[IRCA] Special 918-RNK (Cambodia) Propagation to Hawaii

[Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

     One of the biggest discoveries of the recent Poipu, Hawaii DXpedition was greatly enhanced propagation between Kauai island and Southeast Asia from 1615-1700 daily, at least during the early November period. No other part of the world received this propagation boost; in fact, Japanese, Chinese and Korean stations fizzled out during this period. The Japanese, Chinese and Korean co-channels of 675-VOV, 711-VOV and 918-RNK were all gone by 1635, leaving the Southeast Asians stations all alone on their frequencies. They were also the last TP's to bail, usually around 1705.

     Although 675-VoV got quite a boost, the most striking signal increase was on 918-RNK, a station which was barely heard in the Cook Islands under Shandong, RNZ, and an UnID Australian (featuring the call-in talk program "Midnight, with Merv Starr"). On Kauai island 918-Cambodia was hitting S9 levels around 1650, all alone and playing great Cambodian pop music

1653 UTC November 8th (pop music)  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/yimn4viqpff60d85ek5cvt1yxe6d5orb

1635 UTC November 8th (pop music)  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/geenpiko5i7rkohvdxwhfnbkavb928fe

1649 UTC November 8th (pop music)  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/yuvoe4reafzvkok63nbucns9g1u39e4k

1651 UTC November 7th (pop music)  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/3lin57x9pqsfg9e7mf93omxxn3mb6rup

     I look forward to the chance to have a joint Hawaii DXpedition with a spectrum capture DXer, similar to how Tom R. and I have worked together during the Rockwork ocean cliff trips. With Costco offering 6 days in a gorgeous 2-BR beach side condo in Poipu (including round trip airfare on Alaska Airlines and a full sized rental car) for just over $2K, the TP-DXing excitement for the $$ can't be beat!


Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)


 
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