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[IRCA] Oregon Cliff Ultralight DU's for 8-24
- Subject: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff Ultralight DU's for 8-24
- From: d1028gary@xxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:45:35 -0400 (EDT)
Hello All,
The last morning of South Pacific DX at the 400' high cliff was pretty
wild, with the torrid DU propagation back in full swing. After a couple
of relatively "normal" days (with only the 10 regular NZ stations, 7
Aussies and 738-Tahiti showing up at good levels) propagation took a
dramatic upturn, and some relatively obscure frequencies could be
investigated. 666 kHz apparently had a mix of French from Noumea and DU
English from an UnID Australian. 783 had Access Radio (the 10 kW Kiwi
station) all by itself, although with underperforming signals as usual.
Finally 639 had a mix of the 2 kW Radio National (Kiwi) station and a
presumed 2HC from Coff's Harbour, playing classic pop music instead of
the call-in talk program that it had 2 years ago (at the 1300-1400 UTC
time slot).
Some Japanese big guns on 594, 666, 747 and 774 made their first weak
appearance of the DXpedition around 1245 before the DU's reached full
strength, but the Cliff apparently cuts their signals way down because
of an unfavorable signal arrival angle (directly in line with the
cliff). As such, a fanatic DU-DXer can enjoy South Pacific DX pretty
late into the summer season with serious problems with Asiatic TP
intruders... although there are other sheer cliffs in the area which
would presumably reverse this situation, and favor the Asiatics at the
expense of the DU's.
We took several videos and photos of the 400' high Oregon Cliff
DXpedition site, which I hope to upload shortly (along with booming DU
signal MP3's) for those who are interested. The DXpedition video
includes a shot directly down into the ocean from the 400' high level
(with no significant guard rail or fence)... one of the first
psychological challenges that was necessary to overcome :-)
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (back in the DU-DX-deprived environment of Puyallup, WA)
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + 8" MW Ferrite Sleeve Loop
antenna
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