Hello All, I wish that Nigel and Nick had a chance to sample the New Zealand DX at the ocean cliff this morning-- which was primarily a "challenge" of choosing which S9 signals to record. The Australian signals seemed to fall off of a cliff compared to yesterday (um, maybe I should use a different term?), leaving the Kiwi signals to run wild all over the band. 531-More FM (2 kW on the South Island) made its first appearance during this trip with a near-S9 signal around 1315, while 936-Chinese Voice (1 kW in Auckland) had a similarly potent signal around 1325. 774-Radio Sport was a solid S9+ with its relay of American-accented Fox Sports News at 1248, while the Maori language twins 603-Waatea (5 kW) and 765-Kahungunu (2.5 kW) both sounded like big guns all session long. The star of the session was an obscure station outside of New Zealand which suddenly came through with a near-S9 signal of its own, though-- 558-Fiji. Pounding through with a signal that sounded every bit as strong as the listed 10 kW, its Polynesian choral music ran wild over the obscure Kiwi station Radio Sport around 1256. Listening to its distinctive music at such a potent volume brought back fond memories of the venerable 639-Radio Fiji One signal of old, which was a coastal regular back around 2009 even on a hot-rodded 7.5" loopstick Eton E100. This was the last session of the August Rockwork 4 DXpedition, and it was my great pleasure and honor to have enjoyed exceptional Australian and New Zealand propagation together with my DXpedition partners, Chuck and Tom. When all of the DU signals are reviewed and identified I'm sure that all three of us with remember this ocean cliff DXpedition with the fondest of memories. 531 More FM Alexandra, New Zealand (2 kW) Very rare South Island Kiwi with potent R & B music and male "More FM" ID 3 seconds into the recording https://app.box.com/s/d164sjtzhxef38wdzbsxcdd22nraz20u 558 Radio Fiji Suva, Fiji Distinctive Polynesian choral music near S9 level at 1256; signals far improved from late June DXpedition https://app.box.com/s/vq9768fgfvqdjeuc30dtqkt2m6p9u7rh 567 RNZ Wellington, NZ Female-voiced movie review at usual S9+ level at 1228; strongest Kiwi of the session https://app.box.com/s/44xdfr4vlb2ekbv1i8xj2ca5ggotn1lw 603 Radio Waatea Auckland, NZ Maori vocal music with S9 peaks // equally strong 765-Kahungunu at 1234 https://app.box.com/s/zdue7ku77m45hjpb27mnkgjosxiqvmce 774 Radio Sport New Plymouth, NZ 5 kW Kiwi station with S9 relay of American Fox Sports news at 1248-- way over anemic 3LO https://app.box.com/s/vw4qzez3wo0n6v18p65e0mhuie28jnku 936 Chinese Voice Auckland, NZ (1 kW) Wild Kiwi propagation boosted even this obscure station up to a potent level at 1225 https://app.box.com/s/bm3eodygfugsnvpjvwe0b9cqqtsxfktz 1008 Newstalk ZB Tauranga, NZ Talk program booming in at (you guessed it) S9 level at 1319; its best signal of the DXpedition https://app.box.com/s/86x753oroiel2vxyuks6b613yggbuhwi 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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