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[IRCA] Rockwork File Review-- 558-7BU I.D.

It's weird how you can listen to a DX station recording 10 times and not hear any ID, but on the 11th time it suddenly jumps out at you. This recording of classic rock ("So Lonely" by the Police) from 558-7BU (2 kW is Tasmania, Australia) was made around 1304 on August 9th at the Rockwork 4 cliff, but after listening to the jumble after the end of the song about 5 times I wrote it off as undecipherable. Even after Todd Emslie of Australia said that he heard a muffled 7BU ID by a male voice I still couldn't dig it out. After wrapping up my own file review and hearing DXpedition partner Tom R.'s 558-7BU MP3 with a clear ID at 1300 on 8-4 (when my own FSL antennas were not on the 558 frequency), I decided to give it another try. 558-Fiji was smothering the frequency for most of the morning of August 9 at the cliff, and the classic rock station could barely get in a few songs edgewise. 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/8kkdih6ws4wx5fv73usae0f40p2z2pjr 

Well, the recording's muffled "...oldies, 7BU" in the male voice at 1:07 suddenly wasn't hiding in the noise anymore. Todd was right.. I could finally dig it out! This reminds me of a very strong DX recording on 531 made during the August 2012 Rockwork 4 DXpedition that I puzzled over for 4 years. The modern rock format didn't match anything I had ever heard on 531, but the station was pounding in at an S9 level. In between songs at :53 a female voice said something weird, but I couldn't decipher it. Paul Walker took one listen of the MP3 and immediately pronounced it as "More FM." Paul was right-- this 2012 MP3 was apparently the first reception of the very rare 2 kW Kiwi station on the west coast-- at an S9 level. 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/9juolp6ocfgelchbizmhqzrn0nqk5b55 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


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