Re: [IRCA] Orcas Is. TPS 27 June: Reaaallly Good

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

At 06:39 AM 6/27/2008, you wrote:
>Wow,
>
>It was even better than two days ago and much more akin to Steve's loggings than Dennis'.  Strange how 50 or 100 miles, or even 15 can make substantial differences in what was heard from  more than 1/3 the way 'round the globe.
>
>I was up early, tuning in first 45 minutes before dawn. There were already a dozen DU audios, though all were in the 6 or 6+ category. For once, early promises on the band paid off at max dawn.  Things were pretty much like that, a lot of 6s, until 1200, 15 minutes before dawn. Then things heated up with many more 6s and a few 7s on the dial. Once again, 675 and especially 612 were the stars of the show. 675, Christchurch managed a legitimate 8 at 1214... more or less dawn; 612 sustained an 8 for a loooong time. I listened to 612 from about 1212 until 1245, a full 30 minutes after dawn (!!!) It was a legit 8 from when I noted it at 1212 until after 1225, holding at a 7 past 1230, still a very strong 6 at 1236, dipped slightly, but rebuilt to a 7+ at 1240, finally losing audio and then the carrier in quick succession at 1245. Although this kind of post-dawn behavior is common at the coast and I note it on some good Fall mornings to Asia (I have a pretty good water path that !
 direction) I don't think that I've ever heard DU audio sustained so long from here on Orcas. My path to DU is about 80% land for the first 60 miles or so. By the way, the other audios on the band were all gone by 1225.
>
>Well, here is a summary of the notes. The level is 6 or 6+, just beneath language recognition, unless otherwise noted, the perintheticals are the most likely stations):


I'm afraid that I'm not going to be able to contribute much, if anything this morning.  First, another delivery overnight.  Second, my Perseus recording was switched to the Australia/NZ loop, but I forgot to add 10 dB of attenuation which is needed....otherwise the Perseus overloads.  It's therefore doubtful that I'll have anything useful between the 11:45 to 12:15 time frame.  Your comments, John, mirror my observations of the DU stations last fall.....they'd always peak after our local dawn. ........Walt



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