Hello All,
It may sound like a rerun, but the Kiwi regulars were pounding in at the
Cliff as usual this morning, along with some big gun Aussies. 531-PI, 567-RNZ
and 576-2RN all managed excellent signals, and 756-RNZ (usually a weak
underperformer) managed its best audio of the trip so far. The UnID Aussie
talker on 531 managed to sneak in a weak signal just before the 1300 TOH (when
I was hoping for a clue) only to have the 5 kW Kiwi station 531-PI smother the
frequency with Samoan music. Encouraged by Bruce to try some of the higher
frequencies, 1008, 1017 and 1503 kHz were all checked out-- all apparently
yielding more Kiwis (although 1008 had an Aussie co-channel at times,
presumably 4TAB).
Several low-band targets are still playing hard to get, including
558-Radio Fiji One (heard at a vibrant level at Lincoln City in 2010),
666-Noumea (heard at moderate strength // 738 in Lincoln City in 2011) and
936-New Supremo (apparently heard here last year in August, but without any
Chinese speech). Thanks to Bruce for the tip on 1017-Tonga's sign-off around
1108... if it were not for the fact that this is supposed to be "family
vacation," I might be tempted to make an early trip to the Cliff to snag it
(although a decent MP3 from 2010 is still in the computer).
I'm happy that the Yachats DXpedition group is now in operation, and wish
them the best of DX during their remaining time here on the Oregon coast.
Welcome (especially) to the overseas DXers who are chasing DU's for the first
time. If not for the scheduling quirk, I would have really enjoyed DXing
together with your group, and staying the rental house in Yachats (under
Landlord Bill's house rules).
531 PI Auckland, NZ Female Aussie talker snuck in briefly before 1300 TOH,
only to quickly be drowned in Samoan choral mx
558 UnID Once again a vibrant DU carrier struggled unsuccessfully against
heavy domestic splatter-- possibly R. Fiji One?
567 RNZ Wellington, NZ Female-voiced interview program briefly pegging the
PL-380's S/N display at 1239 against KVI splatter
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/fd3828er34tvsed/567-RNZ-1239z072413PL380.MP3
576 2RN Sydney, Australia Vibrant ABC news signals at 1302 (pretty unusual
for non-Kiwis here)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/idq78elws30pzma/576-2RN-1303z072413PL380.MP3
585 UnID-DU Weak choral music, probably originating from R. Ngati Porou (but
no // confirmed)
594 3WV Horsham, Australia Good strength ABC interview program at 1245
fighting it out with usually dominant NZ Rhema
603 R.Waatea Auckland, NZ Pounding in as usual with Maori language interview
1238, // 765
639 RNZ Alexandra, NZ All alone with female-voiced interview // 567 at 1240
657 Southern Star Strong Christian music all alone on frequency at 1228
675 RNZ Christchurch, NZ One of the best signals this morning with RNZ
National interview at 1240, // 567 and 639
684 NZ Rhema Somewhat of an underperformer so far, with fair Christian
contemporary music fighting KNBR splatter at 1220
738 Radio Polynesie Mahina, Tahiti Strong and all alone with French YL
speech at 1258; Aussie big gun 2NR yet to show here
756 RNZ Auckland, NZ Best signals yet (fair-good) with light music at 1232;
750-Portland splatter from back cut down by Cliff
765 R. Kahungunu Excellent-strength Maori language interview replacing the
typical choral music at 1232, // 603
792 4RN Brisbane, Australia Good level ABC female-voiced news // 576 at 1304
828 Radio Trackside Palmerston No., NZ Fighting it out with Aussie 3GI (and
usually losing the competition) all session long
891 5AN Adelaide, Australia Somewhat of an underperformer so far, good
signals in and out of 890 splatter at 1310
1008 Newstalk ZB Tauranga, NZ (presumed) Call-in talk program at 1251 matching
format heard at Cape Perpetua last year
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/3f6u2a53a499955/1008-NewstalkZB-1251z072413PL380.MP3
1017 UnID (Radio Sport/ Newstalk ZB?) Fair level male-voiced interview
program at 1309
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/m568ty725mkrxcd/1017-UnID-DU-1309z072413PL380.MP3
1503 Radio Sport Wellington/ Christchurch, NZ (presumed) Weak male-voiced
interview at 1254
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (temporarily in Cannon Beach, OR)
DXing at the "Rockwork 4" ocean side cliff in Tillamook Co., Oregon
(2012 DXpedition video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=filugExDz7E )
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + New 12" FSL antenna
(design photo at
http://www.mediafire.com/view/8dmg6yx83vl7a0a/12inchFSLprojects-037.jpg )
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