Norfolk Island on 1566 carries the National Programme overnight. I managed it from my brother’s cottage on Waiheke Is. (Auckland harbour) while there 2 years ago (Perseus/mini-whip, cliff-top takeoff) and have noted it fair from the Russell KiwiSDR a number of times. A good target for Volodya and a toughie for you Gary. It may be 100w now — back in the day I never heard it in the 60’s from Whangaparaoa with Lloyd Clayden’s great antenna farm, but it didn’t come on the air till 8am. A classic bucket-case capture indeed. Island relays are fun. I have an image taken at Nuie in 1980 or so. The local announcer on the then 540 AM 250w station was finishing the live morning program at 9am, and fiddling with a boom box. At 9am she closed, turned up the volume on the boom box tuned to RNZI on 16m SW, and shoved her microphone at the Boom Box, and that was the days entertainment for Nuie. She flashed me the most amazing grin through the studio window…Magic memories! Ron ZL1AMO and I made 26,500 contacts in 20 days operating from Nuie, Tonga and Western Samoa, but that’s another story (and life) altogether….The TH33Jr tri-band beam was harder to transport than the Ferrite wonders for certain.Have fun out there guys. Sorry you had to skip the Russell stop Volodya!
Tony Ward (VE3NO/ZL1AZV) http://www.nyaa.ca [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Enhancing Universal Entropy since 1942! > On Apr 10, 2018, at 16:27, Volodya S <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interesting that it’s Kia Ora in New Zealand, but not surprising as the > Maori from New Zealand came from your region 700 or so years ago! We had a > wicked night. Our balcony is on the 7th deck, but we were still pummelled > with salt spray and crazy rolling, and ship shuddering all night long. The > decks have been closed for 36 hours now, but it seems the worst is behind > us. I actually felt queasy last night and took a Meclazine tab. Fine > today, though. I noticed the bands much improved this morning now that > we’re no longer in the shadow of NZ. Noise floor looked good, too. > Haven’t made much headway. Was hoping for Norfolk Island on 1566, but so > far it’s always 3NE. Man that station gets out. I’d love to see their > setup. Has to be something special. It’s often the strongest station on > the band, and only 5 kW! Time for breakfast! Kia Ora! Walt > > On Tuesday, April 10, 2018, Gary DeBock <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Kia Orana, Walt! >> >> >> Yes, I heard the cyclone update on Tony Ward's 990-Fiji Gold at 0855 >> tonight-- pretty scary. We are getting pounded by heavy rain and wind every >> day here in Aitutaki, but they say that this is normal here for early >> April. Fortunately the DU propagation has been so phenomenal that even a >> 7.5" loopstick Ultralight provides huge signals on almost every target >> station, even without the 5" TSA-friendly FSL. Stay safe! >> >> >> Gary >> >> >> On April 10, 2018 at 2:14 AM Volodya S <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Gary, I was going to ask about RCI, too. Perhaps ZB is temporary with the >> cyclone. We’re NW of New Zealand and encountering near hurricane force >> winds. With all the movement of my ALA 100 loop, there is an introduction >> of a noise, making DXing more difficult. So far, no sign of RCI from _______________________________________________ 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]
