Hello All,
There have recently been several posts on the NRC list regarding the DXing
tradeoff with SDR receivers-- the advantage of spectrum capture weighed against
the disadvantage of needing to review multiple WAV files for potential value.
It may come as a surprise to Ultralight radio enthusiasts that the same type of
chore is also necessary for live DXpeditioners, to a lesser extent.
On the ocean cliff sides where weather can be harsh, traffic noise is usually
awful but where DU propagation becomes superb during a limited sunrise
enhancement, the tendency is to record first and ask questions later. This
results in a large number of MP3 recordings which must be judged for their
value, and in certain cases, in DU station MP3 recordings which are actually
quite good but overlooked in the rush to get out a DXpedition report (or
prepare for another ocean cliff trip). Links to four such "overlooked"
recordings from last year's ocean cliff DXpeditions (to "Rockwork 4," south of
Cannon Beach, OR and to Cape Perpetua, south of Yachats, OR) are posted below.
These were never included in the original DXpedition reports, and only recently
reviewed for judgment. All of these South Pacific receptions were made with a
7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight radio inductively coupled to a 12"
Medium Wave FSL antenna at the ocean cliff sites.
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
531 PI Auckland, New Zealand (5 kW) Polynesian
(Samoan?) music at a strong level at Cape Perpetua
on August 16, 2013. This station usually dominates
the frequency on the Oregon cliffs over the Aussie
"talker" stations on 531
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/78uqc6camxkvn17/531-PI-1253z081613PL380.mp3
531 PI Auckland, New Zealand (5 kW) Another strong
recording from this overachieving station during
the Cape Perpetua DXpedition on August 19, this
time with Samoan language speech
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/mwm1nbh399c0p8m/531-PI-1254z081913PL380.mp3
738 Radio Polynesie Mahina, Tahiti (20 kW) S9+ level
rock music (both American and French) from this
usual blowtorch at "Rockwork 4" on July 27, the
last day of the DXpedition south of Cannon Beach
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/2nh8go28bl5uw4a/738-R.Polynesie-1245z072713PL380.mp3
765 Radio Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, New Zealand (2.5 kW)
This Maori language station is the ultimate performer for
its low power level, acting like a "big gun" every day during
summer DXpeditions to "Rockwork 4." Here it is (at typical
strength) with Maori music on July 26th
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/wqgowez2gd4k8q7/765-R.Kahungunu-1224z072613PL380.mp3
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