Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon Pacifics, Wednesday

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello Steve (and all),

Thanks for the DU report from NE Oregon this morning, Steve.

After a miserable morning yesterday for both weather and propagation 
here in Lincoln City, things turned around completely today. Both the 
LW and MW bands had a major turnaround, and DU's from the Pacific 
Islands were very vibrant from 1200-1300. One of the major "loose ends" 
from last year's DXpeditions was taken care of on 666 kHz at 1220, with 
a French YL's voice paralleled with 738-Tahiti for the first Ultralight 
logging of New Caledonia. Noumea was the strongest I've ever heard it 
(with a stock Tecsun PL-380 and the new 8" diameter Ferrite Sleeve Loop 
antenna), and several other Pacific Island regulars were also booming 
in (567-2YC, 738-Tahiti, 891-5AN, etc.). From here on the Oregon beach 
the propagation seemed slanted toward New Zealand and the smaller 
islands, with 603-Waatea showing up again with soft music around 1210, 
like last year. The Australians were there, but not especially vibrant.

A new Longwave-optimized 6.5" diameter FSL also proved its worth, with 
279-Radio Rossii almost maxing out the PL-380's S/N display at 24. The 
same antenna tracked down many low-powered NDB's from Alaska and Hawaii 
this morning, as the memory of yesterday's propagation meltdown was 
completely erased. Walt mentioned that he didn't hear a single DU in 
Masset yesterday morning, either, so I guess the South Pacific 
propagation was dreary all over!

73, Gary DeBock (in Lincoln City, OR)

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Ratzlaff <steveratz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wed, Jul 13, 2011 5:58 am
Subject: [IRCA] NE Oregon Pacifics, Wednesday

Since Gary DeBock is in Lincoln City listening at the beach this week, 
I
checked for AMBC signals this morning--it's that time of year again and 
some
DUs heard. Lots of hets with some audio caught.
738 Tahiti poor/weak, clear French talk 1205 utc; 855 poor Australia; 
891
Australia peaking weak/medium 1227 utc with old-time male vocal "Make
Someone Happy"; 1107 Australia poor; 1116 Australia poor/weak. 
Everything
gone but poor hets after 1230 utc.
1710 very poor with off-frequency 1709.934 occasional audio, not the 
Puget
Sound Russian religious station which is mostly on-frequency.
LWBC Radio Rossii 180, 279 both weak 1132 utc.

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