Nice audio and pictures. Gary I’m amazed that the pvc stands don’t succumb to wind blasts! Do the squatters add any QRN? Would you consider pre-empting them with staying at the site parked in the evening? Might deter a few from parking! 73, Walt
On Friday, August 3, 2018, Gary DeBock <d1028g...@comcast.net> wrote: > The Kiwis were definitely on the warpath again this morning as > multiple obscure stations had their best session in quite a while (and > 738-Magic had its best session ever). The 594-Star duo hit S9, as did > 963-Star. Alexandra was especially well represented with a couple of 2 kW > stations (531-More FM and 639-RNZ) pounding in at times. Even the "dwarf > Star" (576) managed to silence the 50 kW Oz big gun 2RN. > > Unfortunately the "sleeping squatters" had once again jammed up > Rockwork 4, as well as Rockwork 5. Craig followed me to the relatively > large Rockwork 6 turnoff (the one with the highest elevation), and we did > our setup at the southern end, as far as possible from several RV's. The > transoceanic propagation at Rockwork 6 certainly didn't disappoint, and we > had another thrilling session tracking down multiple low powered NZ > stations. The notoriously tough 531-More FM cooperated nicely with 3 ID's > in 3 minutes at 1247-- a male-voiced ID at 14 seconds, a female-voiced ID > at 15 seconds, and another female-voiced ID at 3:26 > https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/p2et4xa8e602y0ocbzuongxziw7xafrc > > Up until now 531-More FM had only been heard at Rockwork 4 on the west > coast, but now it has finally been heard in a new place-- Rockwork 6 :-) > More details to follow... > > 73 and Good DX, > > Gary DeBock (DXing at Rockwork 6 with Craig Barnes) > > Session photos from this morning posted at https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ > exthrjjmdfmtphpsl8wvs8sogy3bdqu1 > > and https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xigucktp07306guw0fh3e4ep49f4qepb > > 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB and XHDATA D-808 portables + 15" and 17" > DXpedition FSL antennas > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
