Re: [IRCA] TP Oct 8, 2012 / Victoria version

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Nick,

Well, even if 603-R. Waatea and 765-R. Kahungunu didn't manage much of a signal in Victoria yesterday, your receptions were still very impressive. As far as I know, 603-Waatea has never been heard at Grayland, and only Bill Whitacre has heard 765-Kahungunu there.

<<<   On my 828 unID, it appears quite possible that it was Radio 
Trackside, as per the network's website, they are supposed to run 
until 4AM NZ time.    >>>

You are probably correct, since Kiwi-slanted propagation usually brings in all three of these at the same time. 828-Trackside can be pretty strong when you have this kind of bizarre propagation kick in. And yes, I did have all three of these lower-powered Kiwi stations pounding in at freakish levels this summer on the Oregon cliffs, but at the time I figured that it was simply wishful thinking brought on by sleep deprivation.

73, Gary    



 


-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, Oct 8, 2012 11:37 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP Oct 8, 2012  / Victoria version


It was a pretty unusual morning Gary, good solid aurora.   The 
difference between my reception and yours on the coast was probably 
the strength.   These here really sounded like DX....barely there, 
fighting for recognition.

On my 828 unID, it appears quite possible that it was Radio 
Trackside, as per the network's website, they are supposed to run 
until 4AM NZ time.   If my arithmetic is correct, using UTC+13, that 
translates back to 1500UTC, so my 1400+ reception could quite likely 
have contained racing.  I wasn't fast enough on the draw to find the 
webstream, hi.

best wishes,

Nick




At 21:01 08-10-12, you wrote:

>Hi Nick,
>
><<<    603 R Waatea 1409, quite weak; first thought was DU EE by man, second
>thought was Tagalog, third thought was maybe Maori?   Checked the
>recording, and parallel established as 765 faded up by 1410UT, very
>slightly delayed, as woman started talking.   Very pleasant surprise.   >>>
>
><<<    765 Radio Kahungunu, with man talking 1402UT, one of the ones I
>thought might be Tagalog. (I'm hardly a linguist in Maori or
>Tagalog).  ID'd at 1409 by //603.
>
>Wow, 603-R. Waatea and 765-R. Kahungunu received in Victoria? That's 
>very impressive!
>
>After hearing these NZ stations over and over on the Oregon cliffs 
>during summer DXing, I had the distinct impression that their 
>signals stopped at the Oregon-Washington border :-) Great 
>catches!  Here in this inland DU-dead zone, only 738-Radio Polynesie 
>managed fair audio this morning.
>
>73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>
>To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
><irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Mon, Oct 8, 2012 9:19 am
>Subject: [IRCA] TP Oct 8, 2012  / Victoria version
>
>
>The geomagnetic upset definitely had an effect this morning.   At
>1330UT and through to a few minutes before 1400, it was pretty dead,
>then signals starting popping in before 1400UT, with a sudden jump at
>1401UT.  Very little was strong, but what there was seemed to favor
>New Zealand.  There certainly wasn't a hint of East Asia.   At first
>I thought maybe I had a couple of stations in Tagalog (765 and 603),
>but then I was wondering if they weren't Maori, which would be
>consistent with New Zealand listings.   So I nosed around the
>recordings, and have two new Maori loggings as a result.
>
>
>pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least
>briefly):
>
>612 4QR sudden jump in level on this one about 1411UT, pop vocal mx //702
>
>reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it understandable by a
>native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):
>
>567 NZ R. National.   The most consistent station this morning, at
>1404UT, man reading sports nx, ID'd by parallels on other channels.
>
>
>not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or
>noise could be
>understood by a native speaker:
>
>765 Radio Kahungunu, with man talking 1402UT, one of the ones I
>thought might be Tagalog. (I'm hardly a linguist in Maori or
>Tagalog).  ID'd at 1409 by //603.
>
>Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by
>cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) :
>
>
>603 R Waatea 1409, quite weak; first thought was DU EE by man, second
>thought was Tagalog, third thought was maybe Maori?   Checked the
>recording, and parallel established as 765 faded up by 1410UT, very
>slightly delayed, as woman started talking.   Very pleasant surprise.
>675 RNZ National, 1358 jazz //567
>702 2BL woman talking then man at 1358UT; similar tradeoff a moment
>before on 774, but that had faded down. Finally a parallel (with
>slight offset) established as woman reading nx started at 1401UT
>738 1405UT, might have been man in DU EE, but weak, and no ABC
>parallels available just then
>756 RNZ National, 1358 jazz //567
>774 3LO 1400, pretty sure of this, ABC pips followed by fanfare, and
>what could be "ABC news" by woman, cadence was correct
>819 RNZ National, 1356 jazz instrumental //567
>828 man talking quickly to a climax 1406UT, then pulsing mx; first
>thought was horse racing, though that is supposed to finished at
>1200UT on R. Trackside?
>936 unID vocal mx in splatter 1401UT
>
>
>Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter):
>
>....think I cleaned up most of the stronger ones with finding spots
>with weak audio.   Only the lower band had any reasonable carriers.
>
>best wishes,
>
>Nick
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