Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-21

[d1028gary@xxxxxxx]

Hi Theo,

You are definitely the expert on Kiwi station programming!

The funny thing was that the 2012 WRTH had Wellington 783 kHz listed as Access Radio (which I had always assumed that it was), but the new 2013 WRTH has changed the listing to "Samoan Capital Radio." I was going by the new WRTH listing, although even I thought that the music had an Indian flavor. I have no idea why the WRTH changed the listing if the same shared-programming system is continuing on 783 kHz. In any case, this was by far the strongest that I have ever heard 783-Wellington on any Cliff trip--- so I'll be happy to take it... whatever it is.

By the way, Theo, these Oregon cliff sites seem to have an astonishing preference for Kiwi signals, at the expense of Australian stations. It will be interesting to see if the Yachats group (at Cape Perpetua) will report the same bizarre phenomena.

73, Gary DeBock (temporarily in Cannon Beach, OR)




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From: Theo <theod@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sun, Jul 21, 2013 4:51 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-21


Great stuff, Gary.

Um, but that's the strangest Samoan programming I've ever heard (on 
783)!  That would be Wellington Access Radio with a South Asian segment.

I can't get Access' website to spit out a schedule, either on the PC or 
tablet, but Samoa Capital  Radio's sked suggests they don't have any 
programming from 6 p.m. NZT Friday (0600 UT Saturday) till 7 a.m. NZT 
Monday (1900 UT Sunday).

Theo

On 21/07/2013 2:14 PM, d1028gary@xxxxxxx wrote:
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> First of all, thanks very much to Dennis, Bill, Nick and Walt for their DU-DX 
reports this morning, which provided a very interesting comparison. The first 
"Cliffhanger' DXing session at Rockwork 4 provided the typical Kiwi-slanted 
results this morning, although there were a few surprises. About 18 DU's were in 
audio, although huge signals were less common than usual. The biggest surprise 
of the session was a booming signal from 783-Samoan Capital Radio, which nearly 
pegged the PL-380 S/N display with its island-type music around 1248 (usually 
this is a weak underperformer). Other than this 594-NZ Rhema had a pretty nice 
signal, and the usual Kiwi big guns were well represented. Except for decent 
signals from 576-2RN, 774-3LO and 828-3GI, the Aussies were pretty much missing 
in action. With far more DU signals than live DXing time, I concentrated on the 
low-band signals as usual.
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> With the major DXpedition in Yachats (and nearby Cape Perpetua) scheduled to 
start up tomorrow, there should be some heavy-duty South Pacific DXing activity 
this week. This morning's Cliff DU-DXing results seem strangely out of synch 
with the other reports, but I was able to record a few MP3's to back up the 
claims. Hopefully Nick and the others will not feel motivated to drive down and 
throw me off of the Cliff.
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> 531  PI  Auckland, NZ  Fair-good signal with female Samoan voice mixing with 
UniD Aussie male voice at 1305
> 567  RNZ  Wellington, NZ  Good DU English male conversation at 1252 overcoming 
some KVI splatter
>             http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tp81ibsa67s0b7i/567-RNZ-1252z072113PL380.mp3.MP3
> 576  2RN  Sydney, Australia  Fair-good DU English commentary at 1235
> 594  NZ Rhema   Timaru, NZ  Good level Christian contemporary music at 1318
>             http://www.mediafire.com/listen/v2871q170bnsv0b/594-NZ.Rhema-1318z072113PL380.mp3.MP3
> 603  R.Waatea  Fair-good Maori language music at 1244, // 765
> 639  RNZ  Alexandra, NZ  Fair DU English conversation // 675 at 1322
> 657  Southern Star  Wellington, NZ  Strong level Christian music at 1222
> 675  RNZ  Christchurch, NZ  Strong level music and DU English speech at 1228
>            http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tktcaddq46c7bwg/675-RNZ-1228z072113PL380.mp3.MP3
> 738  Radio Polynesie  Mahina, Tahiti  Good TOH fanfare and French OM speech at 
1200 (through KCBS splash and het)
>           http://www.mediafire.com/listen/8cscgc1gk6zhap8/738-R.Polynesie-1200z072113PL380.mp3.MP3
> 756  RNZ  Auckland, NZ  This 10 kW RNZ relay had fair signals at 1301 despite 
its proximity to 750-Portland
> 765  R. Kahungunu  Napier-Hastings, NZ  Good Maori-language music at 1244, // 
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> 774  3LO  Melbourne, Australia  Fair good DU English conversation at 1238, // 
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> 783  Samoan Capital Radio, Wellington, NZ  Biggest surprise of the morning-- 
huge signal at 1248 almost pegging the PL-380
>           http://www.mediafire.com/listen/jfmefx37z1pbvo5/783-SamoanCapRadio-1248z072113PL380.mp3.MP3
> 828  3GI  Sale, Australia  Fair DU English conversation // 774 at 1320
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> (many more DU signals were all over the band, but these were the ones that I 
had time to investigate during live DXing during morning enhancement. Presumably 
the Perseus-SDR DXers in Yachts will not have this issue :-)
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> 73 and Good DX,
> Gary DeBock (temporarily in Cannon Beach Oregon)
> DXing at the "Rockwork 4" ocean cliff (photo at http://www.mediafire.com/view/khqdch7gk0w1v1l/P1100481.JPG
> 7,5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + New 12" Medium Wave FSL antenna
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