Re: [IRCA] Hope You Slept In: TPs from Orcas Island, June 29

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

At 06:21 AM 6/29/2008, you wrote:
>Wow,
>
>For a while, I thought that I'd have nothing but a few of the very weakest hets. Then at 1205, 675 started showing audio. They are one of those stations that puts in audio with almost no carrier showing. 756 made it up to 6 in parallel with 675, but just briefly at 1207. 567 almost made it to audio at 1211... Note that all of these were almost certainly Kiwi National Radios in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.   1107 was the only probable Aussie, showing audio at 1213 for less than a minute.
>
>1098 showed a fat het, but only at dawn and then briefly.
>
>Sure seems like solar control working, since NZ is about 10 degrees more southerly here (with less approach to the North auroral ring) than any of the Aussies.  Geez, I wish that I'd slept in... Everything was gone at exactly dawn.
>
>We have house guests for the next week, so radio time will largely disappear.
>
>Hava nice Sunday.
>
>John B.


My turn, from Victoria.  Listened from 11:59 to 12:15 and was not all that impressed.  More audio than on some other mornings, but the strength just wasn't there.  756 was my strongest at 12:05 at a 7.  as was 792, all the rest are 6's:

612, 774, 1143, 1386, and 1494.  

Almost audios (5's):  639, 855, 1098 (open carrier presumed).

Plenty of 4s, though:  567, 702, 801, 819, 828, 864, 882  (even 891 and 909 were there, but at "3"....unusual for me with Village 900 occupying the space), 918, 1107, 1116, 1503, 1566.

Rest were 2's and 3's.

When I turned on my 7030+, I was blown away on how good 3385, Radio East New Britain, sounded.  Someone has done some refurbishing of the antenna system and/or transmitter!  Still no sign of 2368.5, though.

..........Walt.


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