A very interesting discussion. There's no doubt that strong reception of New Zealand requires a serious dose of salt water (or better yet, a cliff above salt water), but the peak season for optimal Kiwi reception seems to be from July 1 to August 15th. Bill W. wisely makes his DU-chasing trips in late July, and Chuck had his all-time record NZ results in mid-July. When Kiwi propagation really kicks into gear at Rockwork 4 the signal levels can approach those of big gun Asians during the fall season (especially during these lean solar years). This exciting DU-DX during the dogs days of summer certainly is one of fringe benefits of living on the left coast, but you would never even know that it exists if you stay at your inland location. 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) ----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Hutton" <[email protected]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2016 6:27:32 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] DX Season Everything you say is way true, Nick.... but out of scope from the original post! Chuck ________________________________________ From: IRCA <[email protected]> on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2016 10:12 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] DX Season And you would be correct Chuck. On the coast, with the water lapping at your feet, and the next stop being New Zealand. I suspect that will not generalize well to the rest of the Pacific NW. The comparison of the New Zealanders heard at Grayland or Rockworks in late June with what was heard even in Victoria (a bit of a water path over Juan de Fuca Strait) in the weeks before or after would be a good illustration for those who cared to look on the IRCA list for those weeks. The New Zealanders heard in Seattle during that time period could apparently be counted on the fingers of one foot. A similar comparison for Asiatics in October between the coast and inland is obviously dissimilar in quantity of stations and of signal strength, but no one is surprised to hear Japan, Korea or China in Seattle at that time, with no Beverage or DKaz antennas harmed during the process. Power is generally higher for Asian stations of course, and they are closer than New Zealand to the Pacific NW, but in comparing receptions here of Japan and New Zealand on 567 for example, there does seem to be more in play than just 3dB more power and 4500 km distance, especially given the former has several hundred kilometers of mountainous rock to pass before it arrives at my antenna while the latter has a couple of kilometers. best wishes, Nick At 18:42 02-01-16, you wrote: >Were I to read this without any other information, I'd think May to >August was dead in the Pacific NW except for a month of "better" NZ. >As I see it, that time period is not just "better", it is very good. >And it's not just NZ: it is also Australia and the Pacific Islands. > >Chuck > >________________________________________ >From: IRCA <[email protected]> on behalf of Nick >Hall-Patch <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2016 5:55 PM >To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America; DX @NRC; MNDXC >Subject: Re: [IRCA] DX Season > >(CLIP) > >On the west coast, atmospheric noise levels don't increase markedly >during the summer months, but of course, northerly overseas paths >mostly disappear for a month or two around summer solstice, >compensated for by better reception from New Zealand. > >(CLIP) > >Nick > > >At 14:28 02-01-16, Mark Durenberger wrote: > >I know...YMMV on this one...but would appreciate some opinions. > > > >About when do we usually expect the end of the MW DX season in Spring? > > > > > >Thanks in advance! > > > >Mark Durenberger > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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] > >_______________________________________________ >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] _______________________________________________ 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]
