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[paulorm@xxxxxxxx (Paul Ormandy)]

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Hi Grey-Liners:

Just spent Easter at Waianakarua with my family, so not a lot of time for
DXing! Fri night early on was very promising with long-path Spaniards at good
strength, particularly 1107, 1485 and 1602 with another trying to push past
Queenstown on 1134. No sign of the Germans, French etc with the exception of
Radio Monte Carlo. Managed about an hours listening around 05 past 0600 though
nothing new sprung up. The next 3 days saw conditions decline sharply, even
with just the odd band-scan during the evenings, I would guess that things
were very flat. Did notice R Paradise relay of TBN good one night and that was
certainly the high point along with the long-pathers. Tried at 1830z one
morning and even Vatican 1611 was struggling!

Tried SW off and on with similar results, did notice Caribbean Beacon mixing
w/Esperanza on 6090 and found them in the clear from 2000 on 11775 till Spain
and KSDA signed-on at 2200. Peaked best 2030 onwards. Noted VOA Sao Tome at
good levels at 2030 on 4950 and was amazed to find 25mb Brazilians at 1900z(!)
on 11785, 11915 & 11925.

Hope someone out there had better luck than I!

73s Paul