Hello All, Yesterday's torrid Kiwi propagation didn't repeat for a second day, temporarily making Chuck, Tom and I wonder if the session might turn out to be somewhat of a letdown. But around 1300 the Cliff delivered interesting DX as usual, with several low-band Australians providing some excitement for those willing to track them down and check parallels. As we gathered at the deserted turnoff in total darkness at 1145 the hot topic of conversation was yesterday's awesome propagation, and how it played out in our individual results. Chuck had far more variety than I had noticed, with both Kiwis and Aussies unusually vibrant for him (especially the long-running ads from 1566-3NE, as in his posted recording). Tom also had been extremely impressed with the propagation, and we all hoped for something like a repeat this morning. At first listen on 531 kHz at 1146 it looked promising, with 531-4KZ at an S7 level without any PI competition. Unfortunately the increasing daylight brought no repeat of yesterday's fantastic propagation, and we all wondered it the session might turn out to offer a routine mix of the Aussie and Kiwi big guns. Around 1300 the low-band propagation to Australia began to improve dramatically, however, and before long a mystery Oz station on 558 began to take over the frequency. This was followed by an Aussie mix on 585, with both 7RN (// 576) and 2WEB (not // to 576 or 603) taking turns dominating the frequency. 531-4KZ also came up dramatically at this time, and 567-4JK started giving a weakened RNZ some serious competition. Chuck and Tom didn't seem aware of the Aussie low-band opening at the time (1300-1330) but after hearing about it soon started checking several frequencies. This was the first time I had ever received any Oz station on 558 at this cliff, and the first appearance of 585-2WEB here for a couple of years. This was also the first time that 585-7RN had been ID'ed by the 576 // at this cliff; a previous 585 Australian recording had been determined to be 7RN after 2WEB's David Sharp (an Ultralight Radio Yahoo Group member) listened to it and said that the format didn't match that of 2WEB (there is no other real possibility on 585 from eastern Australia). 531 4KZ Innisfail, Australia Good strength in the predawn darkness at 1146 with local commercial ad string https://app.box.com/s/4cglto8uzff7zymehxiw0bkx8wha5rtl 558 UnID-Australian The primary mystery of the morning-- a fairly strong Australian station (not Fiji nor the American-accented Radio Sport) dominating with local ads at 1311. Any suggestions would be welcome! https://app.box.com/s/88afpevke1af7bffg0fy6ap6m1l8e2je 558 UnID-Australian Another recording of a mystery 558 station in Oz running an apparent talk program. Unknown whether this is the same station as linked above or not, but any identity suggestions would be welcome. https://app.box.com/s/n6qmnoclak9g7ontq4b1t4eb3fpnt187 576 2RN Sydney, Australia RN network big gun playing jazz music at 1319; used to confirm reception of the 585-7RN // at 1322 https://app.box.com/s/0qlp1ddc3z4erzyew26os74iid8awh3q 585 7RN Hobart, Australia Tasmanian station playing jazz music // 576 at 1322; only Tassie station to be received at the Cliff so far https://app.box.com/s/vuv7zubn9780zaszxyro8twk6eteo0ik 585 2WEB Bourke, Australia (presumed) Playing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by the Tokens at fair strength over 7RN at 1320; not // to 576 nor 603, leaving no other real possibility (at least until Program Director David Sharp says otherwise :-) https://app.box.com/s/ux40moc0k3l3nohximyrix8bcsp6lq71 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita, OR) 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + 17" and 12" DXpedition FSL antennas _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
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