The Kiwi regulars were pounding in with serious force after 1300 this
morning, along with a relatively obscure 1 kW NZ station which managed to join
the parade-- 936-Chinese Voice. Craig and I were both astonished to receive the
low powered ethnic station at an S9 level for several minutes, during which it
seemed like Australian signals had fallen off of the cliff. Fiji and Tonga also
made decent return appearances, finishing off a session which at first seemed
slow to get in gear.
Craig and I were able to set up at the preferred Rockwork 4 site in
between two "sleeping squatters," who fortunately stayed asleep this time. As
we set up our FSL's and PVC bases in the predawn darkness some light rain
started to fall, but it didn't affect our operations. Prior to 1300 it was
tough to find any really strong DU's except for 1017-A3Z, but the floodgates to
New Zealand kicked in after that. 531, 567, 603, 657, 675, 702, 765 and (gulp)
936 seemed to get a sudden turbo boost, kicking their Australian competition
completely off of the cliff. "Frequent Flyer" Craig has been catching on very
quickly with FSL-based live DXing and propagation assessment, though, and when
I tried to alert him to 936's sudden romp around 1309 he calmly answered, "Yes,
Gary, I'm recording it right now."
A search for the ultra-rare 585 Maori station proved fruitless this time,
though, so 936-Chinese Voice definitely deserves the prize as the Morning Star
of this session. It joined both 558-Fiji and 1017-Tonga as managing its best
ever (S9+) signals during this just-started DXpedition.
531 PI Auckland, NZ Samoan talk at S9 level at 1238- in a running fight
with the presumed More FM all session long
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/x3yesd182li5xac9bdotyocu4bqen4tr
531 More FM (presumed) The correct modern rock format at an S9 level around
1255 (during dominance over PI in an all-Kiwi show) but no ID's forthcoming
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/vwmjvqrkbko28j8fpg3b9iaym7z71t3w
657 Star Wellington/ Tauranga, NZ Monster level with New Zealand economic
news at 1302 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/nb0c0e6yurqellmb9okwdnzhdg00lglb
936 Chinese Voice Auckland, NZ How can this signal be 1 kW at 6,866 miles?
I must still be halfway asleep after the overnight drive in from Puyallup! But
Craig Barnes heard it, too, so we can't both be dreaming. Far and away its
strongest performance ever at the Cliff
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/9atqt5g542p3j818snnm95mtoaofth92
1017 A3Z Nuku'alofa, Tonga Beautiful island music at S9 level at 1318; a
little less overwhelming than yesterday, but still very potent
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/k4tnfovufud0ek4zjkaexcpwayug5v97
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (DXing with Craig Barnes at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near
Manzanita, OR, USA)
7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB + XHDATA D-808 portables (American innovation and
Chinese imitation) +
15" and 17" Airport-closing FSL antennas
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