Hi Gary
Maybe one of these days you could start at the top of the dial and work
down, just for variety :)
Tonga should be easy where you are, but you'll need to listen earlier.
I have a recording of them signing off at 1108 today.
Bruce
On 7/23/2013 13:42, [email protected] wrote:
Hello All,
Thanks to Nigel and Walt for their DU-DXing reports this morning-- and I'd certainly agree with them that this was an NZ-slanted morning (as almost every morning seems to be, on this propagation-boosting Cliff).
The Kiwi regulars were pounding in as usual on the foggy cliff, with
657-Southern Star and 765-R. Kahungunu reaching their best levels yet during
the DXpedition. The apparent Chinese-language station on 936 was in and out,
and 585 had some weak audio again (probably the 2 kW Maori station this time,
but I was unable to confirm the // with 603 or 765). Efforts were made to go
after more exotic fare on 558 (Fiji), 666 (New Caledonia) and 1017 (Tonga), but
once again the peak sunrise enhancement period was relatively short, wrapping
up around 1315. In addition, DU propagation didn't seem to favor (favour) much
besides New Zealand this morning, except for the usual Aussie big guns and an
awesome signal from 738-Radio Polynesie (Tahiti) around the 1300 TOH. This
Rockwork 4 cliff faces directly in the Kiwi direction, and there has yet to be
a single summer listening session where New Zealand stations didn't pound in (8
out of 8 days so far, including last August). When the!
!
NZ propagation really kicks in, this Cliff almost seems like part of Kiwi turf.
It was great to receive a message from Guy Atkins that the Yachats (OR) DXpedition
group has set up their antennas on Cape Perpetua, both at the Highway 101 turn off and at
the top (805') level. The greatest limitation here has been the inability to track down
all of the vibrant DU's across the entire band (during live DXing) before sunrise
enhancement folds each morning. Hopefully the multi-antenna Yachats group can use their
Perseus-SDR spectrum-recording capabilities to overcome this delightful
"problem."
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