Hi Bruce,
<<< Maybe one of these days you could start at the top of the dial and work
down, just for variety :) >>>
Thanks for the suggestion, and I've been tempted to do just this. The drawback
is that after concentrating on the low band DU's for so many live DXpeditions,
my knowledge of the high band DU's is almost nil. I would probably spend most
of the trip just leaning to sort out the Kiwi and Aussie high band big guns.
During the next few days I do plan to concentrate more on the middle band,
though-- assuming that elusive low-band targets like 558-Fiji and 666-New
Caledonia don't continue playing hard to get.
<<< 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. >>>
I agree with you, Bruce, but making a special early trip to the Cliff around
1100 (0400 local) would be kind of pushing my luck during this "family
vacation." Sometimes you need to compromise a little in an effort to convince
your family that they are really the top vacation priority :-)
73, Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Portzer <[email protected]>
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Sent: Tue, Jul 23, 2013 3:51 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-23
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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