[IRCA] Oregon Cliff Ultralight DU's for 7-20

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,

The typical rules of medium wave propagation seemed to be thrown out 
the window this morning on the Cliff, as numerous low-powered New 
Zealand stations tested the overload level of the Tecsun PL-380 
Ultralight. 2.5 kW Radio Kahungunu (a Maori-language station which has 
apparently never been heard at Grayland) was maxing out the PL-380's 
S/N display at 25 for about 5 minutes with its distinctive Island Music 
around 1230, while 828-Radio Trackside (2 kW) was solid copy at the 
same time. 567-RN, 657-Southern Star, 675-RN and 603-Waatea all were 
maxing out the PL-380's S/N at 25 this morning, and although the time 
was limited, I crammed in as much fanatical DXing as I could.

The Aussies were decidedly weaker than the Kiwis this morning, but I 
pushed my luck by checking for X-band Aussies (all 400 watts or less). 
On the X-band the Aussies had no New Zealand competition, and on 1701 
kHz I was lucky to find fairly decent DU English audio as soon as I 
tuned in. For some unknown reason the Tijuana ESPN noise generator was 
silent, and I was able to record a fairly decent ID from an obscure 
Christian broadcaster on the frequency. Totally wacky!

The rain and wind were nasty on the Cliff this morning, but fortunately 
the hot-rodded radios and FSL antennas were up to the weather 
challenge. Thanks very much to Nick, Steve and Dennis for the daily 
DU-DXing reports... but I feel more than a little embarassed at the 
relative results here. I wish that you could all join me for at least 
one of these wacky ULR + FSL transoceanic sessions (like Norm Clark 
plans to do tomorrow morning)... the experience would probably turn any 
of you into a DU-DXing fanatic!!

73, Gary DeBock (temporarily DXing at Cape Perpetua, OR ocean side 
Cliff, 400' high)
7.5" Medium Wave Loopstick PL-380 (new design) + 8" MW FSL antenna



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