Thanks to Guy and Nick for their earlier reports. At the risk of getting some rotten tomatoes thrown my way from Victoria, Seattle and elsewhere, here is a summary of this morning's session on the Southeast tip of Kauai Island.
Once again my session started in the predawn darkness at 1445, about two hours before local sunrise. At this time I took the 4' PVC base outside for a 10-second setup in the condo patio's grass area, which has been a very convenient venue for all the DXing this week. After this the tiny 5" FSL was put on top of the PVC base, and the hot-rodded CC Skywave SSB Ultralight and Sony ICD-SX68 digital recorder were brought out to start the DXing session, A new photo of all this gear (along with its sleep-deprived operator) is posted at https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/p05jijsjl3eaym3jy75c9p1u7ctd25og The Chinese on 603, 639, 666, 720, 783, 837 (in splatter), 909 and certain CRI frequencies were hitting S9 peaks at the start of the session, although the ABC LR network stations on 603, 630, 702, 738, 774 and 828 were also managing excellent strength when the FSL was turned 90 degrees opposite. Signals from the Vietnam parallels on 675 an 711 were fairly subdued until 1530, when they began to build up strength to around S7 levels. One Chinese signal which stood out around 1550 was the presumed 666-VoS, with excellent strength all alone on the frequency (except for minor 670 splatter) as JOBK was totally MIA. At 1619 there was again good-strength foreign language reception on 702 kHz after yesterday's BBC Oman reception, but lacking any Arabic skills I don't know if it was the same station (MP3 link below). Another unknown foreign language station broke into 675-VoV's programming at 1625, again with a mystery language (and another recording link below). 918-Cambodia hit its usual stride around 1645, with beautiful Cambodian pop music pushing S9 levels again (as Shandong once again wimped out completely). Best signals of the session were from the Chinese propaganda blasters on 783 and 909 around their 1601 and 1603 sign off times-- both of them with awesome S9+ strength. This will be my last report from the Aloha State-- we are flying back to Seattle tomorrow, and tomorrow morning's session will be reported later. Overall this trip has been an awesome experience in every aspect-- the Costco Travel package bargain, the gorgeous 2-BR beachside condo (rented at a bargain price because of an oversupply of them on the market), the performance of the 5" FSL antenna with awesome DX signals from Oman, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and many other places, as well as the chance to enjoy fantastic scenery together with my wife. My hope is that all of you will be so lucky! :-) 666 Voice of Straight (presumed) Beautiful Chinese vocal music at S9 strength at 1550 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rft0y5woql95eqnbs5jusoriovzhs61v 675 UnID-TP Mystery foreign language station received at 1625 during fade of VoV music-- any ideas? https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/yyqddyetsokf32d4tcmmz12b4znwtwu4 702 UnID-TP After the reception of BBC Oman on this frequency yesterday, this mystery foreign language was received at 1619-- if Arabic, it would be a return appearance of BBC Oman, if not, who? https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/i6i97hvug3h5f7q7p2xo9szqrioqdjth 783 Voice of Straight S9+ strength at 1600 TOH with 5+1 pips, Chinese ID and sign off https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/6cbton9gqiqvqiwe6ewfc8u0aoztv4dm 909 CNR6 Quanzhou, China S9+ strength with multiple Chinese ID's and sign off at 1603 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/urhk66t4mqunezupi99r0red0pt4u7ub Aloha from Kauai and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave Ultralight + 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna DXpedition video posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CbS3zUD6hI&t=100s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CbS3zUD6hI&t=100s _______________________________________________ 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]
