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Thanks for the report Nick. I wondered the same regarding my inability to
elicit anything more than hets from the DU frequencies you thoughtfully
suggested. I am considering another TP DX sojourn to the NW later this year. In
the interim, I'm excited to sample the DX offerings Hawaii has to offer in a
few weeks!
73,
Craig
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 30, 2017, at 6:45 PM, Nick Hall-Patch <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> A belated thank you to Craig and Walt for their DXpedition reports for this
> date. I'll round it out with a report from Tofino BC, using a NetSDR and
> ALA100 pair.
>
> First noted Tonga with quite a good signal, island music and talk before
> 0600UT.
>
> Then, after 1300UT quite a lot of Japanese, including NHK1 on 946 and NHK2 on
> 1386 in addition to the larger guns, but 1593 was CNR1, and maybe Tagalog on
> 837, and Korean on 657....then there were commercial Japanese such as 1242
> 1314 1332 1179 954 918 etc. In addition, there was a preacher on 1611,
> but couldn't hear anything definite for // on 1629; just a rumble. This all
> lasted until about 1400UT, when all Asians, except the big guns, wandered
> off, leaving a number of down unders, and by 1440UT, it was all down under,
> most not too strong, but some of which just wouldn't quit.
>
> DUs continued popping up erratically until well after 1530UT; figured that
> everything was over by 1550UT, but no, 1116, 1548 were still there, just not
> regularly, but heck , 1548 particularly just wouldn't go; at 1631UT, it was
> as strong as the 1550 domestics (admittedly, not strong there), and finally
> sailed away, I think, at 1700UT with the ABC news fanfare heard weakly, three
> hours after local sunrise, with the terminator out past Hawaii by this time.
>
> So, actually, not a bad morning. I'm surprised that DUs didn't make more of
> an appearance at Rockaway judging by that performance. However, they weren't
> really pounding in, and domestic interference after sunrise is fairly weak at
> Tofino, so it might have been a signal to interference issue, plus equipment
> difference.
>
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
>
>
> At 15:11 29-03-17, Donald Barnes via IRCA wrote:
>
>
>
>> Thankfully, this morning exhibited a bit of an uptick in propagation
>> conditions. Japan remained the star of the show. I listened from 1320 until
>> about 1500.
>>
>> 567 JOIK (I think) with weak audio male and female speaking in presumed JJ
>>
>> 594 JOAK with weak audio and male speaking
>>
>> 693 JOAB weak audio with deep fades, female speaking
>>
>> 747 JOIB weak audio, man speaking
>>
>> 774 JOUB booming in with EE lesson, male and female conducting lesson
>>
>> 828 JOBB with male and female conducting EE lesson at decent signal levels
>>
>> 1566 HLAZ with hymns, decent signal on peaks
>>
>> Asian hets were received on 558, 639, 702, 738, 972, 981, 1089, 1179 and 1242
>>
>> DU hets were received on 612, 702, 891 and 1548
>>
>> Time to head back to Colorado and look forward to Hawaii next month. Meeting
>> Gary DeBock and discussing radios, antennas and DX remains one of the
>> highlights of the trip!
>>
>> 73 & Best of DX
>>
>> Craig Barnes
>> Tecsun PL-310, 3.5 in FSL
>> Rockaway Beach
>>
>>
>
> Nick Hall-Patch
> Victoria, BC
> Canada
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