Hello All,
Thanks to Richard, Dennis, Bill and Nick for their interesting TP-DXing reports
this morning. A severe wind storm hit the Cannon Beach area yesterday as a new
weather system blew in from the Pacific, making the 400' Rockwork Cliff a very
risky area. This morning was the last possible day for TP-DXing during my trip,
though, so I was determined to give it a shot if at all possible. As it turned
out the severe wind died down just before I got to the cliff at 1300 UTC, but
the severe rain had just begun. Although the TP-DXing session was another
success, the pounding rain raised havoc with the DXpedition gear-- temporarily
taking out the 8" FSL, the ICF-2010 SSB spotting receiver, the 7.5" MW
loopstick PL-380 and even the backup C.Crane SWP Slider portable.
738-Radio Polynesie made a very strong appearance on the Cliff around 1330 with
French OM audio, just before thunderous rain took out the FSL antenna and SSB
spotting receiver. Lack of the FSL was a deal-breaker, so I went inside the car
and used the "Rob Ross method" (blowing hot air all over the antenna from the
car heater) to rejuvenate it. The SSB receiver's LED display was on the blink
because of heavy rain, so I needed to tune the FSL by the PL-380's audio
response (at least until rain took out the PL-380 itself, at 1400). The backup
C.Crane SWP Slider model received very vibrant signals from both 639-CNR1 and
648-VOR after 1500, along with the DXpedition's first appearance of 675-VOV
(mixing with the 5 kW Japanese NHK1 synchros, of course). As the TP-DX was
fizzling out around 1530 the backup C.Crane SWP Slider was also fizzling out
because of the rain-- but it suddenly rejuvenated itself around 1545 (when the
band was practically dead). For those wondering why ther!
e was no umbrella set up at the site, it was because there was still enough
stiff wind at the Cliff to blow away any such item.
So the 3-day "Rockwork" ocean cliff DXpedition was wrapped up in a typically
wild manner. As of now, all of the soaked DXpedition gear has fully recovered
from the rain except for the 7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380-- which may need
both full disassembly, and the "Rob Ross" treatment. Once again, these Oregon
cliffs maintained their unbroken record for excellent TP-DXing propagation
every day (currently 15 out of 15 days). A full DXpedition report should be
posted soon, including MP3's from the 10 different TP's that managed to peg the
PL-380's S/N reading during this "Rockwork" ocean cliff trip.
639-CNR1 China Synchros Strong male-female Chinese
speech and brief interval music around 1507
http://www.mediafire.com/?iotp9x4j5npg3jt
648-VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Strong Korean male-female
speech during external program at 1525
http://www.mediafire.com/?umlydm10wg8t06k
675-VOV My Hao, Vietnam Fair YL speech mixing with NHK1
synchros (JOVK etc.) around 1447
http://www.mediafire.com/?g0ne16d5ts4hsm6
738 Radio Polynesie Mahina, Tahiti Good French YL and
OM speech and music at 1330 (its best signal of the trip)
http://www.mediafire.com/?skah9u1qir9mman
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (DXing at the "Rockwork" 400' cliff in Oregon)
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380, 7.5" MW loopstick
C.Crane SWP Slider
8" "DXpedition" FSL: antenna
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