Nick and Walt, Thanks for your detailed DU-DX propagation assessments from Grayland and Masset. <<< Gee Gary, you folks must have snarfed up all the Zedders before they got any further north.
Compared with yesterday, today was a bit of a bust at Grayland, though I guess the expression "a bad day's fishing" may still apply. Bruce used the DKaz, while I used the superloop equivalent of what Chuck used down at Rockworks, so I think his mileage may be better, as the DKaz is a superior antenna by a few dB. >>> During the Rockwork 4 DXing session this morning Chuck and I were wondering if Grayland was receiving the same kind of Kiwi fireworks that we were enjoying. This was the first serious A/B location test during one of these Kiwi stampedes, which I'm sure will be thoroughly investigated by all concerned. <<< Although the start looked promising around 1030UT with the ZB stations in the middle of the band showing reasonable signals (NZ carriers started about 0530UT last night, so there may be something on the recordings), but started to fade away. HLAZ-1566 made a tentative appearance with a woman sounding Chinese at 1150UT, but generally, things sounded a little erratic and weak. Not to say there wasn't DX, but on my recordings, it has been work winkling out things like ZB on 1287 and 1296, rather than yesterday when DX was served up on a plate. Bruce heard Star on 900 mixing with Hawaii, so that should have pretty easy for you people. >>> There wasn't a peep of Asian DX at the cliff this morning, Nick. It was a pretty average Kiwi-dominated session until about 1230, when the NZ floodgates seemed to open. Obscure Kiwi frequencies like 558, 576 and 936 suddenly came into play, with the 1 kW 936-Chinese Voice doing its best imitation of a big gun. It was almost wacky enough for a fanatical live DXer to consider getting a Perseus :-) Of course the real Perseus DXers (Chuck and Tom) made out like bandits. <<< What sort of antenna was Tom using by the way? >>> My best guess is that Tom was using a miniature delta flag, while Chuck had a slightly larger flag antenna than he used last July (maybe 20' x 20' ?). I've posted a picture of the antenna setups at Rockwork 4 this morning, showing the perspective from the "live DXer" side of the turnoff. As you can see, Tom seems to be giving his balancing skills the ultimate test. https://app.box.com/s/aem0p4wlb238g014blztk74dyy9trqch 73, Gary DeBock (in Manzanita, OR, sorting through wacky Kiwi recordings) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Hall-Patch" <[email protected]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 9:41:15 AM Subject: [IRCA] Grayland, not Rockworks Gee Gary, you folks must have snarfed up all the Zedders before they got any further north. Compared with yesterday, today was a bit of a bust at Grayland, though I guess the expression "a bad day's fishing" may still apply. Bruce used the DKaz, while I used the superloop equivalent of what Chuck used down at Rockworks, so I think his mileage may be better, as the DKaz is a superior antenna by a few dB. Although the start looked promising around 1030UT with the ZB stations in the middle of the band showing reasonable signals (NZ carriers started about 0530UT last night, so there may be something on the recordings), but started to fade away. HLAZ-1566 made a tentative appearance with a woman sounding Chinese at 1150UT, but generally, things sounded a little erratic and weak. Not to say there wasn't DX, but on my recordings, it has been work winkling out things like ZB on 1287 and 1296, rather than yesterday when DX was served up on a plate. Bruce heard Star on 900 mixing with Hawaii, so that should have pretty easy for you people. Also a bit more Australia, probably the best so far being ABC Thursday Island on 1062. Hopefully a bit more will be revealed in the recordings. What sort of antenna was Tom using by the way? best wishes, Nick At 15:32 27-06-15, Gary wrote: Hello All, Tom R. certainly brought the luck with him this morning as Kiwi propagation hit a legendary level around 1240-- resulting in obscure Kiwis coming out all over the band. Stations like 936-Chinese Voice (1 kW) sounded healthy indeed, while the new 576-Star (2.5 kW) made its first appearance. The new 702-Magic also managed a good signal around 1217 as the semi-local on 700 mysteriously left the air for five minutes. The freakish NZ propagation was every bit as good as what Chuck and I experienced last July, and both Tom and Chuck were recording it all. ... -- Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
