Hello All,
Huge DU signals were back in force at the soggy cliff this morning as several "Big Gun" Aussies did their best to compete with the usual Kiwi regulars on several frequencies. 531-PI, 567-RNZ, 594-3WV and 603-Radio Waatea all managed to peg the PL-380 S/N display at various times this morning, with 531-PI (a 5 kW Samoan language station in Auckland, NZ) accomplishing this for the first time on any cliff trip. Some marginal Chinese was received on 936 around 1225 (indicating probable reception of the 1 kW New Supremo station in NZ) and 585-2WEB (Bourke, Australia, 10 kW) was apparently back for the first time in 2 years with weak classic rock at 1250.
Despite the unusually vibrant signals the DU propagation didn't stick around much past 1320, so the period of peak sunrise enhancement was relatively short (from 1230-1300). The 8-man Yachats DXpedition group was planning to start its Perseus-SDR recording sessions this morning, so I'll be interested to hear how their multi-elevation antenna results come out. At least for the Standard (single-optimized frequency) version of the 12" FSL antenna used here, the DU-DXing results have been all that I could have hoped for during the past couple of days.
531 PI Auckland, New Zealand Pegging the PL-380 S/N display with Samoan language speech at 1232; best signal ever
received during any of my DXpeditions
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/n6kdtuy5lk4q6f1/531-PI-1232z072213PL380.MP3
531 UnID Aussie Talkback station with news and interview format dominating over 531-PI at times. Not heard during any
previous trip (the other Aussies usually have a rock format on this frequency)-- any ideas from Down Under?
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/w0cxa6rsr0mijhy/531-UnID-Aussie-1230z072213PL380.MP3
558 Unid-DU Some weak audio here around 1225, but no match for the 560 domestic splatter