Khmer with woman speaker. Signal was gone well before 1400 top of the hour. 1584 JAPAN UNID, another frequency of 100 watt Japanese synchro outlets; very faint Japanese talk only discernable as Japanese from 1338-1339...otherwise just "mumble mumble" before and after this time. 1593 CHINA CNR1 Changzhou. Yesterday 1593 was JOQB Niigata Japan, but today only CNR1 was found on the frequency. Male and female announcers in Chinese, ads or announcements, and a nice mention of "Changzhou" heard at 1334:22. The signal was very good strength from 1324-1344, but mostly gone by top of the hour. Only 5+1 time pips could be heard at 1400. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA DXing from Cape Perpetua, 220 ft. over the Pacific Ocean near Yachats, OR Perseus SDR / broadband Ferrite Sleeve Loop (FSL) antenna _______________________________________________ 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]
